REGARDLESS HOW LONG IT MAY TAKE, WE MUST LOSE WEIGHT!!!

It requires at least five to six months on a strict 1,200 calorie daily diet to lose 35lbs. (16 kg) of fat for good! And this is not what those famous diet books and programs are telling US. They promise two to four weeks to lose 35 pounds! That’s it! Obviously, that’s a big fat lie!

In reality, the first two weeks of weight loss represent primarily the reduction of undigested foods, fluids, and stools inside your gastrointestinal tract, but little or no actual body fat.

Weight loss is a challenging journey. If your environment is not supportive, or you are not in perfect health, or you lapse every so often into overeating, or you can’t give up on sweets or your favorite fatty foods and snacks, it may even take much longer to lose weight.

It is a well-known fact that obesity and being overweight pose a major risk for chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, and certain forms of cancer. The health consequences range from increased risk of serious chronic conditions, which reduce the overall quality of life, to premature death. Especially concerning, is the increasing obesity among children and teenagers.

Because our bodies belong to God, we must not violate His standards for living. That obligates us to take care of our body, which belongs to God, who created us for the purpose of honoring Him! Therefore, we must lose excess weight! For this reason, the Bible says the following about this subject:

“Don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.” 1. Corinthians 6:18-20 NLT

You may say, “I am allowed to do anything.” But I reply, “Not everything is good for you.” And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. You say, “Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food.” 1. Corinthians 6:12-13 NLT

You say, “I am allowed to do anything” — but not everything is helpful. You say, “I am allowed to do anything” — but not everything is beneficial. 1. Corinthians 10:23 NLT

“Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? God will bring ruin upon anyone who ruins this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you Christians are that temple.” 1. Corinthians 3:16-17 NLT

“Whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, you must do all for the glory of God.” 1. Corinthians 10:31 NLT

PROPHETIC JUNK

So many times over the years I received prophecies from well-known prophets, who predicted that I would go to Heaven and return on a regular basis and see God the Father and Jesus Christ and get great revelations and understanding of the Heavenly spheres and the angels. Yeah right!

We are living in a self-centered, narcissistic (Christian) culture where many, especially in the prophetic circles, are claiming and boasting about going to Heaven and having face-to-face encounters with God. This is a major trend nowadays! They tell you how glorious it was, how peaceful, how happy and comforted they were. They also like to brag about how they received privileges and were enlightened, and how many things they now perfectly understand from God’s kingdom. 

But the Bible clearly states the words of Jesus, who said:

“No one has ever gone to heaven and returned.” John 3:13 NLT

“No one has ever seen God.” John 1:18 NLT

We are warned in the Word about these false prophets who want to lead us astray. But we have received the Holy Spirit, and He lives within us, so we don’t need anyone to teach us what is true. For the Spirit teaches us everything we need to know, and what He teaches is true—it is not a lie! (See 1. John 2:26-27)

ANOTHER FALSE SCRIPTURE INTERPRETATION BY THE CHURCH

“And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near.” Hebrews 10:25 NLT

Virtually every church and every pastor misuses this scripture to try to convince believers that they must not forsake going to church, otherwise it would be sinning against God. Many Christians are being guilt tripped by this false teaching. This verse has nothing to do with “you must go to church”!

But, it is absolutely wrong to use Hebrews 10 verse 25 in such a way! The Greek and the context simply does not support it, and when we understand the true meaning of this verse, the entire idea of "going to church" as something we must do entirely falls apart.

What Hebrews 10 verse 25 actually tells us, is not to neglect or forsake the promise and blessed hope of our gathering to Jesus Christ at His coming and not to be like others who forsake their hope in Jesus’ return!

That’s why it says, that we are to encourage one another the more we see the day of His return approaching!

JEWS ARE NOT SAVED BECAUSE THEY ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE

Why? Because Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. NO ONE can come to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 NLT

The “No One” Jesus refers to includes Jews and Gentiles. In other words, Jews, like everybody else are only being saved when they believe in Jesus Christ as their true Messiah! (There are many Jews who have accepted Yeshua, the Hebrew word for Jesus, as their Lord and Savior; they are called Messianic Jews.)

While individual Jews must come to Christ for salvation, God is still not finished with the people of Israel. The Bible says the following about this:

“Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.  And so all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say, the one who rescues will come from Jerusalem, and He will turn Israel away from ungodliness.  And this is my covenant with them, that I will take away their sins.”

Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.” Romans 11:25-29 NLT

THEY ARE LYING TO US AGAIN

In the Old Testament Bible Book of Esther, it relates the story of a young Hebrew woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts genocide of her people, the Jews. The story forms the core of the Festival of Purim that is been celebrated by the Jews around the world to this day.

Many false teachers and prophets in the Christian church today are saying that believers ought to celebrate this significant day of the Festival or feast of Purim in order to just like Esther have their trials turned into victory and their tears into cheers. But is that really so? Of course NOT!!!

True born-again Christian believers have no business celebrating any Old Testament Jewish festival or feast to get any blessing! Why? 

Because the Bible says in the New Testament:

“So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for NOT celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ Himself is that reality.” Colossians 2:16-17 NLT

“He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations.” Ephesians 2:15 NLT

Just another lie from the office of the church!

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING ATTACKED AND BEING JUDGED

Believers, who are being attacked because they faithfully obey Jesus Christ for will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon them! They suffer for being a Christian in a manner that pleases God, who never fails them!

But then you have these so-called Christians, who constantly complain that everything is going wrong in their lives because Satan and other people are attacking them. But they are actually suffering because they pry into other people’s affairs, steal, and make all sorts of trouble, intrigues and drama.

Therefore, it is God who is exposing and judging them for their evil ways! (See 1. Peter 4:12-19) and the trouble they have, is brought on by themselves!

THE CHURCH IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The Church does business when it sells the Word of God by charging for conferences, worship seminars, books, CD’s, DVD’s and other things like flags, shofars, t-shirts, jewelry, coffee, cakes, and the list goes on and on.

This is exactly what Jesus meant when He said to the people who were doing business in the Temple: “My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.” Luke 19:46 NLT