The Real Walt Disney

I have been wanting to do a writing on the evils of Disney movies for a while, but was not sure where to begin. I found these two articles the other day and I found these articles.

I am not sure how well this will be received and I may lose some readers over this, but I feel very compelled to share this article. Please carefully read and let God's Holy Spirit guide you in discarding television and movies, especially all things Disney!! There is a lot more out there exposing the evils of Walt Disney if you search "Walt Disney and Satanism."  Please, Christians, wake up and don't expose your families to the evil God hates!


http://www.challengeyoursoul.com/walt-disney-occultism-mas…/

http://www.challengeyoursoul.com/disney-movies-hidden-agenda-satanism-witchcraft-occultism/

Are you ready to meet your Maker?

Most people do not like to think about death, myself included.  You have probably heard the old saying, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die." I would add to that quote that it's not so much that people are afraid of death, but of what awaits them after death. Of course, the idea of any kind of non-painful death is frightening, but what should be even more intimidating is the idea of facing God Almighty the very moment your life on this planet ends. Yes, it will be a glorious day more amazing than any of us can imagine when we see Jesus face to face, but do not be fooled, we will stand before God's throne of judgement, and this should indeed should give us awe and fear of the Lord.

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. II Corinthians 5:9-11

I know there are some who believe we fall asleep after death, and although this is not really my focus today, I do want to point out that there several verses in the Bible that dispute this theology.  Jesus tells the criminal dying on the cross next to him that after death, the new believer will be in paradise that very same day. (see Luke 23:43) And, there is the parable in Luke 16:19-31 where Jesus tells of a rich man and a beggar in heaven and hell and they are both instantly in their final destinations after death, not sleeping in the grave.  We know this because the rich man begs for an angel to go to his family to give them the gospel message.  If he were to be sleeping until after the last trumpet call, his family would not still be alive. 

So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body [when we are alive] we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body [after we die] and to be present with the Lord. II Corinthians 5:6-8

 My purpose for this blog is not just to remind us all that life is short, with all the strange happenings this year, we should be more aware than ever of this fact.  I do not want people to live in fear, but to have a hope for their eternal future.  And if you ever lost a loved one, I want you to be able to have comfort in knowing it is possible to see him/her again.
However, there are conditions that must be met in order to have hope for a joyful eternity. We must strive for a holy life, daily repent of our sins, and treat others with love and kindness.  We can walk in confidence knowing hat Jesus died for our sins and, when we live a clean life for Him, we will spend eternity with our Lord and Savior! 

I feel like that is all I am to say this subject for now.  My message is simple, remember that each of us will be judged according to our works (actions), so be very careful in all you do if you want to spend eternity with your Maker and be reunited with loved ones.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Matthew 16:27

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Revelation 20:12-13

And I also want to remind you of what a beautiful place Heaven will be and that God is gracious for preparing such a place for us.  After this blog, I will also post a short story I wrote that I pray will give you hope titled, "Streets of Gold."

 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.  It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

 “O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

I Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-44,50-57  

Wisdom Combined with Humility

I try to be open and honest in my blogs. I do not pretend to be perfect  in any area of my life.  Although I strive for holiness, I am in a flawed human body with flawed ways of thinking.  I often pray that God helps change me in all areas of my life that require change.  God has been gracious to answer my prayers and often he gently shows me where I need to change by giving my dreams.  

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 2:17

If I have faith enough to believe certain dreams come from the Lord and wisdom combined with humility enough to pay attention to the messages and obey His instructions, I will be capable of change. I have had two dreams in less than a month that have had to do with judging others.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had a series of dreams about Heaven https://thankful-julie.blogspot.com/2020/06/onward-christian-soldiers.html .  In one of those dreams I was talking to a man I do not know in real life and he said something I thought seemed odd.  I cannot remember now whether he used a swear word, if what he said was off-color, or if he mentioned a movie or television show, but I just remember thinking that I was surprised that someone saying such a thing would be in Heaven. I actually had the nerve to judge this man who was in Heaven sitting beside me!  Was I actually assuming just because he said something I perceived to be unholy, that he should be in Hell?  Do not misunderstand what I am saying, I believe that when we get to Heaven we will be changed. We will not be using profanity, telling dirty jokes, or discussing movies in Heaven! 

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. I Corinthians 15:51-53

But what I am saying is that this dream was symbolic of the fact that we (this includes me) should not judge others based on their imperfections.  It is God's job to judge us according to our works and decide whether or not we will get into Heaven or not (Jeremiah 25:14, Matthew 16:27, II Corinthians 11:15, Revelation 2:3 & Revelation 20:13).  You can watch the video I made for my other blog on the subject of judging here: https://abcsofajoyfulmarriage.blogspot.com/2020/05/week-20-short-video.html

The second dream I had that ran along this same thread was last week.  My husband and I often dream we are students in a classroom being taught lessons from the Lord (which is why I chose to name this blog "The School of Holiness"), and most of the time our instructors are angels. I will not explain the entire dream, but the gist of it is that I dreamed I was in a classroom with other students and we were were going through a 10-day seminar with daily training session that included extensive instruction manuals for each day. We we currently on day 7.  Wouldn't that be wonderful to truly sit in a classroom every day being taught the things of God that go beyond our understanding, beyond what we read in the Bible?  Anyway, the teacher, a female angel I have seen in several other dreams (they do not have wings in my dreams), was showing us a video of a preacher. I do not think the man in the video was anyone I am familiar with in real life.  It had been our assignment to watch other videos of the same preacher from home.  I admitted to my fellow students that I had not watched the videos from home because I did not like the preacher, but now  I was feeling chagrined because I realized I had failed the assignment.  If the teacher felt like this preacher had something worth listening to, I should have paid attention.  Once again, I had been unfairly judging someone else's spiritual state based on my standards, not the Lord's.

Let me again be clear to what I not saying.  I am not saying we should accept every pastor's sermon as golden nuggets of wisdom.  If he is teaching a false message, we should never allow him to be our leader, nor promote him to anyone else.  But I believe the message of that dream was to realize that even though some pastors have a misunderstanding about the grace message or other areas I may disagree with, they still may have some valuable things to teach. We need to use discernment with all who preach, but let God judge the condition of their souls.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ. Philippians 1:9-10

In my daily Bible reading yesterday, while reading Acts 10, I realized that the vison of Peter before he met Cornelius perfectly matched with the theme of my dreams (these verses included at the end of this writing). God was telling Peter not to dismiss preaching to others just because Peter assumed those people were unclean based on his standards. We are to reach out to everyone and give everyone the same message, regardless of race, religion, economic status, etc.  We are not to judge, but to love others enough that we are willing to spread the gospel to everyone in need.  

So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Acts 15:8-9

I am not saying all religions are the same and I have not changed my theology (You can watch my video on my views on salvation on the Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/theschoolofholiness/?modal=admin_todo_tour , but God is definitely teaching me to be less judgmental and not to dismiss other people's walk with the Lord just because they are rough around the edges or their theologies are not exactly like my own. This lesson from God's School of Holiness has been accepted by me and stored away in my heart as I strive to put into practice all that God is teaching me!  

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:26-29

The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth. In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air. And a voice came to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”

 But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”

And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.” This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again.

 Now while Peter wondered within himself what this vision which he had seen meant... While Peter thought about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are seeking you. Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”

Then Peter went down to the men who had been sent to him from Cornelius, and said, “Yes, I am he whom you seek. For what reason have you come?”

And they said, “Cornelius the centurion, a just man, one who fears God and has a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you.” 

Then he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 

So Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God. Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon here, whose surname is Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea. When he comes, he will speak to you.’ So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God.”

Acts 10:9-22, 28-36