Who’s Pulling
Your Strings?
This may be a surprise to you but you are not
in full control.
Whether you
accept this or
not, it really
don’t matter, I
suppose, because
the real truth
is that this
world has always
been, and always
will be about
“spiritual
warfare.”
Yep, I just
put it out there
like that.
[Jesus
said,] “‘I am
the way, the
truth, and the
life: no man
cometh unto the
Father, but by
me’” (John
14:6).
Do you think
that your mind
is your own?
Sorry to break
it to you, but
we are not
alone, here!
God, along with
the devil and
his demons are
all battling
inside your
mind. Our hearts
and everything
else about us is
based on what
our brain is
telling us. When
God created us,
He allowed us to
make a “choice”
of who to obey
and follow or
basically choose
our destiny.
When God created
the tree of life
He do so to test
our obedience to
Him and that
devious devil
(Satan), knew
this, so right
from the
beginning he
manipulated Eve
and Adam to eat
from this tree
and disobey God.
The devil uses
this very fact
completely for
his benefit to
manipulate our
minds so that we
make decisions
based on evil
instead of good.
Satan has been
at this for a
long time now
and has
corrupted the
people of this
world with evil,
which is exactly
why God had to
destroy
everything and
everyone except
Noah’s family in
the flood.
Even after that,
Satan just
started again,
lying to people
and getting them
to disobey God.
So the “choices”
we make in fact
are not our
decisions alone,
they are
consistently
influenced by
the evil
thoughts Satan
and his demons
keep putting in
our heads. God
is also trying
to get us to
make the right
choices to do:
good, instead of
listening to the
devil and making
the wrong
choices─which is
against God and
His word.
God finally decided that there was one way to save
his creation
(mankind) and
that was to have
someone pay the
penalty of sin
for us. But
there was only
one Person
worthy enough to
do this and that
was His Son,
Jesus Christ. So
Jesus Christ was
sent to earth to
teach us the
truth about our
Heavenly Father,
His word, the
Holy Spirit, the
purpose of Jesus
coming to earth,
why He has to
die on the
cross, and to
teach love,
grace, mercy,
peace, joy,
happiness,
contentment,
humbleness,
comfort, etc.
The devil on the other hand has one goal and that
is to keep us
away from God
just as he
always has from
the beginning
starting with
Eve and Adam. To
do this, he uses
every form of
deception
possible such
as: Money,
jealousy, pain,
envy, sickness,
diseases, lies,
sex, adultery,
abortion, (the
wants and
desires of
mankind rather
than according
to God’s Word),
homosexuality,
deceit, drugs,
alcohol, pride,
revenge,
killing,
stealing, porn,
fornication,
etc., to keep us
from following
Christ.
Once again, all
this is just to
prove to you
that the choices
we make are not
entirely our
own.
So when I ask, “Who’s pulling your strings?” I
mean that when
you make a
decision to do
something, do
you think that
you made that
specific
decision all by
yourself?
No, you had
help!
Yes, God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
are all trying
to help us make
decisions
too─which of
course are all
good (love
toward others,
helping others,
saving sex for
marriage, not
getting drunk,
not using drugs,
not hanging
around others
who like doing
bad things, not
cursing, praying
often, reading
the Bible as
often as
possible,
praying for
and/or with
others, being
kind to
everyone, giving
to others,
crying when
others are
physically or
emotionally
hurt.
When you have love, you feel sad when others are
hurting. And to
go to church to
praise God, you
love and help
your neighbors
or coworkers and
strangers. And
most important
you teach others
about God the
father and Jesus
Christ to save
their souls from
the sin of this
earth. These are
all thoughts
placed into your
head by God the
Father, Jesus,
and the Holy
Spirit to keep
you away from
evil spirits and
to help you
ultimately make
it to heaven
when our time is
done here on
earth.
Don’t get me wrong here, you and I have a lot to
do with how we
act, think and
say because we
are the one who
have make that
“choice” as
mentioned
earlier but one
thing we must
keep in mind is
that the more
you listen to
whichever side
you listen to,
the more natural
it becomes to
make the same
type of
decisions.
Let’s talk about
life:
Now I know there
is a heaven and
a hell because I
take the Bible
as the literal
word of God,
which explains
both places in
detail. I also
believe that
Jesus Christ
died on the
cross for me and
for you so that
He is the one
who paid the
price for sin
and not us. He
took our place
and we need to
accept it as
truth.
This is what is means when you hear, “There is
only one way to
heaven and
that is through
Jesus Christ.”
We human beings
have to accept
what He has done
for us and
accept Jesus
into our lives.
Another way to
say this is, “We
have life
through Christ.”
Accept it!
Okay, so what
about death?
Well for all
those who think
that us
Christians are
crazy for
believing in
Jesus and being
Bible thumpers
as some call us,
just think about
this for a
moment. Just
bear with me
here because I
know this is not
the case, but if
Christians are
wrong, what will
we lose except
the fact that we
have more time
than we thought
and we have to
grow old and die
like everyone
else and that’s
it.
On the other hand, what if we are right and when
we (Christians)
leave this world
we go to heaven
to live forever
with the Lord?
Then those of
you who thought
Christians were
crazy would
end-up in hell
for not
believing the
Christians and
learning about
Jesus and
accepting Him
into your life
as you’re
personal Savior.
In case you haven’t heard about hell, here is a
brief
description…Hell
is a place where
sinners will go
and their bodies
will burn in the
fire and yet
they don’t die
they just keep
feeling the burn
over and over
and this only
touches on what
it will be like.
Christians on
the other hand
go in the
opposite
direction up to
heaven. They
enjoy love,
peace,
happiness, and
fellowship with
Christ. They
will never have
any pain,
sickness, death,
money problems
or stress ever
again─for
eternity.
Now this choice
should be easy
but which one of
these options
sound like the
best way to go?
Once again it
all boils down
to what
choice we
make while
living our human
lives here on
earth…Just
think about that
for a while!
1 Timothy 6.7-10
(Amplified
Bible):
“For we brought nothing into the world, and [obviously]
we cannot take
anything out of
the world;
But if we have food and clothing, with these we
shall be content
[satisfied].
But those who crave to be rich fall into
temptation and a
snare and into
many foolish [useless,
godless] and
hurtful desires
that plunge men
into ruin {and}
destruction and
miserable
perishing.
For the love of money is a root of all evils; it
is through this
craving that
some have been
led astray {and}
have wandered
from the faith
and pierced
themselves
through with
many acute
[mental] pangs.”
1 Timothy 6 11-15
(Amplified
Bible):
“But as for you, O man of God, flee from all these
things; aim at
{and} pursue
righteousness
(right standing
with God and
true goodness),
godliness (which
is the loving
fear of God and
being
Christ-like),
faith, love,
steadfastness
(patience), and
gentleness of
heart.
Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the
eternal life to
which you were
summoned and
[for which] you
confessed the
good confession
[of faith]
before many
witnesses.
In the presence of God, Who preserves alive all
living things,
and of Christ
Jesus, Who in
His testimony
before Pontius
Pilate made the
good confession,
I [solemnly]
charge you to
keep all His
precepts
unsullied {and}
flawless,
irreproachable,
until the
appearing of our
Lord Jesus
Christ (the
Anointed One),
which
[appearing] will
be shown forth
in His own
proper time by
the blessed,
only Sovereign
(Ruler), the
King of kings
and the Lord of
Lords.”
At the beginning of this document, I mentioned
spiritual
warfare and
a lot of what I
described in
regard to the
choices we make
should have
explained quite
a bit about the
type of
spiritual
warfare that is
taking place
inside us, and
around us on
earth every
single day.
Now let’s take a look at exactly what the Word of
God─the
Bible─has to say
because we have
been informed
way ahead of
time about
what’s going on
but then I guess
you have to
believe and read
and listen to
find this out.
While there are of course, many other places in
the Bible to
help explain
this, I’d like
to point out
just a few
important
Scriptures, here
below.
Ephesians 6:11-18
(American
Standard
Version) for
ease of
understanding:
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be
able to stand
against the
wiles of the
devil. For our
wrestling is not
against flesh
and blood, but
against the
principalities,
against the
powers, against
the world-rulers
of this
darkness,
against the
spiritual
‘hosts’ of
wickedness in
the heavenly
‘places.’
Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that you
may be able to
withstand in the
evil day, and,
having done all,
to stand.
Stand therefore, having girded your loins with
truth, and
having put on
the breastplate
of
righteousness,
and having shod
your feet with
the preparation
of the gospel of
peace; withal
taking up the
shield of faith,
where you shall
be able to
quench all the
fiery darts of
the evil ‘one.’
And take the
helmet of
salvation, and
the sword of the
Spirit, which is
the word of
God.”
In 1 Peter
5:8, we are
told this: “Be
sober, be
vigilant;
because your
adversary the
devil, as a
roaring lion,
walking about,
seeking whom he
may devour.”
You must understand that God created us and loves
us all as His
children, and
trust me, when I
say that He
wants you and me
to know that we
can overcome the
temptations of
the devil and
still have love,
peace, joy and
happiness here
on earth until
it is time for
us to go to
heaven. I want
to say it again,
we can overcome
the devil but we
all must put our
trust in the
Lord and pray
and read the
Bible which all
will equip us
with the tools
we need to
defeat the old
serpent the
devil.
1 Thessalonians
5:9
says, “For God
hath not
appointed us to
wrath, but to
obtain salvation
by our Lord
Jesus Christ.”
And in
Romans 5:9
we are told,
“Much more then,
being now
justified by his
blood, we shall
be saved from
wrath through
him.”
Again in
Revelation 3:10,
we are given
another promise:
“Because thou
hast kept the
word of my
patience, I also
will keep thee
from the hour of
temptation,
which shall come
upon all the
world, to try
them that dwell
upon the earth.”
These are just a few of the Scriptures that shows
us how much God
loves us and
that He is there
for us and He
will protect us
if we will
simply allow
Him! So as the
title goes
“Who’s pulling
your strings”?
You and I have a
choice of who we
allow to guide
us and teach us
and that same
decision will
ultimately be
the decision
that saves us or
kills us so
please choose
Christ Jesus now
and accept Him
into your life
as your personal
savior!
A World in Chaos
Just take a very close look at all the things
happening in the
world today. Do
you really think
that all this is
(just by chance)
or something
like (it’s just
the way the
world works)?
No! Everything you see and hear every day has a
purpose and is
happening under
the control of
God along with
Satan trying to
create as much
chaos and evil
as possible so
people won’t
listen to God.
Every day now we hear about school shootings and
innocent people
getting killed.
Every day now we hear on the news about killings
within families,
churches,
schools,
everywhere.
Every day we hear about wars, rumors of war over
seas and
sometimes right
here in America.
Every day we hear about natural disasters and more
frequent than
ever before in
history.
Just this week I heard about multiple tornadoes in
Texas destroying
homes and
killing people.
The act of homosexuality is completely against God
and is accepted
more and more
every day in our
schools,
employment,
communities,
etc. Because
nobody wants to
hear how God
feels about it.
I don’t know what it is going to take, but people
have to wake-up
out of their own
selfish desires!
Our movies, music, schools, cell phones,
television,
neighborhoods
are filled with
killing, sex,
language,
violence,
backstabbing,
fornication,
adultery, gay
rights, abortion
rights, fake
religion, lies,
and more. Our
children and
their children
will simply
continue to get
worse until
people learn to
bring God back
into our schools
and families.
Once again, we
are the ones who
must make that “choice.”
Time is short and probably much shorter than most
even realize.
The Rapture
(an event
where Christians
will meet Jesus
in the clouds
and go home to
heaven)
is going to
happen!
The Tribulation
(a seven-year
event that will
take place after
the Rapture, a
literal hell on
earth that is
simply
imaginable)
is going to
happen!
The Second Coming
(an event where
the Lord Jesus
Christ comes
back to earth to
defeat Satan and
to reign on
earth for a
thousand years)
is going to
happen!
I love to study biblical prophecy, but people
please, don’t
argue over when
the Rapture will
take place. Just
make sure you
are ready and
have a
relationship
with Christ
because it could
be today!
No matter how you and I look at it, we have a
choice to
make, so:
Which do you choose?
God bless!
Timothy Horner