Grudge Not One Against Another

By David J. Stewart | December 2017

James 5:9, “Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.”

       One of the greatest truths that I have learned in my Christian life is the importance of letting things go into God's hands. Sadly, most believers never mature in the Lord. To “mature” in the Lord means that you walk in the Holy Spirit that indwells you (if you are saved), which produces the “fruit” of the Spirit...

Galatians 5:22-26, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”

Carefully notice Galatians 5:25, “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” The moment that a person believes the Gospel, they are born anew by the Holy Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit comes inside to live (indwell) that person's body (1st Corinthians 3:16-17; Romans 8:9; 1st John 3:24). Every believer has the Holy Spirit living inside them. We are alive spiritually by the Spirit of God in us. That is what distinguishes the believer from the unbeliever. John 14:17, “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” I love the indwelling Holy Spirit, Who is God living in me. God loves us so much, that He wanted to live inside our very being, literally becoming one with us in spirit. This is why a born-again believer can NEVER lose salvation. They can NEVER lose their security as a member of God's family. If saved, always saved!!!

The Scriptures teach that if we LIVE (i.e., we are alive) in the Spirit, we ought to also WALK in that Spirit. Simply put, God wants to live the Christian life THROUGH us. So when I yield in obedience to the Word of God, then Christ lives through me toward others. This is called the “fruit” of the Spirit. Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” What a beautiful truth. When I love others, it is God loving them through me. This truth will forever change your life if you will let it.


We “Let Go” by Placing Everything into God's Hands Through Prayer

When I say to, “LET GO, LET GOD,” I am saying to let every matter of life go into God's all-wise, all-powerful and all-loving hands. God sees what I cannot see. God can do what I cannot do. This is why we are commanded to pray about everything...

Philippians 4:6-7, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

Ah, yes, I love that blessed promise in Philippians 4:6-7—If we will simply let everything go into God's hands, by placing “EVERY THING BY PRAYER” into His care, then He has so promised us “THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING.” Do you know why that is so? It is because when you place your burdens into God's hands by prayer, you are TRUSTING HIM, and now by faith you can relax concerning the matter, knowing that God is on the job. It is solely a matter of faith. Believers often don't pray because they lack faith in God. HAVE FAITH IN GOD!!! Oh, my friend, when you cannot see your hand in front of your face in life, trust God Who CAN see the future. I don't need to know the future, because I trust the One Who DOES know the future. And thankfully our great heavenly Father has shared with us exactly what He plans to do in the future. We call this “Bible prophecy.” Did you know that 31% of the Bible is prophecy? It is true. In sharp contrast, the Muslim Koran contains zero percent prophecy, for it was authored by a mere mortal man, Muhammad, who is still locked in his tomb. Jesus' tomb is empty!!! The Holy Bible was authored by God almighty!!! That is what we mean when we say it is “inspired.” God's Holy Spirit lives through His words (John 6:63).

When we “LET GO, LET GOD,” we are placing our anger, problems, hatred, grudges, hurt feelings, losses, loneliness, suffering and thoughts into God's hands, trusting God to guide our paths in life and watch over us. Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.” God has solemnly promised to direct our PATHS, but only if we acknowledge Him in all our ways. To “acknowledge” (Hebrew: Yada) means “to know” God. It means to do things God's way. Obviously this must include searching the Scriptures so that we can know God. We learn about the Living Word (Jesus) through the Written Word (John 5:39; John 1:1-3, 14). Also, carefully notice that God has not promised to direct “US”; but rather, our “PATHS” in life. Even when we are confused and uncertain what decisions to make, God is still watching over us and has us covered. During such times we must be strong in the Lord, make our decisions the best we can based upon Scriptural principles, and faithfully continue to serve the Lord with a heart of humility and gratitude toward the Lord.

You're never wasting your time when you pray. Prayer works, one way or another, prayer works!!!
 

If We Hold a Grudge, Then So Will God Against Us

Matthew 6:14-15, “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Holding a grudge against another believer is a sin. Anything can be justified. If we really want to, we can find a dozen unjustifiable excuses to hold a grudge against someone. God hates that type of heathen behavior. There's a shameful large independent Baptist church down the street from me (affiliated with Bob Jones University), who are holding a grudge against me, because I faithfully contended for the Christian faith in 2014, and took a stand against their use of the Devil's Alexandrian Bible versions. The pastors still despise me, shunning me away, and have refusing on three occasions to even allow me to visit their church. They are sinfully holding a grudge against me. It is difficult on Guam to find a church family, and the local BJU pastors at harvest Baptist Church on Guam couldn't care less about me. They have an “us four and no more” sinful attitude. I am not accepted into their little yuppie clique. I just wanted to attend church (which is only 5 minutes away from me). And so, I don't get to church as much as I'd like to, because the only alternative is a long distance from me, and my permanent neck injury afflicts me.

I was walking behind Chamorro Village yesterday and a younger married couple on staff at Harvest walked by me. They had their little girl with them, whose about 10 years old. I literally heard the man say to his wife, “Don't smile!” He quickly said it again under his breath, thinking I wouldn't hear him, “Don't smile!” I didn't say anything, I just kindly looked at them. His wife looked toward the ground, sucking her tongue in her mouth to obey her childish husband, who ordered her... “Don't smile!” That is the level of spirituality at Harvest Baptist Church on Guam in Micronesia. Dr. Jack Hyles was right when he described the Bob Jones crowd as “yuppie types.” They are spoiled brats, immature, shallow, indifferent concerning truth, lukewarm (Revelation 3:15-16). Harvest Baptist Church are holding a GRUDGE against me, and it is sinful and wrong. They selectively care about people, which makes them respecters of persons.

I had attended Harvest Baptist Church on Guam for one year in 2014. I made friends. I felt loved. I was happy. But I also realized that the church was dying, promoting corruptible seed in their demonic Easy-To-Read Version (ERV). I was a friend to them I bought books with my own money and gave them to the church pastors. One book was called, “NIV: The Antichrist's Bible!” by Dr. Al Lacy. Ironically, Evangelist Tom Ferrell spoke at Harvest and wisely said, “A friend helps a friend to see!” We'll, when I tried to help them see at Harvest, they compelled me to leave their Alexandrian cult. I love the folks at Harvest, but they despise me. They have banned me in writing three times from returning, telling me cold-heartedly to “go elsewhere!” I am still a human being with the need for love, a church family and Christian encouragement.

In desperation in 2017, I asked the church pastors three times, as humbly as possible for permission to please let me return, just to sit and hear the preaching. I promised them not to be a root of bitterness in their church. They left me to the dogs! They couldn't have cared less when I asked if I could please come to the men's Saturday prayer meeting. In hindsight, I was casting my pearl before the swine. Why would a fundamentalist Christian want to attend an ecumenical hellhole? It is simply because I am a human being, and just like anybody else, I need to be loved and have a church family. I didn't start this fight with Harvest, they did, by telling me to shut up about THE TRUTH.

Ironically, I heard the following truthful statement on Harvest's own “Harvest Family Radio” station, KHMG FM 88.1 on Guam: “God wants us to SPEAK UP, but the Devil wants us to SHUT UP!” Well I am speaking up! That is what a faithful Christian does. They out to invite me back, apologize, tell me they love me, and thank me for trying to help them by telling them THE TRUTH!!! Instead they have banned me from even attending services, not caring if I become another Ben Fieldhouse (a 49 year old Harvest church member who commit suicide in 2010). The poor guy! They found his body in 2012 at Ritidian cliffline. I think about Ben quite often, wondering if there are more Ben's at Harvest? I cannot help but wonder if he felt as unwanted and unloved as I do by the Harvest “family.” What a misnomer! Listen dear reader, anything can be justified! If you don't like somebody, you can find all kinds of seemingly justifiable reasons to ostracize them. I apologized to the pastors at Harvest and told the senior pastor that I love him, and I do, but he is holding a grudge. The Bible says it is a sin to set thy brother at nought. Romans 14:10b, “why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”

Dr. Jack Hyles (1926-2001) is my hero of the Christian faith, because he stood for THE TRUTH at all cost. Brother Hyles was loyal to principles and truth, not to expediency, institutions or friendship. Dr. Jack Hyles was a friend to his friends, like none other friend, but THE TRUTH came first! Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:24 that God MUST be worshipped in TRUTH! The King James Bible is TRUTH (John 17:17, “thy word is truth”). The free grace Gospel is truth (Galatians 2:14, “the truth of the gospel”). Lordship Salvation is a LIE. The modern Alexandrian-based Bible versions are a LIE! The teaching that a person must turn from their sinful ways to be saved is a LIE! God saves you and then the Holy Spirit changes you, but you CANNOT mandate a changed life to be saved, because that is works for salvation. God doesn't save anyone who is TRYING to be saved, He only sells those who are TRUSTING to be saved!!! Salvation is received, not achieved!!! Salvation is a TAKE proposition, not a GIVE proposition.

Dr. John MacArthur is a false prophet, who teaches the ungodly LIES of John Calvin (aka, “Calvinism”). Harvest promotes John MacArthur's LIES!!! It is awful that a sincere believer like me, has to fight against the corruption in the very local independent Baptist church that I need to help me at the same time. Go figure!  I don't hang out in bars and nightclubs, because I am a born-again believer. So if the churches are messed up, then I have no where to go for a social life! That is my situation and it is frustrating. Shame on Bob Jones University for their support of the Alexandrian cult!!!  One corrupt church corrupts one community, but one large corrupt religious college corrupts THOUSANDS of churches and communities. Woe unto Bob Jones College!!! The verbal inspiration of the Word of God is worth fighting over!!! All of the modern Bibles totally corrupt and remove God's promise from Psalms 12:6-7 to preserve His “PURE WORDS” unto every generation and forever (not just forever, but unto EVERY GENERATION). That's because they don't believe we have God's “PURE WORDS” today, which is why they sanction hundreds of English Bible perversions!!! Dear reader, we DO have God's preserved inspired words today in the inspired King James Bible!!!!!!! All the rest are corrupt!

The apostle Paul conceded that the Cretians were always liars, lackadaisical, and evil! Titus 1:12-13, “One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.” I tell you—the Bob Jones crowd are deceived, lackadaisical concerning the verbal inspiration of God's Word, promoting the Devil's corruptible seed in the modern Alexandrian Bible perversions, indifferent toward false prophets like John MacArthur (a BJU alumni), and lax toward women's modesty. It is frustrating as a man to see female staff members of Harvest Baptist Church on Guam walking around in public wearing sexy tight spandex pants. They are whores and couldn't care less about the war men are going through. 1st Peter 2:11, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” The Bob Jones crowd DON'T CARE!!! God cares how you dress ladies. God cares which Bible we use. God cares how we present the Gospel. Harvest Baptist Church promotes the false gospel of Dr. John MacArthur!!! They must be exposed!

They are wicked men down the street from me at Harvest (and my words are a testimony against them for judgment day), helping the Devil mislead people concerning the Bible and the Gospel. They foolishly support Ray Comfort, Paul Washer, John MacArthur, Stephen Davey, Paris Reidhead and other reprobates concerning the Gospel. Consequently, millions of American churchgoers have been conned by Satan (with their ungodly pastor's help) to live the Christian life without ever being born-again!!! All that blood is on those pastor's filthy hands, and Bob Jones University's horrible president, incompetent staff and corrupted alumni, and all other such wicked religious institutions who corrupt the Word of God.

Contending for the faith is our duty, but holding grudges is not. It is okay to preach against the Bible corrupting gang, but it's never personal with me. I love those whom I preach against. I pray for them. I would help them if they needed my help. I don't hold grudges against people. I only want to please God by standing for THE TRUTH!!!
 

Bob Jones University's Own Bastard Bibles Condemn Them for Selling the Bible

The precious King James Bible reads in 2nd Corinthians 2:17, “For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.”

Hey, check this out, which proves my point further. The butchers behind the corrupt modern Bibles changed 2nd Corinthians 2:17. Instead of correctly saying “many, which corrupt the word of God,” they rendered it as “many, peddlers of God's word.” It shouldn't be surprising that the guilty people who “CORRUPT” God's words, would change the Word of God to condemn those who “PEDDLE” (sell) the Word of God. I intentionally selected a reference here from the English Standard Version (ESV), because BJU sells is in their campus bookstore (which you can verify online). So BJU is guilty of PEDDLING the Word of God, according to their own bastard Bibles that they sell. Folks, is it a sin to sell Bibles? No, of course not. I've never had a Bible yet that didn't come from a store! Do you see how stupid, retarded, unreasonable and satanic these new Bible versions are.

Let's look at the satanic Easy-To-Read Version (ERV), which the Bob Jones affiliated Baptist church down the street from me on Guam uses. The ERV in 2nd Corinthians 2:17 condemns “selling God’s message for a profit!” Well then BJU and the lukewarm Baptist church down the street from me are all horribly GUILTY, because they all SELL Bibles!!! Do you see how corrupt the Alexandrian Bibles are? So then why do most churches today use them? It is because they don't care. They are more interested in the social activities of the church instead of doctrine. To my horror (when I attended the largest Baptist church on Guam in 2014, while attending their Foundation's Classes for 6 weeks to be initiated into their church), I heard the senior pastor say with my own two ears, “You can probably find better preaching elsewhere, but our music program is second to none!” What a shameful thing for a pastor to admit. What a horrible pastor!!! Good night man, do something about it! But you see, that's the whole problem, he likes it that way! The church is far more interested in entertainment than they are THE TRUTH!!!

That's the whole problem with Bob Jones University. I dare you to prove me wrong. Look online at Bob Jones University. You'll find a bunch of stuff about their great music programs, and inviting the Cantus men's choir to perform at BJU. You'll find President Steve Petite promoting penny whistles, but YOU WON'T FIND ANY HARD PREACHING!!! What a disgrace BJU has become!!! And the shady Baptist church down the street from me, with their 1,000 student (2/3rd admittedly aren't saved) religious school are a disgrace too! I've witnessed to their staff members, who told me that turning away from sinful behavior is necessary to be saved. THEY AREN'T SAVED!!! If you believe that you must turn away from the desire to sin to be saved, or sin itself, YOU ARE NOT BORN-AGAIN!!! Eternal life is a gift, free and clear, paid for by Jesus' precious blood. God doesn't save anyone who is TRYING to be saved, He only saves those who are TRUSTING to be saved!!!
 

The Alexandrian Cult's Day of Reckoning is Coming

Consequently, concerning the rotten Baptist church down the street from me, I chose to place the matter into the Lord's hands for judgment, because there is nothing I can do. They are stiffnecked and wicked pastors, who only care about their next paycheck, and have no business whatsoever being leaders in any New Testament church. God will hold them fully accountable at the Judgment Seat of Christ—for sinfully holding a grudge against me because I am telling THE TRUTH, and for the blood on their hands for all the people who are going to Hell because of their use of the Alexandrian Bible versions (which all teach the lie of Lordship Salvation), and also because of their ungodly support of Dr. John MacArthur (Mr. Lordship Salvation himself), et cetera. If the former pastor were still here, he would befriend me, because he is King James Bible only. The present pastor has ruined the church since 1999!

I have been faithful to the Word of God, but the Bob Jones University crowd have not. They have dropped the ball for the Savior, and have embraced ungodly satanic Bible perversions that attack His deity, remove the Godhead (see Romans 1:20; Acts 17:29 and Colossians 2:9), remove the only begotten Son, corrupt the meaning of repentance and add making Jesus “Lord” in Romans 10:9 to the Gospel, et cetera. The Holy Bible teaches that we must expose the corrupt Bob Jones crowd and all such false prophets...

Titus 1:9-11, “Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.”

We all have to fight spiritual battles as Christians, but I never imaged that I would have to fight against my own Baptist camp. I am holding fast the inspired words of God in the faithful King James Bible. Bob Jones University (BJU) are deceivers, who dismiss the Bible debate by alleging that there cannot possibly be only one good English Bible. But that is a red-herring statement (i.e., a statement intended to sidestep the real issue). The real issue is the corrupt Alexandrian Bible versions!!! Prove what I say here, if you will—If you examine numerous of the modern Bible perversions, you'll discover that they all contain THE SAME CORRUPTIONS. Here's a perfect example from Psalms 12:6-7. The really tragic thing is that when the present pastor, of the lukewarm Baptist church down the street from me on Guam, leaves, the damage he has done will perpetuate to the next generation, and eventually the King James Bible will be phased out entirely. Mark my words! That is Satan's goal!!! The younger generation thinks very differently today than the older generation. What one generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace!!!

Ephesians 4:29-32, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

I feel sorry for people in churches today, who are being deceived by the Devil. If there is one place in the world where you ought to be able to hear THE TRUTH, it should be in a church. Sadly, that is not the case today. If there is one place where you'd expect to see women dressed like ladies, it ought to be at church. Sadly, that is not the case today. BJU college even permits their female students to wear halter-top in the 2017 student handbook. As a shameful reflection upon Baptists, Mormons have higher moral clothing standards. Harvest Baptist Church is just one of thousands of ecumenical, lukewarm, corrupt churches today, who have a facade of happiness, but have left their first love. They are going through the motions three times a week, playing church, merely worshipping God with their mouth, but their heart is far from Him. Matthew 15:7-8, “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”

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