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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – July 10

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Our Favorite Babysitter: Satan!

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Part 6:

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“How To Raise Up Little Hybrid ‘Shiglets!'”

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To read Part 1, click here… FEBRUARY 3 (Our Favorite Babysitter: Satan!)

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“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:

for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?

and what communion hath light with darkness?…

Wherefore come out from among them,

and be ye separate, saith the Lord,

and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,

And will be a Father unto you,

and ye shall be My sons and daughters,

saith the Lord Almighty.”

2nd Corinthians 6:14-18

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Have you ever seen a “Shiglet”?

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Well, simply put, a Shiglet is merely a make-believe, allegorical creature, which is half baby sheep and half baby pig.

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But in reality, this is how many poor children are growing up, to a great extent: half the world’s, and with a half-hearted attempt to serve Jesus!

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A Shig or a Peep – geograph org – UK – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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“No man can serve two masters”

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In Part 1 of “How To Raise Up Good Little Hybrid Shiglets” (click here), the subject of raising children to attempt to serve Jesus, and yet allowing them to become indoctrinated by Satan’s world-system, will only cause them to grow up loving the world, while making a feeble attempt at serving Jesus.

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Well, of course, such a double-minded upbringing will never succeed on behalf of Heaven.

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As Jesus so aptly says…

“No man can serve two masters:

for either he will hate the one, and love the other;

or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

Matthew 6:24

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tv – The image of the Beast

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RELIGIOUS/WORLDLY ENTERTAINMENT

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There are many quasi-Christian publications for children today. And these come in the form of TV shows, cartoons, books, CD’s, and other multi-media publications.

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The problem with most of these is that they attempt to appeal to the children from a worldly vantage-point.

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In other words, the producers of these children’s ministries assume that the only way to reach worldly children is by co-mingling the Gospel with the common elements of the world.

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ABOVE PICTURE: TV indoctrination – www.signsofheaven.org – not for commercial uses

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WORLDLINESS WITH A THIN CLOAK OF RELIGIOSITY

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For example, one “Christian” movie might be based on a sports theme, in which the focus of sports is salted with elements of Christianity.

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Or another Christian movie might be centered around some Christian aspiring to succeed in a high-powered career, having to rely on Jesus, to ultimately achieve his or her earthly dream.

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Another example might be a cartoon episode in which some Bible story has been updated with the trendy music, and the fashionable lingo of today’s world, and with joking and jesting and other types of worldly behavior, sprinkled throughout.

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A Shig or a Peep – geograph org – UK – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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USING NATURAL MAN’S WORLDLY WISDOM: “Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic”

James 3:15

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Now to the “natural man”, all this seems to be a reasonable way to reach today’s savvy and streetwise kids.

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And the great hope of parents is, that by combining the worldly with the heavenly, they can hopefully inspire their interest in Salvation, instead of boring them with the purity and holiness of the Bible.

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A Shig or a Peep – geograph org – UK – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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GOD WARNS AGAINST USING HUMAN WISDOM

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Well, the Lord understands our great consternation for our children’s Salvation.

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But the Bible often warns us against employing such human efforts to attempt to win our children over to Christ.

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So many times, and in so many ways, the Bible repeats its warnings against compromising the purity of the Gospel with the “beggarly elements” of the world.

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A Shig or a Peep – geograph org – UK – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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MINGLING HOLY THINGS WITH COMMON

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For instance, the Bible comes right out and says… 

“Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned Mine holy things:

they have put no difference between the holy and profane (common, frivolous, worthless),

neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean…”

Ezekiel 22:26

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Here is just one passage which presents this truth concerning mingling common things with sacred things.

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A Shig or a Peep – geograph org – UK – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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REMOVE THE VILE FROM THE PRECIOUS!

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In Jeremiah 15:19, God repeats this law by saying to His prophet, Jeremiah…

“Therefore thus saith the LORD,

If thou return, then will I bring thee again,

and thou shalt stand before Me:

and if thou take forth the precious from the vile (vain or worthless),

thou shalt be as My mouth:

let them (the apostate congregation) return unto thee;

but return not thou unto them.”

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We must not allow these Old English words to confuse us. The word “vile” can easily be translated, “worthless”, or “frivolous”.

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A Shig or a Peep – geograph org – UK – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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To read Part 7, click here…

July 11 (Our Favorite Babysitter: Satan! Part 7: “How To Raise Up Little Hybrid ‘Shiglets!’” CONTINUED)

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TODAY’S PRAYER

Dear Lord, Help me to raise my children the best way possible! And help my spouse to also concerned with the eternal welfare of our children…

Pray for Our Nation sign – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Television & The Image That Speaks”, or you can also read… “February 16th (Joys of Parenthood!)” 

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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THE SWINE: “LUST OF THE FLESH”

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“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:16

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This article will introduce this third beast-like face, inscribed in the Moon: a swine. And it will be shown that the three beast-like faces in the Moon, represent the concept taught in the above verse concerning “the lust of the flesh…the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life”. 

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It has become apparent that the second face in the Moon, besides appearing as a wolf-like beast, also appears as a Swine. Let’s explore this concept, for a moment. First of all, when a person sees the second face up in the sky, it’s arguable whether or not it looks like a swine. But it must be conceded that the photos do indeed make it appear as if this character has a “sawed-off” snout like a swine. And of course, a swine is spoken of quite frequently in Scripture.

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Moon – Public Domain – 2nd face Pharisee Scorner & also 3rd face Swine Eater – by Cezar Popescu for Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain – cropped, highlighted & rotated photo

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…Moon Into Blood: Addendum to 2nd Face: The Swine Eater

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TOMORROW…

July 11 (Our Favorite Babysitter: Satan! Part 7: “How To Raise Up Little Hybrid ‘Shiglets!’” CONTINUED)

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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM or BIBLE STUDY

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS BIBLE STUDY or 90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM, A QUESTION/ANSWER CALL-IN, TALK SHOW.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…The Open Forum Harold Camping March 15, 2002 (youtube.com)

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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