{"id":418,"date":"2015-06-05T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T13:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/?p=418"},"modified":"2015-06-09T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:14:29","slug":"bruce-is-no-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/2015\/06\/bruce-is-no-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce is No Hero."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people are confusing Bruce Banner and Bruce Jenner. \u00a0One through exposure to a bunch of chemicals and a mutant transformation turned into this very scary and rather hideous monster.<\/p>\n<p>The other is the Hulk.<\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">I don&#8217;t think i am being mean here for those who think we are being hard on &#8220;Brucey&#8221;. Here is why.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">First, in his\/her defense, Bruce likely has had a very sad life story and likely experienced something horrible earlier in life, such as sexual abuse, etc that led him down this path. In that regard we should be compa<\/span><\/span><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">ssionate and praying and broken over his embracing such a twisted decision. \u00a0 He was right in regards of likely knowing something was missing. \u00a0He could have been right to say, &#8220;I feel I born this way&#8221; and trapped with no way out. \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">However, his &#8216;right observations&#8217; about himself led to wrong conclusions. \u00a0Had he consulted the God of the Bible instead of the lies of the devil, he might have been delivered from the torment he felt. \u00a0 Sadly, though the truth today falls on deaf ears. \u00a0The truth is often cast aside by the louder, bolder lies of the world. \u00a0And what is the saddest thing of all is that had Bruce went to the church for help, he likely would have ended up making the same decision, as most of the churches in America would have had wrong information for him anyway. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">The devil has his hand over most of what comes out as &#8220;truth&#8221; from most churches, the majority of PhD Counselors, Psychiatrists, and even the medical community. \u00a0Today you can realize you have a problem and need help and the odds are very likely you will get counsel from &#8220;an angel of light&#8221; who smiles and has great bedside manner. \u00a0 The problem is the bible says in 2nd Corinthians 11:14\u00a0And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. \u00a0 \u00a0And if the person is a &#8220;man of faith&#8221; he likely is a wolf in sheep&#8217;s clothing. \u00a0They are liars and are often deluded themselves.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">The devil is <em>the very father of lies<\/em> and the reason someone can go down such a sad and destructive path is the person believes the lies, the counsel he gets from those that do not know the truth feeds the lies, and those with &#8220;Truth&#8221; are censored and ridiculed. \u00a0 Evil has become good and good evil. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesus offers spiritual surgery. \u00a0The bible says in Colossians 2: 11-12, <em>In whom also ye are circumcised with the\u00a0<b>circumcision<\/b> <b>made<\/b> <b>without<\/b> <b>hands<\/b>, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the <b>circumcision<\/b> of Christ: \u00a0 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith <b>of<\/b> the <b>operation<\/b> <b>of<\/b> <b>God<\/b>, who hath raised him from the dead. \u00a0<\/em>Colossians 2:10 says\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And <b>ye<\/b> <b>are<\/b> <b>complete<\/b> <b>in<\/b> <b>him<\/b><\/span>, which is the head of all principality and power:<\/em> \u00a02nd Corinthians 5:17 says <em>Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a <b>new\u00a0<\/b><b>creature<\/b>: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become <b>new<\/b>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bruce thought the surgery of men made him a new creature. \u00a0It didn&#8217;t. \u00a0Deep down, he is the same old Bruce and years from now that will be a sad and tragic discovery. \u00a0Bruce either rejected or neglected the <em>&#8220;surgery of God<\/em>&#8221; and that would have made him a new creature. \u00a0Born again.<\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">Jesus was kind to the individual sinners but he also rebuked the false prophets and false teachers <em><strong>BEFORE ALL<\/strong> <\/em>SO OTHERS MAY FEAR and so OTHERS WOULD NOT make the same Hell-damning mistakes. \u00a0Jesus was not just picking on the pharisees or being mean. \u00a0When Bruce dragged his story into the media world he now is an &#8220;authority&#8221; for kids who are fed gender identity lies from the pit of hell. \u00a0He is telling the world that the lies he embraced are the truth. \u00a0Not only for him, but for everyone else looking for &#8220;truth&#8221;. \u00a0This is why Bruce is now a menace to society and needs to be exposed. <em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Bruce can&#8217;t see the truth and everyone he impacts with his story embrace the lies he is believing for themselves. \u00a0And<em> he spake a parable unto them, Can the <b>blind<\/b> <b>lead\u00a0<\/b>the <b>blind<\/b>? shall they not both fall into the ditch? \u00a0(<\/em>Luke 6:39)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">He now is a false teacher and a false &#8220;prophet&#8221; and needs to be shamed and needs to be silenced. He went from a confused and sad individual to now being an enemy of God because now he is leading others in confusion right down the same path. And he is proud of it as well. He should be ashamed, he should go back in the closet, and Christians are correct to boldly be proclaiming that what he is doing is WRONG!!!! There is a &#8220;GAY PRIDE&#8221; parade on Sunday in Buffalo and sadly many churches will be in the parade SUPPORTING it. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">We are not hateful who preach or have preached there. When sin is out in the open and the ways of God are openly mocked, and the &#8220;lost&#8221; stand there and shake their fists at God and tell Him he has no right to judge them &#8212;and they attack anyone for trying to share truth in LOVE &#8212; the TRUTH needs to be lifted up. \u00a0God is a God of love but God is a GOD OF WRATH. He hates certain things and the bible says in Psalm 7:11 that God judgeth<em> the<\/em> righteous, and <em>GOD IS ANGRY WITH THE WICKED EVERY DAY.<\/em>\u00a0 The bible also says that it is a <em>FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD<\/em> and k<em>nowing therefore <b>the<\/b> <b>terror<\/b> <b>of<\/b> <b>the<\/b> <b>Lord<\/b>, we persuade men.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">Be warned America&#8211; most of the churches today think the preachers who preach JUDGMENT preach hate, but they are WARNING THESE FOLKS THAT GOD IS AGAINST THEM WHEN THEY STAND IN OPEN REBELLION TO A HOLY GOD AND DEMAND THAT EVERYONE EMBRACE THEIR LIFESTYLE. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">Bruce is not a hero, he is confused and he is a pervert and he is now a false teacher. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">Likewise, those marching in the parade on Sunday are a disgrace to God and shame on the CHURCHES WHO PROUDLY MARCH WITH THEM! This is not about being mean, this is about a country headed for destruction and even most of the churches of America refuse to look to a HOLY GOD for truth. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">Instead they mock God and embrace all the lies of Hollywood and the Media. \u00a0The blind leading the blind that shall both fall into the pit. \u00a0Of hellfire. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">The rest of this post is a rebuke and\u00a0exhortation\u00a0for the Christian. \u00a0Bible believing Christian, do you honestly think you can please God embracing the same junk and sources of lies that the lost and the false churches get their truth from? \u00a0We just might be able to make a difference in this world for the glory of God if we let the Bible conform our thinking instead of the media. \u00a0&#8220;We&#8221; claim we know the truth but we are just as addicted to the ways of the world as they are. \u00a0And we are starting to embrace a lot of the same liberal thinking and liberal justifying and liberal arguments as &#8220;them&#8221;. \u00a0 We are lukewarm\u00a0compromisers. \u00a0 Jesus asked, <em>when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?<\/em> \u00a0Or will he find us stuck in front of a TV, or surfing filth on the internet, or wasting time posting cute pictures of kittens up on Facebook? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not an option but a Bible command. \u00a0 The verses of Romans 12:1-2 are not mere suggestions or just to put on a bumper sticker. \u00a0All scripture is profitable for doctrine. \u00a0We hyper-dispensationalize the bible and &#8220;wrongly divide&#8221; the bible to the point we obey nothing, but even if that is your doctrine, Romans is Pauline epistles for church matters of faith and practice, and yet &#8220;we American Christians&#8221; still defend our love of the world. \u00a0Verse 2 says <em>And be ye not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind<\/em>, Christian. \u00a0The Bible says LOVE NOT THE WORLD, neither the things that are in the world. \u00a0Friendship with the world means you are an enemy of God says James. <em>\u00a0Set your affections on things above<\/em> says Colossians 3. \u00a0And God does not mean by that to gaze with awe high above at the Jumbotron.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have liberty!&#8221; says the modern Christian. \u00a0 We need to define our Liberty by the Bible not by Christian television, Kingdom Bound, or Rick Warren. \u00a0 1st Peter 2:16 says<em> As free, and not using your <b>liberty<\/b> for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.<\/em> \u00a0 Galatians 5:13 says\u00a0<em>For, brethren, ye have been called unto <b>liberty<\/b>; <strong>only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh<\/strong>, but by love serve one another.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jesus asks,<em> Why call Ye Me, Lord, Lord and do not the things that I say?<\/em> \u00a0 Today instead of running from the world as much as we can, we want to defend it. \u00a0 &#8220;Preacher, Hollywood isn&#8217;t the world, TV isn&#8217;t the world, Facebook isn&#8217;t the world!&#8221; says the average Christian today. \u00a0And the lost go unwarned, uncared for, \u00a0unpreached to, and are never or rarely exposed to the right dose of the truth. \u00a0 We sing in church,<em> O how I love Jesus!<\/em> but our actions say, &#8220;O How I love PRO SPORTS,&#8221; or whatever American Idols we bow down to.<\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".71.1:4:1:$comment1641059829462613_1641202206115042:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">First, \u00a0Christians need to have their minds transformed. \u00a0And then, just maybe the &#8216;Bruces&#8217; of this world would know where to get the right kind of transformation. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people are confusing Bruce Banner and Bruce Jenner. \u00a0One through exposure to a bunch of chemicals and a mutant transformation turned into this very scary and rather hideous monster. 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