AMERICA Prayer Vigil (July 30, 2024) *Prayer*

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)

Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

Dear Holy Father God, today Your Free Republic intercessors come together to stand in the gap for America and the nations of the world. We confess all national sins of self-worship, pride, scoffing and mockery of Holy God, and idolatries that we pathetically attempt to place above You.

Our nation is proven unworthy to You, and deserving of Your crushing wrath. Yet in spite of our stubborness and rebellion, You are merciful and gracious in Your desire that none are lost. We thank You for Your loving patience and kindness which we surely don't deserve, and for Your forgiveness and the many chances You grant us to make right with You.

Abba Father, shake up the people and churches in America and the nations around the world. Destroy our idols and shatter all false gods which have brought in every manner of evil upon us. Scatter the wicked who through their wicked pathologies have infiltrated Your church and wormed their way into government and institutions!

We rebuke and repulse all abominations so insulting and infuriating to You: Abortion, fornication, pedophilia, rape, homosexuality, transgenderism, corruption, idolatry and all antichristian and pagan practices not specifically confessed. Holy Father, turn over the tables as Jesus does and drive the reprobates out of Your house and ours! We confess our own sins and call for purification of your Bride and protection of the innocent by the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We proclaim this spiritual battle is Yours, Holy Father, in which our majestic KING and magnificent LORD JESUS CHRIST brings the VICTORY! We thank You for the protection Your spiritual armor provides us and Your Holy Spirit who gives us the strength and courage to stand with You in the heat of the battle. In the mighty Name of Jesus we pray, amen!

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What does the Bible say about scoffers?

“Scoffer” means “one who mocks, ridicules, or scorns the belief of another.” In Hebrew, the word translated “scoffer” or “mocker” can also mean “ambassador.” A scoffer considers himself an ambassador for the opposing idea. He ridicules all who stand against him, and actively recruits others to join his side. In the Bible, scoffers are those who choose to disbelieve God and His Word. They say in their hearts, “There is no God” (Psalm 14:1), and make it their ambition to ridicule those who follow God.

The Bible has a lot to say about scoffers (Proverbs 19:29; 29:8; Acts 13:41). Proverbs 3:34 says that God “scoffs at the scoffers, yet He gives grace to the afflicted.” Psalm 1:1 gives us clear instruction about how to deal with scoffers: “How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers.” The progression of unbelief begins with listening to ungodly counsel and ends with joining the scoffers. The Bible warns us not to entertain the company of those who actively ridicule our faith, or we risk having that faith destroyed. Proverbs 13:20 says, “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.”

We cannot totally escape the presence of scoffers. They were active in Jesus’ day, and we continue to hear from them today. Jesus told His disciples, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you” (John 15:18–19). A Christian should “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks ... to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Peter 3:15). However, when we cease to be the influencers and start to become the influenced, it is time to “shake the dust off our feet” (Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 10:11).

Second Peter 3:3 warns us that “in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires” (cf. Jude 1:18). Scoffing will only increase as we near the time for Jesus’ return (2 Timothy 3:1-5). We already see it happening with the blanket acceptance of evolutionary theory that excludes a Creator, the rapid expansion of false religions that deny the deity of Christ, and the numeric explosion of those who identify themselves as agnostics and atheists.

Scoffers will always be present in the world. But there is coming a promised day when “at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:10–11). On that day there will no longer be any scoffers. They will at last accept the truth, and their scoffing will be forever silenced.
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-scoffers.html

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There will be scoffers in the last days

Two passages in the Bible say that “in the last days, scoffers will come.” Second Peter 3:3 and Jude 1:18 both explain what that means. A “scoffer” in this context is one who mocks Christ, ridicules the things of God, and opposes the gospel. Both Peter and Jude were writing warnings against false teachers who were intent on leading others astray. The word scoffer refers to one who denies the truths of Scripture and entices others to go along with his error.

Scoffers have been present since the Garden of Eden. Satan’s first temptation of man was in the form of scoffing at God’s command: “Did God really say—?” (Genesis 3:1). Scoffers dominated Noah’s day (Genesis 6:5–8; Hebrews 11:7), leaving God with little choice but to destroy them all and start over with Noah, the only righteous man on earth. Scoffers refuse to believe the word of the Lord and set themselves up as their own gods (2 Chronicles 36:16). The psalmist warns against the digression that leads from casual association with wicked people to sitting “in the seat of scoffers” (Psalm 1:1), embracing their worldview—and sharing their fate.

Scripture indicates that, as the Day of the Lord draws nearer, the scoffing will increase. Peter describes these scoffers as “following their own evil desires” (2 Peter 3:3) and questioning the second coming of the Lord Jesus (verse 4). Thousands of years have passed since Jesus ascended into heaven, promising to return for His faithful ones (John 14:1–4; Revelation 22:12). Scoffers point out the lapse of time and mock those who still wait and yearn for His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:7).

Jude describes the scoffers of the last days as people who follow ungodly desires and create division in the church (Jude 1:18). They may even present themselves as church leaders, but they “do not have the Spirit” (verse 19). Paul goes into more detail about the condition of the world before Jesus returns: “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people” (2 Timothy 3:1–5). Scoffers will fit right in with such a crowd.

We already see an increase of scoffers in our world today. Constant access to media, the internet, and other forms of technology provide an open platform for anyone with an opinion. Mocking everything once thought honorable is a favorite pastime. Scoffers are emboldened on social media by others who can instantly approve of their mockery. Many people are educated beyond their intelligence, and this new world without moral boundaries is producing scoffers instead of thinkers. Many try to use scientific training to say that, since the reality of the Creator God cannot be proved by man’s understanding, God must not exist. In rejecting Scripture, mankind has lost its moral compass, leaving us with no way to determine right or wrong, good or bad, truth or lie (REPROBATES). In this climate, anyone who claims to know the truth is a prime target for scoffers.

Arrogance (PRIDE) leads to scoffing, much as it did before the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–4). When people become puffed up with their own importance, they begin to challenge anything that threatens their high opinion of themselves. Once we removed the idea of God from consideration, then anything goes. Scoffers have tried to redefine marriage, obliterate gender binarism, and create a fantasy world in which reality becomes whatever we feel it is (FOLLOW YOUR WICKED, DEPRAVED HEART). Not long ago, such a mindset was the definition of insanity. Now we are told it is the ultimate wisdom. Romans 1:21–22 has never been more relevant: “Although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”

The proliferation of scoffers is a sign of the last days. They profess themselves to be wise, but they are really fools (Psalm 14:1). The number of scoffers and deceivers is increasing rapidly, just as Scripture warned us (2 John 1:7). It is critically important that every Christian take seriously the commands to study and meditate on God’s Word (2 Timothy 2:15; Joshua 1:8) so that we won’t be led astray by the lofty-sounding ideas presented to us by scoffers (2 Corinthians 10:5).
https://www.gotquestions.org/scoffers-in-the-last-days.html

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Prayer: The Last Hour and the New World Order
By Linda Kimball
Whole article & prayer: https://new.americanprophet.org/prayer-the-last-hour-and-the-new-world-order/

O Lord our God, in these evil days as battles rage all round us, remind us this very day that we are not alone, for though You are unseen, You O Lord are with us and You walk and fight beside us. Your eyelids search out your enemies. You know who Satan’s seed are; You know that in their black hearts they hate You, Your children, and all decent, law-abiding Americans and our homeland. Remind us Lord that even as the destiny of America is not in their hands but Yours, that this land is not our home. We are pilgrims passing through on our way to our real Home in Paradise Restored where there will be no more dying, no more tears, no more mourning, for the old things have passed away and all things are new. Keep us in memory of our Home, O Lord. Remind us of the eternal joy and bliss that awaits us

O Lord, let us also always remember that when our victorious Lord Jesus Christ appears in judgment the wicked will be consumed in the fire of His wrath. Even now, though they plan evil against You and your faithful church, You O God, have destined their evil plans to fail. Just when it appears they are on the cusp of victory, You O Lord our God will throw them down and crush them. Their New World Order will not last for it is doomed by God to go down into the flames of hell, taking all of its wicked builders with it.

Let us rejoice, O Lord, in your strength and Your victory. Let our prayers be full of confidence in our Savior Who died for our sins that we might live:

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” Romans 5:1-11

All this we pray in the name of the Crucified Risen Christ. Amen.

You’re welcome Brother. God bless you! Thank you for all your work to get the Good News out.

Why does God allow people to mock Him?

Every day, in every part of the world, there are people who mock God. Many go out of their way to blaspheme, to ridicule, and to shake their fist at their Creator. The amount of mockery is disheartening, and its audacity is often breathtaking. God sees all this, and surely He could do something about it. Why does He allow it to continue?

God created mankind with free will. Revelation 4:11 reads, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” The Almighty created us for His glory and pleasure, and what greater pleasure could there be than being loved by someone willingly and joyously and without being forced to love? God did not create mindless drones that would simply do His bidding. He wanted children, similar to the way that human parents want children, not as servants but thinking individuals, complete with their own quirks and personalities. God wanted to have fellowship with us, a relationship with us. True, genuine love is voluntary.

And because God created mankind this way—of course, He did not have to, but chose to. We have the free will to disobey Him, blaspheme Him, and, yes, even mock Him. But we are warned in Galatians 6:7 that God will not always be mocked. The blasphemy and derision are temporary. There will be a day of reckoning, and, ultimately, a man reaps what he sows.

We have the ability to choose good or evil, right or wrong. God also gave us a solution, a way out of sin and into eternal life. Jesus Christ has provided the means of restoring a loving relationship with God, through His sacrifice on the cross.
https://www.gotquestions.org/mock-God.html

Amen!

thank You Father for the gift of Your Son on the Cross. We are grateful that He freely gave Himself to be made our collective Sin for us on that awful day some 2000 years ago. He accepted the blame and scorned the shame that we in the Body might be redeemed, forgiven, and be made worthy of eternal life through and in Him, our excellent Bridegroom.

even now we thank Jesus the Advocate for standing between us and the evil one, always begging pardon for us. so, humbling ourselves, we make so bold as to approach the Throne of Grace again to ask that He stand also between a Holy God and a fallen America, whose once glorious and godly part has become of late just ‘filthy rags’ and worthy only of God’s Judgment, truly. but for the sake of Your faithful remnant, we still beg for Mercy on America—the once godly, great and beautiful land, founded by God fearing men with our complete trust in You, their faith in holy justice and their goal of freedom from the evils of the old world. we dare ask for revival at this late stage, because ‘all things are possible’ with You, Father God. and You Lord are the Author of History and Maker of nations, Lord. You are the one who chooses the Leaders of those nations. so we ask that You now continue to fashion and try the man You spared by a bullet’s breadth, that You mold him into a leader after Your own Heart—a man both fit and fitted to lead a great Nation back to God!

In Jesus’ Name, the Author and Director of world History, i ask all of this, trusting in Your Will, always, do the right thing. Amen.

Thank you NEWwoman! God bless you Sister.

What does it mean that God is not mocked?

To mock God is to disrespect, dishonor or ignore Him. It is a serious offense committed by those who have no fear of God or who deny His existence. The most easily recognized form of mockery is disrespect typified by verbal insults or other acts of disdain. It is associated with ridicule, scoffing and defiance. Mockery is a dishonoring attitude that shows low estimation, contempt or even open hostility.

In the Bible mockery is a behavior and attitude shown by the fool (Psalm 74:22), the wicked (Psalm 1:1), the enemy (Psalm 74:10), the hater of knowledge (Proverbs 1:22; 13:1), the proud (Psalm 119:51; Isaiah 37:17), and the unteachable (Proverbs 15:12). A mocker goes beyond mere lack of judgment to making a conscious decision for evil. Mockers are without a spirit of obedience, teachability, discernment, wisdom, worship or faith.

Those who mock God will mock the people of God as well. The prophet Jeremiah “became the laughingstock of all my people” and was mocked “in song all day long” (Lamentations 3:14). Mockery of God’s prophets was commonplace (2 Chronicles 36:16). Nehemiah was mocked by his enemies (Nehemiah 2:19). Elisha was mocked by the youths of Bethel (2 Kings 2:23). And of course our Lord Jesus was mocked—by Herod and his soldiers (Luke 23:11), by the Roman soldiers (Mark 15:20; Luke 23:36), by a thief on a cross (Luke 23:39), and by the Jewish leaders who passed by the cross (Matthew 27:41).

It is easy for us as believers to point the finger at those outside the church who mock God. But the most subtle mockery of God, and the most dangerous, comes from those of us sitting in church. We are guilty of mockery when we behave with an outward show of spirituality or godliness without an inward engagement or change of heart.

Charles G. Finney, a preacher in the 1800s, wrote about the effects of mocking God: “To mock God is to pretend to love and serve him when we do not; to act in a false manner, to be insincere and hypocritical in our professions, pretending to obey him, love, serve, and worship him, when we do not. ... Mocking God grieves the Holy Spirit, and sears the conscience; and thus the bands of sin become stronger and stronger. The heart becomes gradually hardened by such a process.”

God warns that mockery of what is holy will be punished. Zephaniah predicted the downfall of Moab and Ammon, saying, “This is what they will get in return for their pride, for insulting and mocking the people of the LORD Almighty” (Zephaniah 2:10). Isaiah 28:22 warns that mockery will cause the chains of Judah’s sin to become stronger and that destruction will follow. Proverbs 3:34 says that God will mock the mocker but give favor to the humble and oppressed. Second Kings 2:24 records the punishment that befell the youths who jeered Elisha.

This is what it means that God is not mocked. There are repercussions for ignoring God’s directives and willfully choosing sin. Adam and Eve tried and brought sorrow and death into the world (Genesis 2:15–17; 3:6, 24). Ananias and Sapphira’s deception brought about a swift and public judgment (Acts 5:1–11). Galatians 6:7 states a universal principle: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”

God cannot be deceived (Hebrews 4:12–13). Achan’s sin (Joshua 7) and Jonah’s flight (Jonah 1) were not unknown to God. Jesus’ repeated words to every church in Revelation 2—3 were, “I know your works.” We only deceive ourselves when we think our attitudes and actions are not seen by an all-powerful and all-knowing God.

The Bible shows us the way to live a blessed life, sometimes by the good examples of godly men and women and sometimes by the negative examples of those who choose to follow another path. Psalm 1:1–3 says, “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.”
https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-not-mocked.html

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