Discipline

Oct 9, 2025
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Jesus called his followers disciples. The meaning of disciple is a disciplined learner. It doesn’t do any good to read the manual, the Bible and not do what it says. There are three things that we are encouraged to obtain. Knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Knowledge is information, understanding is comprehension and wisdom is application. In simple terms that means to read the manual, understand it and apply it. Some fail to read it some fail to understand it and most fail to apply it. We have talked about purpose and success but none of these will be achieved without discipline.

Eye-level view of the tranquil waters of Goshen Falls surrounded by lush greenery

Some people obtain a certain amount of success fame and fortune but they are not happy or content. They understand that it took hard work and discipline to achieve those things. The only problem is that they left God out of the equation. That is why they were not fulfilled. I know because I was guilty of the same thing. That is how I found out what true success really is.

On the other hand, some people expect God to do everything because they don’t want to do the work that is required to be truly successful. They can them blame Him or someone else for their failure. This is a saying that has helped me to stay focused. If it is to be it is up to me. In other words. God can reveal to me my purpose and give me the faith to accomplish it. But if I am not willing to do the work it is just a dream and will never be a reality.

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The bible says that Satan is a liar and the father of lies because there is no truth in him. He is called the deceiver and he perverts the truth. He is a counterfeit. He comes as an angel of light. The bible tells us not to be ignorant of his devices. It is our duty as a disciple to know his method and that he always tempts us in the same three areas he tempted Eve. If you read Matthew chapter 4 you will see that he tempted Jesus with the same method in the same three areas. The good news is Jesus was tempted in all points as we yet without sin. He defeated Satan that day in the desert which made the way for us to have victory over sin the same way Jesus did. Jesus spoke the word to him and told him it is written man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God. The whole idea of the resurrection of Jesus was to send the Holy Spirit back to live in us to give us the power and the authority that we need to overcome Satan and his deception. Jesus came to undo what Adam and Eve did. They rebelled against the word and authority of God and lost their relationship with him. Jesus came to restore us back in right relationship with the father so that we can walk with him in the garden. The garden was the atmosphere created by the presence of God. When you have the Holy Spirit residing in you his presence creates that same atmosphere that was in the garden. Jesus warned that false Christs and false prophets would arise and show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light and his ministers transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. There is so much of this going on today that it is scary. Social media has made it possible for so many people to be so called ministers and prophets speaking everything but the truth. You really have to be careful who you listen to. I try to keep up with most everything that is going on and sometimes something sounds so close to the truth that it even makes me question for a minute. Thank God I have a strong foundation and am not moved by every wind and doctrine that comes along. Most people today don’t have a relationship with their pastor. The Mega churches have made it impossible to really get to know and spend any time with the pastor. In like manor the people that you listen to on social media are not approachable either to have a real relationship with them. Jesus set the perfect example for us to follow. He walked with his disciples almost daily and they could see that he was genuine. The things that he said matched up with the things that he did. What we do today and call it church is far from what Jesus intended. He intended for us to live in community as believers and share our lives with one another the ups and the downs. It was never intended for us to go to church but rather for us to be the church. We have made the concept of church all about the meetings. Today most of the meetings are entertaining the saints instead of discipling them. Jeus said I will build my Ecclesia(church) and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Rome had its Ecclesia so Jesus said I will build my Ecclesia. The word Ecclesia is not a religious term but rather a political term. It was the governing body of Rome similar to our senate. The Ecclesia(church) is supposed to be Jesus governing body on earth teaching people how his kingdom works. The goal here at Goshen Falls is to teach kingdom principle both by demonstrating them and teaching them at the retreats. We will be announcing some events coming soon so come and be a part of Gods kingdom demonstrated here at Goshen Falls. Check out my book “The Shift in Time the Reformation Awakens” for more about the how literal kingdoms work and what Jesus was talking about when he talked about his kingdom.