Andrew Abrams

former foundryman, current pastor of Wakelee Bible Church in SW Lower Michigan.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

A man can sit in church for years and still never know the Lord.

He can hear sermons, sing hymns, attend meetings, learn Christian language, quote verses, defend doctrine, serve in ministries, and still remain a stranger to the new birth. Church attendance can surround a man with truth, but it cannot raise a dead soul to life. Only God can do that.

“Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

This is one of the most terrifying realities in the visible church. Many have become comfortable around holy things without being made holy by God. They are familiar with sermons but unfamiliar with repentance. They know the sound of prayer but not the poverty of spirit. They speak of Christ but do not bow to Him. They have religion in their habits but no resurrection in their hearts.

“Having a form of godliness, although they have denied its power” (2 Timothy 3:5).

The danger is not merely outside the church. The danger is inside the pew, inside the choir, inside the ministry team, inside the pulpit, inside the home that calls itself Christian while the heart remains unchanged. A man may be known by the church and still be unknown by Christ.

“Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 7:21).

That should make us tremble. Jesus did not warn atheists only. He warned religious people who used His name, claimed spiritual activity, and yet never belonged to Him. Their mouths were full of ministry, but their lives were full of lawlessness. Their confidence was in what they did for Christ, not in whether they had truly been brought to Christ.

“And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matthew 7:23).

The new birth is not a mood. It is not a decision card. It is not church culture. It is not being raised in a Christian family. It is not agreeing with Christian morals. It is the supernatural work of God by which a sinner is made alive, given a new heart, brought to repentance, granted faith in Christ, and turned from darkness to light.

“Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you” (Ezekiel 36:26).

Do not comfort yourself merely because you are near the things of God. Judas was near Christ and perished. The Pharisees searched the Scriptures and rejected the One to whom the Scriptures testified. The Israelites saw mighty works and still hardened their hearts.

“Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves” (2 Corinthians 13:5).

The question is not, “Have I been in church?” The question is, “Have I been born again?” Do I hate the sin I once protected? Do I love the Christ I once resisted? Do I bow to the Word I once ignored? Do I grieve over my corruption? Do I run to the cross? Do I bear fruit that only grace can produce?

“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments” (1 John 2:3).

A church seat cannot save you. A Christian family cannot save you. Baptism cannot save you. Ministry cannot save you. Knowledge cannot save you. Morality cannot save you. Only Christ can save sinners, and the man who belongs to Christ will not remain dead in the very sins from which Christ came to deliver him.

“They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him” (Titus 1:16).

So let every churchgoer tremble kindly before God. Let every professing Christian examine himself in the light of Scripture. Let no one hide behind years of attendance while the soul remains untouched by grace.

It is better to be disturbed now than damned later.

It is better to question false peace than to hear Christ say, “I never knew you.”

Religion can place you among the people of God.

Only the new birth can place you in Christ.

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@Tim_Sandborn21 A different perspective. John wrote as an old man reflecting upon what he witnessed in his life and wrote what is important. Jesus is God incarnate who sought out sinners to be His.

[PNW Ronda @ProLifeisProGod]

My testimony (the one fit for public consumption):

January 13, 2021 was supposed to be the day I died. The night before, my husband held me close, trying to help me slow his breathing as he pressed his chest against my back. I was having one panic attack after another. Thirty minutes of terror followed a few minutes of drop, and then the panic would flood in again.

It wasn't any one thing that pushed me past my limit. It was a lifetime of severe trauma and childhood neglect that brought me to that point. I'd been raped, choked nearly to death, had 28 different 'dads' living in our home from age 8-15. My father killed himself and involved me in his suicide. My first husband died robbing a bank. I was exploited and pimped out. On and on and on.

I was no angel. I wasn't only a victim. All of that pain twisted me into a broken shell. The pain I caused to others was just as bad as the things that were done to me over the course of my life.

That night in January 2021, after hours of panic attacks, a wonderful escape plan presented itself to me. I realized I could just kill myself. Lights out. As a lifelong atheist I believed I would die and then .... nothing.

In that moment, 'nothing' sounded better than 'anything' else I could imagine.

I sat up in bed with relief. I could breathe. I started planning. I only had to make it until the next day, and I could kill myself while my husband was at work. I decided to go to a hotel so he wouldn't come home and find me.

The next morning I woke up to the sound of my mother in law, Tina, at the door. My husband was deeply worried about me and he'd asked her to come to the house and stay in visual range of me until he got home.

Tina was a born again Christian and I was instantly ticked off. I wanted to kill myself. The last thing I wanted was another sermon about her 'sky daddy'.

She sat on the couch with me (I wasn't going to be rude and kick her out) and told me her own story. One she'd never told before. She shared the gospel. She listened to me for hours, telling her about my pain.

When she arrived she said she had a nail appointment at one so we needed to keep track of the time. I counted the minutes, but when it was time to go, and I tried to get rid of her, she said she'd cancelled the appointment and was going to stay with me until Jack got home.

In an absolute fit of panic and childish anger over my foiled suicide plan, I cried and shouted at her, "I DON'T DESERVE THIS."

Tina calmly replied, "Dear, if you and I got what we deserve, we'd both be in hell right now." Then she smiled and took a sip of her coffee.

It felt like I got the wind knocked out of me. It was her non-chalance, her perfect red-lipstick smile. In that moment, I instantly knew it was true. All of it.

I instinctively repented through tears, and asked Jesus to be my savior and to lead me. (I'm pretty yackity so I said a bunch of stuff. I don't remember everything but I prayed for a few minutes). Suddenly, all the panic and pain was gone. In it's place was a joy I'd never experienced before. I jumped up delight and surprise, knowing without doubt that He was the love of my life and I would NEVER leave Him.

Three hours later Jack came home from work and I was so excited I was jumping up and down, smiling, and saying, "I'm saved! I can't believe it's real! I'm saved!"

Jack saw me go from active suicide planning, to pure joy in a matter of hours.

He came to the Lord the next day.

I should be in hell right this minute. So should you. There is no one who is good, no, not one.

But God, in His patient loving kindness gives us time. He gives us chance after chance. He shows himself to us while we still hate him. And in the moment of our submission, He is there to heal our broken hearts.

Because He loved me first. Because he died for me. Because he rose again. Because He is Holy Holy Holy. Because He is all that matters: I will worship Him until my last breath.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

For the Christian, rest is not first found in quieter circumstances, lighter burdens, better health, easier relationships, or a life finally arranged according to our desires.

Our rest is found in Jesus Christ Himself. He is not merely the One who gives rest as though rest were something separate from Him. He is the rest our souls were made to seek. His name, His presence, His finished work, His righteousness, His blood, and His nearness are the shelter for the weary heart.

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

This rest was not cheaply given. It was acquired for us at the cross. The Son of God entered our unrest, bore our guilt, carried our curse, endured the wrath we deserved, and cried, “It is finished” (John 19:30). He did not merely make rest possible. He secured it by satisfying the justice of God and reconciling sinners to Himself.

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).

The deepest unrest in man is not tiredness. It is guilt before God, alienation from God, slavery to sin, fear of judgment, and the restless burden of trying to make peace with God by our own hands. Christ ended that false labour for all who believe. He became our peace by His blood.

“So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9).

This does not mean the Christian no longer suffers. It means suffering no longer has the final word. It does not mean every storm becomes silent at once. It means Christ is with us in the storm, and our souls are anchored in what He has already accomplished.

Our rest is not in our strength.

Our rest is not in our performance.

Our rest is not in the approval of men.

Our rest is in the crucified and risen Christ, who purchased peace for His people and will bring them safely into the eternal rest of God.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

The longer a man lives in sin, the less sinful sin feels to him.

What once troubled the conscience can become normal through repeated practice. The first fall may bring fear, shame, and trembling, but when sin is entertained, excused, defended, and repeated, the heart begins to lose its tenderness. The soul grows familiar with what should have horrified it.

“But exhort one another day after day, as long as it is still called Today, so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin” (Hebrews 3:13).

Sin does not only defile. It deceives. It teaches a man to rename rebellion as weakness, lust as desire, pride as confidence, bitterness as discernment, and compromise as wisdom. The more a person walks in darkness, the easier it becomes to call darkness normal.

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness” (Isaiah 5:20).

And then the world helps finish what sin began. When a whole culture celebrates what God condemns, shame begins to disappear. A man no longer blushes because everyone around him is applauding the same corruption. The crowd becomes his comfort, and popularity becomes his false absolution.

“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not ashamed, and they did not know how to blush” (Jeremiah 6:15).

This is why sin must be fought early, confessed quickly, and brought into the light before the conscience becomes numb. A hardened heart is not formed in one moment. It is formed through many small surrenders, many ignored warnings, and many quiet agreements with the flesh.

If sin no longer grieves us, that itself should terrify us. The loss of shame is not freedom. It is a sign that the heart is being trained for judgment unless grace intervenes.

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts” (Psalm 139:23).

[Paratrooper Brady @paratroopbrady]

Dear Republicans, stop mass texting my phone for donations. You won't get squat from me until you pass the Save America Act and start putting American citizens first instead of your donors.

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@FightofFaith King of Kings- the gospel I less than 5 minutes. https://t.co/iJuPv7D85B

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@JayVagedes @philfrommich @DerekAyala1987 The Holy Spirit during the 1st and 2nd century.
As the letters circulated throughout the church, the 4 main branches all embraced the NT gospels and epistles independently. 3rd century was just confirmation of that.

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@titaniumtac @DerekAyala1987 Rom 8:9 You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

The historical record is undeniable. The two biggest destroyers of civilization and human life throughout history have been Islam and communism. The Democrat Party has embraced both of history’s most deadly ideologies.

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@sarahtexe Not even for dog catcher.

[Avery Daye @AveryDaye]

The two greatest destroyers of human life historically have been communism and Islam.

The Democrats are embracing both.

[Dangerous Thoughts @DangerousThinkg]

Everyone should hear these words about the WNBA

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@AVGirl4Life Lead them to Jesus?

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@KatharinaLeAnn Romans 7:21-25…

[Tony Seruga @TonySeruga]

When someone says “Barack Obama was the best President ever”, just smile and nod politely. You just met someone with a “profound” intellectual disability and adaptive functioning in the wild.

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@RugerBncurtis I forgot Ann Arbor.

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@RugerBncurtis Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo full of raging liberals.

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@sayitnspinit They vote for the land of the “free to me” lies.

[Deep Dives @DeepDivesUsa]

🚨 THE HOUSE JUST SNAPPED — Rep. Burchett OBLITERATES Senate GOP Leadership: "They Planned It... Now We're Headed Home!"

Tim Burchett calls it EXACTLY like it is: Thune and the RINO crew left America hanging while the House did the dirty work.
Two Americas. One side fights. The other side plays games with your future.

Patriots are DONE waiting. The awakening inside the GOP is HERE.

This clip is going nuclear — share it everywhere before they bury it! Tag every America First account you know and drop a 🇺🇸 if you stand with the fighters, not the frauds!

FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING

[Andrew Abrams @metalcaster]

@sarahtexe No! It should be a bill going through all the proper channels with 47 signing. Keep the liberals from over ruling in the future.