Sin = Disobedience……. Disobedience = Sin…. Neither word is greater than the other because they are both equal… in that sin throughout the Bible, and in our lives IS nothing more or less than…. Disobeying one of God’s Commandments, and that puts one in the class of being evil…. And when you disobey one you have broken them alllllllllllll….. Think about this!
(James 2:10)…whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in **ONE** point IS guilty of ALL…. There is a lot to be considered here if you will…… Just as Satan played the game of disobedience with Eve… he still plays so many games with people today… They look like fun, they offer *NO* harm… OR do they…. They are simple…. But what impact do they carry?…
Everyone knows or should, that the Ouija Board is an open invitation to the evil spirits…inviting them in to possess ones body, thoughts, mind… taking control of and yes eventually destroying that person…OR child if a parent IS care-less enough to allow a child to play with it….
BUTTTTTT, Have you thought of, considered some of the more simple games, that are just as dangerously deadly? Some are even carried into the Sunday School rooms…some are sanctioned by preachers as just a way of relaxing and having fun….. Music.. lyrics titles…words…meanings??
(Matthew 5:19)….Jesus said…. “Whosoever shall *Break*…ONE of These Least Commandments, &&&& Shall Teach men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven…..
Go back to the garden… who crawls on their belly… who is the despicable adversary of Christ?
When we openly play games that even slightly hint of disobedience to God’s Will and Way, we stand in opposition of Christ, by holding hands with Satan, the Devil, the serpent….So one that professes to be a follower of Christ has to be very careful what they condone… because that one is setting the example OF::: teaching men… SOOOOO if you imply even in fun games that: one can *Steal* points, as is taught in some games, entertain the spirits of ~the dead~ or seek them through mediums, drink wonderful alcoholic beverages…OR in any way cheat, lie, steal, joke, against God….then you have broken a statute of God… and you are setting an example of teaching others that it is good to cheat, lie, and steal……
Think seriously about the very first act of: ~sin, disobedience, act of evil~ against God~. Did Eve set out in her way to seek the darkness of destruction, OR did she see something beautiful, desirable and pleasing to the eye, *good for food*, and seek to partake of it? How many of us see and seek things that appear to be ~good~ teaching tools for the Gospel of God’s Kingdom to improve out skills in a ~good~ way, but these ways are not God’s Ways… Face painting our children is teaching them to seek tattoo’s, which God’s Written Word warns us not to do… (Leviticus 19:28) .. IS IT Pleasing to God. To break HIS Command, in order to witness of HIS Son Jesus, by tattooing (cutting and painting) a cross on our flesh? OR IS IT pleasing to God that we do as HE Instructed us to do through HIS Son Jesus Christ and preach and teach, “The Gospel of HIS Kingdom”, to ~ALL~ nations, as Jesus exampled for us? Simply by using the mouth, and voice that God gave us and walking in the path that Jesus set that we should follow? God has given us ~ALL~ that we need. The things of men and Satan’s realm which we seek is neither necessary or helpful, but destructive to us and all that we teach by these methods.
(Matthew 6:19-24)…Jesus said again: “Lay not up for yourselves **treasures**upon the earth…but lay for yourselves treasures up in heaven.. Where your treasure is…there your heart will be…. The light of the *body* IS the eye:…NO man can serve *two* masters……
(Exodus 20:1-26)God spake ALL These words… “Thou Shalt NOT”… & *ALL* the people saw thundering & lightnings…And Moses said,… “Fear not for God IS Come TO Prove you, that HIS FEAR, may be before your faces that ye ~~SIN~~ NOT……. SOOOO we are not hid from God, but rather what we do IS before God and HE Gave us Laws and Statutes to abide by that we prove our walk through this life IN HIS Will and Way….. Read all these verse’s in the Bible please… for I write nothing that is not already written and commanded in HIS Written Word…….WE simply must use good sound judgment in our every action refusing to be involved in anything that hints of the breaking of God’s Law through an act of sinful disobedience… as Eve thought she was doing good.. It was in fact evil…..
The Father judges according to every mans work…(I Peter 1:17)… & seeing that you have purified your souls IN obeying the Truth through the Spirit… ~Love~ one another with a pure heart.. (22)… The WORD of the LORD endureth forever…(25)
We readily call ISIS ~evil~ as we see we so judge, yet we demand that we not be judged by no man, quoting (Matt.7:1). How can we sit in this position? Do we read the rest of the scriptures? Did not Jesus say: “ye shall know them by their fruits”? (Matthew 7:16) & (Matt. 7: 21) … ~Not~ every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
SOOOOO we really have to be careful what we speak… know the meaning and value of our words and actions… especially if we call ourselves Christians…because by example or by ignorance we can bring the shadow of darkness into our lives, over our own heads, and to others around us that we love… simply by proving ourselves ~evil~ in our own good way, sinful through unnecessary ignorance in disobedience… our willingness to sin rather than to learn how, and what to humbly obey……
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Fasting And Praying
How serious are we, the people which call ourselves, Christians, about the things that we say? Do we actually mean it to the point of acting upon our words, when we say we should pray for God to heal this nation? Understanding, from the reading of God’s Written Word THE Bible, that God has said this world is reserved for a fiery destruction, should we pray that this nation be healed? Well we know where the answers are written, don’t we?
(II Peter 3: 10-12 KJV)…10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat , the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up . 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved , what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved , and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
There are signs adorning many lawns of people, quoting, (II Chronicles 7:14)….If my people, which are called by MY NAME, shall, ~ humble themselves, and pray,~ and seek MY face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. BUT do we ever ~READ~, as, Paul Harvey always said, “The Rest of The Story”? (v’s. 15-20).. Reads: -- Now MINE Eyes shall be open , and MINE Ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and sanctified ~this house,~ that MY NAME may be there for ever: and MINE Eyes and MINE Heart shall be there perpetually. And as for thee, *IF* thou ~wilt~ walk before ME, as David thy father walked , and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and ~shalt observe~ MY Statutes and MY Judgments; Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. ** But *IF* ye turn away , and ~forsake MY statutes and MY commandments~, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20- Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for MY NAME, will I cast out of MY sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among ~~all nations~~.
(Ezra 8: 21) Ezra unsure of what step to take next: proclaimed a fast to seek the right way
before God, for our little ones and our substance…
So as I read throughout the Bible of fasting and praying I find that it is a humble audition before the LORD to beg HIS will and His guidance in our lives…To ask HIS Spirit to help us in our afflictions, to show our willingness to do HIS Will and to focus entirely upon the Word.. NOT the world… As the followers of Christ were so interested in what He was teaching that His Words became more important to them than food for the body… That is to sincerely seek God’s Will and Way… To fast and pray.. But as Jesus showed compassion to these people, and gave them food, we are not to afflict ourselves with fasting unto our harm. Neither are we to make a spectacle of ourselves in our fasting and praying before God..
(Matthew 6:18 KJV)…That thou appear not unto men to fast , but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly .
(Matthew 17: 20b - 21 KJV) …(the disciples asked Jesus.) Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
In our hasty praying and then skipping out to a fattened meal and a movie or some sort of entertainment that the world has to offer, does this action erase our momentary thought of prayer to God, on behalf of someone’s pain and suffering, sickness, casting out demons, and yes. The world IS full of the devil and his demons going about to consume all that can be misled into eternal destruction, let us NOT help them, but rather fight against them in the ~Good Fight~ of teaching the Truth of God’s Kingdom, while there is time to teach … Just think what this nation could be like IF, just the ones who claim Christianity fasted and prayed as The Bible tells us we should do….
09-11-2014
(II Peter 3: 10-12 KJV)…10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat , the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up . 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved , what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved , and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
There are signs adorning many lawns of people, quoting, (II Chronicles 7:14)….If my people, which are called by MY NAME, shall, ~ humble themselves, and pray,~ and seek MY face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. BUT do we ever ~READ~, as, Paul Harvey always said, “The Rest of The Story”? (v’s. 15-20).. Reads: -- Now MINE Eyes shall be open , and MINE Ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and sanctified ~this house,~ that MY NAME may be there for ever: and MINE Eyes and MINE Heart shall be there perpetually. And as for thee, *IF* thou ~wilt~ walk before ME, as David thy father walked , and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and ~shalt observe~ MY Statutes and MY Judgments; Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. ** But *IF* ye turn away , and ~forsake MY statutes and MY commandments~, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20- Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for MY NAME, will I cast out of MY sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among ~~all nations~~.
(Ezra 8: 21) Ezra unsure of what step to take next: proclaimed a fast to seek the right way
before God, for our little ones and our substance…
So as I read throughout the Bible of fasting and praying I find that it is a humble audition before the LORD to beg HIS will and His guidance in our lives…To ask HIS Spirit to help us in our afflictions, to show our willingness to do HIS Will and to focus entirely upon the Word.. NOT the world… As the followers of Christ were so interested in what He was teaching that His Words became more important to them than food for the body… That is to sincerely seek God’s Will and Way… To fast and pray.. But as Jesus showed compassion to these people, and gave them food, we are not to afflict ourselves with fasting unto our harm. Neither are we to make a spectacle of ourselves in our fasting and praying before God..
(Matthew 6:18 KJV)…That thou appear not unto men to fast , but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly .
(Matthew 17: 20b - 21 KJV) …(the disciples asked Jesus.) Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
In our hasty praying and then skipping out to a fattened meal and a movie or some sort of entertainment that the world has to offer, does this action erase our momentary thought of prayer to God, on behalf of someone’s pain and suffering, sickness, casting out demons, and yes. The world IS full of the devil and his demons going about to consume all that can be misled into eternal destruction, let us NOT help them, but rather fight against them in the ~Good Fight~ of teaching the Truth of God’s Kingdom, while there is time to teach … Just think what this nation could be like IF, just the ones who claim Christianity fasted and prayed as The Bible tells us we should do….
09-11-2014
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Flags, What Did Jesus Teach?
Folks stand on this verse only (II Chronicles 7:14) to promote a celebration of ~this nation~, a prayer time, feeding the people a sense of: lets assemble and parade the flag while we lift up this nation before God in prayer and God IS gonna change everything. BUT. We need desperately to read beyond this one verse ~BECAUSE~ there are stipulations in this healing prayer… OBEDIENCE, has everything to do with receiving the promises God has made, AND SO, ~Disobedience~ has everything to do with a failed nation AND the people in it… We get carried away sometimes sorta like a vigilante group from the western days, getting worked up to declare someone guilty, before looking at the sound facts… We tend to get worked up in this: “looks and sounds good to men”, notion that IS promoted BY men, so lets do it and God will answer it, we tend to ~forget~ that God demands ~Obedience~ by HIS children, guidance in HIS correction, not rebellion in the ways of the world… As we read it all, we realize that God’s promise to heal the nation DOES Have an obedient action which we ~all~ must carry out and that is to *Turn from our wicked ways*.
(II Chronicles 7: 13-22 )… If, I (THE LORD God) shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among MY people; 14 If MY people, which are called by MY NAME, shall ~~humble~~ themselves, and pray, (remembering that a humble attitude in Christ, is not a ~prideful rally of a nation or a parading of it‘s flag~) and seek MY FACE, *and* ~ turn from their wicked ways;~ *then* will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will *heal* their land. 15.. Now MINE eyes shall be open , and MINE ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16.. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that MY NAME ~*may* be there for ever:~ and MINE Eyes and MINE Heart shall be there perpetually. 17.. And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before ME, as David thy father walked , and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe *MY Statutes and MY Judgments*; 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying , There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 19... But *IF* ye turn away , and ~~forsake~~ MY Statutes and MY Commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and ~this house`, which I have sanctified for MY NAME, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among **all nations**. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say , Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22 And it shall be answered , Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
Now, remembering that ~wicked ways~ don’t necessarily mean, drinking alcohol, and cursing, but it also means acting out as the world does in it’s ceremonies of men’s traditions, seeking after the gods of the nations, and what are the gods of a nation?….Look at the people of this nation alone and see the sins carried out in it, how can it be healed unless the people who are called after God’s Son Jesus Christ, keep themselves chaste and free from the abominations of those which are rebellious, AND preach and teach the Gospel of God’s Kingdom, and repentance, only in The Houses of Prayer here in this nation… THE LORD God, IS A JEALOUS GOD, and will not give HIS Glory to another…AND Jesus Christ, THE Son of God Which we claim to recognize as our Savior, IS THE ENSIGN or FLAG OF God’s Kingdom… AND Jesus Said, **PRAY**, after ~this manner~… (Matthew 6: 9-13) …therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10.. Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11.. Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as * we forgive our debtors. 13.. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For THINE is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Notice He did not say pray that the nation in which we live IS God’s Kingdom, parade and celebrate an earthly nation, but that God‘s Will be done in ~earth~, not setting aside one nation which is exempt from obedience to God‘s Statutes, as IT IS IN Heaven… Loyalty, Praise, Glory, and Honor to God…
(Isaiah 42:8 KJV)…I am the LORD: that is MY NAME: and MY Glory will I not give to another, neither MY Praise to graven images. (Definition of: graven image: a stamp, an imprinted mark, of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of the Antichrist the mark branded upon horses, thing carved, sculpture, graven work of idolatrous images)
(Acts 17:29 KJV)…29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and ~man's device~.
(Exodus 34: 14-15b)… For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,
(Numbers 2:2 KJV)…Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
I can find ~NO~ reference to the positioning of a standard with an ensign, piece of cloth being placed in or around the tabernacle of the congregation, but rather ~FAR OFF~ around it by the tents of the people and that bearing the flag of their father’s house, to identify the people…
(Isaiah 11:10-12 KJV)….And in that day there shall be a ROOT of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to *IT* shall the Gentiles seek : and His rest shall be glorious. 11a.. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set HIS hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, 12.. And he shall set up an ensign (definition of ~Ensign~: lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail standard (as rallying point), signal *note* a banner and a sail is the same as ~a flag~… for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
SO *IF* Christ is The Ensign, Flag, Standard, ~Rallying Point~ of those called by His Name *Christians* why on earth would we lift up any other flag in God’s House of Worship? *IF* we were Christians in: Germany, Russia, Iraq, would we lift up the flag of that nation in our assemblies, rally around it, where we, maybe in secret, have gathered to worship our Heavenly Father, in The Name of HIS Precious Son Jesus Christ? To This Ensign shall the Gentiles seek. How can the Gentiles seek *TO* This Ensign when *IT* He stands under the flag of a nation in God’s House’s of Worship? We need to rethink a lot of our practices… Remembering that, *IF*, we can’t faithfully stand for God’s Kingdom here on this earth, but in weakness commit whoredom with the nations of this world, do we think that God Will grant us entrance before HIS Great Throne when this world is gone? We are not preparing for life here in Satan the adversary’s world, BUT Rather in God’s City where dwells the tree of life?
(Revelation 22: 12-16 KJV)… And, behold , I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man ~according as his work shall be~ . 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do HIS Commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the ROOT and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
(II Chronicles 7: 13-22 )… If, I (THE LORD God) shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among MY people; 14 If MY people, which are called by MY NAME, shall ~~humble~~ themselves, and pray, (remembering that a humble attitude in Christ, is not a ~prideful rally of a nation or a parading of it‘s flag~) and seek MY FACE, *and* ~ turn from their wicked ways;~ *then* will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will *heal* their land. 15.. Now MINE eyes shall be open , and MINE ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16.. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that MY NAME ~*may* be there for ever:~ and MINE Eyes and MINE Heart shall be there perpetually. 17.. And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before ME, as David thy father walked , and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe *MY Statutes and MY Judgments*; 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying , There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 19... But *IF* ye turn away , and ~~forsake~~ MY Statutes and MY Commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and ~this house`, which I have sanctified for MY NAME, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among **all nations**. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say , Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22 And it shall be answered , Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
Now, remembering that ~wicked ways~ don’t necessarily mean, drinking alcohol, and cursing, but it also means acting out as the world does in it’s ceremonies of men’s traditions, seeking after the gods of the nations, and what are the gods of a nation?….Look at the people of this nation alone and see the sins carried out in it, how can it be healed unless the people who are called after God’s Son Jesus Christ, keep themselves chaste and free from the abominations of those which are rebellious, AND preach and teach the Gospel of God’s Kingdom, and repentance, only in The Houses of Prayer here in this nation… THE LORD God, IS A JEALOUS GOD, and will not give HIS Glory to another…AND Jesus Christ, THE Son of God Which we claim to recognize as our Savior, IS THE ENSIGN or FLAG OF God’s Kingdom… AND Jesus Said, **PRAY**, after ~this manner~… (Matthew 6: 9-13) …therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10.. Thy kingdom come . Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11.. Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as * we forgive our debtors. 13.. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For THINE is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Notice He did not say pray that the nation in which we live IS God’s Kingdom, parade and celebrate an earthly nation, but that God‘s Will be done in ~earth~, not setting aside one nation which is exempt from obedience to God‘s Statutes, as IT IS IN Heaven… Loyalty, Praise, Glory, and Honor to God…
(Isaiah 42:8 KJV)…I am the LORD: that is MY NAME: and MY Glory will I not give to another, neither MY Praise to graven images. (Definition of: graven image: a stamp, an imprinted mark, of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of the Antichrist the mark branded upon horses, thing carved, sculpture, graven work of idolatrous images)
(Acts 17:29 KJV)…29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and ~man's device~.
(Exodus 34: 14-15b)… For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods,
(Numbers 2:2 KJV)…Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
I can find ~NO~ reference to the positioning of a standard with an ensign, piece of cloth being placed in or around the tabernacle of the congregation, but rather ~FAR OFF~ around it by the tents of the people and that bearing the flag of their father’s house, to identify the people…
(Isaiah 11:10-12 KJV)….And in that day there shall be a ROOT of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to *IT* shall the Gentiles seek : and His rest shall be glorious. 11a.. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set HIS hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, 12.. And he shall set up an ensign (definition of ~Ensign~: lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail standard (as rallying point), signal *note* a banner and a sail is the same as ~a flag~… for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
SO *IF* Christ is The Ensign, Flag, Standard, ~Rallying Point~ of those called by His Name *Christians* why on earth would we lift up any other flag in God’s House of Worship? *IF* we were Christians in: Germany, Russia, Iraq, would we lift up the flag of that nation in our assemblies, rally around it, where we, maybe in secret, have gathered to worship our Heavenly Father, in The Name of HIS Precious Son Jesus Christ? To This Ensign shall the Gentiles seek. How can the Gentiles seek *TO* This Ensign when *IT* He stands under the flag of a nation in God’s House’s of Worship? We need to rethink a lot of our practices… Remembering that, *IF*, we can’t faithfully stand for God’s Kingdom here on this earth, but in weakness commit whoredom with the nations of this world, do we think that God Will grant us entrance before HIS Great Throne when this world is gone? We are not preparing for life here in Satan the adversary’s world, BUT Rather in God’s City where dwells the tree of life?
(Revelation 22: 12-16 KJV)… And, behold , I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man ~according as his work shall be~ . 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do HIS Commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the ROOT and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
THE Bible IS IT Necessary?: What Of Today?
THE Bible IS IT Necessary?: What Of Today?: This day which we have come into, is filled with atrocities, any thing different from the days ~before~ Christ, or the days ~since~ Christ...
What Of Today?
This day which we have come into, is filled with atrocities, any thing different from the days ~before~ Christ, or the days ~since~ Christ? Man has been at war since the very beginning of his day here on this earth… There has been ~evil~ people, nations which rejected The *Laws* of God our Heavenly Father, AND YES, our Heavenly Father JEHOVAH God has been here since ~Before~ the beginning of mankind, even though there are many folk which believe we just happened up in a burst… Two rocks collided and a tiny one celled ~animal~ popped out and evolved into us, and because it is people of earthly authority which say this, well *IT* just has to be true, as opposed to an OLD BOOK, which was written and accounted for many years ago and translated into many languages, preserved down through the ages, by WHOM? Mankind? OR A Higher Power? Many folks tend to forget, ignore, or are just plain indifferent to the fact that IT IS God which made mankind, all of us, BY the hand of HIS Son Jesus Christ, as we know Him Now, but in the beginning, Jesus was The Word…
(Ephesians 3:9) And to make ~all~ men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, WHO created ~all things~ *BY* Jesus Christ:
(John 1:1-5)… In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God… 2 .The same was in the beginning with God. 3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made . 4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Sometimes I think the nations are so busy fighting that they don’t take the time to think, even wonder of THE POWER that IS ~Greater~ than their leader, their plan of battle, their atheistic ways, or their armies. I cannot exclude ~ANY~ nation from this high-minded self image, rallied on by the patrons waving the flags which represent the soil on which God, THE Creator has allowed them to stand.. Humble ain’t in their vocabulary, much less in their hearts and minds, and ~the darkness cannot comprehend the Light~…
But then, Jesus said ~ALL~ these things shall be:
(Matthew 24: 7-15) .. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All * these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall ~they~ deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall ~kill you~: and ~ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake~. 10 And then shall many be offended , and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise , and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound , the love of many shall wax cold . 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved . 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth , let him understand.)
SOOOoooo…. Can we expect these things which are happening now? We are not left in the dark as to what is happening, nor to what is going to happen, BUT, we are instructed to ~Be Prepared for what Will Be…. As in Being prayed up and stayed up in God’s suit of amour Which HE Lovingly supplied for us… That ~Same~ Suit that so many reject, and gag at…
The ~armed forces~ of the nations are exalted and praised much more than The Creator. On many days and occasions even in The Houses set aside specifically for the gathering of the people to ~worship, praise, and honor, the Father through HIS Son Jesus Christ, led by The Holy Ghost… IS not this an abomination? IS It Not Written in Both The Old Days and The New of What God expects HIS children to do? OH, *IT* seems good, the compassionate thing to do, it shows ~love~, but what kind? The LOVE of God or the love of mankind’s traditions?
(Jeremiah 26: 2-6)…Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken , and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early , and sending them, but ye have not hearkened ; 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
(Mark 11:17 KJV).. And he taught , saying unto them, Is it not written , My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
(John 2: 14-16) And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting : 15 And when he (Jesus) had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
All that IS Written points toward keeping God’s Houses Clean of ALL things of the world, not using them for gain, lifting up anyone or anything above The Father in them, or mocking our Heavenly Father in any way…
This world always has been and IS Still filled with pagans of all different beliefs… Those which lift up images of false gods, tattoo their bodies for the dead, follow Satanic cults, lift up prayers and murmurings to men that lived but are now lying in the dust of the earth, for they ~Are Not~ risen… ONLY One has risen, and that IS Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God… Oh, there are folks which will read this and call IT “absurd,” believe and state that this is a narrow minded point of view, but they, as am I, are entitled to their opinion and I stand on my convictions… Since I ~have~ been there in the darkness, and Thank THE LORD, HE showed me the Light to follow, so I can’t think freely or be open minded in this world, to accept any and every belief that man can come up with by their own ~modern or new wave religions,~ nor can I stand in the shoes of: “all about me,” and how strong “I” am, that “I” can make “my own” way…
So All of that leads me to say: this world is in a big mess, from the top dog to the lowliest of folk… There IS only ~one~ way out, and IT IS inevitable.. We are all headed to a point in which we *Will* part paths… when we stand before the Great Throne of Judgment and The Book IS Read, and we go to our eternal destination… SO why do we follow so firmly the ways of the world, when we have been warned that this is the path which leads down into the fiery pit? Oh, and by the way, *IF*, I have followed the ~wrong path~ by standing firmly on faith in The Grand Creator, when this life is over then I Will Die and this body return to the dust, will I be any different than those which believe in all the false teachings? I like them WILL Still have NO control over life or death… BUT God Does and Will.
(Philippians 2:14-16).. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of ~a crooked and perverse nation,~ among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
AND The Church of ALL Places should remain free from the tangles of the world led by Satan and his followers.. Clean of all praise and honor of the things which stand, “According TO: AS IT IS Written”, in opposition of all that IS Holy, led and sanctioned by the adversary which we are called to fight against….
(John 18:36 KJV)…Jesus answered , My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight , that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
(Acts 5:39 KJV)…But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(1 Timothy 6:12 KJV)…Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called , and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
(Ephesians 3:9) And to make ~all~ men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, WHO created ~all things~ *BY* Jesus Christ:
(John 1:1-5)… In the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God… 2 .The same was in the beginning with God. 3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made . 4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Sometimes I think the nations are so busy fighting that they don’t take the time to think, even wonder of THE POWER that IS ~Greater~ than their leader, their plan of battle, their atheistic ways, or their armies. I cannot exclude ~ANY~ nation from this high-minded self image, rallied on by the patrons waving the flags which represent the soil on which God, THE Creator has allowed them to stand.. Humble ain’t in their vocabulary, much less in their hearts and minds, and ~the darkness cannot comprehend the Light~…
But then, Jesus said ~ALL~ these things shall be:
(Matthew 24: 7-15) .. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All * these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall ~they~ deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall ~kill you~: and ~ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake~. 10 And then shall many be offended , and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise , and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound , the love of many shall wax cold . 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved . 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth , let him understand.)
SOOOoooo…. Can we expect these things which are happening now? We are not left in the dark as to what is happening, nor to what is going to happen, BUT, we are instructed to ~Be Prepared for what Will Be…. As in Being prayed up and stayed up in God’s suit of amour Which HE Lovingly supplied for us… That ~Same~ Suit that so many reject, and gag at…
The ~armed forces~ of the nations are exalted and praised much more than The Creator. On many days and occasions even in The Houses set aside specifically for the gathering of the people to ~worship, praise, and honor, the Father through HIS Son Jesus Christ, led by The Holy Ghost… IS not this an abomination? IS It Not Written in Both The Old Days and The New of What God expects HIS children to do? OH, *IT* seems good, the compassionate thing to do, it shows ~love~, but what kind? The LOVE of God or the love of mankind’s traditions?
(Jeremiah 26: 2-6)…Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken , and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early , and sending them, but ye have not hearkened ; 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
(Mark 11:17 KJV).. And he taught , saying unto them, Is it not written , My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
(John 2: 14-16) And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting : 15 And when he (Jesus) had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
All that IS Written points toward keeping God’s Houses Clean of ALL things of the world, not using them for gain, lifting up anyone or anything above The Father in them, or mocking our Heavenly Father in any way…
This world always has been and IS Still filled with pagans of all different beliefs… Those which lift up images of false gods, tattoo their bodies for the dead, follow Satanic cults, lift up prayers and murmurings to men that lived but are now lying in the dust of the earth, for they ~Are Not~ risen… ONLY One has risen, and that IS Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God… Oh, there are folks which will read this and call IT “absurd,” believe and state that this is a narrow minded point of view, but they, as am I, are entitled to their opinion and I stand on my convictions… Since I ~have~ been there in the darkness, and Thank THE LORD, HE showed me the Light to follow, so I can’t think freely or be open minded in this world, to accept any and every belief that man can come up with by their own ~modern or new wave religions,~ nor can I stand in the shoes of: “all about me,” and how strong “I” am, that “I” can make “my own” way…
So All of that leads me to say: this world is in a big mess, from the top dog to the lowliest of folk… There IS only ~one~ way out, and IT IS inevitable.. We are all headed to a point in which we *Will* part paths… when we stand before the Great Throne of Judgment and The Book IS Read, and we go to our eternal destination… SO why do we follow so firmly the ways of the world, when we have been warned that this is the path which leads down into the fiery pit? Oh, and by the way, *IF*, I have followed the ~wrong path~ by standing firmly on faith in The Grand Creator, when this life is over then I Will Die and this body return to the dust, will I be any different than those which believe in all the false teachings? I like them WILL Still have NO control over life or death… BUT God Does and Will.
(Philippians 2:14-16).. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of ~a crooked and perverse nation,~ among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
AND The Church of ALL Places should remain free from the tangles of the world led by Satan and his followers.. Clean of all praise and honor of the things which stand, “According TO: AS IT IS Written”, in opposition of all that IS Holy, led and sanctioned by the adversary which we are called to fight against….
(John 18:36 KJV)…Jesus answered , My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight , that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
(Acts 5:39 KJV)…But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(1 Timothy 6:12 KJV)…Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called , and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Should We "Return To The Old Way?"
Isaiah 6:16)….. Thus saith THE LORD, “Stand ye in the ways, and see , and ask for the ~old paths,~ where is the *good way,* and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” But they said , ~We will not walk therein.~
Sadly this is so true of many today, those outside the Church and many of those who adorn the Houses of Worship. Every Sunday leaders which stand before the congregations in The Houses which are called by THE Blessed Name of our LORD, should check, and be sure that they are leading to the path of righteousness, and not the ~paths~ of a world led by Satan…
Did God not intend that what HE instructed the Israelites ~back in the old days~ still be carried out in these, ~modern days?~ Where is *IT* Written, that God has freed mankind to go about *THEIR WAY*, make their Own Laws and Statutes, Turn the Houses of Worship where The people which call themselves after, HIS ONLY Begotten Son, Christ Jesus, can offer up praises and honor to every occasion of the world of mankind, every person which the worldly way has claimed to be great and worthy after ~the traditions of mankind~… Don’t you think that we would be ~wise~ to read the Scriptures, take them seriously, since The LORD God Almighty, had them penned down and preserved for us to live by today, AND ~Return To The Way IN Which God Said we should walk?
(Isaiah 6:8-19)……..8 Be thou instructed , O Jerusalem, (American, might be added here today) lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited . 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets. 10 To whom shall I speak , and give warning , that they may hear ? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. 12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said , We will not walk therein. 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said , We will not hearken . 18 Therefore hear , ye nations, and know , O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear , O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. (KJV)
NOW! Consider, the *NEW* Way, the ~modern movement~, the ~now happening~… We are out dated and plain out unloving Christians IF we do not accept and embrace: the rights of mankind, TO be homosexual, tattoo their bodies all over with grotesque embellishments of evil sights, rings and bars all over, have sex orgies, young folks have no qualms with bragging about who they slept with last nite, and it’s a new partner every nite. Young and old folks have no dress codes any more unless it is to be in the state of undress.. We praise the Military for keeping this nation safe, (BUT, we refuse to realize, accept, and Claim, that IT IS our Father God JEHOVAH, that holds us safe, OR sends plagues upon us,) while within It’s borders many murders are committed daily, because of a lack of morals to begin in unwanted pregnancy’s… Free sex. Free murder. But we don’t have freedom of speech, don’t dare speak out against this, or you are in trouble… AND The present administration is busy as beavers sweeping all its lies and deceits under the White House Basement, while claiming ~peace~… “Look AT The Whole Picture.”
What IS ~The Good Path~? Since this is “Old Testament”, many contend *IT IS* out dated, does not apply today, so ~we the people~ have no need of *IT*, for we are saved by grace, and grace alone, not of works… I think many folks kinda misconstrue this very Scripture also, even though IT IS, “New Testament”, confusing ~works~ with ~moral character~. Here I will just add some of the Scriptures which can and DO apply to this situation of “Returning TO The Old Paths”, which we are in such dire need of.
~AS Jesus Said,~ and ~AS IT IS Written.~
(Mark 2: 21-22)….No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, the wine is spilled and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
(Matthew 27: 51)… And, behold , the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake , and the rocks rent ; 52 And the graves were opened
(Ephesians 3:6 KJV)…That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
(Acts 11:18 KJV)…When they heard these things, they held their peace , and glorified God, saying , Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
(Acts 13:47 KJV)…For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
(Acts 13:48 KJV)…And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
(Ephesians 4:17 KJV)…This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk , in the vanity of their mind,
(1 Corinthians 10:20 KJV)…But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
(1 Corinthians 10:32 KJV)…Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the Church of God:
(Romans 15:9 KJV)…And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written , For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
(Malachi 1:11 KJV)…For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
(II Corinthians 6: ) 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said * , I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate , saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be * a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons * and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
These and ~Many~ more writings in THE Bible, show that we, ~ARE NOT~ free to run with the world, indulge in it’s wicked ways of self pleasures and ill morals, but somehow many Houses of Worship, seek to embrace ~ALL~ the special occasions that the world sets aside as great days to be remembered, either to please the majority of it’s members or to try and draw new members in by a show of ability and desire to change its ways to please the, “Gentiles”. Beginning with the Catholic Church in the early years after Christ ascended… Thus abandoning the very warnings which Jesus Christ, God’s Own Son, came preaching and teaching.
(Matthew 7:23 KJV)…And then will I profess unto them , I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
(Ephesians 4: 21-32)… If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry , and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour , working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth * . 29 Let no * corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers . 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another *, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as * God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
“AS IT IS Written”, we must *PUT OFF* the old garment, the old way, for *IT* IS Corrupt, and we must put on a ~New~ garment which is in Christ… God does not show that HE Will Make Right our sins by cleansing them that we can carry on in them, BUT God, will cleanse us *IF* we are willing to put away our ways of sin and walk in unity with HIM AND HIS Son, Jesus Christ, IT THE Righteous Way, which IS ~The Old Way~ *IT* has not nor will not change, Not in the ~new ways~ of mankind’s electing, which are constantly changing to please a modern generation…..
Putting away the old man and putting on the new, does not mean to put away the things of old which God declared ~Righteous~ and which HE set down for us to live by, BUT *IT* means to put away the life which you were living before you were taught the laws, statutes, and Ways which The LORD God had penned down which we should follow… AND putting these away, does not mean *IF* we are allowed of The House of Worship to drag them in, as baggage of the world, they will be cleansed and The Church should accept them. But this is what has happened in Houses of Worship everywhere… For every worldly celebration conjured up by Satan the devil and instilled in the hearts of worldly leaders to implant in God’s Houses of Worship to destroy IS Celebrated in the Church to some extent today. Churches are not kept free of the baggage of Gentile paganism… AND Christ said, that we should put off the ~old man~ and take on the *new*, which means we gotta walk in the old ways which are righteous, not the new ways which are Satan led… We can’t sew in new ways of the world with the ~OLD Garment~ of God’s Righteous Way, and expect that the ~new~ will not tear away the old, or the new wine break and destroy the old bottle of righteousness in our lives….
IF you are very aged and been in The Church for a number of years, and paid attention, not been a bench sleeper, IT IS Very plainly seen how the services have changed to include all kinds of things not sanctioned by the Bible, even to the point of claiming that the Bible really doesn’t mean that we can’t do these things as long as we ~PUT~ God in them… AND, who and where IS man to PUT GOD? Does the clay mold, “THE POTTER”? In what world?
This walk as intended, will ~BE~ “A new walk for the old sinner”, a putting away of traditions and customs of mankind’s misguided way, of ~pride~ which goeth before destruction… Although these ways seem beautiful, flowery fragrant filled abominations to God they are…..
(Luke 5 )….No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old * ; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent , and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. 37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish . 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved . 39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith , The old is better.
Sadly this is so true of many today, those outside the Church and many of those who adorn the Houses of Worship. Every Sunday leaders which stand before the congregations in The Houses which are called by THE Blessed Name of our LORD, should check, and be sure that they are leading to the path of righteousness, and not the ~paths~ of a world led by Satan…
Did God not intend that what HE instructed the Israelites ~back in the old days~ still be carried out in these, ~modern days?~ Where is *IT* Written, that God has freed mankind to go about *THEIR WAY*, make their Own Laws and Statutes, Turn the Houses of Worship where The people which call themselves after, HIS ONLY Begotten Son, Christ Jesus, can offer up praises and honor to every occasion of the world of mankind, every person which the worldly way has claimed to be great and worthy after ~the traditions of mankind~… Don’t you think that we would be ~wise~ to read the Scriptures, take them seriously, since The LORD God Almighty, had them penned down and preserved for us to live by today, AND ~Return To The Way IN Which God Said we should walk?
(Isaiah 6:8-19)……..8 Be thou instructed , O Jerusalem, (American, might be added here today) lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited . 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets. 10 To whom shall I speak , and give warning , that they may hear ? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. 12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said , We will not walk therein. 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said , We will not hearken . 18 Therefore hear , ye nations, and know , O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear , O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. (KJV)
NOW! Consider, the *NEW* Way, the ~modern movement~, the ~now happening~… We are out dated and plain out unloving Christians IF we do not accept and embrace: the rights of mankind, TO be homosexual, tattoo their bodies all over with grotesque embellishments of evil sights, rings and bars all over, have sex orgies, young folks have no qualms with bragging about who they slept with last nite, and it’s a new partner every nite. Young and old folks have no dress codes any more unless it is to be in the state of undress.. We praise the Military for keeping this nation safe, (BUT, we refuse to realize, accept, and Claim, that IT IS our Father God JEHOVAH, that holds us safe, OR sends plagues upon us,) while within It’s borders many murders are committed daily, because of a lack of morals to begin in unwanted pregnancy’s… Free sex. Free murder. But we don’t have freedom of speech, don’t dare speak out against this, or you are in trouble… AND The present administration is busy as beavers sweeping all its lies and deceits under the White House Basement, while claiming ~peace~… “Look AT The Whole Picture.”
What IS ~The Good Path~? Since this is “Old Testament”, many contend *IT IS* out dated, does not apply today, so ~we the people~ have no need of *IT*, for we are saved by grace, and grace alone, not of works… I think many folks kinda misconstrue this very Scripture also, even though IT IS, “New Testament”, confusing ~works~ with ~moral character~. Here I will just add some of the Scriptures which can and DO apply to this situation of “Returning TO The Old Paths”, which we are in such dire need of.
~AS Jesus Said,~ and ~AS IT IS Written.~
(Mark 2: 21-22)….No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, the wine is spilled and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
(Matthew 27: 51)… And, behold , the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake , and the rocks rent ; 52 And the graves were opened
(Ephesians 3:6 KJV)…That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
(Acts 11:18 KJV)…When they heard these things, they held their peace , and glorified God, saying , Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
(Acts 13:47 KJV)…For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
(Acts 13:48 KJV)…And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
(Ephesians 4:17 KJV)…This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk , in the vanity of their mind,
(1 Corinthians 10:20 KJV)…But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
(1 Corinthians 10:32 KJV)…Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the Church of God:
(Romans 15:9 KJV)…And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written , For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
(Malachi 1:11 KJV)…For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
(II Corinthians 6: ) 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said * , I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate , saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be * a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons * and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
These and ~Many~ more writings in THE Bible, show that we, ~ARE NOT~ free to run with the world, indulge in it’s wicked ways of self pleasures and ill morals, but somehow many Houses of Worship, seek to embrace ~ALL~ the special occasions that the world sets aside as great days to be remembered, either to please the majority of it’s members or to try and draw new members in by a show of ability and desire to change its ways to please the, “Gentiles”. Beginning with the Catholic Church in the early years after Christ ascended… Thus abandoning the very warnings which Jesus Christ, God’s Own Son, came preaching and teaching.
(Matthew 7:23 KJV)…And then will I profess unto them , I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
(Ephesians 4: 21-32)… If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry , and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour , working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth * . 29 Let no * corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers . 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another *, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as * God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
“AS IT IS Written”, we must *PUT OFF* the old garment, the old way, for *IT* IS Corrupt, and we must put on a ~New~ garment which is in Christ… God does not show that HE Will Make Right our sins by cleansing them that we can carry on in them, BUT God, will cleanse us *IF* we are willing to put away our ways of sin and walk in unity with HIM AND HIS Son, Jesus Christ, IT THE Righteous Way, which IS ~The Old Way~ *IT* has not nor will not change, Not in the ~new ways~ of mankind’s electing, which are constantly changing to please a modern generation…..
Putting away the old man and putting on the new, does not mean to put away the things of old which God declared ~Righteous~ and which HE set down for us to live by, BUT *IT* means to put away the life which you were living before you were taught the laws, statutes, and Ways which The LORD God had penned down which we should follow… AND putting these away, does not mean *IF* we are allowed of The House of Worship to drag them in, as baggage of the world, they will be cleansed and The Church should accept them. But this is what has happened in Houses of Worship everywhere… For every worldly celebration conjured up by Satan the devil and instilled in the hearts of worldly leaders to implant in God’s Houses of Worship to destroy IS Celebrated in the Church to some extent today. Churches are not kept free of the baggage of Gentile paganism… AND Christ said, that we should put off the ~old man~ and take on the *new*, which means we gotta walk in the old ways which are righteous, not the new ways which are Satan led… We can’t sew in new ways of the world with the ~OLD Garment~ of God’s Righteous Way, and expect that the ~new~ will not tear away the old, or the new wine break and destroy the old bottle of righteousness in our lives….
IF you are very aged and been in The Church for a number of years, and paid attention, not been a bench sleeper, IT IS Very plainly seen how the services have changed to include all kinds of things not sanctioned by the Bible, even to the point of claiming that the Bible really doesn’t mean that we can’t do these things as long as we ~PUT~ God in them… AND, who and where IS man to PUT GOD? Does the clay mold, “THE POTTER”? In what world?
This walk as intended, will ~BE~ “A new walk for the old sinner”, a putting away of traditions and customs of mankind’s misguided way, of ~pride~ which goeth before destruction… Although these ways seem beautiful, flowery fragrant filled abominations to God they are…..
(Luke 5 )….No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old * ; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent , and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. 37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish . 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved . 39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith , The old is better.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Keeping Our Eyes on God!
I awoke this beautiful morning with a thought, of correction, on my mind. I see so many people in the Churches, and I tend to be drawn too, from time to time, to look over the fence at the apparently greener grass on the other side and set out to attain this. BUT! What are we walking into when we do this?
I used to attend a ladies group which was supposed to be about serving the LORD in the Church, but the leader was always looking over the fence… Leading the group to keep up with something that someone else was doing, civic groups, other Churches, and such, saying, “they are doing this and it looks like fun, we need to try it.” *IT* was all about fun… We must search out God’s Will and Way for us to follow always and ~prove~ the path to be HIS, the strait and narrow way, and not the way of the world, that broad and spacious path, lest we stumble and fall, and lead others down the wrong path… How do we ~prove~ God’s Way? We prayerfully search the *Written Word* for direction… We do not look over the fence for guidance from the ways of the world, because their grass may be planted and watered by Satan, blooming as a beautiful luring garden, AND unless we prove all things by God’s Word, we may journey off into the wide and spacious road of meaningless worldly beauty, which leads to destruction..
God The Father in Heaven, JEHOVAH, spoke many words of warning and instruction to us through HIS Son, Jesus Christ, and by The Holy Ghost, to the prophets of old, the apostles, had them penned down by Divine Instruction, and preserved down through the ages for us to have today, to correct our way… WHY, can‘t we search them out for the guidance which HE gave them to us for?
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV) …Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
(John 10:27 KJV)…My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
(John 10:5 KJV)…And a stranger will they not follow , but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. *The recorded words of God’s Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.*
I could not make a comment, but just simply type ~ALL~ the scriptures, which pertain to this subject, and the message would be clear to one who is searching… THE LORD reveals HIS Messages to those who humbly seek HIS Guidance…BUT those who search in the world for ways to serve HIM may come up lacking, only to be making a friend of the world… AND!
(James 4:4 KJV)… Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(Leviticus 18:30 KJV)…Therefore shall ye keep ~MINE~ (THE LORD’S) ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these ~abominable customs~, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
~Believe IT or not, this commandment still stands today. IT IS NOT Dead!~
(1 John 5:21 KJV)…Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
(Jude 1:21 KJV)…Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
(James 4:8 KJV)…Draw nigh to God, and HE will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Read James 4
Reread this verse AND take IT TO Heart… We are instructed to do what? Chase our tails through the ways of the world and the traditions of men? NO! *DRAW NIGH TO GOD*! AND! HE ~will draw neigh to you~…..
(1 John 1:9 KJV)…If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(II Peter 1- 2 KJV)… But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
(John 12:26 KJV)…If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am , there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, him will my Father honour .
(1 Timothy 6:11 KJV)…But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Read 1 Timothy 6
(2 Timothy 2:22 KJV)…Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
AMEN, Praise THE LORD God Almighty…
I used to attend a ladies group which was supposed to be about serving the LORD in the Church, but the leader was always looking over the fence… Leading the group to keep up with something that someone else was doing, civic groups, other Churches, and such, saying, “they are doing this and it looks like fun, we need to try it.” *IT* was all about fun… We must search out God’s Will and Way for us to follow always and ~prove~ the path to be HIS, the strait and narrow way, and not the way of the world, that broad and spacious path, lest we stumble and fall, and lead others down the wrong path… How do we ~prove~ God’s Way? We prayerfully search the *Written Word* for direction… We do not look over the fence for guidance from the ways of the world, because their grass may be planted and watered by Satan, blooming as a beautiful luring garden, AND unless we prove all things by God’s Word, we may journey off into the wide and spacious road of meaningless worldly beauty, which leads to destruction..
God The Father in Heaven, JEHOVAH, spoke many words of warning and instruction to us through HIS Son, Jesus Christ, and by The Holy Ghost, to the prophets of old, the apostles, had them penned down by Divine Instruction, and preserved down through the ages for us to have today, to correct our way… WHY, can‘t we search them out for the guidance which HE gave them to us for?
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV) …Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
(John 10:27 KJV)…My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
(John 10:5 KJV)…And a stranger will they not follow , but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. *The recorded words of God’s Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.*
I could not make a comment, but just simply type ~ALL~ the scriptures, which pertain to this subject, and the message would be clear to one who is searching… THE LORD reveals HIS Messages to those who humbly seek HIS Guidance…BUT those who search in the world for ways to serve HIM may come up lacking, only to be making a friend of the world… AND!
(James 4:4 KJV)… Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
(Leviticus 18:30 KJV)…Therefore shall ye keep ~MINE~ (THE LORD’S) ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these ~abominable customs~, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
~Believe IT or not, this commandment still stands today. IT IS NOT Dead!~
(1 John 5:21 KJV)…Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
(Jude 1:21 KJV)…Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
(James 4:8 KJV)…Draw nigh to God, and HE will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Read James 4
Reread this verse AND take IT TO Heart… We are instructed to do what? Chase our tails through the ways of the world and the traditions of men? NO! *DRAW NIGH TO GOD*! AND! HE ~will draw neigh to you~…..
(1 John 1:9 KJV)…If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(II Peter 1- 2 KJV)… But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
(John 12:26 KJV)…If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am , there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, him will my Father honour .
(1 Timothy 6:11 KJV)…But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Read 1 Timothy 6
(2 Timothy 2:22 KJV)…Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
AMEN, Praise THE LORD God Almighty…
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