Gifts That ARE Given

(Revelation 11: 10)..they that dwell ~upon~ the earth shall rejoice over them (the two prophets), and ~make merry~, & send ~gifts~ one to another; Because these two ~prophets~ tormented them that dwell on the earth… BUT (v.11) .. After 3 ½ days the Spirit of ~Life~ from God entered into them, & they stood upon their feet….
Ever notice that when you speak OF, or write OF, certain things that ARE Written in the Bible for us to read, remember, and follow, many folk tend to get their noses all out of joint, complaining that you are picking on them? They don’t seem to see or understand, THAT: what you are giving them is God’s Message THAT HE Sent to ~ALL~ mankind.. THE ~Gift~ of HIS Written Book of ~ALL~ Instruction, BECAUSE, many folks have their ~OWN~ opinion of what is right and wrong, and thus fail to seek or even desire Gods Will in their lives… They are content with their own self-righteousness, their customs of men’s traditions, and they don’t want their ~Tree of Ritual~ disturbed, shaken, or challenged…. So they quickly reject anyone that rattles this world of make believe that many folk embrace and live in….
(James 1:17)… Every ~Good~ *Gift* & Every ~Perfect~ *Gift* IS From Above, AND cometh ~down~ From The Father of lights, ~With~ WHOM There IS *NO* Variableness, neither ~shadow~ of turning…
God IS THE Same Always, and HIS people Must realize this and walk in Christ in this manner… IT IS Strange to me how so many of the people that claim to BE HIS Followers, think that IT IS Acceptable to be every changing, following and inventing new traditions of man to include the old pagan customs…A NEW WAY! .. BUT!
(Malachi 3:6) States: “I am The LORD, *I* Change ~NOT!”
IF you walk in amongst these people, you can really get into a den of vipers, spitting adders, IF you fail to walk to the beat of ~Their Drums~…BUT Stand and ~Testify~ OF God’s Way, AS IT IS Written… For HIS WAY That HE Had Penned Down for us to follow IS Sound and Does NOT Change either…
(Proverbs 24:21).. “Fear thou the LORD and the king: & ~Meddle~ NOT with them that are given ~TO *Change*…”
(Proverbs 19:4) .. ~Wealth~ maketh ~MANY~ friends; but the poor IS separated from his neighbor… (v.6).. ~MANY~ Will entreat the favour of the of the prince: & ~Every man *IS* A ~Friend~ to him that ~Giveth Gifts~~…
(Proverbs 6: 34-35) . ~Jealousy Is the rage of a man: He will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, ~though thou givest many gifts~…
Proverbs 15:26) .. The thoughts ~OF The wicked~ ARE AN Abomination TO: THE LORD: BUT ~The Words~ Of the *PURE* ~ARE~ Pleasant words… (v.27).. He that ~IS Greedy~ of ~Gain, troubleth his own house, BUT he that hateth ~Gifts~ shall live…
How much purer can ~words~ BE than those Which are Written IN God’s BIBLE…. AND What did THE LORD Think of the Israelites, HIS Chosen people, HIS children for their false teachings & the mixing into HIS Worship of pagan idolatry? IN The giving of ~their~ gifts to HIM?
(Ezekiel 20:31) .. “For when ye ~offer~ your *Gifts*, when ye make your sons pass through the fire, ye ~Pollute~ yourselves with ~ALL~ your idols, even unto ~This~ day: … AS *I* LIVE,” Saith THE LORD God, “*I* ~WILL NOT BE~ *Enquired* OF By you.”…
Here the word ~enquired~ of Means, to seek, be sought of, called upon.
(Ezekiel 20:39)… “AS for you, O House of Israel,” thus saith THE LORD GOD, “Go ye, serve everyone his idols, & ~Hereafter~ also, *IF* ye ~Will NOT Hearken~ unto ME: BUT Pollute ye *MY HOLY NAME*, ~No More~ with your gifts and idols….
God IS warning HIS people then just as HE has written this message for a warning to be learned today, Do Not Pollute HIS Holy Name with, gifts to idols… AND YET… People of the Churches, that claim to be followers of Christ, are adamantly maintaining a pollution of God’s Name by associating IT With, the pagan customs and traditions of the world in the pageantry that IS carried out and on IN The Easter Celebrations of the worldly ways, AND The Christmas Celebrations of the world and calling IT, Jesus Birthday. Remembered, OR The Resurrection of Christ Remembered….
IF, we would be AS God Instructed that we should BE, These occasions would be remembered in a much different manner… The Gifts that are given would ~NOT~ be of the world, BUT of The things of THE LORD… AS HIS True LOVE would flourish among the folk that call themselves after HIS Son, Christ! Setting ~THE Example~ needed Before a lost and dying world, THAT HIS Message OF *TRUTH* BE Portrayed to ~ALL~…
Instead of the fabled tales that are all tied up in the seasons of these worldly celebrations.. The message of The Christ Child, His Life here among men and His Sacrifice and Resurrection would be presented to mankind IN Truth and Honesty, AS IT IS Written…
BUT, mankind has become SO entangled IN false teachings that IT Has Become Accepted AS A justified WAY of life, this fleshly life, to infiltrate ~ALL~ manner of *Make Believe* into the Truthful Teachings of The Bible..
BUT Then *IF* you back up and take a thumb ~plumbed View~ of the world around us today, What IS Society ALL Tied up IN? Even those that Claim to be Followers of Christ readily accept and embrace, ~Vampires~, walk about spirits of the dead, the magic of Harry Potter, ~Super men~ that are indestructible, able to walk up walls glide through the air…destruction & violence IS All you see and hear of… This IS what the world as a whole is entertained with today, even in the Churches… IT IS Popular… and excused as, acceptable as long as we understand that IT IS Only Make Believe… BUT What IS IT Teaching/Showing our children OF our Loyalty TO Christ? You ARE what you eat, and IF your diet IS ~Junk~ then???
Folks protest and send messages around the net, about HOW Bad The government IS Getting, Pray TO God TO Fix IT,… AND THEN… Send around a Pledge of Allegiance TO the Very Same Government which puts them in harmony with, & Testifies TO their support OF What The government IS Doing!
(Daniel 7:25).. AND ~he shall speak great words ~against~ THE MOST HIGH, & ~think~ to *Change* ~times & laws~… WE readily accuse the government of this atrocity, BUT we fail to look at our own walk in Christianity… How we seek to change times and laws and The Written Word… By trying to be buddies with the world and IT’S Governments…
So Many folk with their heads buried in the sand, Refusing TO: Read and learn What The LORD has given us to do, HOW God Wants us to walk, What IS Testified OF our Savior Jesus Christ… BUT they get ~ALL Caught UP~ IN SOME Make believe, IN Reality, False Teachings, Because like IT OR NOT, These things *DO* influence our fleshly lives, hindering our spiritual life… our spiritual walk, through this world…
(Romans 6:23)… FOR ~The Wages OF Sin *IS* death, BUT ~The *GIFT* of God IS eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord…
But we must accept that *GIFT*, we can’t claim This gift and embrace the world at the same time… We must Prove our walk with Christ, Before the world and THE Father…
(I Corinthians 1:7).. So that ye come behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ…
(Acts 2:38)… Peter said: “*Repent*, AND Be Baptized, everyone of you in the Name of Jesus Christ, ~For~ the remission of sins, AND ye shall receive the *Gift* of the Holy Ghost…
We don’t receive this *Gift* through lip service in pagan teachings, only through true repentance, followed BY Faithful Obedience, IN Christ, not of the world...
(Acts 8:20) Again Peter Said: “Thy money perish with thee, *BECAUSE* thou hast ~thought~ that the *GIFT* of God may be purchased with money”…
When we run out and ~Buy~ gifts of a pagan nature, wrap them in fancy packaging with elaborate bows, and gather around a tree decorated with lights and pass them out to ~Each Other~ does IT Show our LOVE of Christ? That IS The Claim that we do IT for Christ! BUT ~BY~ What *spirit* are we led? .. Obligation? We gotta buy something for them cause they are gonna buy something for us. Envy? We want to give something better than we get or we want to get something better than we give? OR, we want the ~Praise~ for the giving? Covetousness?
(Romans 8: 5) .. They that ~ARE AFTER~ the flesh do mind the things of the flesh, BUT They that ~ARE AFTER~ The Spirit, do mind the things of the Spirit. (v.6) .. TO BE Carnally minded *IS* death, BUT ~TO BE~ Spiritually minded *IS* life & peace. (7) .. BECAUSE, ~The carnal mind~ *IS* enmity against God…
*IF* we are to serve THE LORD God our Heavenly Father, BE Led By The Holy Spirit/Ghost, Then our ~Gifts~ MUST BE OF/IN/ BY/ FOR The *LOVE* OF Jesus Christ, IN Truth and Honest Testimony, Rising Above, AND untangled or unfettered by customs of a lost and dying world…