Thursday, May 31, 2012

Staying IN The Fold

How ~EASY~ it is to be lured away from the safety of ~The Fold~… A Food FOR Thought for The Digestion of God’s Written Word OF Warning…
(John 10:7)…Jesus Said: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the ~Door~ of the sheep” … (9).. “I am The door, BY Me *IF* any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”
Notice Jesus did not say, I Will Hold them and not let them go out of the door! NO! He said, “they shall go in and out and find pasture.” BUT He Also Said:
(John 10:27).. “My ~sheep~ hear My ~Voice~ and *I* Know them AND they ~~Follow~~ ME:” & (28) Jesus Said: “I will give them ~Eternal life~; they shall never perish, neither shall ~~Any man~ pluck them out of My Hand.”
Notice again, that Jesus did not say that they, the sheep could not stray, take themselves out of the fold out of His Hand, BUT He Said, “No man can ~~Take~~ them out of My Hand.” You Know? This tells us that we have a Certain walk to make, an exact Step To Follow, we can’t be slipping and sliding in and out of men’s traditions, the ways of the ~World led by Satan~, dibbling in this custom, dabbling in that fad, and find our way back into the *Fold*…
We have been put on this earth, out in the pasture, to live for a time, we are to Follow Christ through IT, not follow the world, thus we can find our way back into the fold by listening TO His Voice… Not the call of the wild in the world.. BECAUSE, Jesus Also Said:
(John 10:2).. “He that entereth in By The Door IS The Shepherd of the sheep” (Jesus).. (3).. “To Him (Jesus), The Porter, (God The Father) openeth; AND the sheep ~Hear His Voice: AND HE Calleth His Own sheep BY Name, and He Leadeth them out…” (4b)… “AND the sheep ~~FOLLOW~~ Him (Jesus); FOR they Know His Voice”… (5).. “AND A stranger they ~Will NOT~ follow, (BUT Will DO WHAT?) But ~Will *Flee* from him: for they know not the voice of strangers…”
How many old & young folks, children ~~KNOW~~ all about the traditions of men, the occults, the vampire tales, ghost seekers, tattoo parlors, accept and cling to the newly arrived on the scene games, transgender’s gotta do its, gotta be ~Different~, out of the closet and free to marry homosexual people that are following the path of destruction, and are by their ~~OWN~~ Choice not of the fold? Yet people cling to this way of life as acceptable, even in many Churches. Folks teach their children to be accepting of all these things BECAUSE Jesus accepted it as okay. (Walk NOT IN the ~Vanity~ of our own thought of mind?)
Just about anyone you ask knows of these things, and some even freely take part in them because they see no harm in a little ~innocent~ fun, living this life here on earth to the fullest measure that *IT* has to offer… AND, *IF* you ask them what The Bible Instruction on all these things *IS*, they will answer, “I don’t know.” “The Bible IS way to complicated for me to read and understand, so I just live by what I Think IS Right and I ~Believe~ That Jesus Will accept that.”
IS That what Jesus said? “My sheep know the ways of the world, make their own rules to live by, walk to the beat of their own drums, down their own path and they are still My sheep, AND I will accept and follow their way when they go in and out of the fold?” GO BACK AND READ VERSE FOUR OF JOHN, CHAPTER 10, AS JESUS SAID: “AND When He (Jesus) ~putteth forth~ (Sends) His Own sheep, He (Jesus) goeth (WHERE?) ~~Before~~ them, AND ~~The sheep~~ **FOLLOW** Him, for they ~Know~ His Voice.” IT doesn’t say that they can or do follow their own way OR that they can or do get involved in the ways of a lost and dying world BUT, IT Does Clearly State that His sheep ~~FOLLOW~~ Him!
Now *IF* you can’t read the “Instruction” OF His Written Words in The Bible and understand and ~~Follow~~ them, then DO you ~Know~ His Voice? But you know all about the world, what the latest fad of clothing or undressed condition that folks call fashion, hideously painted hair coloring, face paints, bings and rings, sexual inciting positions and appearances, BUT to read the Biblical Instruction given to us to follow IS TOO Much to swallow… THEN, where do you stand? God gave The Examples of How HE Dealt with HIS OWN People The Israelites for a lesson to us today, who are in fact the Gentiles, translated ones, the spiritual Israelites.. And HE IS THE SAME GOD TODAY THAT HE WAS YESTERDAY, so why do we assume to think that we can get by with mixing with the world and God likes IT Because we Believe HE Does???? Paul warned:
(Galatians 4:17) .. This I say therefore, AND Testify IN The Lord, that ye henceforth walk NOT AS other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of ~Their Mind~.
(Jeremiah 23:1)…God warned then: “Woe be unto ~the pastors~ that scatter and destroy ~The sheep~ OF MY Pasture!” Saith THE LORD.
(Jeremiah 50: 6) …MY people hath been a lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, .. They have forgotten their resting place…
Most people today, even those who claim the ~Blessed Name~ of God’s OWN Dear Son, Jesus Christ, as Christians, have forgotten their resting place, and are like dogs chasing their tails through the world of Satan, taking part in and embracing, even bringing into the Church Services where THE Bible ONLY Should be taught, in Bible Schools, the world shines far above the Written Word of God, WHY? IT IS That IT IS Going BY THE BOOK That God had Written, but folks are ignoring IT….
(Leviticus 20:22) … God Commanded then and that Command stands today: “Ye shall therefore ~~Keep~~ *ALL* my statutes, and judgments, and ~DO Them~ that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out… (23).. AND ye ~~SHALL NOT~~ walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: For they committed ~~ALL~~ these things and therefore *I* (THE LORD) Abhorred them…
Folks who are trying so hard to please all the peoples of the nation, stand tall, and proud in IT’S praises, might do well to read this again… IT IS NOT The flag waving that makes us free… IT IS God’s Own Son that gave us freedom to live IN God’s own Kingdom In Heaven, that we must carry within our heart, not one nation on this earth, in the world of Satan…
FOR AS IT IS WRITTEN:
(Revelations 3: 15-16)… *I* THE LORD God ~~KNOW~~ thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm… SO Then, because thou art *Lukewarm* and neither cold nor hot, I Will ~Spue~ thee out of MY Mouth…
When we straddle the fence, try to please the world, not make waves, walk on egg shells so to speak and not take an adamant stand for Christ, but hem haw and maybe this is okay if that is what you like then surely God will accept IT, this lifestyle, this custom… as long as your heart is in the right place… What? *IF* a persons heart IS IN The Right place, then they ~~WILL~~ follow the teachings of The Father, through HIS Son Jesus Christ, and stand firmly on the Written Word…. That IS Fact, JUST AS Sure AS Jesus Said: “My sheep ~~HEAR~~ My Voice, and *I* Know them and they ~~FOLLOW~~ Me….” Not the ways of the world.. Cut and dried, black and white, hot and cold… NOT LUKEWARM, NO GRAY AREA, OR MUSHY Religion, that lures folks into a false sense of security, in the games, plays, and ways of Satan’s lost and dying world which offers an eternity in the fiery pit of eternal destruction with the Sent himself..

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Do Words Show Works

Words and works, how important are they in our life? What fruits spring forth from our tongues, or by the works of our hands that can be seen, heard, and recognized as briers or thistles, OR true fruit of the “Eternal Vine” of life?
I hear so many folks make the statement, “ *I* ~KNOW~ that I am saved,” but in the very next words even in the continuing of the same sentence say, “But I don’t feel that *I* have to go out and visit folks that have dropped out of Church, because they ~KNOW~ that they are supposed to be assembling themselves here, and it ain’t *MY* place to have to go out and try to get them to return.” Christian? Saved by ~Grace~? What exactly do the words, “Word & Works mean? And how are they related in The Bible?
Words: There are many meanings of word, but the first listed is: A ~meaningful~ unit of language sounds…
Works: deeds or actions…
Jesus Christ, The Beloved Son OF God, SAID OF Words…
(Matthew 12:37)… “For BY thy *words* thou shalt be ~justified,~ and BY thy *words* thou shalt ~BE Condemned~….
So do we need to be careful what we say, how we express ourselves? Our very words that spring forth from our lips Prove our attitude, our walk in or outside of Christ..
(Luke 9:26)… Again Jesus Said: “For whosoever shall be ashamed of *Me* and OF *My* ~WORDS~, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He shall come in His ~Own~ glory, and in His Father’s. and of the Holy angels.”
(Matthew 5:16) .. Jesus Said: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see ~your good works~, and *Glorify* your Father which IS IN Heaven…”
(Matthew 16:27)… Again Jesus SAID: “For The Son of man shall come in the ~Glory~ of His Father with His angels; and then He ~Shall~ reward every man according to his works.”
(Mark 12:31) .. And the ~second~ IS like, namely this, “Thou shalt *LOVE* thy neighbor as thyself,” there is none other commandment greater than these…. (THE First Being)
(Mark 12:30).. “Thou shalt *LOVE* The Lord thy God with ~ALL~ thy heart, soul, mind and strength, this IS The First Commandment.”
Well you know what? *IF* a man stands on these two ~Commandments~, Shows a True LOVE For The Father and for his neighbor also, then he ~~WILL~~ want to visit that old soul that has dropped out of Church, that has not been assembling with the group, there Will Be A Caring Love for ALL and IF that drop out is in a bad position then some exhortation as Paul gave us would be in order, BUT, there would be no thought of, or action show, of, “I don’t care about the person because ~~They *KNOW*~~ what they are supposed to do…”
(Hebrews 3:13) .. Paul Said: “But *Exhort* one another ~Daily~, while IT IS Called ~Today~, lest any of your be ~Hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”
Did our Heavenly Father have (Ezekiel 3: 18-20) ~Written~ in vain? When a ~righteous~ man turn from his righteousness, and ye warn him not, his blood shall *I* require at thy hand.???
This IS part of our ~good works~ that we are to do that the LORD be seen by others in our works… IF we show care and Christ like love to our brethren then our works will reflect The LOVE of Christ, and not the ~Love of ourselves~ in us….and our words will reflect the same… When we stand before a congregation of people and declare that we could care less about our brethren that has failed to assemble with us, show no concern for the reasons, do not care enough to visit, we have in fact stood before the congregation and ~Denied~ The very Christ that we claim to follow….
(James 5: 20)… Let him know, that he which converted the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.
(James 1:27) .. Pure ~Religion~ and undefiled Before God and the Father IS This, To visit the fatherless and widows in their ~~Affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world…
(Revelation 22:12) … Jesus said: “And Behold, *I* come quickly; and *My* reward IS with Me, to give every man according as his works shall be….
Our ~spoken words~ uttered from our mouths give continued verbal testimony of ~who~ we serve… Self, in the world of Satan, OR God THE Father… Our ~Works~ show, giving a physical image of who we serve, whether Self, in the world of Satan, OR God THE Father…
Reckon one might say our ~words & works~ sorta go hand in hand… *IF* we claim by the ~Words~ of our mouth that we Are Christians, but the ~Works~ of our hands don’t show or back up our speech, then something is amiss… Then again *IF* both our words and works prove to be of the world then we are in a heap of trouble, especially *IF* we are standing in a place of leadership before others, claiming to teach the ~LOVE of God to them…. AND there again, we can work well for the LORD, but go about bragging to mankind, “Look what *I* did, stand before the congregation and praise our ~Own~ actions and that IS just what our works become our own actions showing the Love of Self before men and not of The LOVE OF God…
(Matthew 7: 15-20) Again Jesus SAID: “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” … (This after He had said judge not lest ye be judged, but He IS Warning of false prophets and how to recognize them, not judge them.) “Ye shall ~~Know~~ them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles?”… (would a true follower of Christ stand and declare an indifferent attitude to a brother in need of help be it physical, mental, spiritual, emotion, or financial?) “Even so ~every~ good tree bringeth forth good fruit.. A ~good~ tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth ~good~ fruit… Every ~Tree~ that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire, wherefore *BY their ~Fruits~ ye shall ~Know~ them*.”
(James 3:17)… But the ~wisdom~ that IS from Above IS First *Pure*, then Peaceable, Gentle, and Easy to be intreated, Full of Mercy, and Good Fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy….
To make the statement *I Know* anything, gives the impression of independence, needing nothing, sight is seen because we *KNOW*… BUT Jesus SAID:
(John 17:3).. “This IS life eternal, that they might ~know~ The Only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom THOU hast sent.” & (17:23) .. “*I* (Jesus) In them, and THOU (THE Father God) in Me, that they may be made perfect in ~One~; and that the world may ~know~ that THOU (The Father God) hast sent Me (Jesus Christ), and hast ~loved them~ as THOU hast Loved Me..”
(Mark 11:22).. Jesus Said: “have ~faith~ in God.”
Yet when we make the statement that *I* KNOW that *I* am saved, does IT reflect our faith in God or our faith in ourselves? And where IS our ~Hope~ in this statement? Where is our humble obedience reflected to the world?
(Colossians 1:23) Paul warns: “*IF* ye ~continue~ in the *Faith* grounded and settled, and be not moved away from ~the Hope~ of the Gospel which ye have heard.”
Most times when you hear someone make the statement, “*I* Know that *I* AM Saved”, then that is as far as they go… there IS NO recognition of the Gospel or of God and HIS Kingdom, HIS Son, Jesus Christ, only THE Presence of *I*… putting away the Faith and hope of The Gospel, the Praise of THE LORD, and the focus only lies on the individual… Words, how we use them, go a long way in testifying of God’s Kingdom, HIS LOVE, HIS Salvation…
(I Thessalonians 1:3).. Paul Said: “Remembering without ~ceasing~ your ~Work of Faith~, and ~Labor of Love~, and ~Patience of Hope~, IN our Lord, Jesus Christ, in the *Sight* of God and our Father.”
We can ~know~ some things, But how we handle what God has given us To Know, how we speak, and what our actions show of our walk ~Prove~ our stand in this life… IS our walk in faith, positioned on hope IN The LORD, or in the world led by Satan, what do our ~fruits~ prove.. That we attempt to glean figs of a thistle tree? OR grapes from a vine of thorns?

Monday, May 14, 2012

How Can We Prove The Bible?

Many times throughout my life, I have either had question in my thoughts, or had someone place the question before me, “How can we ~know~ that the Bible IS Truth?” Statements made: Maybe *IT* is a concoction of men’s tales, fabled stories, just like the Easter tale of rabbits, chicks, & eggs. OR, The merry Santa fables…Harry Potter’s fables…and others… Because *IT* IS Written By me… And that is a fact that IT was penned down by: faithful men of old, and the apostles that walked with God’s OWN Son, Jesus Christ….
(Luke 18:31) IT IS Recorded That Jesus Said: “Behold , we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written ~by the prophets~ concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.” (And so as Christianity celebrates in it’s observances as a ~Belief That~ these things have been accomplished…. Right?)
That there are ~~Books~~ Written by the prophets is very presently acknowledged in The Bible and the book of one writer coincides with what IS Written by another writer, SO IT IS Very evident that a Higher Power must have been the dictator of the Scriptures, and not each man’s random thoughts… LOOK, for yourself, count the ~number~ of times throughout the whole Bible that IT Contains ~The Words~, *AS IT IS Written*…
(Deuteronomy 28: 58) … As Moses Wrote: IF thou wilt not observe to do ~~ALL~~ the words of this law that are written in *This Book*, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful NAME, THE LORD THY GOD… (the continuing verse’s name the punishments that God will cause to fall upon the ones who will not observe, AS IT IS Written…
(Proverbs 1:7).. The ~Fear~ of The LORD IS The beginning of ~knowledge~: but fools despise wisdom and instruction…
So we must learn to have a proper fear of THE LORD, come to ~Know~ Who God IS, in order to receive the knowledge of wisdom in His instruction that is necessary for a truly faithful walk in Christ Jesus the Son of God…
WELL, the one thing that we must do *IS* ~READ~ *IT*… ~Research~ *IT‘S* Historical events, The Prophesies Written, THAT have been fulfilled… Coincidence? OR God’s Purposed plan?
First question I had to find answer to, for myself WAS, Who IS God?
Once I searched out and realized that there are as many opinions about God as there *IS* minds to conceive them, and *IF* you listen to ~people‘s ~ opinions, then you will never learn, ~Truth~…. BUT fiction… Because ~YOU~ and you alone must walk through this valley in search of a Peaceful ~Relationship~ with Christ in ~faith and honest, humble obedience to The Father‘s Will AND Way… One cannot enter into the Way OF Righteousness IN Christ riding piggy back on another, walking hand in hand with their mate, or riding the shoulders of another…
(Galatians 6:4a & 5) .. Let every man (&woman) ~Prove~ his (her) ~Own~ works… For ~~Every man~ shall bear his own burden.. AND Jesus Said:
(Matthew 12:36) .. “But I (Jesus) say unto you, that every ~idle word~ that man shall speak, they shall *Give Account* thereof in The Day of Judgment.” (*The word idle means: useless, not of good works, unfounded, frivolous.. HOW Many words do we use daily that fall into this category? We praise the world and all that is in it, to the benefit of the world led by Satan, thus making a black mark on the record of our works that we must stand accounted for… Not to mention the lies of fairy tales and jest of fables that we spout to children all day instead of truthfully speaking of our Savior to them, as IT IS Written, in the Divinely Guided Accounts of the Bible…..
This whole generation has fallen low into the estate of Sodom and Gomorrah’s values, and so many folks either accept it as, “it’ll soon pass” OR “it’s alright, it’s all in fun.” BUT, Have you ever stopped to think, ask yourself, HOW Does God view this action, this event, What Did HE Have Written as a guide for us to follow? *IF* you write or speak to folks about this, *IT* IS AT This very point that folks begin to question, The Bible… AS; “Well maybe the Bible isn’t really from God’s Hand, but the foolishness of man’s fanatical mind, to try and make people believe what they want them to believe, we have to follow the ~spirit~ of our heart….. And you will… BUT What ~spirit~ will you follow? And they are right concerning the ~doctrines of the different religions.. Because they contain many opinions, BUT The Bible carries Only ONE Doctrine… The obedience of man unto God THE Father, Through HIS Son, Jesus Christ, BY The Holy Ghost… Either we accept This or we fall into the class of antichrist….
(Romans 8:14)…FOR, As ~many~ as ARE LED BY The Spirit of God, they are the sons of God… BUT THE Father Said:
(Ezekiel 13:3) … Thus saith The LORD, “WOE, unto the ~foolish prophets~ that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing.”
(I John 4:1).. Beloved, ~Believe NOT~ every spirit, BUT try the spirits whether they are OF God: Because many false prophets are gone out into the world…..
(Luke 13: 24) .. Strive ~to enter~ in AT The ~Strait Gate~ (Which IS Jesus Christ): for ~Many~ I say, unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able….
BUT ~each individual~ must be drawn *BY* The Father JEHOVAH God, TO The Son, Jesus Christ, and be Led BY The Holy Ghost…. FOR Jesus IS The Only *WAY* To The Father
(John 10:9) Jesus Said: “I am ~The Door~ : BY ME *IF* any man enter in, he shall be saved.”
(John 6:44)… Jesus SAID: “No man can come ~to Me~ except, The Father, Which Hath SENT Me Draw him: and I Will raise him up at the last day… (Again Jesus SAID)
(John 14:26-27a).. And *I* (Jesus) Will Pray The Father, and HE Will give you another Comforter, the He may abide with you forever: Even ~The Spirit OF Truth~; whom the world cannot receive…”
(John 16: 13).. “Howbeit ~When He~, The Spirit OF Truth, IS come, He Will guide you into ~All Truth~; (So, IF one is walking hand in hand with the world, then most likely The Spirit of Truth is not the spirit that is guiding, but the spirit of the father of the lie, Because The Spirit of Truth Will Not lead you into the trouble‘s, the back ally’s, and dungeons of the mires of this world… nor the fairy tales, and fables of mans customs, BUT Will Testify only OF Truth )
(John 15:26)… Jesus SAID; “But when The Comforter IS come, Whom I will send unto you from The Father, even The Spirit of Truth, ~Which~ proceeded from The Father, He shall testify OF Me:” (Jesus Christ) And again Jesus Said:
(Matthew 4: 1)… Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.. (4:7) .. “IT IS Written Again, “Thou shalt NOT tempt The Lord thy God.”
Thou “shalt not”, reads like a definite command to me, don’t *IT* to you? Yet how often do we break this one in our own way of thinking, this ought to be okay, I don’t see nothing wrong with it as long as it is, “just in fun.” Think About *IT*! ARE we not tempting God by following our own way, setting our own standards in the world, declaring our own justification of pagan practices, that The Bible clearly tells the children of God to leave alone?
(John 3:3 ) .. Jesus answered, “Verily, verily, I say into thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
(John 7:16).. Jesus answered, “My doctrine IS Not ~Mine~, BUT HIS That Sent Me.”
(John 20:30).. Many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not ~Written~ in this book:
This and many other scriptures gives account of: “IT IS Written, in a *BOOK*… What BOOK? Yes there are many books written by man, History books, and many of these man written books, WILL testify of, and coincide with The Divinely Inspired accounts of The Bible… Coincidence? OR Divinely Guided BY A Higher Power, For the benefit of those who will humbly believe in obedience TO The Almighty, and forsake the ways of the world led by Satan… That there is a dividing line present IS NO Mere accident, BUT a Prophesied Event, AS Jesus SAID:
(Matthew 25:32).. “He shall separate them one from another, as a sheepherder divideth his sheep from the goats:” And Paul Warned;
(II Corinthians 6:17)… “Come out from among them, and Be ye ~Separate~ saith The LORD, and touch Not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and Be A Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters,” saith The LORD Almighty.
There are many, many scriptures that warn us of dabbling in things of the world, and there IS Found Written Of, ~no excuses,~ no exceptions,~ allowing that IT can be done just for fun… The Bible speaks Truthful Accounts and has been and can been proven, and one has but to *Pray* in humble obedience TO: The Heavenly Father, IN The Name OF: Jesus Christ, God’s OWN Son, for the Guidance of The Holy Spirit, to lead them in learning AS IT IS Written, repenting of ~Their~ ways, surrendering ~Their~ will unto God to lead them IN HIS Will and Way…. BUT remember, we can’t straddle the fence, standing with one foot in the world and the other on God’s Word, OR Else We will be spewed out of HIS Mouth….
(Revelation 3:16) …So then ~Because~ thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I Will Spew (vomit) thee out of MY Mouth….

Friday, May 11, 2012

He Turned The Water Into Wine

Jesus, The Blessed Son of God, turned the water into wine.. (John 2: 1-9)… A miracle showing *The Power* of THE LORD God through HIS Son… BUT
There are preachers that try to turn this miracle into mans mockery…. By preaching that Jesus did not turn water into wine, but used a sort of jellied substance made from grapes added water and IT became grape juice, not wine…. This because of a Certain Religious Movement that clings to their way as The Righteous Way… Abstain from wine completely…
Now, I can certainly understand this teaching because most folks can’t ~Be Happy~ with The Truth, but will take the truth to an extreme in anything… Give them an inch and they will take a mile, this is the sinful human nature… Offer some folks a helping hand and they will milk IT dry, making it hard to tell who IS really IN Need….
For instance I’ve seen folks ask the Church for help with paying their bills because of lost income, sickness, ect… and the very next week they are out buying new cars, jewelry, spending lavishly, while those who gave are still skimping to get along on meager incomes….
The same ~Principle~ which IS NOT OF The LORD is applied to the use of *WINE*…. *IF* it is preached that the Bible says ~thou shalt not drink wine at all~, guess what folks are still gonna drink wine, but may not be so bold…. Maybe behind the barn…
But *IF* IT IS Preached that The Bible says, AS The LORD Had Written, drink a ~LITTLE~ wine, BUT be not drunken with wine, then the door has been opened for the boldness of becoming indulgent not only in the wine, alcoholic partying, but in all the ways of the world thrown in on the side of the plate..
So what IS Wrong with this? Lack of ~~Self-control~ which leads to ~~Weakness~~ and disobedience to God’s Will and Way…. Under the influence of the ~liberty~ that Satan dangles before our faces….. Just as he dangled the ~hook~ of independence before Adam and Eve…
WE MUST Learn IN Truth, Live IN Truth, and soberness of mind… not the frivolities and wild abandon of the world… IN ALL THINGS, IN ALL WAYS….
(John 2:6) .. Six pots containing two or three firkins … Note of interest…
(Metretes… Greek word for ~firkins~ meaning: a measurer of liquids a little less than 9 English gallons….) NOW read some Scriptures written throughout the Bible that proves, God’s Instruction ON Wine… OR ~proofs~ IT…
The time of Noah… (Genesis 9:20-21)… Noah, remember he was found in Gods favor through his obedience, (Gen. 6:8) .. began to be an husbandman, (tiller of the land), and he planted a vineyard: AND ~he~ drank of *The Wine*, and was drunken;
Well now, maybe I ain’t no educated preacher of a movement, but when IT IS Written that a drink made someone ~Drunk~ then I gotta believe that the drink WAS/IS fermented NOT fresh juice…. AND!
(Leviticus 10:8-9)… THE LORD, spake unto Aaron saying, “DO NOT ~~Drink~~ *WINE*, Nor Strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, ~~When~~ ye enter into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die: *IT* Shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:::
Did this change in the ~New Testament~?
(I Timothy 3: 1-5).. Very good instruction.. (v.3)… The office of Bishop must NOT Be Given to *Wine*… (v.8).. The office of Deacon must not be given to ~Much Wine~….
Best I can see this is pretty clearly written, IT IS NOT A; “Thou Shalt NOT Do IT AT ALL”,, BUT A, “Thou shalt have *IT* under control,” not being in a mind bending compromised state of drunkenness in serving these positions NOR in the tabernacles of the congregations, as you stand to deliver that message of the gospel to the people or do service before the people…
A Sound example of: We must be found standing in God’s Will and Way in ~ALL Things, stable in our faith, and obedience to God’s Commands and Statutes….
A good rule of thumb to roll over in our thoughts: (Ecclesiastes 3:1-22).. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…. A ~~Time~~~~…
(Deuteronomy 29:5-6)-- makes another good point of *Wine*.. “*I* (The LORD) have led you 40 years in the wilderness; your clothes and shoes are waxen old…ye have ~NOT~ eaten bread, neither have ye drunk *Wine*, NOR *Strong Drink*:” (WHY?) .. “That ~ye~ may ~Know~ that *I* am THE LORD your God.”
NOW, this shows how any drink, food, or action that we, ~the people that call ourselves Christians, followers of Christ,~ indulge in today can and will take our thoughts, hearts, minds, ~vision~ off of God and jumble us up in the ways of the world, AND WILL deter our Walk with Christ , through the wilderness of this world… SO we must be aware of the effect OF Wine, whether IT can be bad, and IT can to excess, OR Good, for may things used sparingly…..
(Timothy 5:23).. Drink no longer ~water~, BUT use ~~A Little *Wine*~~ for the stomachs sake and thine often infirmities…..
Look at your medicine labels, at the content of Alcohol in them… the fermented juice has healing properties… it helps build up your blood cells in small quantities… in excess amounts *IT* will destroy your liver and other organs… It has a sterilizing property to cleanse.. OR it has a destructive property used in excess…. This IS no accident, BUT God’s Creation of the ability of the grape, as HE created other fruits, herbs and vegetation to help man’s life here in the flesh… BUT! Man can take anything and turn IT Into a destructive offense….
(Genesis 1:29)… AND God Said, “I Have Given you ~every herb bearing seed~ which IS upon the face of ALL the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be ~meat~.” (food)…
And then again God gave a Command to be followed.. A Command of Obedience in that “~ thou shalt NOT eat of the tree of knowledge of good and bad`.” (Gen. 2:17)…
Man just seems to get mixed up on his cans and cants, do’s and don’ts, wills and wont’s…
Tarro root (Elephant Ear plant) for instance can be deadly eaten raw… it is highly toxic… But cooked it can be eaten much like a potato, and processed safely it is used for medicinal purposes…
The preaching of total refrain from wine, claiming that the Israelites refrained from wine, but made a paste of grape juice and then added water to it, so that it became fresh juice was trying in his way to keep people safe from the ill effects of fermented juice… becoming habited to it which one can when we lean on a bottle rather than on The Lord Jesus as IT IS Written that we must…. But then we can lean on many other things that will put a wedge between us and a walk of faith in Christ… A Nation, A President, An Army, A pagan event, a holiday, a custom, a friend of the world, a world led by Satan, can and will be as bad as the effect of becoming drunk with wine…… Because, IT takes our hearts, thoughts, minds, and ~Trust~ in Faith, away from Christ, and puts them into a bottle of false teachings, fermented with the ways of the world..….
Oh, another thought we might consider, by searching the answer in the scriptures IS… Jesus, gave the drink OF “The fruit of the vine” to the Disciples at, “The Last Supper”… Was *IT* Wine or fresh grape juice?.. If It was wine, then the time of year that we remember the Resurrection may be correct… BUT IF, IT was fresh grape juice, well when do the grapes get ripe? Since there were no freezers then, no cans or jars and lids how would fresh juice have been preserved in the temperatures of that country for half of a year? AND we have fruits dried and turned into candy paste, but they also have preventives in them… The juice just boiled down to a thickened paste would also ferment and turn sour…. Where we weren’t present there in that day and time and anything that man can conclude to have been fact back then, is nothing more than mans conjured up thoughts…God DID HAVE A BOOK penned down by the prophets of old and preserved down through the ages for us to use as a guide in our lives here today… AND! I still believe in, THE “Miracle” of Jesus turning the water into Wine, and The “Miracle” of our Heavenly Father’s Power TO Preserve HIS Truth Written IN A Book for us to learn OF HIS Way for us…. Read, Consider, Learn for yourself, don’t take my word nor the word of mere man, but seek The Written Word of God under the Guidance of The Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ, the Son of God…. AS Jesus Said:
(Matthew 23:24)… “Ye, blind guides, which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.”
So many preach strongly against drinking any wine, keep clear of the fermented drink, but gobble up the fermented breads of this world…. The cultures, customs and abominations of pagan teachings, mixing them into the Truth’s of God’s Written Word thus contaminating the whole loaf of this life here and extracting the obedience of God from the hearts, thoughts, and minds of those who will take part with them….
As a little leaven, leaveneth the whole lump so does a little untruth mixed into the True Gospel ferment and take us away in a sour sad state, from Truth… Read (Matthew 16:11-12) & (Mark 8:15)….

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Finding Ones Self, And Peace Within.

Finding ones self, among the world of decisions to make, isn’t easy… In fact, IT IS Downright confusing to a teenager with the options of the world laid open at their feet.. Be a ~football playing hero~, win scholarships, go big time… Be a ~doctor~, ~lawyer~, take the route into life that offers the ~~MOST~~ money… prestige… benefits of ~this world~…. We push our children down the path of destruction, without even thinking twice, about what we’re doing ~~OR~~ what IS really best for them…. WHY?
IT IS So very hard for a young person, just starting out in life to decide for themselves what career that they want, what IS best for them, life decisions on earth can be frustrating.. BUT when we fill their heads with ~YOU~ can be anything that you want to be, sometimes we set them up for a great fall, disappointment, a feeling of failure, depression… Because, most times the ~YOU~ wanta path, just flat doesn’t work….. Society, opportunity, availability of positions, locations, many factors gotta be figured in….
I saw a post the other day that sorta fired me up, until I really thought about *IT*… Someone wrote, “Peace IS A Lie.” Naturally I thought God does not lie and “Peace” IS NOT A LIE! But, after more thorough consideration, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I realized that “Peace” IS Indeed ~A LIE~, and here IS That *IF* that so many times gets overlooked or ignored, *IF*, IT IS the peace that man attempts, all by himself, to bring about…. Because ~~True Peace~~ can only come from THE LORD….. ALL The Great Wonders that mankind attempts to accomplish IS IN Vain, except the LORD establish IT… AND SO, ALL The Great Plans we might have for our children are IN Vain, OR that we encourage them to hold in their hearts, are all vanity, and useless, *IF*, we don’t lead them IN God’s Will and Way, to attain What THE LORD has planned for them…
IT just may be that THE LORD, has not planned that they be football stars, doctors, lawyers, and such…. AND here we have interfered with the plans of our LORD in their lives and pushed them away from HIS guidance and under the influence of the world, in an attempt to make them, wealthy and famous, or worse yet if possible, make them to attempt the dreams that we had for ourselves that we failed at for whatever reasons…
THIS, sets them at contrast with God’s Plan for them and brings about confusion in their lives… What God has set in their hearts to do, Will Rise up, in battle with what we have pushed them to do… and they will rebel, not understanding or knowing why.. Bringing a whole mess of discontent in their lives…. Destroying ~~THE PEACE~~ that God puts in our lives, WHEN, we follow HIS Will and Way that HE SET Forth for us, each individual to follow…
Instead, of pushing them into the world for gain, we should teach them to seek the ~~Guidance~~ that only comes from THE LORD, in their young lives, while they are very young help them to pray for that guidance BY The Holy Spirit, in Jesus Name.
(Psalm 127:1)… “Except THE LORD, Build, the house, they labour in vain that build *IT*: Except THE LORD Keep the city, the watchman waketh but IN Vain…”
This one verse carries a message with a huge impact on mankind, in ~~ALL~~ Situations.. *IF*, they read *IT*, pay attention, Accept *IT*, and follow *IT*… Here IS that *IF*, IN Except, as in leave out, to omit, *IF* and *When* we leave God out of the equation of our life, whether by ignorance or purpose, we fail and fall mighty short, bringing a whole heap of troubles upon ourselves, AND our loved ones… SOOOOoooo… *IF* we don’t leave the decision up to The LORD, to Guide us by The Holy Spirit, teach our children to seek, look for, humbly accept the Guidance of The LORD Through Him, then we will end up in a miserable situation….
This applies to ~~EVERY~~ aspect of our life… Dating, Marriage, Career Choices, Life & Death Decisions, even IN The Churches… Spiritually, physically, mentally, financially, OR emotionally.
(Matthew 6:25) .. AS Jesus Said: “Therefore I (Jesus) say unto you, Take ~NO~ thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for you body, what shall you put on… IS NOT the ~Life~ more than meat, and the body than raiment?
(Luke 12:11-12).. (Again, Jesus Said).. “And when they bring you into the ~synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye ~no~ thought how OR what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say… FOR, The Holy Ghost ~Shall~ teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say..”
That IS *IF* you have learned TO: “Listen” TO the Spirit, and not the sounds of the world.. *IF* you have been taught, and have learned to humbly ~Pay Attention~ to the urging OF The Spirit OF The LORD, to discern *IT* from the urgings of the serpent to rebel… BY staying ~~Close~~ to THE LORD, through HIS Son Jesus Christ, by continually seeking answers in THE Written Word, instead of asking your fleshly friends in the world what is right and wrong, what to do or not to do… BY, continual Prayer TO: The Father, Guided By THE Holy Ghost, IN Jesus Name….
You see there is a process by which we find that ~True Peace~ That only Comes from THE Power of The LORD… and the word for that IS *Obedience*… Obedience TO God’s Will and Way IN ~~ALL~~ Things… Because with out that the ~House~ crumbles, our ~plans~ fail, and our countenance of ~Peace~ falls…
YEP, peace IS A Lie, *IF* IT IS A Futile attempt by mankind to establish *IT*… BUT *IF* IT IS Humbly obtained from God through ~Obedience~ TO HIS Will and Way, and then *IF* we maintain our walk with HIS Son Jesus, then nothing can touch, THE PEACE, within.. AND This PEACE, IS THE TRUTH and not a lie….

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

How Far Removed From Christ Are We?

There IS an answer and ~Only *ONE* Answer~ to ~ALL~ the problems that this world of affairs has created… Brought about ~BY~ following the leadership of the rebel leader, Satan the devil, Lucifer, the serpent… The influence of a rebellious people, seems to have a domino effect every where one looks… IT started in “The Garden of Eden”, and has tumbled down through the ages, right smack into ~This Modern Society’s~ fab fads of today….. IT vibrates through the doors of the Houses of Worship, in one door and out the other, and on to the next.. No place IS immune to IT’S destructive effect… AND IT IS Going By “THE BOOK”! *IT* Will be brought down! Where will we be found standing? ON What testimony?
Folks stand on the once saved always saved teaching, that Jesus holds us and won’t let us tumble into the world of destruction.. By doing things that are displeasing to The Father.. IT IS taught by man that any and all sin that we commit after we have been saved IS automatically covered by The Blood of Jesus Christ, and will not count against us.. There IS ~nothing~ that we have to do but float along through this life on the wings of the customs and traditions of mankind, taking part in any and all the pagan practices that we please.. Parade them into the Churches, and present them to the congregations, and ALL IS Well, “IF, one IS Saved.” AND, when one does fall away it is excused as, “oh, they were never really saved…” They have never really received ~the gift of~ God’s Saving Grace… BECAUSE, once you receive *IT*, you can’t lose *IT*!… Do the Written Scriptures support and sustain this way of thinking? OR, is it mans way of thinking, and teaching in his own way?
Does Jesus keep us from sinning, hide our sins behind His Cross, under His Blood, from The Father, while we of our own choosing, prance about the world holding hands with and courting the serpent? Wouldn’t that sorta make Jesus to be friend of the world, and as dishonest as most folks, by attempting to hide an intended continuation of sinful ways from His Father and ours?
(James 4:4)… 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. And Jesus DID say, “take up ~your~ cross, AND ~~Follow~~ Me daily..” (Luke 9:23) He did not say only on Sunday or when you feel like IT nor did He say, where ~you~ lead *I* Will follow you… But He did promise, again that, “*IF* any man serve Me, let him ~~Follow~~ Me that Where I am there shall my servant be also…” (John 12:26)..
Do we believe that Jesus would be in conflict with God The Father, so that we do not have to turn from our ways of associating with the world to a renewing of our minds, with Christ in The Fathers Way?
(Romans 12:2)… Be ~NOT~ conformed to this world: BUT be ye transformed BY ~The Renewing of your mind, that ye may ~PROVE~ what IS That Good, and Acceptable, and Perfect Will OF God…
Well, *IF* we walk hand and hand with the world, claiming to be ~Saved by Grace~, which means we are IN God’s Favor, and the world sees itself in us and not Christ, and yet we claim that Christ will not let us ~sin~ then what on earth are we doing? Where on earth IS our witness? Something to give lengthy consideration to!
A whole bunch of questions, BUT where does one find the answers? Do we ask our bestest friend, our peeps, the preacher, school teacher, a lawyer, a physician, OH, the government officials, OF Caesar for surely they know, they have the answers to everything….
Reckon WHY, so many folks will do just that instead, OF: Seeking the Guidance of The Holy Spirit, IN Prayer, TO Lead them IN The Reading of God’s Written Word, To Testify to their hearts of God’s Will and Way IN their life, thus putting their trust, IN THE ONE, WHO Can save them, WHO IS Almighty, Having THE POWER TO put evil away from them… *IF*, they humbly repent of their wayward ways and step into the Righteous Path Way OF Light, His Son Jesus Christ… Where This “Light” IS there can be ~No~ darkness… SO *IF* one IS playing with an in the darkness of this life, then one can judge just, “How Far Removed he IS from the Holy Spirit.” Sit up, take note, pay attention, to the warnings and get the necessary affairs in, “The Right Order”.
(Proverbs 1: 27-31).. (The LORD Said).. “When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when your distress and anguish cometh upon you. ~Then~ shall they call upon ME, ~BUT~ *I* (THE LORD) Will Not Answer; they shall seek *ME* (THE LORD) early, but they shall not ~find~ ME: (WHY?) For that they hated ~knowledge~, and did NOT ~Choose~ The Fear OF THE LORD; They would none of *MY* ~Counsel~: they ~despised~ ALL *MY* reproof: Therefore shall they eat of the “Fruit” of their ~OWN WAY~ , and be filled with their ~OWN Devices~….
Pretty strong warning I’d say, but many will say this was the days before Christ gave His life for ~~MY~~ sins, so *IT* doesn’t apply to me… OKEY! BUT , What Did Jesus Say?
(Matthew 7:13).. Enter ye ~IN~ at the strait gate: .. For wide IS the gate and broad IS the way, that leadeth to destruction, AND ~~Many~~ there be which go thereat.. (22).. Many will say to Me (Jesus) in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy Name? AND IN Thy Name cast out devils? And In Thy Name done ~~Many wonderful works~~? AND THEN, Will *I* (Jesus) profess unto them, “*I* never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity…”
Somehow this very statement tells me THAT Jesus does not hold us in a state of God’s Grace *IF*, we choose to sin, work iniquity… even though we claim to be followers, IN Good Standing with Christ… This Tells me that I have an effort to make, I Must maintain A Faithful walk IN Christ, *IF* I have received The Gift of God’s Saving Grace, and IT tells me that the choice IS still up to me to stay or fall to temptation… NOW, *IF* the adversary does tempt us to fall from grace, then we have a “WAY” of protection *IF* we call upon Jesus, *IF* we listen to the urgings of The Holy Ghost, *IF* we maintain a “Knowledge” OF What God expects from us in order to please HIM in a fearful Respect of HIS Mighty POWER…. Through the constant reading of The Written Word, continual Prayerful conversation, and humble obedience to the urging of the Spirit, by ~Paying unscathed attention~ to the leadership of Jesus, through The Holy Ghost…How many will shake this all of and run swiftly to the world led by Satan…
(I John 2: 1-) I write unto you that you sin ~NOT~.. AND *IF*, any man sin, we have an ~Advocate~ with THE Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous: and He is the ~Propitiation~ for our sins, and we ~know~ Him, *IF* ~we~ Keep His Commandments… He that saith I know Him and keepeth not His Commandments is a liar…
(John 14:26)… But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My (Jesus) Name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance , whatsoever I have said unto you…
NOW, pick up your KJV Bible and count the number of, *IF’S* IN the teachings of Jesus, the Scriptures Written of Saving Grace… Folks tend to over look the *IF’S*, but they are very significant, they present an act of behavior, a condition in which something must be done or a state of qualification… that we the people ~MUST~ meet. Yes, Jesus gave His life’s blood for our sins, BUT *IF* we don’t “accept and maintain”, His requirements for continued coverage, then IT IS NOT Applied…

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Teaching Compassion HOW?

When children are ~taught~ to be mean uncompassionate bullies, their future is in danger…. Both here on earth, and in eternity… Most parents don’t think, some don’t care, and some do it on purpose… But IT IS Done… BY, talking down on others in front of little ones… Training your own child up as being high up in the world, teaching them to look down on others… I knew a beautiful little girl once that had such a humble sweet, Christ like attitude, BUT her parents decided that she was beautiful in the world and started putting her in beauty contest… Well, one win, it went to her head and the sweet little girl became a haughty, better than thou untouchable person over night, looking down her nose at others, with an attitude that was hurtful to her peers as well as anyone she came into contact with.…
I knew a sweet little boy, innocent smile that was such a loving child, but his parents taught him to hit everybody he met, by socking him all the time to toughen him up.. Don’t take no stuff, ball up your fist and just hit them… and immediately the child became an angry hateful child that hit you with his little fist rather run up to give you a hug… NOW! IS this the picture of children raised in God’s House of Worship? How often we , or allow teachers to mold our children into despicable young adults who become rebellious at every thing, including Christ. OH, we teach them Jesus loves you, BUT we don’t teach them that their attitude must reflect that ~Love~ of Christ that *IT* can and ~MUST~ be shared with others… We fail to teach them that Jesus ~Must~ be reflected in everything they do, OR their claiming to ~~LOVE~~ Jesus becomes just a hollow echo across the pit of destruction….. We must teach them to put that LOVE into action, not just give IT lip service… AS Jesus warned!
(Mark 7:6)… “Well, hath Esaisa prophesied of you hypocrites, AS IT IS Written, ~this people honoureth Me with their ~lips~, but their heart IS far from Me.”
“COMPASSION”! How many examples of compassion did Jesus set forth as example for us to follow as He walked this earth among men? Jesus Said of His Father and ours:
(John 5:37).. “The Father HIMSELF, which hath ~sent~ Me, hath borne witness of Me… Ye have neither heard HIS Voice at any time, ~NOR~ Seen HIS Shape..” &
(John 6:46) .. “Not that ~~ANY~~ man hath seen THE Father, save (but; except) He which IS OF God, He hath seen THE FATHER.”
(John 14:9) .. “He (anyone) that hath seen Me (Jesus Christ) hath seen The Father; (Jehovah) and how sayest thou then, Shew us The Father?”
Jesus was teaching a very important lesson in these verses… TO us ~ALL~! IF we walk in God’s Will and Way, according to the path that HIS Son Jesus Christ walked while He was on this earth among men, then others can and will see, both the Father and the Son in us, in our actions, our manners, attitudes, life styles… How many of us fail and fall pitifully short in this walk, while setting example before our children as a pattern of ~behavior~?
(Matthew 9:36).. And in many other scriptures Jesus showed ~~Compassion~~, *NOT* attitude, bullying, poking fun, laughing at, hitting, ect.. To others… DO we Follow His Example?
“When He (Jesus) saw the multitudes (of people), He ~was~ moved with *Compassion* on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd…
(I John 3:17) .. But whosoever hath ~~This World’s Good~, and seeth his brother have a need, and shutteth up his bowels of ~Compassion~ from him, *HOW dwelleth the *LOVE* OF God in him?
When we see someone that is afflicted, and we laugh and poke fun in front of our children, we ARE NOT teaching them compassion, but to be bullies, hurtful to the already existing pains of others… Funny? I think NOT! How many children have been driven to suicide or murder because, they have been the object of other children poking fun at them… Whose hand IS this child’s blood on? The person or persons who were in charge of watching over them!
(Ezekiel 33:6).. BUT, *IF* the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; *IF* the sword come, and take a person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; BUT his ~blood~ will *I* (JEHOVAH) Require at the watchman’s hand…
Our children Will be taken in their own sins, but when we stand before that Great White Throne of Judgment, we will be judged for our lack of ~~Teaching~~ our children the compassion of Christ.. AS verified IN New Testament!
(I John 1:7) .. BUT *IF*, (so many folks overlook whether on purpose or loss of spiritual sight, the small two letter word *IF*, BUT *IT* carries a ~HUGE~ impact on our lives…) BUT *IF*, ~we~ walk (Where? In the world? NOPE!) *IN* the “LIGHT”, AS He (Jesus) IS The “Light”, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus cleanseth us from ~all~ sin…. IF we are living in the world, bringing uncalled for hurt and pain to others, then the *IF* IS applied to the Blood of Christ…..
The ~hurt~ Not to be confused with holding true to God’s Written Word, because many will say, “Well you hurt my feeling because you told me what I was doing was wrong, and I’m just not gonna be your friend any more!” READ THE BIBLE to verify what has been said BEFORE, Feeling HURT! Hurt Feeling? For the LOVE OF God, IF The Truth IS Told, and The Gospel set forth, according TO AS IT IS Written, and a person’s feelings hurt for truth which they have rejected to follow the world, then you have still, as the watchman, warned them, giving exhortation unto them, and their blood IS NOT on your hands but theirs…..
(Ezekiel 33: 7a-).. Son of man, I (THE LORD) have set thee a ~Watchman~~ unto the house of Israel; (8b).. *IF* thou dost ~not~ speak to warn the wicked from his way, …his blood will I require at thy hand… (9a).. Nevertheless, *IF* thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from *IT*; *IF* he ~~DO NOT~~ turn from ~HIS~ way, he shall die in his iniquity; BUT thou hast delivered thy soul…. (11).. “AS *I* Live,” Saith THE LORD God, “*I* Have ~NO~ pleasure in the death of the wicked; BUT that the wicked ~~Turn~~ from ~~HIS~~ way and live!”
IT might surprise and annoy you to be told that to humiliate, bully, or poke fun at others IS *Iniquity* BUT IT IS: Because *Iniquity* IS: a great ~Injustice~ which is a Sin, and Sin IS: an ~act~ that goes against Christian principles… That being AS Christ taught. Sin, the act of Disobedience: Disobedience to God’s Will and Way IS ~Iniquity~ before God’s eyes….
When we have allowed our children to bully or poke fun at others and turned our heads with a little giggle at how cute it was, we are in deeeep trouble eternally, as well here in our fleshly life, Because, this behavior Will, carry on into adult hood and get our children into ~~Trouble~~ with others, the law, maybe even prison, or bring them to death by the offended person.. OH, parent, OH teacher, what on earth have we done? Let our children down miserably! Don’t fail our little ones teach ~them~ God’s Written Word of Guidance, and TO Follow IT in Jesus way, please… To be called ~~Wicked~~ which means: among other things ~mischievous~ just a little playful, should make one stop and think about what they are doing, not to please the one giving the advice, BUT to please our Heavenly Father……
(Psalm 145:8).. THE LORD IS Gracious, and Full OF *Compassion;* slow to anger, and of ~Great Mercy~… ARE WE?