(Romans 8:14 KJV)… For ~AS Many~ as are *LED* by THE Spirit of God, they ~are~ the sons of God….
Notice, reading carefully, that this particular verse does not impart the massage that: “We the people who call ourselves ~Christians~ can walk where we see fit to, OR do what we please or deem right by our or man‘s standards, BECAUSE God sent HIS Son Jesus Christ to give His life as a ransom for our sins, and God will follow us and all IS Well, NOR, that this has given us the right or power to ~Put God INTO What we want to do~, and HE Will just willing jump right in and magically make the ways of the flesh that we desire to follow right…. NO! NO! NO! AND *IT* does read ~AS MANY~ as are led, not that all are led by the Spirit of God Because there is another spirit that leads many… Which God has allowed to lead those who reject HIS Call or who ~Disobey~ HIS Will and Way for HIS children… AND, God does give us that choice, to obey or to disobey, “AS IT IS Recorded” throughout the Scriptures… (Deuteronomy 30:16 & 19 KJV) (Romans 8:6) ..Read on
(Romans 8:1)… THERE IS therefore now ~NO~ Condemnation to them which ~are~ in Christ Jesus, who ~walk *NOT* after~ the flesh, but after “The Spirit” …
[we can’t have our cake and eat it tooooo. We gotta *Choose* as, IT IS Written, throughout the ~Scriptures~ *WHO* we will follow, and follow we must… } (v‘s.7-8).. BECAUSE, the ~carnal mind~ *IS* Enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be… So then ~they~ that *ARE* in the flesh cannot please God…
[So IT Doesn’t matter what you do.. IF IT IS Fleshly, you ain’t gonna be able to put God IN IT and make IT Right, because God IS NOT Pleased with ~sinful flesh~…]
IT is so sad, and I can’t count the number of times that I have personally sat in a Church and listened to a pastor tell the congregation, “IF”, that is what you all want to do, then we have to put God in it, and it will be alright… IN Whose eyes? I hold a preacher that stands before the congregation responsible for the flock which sits under his teaching, and *IF* he will not stand and tell the people, “This is how IT IS Written in God’s Book of All Instruction, The Bible, and we must without ~Without Attempted Exception~ follow God’s Statutes, Follow HIS Way, Because THE Potter does not follow the clay,” nor can the ~clay~ *mold* the Potter into what it wants HIM to be, then he is not fit to fill the pulpit behind which he stands…. A good teaching, preacher, pastor will instead read the previous and following verses and truthfully instruct the congregations to take heed…] A sad excuse that I have heard from members of the congregations who don’t agree with what is being said is, “well, he is a good man and his intentions are good.”
(Proverbs 14:14 KJV) .. The `backslider` in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a ~good man~ shall be satisfied from himself…
(II Timothy 2:15-15 KJV)… *Study* to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.. BUT shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.. (v.21).. *IF* a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use, and prepared unto every good work….
(Psalm 73: 28 KJV) .. But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy words…
(SOOooo… IF we claim, THE Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost, we must also humbly obey, The Words That THE Father had penned down by the prophets of old and the very ones who followed HIS Dear Son, Jesus Christ, on this earth… AND DO LIKEWISE ~~~Follow~~~.. We also must ALSO realize that ~we~ have a duty, a responsibility to perform in our own life, and that is to clean up our own act, many are being taught that all they have to do is claim Jesus and He cleans us up so that what ever we do is good, but no we are called to change, to consciously be aware of what we are doing not blindly running with the world and thinking that Jesus is running along with us…. Many are teaching, “Jesus Loves You”, to the downfall of some who take it that anything they want to do is good because Jesus Loves them, and demands nothing of them… When in actuality, we must return God’s Love, by our actions, words, and walk in this life. Our walk must be a testimony of God’s statutes for everyone who claims to be HIS children. Jesus WILL, give us the directions, show us the way, teach us through God’s Written Word what we must do to clean up our lives, BUT He doesn’t make us do it nor does He magically change our walk, but gives us the opportunity to ~Show~ our faithfulness, trust, & Love for Him, by humbly obeying His Will and Way..
(Isaiah 29:12 KJV) .. Wherefore the Lord said, “Foreasmuch, as this people draw near ME with their mouth, and with their lips do honour ME, but have removed their heart far from ME, and their fear toward ME is taught by the ~precept of men~…
[ So singing “Praise The LORD” while walking in the ways of the world is the same as drawing near in lip service, but having your heart and thoughts focused on the ways of the world… Sorta like so many I see stand in the sanctuary and sing, “Away in a manger”, but their thoughts are carried on forward to the party and the worldly goodies that they are going to indulge in afterward…. Think About *IT*!
So IT IS, During the seasons of, “Christmas & Easter” when folks are running around claiming Christ to be the reason for these seasons, while busily coloring and hunting the symbolic eggs of pagan teachings and false gods, and preparing faithfully for the arrival of the mythical bearded Saint who sees all and knows all and stands in the place of what IS holy..
Same concept, same lie, same fabled tales of the false teachings the antichrist set to take away the ~Truth~ OF, “The Gospel OF God’s Plan of Salvation through HIS Son Jesus Christ and replace IT or at least contaminate IT, with the false doctrines of the world of fleshly man’s teachings, led by the adversary, Satan Then Devil… ALL one has to do IS read the Scriptures, and take a measured look at the world and IT’S functions…. Using the plumb line of God’s Word….
(Isaiah 45:20 KJV)… Assemble yourselves and come; draw near ~together~, ye that *ARE Escaped of the nations*: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save…
IF you have confessed Christ as your Savior, then you should have escaped and come out of the nations of false teachings and pagan practices, and *IF* you haven’t then God will have no part of the practices that you take part in. just as IT IS Written in:
(Romans 8: 7-8 KJV).. BECAUSE, the ~carnal mind~ *IS* Enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be… So then ~they~ that *ARE* in the flesh cannot please God…
(Hebrews 10:22) KJV) .. Let us draw near with a ~true heart~ in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled ~FROM~ an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water…
I don’t recall a time that Jesus said, “Go your way and I will follow you”.
Jesus Said:
(Mark 8:34 KJV)… when He had called the people unto ~Him~ with His disciples also, He Said unto them,: “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up this cross, and ~~ “Follow Me”~~~..
