Influence OF Customs

IS IT acceptable to declare, “It is ~MY~ custom”, and that makes everything alright?  What IF?
There was a large family,  mom (Actually a female) and a dad (Actually a male), and maybe 20 children… They lived in a large house, with 20 plus rooms, and a huge family room where all were to gather each day for family time….
Strict rules were set in the home, The Bible was its Guide,  God was obeyed,  obedient Prayer was given to The Father in Heaven, in The Name OF HIS Son Jesus Christ.. The Gospel of God’s Kingdom was declared,  but each child had the ~Freedom~ to do as they pleased in their own room…
Then one day when the family gathered in the family room as usual, and the dad started their time together with a prayer to God Almighty, the eldest child spoke up in protest  saying, “we are offended by this prayer and we  demand that you stop saying IT in our presence, we want IT out of this house”…
The second child stepped up and said, “yeah, we want our rights as another family recognized and we want to wear the dress of  another family  and carry on it’s customs here in this family room, because ~YOU~ owe IT to us.”
The third child iterated that the second child was right, but it is the customs of , ~MY Choice~ that we should  observe here in this family gathering, because you gave us the freedom to keep them in our rooms..
The forth child then shouted out, “we are greatly offended by that “BOOK” which you read to us all the time, IT IS Not to ~OUR~ liking, because IT claims a Deity that IS Almighty, and ~we are in control of our lives here~ and believe that there is no greater power than man.”
The forth child stepped up and stated, “we  want ~our~ rights to be recognized to abort our unwanted babies,  have relations with whom we please, where and when we please, and oh yeah, Jim wants to marry Bob and have it be legal, and we demand that you not only let us, but that you like it too. ” …
Git the picture?  See the problem?  What was this country supposedly based upon? 
(Matthew  12:25) .. AND Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, “~Every kingdom~ divided against itself IS brought to desolation;  and every city or house divided against itself ~Shall Not Stand~.
As long as people have the attitude that they are ~OWED~ something because at one time their ancestors were oppressed… AS long as folks stand on ~THEIR~ customs and traditions,  there will be no peace, only unrest… *IF* a team of ~oxen~ can’t, won’t, or don’t pull the cart in the ~SAME~ direction,  *IT* ain’t going nowhere but straight to confusion, and  who is the father of this?
(I Corinthians 14:33).. For God IS NOT the Author of ~confusion~.  But of ~Peace~, as in all the Churches of  ~the saints~.
(John 6:44).. “Ye are of ~your~ father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He  was a ~murderer~  from the beginning, and abode not in the ~TRUTH~,  because there IS NO Truth in him.  When he speaketh a ~lie~, he speaketh of   *his OWN*,  for he IS  a liar, and the ~father of it.~”
(Jeremiah 7:19).. Do they provoke ME to anger?  Saith THE LORD:  do they provoke ~themselves~ to the confusion of their own faces?
(Leviticus 18:30)… Therefore shall ye ~KEEP~  MINE ordinance,  that ye commit not any one the these abominable customs,  which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein:  I am  THE LORD your God.
(Isaiah 24:10)… They city of ~Confusion~  is broken down:  every house IS shut up, that no man come in.
(James 3:16)… For where *envying  and strife* ~IS~,  there IS confusion and every evil work.
.(Revelation 21:27).. And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:  but they which are written in the Lamb’s Book of LIFE.
How should mom and dad handle these rebellious children, which have been set free to live life in their rooms ~AS THEY PLEASE~?   Do you think they should be told what The Father said?
Jesus gave His life that ~all~ sin debt be paid, so who on earth can ~OWE~ OR YET GIVE   you any thing?
(Jeremiah 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.”
This is the dilemma that this nation and all others is facing today… they are gathered in the family room of confusion, listening to the lie of Satan, and calling IT good….  When all that is needed IS a ~Sincerely Humble Prayer of Repentance, ~  A seeking of the right path,  and walking therein, to find peace and rest for all men… And So IT Will BE When Christ Returns.

The Two Greatest Commandments

In a society where anything goes, The Bible is becoming just another book of religion to many… Parents, some time ago,   went through a change from teaching their children to ~Obey~ them and to ~Obey~ The Heavenly Father’s Commandments, TO teaching them to strike out on their own, blaze new trails,  seek a ~New~ thing, get discovered in ~their~ way and Get rich… And they did, many of them,  but many more only hit the streets, began tattooing their bodies, wearing their pants down to their knees, exposing their bodies to be noticed,  toting weapons with no training or morals to back them up, aimlessly robbing, stealing,  and killing, they have gone wild… and this has become a nation out of control… No wonder the leaders, can’t make a right decision about anything, they greatly lack the background that keeps the world under their feet, and the clouds above their heads, so that they don’t stumble and fall, or drift away in day dreams of  grandeur.
These  TWO  verses,  just a FEW Written words, taught to them in their young days, and reiterated  to them throughout their lives, just MIGHT make a big difference in their actions, manners,  respect,  thoughts,  there entire way of life.
(Matthew  22: 37 -40)… Jesus said unto him,  “Thou shalt ~LOVE~  the LORD thy God, with ~ALL~  thy heart, and with ~ALL~ thy soul, and with ~ALL~ thy mind… THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT!  And the second is like unto *IT*,  Thou shalt ~LOVE~ thy neighbor as thyself,.  On These TWO Commandments  hang  ~ALL THE LAW ~ and the prophets”.
And you know,  *IF* we did this simple action, Love the LORD with ~ALL~ our heart, there’d be ~NO~ room in our hearts for the ~Love of violence,  wild unburdened living, or the misleading things of this world led by Satan~.   *IF*  we  ~LOVED~ The LORD with ~ALL~ our souls,  we wouldn’t run around, tattooing our bodies, showing it to everyone by walking about half naked,  or fill it with harmful drugs, alcoholic and harmful elements,  giving our bodies over to multiple sexual partners, thus ending up with the diseases which result from this life style… *IF*  we ~LOVED~  The LORD our God with ~ALL~ our mind,  this life would be so much easier,  because our thoughts would be continually tuned in TO God TO ~Hear, and Receive~  HIS Instruction  of our walk through this life, thus we would better walk in HIS Will and Way, by The Guidance OF The Holy Spirit….   AND  *IF* we ~LOVED~  our neighbor as we love ourselves,  we would bring ~NO~ harm to them, cheating them,  killing, maiming,  robbing, plotting to take their goods,  I reckon in other words, we would better walk that narrow path of righteousness,  as Jesus said we should…  Think About IT,  the policemen would be  out of work in the capacity that the now perform in,  the armed forces could beat their weapons into plow shears, and farm the land, thus feeding their neighbors… What a wonderful world we would live in,  the president would be able to sit down and watch a world at ~True Peace~… *IF* ONLY!