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.
