How old was Jesus when the Wise men came to see him? Many people claim that He was a two year old child, and if you have a modern translation of the Bible God’s Written Word, you may be one…For in the account of His birth in Matthew and Luke, simple words have been changed to indicate that, which teaches to confusion..
The word used in verse (1 of Matt. 2) as *IT* reads in OKJV --
“When”. Some of the modern translations including The ~New King James~ have changed it to “after”… When Saying , “Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.. when, whether being used as a noun, verb or adverb means an unspecified time period as …during the event…at the time of… but! “after” locks it into the past.. IS, is 3rd person singular present OF: to be which it could read “Where to be he born” which would not be proper “English”, but also doesn’t lock it into a past event … However IT IS more proper than changing *IS* to *Has been*… AND the wise men said, “we have seen” which is already done they, done did, saw *IT* His star, and now they have come to inquire…
How badly man can rearrange the meaning of God’s Written Word with the simple insertion, omission, OR changing of ONE simple word… Consider the scriptures and the message that God’s Written Word brings forth about the “Blessed Event
”.
(Matthew 2:1a-2- KJV).. Reads: “Now ~~WHEN
~~ Jesus was born in Bethlehem… saying, where ~IS~ He that IS born King of the Jews? For we ~Have seen~ His star in The East…”
(Matthew 2:1a-2 ~NKJV~) Reads: “Now ~~AFTER
~~ Jesus ~ was born in Bethlehem of Judea, behold wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, where is He who ~~Has Been~~ born…” IT IS NO Wonder, that so many folks get confused about: The Biblical Account OF The Birth of Jesus….OR any of The Blessed Scriptures.. IS IT simply ignorance, IS IT Intentional, or IS IT the subtle urgings of the same old serpent that lurked in the garden, that led mankind to change these words, to insert his own thoughts into God’s Written Word, thus changing the “Account” as The ~Newer~ more ~Modern~ Bibles are being printed… Most look harmless in the changing of the words, just making *IT* easier for some folks to understand… Really? Understand? OR Change History as IS mans habit… Listen to mankind’s account of some of the things that actually happened in your lifetime, things that you heard or saw as *IT* unfurled before your eyes… Now mankind IS actually rewriting many events to hold their own thoughts of ~What, Where, Why, or How ~ these things came to be… It may make for an interesting document to entertain some, BUT to others IT IS Making a lie out of History… AND So IT IS with the New Modernized Bibles… For Instance:
The ~First~ argument that comes forth IS: “Well, ~ALL~ Bibles are Translations, written by men, even the Original King James… BUT IT WAS translated by men who lived closer to the days of the original accounts.. And *IF* you read and study IT carefully, with the “Prayerful” Guidance of The Holy Ghost, there ARE NO conflicts in *ITS* messages… Whereas the very changing of ~ONE~ Single word sets up a domino effect that makes for much confusion and contradiction..
Another caution here to be ware of, IS The Popular Pastime of: reading The Bible from front to back, to accomplish the feat of: “Reading The Bible Through.” First that should not be ~The Goal~… To accomplish something to brag about, BUT, The goal, should and must be to ~~Learn~~ of The Wisdom That God The Father has provided in IT’S Pages for mankind to grow in, learn, follow, and use as a ~Sword~ to execute the enemy of ignorance in this life….
For example… The reading in the NKJV of: (Matthew 2:4) contradicts that which is written in verse 1.. For IT shows King Herod asked the chief priest and scribes, where the Christ ~Was To Be Born~.. Not where He Was Born as IS Indicated in the 1st verse… The OKJV does not create a contradiction…
As a child I read everything I could get my hands on.. I read many books, but today all I remember from them IS that I enjoyed reading them, and yes I read the Bible through from cover to cover, BUT all I remembered is that “Eve ate the apple”… Which is not As IT IS Written… But a popular teaching of confusion which mankind offers to little children.. Herein sets the stage for many ~False Teachings~ to emerge…
Many folks adamantly believe, that Jesus was two years old, when ~The Three Kings~ came to see Him… Do you believe this? Why???… And by the way, again it takes more than a glance of reading to obtain the full meaning and understanding of Biblical Accounts… For instance King David Wrote:
(Psalm 72: 10) .. ~The kings
~ (pleural kings) of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the ~kings~ of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts… This IS a writing of a prayer of David for his son, Solomon, who by the way fell to the false teachings of the nations which he surrounded himself with.. IT IS Also, prophesy of The Coming of Jesus the Savior… AND Matthew refers to them as wise men, and mostly Wise men are learned men, sincere studiers.. According TO The Psalms, there were more than ~Three~, and even Matthew describes them as *THE* not the three…
The reasons that have been given so far are:
1. Jesus was called a child
when they, *THE* Wise Men, came and they saw Him in a house not a manger… This IS their ~Proof positive~ fact…. Read then:
First we gotta accept the prophesy and the obedience of the Israelites, those like Mary and Joseph who followed the Law of Moses, to a “T”, That God Gave him (Moses) to pen down.
According to: (Luke 2:1-6) which tells us that Joseph and Mary although from Judea, now lived in Galilee, in the city of Nazareth… {that prophesy be fulfilled} (Matthew 2:23) He shall be called a Nazarene… AND while they were there Mary , the days were accomplished…
Some use the word young child
to confirm that Jesus was no longer a babe…But! READ:(Luke 2:5) Mary being great with *child*… refers to an unborn babe as a child . & (Matt. 1:23) “a virgin shall be with child”.. SO there goes that profound fact out the window…. This is written similar in the NKJV but reads: who was with child… still meaning and unborn babe…
Now the clincher that really shows that Jesus was not two years old, but most likely a New Born Babe is found in (Luke2:22-39)…especially (v’s. 22 & 39) when the days of her purification …according to the law of Moses…were accomplished, they brought Him to Jerusalem… to the Temple…bringing Mary’s cleansing sacrifice.. according to: (Leviticus 12:1-8)….she could not come into the Sanctuary until the 30 days of purification were accomplished…but when the 40 days are done she must bring a sacrifice unto the priest…
And! Immediately after all things were done according to the law, they returned to: Galilee: unto their own city Nazareth! (v.39 of Luke 2) & (Matt. 2:23)
BUT, we must understand that unless the people are ~Taught~ in truth, what is learned IS nothing more than false vanity… AND, Unless folks really care and want to seek *TRUTH*, they are content with what ever sounds good to their itching ears…
(II Timothy 4:3-5).. For the time ~Will come~ when they will ~Not~ endure *Sound Doctrine*; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears ~from THE Truth~, and shall be turned unto ~Fables~.. (Tales, Santa Claus, Lighted Trees, Tales of Made up miracles that only happen at this time of year, Easter Rabbits, hallowed spooks, and such… found in false doctrines and teachings.) BUT, *Watch* thou IN ~ALL~ Things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make ~FULL PROOF~ Of thy Ministry…. Prove what you teach, HOW? AS IT IS Written IN The Biblical Scriptures
This IS the days that we are living in, and so many are being led to ~The beauty, and fun, and passion of the seasonal celebrations, getting caught up in the flurry of tales of false teachings, that are claimed to be just for fun, but did Jesus teach us that these last days would be *FUN*?
Read, by subject, Study, by subject, compare some scriptures learn to understand ALL OF the Blessed Account of The Birth of God’s Own Son on this earth… IT Will help us have a better understanding of why the pagan customs that have entered into the ~Memorial Event~ of Christ Birth is an offense…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Responsible Accountability
Accountability. Many folks seek and follow the religion that lifts the burden of accountability off their shoulders… Making the `freedom` of faith to be portrayed as a lack of responsibility… Expressing NO explanations of their actions TO: ~No One~ FOR: ~Nothing~… Claiming a Jesus only belief, Because *IN* Christ IS Freedom….. This IS the message that many “Preachers” present the congregations.. WHY? Because *IT* IS an ~Easy Religion~ No worries, anything goes so we don’t have to Stop, Think, Examine, and “Prove” our faith, by our walk, but rather we can relax in the ways of the world and just let Jesus do IT ALL For us… Where IT IS True that we are free in Christ, a close reading OF the scriptures really prove, what that “Freedom” IS. Read of Daniel and The Hebrew children, for examples of living freely in Christ, while walking yet in bondage… They were not free to change their God, or HIS Teachings into their way, but they were free TO Stand on HIS Word, and walk in HIS Way, even though they were imprisoned in another nation… Much like the small handful of true Christians today…. Consider at this point, Jesus Words Written down for us, “many are called, BUT few are chosen” … (Matthew 22:14) .. And Paul explained In, (I Corinthians 1:17-31) ending with the Important Message, “he that glorieth, let him ~Glory In THE LORD~”….
The easiest opinion taught, for a vain person to swallow IS: A ‘Man’ Formed Freedom IN Christ Jesus.
First IT IS Taught That mankind cannot ~Please~ God THE Father… No man in History, IT IS Purported, has ever pleased God… What did Paul teach about ~Pleasing God~?
(Hebrews 11: 5-6).. “BY Faith”, Enoch, was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, ~Because~ God had translated him: FOR ~Before~ his translation, he (Enoch) had ~This Testimony~, that he *Pleased God*… BUT ~Without *Faith*~ , *IT IS* Impossible to Please HIM (God): For he that cometh TO: God ~MUST~ *Believe* That HE (GOD) *IS*. AND That HE (God) *IS* A Rewarder of them that ~Diligently Seek~ HIM… Strange how so many folks will teach their precious little children, to ~Please~ the mythical character, Santa Claus or they won’t get any presents… While choosing to, Never give a hint of The Real Need in this life of preparing for the hereafter, by ~Pleasing~ THE LORD God Almighty, THE ONE WHO Truly holds their little lives in HIS Hands…. Mainly because this is the way they have been taught, by clergy that mingles the world into the Biblical teachings that they present, making IT Okay to do as we please, and just let Jesus fix it… That’s His Job…
Pick up THE KJV Bible and read the whole Chapter 11 of Hebrews, for a better explanation of “Pleasing GOD
through our Faith IN HIM” as well as proving our faith by our actions….. ALSO how our actions can be and ARE “Displeasing God”. (Numbers 11:1).. When the ~people~ complained, *IT* ~Displeased~ THE LORD: AND THE LORD heard *IT*; and HIS anger was kindled….
Let us also ~Remember~ Jesus Christ IS the same yesterday, to day, and for ever…(Hebrews 13:8) AND SO IS WIRH THE Father… (John 14:9) (John 6:44) and many more show that we cannot have a belief in Jesus Christ, without THE Father, and visa versa… And to attempt this feat places us in the category of being “antichrist”. (I John 2:22)
The statement that we, the people, “Cannot Please God
”, leaves a big gap in our responsibility of surrender in faith to THE MAKER, and places us in a ~free to walk in the flesh state of mind~… Because we have gladly accepted that Jesus Will BE Responsible for our actions, no matter what we do… Namely leaving a whole wide path of sins that mankind can, and does, feel free to walk in because they are not accountable for their ~OWN~ actions. Making THE conscious thought OF *Repentance*, void in our lives… BUT, John The Baptist, Jesus Christ, and others came preaching and teaching, what? “Repentance”! An act of , feeling regret at the ways of ~our~ sins, nothing less than accounting our actions…. Right? Read (Matthew 3:2; 4:17; & Mark 6:12) Jesus sent the disciples out with the ~Instructions~ to preach repentance, but *IF* the people would not receive them or hear them, they should shake the dust off of their heels as a testimony against these people…. AND, *IF* we must repent of our sin and believe, then we must be accountably responsible for our actions. AND we must depend on our *Advocate* (Jesus Christ AS our Lawyer) with THE Father to argue our case of repentance with THE Father… AS Jesus does not just automatically place His Righteousness in us, BUT we are rather TO Seek His Righteousness TO follow His Path that He Set Before us….. (John 10: 27) Jesus Said, “My sheep hear My Voice, and I Know Them, AND ~they~ follow Me.” Also read (John 12:26; Mark 10:21) & (I Peter 2:21).. Tells us even after Jesus had Ascended that we are TO Follow Jesus Steps… not ours, not make a new way or a new path, neither set back and expect Jesus TO live our life here for us, but `we` have a work, commissioned by Jesus To Do…. Again Paul wrote to the Galatians,
(Galatians 1:10) .. For do I (Paul) now persuade men, OR God? OR Do I (Paul) seek to please men? FOR *IF* I (Paul) yet pleased men, I (Paul) should ~Not~ Be the servant of Christ…
Paul obviously realized that he must walk through and live this life here as ~PLEASING
~ The Father God, or else he would not be a servant (Follower) of Christ….. (Hebrews 13:16).. But to do ~Good~ and TO ~Communicate~ forget NOT: FOR WITH SUCH ‘sacrifices’ God IS Well Pleased
… (I Kings 3: 10) And the speech ~pleased
~ THE LORD that Solomon had asked this thing… (11) AND, God said unto him, (King Solomon), ~Because~ thou hast asked this thing and not asked for thyself…. Read the whole account in The KJV Bible… (Colossians 3:20).. Children, ~OBEY~ your parents in all things: for this is ~Well *Pleasing
* unto THE LORD~~…. (Mark 1:11) .. There came a ~Voice~ from heaven, saying, “Thou art MY Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased… Yes The Father was pleased
with HIS Son…. (I Corinthians 10:5)… But with many of them God was not well pleased: FOR they were overthrown in the wilderness….
Wonder why there are so many problems in this world today *IF* man cannot please or displease God, but strives to live through the ~righteousness of Jesus Christ~, doing as we please under the belief that The Righteousness OF Jesus, will hide our sins, or that what we do or do not do has no bearing, whatsoever on pleasing God? Sounds like American politics, morals, and lifestyles doesn’t it? Remember also that Jesus took on man’s sin, bore the cross, and accomplished all, enduring but ~despising~ the shame…(Hebrews 12:2) (Hebrews 6:6) do we want to crucify Christ anew each day that we choose to rebel against sound teaching and depend on Christ to wash us clean even in our arrogance?
I Corinthians 10:5 kinda sums up the whole of the subject of this belief of freedom in Christ… Especially if you go back and read Exodus and Leviticus and see the ~Commands~ which God gave HIS People then, and how many of them *Disobeyed* them… NOT Just the 10 Commandments, BUT ~ALL~ of God’s Commands… IT IS The same today as IT Was then… *IF* God Commands *IT* then mankind MUST OBEY *IT*… AND yes it is easier to obey *IF* we are willing minded, to ~Follow~ Jesus Christ… and accept the walk that He leads us through…in fact this IS The Only Way.. True Also. “The righteousness” of man IS nothing more than filthy rags… man without Jesus, without the walk that Jesus laid for us…
Read all that Isaiah wrote, the rest of the story so to speak…
(Isaiah 64:4-6) For since ~The Beginning of the world~, men have not heard, nor perceived by ear, neither hath eye seen, O God, Beside THEE, what HE hath prepared for him that ~Waiteth~ for HIM… Thou meetest him that ~Rejoiceth and worketh *Righteousness*~, those that ~Remember~ THEE in THY Ways: Behold, THOU, (The LORD God) art wroth; FOR we have ~~Sinned~~: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved… BUT we are as an unclean thing….
Every time God IS displeased with mankind IT IS Because man has moved out on his own to make his own ~religion~, “Disobeyed”, to believe his own way, make his own righteousness, and in this sense YES, the righteousness of man IS AS Filthy Rags… BUT God has given mankind a ~BOOK~ of Instruction, and a Spirit of Guidance in the path that God intends that man should walk…to work out our own salvation (Philippians 2:12).. To reject IT, change IT, ignore IT, is mankind’s, downfall…
(Romans 3:22).. Even the *Righteousness of God*, which *IS* By ~Faith~ OF Jesus Christ unto ~ALL~ and upon all them that ~Believe~: for there IS No Difference…
Another misnomer of freedom in Christ IS: “IN Christ ~ALL~ our sins are hidden,” and God The Father can’t see them, because Jesus Christ hides them from HIM.
This teaching tends to cast a dark shadow of doubt upon the Lord, Jesus Christ, because IT portrays Him as being like mankind still, deceitful and underhanded… as though He is going to attempt to ~Hide~ anything from His Father and ours? Read on….
Jesus, Himself spoke this warning to men as He walked this earth among them..
(Luke 12:2-3)… “For there IS ~nothing~ covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be ~Known~…. therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the housetops…”
(Colossians 3:1-2).. Paul wrote… *IF*, ye them be ~risen~ *With* Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the ~right hand~ of God… Set your affection on things above, ~NOT~ on things on the earth… For ye are dead, and your life IS hid ~~WITH
~~ Christ in God…. This is a ~Scripture~ that is misquoted many times in the ~ALL your sins are hidden in Christ~, teaching… For IT reads *With* Christ *IN* God.. So Jesus is not attempting to hid anything from His Father and ours… But HAS/DID/DOES overcome our sins for us to the Father as, He (Jesus) IS “The Propitiation; (to appease, to win a victory over) ~FOR~ our sins: AND ~NOT~ ours ~Only~, BUT also for the sins of the whole world…. (I John 2:2)
Also AS John (The Apostle which walked ~With~ Jesus) Wrote: (I John 2:1) To: my little children, these things I (John) write unto you, (the people) ~That ye sin NOT~… (In other words be in control of yourselves and sin not.) AND *IF* any man sin, (man being imperfect, and prone to failing, not as some folks teach that we ~CANNOT~ sin because Jesus Will NOT LET US. Because we do and we will as long as we live in these fleshly bodies!) BUT John tells us, “we have an “Advocate” ~WITH~ THE Father, (and that Advocate IS,) Jesus Christ The Righteous:;;; AND (v.3) .. “Hereby we do ~Know~ that we Know Him, *IF*… we keep His Commandments…” Notice carefully, John DID NOT Write, Jesus Will keep us righteous, but he warns us to “KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS”. John also warns us, that we sin not…. And on in Chapter 3 John warns tells us, he that doeth righteousness *IS* righteous, even ~AS~ He (Jesus Christ) *IS* Righteous……
Not that He makes us keep His Commandments, NOT that He Will Not let us break His Commandments, BUT THAT HE, expects HIS children to be consciously obedient to: HIS Commandments… Which reflects a responsibility of “Accountability” by each individual on this earth… AND That Accountability IS TO: God THE Father, Through Jesus Christ The Son, our Redeemer…..
The easiest opinion taught, for a vain person to swallow IS: A ‘Man’ Formed Freedom IN Christ Jesus.
First IT IS Taught That mankind cannot ~Please~ God THE Father… No man in History, IT IS Purported, has ever pleased God… What did Paul teach about ~Pleasing God~?
(Hebrews 11: 5-6).. “BY Faith”, Enoch, was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, ~Because~ God had translated him: FOR ~Before~ his translation, he (Enoch) had ~This Testimony~, that he *Pleased God*… BUT ~Without *Faith*~ , *IT IS* Impossible to Please HIM (God): For he that cometh TO: God ~MUST~ *Believe* That HE (GOD) *IS*. AND That HE (God) *IS* A Rewarder of them that ~Diligently Seek~ HIM… Strange how so many folks will teach their precious little children, to ~Please~ the mythical character, Santa Claus or they won’t get any presents… While choosing to, Never give a hint of The Real Need in this life of preparing for the hereafter, by ~Pleasing~ THE LORD God Almighty, THE ONE WHO Truly holds their little lives in HIS Hands…. Mainly because this is the way they have been taught, by clergy that mingles the world into the Biblical teachings that they present, making IT Okay to do as we please, and just let Jesus fix it… That’s His Job…
Pick up THE KJV Bible and read the whole Chapter 11 of Hebrews, for a better explanation of “Pleasing GOD
through our Faith IN HIM” as well as proving our faith by our actions….. ALSO how our actions can be and ARE “Displeasing God”. (Numbers 11:1).. When the ~people~ complained, *IT* ~Displeased~ THE LORD: AND THE LORD heard *IT*; and HIS anger was kindled….
Let us also ~Remember~ Jesus Christ IS the same yesterday, to day, and for ever…(Hebrews 13:8) AND SO IS WIRH THE Father… (John 14:9) (John 6:44) and many more show that we cannot have a belief in Jesus Christ, without THE Father, and visa versa… And to attempt this feat places us in the category of being “antichrist”. (I John 2:22)
The statement that we, the people, “Cannot Please God
”, leaves a big gap in our responsibility of surrender in faith to THE MAKER, and places us in a ~free to walk in the flesh state of mind~… Because we have gladly accepted that Jesus Will BE Responsible for our actions, no matter what we do… Namely leaving a whole wide path of sins that mankind can, and does, feel free to walk in because they are not accountable for their ~OWN~ actions. Making THE conscious thought OF *Repentance*, void in our lives… BUT, John The Baptist, Jesus Christ, and others came preaching and teaching, what? “Repentance”! An act of , feeling regret at the ways of ~our~ sins, nothing less than accounting our actions…. Right? Read (Matthew 3:2; 4:17; & Mark 6:12) Jesus sent the disciples out with the ~Instructions~ to preach repentance, but *IF* the people would not receive them or hear them, they should shake the dust off of their heels as a testimony against these people…. AND, *IF* we must repent of our sin and believe, then we must be accountably responsible for our actions. AND we must depend on our *Advocate* (Jesus Christ AS our Lawyer) with THE Father to argue our case of repentance with THE Father… AS Jesus does not just automatically place His Righteousness in us, BUT we are rather TO Seek His Righteousness TO follow His Path that He Set Before us….. (John 10: 27) Jesus Said, “My sheep hear My Voice, and I Know Them, AND ~they~ follow Me.” Also read (John 12:26; Mark 10:21) & (I Peter 2:21).. Tells us even after Jesus had Ascended that we are TO Follow Jesus Steps… not ours, not make a new way or a new path, neither set back and expect Jesus TO live our life here for us, but `we` have a work, commissioned by Jesus To Do…. Again Paul wrote to the Galatians,
(Galatians 1:10) .. For do I (Paul) now persuade men, OR God? OR Do I (Paul) seek to please men? FOR *IF* I (Paul) yet pleased men, I (Paul) should ~Not~ Be the servant of Christ…
Paul obviously realized that he must walk through and live this life here as ~PLEASING
~ The Father God, or else he would not be a servant (Follower) of Christ….. (Hebrews 13:16).. But to do ~Good~ and TO ~Communicate~ forget NOT: FOR WITH SUCH ‘sacrifices’ God IS Well Pleased
… (I Kings 3: 10) And the speech ~pleased
~ THE LORD that Solomon had asked this thing… (11) AND, God said unto him, (King Solomon), ~Because~ thou hast asked this thing and not asked for thyself…. Read the whole account in The KJV Bible… (Colossians 3:20).. Children, ~OBEY~ your parents in all things: for this is ~Well *Pleasing
* unto THE LORD~~…. (Mark 1:11) .. There came a ~Voice~ from heaven, saying, “Thou art MY Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased… Yes The Father was pleased
with HIS Son…. (I Corinthians 10:5)… But with many of them God was not well pleased: FOR they were overthrown in the wilderness….
Wonder why there are so many problems in this world today *IF* man cannot please or displease God, but strives to live through the ~righteousness of Jesus Christ~, doing as we please under the belief that The Righteousness OF Jesus, will hide our sins, or that what we do or do not do has no bearing, whatsoever on pleasing God? Sounds like American politics, morals, and lifestyles doesn’t it? Remember also that Jesus took on man’s sin, bore the cross, and accomplished all, enduring but ~despising~ the shame…(Hebrews 12:2) (Hebrews 6:6) do we want to crucify Christ anew each day that we choose to rebel against sound teaching and depend on Christ to wash us clean even in our arrogance?
I Corinthians 10:5 kinda sums up the whole of the subject of this belief of freedom in Christ… Especially if you go back and read Exodus and Leviticus and see the ~Commands~ which God gave HIS People then, and how many of them *Disobeyed* them… NOT Just the 10 Commandments, BUT ~ALL~ of God’s Commands… IT IS The same today as IT Was then… *IF* God Commands *IT* then mankind MUST OBEY *IT*… AND yes it is easier to obey *IF* we are willing minded, to ~Follow~ Jesus Christ… and accept the walk that He leads us through…in fact this IS The Only Way.. True Also. “The righteousness” of man IS nothing more than filthy rags… man without Jesus, without the walk that Jesus laid for us…
Read all that Isaiah wrote, the rest of the story so to speak…
(Isaiah 64:4-6) For since ~The Beginning of the world~, men have not heard, nor perceived by ear, neither hath eye seen, O God, Beside THEE, what HE hath prepared for him that ~Waiteth~ for HIM… Thou meetest him that ~Rejoiceth and worketh *Righteousness*~, those that ~Remember~ THEE in THY Ways: Behold, THOU, (The LORD God) art wroth; FOR we have ~~Sinned~~: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved… BUT we are as an unclean thing….
Every time God IS displeased with mankind IT IS Because man has moved out on his own to make his own ~religion~, “Disobeyed”, to believe his own way, make his own righteousness, and in this sense YES, the righteousness of man IS AS Filthy Rags… BUT God has given mankind a ~BOOK~ of Instruction, and a Spirit of Guidance in the path that God intends that man should walk…to work out our own salvation (Philippians 2:12).. To reject IT, change IT, ignore IT, is mankind’s, downfall…
(Romans 3:22).. Even the *Righteousness of God*, which *IS* By ~Faith~ OF Jesus Christ unto ~ALL~ and upon all them that ~Believe~: for there IS No Difference…
Another misnomer of freedom in Christ IS: “IN Christ ~ALL~ our sins are hidden,” and God The Father can’t see them, because Jesus Christ hides them from HIM.
This teaching tends to cast a dark shadow of doubt upon the Lord, Jesus Christ, because IT portrays Him as being like mankind still, deceitful and underhanded… as though He is going to attempt to ~Hide~ anything from His Father and ours? Read on….
Jesus, Himself spoke this warning to men as He walked this earth among them..
(Luke 12:2-3)… “For there IS ~nothing~ covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be ~Known~…. therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the housetops…”
(Colossians 3:1-2).. Paul wrote… *IF*, ye them be ~risen~ *With* Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the ~right hand~ of God… Set your affection on things above, ~NOT~ on things on the earth… For ye are dead, and your life IS hid ~~WITH
~~ Christ in God…. This is a ~Scripture~ that is misquoted many times in the ~ALL your sins are hidden in Christ~, teaching… For IT reads *With* Christ *IN* God.. So Jesus is not attempting to hid anything from His Father and ours… But HAS/DID/DOES overcome our sins for us to the Father as, He (Jesus) IS “The Propitiation; (to appease, to win a victory over) ~FOR~ our sins: AND ~NOT~ ours ~Only~, BUT also for the sins of the whole world…. (I John 2:2)
Also AS John (The Apostle which walked ~With~ Jesus) Wrote: (I John 2:1) To: my little children, these things I (John) write unto you, (the people) ~That ye sin NOT~… (In other words be in control of yourselves and sin not.) AND *IF* any man sin, (man being imperfect, and prone to failing, not as some folks teach that we ~CANNOT~ sin because Jesus Will NOT LET US. Because we do and we will as long as we live in these fleshly bodies!) BUT John tells us, “we have an “Advocate” ~WITH~ THE Father, (and that Advocate IS,) Jesus Christ The Righteous:;;; AND (v.3) .. “Hereby we do ~Know~ that we Know Him, *IF*… we keep His Commandments…” Notice carefully, John DID NOT Write, Jesus Will keep us righteous, but he warns us to “KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS”. John also warns us, that we sin not…. And on in Chapter 3 John warns tells us, he that doeth righteousness *IS* righteous, even ~AS~ He (Jesus Christ) *IS* Righteous……
Not that He makes us keep His Commandments, NOT that He Will Not let us break His Commandments, BUT THAT HE, expects HIS children to be consciously obedient to: HIS Commandments… Which reflects a responsibility of “Accountability” by each individual on this earth… AND That Accountability IS TO: God THE Father, Through Jesus Christ The Son, our Redeemer…..
Monday, October 8, 2012
OF Zombie's And Halloween "Fun"
“Zombie day” at school… Parents, have you really thought about the eternal repercussions of a celebration a taking part in such un-Godly affairs can bring upon your child and your whole family? You should, and seriously.
First, the school system does not allow visible prayer to be held in it… This does not stop a child from praying to God the Father in Jesus Name in silent thought even as they walk down the halls… they first must be taught to.. But it makes a statement as to where the system is headed…Second, the LORD’S Holy Book, The Bible is not allowed in the school system,, BUT! All the books of the occult and demonic powers are… and obviously the dress and actions of the occult is sanctioned… Even in the mascot name of the sports team.. Blue Devils… giving tribute to whom?This doesn’t stop you and your child from reading God’s Word the Bible and seeking HIS Protection through a wholesome knowledge of the Truth’s Of God’s Written Word… But do you??? Do you take the time to arm your child and yourself with the kind of protection that will keep them from demonic possessions?… Have you thought about what kind of example you set for your child, by taking part in the parade of horror mask that is sold in the markets this time of year? … Do you even, though given still the free choice, promote by your actions a walk with God, or a walk with the world? Do you teach your child from God’s Written Word that this is of the devil, OR, do you also think like so many of the world that this is just a joking matter, only a fun thing to do, “boo, I scared you”?…
OR even worse are you so indifferent to THE True Biblical Teachings, even though calling yourself a “Christian”, that you feel free to indulge in any matter of actions and vainly think that God IS Pleased with *IT*? IS your involvement and embracing of such heinous activities a result of not wanting to be ~Different~ but just go along with the crowd, don’t make waves or make anyone angry or to dislike you because you ~Stand~ on Bible Principles, instead of flowing with the lost and dying world of Satan the devil? AND *IF* this IS your reasoning, HOW on earth can you instruct your children, NOT to be influenced by others to take drugs, or follow the wrong crowds into a life of crime, and danger?Well, Here IS A GOOD TIME TO, Take a look at your own life style, interest, reasons, FOR, IT IS Written, that IT Isn’t God‘s Will that HIS people should take part in these things and IT Certainly isn‘t following the examples that Jesus set for us to follow IN God‘s Way! Protection of God, Will only be given by an obedient walk in HIS Will and Way… IF you choose to follow the world led by Satan and the demons, subjecting your families to the spiritual evils that lurk behind the grotesque mask of Halloween and the bloody occults of Satanic followers through the games of the dead, keeping up with “Hollywood Movies” of these things, keeping them in your life, eventually moves them into your heart, then God will, According to HIS Written Word, turn you over to the very thing that you serve… Think about it! A Zombie is: a mythical mindless creature of the undead…. What are those that worship a Zombie by dressing up and acting like one? Teachers; leaders; especially Christians, do you? Do you dress in the seasonal attire of the dead, promote the things that are taught by the actions, or do you stand firmly on God’s Written Word, teaching that this day represents evil in it’s dress, rather than fun? There are many who will declare, “there is nothing wrong with it if we just do it for fun”, what do you suppose Eve and Adam’s excuse was?(Titus 1:16.).. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny HIM, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate….
II Timothy 3:8.… so do these resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith….
(Romans 1:28)...even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind…. &
(I Samuel 16:14).… the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him… Does evil come from God? Yes!
(Isaiah 45:7).…(1) Thus saith, The LORD: “I form the light, I create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I The LORD do ALL These things…… Are we free to do what we want and call it fun if it means taking part in evil looking actions or effects? NO!
(Deuteronomy 30:15)... See, I (The LORD) have set before thee this day, life and good, and death and evil;…. Can we as teachers promote the gruesome mask of Halloween and be blameless for our examples that we set before the children? NO!
(Isaiah 5:20)...Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness… Is it the duty of parents and teachers to lead the children in the right path?
(Amos 5:14)...Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken…. (15) .. Hate the evil, and love the good…
Folks to even make fun of evil is putting yourselves in a bad situation, to take part in it, teach it to the children, making it seem harmless, is putting yourself and the children in the position of tasting the wrath of God….. God put *BOTH* good and evil before us FOR what reason? That we may, and must prove, ourselves by making *A Choice* to do either good and stick by IT to live, or follow evil and die… IT IS ~ALL~ up to you which path you choose to walk.. As Jesus taught….
(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 in thereat: (22).. ~MANY~ will say to ME (Jesus) in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY NAME? and in THY NAME have cast out devils? AND IN THEY NAME done many wonderful works? And then will, I (Jesus) profess unto them, I never knew you, depart from Me, ye that work iniquity… Therefore whosoever ~Heareth~ these sayings of Mine, AND doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock…”
So just sitting in the Church or teaching, preaching, leading the music in the Church, hearing God’s Commands TO *Leave *IT* ALL Alone*, isn’t enough, we gotta live as Jesus said, as God demands and depart from the wicked, evil paths….of darkness…..keep our lives clean, walk in the light of God’s path, not be found dabbling in the ~occult~ in any way, shape, form, or fashion.
First, the school system does not allow visible prayer to be held in it… This does not stop a child from praying to God the Father in Jesus Name in silent thought even as they walk down the halls… they first must be taught to.. But it makes a statement as to where the system is headed…Second, the LORD’S Holy Book, The Bible is not allowed in the school system,, BUT! All the books of the occult and demonic powers are… and obviously the dress and actions of the occult is sanctioned… Even in the mascot name of the sports team.. Blue Devils… giving tribute to whom?This doesn’t stop you and your child from reading God’s Word the Bible and seeking HIS Protection through a wholesome knowledge of the Truth’s Of God’s Written Word… But do you??? Do you take the time to arm your child and yourself with the kind of protection that will keep them from demonic possessions?… Have you thought about what kind of example you set for your child, by taking part in the parade of horror mask that is sold in the markets this time of year? … Do you even, though given still the free choice, promote by your actions a walk with God, or a walk with the world? Do you teach your child from God’s Written Word that this is of the devil, OR, do you also think like so many of the world that this is just a joking matter, only a fun thing to do, “boo, I scared you”?…
OR even worse are you so indifferent to THE True Biblical Teachings, even though calling yourself a “Christian”, that you feel free to indulge in any matter of actions and vainly think that God IS Pleased with *IT*? IS your involvement and embracing of such heinous activities a result of not wanting to be ~Different~ but just go along with the crowd, don’t make waves or make anyone angry or to dislike you because you ~Stand~ on Bible Principles, instead of flowing with the lost and dying world of Satan the devil? AND *IF* this IS your reasoning, HOW on earth can you instruct your children, NOT to be influenced by others to take drugs, or follow the wrong crowds into a life of crime, and danger?Well, Here IS A GOOD TIME TO, Take a look at your own life style, interest, reasons, FOR, IT IS Written, that IT Isn’t God‘s Will that HIS people should take part in these things and IT Certainly isn‘t following the examples that Jesus set for us to follow IN God‘s Way! Protection of God, Will only be given by an obedient walk in HIS Will and Way… IF you choose to follow the world led by Satan and the demons, subjecting your families to the spiritual evils that lurk behind the grotesque mask of Halloween and the bloody occults of Satanic followers through the games of the dead, keeping up with “Hollywood Movies” of these things, keeping them in your life, eventually moves them into your heart, then God will, According to HIS Written Word, turn you over to the very thing that you serve… Think about it! A Zombie is: a mythical mindless creature of the undead…. What are those that worship a Zombie by dressing up and acting like one? Teachers; leaders; especially Christians, do you? Do you dress in the seasonal attire of the dead, promote the things that are taught by the actions, or do you stand firmly on God’s Written Word, teaching that this day represents evil in it’s dress, rather than fun? There are many who will declare, “there is nothing wrong with it if we just do it for fun”, what do you suppose Eve and Adam’s excuse was?(Titus 1:16.).. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny HIM, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate….
II Timothy 3:8.… so do these resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith….
(Romans 1:28)...even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind…. &
(I Samuel 16:14).… the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him… Does evil come from God? Yes!
(Isaiah 45:7).…(1) Thus saith, The LORD: “I form the light, I create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I The LORD do ALL These things…… Are we free to do what we want and call it fun if it means taking part in evil looking actions or effects? NO!
(Deuteronomy 30:15)... See, I (The LORD) have set before thee this day, life and good, and death and evil;…. Can we as teachers promote the gruesome mask of Halloween and be blameless for our examples that we set before the children? NO!
(Isaiah 5:20)...Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness… Is it the duty of parents and teachers to lead the children in the right path?
(Amos 5:14)...Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken…. (15) .. Hate the evil, and love the good…
Folks to even make fun of evil is putting yourselves in a bad situation, to take part in it, teach it to the children, making it seem harmless, is putting yourself and the children in the position of tasting the wrath of God….. God put *BOTH* good and evil before us FOR what reason? That we may, and must prove, ourselves by making *A Choice* to do either good and stick by IT to live, or follow evil and die… IT IS ~ALL~ up to you which path you choose to walk.. As Jesus taught….
(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 in thereat: (22).. ~MANY~ will say to ME (Jesus) in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY NAME? and in THY NAME have cast out devils? AND IN THEY NAME done many wonderful works? And then will, I (Jesus) profess unto them, I never knew you, depart from Me, ye that work iniquity… Therefore whosoever ~Heareth~ these sayings of Mine, AND doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock…”
So just sitting in the Church or teaching, preaching, leading the music in the Church, hearing God’s Commands TO *Leave *IT* ALL Alone*, isn’t enough, we gotta live as Jesus said, as God demands and depart from the wicked, evil paths….of darkness…..keep our lives clean, walk in the light of God’s path, not be found dabbling in the ~occult~ in any way, shape, form, or fashion.
Friday, September 7, 2012
To Judge OR NOT To Judge
“Judge NOT that you be not judged…” ( Matthew 7:1) So many times I hear this scripture quoted, and mostly by those that are being offered scripture to, for correction of a problem in their life…. WHY? Folks will use THE BIBLE to defend and protect their ways, BUT to Correct their ways, IT IS Harshly Rejected… Jesus goes on to say, in (Matthew 7:2) .. “FOR With what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: AND with what measure ye mete, IT Shall be measured to you again…”
This is a profound statement not to be taken lightly.. Neither IS Any verse in God’s Written Word to be taken lightly, for God Gave *IT* to be Written for our ~life’s sake~, and *IF* we are wise we will not throw *IT* away…
1st *IF* scripture IS Given for ~Exhortation~ IN Christ, then IT IS NOT we that are judging, for we are not the judge or jury, only God the Father IS, and HE through Jesus, and we deliver the message of the Gospel as THE Holy Ghost Guides… Amen?
2nd When you are giving this scripture to someone that IS caring and sharing “The Scriptures of Correction” with you as a defense, then you are setting in a set of judgment yourself, because you assume that the person, giving you the Bible Scripture is judging you, when they really are not… The burden of ~proof~ has been placed upon your shoulders and denied… Sorta like the “ball” is in your court and you are missing the goal miserably…
SO Again *IF* folks really read and faithfully study “THE BIBLE”, pay humble attention to the words that Jesus Christ, The Son of God The Father, spoke while on this earth among men that they may ~~Learn~~ to follow, in honest obedience, bow with repentant hearts to The Higher Power, then *IT* would be clear that we are to ~USE Good Judgment~ to discern what *IS* Right and what *IS* Wrong, and follow the “Path of Righteousness” which leads to eternal life in God’s Kingdom… THAT IS A God Given Choice!
*IF*, we would ~Judge~ ourselves BY the BOOK That THE LORD God had penned down and preserved for us to use as a reminder of the things that we should or should not do, HIS Written Commandments, ~Looking Faithfully~ and sincerely unto the *Examples* that God’s OWN Son gave before mankind ~Everywhere~ TO Follow, Then we would have “No Worries” about others *Judging* us, our actions, our dress, our speech, our mannerisms, our interest… Would we?
IT IS When we, ourselves, are being convicted by THE Holy Ghost, and yet still rejecting this urging to repent and clean up own actions, repent of our own worldly ways, that we lash out at someone who maybe IS Sent Even BY The Spirit, to help us by sharing The Wisdom OF God’s Written Word in Verse…
Because *IF* we have nothing to hide then we can be totally open, pleasing receptive of God’s Written Verses of Scripture… Read further as “Luke” Penned down more of Jesus Words to us. For us To Follow…
(Luke 6:37-38a)… Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn Not, and ye shall not be condemned: ~Forgive,~ and ye shall BE forgiven: Give, and *IT* shall be given unto you, *Good Measure*, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over…
IS Jesus really telling us DO NOT JUDGE? OR to judge but, Use Good Judgment? Turn our heads the other way when we see our brother or sister in trouble follow the pernicious ways of the world led by Satan… OR IS Jesus warning us about what measure we are to USE TO Judge Fairly? This gets thick so hold on to the reins tightly…
*IF*, we look at someone who is walking about with tattoo’s all over their bodies, are we to look at them and say, “Oh, how pretty, IT IS good IF you like IT then just do as you please.” OR are we to exhort them in and according TO: *AS IT IS Written* to ~Correct~ in God’s Word set forth for HIS people to follow… What did Jesus tell His followers to do?
(John 12:47) “*IF* ~ANY~ man hear My Words, AND Believe NOT, I will judge him ~not~: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world…
Here Jesus IS speaking to the people, of His present time and coming. FOR He came preaching the Gospel of His Father’s Kingdom, the first time, BUT when He returns He Will Come TO end, all things that are not pleasing unto God, to Judge, to destroy the evil of adversary.
(Matthew 18:11) .. “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
(Matthew 9:35) Jesus went about ~ALL~ the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching, “THE Gospel OF THE Kingdom”, and healing sickness disease among the people…
SO *IF* we are given ~Scriptures~ of instruction and we reject the saving messages of Christ, then where does that leave us walking? Repenting & Preparing for the end that shall come?
(Matthew 24:14)… Again Jesus Said: “This “Gospel of The Kingdom” shall be preached IN ~ALL~ the world for a witness unto ~ALL~ Nations; AND THEN, shall the end come.”
(Mark 1:15).. Jesus Said, “THE ~TIME~ IS Fulfilled, AND, “THE Kingdom IS AT Hand”: repent ye, and believe the Gospel… AND Again Jesus gave His followers sound instruction TO: “Go ye therefore, and ~TEACH~ ALL Nations, baptizing them in the NAME of THE Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: (Matt. 18:19-20)
WHY?
(Acts 17:31).. BECAUSE, HE, (God THE Father) hath ~Appointed~ A Day, in which HE Will Judge the world in *Righteousness* BY that man (Jesus) whom HE Hath ordained; whereof HE Hath ordained; whereof HE Hath Given assurance unto ~ALL~ men, in that HE hath Raised Him from The dead. AND (v.30) warns that God Will no longer “wink” at or make excuse for man’s ignorance of HIM, Because HE has provided ~ALL~ that mankind needs to learn, of and to walk in HIS Will and Way, and no longer be reprobates….
(I Corinthians 6:2-3) Paul states: “Do ye not ~know~ that the saints shall judge the world? And *IF* ~The World~ shall be judged by you, are ye ~unworthy~ to judge the smallest matters?
Know ye ~NOT~ that we shall judge angels? (messengers) How much more the things that ~Pertain~ to this life? FOR *IF* we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged… BUT when we are judged we are chastened OF THE Lord, that we should NOT be condemned with the world.”
We must judge the messengers, Because, *IF* we don’t prove the messages we hear against God’s Written Word, we will be misled by the false prophets and teachers, the antichrist that Christ warned would be present in these last days…..
SOOOoooo…. We 1st, have a duty, a calling, a command, to read, study, and learn, come out of our old sinful ~ignorance~ of God’s Will and Way, that we should walk according to HIS Commands…. Come out of the world of sin, set for destruction in the second coming of Christ Jesus.
2nd, we have a Command TO: carry The Gospel message TO ~ALL~ peoples from ~ALL~ nations ~ALL~ over the world…. AS IT IS Written…. Sharing God’s Message in LOVE!
3rd, Yes we have a duty, and Yes, we must Judge right from wrong using ONLY God’s Written Word of Instruction, not our own opinions or man kinds rule of thumb as to what IS Good and What IS Evil…
WE must sincerely search the Bible and thus follow, AS IT IS Written, letting The Holy Ghost Testify and lead us in and though this life… AND AS Jesus said:
(John 7:24)… *Judge* NOT according to appearance, BUT *Judge* Righteous Judgment!
Many things that even the Churches accept into It’s doors, appear to be good, and alright to take part in, the way people dress, the games and event’s they involve the children in, the ways of men’s traditions and worldly ways, ~APPEAR~ as good, BUT A careful study of God’s Book of all instruction into The Righteousness of Jesus Christ HIS Son, teaches us otherwise… and IT IS God’s Word that we must judge with, follow, and live by.
(John 8:16).. Again Jesus Said: “AND yet *IF* I (Jesus ) ~Judge~, My Judgment *IS* True: For I am not alone, BUT I and THE Father that sent Me.”
(Matthew 12:36)… “But I say unto you, That ~Every Idle Word~, that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof IN The ~Day of Judgment~…
(Mark 6:11)… AND ~Whosoever~ Shall NOT Receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake OFF the dust under your feet for a testimony against them, Verily I (Jesus) say unto you, IT Shall Be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the ~Day of Judgment~, that for that city….
Sadly there are many, maybe even some that will take the time to read all of this, that have not read enough in the Bible to really get the impact of what Jesus IS Saying here, because they’ve heard of Sodom & Gomorrah, but know nothing of their sins… their worldly ways, that they deemed alright…. BUT Was Not Pleasing unto God… So much of which IS prevalent in society today, accepted and tolerated by Christians, because people have ~their rights~… BUT, *IF* that ~Right~ IS Not Bible Based, SET Free through Christ, IN God’s Will and Way, ACCORDING TO HIS Commandments, AS IT IS Written, then IT IS Their right TO: Choose evil and death in destruction….. Just Sharing! (Deuteronomy 30:19)
This is a profound statement not to be taken lightly.. Neither IS Any verse in God’s Written Word to be taken lightly, for God Gave *IT* to be Written for our ~life’s sake~, and *IF* we are wise we will not throw *IT* away…
1st *IF* scripture IS Given for ~Exhortation~ IN Christ, then IT IS NOT we that are judging, for we are not the judge or jury, only God the Father IS, and HE through Jesus, and we deliver the message of the Gospel as THE Holy Ghost Guides… Amen?
2nd When you are giving this scripture to someone that IS caring and sharing “The Scriptures of Correction” with you as a defense, then you are setting in a set of judgment yourself, because you assume that the person, giving you the Bible Scripture is judging you, when they really are not… The burden of ~proof~ has been placed upon your shoulders and denied… Sorta like the “ball” is in your court and you are missing the goal miserably…
SO Again *IF* folks really read and faithfully study “THE BIBLE”, pay humble attention to the words that Jesus Christ, The Son of God The Father, spoke while on this earth among men that they may ~~Learn~~ to follow, in honest obedience, bow with repentant hearts to The Higher Power, then *IT* would be clear that we are to ~USE Good Judgment~ to discern what *IS* Right and what *IS* Wrong, and follow the “Path of Righteousness” which leads to eternal life in God’s Kingdom… THAT IS A God Given Choice!
*IF*, we would ~Judge~ ourselves BY the BOOK That THE LORD God had penned down and preserved for us to use as a reminder of the things that we should or should not do, HIS Written Commandments, ~Looking Faithfully~ and sincerely unto the *Examples* that God’s OWN Son gave before mankind ~Everywhere~ TO Follow, Then we would have “No Worries” about others *Judging* us, our actions, our dress, our speech, our mannerisms, our interest… Would we?
IT IS When we, ourselves, are being convicted by THE Holy Ghost, and yet still rejecting this urging to repent and clean up own actions, repent of our own worldly ways, that we lash out at someone who maybe IS Sent Even BY The Spirit, to help us by sharing The Wisdom OF God’s Written Word in Verse…
Because *IF* we have nothing to hide then we can be totally open, pleasing receptive of God’s Written Verses of Scripture… Read further as “Luke” Penned down more of Jesus Words to us. For us To Follow…
(Luke 6:37-38a)… Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn Not, and ye shall not be condemned: ~Forgive,~ and ye shall BE forgiven: Give, and *IT* shall be given unto you, *Good Measure*, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over…
IS Jesus really telling us DO NOT JUDGE? OR to judge but, Use Good Judgment? Turn our heads the other way when we see our brother or sister in trouble follow the pernicious ways of the world led by Satan… OR IS Jesus warning us about what measure we are to USE TO Judge Fairly? This gets thick so hold on to the reins tightly…
*IF*, we look at someone who is walking about with tattoo’s all over their bodies, are we to look at them and say, “Oh, how pretty, IT IS good IF you like IT then just do as you please.” OR are we to exhort them in and according TO: *AS IT IS Written* to ~Correct~ in God’s Word set forth for HIS people to follow… What did Jesus tell His followers to do?
(John 12:47) “*IF* ~ANY~ man hear My Words, AND Believe NOT, I will judge him ~not~: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world…
Here Jesus IS speaking to the people, of His present time and coming. FOR He came preaching the Gospel of His Father’s Kingdom, the first time, BUT when He returns He Will Come TO end, all things that are not pleasing unto God, to Judge, to destroy the evil of adversary.
(Matthew 18:11) .. “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
(Matthew 9:35) Jesus went about ~ALL~ the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching, “THE Gospel OF THE Kingdom”, and healing sickness disease among the people…
SO *IF* we are given ~Scriptures~ of instruction and we reject the saving messages of Christ, then where does that leave us walking? Repenting & Preparing for the end that shall come?
(Matthew 24:14)… Again Jesus Said: “This “Gospel of The Kingdom” shall be preached IN ~ALL~ the world for a witness unto ~ALL~ Nations; AND THEN, shall the end come.”
(Mark 1:15).. Jesus Said, “THE ~TIME~ IS Fulfilled, AND, “THE Kingdom IS AT Hand”: repent ye, and believe the Gospel… AND Again Jesus gave His followers sound instruction TO: “Go ye therefore, and ~TEACH~ ALL Nations, baptizing them in the NAME of THE Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: (Matt. 18:19-20)
WHY?
(Acts 17:31).. BECAUSE, HE, (God THE Father) hath ~Appointed~ A Day, in which HE Will Judge the world in *Righteousness* BY that man (Jesus) whom HE Hath ordained; whereof HE Hath ordained; whereof HE Hath Given assurance unto ~ALL~ men, in that HE hath Raised Him from The dead. AND (v.30) warns that God Will no longer “wink” at or make excuse for man’s ignorance of HIM, Because HE has provided ~ALL~ that mankind needs to learn, of and to walk in HIS Will and Way, and no longer be reprobates….
(I Corinthians 6:2-3) Paul states: “Do ye not ~know~ that the saints shall judge the world? And *IF* ~The World~ shall be judged by you, are ye ~unworthy~ to judge the smallest matters?
Know ye ~NOT~ that we shall judge angels? (messengers) How much more the things that ~Pertain~ to this life? FOR *IF* we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged… BUT when we are judged we are chastened OF THE Lord, that we should NOT be condemned with the world.”
We must judge the messengers, Because, *IF* we don’t prove the messages we hear against God’s Written Word, we will be misled by the false prophets and teachers, the antichrist that Christ warned would be present in these last days…..
SOOOoooo…. We 1st, have a duty, a calling, a command, to read, study, and learn, come out of our old sinful ~ignorance~ of God’s Will and Way, that we should walk according to HIS Commands…. Come out of the world of sin, set for destruction in the second coming of Christ Jesus.
2nd, we have a Command TO: carry The Gospel message TO ~ALL~ peoples from ~ALL~ nations ~ALL~ over the world…. AS IT IS Written…. Sharing God’s Message in LOVE!
3rd, Yes we have a duty, and Yes, we must Judge right from wrong using ONLY God’s Written Word of Instruction, not our own opinions or man kinds rule of thumb as to what IS Good and What IS Evil…
WE must sincerely search the Bible and thus follow, AS IT IS Written, letting The Holy Ghost Testify and lead us in and though this life… AND AS Jesus said:
(John 7:24)… *Judge* NOT according to appearance, BUT *Judge* Righteous Judgment!
Many things that even the Churches accept into It’s doors, appear to be good, and alright to take part in, the way people dress, the games and event’s they involve the children in, the ways of men’s traditions and worldly ways, ~APPEAR~ as good, BUT A careful study of God’s Book of all instruction into The Righteousness of Jesus Christ HIS Son, teaches us otherwise… and IT IS God’s Word that we must judge with, follow, and live by.
(John 8:16).. Again Jesus Said: “AND yet *IF* I (Jesus ) ~Judge~, My Judgment *IS* True: For I am not alone, BUT I and THE Father that sent Me.”
(Matthew 12:36)… “But I say unto you, That ~Every Idle Word~, that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof IN The ~Day of Judgment~…
(Mark 6:11)… AND ~Whosoever~ Shall NOT Receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake OFF the dust under your feet for a testimony against them, Verily I (Jesus) say unto you, IT Shall Be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the ~Day of Judgment~, that for that city….
Sadly there are many, maybe even some that will take the time to read all of this, that have not read enough in the Bible to really get the impact of what Jesus IS Saying here, because they’ve heard of Sodom & Gomorrah, but know nothing of their sins… their worldly ways, that they deemed alright…. BUT Was Not Pleasing unto God… So much of which IS prevalent in society today, accepted and tolerated by Christians, because people have ~their rights~… BUT, *IF* that ~Right~ IS Not Bible Based, SET Free through Christ, IN God’s Will and Way, ACCORDING TO HIS Commandments, AS IT IS Written, then IT IS Their right TO: Choose evil and death in destruction….. Just Sharing! (Deuteronomy 30:19)
Saturday, August 25, 2012
What Government, OF What Kingdom
I hear and see everywhere, Republic Belief, Democratic Belief, Islamic faith, African Heritage, Jewish Nature, Christianity. Then I hear: “We ~The People~ in order to form a more ~Perfect~ Union, establish ~Justice~, and so on… BUT, IT IS NOT we the people that should make the rules in ~Order to establish~ because the rules have already been set in place IT IS According TO The perfect union of God The Father, Christ HIS Son, and The Holy Ghost, which we the people WILL According to Jesus Words, be a part of operating as one…, ~We the people~ must follow them, *IF* we would live in a peaceful environment, insuring domestic tranquility… AND promote the general Welfare, insuring the “Blessings OF Liberty”…. AS IT IS Written…
(John 17:21)… “That they ~ALL~ may be *one*, AS THOU, Father, art in Me (Jesus), and I in THEE, That they ~ALSO~ may be *one* in us: THAT The world may believe that THOU has ~sent Me~…”
(I Corinthians 8:6).. BUT TO ~us~ there is but *one* God, THE Father, Of whom are ~ALL~ things, and we in HIM, and *one* Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom are ~ALL~ things and we in Him… (How many gods are recognized, worshiped, and made allowances for in this country?)
(I Corinthians 10:17)… For ~we~ being many ~ARE~ *one* bread, and *one* body: for we are ~ALL~ partakers of THAT ONE BREAD.
(I Corinthians 12:13)… For BY *ONE* Spirit are we ~ALL~ baptized into *one* body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been ~ALL~ made to drink into *ONE* Spirit….
NOW! In order to call this A Christian Nation, established in Christianity, IT Must BE under God’s Rule Exclusively, not mixed with every religions belief of all the nations and pagan cultures of the world, and IF and When a person enters this nation to live they should be prepared to vacate their old way of life and accept and establish themselves in the way of Christianity, that IS “Liberty IN Christ”… AS IT IS Written: AS Jesus Said:
(Mark 2:21)… “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 (TEAR) IS made worse.”….
Now, set back and look at the *TEAR* that has formed in this country, with the *NEW* customs that have entered into it and been joyfully accepted as good, by even the people that call themselves Christian, in order to appease and please ~WHO~? Satan the devil? Even the pastors are preaching acceptance, when Paul warned:
(II Corinthians 5:17).. “Therefore *IF* ~ANY MAN~ be in Christ, he IS A new creature: old things are passed away, behold, ~ALL~ things are become new.
Not mixed, as the toes of the statue which was weakened by the mixing in of clay with iron, which weakens the nation and they will not cleave one to another.. (Daniel 2:41-44)…
Just like a Church body that establishes ITS Own customs by attempting to infiltrate the Written Word of God with the pagan customs of mankind, will eventually fail and fall… so will any nation that is standing on mixed principles…. One law for each race of people, as IT IS here, the country is weakened and no two peoples are clinging to each other but all nationalities are at odds with each other….
When Jesus gave *The Command* to go forth and carry the Gospel Message unto ~ALL~ nations, He never said it is best to accept their customs, that way peace will remain here, BUT He Said, “~TEACHING~ them TO observe ~~ALL~~ things whatsoever I Have *Commanded* you: and lo, I am with you always unto the end of the world….(Matt. 28:18-20)
There IS and indication of , *IF*, you do these things I am with you, also verified in other scriptures of The Written Word, *IF*, not I will depart from you….
(Matthew 7:23) …And then will I profess unto them , I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
*IF* we go to Germany, England, Africa, or any other country, we live according to ~The Laws OF That Country~, we do not go into that nation and demand *OUR RIGHTS* to live life our way, do we? Neither does that nation make exception for us does IT? Just Saying Something TO, Think About….
IT would be wise to be found looking up as *IT* IS Also Written: AS Jesus Said:
(Luke 21:28) … And when these things begin to come to pass , then look up , and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh .
(John 17:21)… “That they ~ALL~ may be *one*, AS THOU, Father, art in Me (Jesus), and I in THEE, That they ~ALSO~ may be *one* in us: THAT The world may believe that THOU has ~sent Me~…”
(I Corinthians 8:6).. BUT TO ~us~ there is but *one* God, THE Father, Of whom are ~ALL~ things, and we in HIM, and *one* Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom are ~ALL~ things and we in Him… (How many gods are recognized, worshiped, and made allowances for in this country?)
(I Corinthians 10:17)… For ~we~ being many ~ARE~ *one* bread, and *one* body: for we are ~ALL~ partakers of THAT ONE BREAD.
(I Corinthians 12:13)… For BY *ONE* Spirit are we ~ALL~ baptized into *one* body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been ~ALL~ made to drink into *ONE* Spirit….
NOW! In order to call this A Christian Nation, established in Christianity, IT Must BE under God’s Rule Exclusively, not mixed with every religions belief of all the nations and pagan cultures of the world, and IF and When a person enters this nation to live they should be prepared to vacate their old way of life and accept and establish themselves in the way of Christianity, that IS “Liberty IN Christ”… AS IT IS Written: AS Jesus Said:
(Mark 2:21)… “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 (TEAR) IS made worse.”….
Now, set back and look at the *TEAR* that has formed in this country, with the *NEW* customs that have entered into it and been joyfully accepted as good, by even the people that call themselves Christian, in order to appease and please ~WHO~? Satan the devil? Even the pastors are preaching acceptance, when Paul warned:
(II Corinthians 5:17).. “Therefore *IF* ~ANY MAN~ be in Christ, he IS A new creature: old things are passed away, behold, ~ALL~ things are become new.
Not mixed, as the toes of the statue which was weakened by the mixing in of clay with iron, which weakens the nation and they will not cleave one to another.. (Daniel 2:41-44)…
Just like a Church body that establishes ITS Own customs by attempting to infiltrate the Written Word of God with the pagan customs of mankind, will eventually fail and fall… so will any nation that is standing on mixed principles…. One law for each race of people, as IT IS here, the country is weakened and no two peoples are clinging to each other but all nationalities are at odds with each other….
When Jesus gave *The Command* to go forth and carry the Gospel Message unto ~ALL~ nations, He never said it is best to accept their customs, that way peace will remain here, BUT He Said, “~TEACHING~ them TO observe ~~ALL~~ things whatsoever I Have *Commanded* you: and lo, I am with you always unto the end of the world….(Matt. 28:18-20)
There IS and indication of , *IF*, you do these things I am with you, also verified in other scriptures of The Written Word, *IF*, not I will depart from you….
(Matthew 7:23) …And then will I profess unto them , I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
*IF* we go to Germany, England, Africa, or any other country, we live according to ~The Laws OF That Country~, we do not go into that nation and demand *OUR RIGHTS* to live life our way, do we? Neither does that nation make exception for us does IT? Just Saying Something TO, Think About….
IT would be wise to be found looking up as *IT* IS Also Written: AS Jesus Said:
(Luke 21:28) … And when these things begin to come to pass , then look up , and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh .
Friday, August 10, 2012
Judged! Where Do We Stand?
You know, man IS called upon to “Choose” daily. What political party do you stand with? What restaurant do you choose to patronize? What religious belief do you ~Choose~ to follow? AS IT IS the choice of a person, man or woman in this life for all things, we must be careful in choosing the way that we walk through it… and God The Father *DID* give us that right and the duty ~To Choose~ the pathway that we walk through this life, and it still stands today… (Matthew 7:13-15).. Read these verse and take note: Jesus does not say I’ll drag you into the right path does He? But warns us to make that entry of choice ourselves…
(Deuteronomy 30:15) .. See, I (THE LORD) have set before thee this say, life and good, and death and evil…
When Adam and Eve made the choice to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil this was set into motion…. We are no longer living in the garden in paradise like conditions, but we are living in a world bound and set for destruction, and the “ball” of choice as to who we follow is in our side of the court… Whether we will follow the `antichrist` to the eternal pit of fire, or the Son of God, Jesus Christ to life in God’s Kingdom….AND The *KEY* Word IS Follow!
IT IS beneficial to folks, especially this day, to take stock of where they stand… Spiritually…
AS Jesus Said, and *IT IS Written*…
(John 5:29)… “All shall hear His voice.” “And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of ~life~; And they that have done evil unto the resurrection of ~damnation~…”
Many folks look upon evil as “Crime”, drunkenness, killing, dealing in drugs, ect.. BUT “Evil” IS: “Disobedience” The laws, commandments, statutes, that THE LORD God had penned down, some reject today, because they are taught to believe that they have Jesus and He will make what they do right… BUT, That is a misnomer… *IF* we clam to follow Jesus and deny His messages that His Father had penned down by the disciples who walked with Him as He taught men here on this earth, then we have rejected all, and claimed our walk with the antichrist…. Because, God gave us A *Written* Word, The Bible, and true men have changed IT by re-writing it to suit their beliefs… BUT, don’t you think that God ~KNEW~ this would be? SO, God sends The Comforter, The Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost TO: “Guide us into ~ALL~ Truth.” (John 16:13) Read all of chapter 16 for your benefit….
(John 14:23).. Jesus Said, “*IF* a man ~LOVE~ Me, he ~Will~ keep My Words…AND My Father Will Love him, and *WE* (Both Father and Son) Will come unto him and make *OUR* abode with him.”
This is a strong message for those that claim, “I’ve got Jesus, and I don’t ~Need~ nothing else, Not the Bible, not anything because Jesus IS The Father…” Well, please read The Written Word again IF you have ever read IT before and maybe misunderstood IT, Pray: TO THE Father for THE Holy Ghost to guide you into all things, IN The Name of The Son Jesus Christ, please.
(John 14: 26) The Comforter, which IS THE Holy Ghost, whom The Father Will Send IN My (Jesus Christ) NAME, He shall teach you ~ALL~ things, and Bring ~ALL~ things to your remembrance
, whatsoever I (Jesus Christ ) have said unto you… SOOOooo… *IF* you ~READ *IT*, Pray The Repentant Prayer in the proper manner, of humble obedience to The Father, in Jesus Name, then The Comforter WILL Lead…. BUT, honey you gotta make the concentrated effort… IT don’t come with a frivolous all about ME and world attitude… Sure God, can and will sometimes bring you to your knees in punishment, but your attitude here makes all the difference.. Did you bounce back all on your own… as many people give testimony to, did the doctors perform a miracle? DID a soldiers bullet keep you safe from harm? Was IT the decision of The Government that made you a sinner or a believer, because ~they~ took The Bible out of School? Think About IT Seriously! It IS Strange how some folks ~Will~ quote this Bible Verse for their own defense..(Matthew 7:1) Judge not, lest ye be judged... BUT, Will Quickly Appoint themselves, judge, jury, and executor against others... AND In the same breath disclaim The Bible….
*IF* we ~Claim~ to have Jesus, and yet we reject the “Scriptural Accounts of His Teachings” here on this earth, where do we stand?
(John 12:26).. Jesus Said, “*IF* any man ~Serve ME~, let him ~Follow~ Me; and where I am there shall My servant be..”
Notice He does not say, I will follow My servant wherever he goes,,,, Does He?
The *Scriptures* are given and useful in proving the spirit that leads us, as the Spirit verifies and proves the truthfulness of THE *Scriptures*.. Sorta like we can’t have one without the other, and neither without Jesus, SOOOoooo… IT ALL Goes hand in hand according to God The Father’s Plan… Not man’s!
IT IS Written throughout the Bible and Jesus testified to The Biblical Writings of old, so IF Jesus used The “Scriptures” in His teachings then the “Scriptures” must have value, rather than to adorn a book shelf….
We ~MUST~ Be careful what *spirit* we follow, what spouting mouth we listen to, what ~Doctrine~ we take to follow and believe in… Because John the disciple that walked with Jesus warned us…. AS IT IS Written…
(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…
How can we best identify a false prophet, a false teacher? John wrote to us a warning message of how we should search out, “The false prophets.”
(I John 4: 5-6).. They ARE OF The World: therefore *Speak* they of ~The world~, and the world heareth them… We are of God: he that *Knoweth* God heareth us; he that IS NOT OF God heareth NOT us… Hereby ~Know~ we *The Spirit OF Truth, and the spirit of error…
So while we are attending, “A Church” that IS All About, celebrating the traditions of mankind, embracing the things of the world, rather than learning The Gospel That Jesus Taught, we are wasting precious time and taking lives, to be handed over to the anitchrist…. IT IS Time TO Get Serious About God!(John 16:13) howbeit when He, *The Spirit* of ~Truth~, IS Come, He ~Will guide you into ~ALL Truth:
(II John 1:9).. Whosoever ~transgresseth~, AND ~Abideth NOT IN THE Doctrine OF Christ~, hath NOT God… He that ~Abideth IN The Doctrine of Christ, he hath *BOTH* The Father and The Son.
(II Timothy 3:16)..*ALL Scripture* IS Given ~BY~ Inspiration OF God, and IS profitable FOR Doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in ~Righteousness~!
SOOOOoooo… ~we~ the people who claim ~TO BE~ followers of Jesus Christ, The Word, The Son of God have a duty not only to ourselves, but to ~all~ others to walk the walk, and talk the talk, as Jesus set forth the examples for us to follow and as Timothy reiterated… AND be constantly aware of the false prophets and the antichrist that so many carry around in their back pockets, and claim that they have Jesus and His blessings and that IS ALL They Need…. For in *TRUTH* All that they have IS a pocket full of ~antichrist~ sitting happily on their shoulders, letting them think that they are carrying Jesus with them every where they go and into every thing that they do that is of this world, and *IT* IS Good, because Jesus IS With them… This IS sad that so many have been brain-washed into this belief by the pastors that stand behind the pulpits and preach to them that, AS Long as they bring Jesus into the service all IS Well.. BUT *IF* these poor misled folks would only read and accept God’s Written Word they would realize that ~WE~ can lead Jesus NOWHERE, BUT we, mere lumps of clay folk, MUST *Follow* Jesus where He leads us…. Modern society, pagan dipped in tradition of men, preachers, have led so many astray by the false doctrine of “Self Power” greatness of ones spirit that all we need to do IS claim Jesus and He will humbly follow us… The “Antichrist” has stepped in ~quietly~ stealthily, and has taken over many, many followers today to lead them right into the judgment of and with the adversary, *AS IT IS Written* SO *IT* Will Be.
(II Timothy 4: 2-4).. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove , rebuke , exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3... For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4.. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
(I Thessalonians 5:21) … *PROVE ~~ALL~~ Things; hold fast that which IS Good.
Notice IT did not read hold fast that which seems good, which man says IS good, which the world offers to be enjoyed… and mixed into the True Biblical Teachings of Christ… BUT That WHICH *IS* Good… and we can identify this by a simple ~self-examination~… We readily do self examinations for our fleshly health because the medical doctors say we should, why will we not do a self exam for Jesus… By the word that The Father had penned down for us to read, learn, use, as a guide to follow IN Truth that which is right…. Isn’t our ~Spiritual Health~ MOST Important?
(II Corinthians 13:5).. Paul Wrote: Examine ~yourselves~, whether ye BE In The Faith; ~Prove~ your own selves… KNOW ye your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Give yourself a test, by examining the “Scriptures”, to prove whether IT IS Jesus Christ, The Son of God that IS Leading you, or The antichrist that you carry where ever you choose to go… BECAUSE IT IS A Matter of “life and death”… ~Eternally~!
I would be remiss *IF* I did not refer TO: Jesus Words IN: (Matthew 7:21).. “Not ~everyone~ that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into The Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the ~Will~ of My Father which IS IN Heaven.”
(Deuteronomy 30:15) .. See, I (THE LORD) have set before thee this say, life and good, and death and evil…
When Adam and Eve made the choice to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil this was set into motion…. We are no longer living in the garden in paradise like conditions, but we are living in a world bound and set for destruction, and the “ball” of choice as to who we follow is in our side of the court… Whether we will follow the `antichrist` to the eternal pit of fire, or the Son of God, Jesus Christ to life in God’s Kingdom….AND The *KEY* Word IS Follow!
IT IS beneficial to folks, especially this day, to take stock of where they stand… Spiritually…
AS Jesus Said, and *IT IS Written*…
(John 5:29)… “All shall hear His voice.” “And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of ~life~; And they that have done evil unto the resurrection of ~damnation~…”
Many folks look upon evil as “Crime”, drunkenness, killing, dealing in drugs, ect.. BUT “Evil” IS: “Disobedience” The laws, commandments, statutes, that THE LORD God had penned down, some reject today, because they are taught to believe that they have Jesus and He will make what they do right… BUT, That is a misnomer… *IF* we clam to follow Jesus and deny His messages that His Father had penned down by the disciples who walked with Him as He taught men here on this earth, then we have rejected all, and claimed our walk with the antichrist…. Because, God gave us A *Written* Word, The Bible, and true men have changed IT by re-writing it to suit their beliefs… BUT, don’t you think that God ~KNEW~ this would be? SO, God sends The Comforter, The Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost TO: “Guide us into ~ALL~ Truth.” (John 16:13) Read all of chapter 16 for your benefit….
(John 14:23).. Jesus Said, “*IF* a man ~LOVE~ Me, he ~Will~ keep My Words…AND My Father Will Love him, and *WE* (Both Father and Son) Will come unto him and make *OUR* abode with him.”
This is a strong message for those that claim, “I’ve got Jesus, and I don’t ~Need~ nothing else, Not the Bible, not anything because Jesus IS The Father…” Well, please read The Written Word again IF you have ever read IT before and maybe misunderstood IT, Pray: TO THE Father for THE Holy Ghost to guide you into all things, IN The Name of The Son Jesus Christ, please.
(John 14: 26) The Comforter, which IS THE Holy Ghost, whom The Father Will Send IN My (Jesus Christ) NAME, He shall teach you ~ALL~ things, and Bring ~ALL~ things to your remembrance
, whatsoever I (Jesus Christ ) have said unto you… SOOOooo… *IF* you ~READ *IT*, Pray The Repentant Prayer in the proper manner, of humble obedience to The Father, in Jesus Name, then The Comforter WILL Lead…. BUT, honey you gotta make the concentrated effort… IT don’t come with a frivolous all about ME and world attitude… Sure God, can and will sometimes bring you to your knees in punishment, but your attitude here makes all the difference.. Did you bounce back all on your own… as many people give testimony to, did the doctors perform a miracle? DID a soldiers bullet keep you safe from harm? Was IT the decision of The Government that made you a sinner or a believer, because ~they~ took The Bible out of School? Think About IT Seriously! It IS Strange how some folks ~Will~ quote this Bible Verse for their own defense..(Matthew 7:1) Judge not, lest ye be judged... BUT, Will Quickly Appoint themselves, judge, jury, and executor against others... AND In the same breath disclaim The Bible….
*IF* we ~Claim~ to have Jesus, and yet we reject the “Scriptural Accounts of His Teachings” here on this earth, where do we stand?
(John 12:26).. Jesus Said, “*IF* any man ~Serve ME~, let him ~Follow~ Me; and where I am there shall My servant be..”
Notice He does not say, I will follow My servant wherever he goes,,,, Does He?
The *Scriptures* are given and useful in proving the spirit that leads us, as the Spirit verifies and proves the truthfulness of THE *Scriptures*.. Sorta like we can’t have one without the other, and neither without Jesus, SOOOoooo… IT ALL Goes hand in hand according to God The Father’s Plan… Not man’s!
IT IS Written throughout the Bible and Jesus testified to The Biblical Writings of old, so IF Jesus used The “Scriptures” in His teachings then the “Scriptures” must have value, rather than to adorn a book shelf….
We ~MUST~ Be careful what *spirit* we follow, what spouting mouth we listen to, what ~Doctrine~ we take to follow and believe in… Because John the disciple that walked with Jesus warned us…. AS IT IS Written…
(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…
How can we best identify a false prophet, a false teacher? John wrote to us a warning message of how we should search out, “The false prophets.”
(I John 4: 5-6).. They ARE OF The World: therefore *Speak* they of ~The world~, and the world heareth them… We are of God: he that *Knoweth* God heareth us; he that IS NOT OF God heareth NOT us… Hereby ~Know~ we *The Spirit OF Truth, and the spirit of error…
So while we are attending, “A Church” that IS All About, celebrating the traditions of mankind, embracing the things of the world, rather than learning The Gospel That Jesus Taught, we are wasting precious time and taking lives, to be handed over to the anitchrist…. IT IS Time TO Get Serious About God!(John 16:13) howbeit when He, *The Spirit* of ~Truth~, IS Come, He ~Will guide you into ~ALL Truth:
(II John 1:9).. Whosoever ~transgresseth~, AND ~Abideth NOT IN THE Doctrine OF Christ~, hath NOT God… He that ~Abideth IN The Doctrine of Christ, he hath *BOTH* The Father and The Son.
(II Timothy 3:16)..*ALL Scripture* IS Given ~BY~ Inspiration OF God, and IS profitable FOR Doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in ~Righteousness~!
SOOOOoooo… ~we~ the people who claim ~TO BE~ followers of Jesus Christ, The Word, The Son of God have a duty not only to ourselves, but to ~all~ others to walk the walk, and talk the talk, as Jesus set forth the examples for us to follow and as Timothy reiterated… AND be constantly aware of the false prophets and the antichrist that so many carry around in their back pockets, and claim that they have Jesus and His blessings and that IS ALL They Need…. For in *TRUTH* All that they have IS a pocket full of ~antichrist~ sitting happily on their shoulders, letting them think that they are carrying Jesus with them every where they go and into every thing that they do that is of this world, and *IT* IS Good, because Jesus IS With them… This IS sad that so many have been brain-washed into this belief by the pastors that stand behind the pulpits and preach to them that, AS Long as they bring Jesus into the service all IS Well.. BUT *IF* these poor misled folks would only read and accept God’s Written Word they would realize that ~WE~ can lead Jesus NOWHERE, BUT we, mere lumps of clay folk, MUST *Follow* Jesus where He leads us…. Modern society, pagan dipped in tradition of men, preachers, have led so many astray by the false doctrine of “Self Power” greatness of ones spirit that all we need to do IS claim Jesus and He will humbly follow us… The “Antichrist” has stepped in ~quietly~ stealthily, and has taken over many, many followers today to lead them right into the judgment of and with the adversary, *AS IT IS Written* SO *IT* Will Be.
(II Timothy 4: 2-4).. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove , rebuke , exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3... For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4.. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
(I Thessalonians 5:21) … *PROVE ~~ALL~~ Things; hold fast that which IS Good.
Notice IT did not read hold fast that which seems good, which man says IS good, which the world offers to be enjoyed… and mixed into the True Biblical Teachings of Christ… BUT That WHICH *IS* Good… and we can identify this by a simple ~self-examination~… We readily do self examinations for our fleshly health because the medical doctors say we should, why will we not do a self exam for Jesus… By the word that The Father had penned down for us to read, learn, use, as a guide to follow IN Truth that which is right…. Isn’t our ~Spiritual Health~ MOST Important?
(II Corinthians 13:5).. Paul Wrote: Examine ~yourselves~, whether ye BE In The Faith; ~Prove~ your own selves… KNOW ye your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Give yourself a test, by examining the “Scriptures”, to prove whether IT IS Jesus Christ, The Son of God that IS Leading you, or The antichrist that you carry where ever you choose to go… BECAUSE IT IS A Matter of “life and death”… ~Eternally~!
I would be remiss *IF* I did not refer TO: Jesus Words IN: (Matthew 7:21).. “Not ~everyone~ that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into The Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the ~Will~ of My Father which IS IN Heaven.”
Saturday, August 4, 2012
A TIME TO JUDGE
There IS a “TIME” to every purpose under the heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
(I Corinthians 11:31)… FOR *IF* we would ~Judge~ ourselves, we should not be judged…
But that is not always the case IS IT?… We all, too often, get caught up in the moment, and do things, or take part in things that *IF* we stopped for a brief moment even, and just asked ourselves, “What Would our Heavenly Father think of this and my taking part in it?” then we might not step out into the fires of disobedient destruction, lose our witness, heap flames of wrath upon our heads or the heads of loved ones…. MOST Especially *IF* we kept ourselves familiar with HIS Written Word that HE Lovingly provided for us to read, learn, discern, and follow for a guideline into God’s Will for us, as HIS children…
AND SO with this thought in mind, let us look at what THE BIBLE tells us about “Judging!”
First, Jesus Christ, THE Son of God SAID, as He walked this earth among men:
(Luke 12: 56).. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? (57)… Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Sounds to me like Jesus IS Telling us TO Judge, even down to ourselves, what IS ~Right~ and What IS ~Wrong~… Which IS Something that many folks don’t like being told, “Wipe your own nose before you wipe mine.”.. A pretty mean statement to cast toward another, especially *IF* you claim Christianity, which should reveal a humble obedient spirit within a person… RIGHT?
BUT THEN, *IF* IT IS A True Christian, that IS giving an ~Honest~ Witness as to what IS Written for us to follow, then they would simply, point out that, “According TO AS IT IS Written,” this is not pleasing unto God The Father… AND since we are all humans and living in the sin of the flesh, we all have a need to re-visit the “BOOK OF ALL Instruction”, being careful to pass the Scripture location to each other for verification…
(Matthew 7:1- 8)… FOR AGAIN, AS Jesus SAID, “Judge not, that ye be not judged . 2 For with what judgment ye judge , ye shall be judged : and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again . 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold , a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 Ask , and it shall be given you; seek , and ye shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
With the blindness of sin before our own eyes, what we say to correct others is stated from man kinds concoction of words, and most always ends up being a misnomer or downright misleading one from God’s Intended Direction or Instruction, Which HE had penned down by the prophets and apostles for us to follow even today. For again Jesus Warned IN His speaking..
(Luke 19:22) …And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down , and reaping that I did not sow:
(John 7:24)… Judge not according to the appearance, but judge “righteous” judgment.
AND we can ~be pretty much assured~, that *IF*, Jesus said *IT*, Then *IT* *IS* Righteous, and we can, should, and must use IT AS A guide line with which to Make Sound Judgment as to what IS Right and Wrong…. Because AS IT IS Written we are TO ~~Choose~~ which way we will walk, and the very act of choosing IS IN Fact, making a judgment call, is it not?
(John 12:48)… AGAIN, Jesus Warned, “He that rejected Me, and receiveth ~Not~ My Words, hath ONE that judgeth him:” (Read Carefully Please)… “*The Word* that I (Jesus) have ~Spoken~, The *Same* shall ~Judge~ him in the last day.”
This IS A Very strong statement, both for the one who is giving the corrective witness and the one in need of receiving the ~Word of Correction~…. So instead of warning someone, saying “don’t judge me, unless you’ve walked in my shoes”, maybe we should listen to Paul.. Since we all walk in the shoes of this sinful flesh as long as we walk the face of this earth… and these shoes fit all feet in that *IF* we commit a sin, *Any Sin*, *IT* IS Given to order of sin, as ~Disobedience~ unto God’s Word, HIS Will and Way, and so any and ~ALL~ sins are the same. There IS NO, “My sin is not as great as your sin,” Because ~~ALL~~ sin is disobedient…
(I Corinthians 4:3) … But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, OR of man’s Judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self….
IT IS Not that we are judging to condemn someone else to hell fire and brimstone, IF we tell someone that what they are doing IS Wrong, BECAUSE, Only God sits in this Seat OF Judgment…. BUT IT IS TO us the righteous judgment that Jesus set forth for us to use, in order to help someone find the “Narrow Way” upon which we should ALL Walk… that leads to life…
(I Corinthians 6: 2).. “Do ye ~NOT Know~ that the saints ~~Judge~~ the world? AND *IF* the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” AND! (3).. “Know ye ~Not~ that we shall judge angels?” (messengers of the Gospel) “How Much MORE things that pertain to this life?” (Think About *IT*! *IF* we don’t ~~Judge~~ the words that the preachers are saying, proving whether they are true and just according to as IT IS Written IN God’s Book The Bible, where do we stand? LOST to a “Doctrine of False Teaching”??)
(I Corinthians 6:5)… AS Paul Continued TO WARN, Saying, “I speak to your ~~Shame~~. IS IT SO, that there IS NOT A Wise man among you? NO, NOT ONE that shall be ~Able~ to judge between his brethren? (IF we don’t know enough about God’s Written Word TO Judge whether a, Preacher, Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Even a Song Leader IS bringing forth the Truth of God’s Written Word from their mouth before our children, then IT Truly is to our shame, that we have put more emphasis on having fun times and games, and parties than spending our time seriously learning what our Heavenly Father would have us to learn in order to make and informed judgment as to the ~Truth of The Gospel~ that we hear… Thus removing THE Mote of this world, from our own eye, so that we can help others to clear their eyes in order to see the “Path of Righteousness.”
(I Corinthians 11:31)… “FOR *IF* we would ~~Judge~~ ourselves, we should not be judged…
For the example that we set before others would indeed be of righteousness, instead of worldly pleasures, and the sinful natures of Satan the serpent…. Our manner of dress, how ~WELL~ we keep our bodies, covered, before mankind.. The display of actions, words, thoughts reveald to others through visible intentions….. Think About *IT*!
(I Corinthians 11:31)… FOR *IF* we would ~Judge~ ourselves, we should not be judged…
But that is not always the case IS IT?… We all, too often, get caught up in the moment, and do things, or take part in things that *IF* we stopped for a brief moment even, and just asked ourselves, “What Would our Heavenly Father think of this and my taking part in it?” then we might not step out into the fires of disobedient destruction, lose our witness, heap flames of wrath upon our heads or the heads of loved ones…. MOST Especially *IF* we kept ourselves familiar with HIS Written Word that HE Lovingly provided for us to read, learn, discern, and follow for a guideline into God’s Will for us, as HIS children…
AND SO with this thought in mind, let us look at what THE BIBLE tells us about “Judging!”
First, Jesus Christ, THE Son of God SAID, as He walked this earth among men:
(Luke 12: 56).. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? (57)… Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Sounds to me like Jesus IS Telling us TO Judge, even down to ourselves, what IS ~Right~ and What IS ~Wrong~… Which IS Something that many folks don’t like being told, “Wipe your own nose before you wipe mine.”.. A pretty mean statement to cast toward another, especially *IF* you claim Christianity, which should reveal a humble obedient spirit within a person… RIGHT?
BUT THEN, *IF* IT IS A True Christian, that IS giving an ~Honest~ Witness as to what IS Written for us to follow, then they would simply, point out that, “According TO AS IT IS Written,” this is not pleasing unto God The Father… AND since we are all humans and living in the sin of the flesh, we all have a need to re-visit the “BOOK OF ALL Instruction”, being careful to pass the Scripture location to each other for verification…
(Matthew 7:1- 8)… FOR AGAIN, AS Jesus SAID, “Judge not, that ye be not judged . 2 For with what judgment ye judge , ye shall be judged : and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again . 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold , a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 Ask , and it shall be given you; seek , and ye shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
With the blindness of sin before our own eyes, what we say to correct others is stated from man kinds concoction of words, and most always ends up being a misnomer or downright misleading one from God’s Intended Direction or Instruction, Which HE had penned down by the prophets and apostles for us to follow even today. For again Jesus Warned IN His speaking..
(Luke 19:22) …And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down , and reaping that I did not sow:
(John 7:24)… Judge not according to the appearance, but judge “righteous” judgment.
AND we can ~be pretty much assured~, that *IF*, Jesus said *IT*, Then *IT* *IS* Righteous, and we can, should, and must use IT AS A guide line with which to Make Sound Judgment as to what IS Right and Wrong…. Because AS IT IS Written we are TO ~~Choose~~ which way we will walk, and the very act of choosing IS IN Fact, making a judgment call, is it not?
(John 12:48)… AGAIN, Jesus Warned, “He that rejected Me, and receiveth ~Not~ My Words, hath ONE that judgeth him:” (Read Carefully Please)… “*The Word* that I (Jesus) have ~Spoken~, The *Same* shall ~Judge~ him in the last day.”
This IS A Very strong statement, both for the one who is giving the corrective witness and the one in need of receiving the ~Word of Correction~…. So instead of warning someone, saying “don’t judge me, unless you’ve walked in my shoes”, maybe we should listen to Paul.. Since we all walk in the shoes of this sinful flesh as long as we walk the face of this earth… and these shoes fit all feet in that *IF* we commit a sin, *Any Sin*, *IT* IS Given to order of sin, as ~Disobedience~ unto God’s Word, HIS Will and Way, and so any and ~ALL~ sins are the same. There IS NO, “My sin is not as great as your sin,” Because ~~ALL~~ sin is disobedient…
(I Corinthians 4:3) … But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, OR of man’s Judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self….
IT IS Not that we are judging to condemn someone else to hell fire and brimstone, IF we tell someone that what they are doing IS Wrong, BECAUSE, Only God sits in this Seat OF Judgment…. BUT IT IS TO us the righteous judgment that Jesus set forth for us to use, in order to help someone find the “Narrow Way” upon which we should ALL Walk… that leads to life…
(I Corinthians 6: 2).. “Do ye ~NOT Know~ that the saints ~~Judge~~ the world? AND *IF* the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” AND! (3).. “Know ye ~Not~ that we shall judge angels?” (messengers of the Gospel) “How Much MORE things that pertain to this life?” (Think About *IT*! *IF* we don’t ~~Judge~~ the words that the preachers are saying, proving whether they are true and just according to as IT IS Written IN God’s Book The Bible, where do we stand? LOST to a “Doctrine of False Teaching”??)
(I Corinthians 6:5)… AS Paul Continued TO WARN, Saying, “I speak to your ~~Shame~~. IS IT SO, that there IS NOT A Wise man among you? NO, NOT ONE that shall be ~Able~ to judge between his brethren? (IF we don’t know enough about God’s Written Word TO Judge whether a, Preacher, Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Even a Song Leader IS bringing forth the Truth of God’s Written Word from their mouth before our children, then IT Truly is to our shame, that we have put more emphasis on having fun times and games, and parties than spending our time seriously learning what our Heavenly Father would have us to learn in order to make and informed judgment as to the ~Truth of The Gospel~ that we hear… Thus removing THE Mote of this world, from our own eye, so that we can help others to clear their eyes in order to see the “Path of Righteousness.”
(I Corinthians 11:31)… “FOR *IF* we would ~~Judge~~ ourselves, we should not be judged…
For the example that we set before others would indeed be of righteousness, instead of worldly pleasures, and the sinful natures of Satan the serpent…. Our manner of dress, how ~WELL~ we keep our bodies, covered, before mankind.. The display of actions, words, thoughts reveald to others through visible intentions….. Think About *IT*!
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