Lack of hearing in the deceived

June 23, 2020 2.21 am 2.33 am 2.44 am

You can gain the whole world and forfeit your own souls.

Matthew 16:26 "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

I overheard a woman saying that she thinks her form of worship which is connected to baal / paganism is better than biblical Christianity because it is more humble. That is the essence of what was said. You know what the gospel says? My people are destroyed because of lack of knowledge which is the truth. Hosea 4:6 kjv  The devil attacks "especially" those that are truly of God. Those who have discovered the deception and have been truly saved and are true Christians. Those that have a love for the gospel and that understand what the gospel really is & not some counterfeit gospel. The devil loves the deceived. That statement is on the contrary that he really hates people even the deceived. When they are his children he has little need to attack them unless the circumstances are greedy & evil selfish. So what are we getting at here? When the deceive person passes from this life & gives up their ghost they won't find that they will enter into the narrow Kingdom of God. However, what they will discover is hell which is separation from God for eternity. By the time they realize that they've been lied to all their lives and not saved it will be too late. Countless people are living a lie and not following the gospel. The gospel is the 66 books of the Bible. A good stable translation that is accepted is the King James Bible. The word of God is the truth and when clearly understood it exposes the deception. The devil was a Cherubim Angel guarding the throne of God. The power the devil has is greater than what men have. And he fools the entire world just as written in the gospel. Revelation 12:9 You would ask why does God allow this. There are profound reasons when one understands the gospel. We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places just as it is written in Ephesians 6:12. You see God foretold us in his word how humans are to live and they're not to be defiled by sorcery. But humans are so easily swayed and they fall away and become victims to deception. So many are deceived and don't have spiritual understanding nor biblical understanding. They have time for all the worldly ways filled with abominations & sin but not for the truth in Christ Jesus. So many have been lied to all their lives thinking that they are believers when they are not. What I noticed with some of them is that they are hard of hearing. Rebellious to the word. And all these things are related/written about/addressed in the Bible being God's word. It is exactly how it is written in real life. God knows what he's talking about. He is the author of all life and not confusion. When attempting/reaching these types of people it can be frustrating. They are so far gone and so far deceived that it's hard to make them see nor hear. They lack hearing but are tools of the devil.

The Devil is a master deceiver and he lies to people of whom the person of Jesus Christ really is. He comes preaching another Jesus and another gospel. 2 Corinthians 11:4 kjv. Yes God's word told us that this would be so. I've seen testimony of some preacher who have tried to reach such people. One such preacher said that such deceived people who think their Christians when they are not are under a demonic hold. Some of these preachers whom have understanding have many years of experience and they know what they're talking about. The devil was a liar from the beginning according to the Lord Jesus Christ. He mixes a little truth with a lot of lies and counterfeits everything.

As I know the Lord Jesus Christ was a Jewish person whom most likely was "The Rabbi". He didn't teach people to keep pagan traditions of men but warned them not to. Mark 7:9 As they say in some parts of Revelation/scripture it's the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ. And he warns people about the deception in his word. Yet people are so gullible they are blind to the glory & power of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.  (2 Corinthians 4:4 ; Revelation 12:9 ) What will it profit a man to gain the world & forfeit their own soul? Just as written in Scripture there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth on judgement Day. On that day multitudes of people will find out they lived a lie and they weren't true believers. Other people being atheist and non-believers will realize scripture was real and they were lost also. Why will there be crying? Because many souls will be lost and denied entry into the kingdom of God. You know the Lord said to those he made fisher of men, those that were to preach the gospel among-st the wolves that they would suffer persecution and all sorts of evil but be of good cheer as great will be their reward. 2 Timothy 3:12 The gospel also tells us those that choose to live righteously under the Lord Jesus Christ as we are most likely referring to Born again Christians that has been occurring since the day of Pentecost will suffer persecution too. Why? Because the world loves its own and basically does not operate the way God rules. It despises the truth. Gives God lip service! The world is on the highway to outer darkness and going as fast as it can go. The Lord Jesus Christ told us that the true way is narrow and few be there that find it in their lifetime. You see he said pick up your cross. Matthew 10:38 kjv. There are those that are deceived that think their cross is that they can't obtain riches or some mansion or world Fame or that they can't afford to buy very expensive clothes. They look at the movie stars and the rich and they want to be like them but the word of God tells us that a friend of the world becomes God's enemy. Befriending the world is enmity with God. That is the truth. But the lost and the deceived can't decipher that. They don't have spiritual knowledge and understanding nor do they see what Christ saw because they are deceived and living a lie. The truth will set you free. If you are free indeed that is because God has revealed the truth to you.   

The word of God tells preachers to lift up thy (their) voice and show those deceived their transgressions. In other words make them aware of their sins and in doing so if it's done properly it should expose the deception. Preach the gospel as it does not return void. 

Isaiah 58:1 King James Version "58 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins." God does not desire for any to perish. As the lord Jesus Christ said if you die in your sins without repenting or believing in the gospel you will all likewise perish. He is the only door or name given unto man in which salvation is possible. (N.T) 

Isaiah 58.1 also speaks about the house of Jacob and to show them their sins. So you might ask who was Jacob? Here's some information...

1) "Jacob is a trickster. He deceived his brother twice and stole his right of the first-born son (Gen. 25:29–34; 27). Isaac loved Esau more, and enjoyed eating the meat he hunted."

Here's some more information about the house of Jacob...

"The house of Jacob dwelt in Hebron, in the land of Canaan. His flocks were often fed in the pastures of Shechem as well as Dothan. Of all the children in his household, he loved Rachel's firstborn son, Joseph, the most. "

There needs to be conviction and repentance of sin. People need to take the time to read God's word & have a relationship with the Lord just as Abraham, David had as well as many others. They need to see what they  refuse to see before it's too late and they are lost for eternity. There is only one name given under heaven in which man can be saved and he is the biblical Jewish Lord Jesus Christ and people need to know whom the person of Jesus Christ really was and is now.

June 23, 2020 3:55 am & again 4.04 am 
8:44 am Finalized June 23, 2020

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How ye ought to walk and to please God

June 19, 2020 9:44 pm

That map if you look at it above there are the places Apostle Paul traveled to and started Churches and brought people to the lord Jesus Christ in his time.

Book 1 Thessalonians 1-5 (1) 
Book 2 Thessalonians 1-3 (2)

"I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren." This was The Apostle Paul's instructions. The links are provided above if you desire to read those books in their entirety. 

 One of the greatest things we learn from Paul's Epistles and especially to the Thessalonians is the love that must be evident among-st believers/brethren in the true biblical Jesus Christ/The Messiah. In Paul's day Paul probably new the Lord as either Yeshua or Emmanuel. He knew he was the son of the living God. Paul was Jewish. What Paul did by getting countless people saved is incredible. Now to note: These in essence were an Ancient people.

You can read the entire chapters yourselves however I do feel  these chapters looked at here of the Thessalonians is extremely important for Christian believers today and even for unbelievers this is a great read. As I say it is evident when reading the text that the Apostle Paul demonstrated love in his Epistles in the way he treated those he loved and brought to Christ. This is something I find a lacking in modern times. Should we be surprised as we were forewarned that it would be this way and people will become cold. But even in all of that rejoice because Christ overcame the world if you put your faith in him that is the right thing to do. You know the Lord Jesus Christ said nothing can separate those he has chosen out of the world. If you are saved and you are in Christ that is profound. That is something to sing praises unto the Lord and give thanks everyday for everything.

Let's look at a little information about who were these Thessalonians.

Who were the Thessalonians? And learning about the Thessalonians provides an understanding and a good clue what is required in the act of love regarding the living God. It's a call to holiness. See Paul demonstrated love but he also pointed out the flaws that are errors in certain congregations/churches of those that he either established/founded or helped in doing so. Thessalonica (also Thessalonike) was an ancient city of Macedon in northern Greece which today is the city of Thessaloniki. Thessalonians: was written to a community of believers who had been Christians for only a short period of time, probably no more than a few months

May 1, 2016

The First Epistle to the Thessalonians: "commonly referred to as First Thessalonians or 1 Thessalonians, is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle, and is addressed to the church in Thessalonica, in modern-day Greece."

"The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle, and is addressed to the church in Thessalonica, in modern-day Greece. It is likely the first of Paul's letters, probably written by the end of AD 52 (however, some scholars believe the Epistle to Galatians may have been written at an earlier date: AD 48)"

There is an article that argues that the recent scholarly consensus of an essentially gentile Thessalonian Church was being persecuted by its gentile neighbours and was founded on unsound premises. "The Jewish community in Thessalonica would have had good reason to oppose Paul and the congregation he formed."

What is Sanctification: This is important especially for born again believers as the lord Jesus Christ said on the sermon on the Mount to be holy as your father is holy.  Sanctification is the act or process of acquiring sanctity, of being made or becoming holy.

What is fornication? There is sexual fornication and spiritual fornication. Neither is good as both are wicked sin. Two people become one flesh according to the lord/gospel and people unsaved will give an account for all done in the body while they had the breath of life.  "Sexual intercourse between people not married to each other. "laws forbidding adultery and fornication" is wrong/sin! Gods word instructs us how we shall live and it warns people about the coming judgment. 

Now a little we look at scripture...

Thessalonians 4:1-12 King James Version

There are clear warning here... no fornication and each one must KNOW how to possess his vessels. Private Parts.. No sex before marriage and there is a call to holiness. No defrauding your brothers. They are to increase more & more in terms of believers. Remember when one souls is saved Angels rejoice in heaven. At that time many Gentiles did not know God. Wonder if more know him today? Hope so! 

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 King James Version (KJV)

This verse speaks about the catching away. Those sleeping in the grave that died in Christ will be raised as well as those in Christ still alive at his snatching away. They refer to this as the rapture. When it does happen people will know it happened and then they will know GOD is REAL or suspect that are lost. But many will be left behind if they don't repent and believe in the gospel. Now whom was truly saved in the lord God knows. Spread the word of God and be of good cheer. The lord Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world and he is risen. The dead in Christ will be the first ones to rise. What a wedding that will be. 

John 3:16 (The gift of God). Not to be taken in vain. Remember that!

King James Version (KJV)

"Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"

I never knew you as the lord Jesus Christ will tell many when he parts the sheep from the goats on Judgment Day. That is the wheat from the Tars that grew together on earth. Not some other planet! Will you be blameless and did you obey the lord? Did you trample the blood? Did you abuse grace and fall away? Pray for each other and encourage each other. 

Now an important book. Thessalonians 5  (KJV)

"For the most part, the letter is personal in nature, with only the final two chapters spent addressing issues of doctrine, almost as an aside. Paul's main purpose in writing is to encourage and reassure the Christians there. Paul urges them to go on working quietly while waiting in hope for the return of Christ." 

Paul instructs the Thessalonians  and tells them he prays they are to be blameless. Be patient with all men. Something, many time this is which humans lack in! One big one is quench not the spirit. That is the holy spirit. Renew your minds people, and put those minds on things that be from above. He is the life as well. So many forget to live the life he taught and sit idle waiting to be rapture'd out. When a person is saved they pass from death to life. If only the lost could truly understand what that means. Paul did not want these Thessalonians to be ignorant and neither should you as the lord is RISEN and he is exactly whom he said he was. 

There is talk about the man of sin in 2nd Thessalonians and how he exalts himself to the place of God. This has been covered in previous bible studies under the heading "The Mystery Of Iniquity". Not to doom and gloom but destruction is coming upon the wicked and these things will gets worst and worst with increase until the lords return.  What will it profit you to gain the whole world and loss your souls. Matthew 16:26 Yes your soul! He is the truth, the way and the life and many are born around the world every day and many die NOT in Christ and perish. Are you going to accept the free gift of the Lord Jesus Christ and turn from sin and believe in the gospel? Or are you going to find out God is REAL and so is hell. Get Saved How ye ought to walk and to please God! is by his standards as set forth in his word! Narrow is the way that leads to life and broad is the way that leads to destruction. There is a way that man THINKS is right but it leads to death spiritually and then you perish eventually. There is a man whom came to earth and died in your places so you could live. He paid the debt in full with his own blood and you were purchased for a might price. There is no other name given under heaven in which you might be saved than Jesus Christ our lord and savor. 

The heard must be Shepherd!!! Do they need milk or solid food? Live and learn from the Thessalonians...   

11:33 / 11:44 pm finalized tonight 

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The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up

June 17, 2020 3.44 am

John 2.17 KJV "The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. "

Zeal meaning : Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.

"Take these things hence,  Make not my Father's house an house of merchandise."

John 2:16, KJV: "And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise." . John 2:16, CSB: "He told those who were selling doves, "Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a marketplace!"

Jesus cleanses the temple. "After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued their not many days. And the Jews Passover was at hand and Jesus went up to Jerusalem and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the Chargers of money sitting." What are the charges of money? You have to pay them to receive the merchandise. People have made the house of God a house of merchandise enormously even in modern day Christianity. The kingdom of God cannot be purchased at all with money. The least must be first. Apostle Paul was not a rich man and many of the disciples in Christ we're poor and not rich people. Christ said the meek shall inherit the earth and the poor shall have the gospel preached to them.

"The meek shall inherit the Earth: Pushy people do not succeed in the end. This saying is adapted from the Beatitudes of Jesus."

John 2:16 To those selling doves He said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father's house into a marketplace!" Reference

Jesus cleanses the temple. In retrospect the temple is the Temple of the Holy Spirit as we were made in his image. Recall Christ forgave the prostitute as she defiled herself. The Bible speaks about the whores and how many defile themselves with such/them. As written below...

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 King James Version (KJV)

"19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." That means no sex before marriage and one must obey the gospel. There are profound reasons to obey the word of the Lord.

"15. So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16. To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” 17. His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me." Or as written in the kjv "The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up."

After the Lord drove out these money changers that were making merchandize of his father's house he said it will be called a House of prayer they asked the Lord being the Jews, "What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Then the Lord said "destroy this Temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews go on to tell him 40 and 6 years was this temple in building and you'll throw/rear it up in three days? They're fascinated with the construction being the actual building of man's Temple. Christ is concerned with his Temple being raised again. His body and his body of believers to follow.  He challenges them. Why? What value has a physical building with the body of Christ? They're confused. You cant purchase your way in to the holy of hollies. You know he said repent and believe in the gospel or you will all likewise perish in scripture. 
Luke 13.3 kjv

Later when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this on to them: and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. As it is written now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover in the feast day many believed in his name when they saw the miracles what he did.

Here's the important part: He being the lord Jesus Christ did not commit himself unto them  because he knew all men. Who did he know? All men. What did he know again about men? What is written as it is written "and need it not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man". What was that? He knew what was in man! Light came into the world and men/man loved darkness. He's a sinner and loves darkness and he has if he believers at all God on his lips but his heart is far from him.

When you pray don't be like the hypocrites doing it in the streets to be seen of men. Your father knows your need even before you ask as it is written. When you pray go into your closet and pray in private and your father will see and reward you. Remember, there is only one mediator between God & man as it is written and that is Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 kjv His house will be called a House of prayer. Not a house of merchandise. But a House of prayer.

Matthew 6:5-15 King James Version (KJV)

"5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." 

"9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. "14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Make not my father's house a house of merchandise as it will be called a House of prayer. Amen 

3:55 am / 4.40 AM

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Ministers of the New Testament

June 16, 2020 1:44 pm

We (Saved People) were once spiritually dead due to sin and guilt. We need Gods grace initially, because we were spiritually dead due to sin and guilt. And we were once lost & unsaved were dead in trespasses. God is merciful. Unsaved and lost we once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air. Not according to the spirit.

"For Christians, Corinth is well known from the two letters of Saint Paul in the New Testament, First and Second Corinthians. Corinth is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as part of the Paul the Apostle's missionary travels. In addition, the second book of Pausanias' Description of Greece is devoted to Corinth."

"The Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, also called The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, either of two New Testament letters, or epistles, addressed by St. Paul the Apostle to the Christian community that he had founded at Corinth, Greece. May 22, 2020"

"Corinth. Corinth, Greek ((Kórinthos,)) an ancient and a modern city of the Peloponnese, in south-central Greece. The remains of the ancient city lie about 50 miles (80 km) west of Athens, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Corinth, on a terrace some 300 feet (90 metres) above sea level."

"The problems with the Corinthians/Church were.. the three main problem areas were: a) the church, b) the members and c) authority. Problems within the church were notably related to mission, baptism, the Lord's Supper, body life, love, worship and prophecy. Problems with members related to intellect, freedom, giving, sex, suffering and death."

I find ((2 Corinthians 3)) this version of scripture very interesting. Did see a video teaching on this before but have read this as well. It is said Paul founded the Corinthian Church and as I heard the evidence or proof is them founded by Paul the Apostle. This is evident in the opening line "3 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?" They need not.

They were not under the law in the Old Testament time but the Corinthians were under the NT because Christ is their messiah/their savor and lord. I've added the scripture here. Today we are under grace and not law. These Corinthians were declared to be epistles of Christ and not with ink but with the spirit of the living God. Not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart. They are not to think anything highly of themselves but they have been made able ministers of the new testament. They don't need other people recommendation as the proof is evident. It is of God and of the spirit of the living God. 

Not by letter for "the letters kills". In their time people were killed for not keeping the law. They tried as I am reminded! They were not able to keep it. Either are we. Christ was able too do it and he did. The pharisees and Sadducee's sacrificed justice, mercy and being basically not fair but they were massively egotistical. Paul taught them well and founded their church as well but they don't need recommendation of proof by anyone as the spirit of the lord is their proof and it is written on their hearts. Its was evident then. They were not perfect but were true believers and saved. Today there are similar problems in biblical Christianity and Churches. In John 16:33 the lord Jesus Christ said "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

The spirit give life. Its death to be carnally minded. Don't live by the flesh as man will not live on bread and water alone but by every idol word he speaks. The flesh profits NOTHING/DEATH! We have grace but we should not think to abuse it. Give thanks daily in good times and in bad times. If you are born again by incorruptible seed you will understand what was once a mystery or blindness to YOU. Today there are others ministering the word of God and it is written in fleshly tables of the heart of those truly saved and whom know the lord too. Some make mistakes but they should know/confess when it happens as the lord knows no one is perfect. But none the less there are those whom have come to him and are his sheep/disciples/children. Amen

"People need life, initially and continually. We need it initially, because we were spiritually dead due to sin and guilt. "And you…were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh…and were by nature children of wrath" (Ephesians 2:1-3). The only remedy for such spiritual death is spiritual life. "But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)" (Ephesians 2:4-5). 

If you are lost and not saved you can get saved. Go HERE.

Give him thanks and praise daily and sing a new song unto the lord. Glory and honor is his for ever and ever. Amen


Finalised today 2:44 pm

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