Satan Comes First

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SATAN COMES FIRST


This is a BRIEF outline of how I am beginning to see things.



Remember what Paul told us would happen BEFORE our gathering back to Christ?



2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,


2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.


THE DAY OF CHRIST....HIS RETURN!!!



LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU....


2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition;


2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.




Satan ( the son of perdition ) sitteth in "the temple of God" claiming to be GOD. Satan sits IN US!!!!!!




1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?


1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.




SATAN COMES FIRST IMPERSONATING CHRIST!!!!!!!




Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.



Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.



THE DEVIL IS COME DOWN UNTO YOU…..!!!....and his angels....the FALLEN angels.



They ( Satan and the fallen angels ) are not going to be playing Waltzing Mathilda when they get here…..much is still not revealed as to how these events are to transpire and the precise timing…..BUT they aren't just going to spend the afternoon down at the beach WORKING ON THEIR SUNTANS…..THEY WILL BE PULLING THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF EVERYONE ON THE PLANET….EXCEPT GOD’S ELECT and ONLY because Yahu’shua shortens the days lest even THE ELECT are FOOLED.



SATAN AND THE FALLEN ANGELS WILL....IMPERSONATE CHRIST AND HIS ANGELS!!!



Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand



IN "THE HOLY PLACE"....( IN GOD'S TEMPLE )....IN....US!!!!!!




Satan and the fallen angels WILL BE MOST CONVINCING!





Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

NOTICE...we are about to take a BIG step beyond....merely being DECEIVED....




Rev. 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.


ALL THAT DWELL UPON THE EARTH SHALL "WORSHIP" HIM....did you catch that?....WORSHIP.....SATAN!!!!!!


W O R S H I P ! ! ! ! ! !


There is something MORE going on here than "most" are willing to consider!


Most ( nearly all ) of the world is already "deceived"....about MANY THINGS....we are talking about a transition from deception, to WORSHIP!!!


ALL....THAT....DWELL....UPON....THE....EARTH....SH ALL....WORSHIP....HIM....( SATAN )


EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST....AND SATAN BE REVEALED....IN US!!!!!! BECAUSE....THE WHOLE WORLD IS WORSHIPING....THE FALSE CHRIST!!!!!!


The Whole World will be filled with SATAN'S UNHOLY SPIRIT and will WORSHIP SATAN, convinced...that they are filled with CHRIST'S HOLY SPIRIT!!!

( Enough to freeze your blood, isn't it? )


Those who DO NOT obey GOD, SEEK HIM with ALL THEIR HEART, ALL THEIR SOUL, SEEK HIS WISDOM and STUDY HIS WORD DILIGENTLY, FOR THEMSELVES ( etc. ) will be ( beguiled ) in bed with ( seduced by ) the anti-Christ ( the instead of Christ, SATAN ) when the REAL HUSBAND ( of the Bride )....YAHU'SHUA CHRIST RETURNS.


There will be no shortage of "foolish virgins".



Mar 13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

WOE TO THOSE BEGUILED ( SEDUCED ) WORSHIPING THE FALSE MESSIAH.


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Here is The Hebrew Definition of the word BEGUILED…

H5377

na^sha^'
naw-shaw'
A primitive root; to lead astray, that is, (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce: - beguile, deceive, X greatly, X utterly.

Notice…..TO SEDUCE! AS MOTHER EVE WAS SEDUCED.


Of course, this opens up a big can of worms….EVE was SEDUCED by Satan in The Garden of Eden and Cain’s Seed line…..IS OF SATAN.

Cain was THE FIRST MURDERER….HE SLEW HIS BROTHER ABLE!!!


1Jo 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

The wicked one is Satan! Cain is Satan's offspring. There are two seedlines....Adam's and Satan's....the wheat and the tares.


MANY will disagree ( EVEN WITH GOD’S WORD ON THESE MATTERS )



2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.



These are matters for "much" diligent study. There is plenty of information online for anyone who wishes to investigate such matters, so I'll leave it there for now and continue on with this brief outline.

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Onward....


Rev. 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.


Whose names do you suppose ARE written in the book of life of the Lamb?


My "guess" is....Only those....who give God their whole heart, put His Will ahead of their own wants, ( or desires ) obey Him and TURN AWAY FROM SIN!!! ONLY "the very few" who have made CHRIST the LORD OF THEIR LIFE....IN ALL WAYS!!!


Only those who TRULY....GET THE MESSAGE....



2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.



DEPART FROM INIQUITY….FROM SIN



James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.



GOD'S WORD IS CRYSTAL CLEAR....



Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.



Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.



THEY SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD ( COULD IT GET ANY CLEARER??? )


Matthew 7:13
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.


Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;


SPIRITUAL DEATH!!!!!!! .



Not what MOST of the Religious Christian World wants to hear? Is it?



The vast majority of the Religious Christian World believe they can "keep their sins" and have LIFE.




Many will refuse to even consider such Hard Teaching....or, likely suffer an emotional response. That is mainly "how" Satan and the fallen angels COMPLETELY CONTROL virtually THE ENTIRE WORLD....THROUGH OUR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS!!! Oh yes....they do! They really do!

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Who are "the very few"??? They are the...."first fruits" unto God!!!


Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.


( Women...."often" means church....and can even represent....religious teaching and indoctrination )




Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.


Revelation 7:2
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,


Revelation 9:4
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.


THEY ( the very few ) ARE SEALED....THROUGH HIS WORD….BY HIS SPIRIT…..WITH HIS NAME!!!


Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.



THEY ( the very few ) KNOW....WE ARE CALLED TO BE HOLY!


Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.




Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. (Leviticus 19:2)


Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy. (Leviticus 20:7-8)


I AM THE LORD....WHO MAKES YOU HOLY....we were never supposed to do such things alone.... if we are TRULY BORN AGAIN of GOD'S SPIRIT....GOD CAN and WILL "enable" US....to TURN AWAY FROM SIN!!!


HIS SPIRIT IS SUFFICIENT!!!



John 5:30
By myself I can do nothing;

We can’t do such things by ourselves….that is true. WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO DO SUCH THINGS….BY OURSELVES!!!




GOD'S Spirit "living" in us CAN DO IT ( for us )….IF….WE "REALLY" WANT TO!!!

Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.



ALL THINGS!!!!!



YES, WE CAN STOP SINNING. GOD’S SPIRIT IS SUFFICIENT.



Romans 6:17
But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.



l Peter 1:5, "By God's power we are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."



Jude 24,25, "Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."



l Thessalonians 5:23-24, "May the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it."



WE CANNOT STOP SINNING ON OUR OWN….That is a fact….

HOWEVER…..GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT….LIVING IN US….IS SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE US TO STOP SINNING….TO FLEE TEMPTATION…..TO RESIST THE DEVIL…..



1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.


James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.




If we do not TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO HEART….WE WILL HAVE….Many Concerns, Trials and Tribulations in this Life….leading to Suffering and ( Spiritual ) Death…..INSTEAD OF PEACE THAT COMES FROM GOD….PEACE BEYOND ALL WORLDLY UNDERSTANDING.



Phi 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.





Anyone who has “truly†given Yahu’shua their whole heart ( AND HAS TURNED AWAY FROM SIN ) need not worry….HE WILL let them KNOW EXACTLY what TO DO when the TIME COMES.

Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.


IN "ALL" THY WAYS....!....and HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.




THIS IS….WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US AT PRESENT…..IT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS!

1 Thessalonians 2:12
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.



THIS IS WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD….STUMBLE AND FALL….TO OUR ADVERSARY….TO SATAN WHO IS A “DEFEATED FOEâ€Â…..THEY FALL BECAUSE THEY PREFER TO BELIEVE “RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE†“THE TEACHINGS OF MEN†AND “SATAN’S LIES†THAT CONVINCE THEM THAT GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT LIVING IN THEM IS INSUFFICIENT TO “ENABLE†THEM TO STOP SINNING!!!



The vast majority STILL LIKE THEIR SINS and REFUSE to GIVE THEM UP…FOR OUR LORD WHO SUFFERED UNIMAGINABLY AND GAVE HIS LIFE….TO SAVE US....FROM SIN!!!


The vast majority generally "refuse" to HEED THE WARNINGS and THE MANY SCRIPTURES that TELL THEM THESE THINGS ARE SO.


THE TRUTH IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RELIGIOUS “PROFESSING†CHRISTIAN WORLD….HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF THEIR SINS ( nor, are they “willing†to give them up! ) AND…..THEY ARE NOT BORN AGAIN OF GOD’S SPIRIT OF LOVE….

THEY….ARE….BEING….LED….TO….THE ( SPIRITUAL ) SLAUGHTER HOUSE!!!!! BY SATAN’S SPIRIT OF FEAR!!!


James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.


Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.


GOD'S WORD IS CRYSTAL CLEAR....


1Jo 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.


I know, this is very hard teaching. IF we begin to actually SEE these scriptures, AGREE with GOD'S WORD and REALIZE our WRETCHED STATE....we just need to CRY OUT TO GOD....TO TRULY WANT TO STOP WHATEVER IT IS WE ARE DOING, THAT IS SEPERATING US FROM GOD'S GOODNESS.

IF WE TRULY WANT TO CHANGE ( true repentance ) and to BE SET FREE FROM SIN....GOD....WILL...HELP US!!! HE PROMISES TO!!!


Psa 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Psa 145:19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

 

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It is no great stretch of the imagination to realize that....if Satan and the fallen angels return when the world is on the BRINK OF NUCLEAR ( WAR ) DESTRUCTION....or even about to be DESTROYED BY…..say a rather LARGE METEOR ( for just one, or two, of the many possible examples ) and ( IMPERSONATING CHRIST and HIS angels ) SAVES THE WORLD ( and brings FALSE, TEMPORARY PEACE ) …..That….MEN MIGHT BE FOOLED into thinking that Christ is "real" and has returned…..not when you consider that most of the "religious Christian world" is scripturally illiterate….not to mention the signs and wonders that will be done in the sight of men…..



( Or, "perhaps" after The World experiences a "Spiritual Attack" by the "Locust Army" described in Revelation 9 ) The more I consider this, the more I believe it is what will transpire....a "Spiritual Attack" that will ROCK THE WORLD and lead to CONVINCING THE WORLD....that SATAN and the fallen angels are actually CHRIST and His angels....who have come to SAVE US!!!!!!!

( imagine the relief, after 5 months of spiritual attack...and suddenly we're "saved" except....IT ISN'T CHRIST....IT'S SATAN!!! ) It's not such a hard scenario to believe....is it? It would sure separate those who obey God, who study His word with all their heart and soul....from those who don't....wouldn't it??? It sure would.



Satan and the fallen angels are ANCIENT BEINGS who KNOW the SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE!!!


They possess TECHNOLOGY and KNOWLEDGE beyond anything mankind has ever DREAMED OF. They have POWER OVER MATTER ITSELF….They will have power to DECEIVE THE WHOLE WORLD ( God will send strong delusion and give them power to do HIS WILL!!! )….even the Elect themselves would be fooled if Yahu’shua did not shorten the days!!!


God will give them the power to convince the WHOLE WORLD that CHRIST and His angels have returned…..!!!



Satan will be given the power to deceive….THE WHOLE WORLD…..



Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.



Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,


Mar 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.


Mar 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.



THEY WILL BE VERY CONVINCING….just like GOD’S WORD SAYS!!!


It is not a great stretch to envision the whole world worshipping Satan when we stop and consider that…..HE ALREADY RULES….THE WHOLE WORLD…..THROUGH HIS SPIRIT OF…..FEAR!!!!! Oh yes…HE DOES!!! All except for THE VERY FEW!



1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.




Satan is the “ruler of this world†until Christ returns. He rules “the governments†“the churches†“the minds of men†“THE WHOLE WORLD†until Christ returns, except for the VERY FEW WHOM GOD HAS ENABLED to “flee temptation,†“resist the devil,†“obey GOD†and OVERCOME, SIN, SATAN and THE WORLD.


SATAN RULES IT ALL UNTIL THE REAL CHRIST ( YAHU’SHUA ) RETURNS.



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Jesus proper name is…..Yahu’shua

The Hebrew form of the Name YAHU'SHUAH (or Y'SHUAH) is often used in the Tanach (Old Testament) as well as in the official Jewish daily and festival Prayer Books, where it is generally translated as "Salvation".

The 6th Book of the Bible uses the identical Hebrew form, and is translated "Joshua".

The most probable authentic form is YAHOSHUA or YAHU'SHUA

The Sacred Name of God appears in the Hebrew Scriptures as four Hebrew letters Yud, hey, vav, hey, which is closest represented by the letters YHVH. This format is known as the Tetragammaton.

YAHU'SHUA IS YHVH ( Jesus is God )


Jam 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.


Luk 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

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GOD sends STRONG DELUSION….THEY WILL BELIEVE A LIE….IT IS A BIG, CONVOLUTED, COMPLEX, INTRICATE, ALMOST UNIMAGINEABLE, TERRIFYING LIE.

THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE COMPLETELY FOOLED….all but the very few who have "truly" made Yahu’shua The Lord of Their Life….IN ALL WAYS!!!



Yahu’shua most certainly DOES warn us about SATAN’S deception!!!

WHY DOES YHVH ALLOW IT???


One reason is....

2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:


THEY RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH…..

THAT….THEY….MIGHT…..BE…..SAVED!!!


Do you SEE what is going on here???

The Vast Majority of The Religious Christian World ( as well as, the secular world ) are DISAGREEING with the WORD OF GOD!!! GOD’S TRUTH!!!


THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR BIBLES!



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Here is how a poster on another forum sums it up…..

Nobody could be closer to the full truth, than those who are honest enough to reconsider that rebelling feeling within themselves, towards new, confronting concepts; to give such concepts thorough consideration; weighing it up to every test. Only by doing this, can anyone prove, beyond any doubt, the truthfulness of their own belief - when what they believe can withstand ANY test. Are we honest and brave enough to apply such a test to our beliefs that we currently hold - or to our attitudes and reactions towards new concepts that we encounter? Our salvation depends on it. Eternal Life and entrance to His Kingdom is at stake!
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This is what we should be doing about these matters which have been raised…..otherwise we are trying to sweep God’s Word and Truth under the carpet….WE DO NOT WISH TO…..CHANGE OUR MINDS about…..SUCH THINGS!!!

Much of what people actually believe can not withstand such testing.

Much of what people actually believe and what GOD'S WORD says....are TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORIES.


We MUST make absolutely CERTAIN that what we BELIEVE lines up PERFECTLY with GOD'S WORD.

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All of the sin, suffering and separation from God in this Earth Age, are the direct result of ONE SINGLE ACT OF DISOBEDIANCE in The Garden of Eden. Just one!!!!!!!

If we disagree with just one scripture, JUST ONE, we will soon be disagreeing with MANY scriptures. We will soon be DISAGREEING WITH GOD and believing the “Lies of The World.â€Â

If we disagree with GOD’S WORD we disagree with GOD. If we Disagree with GOD, we AGREE WITH SATAN!!! Satan says, God's word isn't true and can't be trusted.

It is really that subtle and that insidious. It is the plight of the Majority of The Religious Christian World!

IT IS THE SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD IS SLIDING ON!!!


THEY DISAGREE WITH THE WORD OF GOD!!!


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I personally believe that we are in the last, of The Very Last Days. I believe that time for us to consider these deep matters of God, grows very short indeed. That is my opinion and I believe it to be true.

It is not ( nor, was it ever ) my intent to try and "convince" anyone regarding these complex matters.

ONLY GOD CAN CONVINCE ANYONE OF HIS TRUTH AND WISDOM.

I am sharing freely what I have learned from many years of humble ( teachable ) study of God’s word and being led, as well as taught by God’s Spirit.

It is my prayer that some of th information I post will be a “help†to anyone who takes the time to read these posts.

I will gladly discuss these matters in further detail with anyone who is interested and will try to answer any forthright questions as best I can. I believe it is extremely important for us all to try and "help each other" understand the things which are about to transpire and what is required of us, as followers of Christ.


May The Good Lord Increase Our Understanding!

 

[MrVersatile48]

Hi

I only have a few minutes now, but hopefully, DV, will be back for my usual 2 more sessions of an hour each from @ 1.15

See the way of salvation clearly spelt out in John 3 Romans 3 Galatians 2:15-16 & Ephesians 2:8-9

I don't have time to print them now, but very briefly, we are saved by the sheer grace of God, thru faith in Christ's once-for-all atoning sacrifice at Calvary

Online Bible dictionary/commentary is linked at OP (or post 2) of Mining the Minor Prophets

http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopi ... highlight=

Revelation 12 war in Heaven was when Satan & his demons were cast down to Earth before the temptation & fall of man (Genesis 3) Satan has been active on Earth ever since, & will be till he, the Antichrist & the False Prophet - the unholy trinity - are cast into the Lake of Fire, to be tormented forever - in Revelation 20 - together with all who reject Christ & worship the Beast/Antichrist

Hell is thus worse than Armageddon:-

http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopi ... ht=#303892

But if it were possible to earn our way to Heaven by 'good works', Christ would not have died for us

1 John 1 (New International Version)

The Word of Life

1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touchedâ€â€this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.

3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4We write this to make our[a] joy complete.

Walking in the light

5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.

7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.

Footnotes:

1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
1 John 1:7 Or every



The Bible says that it's when we see Jesus, in Heaven, that we will be like Him: even the great apostle Paul, who wrote @ two thirds of the New Testament, wrote Romans 7 @ the struggle with sin

Struggling With Sin
7What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet." 8But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. 9Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
11For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. 12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. 13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to doâ€â€this I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

21So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to Godâ€â€through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Footnotes:

Romans 7:5 Or the flesh; also in verse 25
Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
Romans 7:18 Or my flesh



"He - (Jesus) - is our righteousness"

"HIS righteousness is imputed (counted) to us"

"We are complete in HIM"

As soon as we are aware of any sin in our lives, "God commands all men everywhere to repent"

But each & every one who enters Heaven does so on the merits of Christ as Saviour - 'our righteousnesses are as filthy rags in His sight"

Back to print in reply..

Ian

 

[MrVersatile48]

John 3 (New International Version)

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."

3In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.[a]"

4"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"

5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You[c] must be born again.' 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

9"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.

10"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? 11I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.

12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heavenâ€â€the Son of Man.[d]

14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.[e]

16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[g]

Romans 3 (New International Version)

God's Faithfulness
1What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? 4Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written:
"So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge."[a]

5But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) 6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

7Someone might argue, "If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?" 8Why not sayâ€â€as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we sayâ€â€"Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is deserved.

No One is Righteous

9What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.

10As it is written:
"There is no one righteous, not even one;
11there is no one who understands,
no one who seeks God.
12All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one."[c]
13"Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit."[d]
"The poison of vipers is on their lips."[e]
14"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."[f]
15"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16ruin and misery mark their ways,
17and the way of peace they do not know."[g]
18"There is no fear of God before their eyes."[h]

19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

Righteousness Through Faith

21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished 26he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. 28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.

29Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

Footnotes:

Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4
Romans 3:9 Or worse
Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20
Romans 3:13 Psalm 5:9
Romans 3:13 Psalm 140:3
Romans 3:14 Psalm 10:7
Romans 3:17 Isaiah 59:7,8
Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1
Romans 3:25 Or as the one who would turn aside his wrath, taking away sin


Galatians 2:15-16 (New International Version)


15"We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners' 16know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.


Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)


8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithâ€â€and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God 9not by works, so that no one can boast.

 

[Jon-Marc]

Satan cannot be IN believers because he would have to be able to cast the Holy Spirit out since we are indwelt by Him, and there is no way satan can do that. I may be wrong but I believe that the temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and that is where satan will sit.

 

[Litebeam]

MrVersatile48

Thank you for responding. These are indeed, many and complex matters, as the length of your response attests to.

I am not declaring salvation by works. I believe that God "Chooses Us" and "Enables Us" to FLEE TEMPTATION and RESIST THE DEVIL. We cannot EARN ANYTHING....it was NEVER UP TO US....IT IS UP TO GOD, WHOM HE CALLS AND ENABLES....TO DO HIS WILL.

GOD IS THE ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGN LORD OF ALL CREATION, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE....ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY IS TRANSPIRING "EXACTLY" ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. EVERYTHING!!!


" ... an experience of evil hath God given to the sons of man to humble him thereby" (Ecc. 1:13).


Left to our "own devices" no one would EVER "break free of Satan's power" and GIVE UP THEIR SINS to PURSUE GOD with ALL THEIR HEART and SOUL.

NO ONE....EVER!!!


( Those who "Believe" they had "Anything" to do with the "Process of Drawing Near to God" are "Clothed in Their Own Self-Righteousness" )


GOD CHOOSES US!!!


Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

NO MAN CAN COME TO ME, EXCEPT THE FATHER…..DRAW HIM


Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS….NOT ONE


Rom 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

NONE THAT UNDERSTANDETH….NONE THAT SEEKETH AFTER GOD


Rom 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

NOT ONE!!!

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will: Eph 1:11

HIM WHO WORKETH “ALL THINGS†AFTER THE COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL


You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit- fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other. (John15:16-17)

YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME, BUT I CHOSE YOU


Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

FAITH IS THE GIFT OF GOD!!! NOT OF WORKS!!!!!!!

"Now what have you which you did not OBTAIN? Now if you OBTAINED it also [from GOD] why are you boasting as though [you are] not obtaining [it from God]?" (I Cor. 4:7 Concordant Literal New Testament).

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Here's an old post of mine on the "subject" of SIN....

SIN IS…..PAIN and (Spiritual ) DEATH!!!


SIN SEPERATES US FROM GOD!!!


SIN IS TERRIBLE, IT SEPARATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!



Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.


Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.



You cannot have fellowship with God if you keep returning to your sins. You cannot!

You are not listening to God if you keep returning to your sins. You are not!



So let me ask, if you are continuing to do the same old sinful things, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE LISTENING TO???????


Satan is the “voice of reason.†( the voice of FALSE reason )



WE CANNOT STOP SINNING ON OUR OWN….That is a fact….
HOWEVER…..GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT….LIVING IN US….IS...."SUFFICIENT"....TO...."ENABLE US"....TO STOP SINNING….TO FLEE TEMPTATION…..TO RESIST THE DEVIL…..


If we do not TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO HEART….WE WILL HAVE….Many Concerns, Trials and Tribulations in this Life….leading to Suffering and ( Spiritual ) Death…..INSTEAD OF PEACE THAT COMES FROM GOD….PEACE BEYOND ALL WORLDLY UNDERSTANDING.


Phi 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.



Anyone who has “truly†given Yahu'shua ( Christ's proper name ) their whole heart ( AND HAS TURNED AWAY FROM SIN ) need not worry….HE WILL let them KNOW EXACTLY what TO DO when the TIME COMES.


Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.



THIS IS….WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US AT PRESENT…..IT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS!

1 Thessalonians 2:12
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.


THIS IS WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD….STUMBLE AND FALL….TO OUR ADVERSARY….TO SATAN, WHO IS A....“DEFEATED FOEâ€Â…..THEY FALL BECAUSE....THEY...."PREFER TO BELIEVE"....“RELIGIOUS DOCTRINEâ€Â....“THE TEACHINGS OF MENâ€Â....AND.... “SATAN’S LIESâ€Â....THAT...."CONVINCE THEM"....THAT....GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT LIVING IN THEM....IS INSUFFICIENT ....“TO ENABLE THEM" ....TO STOP SINNING!!!


The vast majority STILL LIKE THEIR SINS and REFUSE to GIVE THEM UP…FOR OUR LORD WHO SUFFERED UNIMAGINABLY AND GAVE HIS LIFE….TO SAVE US....FROM SIN!!!

They refuse to HEED THE WARNINGS and THE MANY SCRIPTURES that TELL THEM THESE THINGS ARE SO.

THE TRUTH IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RELIGIOUS “PROFESSING†CHRISTIAN WORLD….HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF THEIR SINS ( nor are they “willing†to give them up! ) AND…..THEY ARE NOT BORN AGAIN OF GOD’S SPIRIT OF LOVE….

THEY….ARE….BEING….LED….TO….THE ( SPIRITUAL ) SLAUGHTER HOUSE!!!!! BY SATAN’S SPIRIT OF FEAR!!!



GOD IS NOT GOING TO GUIDE THOSE WHO REFUSE TO GIVE UP THEIR SINS and CLING TO THE WORLD AND IT’S WAYS.

Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

IN...."ALL"....THY WAYS!!!


THE MESSAGE IS….CUT OFF OUR HAND IF IT CAUSES US TO SIN…..that means take it SERIOUSLY and SEEK GOD’S STRENGTH TO STOP ( not actually to cut off our hand ) WE CAN STOP IF WE SEEK GOD’S HELP AND STRENGTH…..HIS WORD IS THE KEY TO SUCH STRENGTH and UNDERSTANDING!


Matthew 18:8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.


THE WORLD IS IN A MESS!!!


What MOST are not aware of is…..

THE ONLY PROBLEM ANYONE REALLY HAS IN THIS WORLD IS….A SIN PROBLEM….SIN SEPERATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!


When we are finally found willing to "give up" the world and the "things' of this world....to truly make Yahu'shua The Lord of Our Life in ALL WAYS....when we Obey Him, turn away from sin and put HIS WILL ahead of our own, wants and desires....we will find ourselves right where we are supposed to be....in God's arms....He WILL lead us safely home....( to a "Personal Relationship" with Our Heavenly Father....HEAVEN!!! ) even if there is a bit of turbulence on the way....we MUST learn to Trust Him....with All Our Heart.....He ( Yahu’shua ) is ALL we will EVER NEED!


Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.


When we “Come Out of the World†we draw away from Satan and draw near to God.





John 5:30
By myself I can do nothing;


By ourselves we can do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING….we are CREATED BEINGS….EVEN OUR THOUGHTS ARE CREATED…..we can’t even scratch our nose unless GOD GIVES US THE ENERGY….ALL IS OF GOD!!!

"All is of God" (II Cor. 5:18).

WE CAN’T STOP SINNING ON OUR OWN….we were never meant to do it on our own!!!





Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

ALL THINGS!!!


GOD...."CAN"....DO IT….IF....WE...."TRULY"....WANT HIM TO….IF WE ARE FINALLY...."FOUND WILLING"....TO...."GIVE UP OUR SINS"….FOR OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!!! HE WILL...."ENABLE US"....TO....TURN AWAY FROM SIN!!!


Those who obey God and study His word in a humble Spirit, who seek His wisdom and ask His strength to flee temptation and resist the devil, God enables to do so.


1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.


James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Why do you suppose the 144,000 are Sealed with God's name? There MUST be a reason.

My "guess" is....because....

THEY...."HEED"....THE CALL TO...."BE HOLY"....and have OVER COME.....SIN and SATAN.

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Paul said a lot of things. ( the Bible is designed to TEST our hearts )


1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.


SIN NOT....( how about that )....that was....SIN NOT!!!

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The Bible is All True, every single word. It is often mistranslated, misquoted, misinterpreted and misunderstood, nevertheless…..EVERY WORD IS TRUE!!!

THERE ARE NO CONTRADICTIONS IN THE BIBLE.

YHVH ( God ) has given us our Bibles JUST THE WAY THEY ARE....TO TEST OUR HEARTS!!!

THE ONLY CONTRADICTIONS ARE IN....THE "MINDS OF MEN".


It will be absolutely EVIDENT who has OBEYED....YHVH....and STUDIED HIS WORD....WITH...."ALL"....THEIR HEART AND SOUL....AND....WHO HAS NOT DONE SO....it REALLY WILL!


OUR HEARTS ARE BEING TESTED....THOROUGHLY TESTED!!! They really are!

God Bless!

 

[Litebeam]

Jon-Marc

You are correct that the TRUE BELIEVERS will NOT be FOOLED by Satan's impersonation of Christ in the final Endtimes Delusion about to take place. Those who obey God and study His Word diligently with a humble, teachable heart will KNOW BETTER....as I have declared.

The battle with the flesh is indeed paramount and must lead to OVERCOMING....

WE MUST OVERCOME....SIN....SATAN....AND THE WORLD....if we are not Over Comers, we are NOT....IN CHRIST. It is only THE VERY FEW who TURN AWAY FROM SIN as GOD "ENABLES THEM" TO DO who ARE....TRUE BELIEVERS.

The truth is....there are not very many TRUE CHRISTIANS....THEY WERE NEVER IN CHRIST....they DISAGREE with GOD'S WORD on MANY subjects....they are DECEIVED by our adversary....SATAN.

Many will fall to Satan ( a defeated foe ) in these last days...because....they don't KNOW their Bibles!

Only "the very few" who have TURNED AWAY FROM SIN....OBEY GOD....BELIEVE HIS WORD....and OVERCOME....SIN SATAN AND THE WORLD will find their names written in the Lambs book of life.

Those whose names ARE written in the Lambs book of life will NOT worship Satan. It is a question of WHO ARE THE TRUE BELIEVERS whose names are there written.
It doesn't matter what we BELIEVE unless it lines up "perfectly" with God's word. I have spelled it out plainly in the original post....it is ONLY THE VERY FEW who OVERCOME...SIN SATAN and THE WORLD.

THEY ARE....THE FIRST FRUITS UNTO GOD....!


THE REST are in the PROCESS of COMPLETEING THEIR SINS and tend to get very evasive, or bitter when confronted with this hard teaching.
THIS is who I am referring to when I said Satan is revealed...."in us"....the Vast Majority ( nearly all of the human race ) and ESPECIALLY the "professing Christians" who wish to KEEP THEIR SINS.....


NOT....THE...."TRUE BELIEVERS"....WHO OVERCOME....SIN and SATAN.
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The Vast Majority of the Religious "Professing" Christian World...."BELIEVE"....they have until a PHYSICAL TEMPLE is built in Jerusalem, before they "need to be concerned" about all this....End Times Stuff.
THEY ARE UNABLE TO DISCERN....THE TIMES!

Mat 16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

Mat 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Mat 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

If you read a bit further in Mat 16....it is THE DOCTRINE of the Pharisees and Sadducees that Christ WARNS US about.

Mat 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

IT....APPLIES....TO THIS VERY DAY.

I have pointed out in the original post why it is ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL that we MAKE CERTAIN....that what WE SAY, WE...."BELIEVE"....lines up PERFECTLY with GOD'S WORD....( ALL OF OUR BELIEFS! )
OR....WE...."WILL"....BE...."CONFUSED"....BY SATAN. Not...."might be".....WILL BE!!!

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE....RELIGIOUS...."PROFESSING"....CHRISTIAN WORLD....DO NOT AGREE....WITH GOD'S WORD!!! They disagree with MANY, MANY SCRIPTURES.

KNOW YE NOT???

1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

THAT...."YOU"....ARE THE TEMPLE???
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WE...."ARE"....IN THE TIME WHEN....

2Ti 4:3 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;

THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE....

2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

THEY SHALL TURN AWAY FROM....THE TRUTH

Mar 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.


MAKING THE WORD OF GOD....OF NONE EFFECT
THEY DO NOT...."BELIEVE"....YHVH's Word....if they did....THEY WOULD....
PAY ATTENTION!!!

1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

THEY....THE VAST MAJORITY....OF
THE...."PROFESSING"....RELIGIOUS....CHRISTIAN....WORLD
ARE...."NOT"....BORN OF....YHVH ( God )

1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not;

WE...."KNOW"....WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD....SINNETH NOT!!!!!
WE KNOW!!!
COULD IT...."BE"....ANY CLEARER???

IF....YOU CONTINUE....TO....''RETURN"....TO YOUR...."SAME OLD SINS"....YOU
ARE...."NOT"....BORN OF GOD....YOU ARE...."NOT"....BORN AGAIN....YOU ARE
BEING....D E C E I V E D....BY....SATAN.
THE VAST MAJORITY....OF THE PROFESSING RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....ARE
LISTENING TO THE...."VOICE OF FALSE REASON" ( SATAN )....AND....ARE
BEING LED TO THE...."SPIRITUAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE"....BY....
SATAN...THE...."god"....OF THIS WORLD!!!

2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

THE...VAST MAJORITY....OF THE PROFESSING RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....DO
NOT BELIEVE....YHVH's WORD....AT ALL!!!!
INSTEAD....THEY...."CLING"....TO THEIR...."BELIEFS"....AND...."RELIGIOUS
DOCTRINE"...."THE TEACHINGS of MEN"....AND...."SATAN's LIES".

MAKING THE WORD OF GOD OF...."NONE EFFECT"....THROUGH YOUR...."T R A D I T I O N S" ( YOUR....BELIEFS!!! ) TURNED UNTO FABELS!!!

Mat 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

IN....VAIN....THEY...DO....WORSHIP ME...."IN VAIN"....TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES....
THE COMMANDMENTS OF....MEN!!!!!

THE VAST MAJORITY....OF THE PROFESSING RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....ARE
HEARERS OF THE WORD....THEY ARE NOT...."DOERS"....OF THE WORD!

Jam 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

THE VAST MAJORITY....OF THE PROFESSING RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....ARE....DECEIVED!!!

TAKE HEED!

1Co 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

These are The Last of The Last Days. ( my opinion ) Time to STUDY these DEEP matters of GOD is RAPIDLY....RUNNING OUT! ( also my opinion )
So....as I have stated in the original post, it is not my intent to try and convince anyone of my declarations about these complex matters. Only God can convince anyone of the His Word....Truth....and Wisdom.
I am "sharing" what I have been "given" through many years of diligent study and being led and taught by God's Spirit.

You said a wise thing....you said....( I may be wrong ). MOST ( who "deem themselves wise" ) are so caught up in the "Convoluted Maze" of "Worldly Rationalizations" they are QUITE BEYOND making such admissions....THEY...."BELIEVE"....THEY...."KNOW"....and have become COMPLACENT.

THEY ARE "UNWILLING" TO DIG DEEPER....THEY DO NOT SEEK GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.

They are "for the most part" LOST in a SEA of revolving, complex "endless" Rationalizations. ( Satan IS the author of....CONFUSION )

My advice is....FIND OUT! MAKE CERTAIN!! STUDY HARD!!!
DON'T....let it slide!

Most Christian’s have NOT sought The Lord with ALL THEIR HEART AND SOUL. Most have settled in to church life and religious teachings and are not studying God’s word with all their heart and soul.


Here is what the original HEBREW says about the word…..Seek…..


H1245
ba^qash
baw-kash'
A primitive root; to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after: - ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).


In other words STUDY. Study God’s Word. WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND SOUL!

Deu 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

ALL YOUR HEART and ALL YOUR SOUL!!! HALF-HEARTED...."WON'T"....CUT IT!!!


2Ti 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.



Those who study with ALL THEIR HEART and SOUL, will rightly divide the WORD OF TRUTH....



Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;




I AM SAYING...."WE MUST....( do our homework ) SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES...."FOR OURSELVES"....and MAKE “ABSOLUTELY†"CERTAIN"....THAT WHAT….WE...."BELIEVE"....LINES UP PERFECTLY WITH GOD'S WORD....OR....WE...."WILL"....BE...."LED AWAY"....FROM THE...."TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD"....BY SATAN.


I AM SAYING….TO ANYONE WHO READS THESE POSTS….THAT....“EVERY WORD OF GODâ€Â....IS…. THE WORD OF TRUTH ….AND CAN BE TRUSTED.

ALL THE PARTS ARE IMPORTANT......EVERY WORD.


The Bible is All True, every single word. It is often mistranslated, misquoted, misinterpreted and misunderstood, nevertheless…..EVERY WORD IS TRUE!!!

THERE ARE NO CONTRADICTIONS IN THE BIBLE.

YHVH ( God ) has given us our Bibles JUST THE WAY THEY ARE....TO TEST OUR HEARTS!!!

THE ONLY CONTRADICTIONS ARE IN....THE "MINDS OF MEN".


It will be absolutely EVIDENT who has OBEYED....YHVH....and STUDIED HIS WORD....WITH...."ALL"....THEIR HEART AND SOUL....AND....WHO HAS NOT DONE SO....it REALLY WILL!


OUR HEARTS ARE BEING TESTED....THOROUGHLY TESTED!!! They really are!


I hope something I have said, or will say in these posts will be helpful to you, or anyone else who reads these writings. I am trying to provide as much information as possible to anyone who will listen. I DON'T have all the answers, only God does. I have been blessed with quite a few answers and I am trying to share what I have been given. I will try to answer any forthright questions pertaining to these concepts, as best I can.

I have copied and pasted much of my response to you, from several of the writings I've composed during the last few years. This is in effort to SHARE as much information as possible. IF....you find some of what I have declared "helpful" and wish to "study more" about these complex matters, click on "my profile" and find the link to my website, where I have posted Many such writings. I look forward to further dialogue.

Blessings!

 

[MrVersatile48]

Hi LB!

I thank you for all the Bible verses & passages that you print

As you say, the Bible does not contradict itself - if it appears to, it's our understanding that's wrong, not God's Word - which specifies the way of salvation in John 3, Romans 3, Galatians 2, Ephesians 2, etc, as I printed

The apparent contradictions @ sin, salvation & sanctification in the Bible have often been explained like this:-

As soon as we surrender our hearts & lives to Jesus as Saviour & Lord, we have been saved from the penalty of sin

As we grow in Christ-likeness, we are being saved from the power of sin

At death - or the Rapture - we will be saved from the presence of sin

Did anyone see Reinhard Bonnke preach - in Belfast, on http://www.God.TV - @ Jesus' preaching being interrupted by scribes, Pharisees & teachers of the law bringing the woman caught in adultery to Him?

That was in mind as I first read this thread - especially the fact that, when Jesus said, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone', all the accusers went away, beginning with the eldest

It has often been said that, the closer you get to God, the more you are aware of your sinful human nature - as we see in Romans 7

Thank God for Romans 8


Romans 8 (New International Version)

Life Through the Spirit

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,[a] 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.[c] And so he condemned sin in sinful man,[d] 4in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.

5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

6The mind of sinful man[e] is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7the sinful mind[f] is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligationâ€â€but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. 13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.[g] And by him we cry, "Abba,[h] Father."

16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirsâ€â€heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Future Glory

18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

19The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

More Than Conquerors

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,[j] who[k] have been called according to his purpose.

29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us allâ€â€how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who diedâ€â€more than that, who was raised to lifeâ€â€is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."[l]

37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[m] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes:

Romans 8:1 Some later manuscripts Jesus, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit,
Romans 8:3 Or the flesh; also in verses 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 and 13
Romans 8:3 Or man, for sin
Romans 8:3 Or in the flesh
Romans 8:6 Or mind set on the flesh
Romans 8:7 Or the mind set on the flesh
Romans 8:15 Or adoption
Romans 8:15 Aramaic for Father
Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
Romans 8:28 Some manuscripts And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God
Romans 8:28 Or works together with those who love him to bring about what is goodâ€â€with those who
Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers


Again, there are 2/3 conversations nearby, so I can't think where the Bible says that 'some will be saved like a brand from the fire'

The repentant thief on the cross was

There are degrees of reward in Heaven, just as there are degrees of punishment in Hell - see 1 Corinthians 3 & Matt 13 & Rev 20 etc

Here's the timely Word 4 Today that I came in to post @ this topic:-

Set free from sin

Now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:22,23 NIV

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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Galatians 6:7-9 KJV

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Those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

Luke 20:35,36 NASB

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Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.



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Meditation 11/12-11/18:
Death in Adam - Life in Christ Rms 5:12-15; 18-19 ESV

Death from Adam, Life through Christ

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-- for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:12-15; 18-19 ESV

 

[MrVersatile48]

Satan cannot be IN believers because he would have to be able to cast the Holy Spirit out since we are indwelt by Him, and there is no way satan can do that. I may be wrong but I believe that the temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and that is where satan will sit.

Yes: there are verses in almost all the epistles about the Holy Spirit indwelling all who truly trust in Christ

LB reminds me of the old 'Holiness Church' claim of 'entire sanctification' - which they taught as a '2nd blessing' - testifying, "I was sanctified on (date) & since then, I've never sinned"

I actually went to their Emmanuel College for a year, as they claimed to be interdenominational, but wouldn't let students go to any other church - not exactly honest advertising from their global HQ college

One of the exam questions was always on that fav hobby horse of theirs, so I memorised all the verses teaching that God indwells all believers by His Spirit & demolished their false dogma before transferring colleges

(I'm sure they no longer testify in that way, but sure that others do

& yes, the Bible prophesies the Temple will be rebuilt - see Daniel 11 & Zechariah 14 etc

Must go

Ian

 

[golfjack]

reply

Thanks Ian for the excellent post. Jesus can come for His Church at any moment. PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




May God bless, golfjack

 

[Litebeam]

MrVersatile48

Hi.

Thank you, for posting much scripture as well.

I have come to understand in the last few years that we REALLY ARE...."SUPPOSED"....TO...."KEEP"....GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

I also am "certain" that ONLY the 144,000 will HEED the CALL TO BE HOLY which is being given by YHVH ( God's ) 7000 Elect in these last days.


It is ALL up to GOD whom HE CALLS out of THE WORLD.....it was NEVER UP TO US. ( a point we both "seem" to be making with our scripture references )



We have ( nearly the entire human race ) been conditioned....brainwashed even.....( mainly through religious doctrine, worldly rationalizations and Satan's lies ) to believe that GOD'S SPIRIT cannot "Enable Us" to "Resist the Devil" and "Flee Temptation". TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN!


GOD'S WORD tells a DIFFERENT STORY than what the WORLD believes.


What we need is a PERFECT FINISH to our walk, or run....we cannot do it....but....GOD CAN....if we "learn" to TRULY LOVE HIM MORE THAN OUR SINS and will "DESIRE" TO GIVE UP OUR SIN FOR HIM!!!




I have indeed become a new creature. I turned away from sin several years ago and my every thought is guarded. I am not claiming to be perfect, however God is doing His good work in me and I have virtually stopped sinning. His Holy Spirit is indeed SUFFICIENT to "Enable Us" to Stop Sinning and to walk in His ways.

It is a Spiritual Growth Process!




John 5:30
By myself I can do nothing;


I CAN'T DO IT MYSELF





Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.


GOD CAN!!!



Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy. (Leviticus 20:7-8)

I AM THE LORD WHO...."MAKES"....YOU HOLY ( most folks struggle with this concept....we aren't supposed to Stop Sinning by ourselves ) THE LORD DOES IT!!!

IT IS A SPIRITUAL GROWTH PROCESS!



2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.


1 Corinthians 2:16
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.


If we truly have the mind of Christ….how can we continue to sin???

IF WE ARE STILL CLINGING TO OUR SAME OLD SINFUL WAYS….WE….DO…."NOT"….HAVE….THE….MIND….OF….CHRIST….PERIOD!

WE HAVE IN FACT….FAILED TO GET THE MESSAGE!


BE HOLY!!!


Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy. (Leviticus 20:7-8)


THE LORD MAKES US HOLY….IF....WE are EVER...."TRULY"...."FOUND WILLING"....to...."GIVE UP OUR SINS"....for OUR LORD....WHO WAS....BEATEN BEYOND HUMAN RECOGNITION....AND CRUCIFIED....TO ...."SAVE US!!!

FROM OUR SINS!!!!!!!



SIN IS TERRIBLE, IT SEPARATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!


Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.


SIN IS TERRIBLE, IT SEPARATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!


We are Kidding Ourselves if we think we are being transformed by the renewing of our minds, or that we have the mind of Christ if we CONTINUE TO WALLOW IN OUR SAME OLD SINS.....IF SO....WE ARE NOT NEW CREATURES....AT ALL!!! FURTHERMORE....WE ARE NOT GROWING IN GOD'S SPIRIT!!! AT ALL!!!

IF WE CONTINUE TO...."CLING TO OUR SINS"....WE ARE...."DECEIVED"....BY OUR ADVERSARY....SATAN.

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

SATAN...."REALLY DOES"....DECEIVE....THE WHOLE WORLD!

All except "the very few" who make CHRIST....THE LORD OF THEIR LIFE....IN...."ALL WAYS"....and....OVER COME....SIN....SATAN....and....THE WORLD. ( as God "enables them" to do )

The "very few" are the 144,000 first fruits unto God and to the Lamb.....the Redeemed from among men....the Over Comers!

Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

They ( the 144,000 ) do not fall for the "false doctrine" perpetrated by the "women" or "church".

THEY WILL NOT BE FOOLED BY....SATAN'S...."IMPERSONATION OF CHRIST"....IN THE FINAL...."END TIMES DECEPTION"....WHICH IS ABOUT TO TRANSPIRE.

THEY WILL...."NOT"....WORSHIP SATAN.

THEY...."WILL"...."KEEP"....GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

THEY....LOVE....GOD.....

THEY...."KEEP"....GOD'S COMMANDMENTS!!!

The REST of the Human Race is DECEIVED by SATAN and BELIEVE they can KEEP THEIR SINS and STILL HAVE....SPIRITUAL LIFE!

Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;

SPIRITUAL DEATH!!!


The majority WILL NOT heed God’s word…..



Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.


LEAST or GREAT in the KINGDOM of HEAVEN! ( could it BE any clearer? )


Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

LET US....LAY ASIDE....THE SIN....!



1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.




Many become BITTER when confronted with such "Hard Teaching". They do not WISH to GIVE UP....THEIR SINS.

SIN....IS....SATAN'S...."DEATH GRIP"....ON OUR SOULS!!!

WE CAN HAVE...."OUR SINS"....( spiritual death )....OR....WE CAN HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST....( spiritual life )

WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH!


Will we believe God's Word, or the teachings of men, religious doctrine and Satan's lies?


2 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.

A NEW CREATURE THAT...."KEEPS"....YHVH ( God's ) COMMANDMENTS

To me, many of the scriptures you have posted on this thread support this teaching....WE MUST...."KEEP"....GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

To date I have encountered VERY FEW who "Uphold the Necessity" of ( actually ) "Keeping God's Commandments".

My understanding is....WE...."MUST"....KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

Do you agree?

 

[MrVersatile48]

Hi LB!

I've been praying a lot for you, & for all who both post & read in this thread, over the past 2/3 days - I just didn't have the time to read here on Thurs

Do forgive me if I miss anything, as I have toothache, as well as the noise in here

So let's just deal with the easiest bit first: when Rev 14 refers to 144,000, they are specifically from the 12 tribes of Israel - it later describes a crowd from every tribe, tongue, nation & people group - so great that it can't be numbered

The main thought God has been giving me - which even the toothache & the noise can't take away - is that He wants our obedience to be expressions of love & gratitude, not from fear & desparation

To save typing time, I'll print Galatians 3

Galatians 3 (New International Version)

Faith or Observance of the Law

1You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

2I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? 3Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? 4Have you suffered so much for nothingâ€â€if it really was for nothing? 5Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?

6Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."[a]

7Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. 8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." 9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

10All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."[c]

11Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith."[d] 12The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them."[e]

13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."[f] 14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

The Law and the Promise

15Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed,"[g] meaning one person, who is Christ.

17What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

19What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator. 20A mediator, however, does not represent just one party; but God is one.

21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

22But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

23Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ[h] that we might be justified by faith. 25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

Sons of God

26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Footnotes:

Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
Galatians 3:10 Deut. 27:26
Galatians 3:11 Hab. 2:4
Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
Galatians 3:13 Deut. 21:23
Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7


The other main thought is that God is not a killjoy, but a loving Heavenly Father - He only forbids what is harmful to us in some way, & only commands what is beneficial & good for us

The irony is, when I was last in here, I clean forgot to share a very encouraging thought from our Sun am message - several parables of the Kingdom, in Matt 13, are about it starting small & growing mega-huge

Similarly, in 1 Corinthians 3, the pictures of us being both God's building & God's garden show Christian growth as a process - I'm sure many readers have seen the famous T shirt/desk plaque that says, "Please be patient with me: God hasn't finished with me yet"

1 Corinthians 3 (New International Version)

On Divisions in the Church

1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldlyâ€â€mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 4For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believeâ€â€as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. 11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.

16Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

18Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"[a]; 20and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile." 21So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas[c] or the world or life or death or the present or the futureâ€â€all are yours, 23and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

Footnotes:

1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter


AH: I nearly forgot to print this timely Word 4 Today:-

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You have laid your hand upon me
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

You hem me in--behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

Psalm 139:1-7 NIV

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God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being.

Acts 17:24-28 KJV

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All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins; it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:23-26 RSV

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Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.



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Meditation 11/12-11/18:
Death in Adam - Life in Christ Rms 5:12-15; 18-19 NLT
Death from Adam, Life through Christ

When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break. Still, everyone died - from the time of Adam to the time of Moses - even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come. But there is a great difference between Adam's sin and God's gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.

Yes, Adam's one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:12-15; 18-19 NLT


Final thought for now: God wants to bless us as much as we will receive - "The sun shines on the righteous & the unrighteous; He sends the rain on both the evil & the good"

& many of God's blessings follow obeying specific commands - as in the Beatitudes of Matt 5

Emphasising again that salvation is by the sheer grace of God, thru faith in Christ's atoning sacrifices - as in John 3 & Romans 3 etc - some are rewarded 30-fold, some 60-fold & some 100-fold in this life, according to whether we 'store up treasures in Heven' & 'build with gold, silver & precious stones' in our sincere seeking to serve God, honour & please Him - as well as having eternal life in Heaven with Jesus

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God bless!

Ian

 

[Litebeam]

MrVersatile48


Thank you for including me in your prayers. You are in mine too.

I pray your toothache gets better. I've had plenty of those, so I know how bad they can be.


Please, let me know if I miss anything, as well...


You have defined the DILEMMA....

It is....ONLY...."TRUE FAITH"....that leads to OBEDIANCE to GOD and a DESIRE to...."TRULY"....TURN AWAY FROM SIN....( that GOD uses to ENABLE US to KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS ) that is COUNTED as RIGHTEOUSNESS.....not the LUKE WARM Type of Faith, demonstrated by the Vast Majority of the Professing Christian World...who REFUSE to GIVE UP THEIR SINS.


TRUE FAITH is VERY RARE....SO RARE THAT....ONLY.....the 144,000 ( 12,000 from each of the tribes of Israel ) WILL...."HEED THE CALL"....TO...."BE HOLY"....GIVEN BY GOD'S 7000 Elect...in these LAST OF THE LAST DAYS!


That is why it is written....

Luk 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

It is because TRUE FAITH....IS....THAT RARE!



As I have mentioned....WE...."CANNOT"....STOP SINNING BY OURSELVES.

GOD CAN...."ENABLE US"....TO STOP....THAT IS WHERE THE...."ANSWER"...TO THE...."SEEMING DILEMA"....IS UNCOVERED...."IF"....WE STUDY THESE SCRIPTURES DILIGENTLY.....

GOD DOES IT, not us! ( see previous posts )


ONLY....the 144,000 will RESPOND to this HARD TEACHING.....THIS....IS....."MEAT"....not Milk!


ONLY THOSE WHO...."KEEP"....GOD'S COMMANDMENTS ARE...."TRULY IN CHRIST"....and are....BORN of GOD's HOLY SPIRIT....( not what the vast majority of the professing religious Christian world, wants to hear....is it??? )

It is "Certainly" a "Spiritual Growth Process"....however....ONLY the 144,000 will experience it, in the "here and now"....THE REST of THE WORLD is BLINDED by SATAN and are DEAD ( spiritually) IN THEIR SINS and TRESPASSES....THEY....CANNOT HEAR....THEY CANNOT RESPOND....TO GOD'S WORD, UNTIL GOD...."ENABLES THEM TO".


I have already made a Considerable Case for this Teaching on this thread. Careful examination of the previous posts "should" attest to this. I have written extensively on the subject of Over Coming Sin and Heeding THE CALL TO BE HOLY....as GOD has directed me to. I am sharing what I have been given freely, with anyone who "seems" interested. So, I will continue to post what I've written on this thread....I pray The Good Lord will "enable" you, or someone who reads these posts to EXAMINE these writings and RE-EXAMINE the DOZENS and DOZENS of SCRIPTURES that...."TELL US"....TO...."KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS".....and...."OVER COME"....SIN and SATAN.

I CANNOT CONVINCE YOU or ANYONE ELSE....ONLY GOD CAN CONVINCE ANYONE THAT THESE THINGS ARE TRUE....THAT WE...."MUST"....BE...."FOUND WILLING"....TO GIVE UP OUR SINS.



God gave us our Bibles....just the way they are....TO TEST OUR HEARTS!!!


CHRIST said....


Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.



LEAST or GREAT....IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!!! ( could it BE any clearer? ) Yet the VAST MAJORITY OF THE RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD...."REFUSE"....TO.... ACCEPT....THAT WE...."MUST"....KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

THEY ARE IN...."DIRECT DISAGREEMENT"....WITH GOD'S WORD.....THEY...."CLING"...TO THE...."FALSE TEACHINGS"....OF....RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE.....MEN and SATAN....THAT...."CONVINCE THEM"....THAT THEY CAN...."KEEP THEIR SINS"....!!!


AS I HAVE SAID....THE WHOLE WORLD IS...."DECEIVED"....BY SATAN....."BLINDED BY SATAN".




Yes....FAITH is a GIFT....FROM GOD.....WE...."CAN'T".....EARN IT....

IF we have a TRUE GOD RESPONSE in the "here and now"....THEN.....GOD HIMSELF....WILL...."ENABLE US"....TO STOP SINNING....TO BE HOLY....HE DOES IT....NOT US. If we are TRULY BORN OF GOD'S SPIRIT....GOD WILL....LEAD US TO...."GOOD WORKS"....( such as....KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENTS )....and...."ENABLE US"....to DO THEM!!!


Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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AS I HAVE SAID....THE WHOLE WORLD IS....DECEIVED"....BY SATAN....."BLINDED BY SATAN".



1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.


THEY....THE VAST MAJORITY....OF
THE...."PROFESSING"....RELIGIOUS....CHRISTIAN....WORLD
ARE...."NOT"....BORN OF....YHVH ( God )


1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not;


WE...."KNOW"....WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD....SINNETH NOT!!!!!

WE KNOW!!!

COULD IT...."BE"....ANY CLEARER???


WE KNOW!!!!!!!


IF....YOU CONTINUE....TO....''RETURN"....TO YOUR...."SAME OLD SINS"....YOU
ARE...."NOT"....BORN OF GOD....YOU ARE...."NOT"....BORN AGAIN....YOU ARE
BEING....D E C E I V E D....BY....SATAN.

THE VAST MAJORITY....OF THE PROFESSING RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....ARE
LISTENING TO THE...."VOICE OF FALSE REASON" ( SATAN )....AND....ARE
BEING LED TO THE...."SPIRITUAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE"....BY....
SATAN...THE...."god"....OF THIS WORLD!!!


2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.


THE...VAST MAJORITY....OF THE PROFESSING RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....DO
NOT BELIEVE....YHVH's WORD....AT ALL!!!!

INSTEAD....THEY...."CLING"....TO THEIR...."BELIEFS"....AND...."RELIGIOUS
DOCTRINE"...."THE TEACHINGS of MEN"....AND...."SATAN's LIES".

THEY....CANNOT UNDERSTAND....THAT THEIR SINS...."SEPERATE THEM"....FROM GOD!!!

SIN IS TERRIBLE, IT SEPARATES US FROM GOD!!!!!!!



Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled




You cannot have fellowship with God if you keep returning to your sins. You cannot!

You are not listening to God if you keep returning to your sins. You are not!



So....if you are continuing to do the same old sinful things, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE LISTENING TO???????


Satan is the "voice of reason." ( FALSE REASON )

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CHRIST said....

Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

The reciprocal must ALSO be TRUE....

IF....YOU...."DON'T"...."KEEP"....MY COMMANDMENTS....YOU...."DON'T"....LOVE ME!!!

NOT what the VAST MAJORITY of the PROFESSING....RELIGIOUS....CHRISTIAN WORLD...WANT TO HEAR....IS IT???



( Well I've said "most of this" already, in the previous posts to you and Jon-Marc.....so I'll post some of my writing in the next few posts )



God Bless!

 

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LOVE or FEAR


Here is the simple, yet complex answer that the vast majority cannot, will not and refuse to understand.


If we are not DOING GOD’S WILL, we are in fact DOING SATAN’S WILL.


It is a “PROCESS.†( A SPIRITUAL “GROWTH†PROCESS ) It is all part of the struggle of the TRUE BELIEVER to OVERCOME…..SIN…..SATAN…..and THE WORLD.

( The "rest" are in the "process" of....completing their sins. )



It’s like this…..


We are either doing GOD’S WILL and are ( growing ) filled with GOD’S SPIRIT of LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS and SELF-CONTROL…..( known as “The Fruits of God’s Spirit†)…..



GOD'S SPIRIT IS SPIRITUAL LIFE!!!!!!!







OR…WE ARE DOING SATAN’S WILL ( as God allows ) and are ( not growing ) filled with Satan’s spirit of DOUBT, LACK, BITTERNESS, UNFORGIVENESS, LUST, RAGE, GREED, HATE and especially....FEAR.



SATAN IS THE....SPIRIT OF FEAR!!!!!!! SPIRITUAL DEATH!!!!!!



Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;




Now…..it is “rather obvious†( to some of us anyway ) that the “vast majority†of this world is in fact controlled and ruled by Satan, by FEAR.





" ... an experience of evil hath God given to the sons of man to humble him thereby" (Ecc. 1:13).




THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH.....RIGHT???




It is in large part due to our REFUSAL to OBEY GOD, to put HIS WILL ahead of our own will, wants and desires ( TO TRUST GOD ) that we must experience…..such circumstances in…..OUR CREATOR DESIGNED LIVES!!!



God is dealing PERFECTLY with a SINFUL, FALLEN, CREATION.



Only the “very few indeed†are OBEYING GOD and walking in HIS WAYS. Only the very, very few actually love “others†as they love themselves.



Christ left us two commandments before He was crucified. JUST TWO.

Love God and love each other.



YET THIS IS BEYOND EVERYONE ON THE PLANET UNTIL....“GOD’S SPIRITâ€Â...."ENABLES US"....TO....TRULY LOVE ONE ANOTHER....AS GOD LOVES US.


Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Mar 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.



DO YOU SEE??? THAT IS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED OF US! ( if we obey these two commandments, we will OBEY THE REST of GOD'S COMMANDMENTS TOO )



Matthew 22:40
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments



Gal 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.




That’s all folks….two commandments! WHY is this beyond nearly everyone who has ever walked the face of the Earth?



COULD IT BE THAT SATAN RULES THE MINDS OF MEN???

JUST LIKE GOD’S WORD TELLS US!



Satan is the “ruler of this world†until Christ returns. He rules “the governments†“the churches†“the minds of men†“THE WHOLE WORLD†until Christ returns, except for the VERY FEW WHOM GOD HAS...."ENABLED"....to “Flee Temptationâ€Â....“Resist the Devil"....“Obey GOD†and OVERCOME, SIN, SATAN and THE WORLD.



SATAN RULES IT ALL...."THE WHOLE WORLD".... UNTIL CHRIST RETURNS.




Without doubt, the vast majority REFUSE to even CONSIDER such teaching. In fact, THEY CANNOT. Their minds are completely controlled by Satan. THEY ARE DEAD IN THEIR SIN.


SPIRITUALLY DEAD.


“The few†are listening to God’s Holy Spirit who teaches them that God’s word is All True. Every word! It is often misinterpreted, misquoted, mistranslated and misunderstood. Nevertheless, EVERY WORD IS TRUE!



There are no “contradictions†in The Bible…..the contradictions are in “the minds of men.â€Â



The majority are listening to “The Voice of Reason†( that’s The Voice of FALSE Reason )…..SATAN!!! They are being lead astray. They are allowing their emotions to sway them.



THEY ARE...."RULED"....BY THEIR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS.


Indeed that is a Very Common Response among, those who are Confronted with such Hard Teaching. Anger, bitterness, condemnation…..etc.


The majority REFUSE to even CONSIDER such teaching as I am presenting. Many have an EMOTIONAL RESPONSE and the door slams shut.



They are not “able†to consider such things until GOD ENABLES THEM TO.



Most do not want to know. They do not want to even “consider†such things, it is too…..UPSETTING.



This IS the Arena of Spiritual Warfare.



Ephesians 6:12
For 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.

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In truth it is a BATTLE FOR OUR MINDS…..


Mat 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

Mat 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.



So….here is what is required of us…..


2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:


2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)


2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;



WE...."MUST"...."BRING INTO CAPTIVITY"...."EVERY THOUGHT"....TO THE....OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST!!!


WE CANNOT DO SUCH THINGS ON OUR OWN……WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO…..WE CAN’T….


GOD CAN!!!!! If we “really†want Him to!

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MORE INFO....


Satan couldn’t offer Christ “all the kingdoms of the world†unless they were his!


Mat 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;


Mat 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.


Luk 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.


Luk 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.


Luk 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.


All the Kingdoms of the World…..( my opinion )…..“the governments†“the churches†“the minds of men†“THE WHOLE WORLD.â€Â

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Satan IS THE SPIRIT OF…..DOUBT, LACK, BITTERNESS, UNFORGIVENESS, LUST, RAGE, GREED, HATE, JEALOUSY, ENVY, STRIFE and especially….FEAR.


When Adam and Eve fell from Grace, GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT OF…..LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS and SELF-CONTROL….HAD TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM THEM….AND Satan’s Spirit of FEAR…..IMMEDIATELY…..FILLED….THE VOID.


Think it through…..DOUBT, LACK, BITTERNESS, UNFORGIVENESS, LUST, RAGE, GREED, HATE etc. are all contained in SATAN’S SPIRIT OF FEAR


SATAN IS THE….SPIRIT OF FEAR!!!


JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS and SELF-CONTROL…..ARE ALL CONTAINED IN GOD’S SPIRIT OF LOVE.


GOD IS LOVE!!!!!!!


There is more than one word for fear used in the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.

The “Fear†of The Lord means…..reverent awe!!!

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Fear in regard to Satan is QUITE A DIFFERENT MATTER!!!


It is virtually THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT IS RULED BY FEAR…..SATAN’S SPIRIT…..until CHRIST returns.


If we haven’t made Christ the Absolute Lord Of Our Life then we are…..Ruled by Fear…..



2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.



GOD USES SATAN ( The Spirit of Fear ) TO TEST US…..as Job was tested!


Our hearts are being tested!


OUR HEARTS ARE BEING TESTED!!! THOROUGHLY TESTED!!!


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1Jo 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.


1 John 3:24
Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.


1Jo 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.


1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.


Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

 

[Litebeam]

THE COVENANT

When a man and woman agree to enter into a marriage covenant, they ( generally ) exchange vows... usually, part of the vows which they undertake to honor and keep, is that the arrangement they have made, or the "Covenant Agreement" is...."Until Death Do Us Part".

The significance of this declaration should not ( of course ) be taken lightly. We "all know" this means until one spouse, or the other dies.

Imagine though a LITERAL adherence to such a vow......if ( for example ) one partner committed adultery ( FAILED TO "KEEP" THE COVENANT ) and it "became known" to the other spouse....the relationship would be terminated...by execution of the adulterous mate. By Death!

What a profound effect this would have on our "family structure." Needless to say, there would be FAR LESS "adulterous relationships" happening, in a society that so stringently enforced the Marriage Covenant.

This is in fact a "reflection" of the Covenant Arrangements which were common between various tribes and peoples in the "good old days."

Born of necessity, various tribes would forge such SERIOUS alliances....a Tribe of WARRIORS ( for example ) who were not good at "growing food" would SWEAR to PROTECT another Tribe, of FARMERS who would, in turn....SWEAR to PROVIDE for their PROTECTERS.

This COVENANT was ( usually ) formed by Blood Sacrifice....a bond that ( known to both parties ) meant SWIFT RETRIBUTION and PROMISED DEATH....IF EITHER TRIBE SHOULD "FAIL" TO UPHOLD THEIR AGREEMENT AND....KEEP THEIR VOWS WITH THEIR COVENANT PARTNERS.

Animal sacrifices were ( often ) made, the carcasses were cut in half, the leaders of both tribes would walk back and forth between the pieces of carcass ( in the blood ) and make their VOWS....( to their Blood Brothers, their Covenant partners )....they would SWEAR TO UPHOLD THE VOWS..."to Provide for" and "to Protect"....TO "KEEP" THE COVENANT.

Both sides KNEW that if they failed to honor and keep the Covenant, or betrayed the other tribe, they would DIE for it.
A MOST SERIOUS ARRANGEMENT INDEED.

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER MADE JUST SUCH A "BLOOD COVENANT"....WITH OUR FOREFATHERS.....AND....WITH US!!!!!

It began with YHVH ( God ) creating man in His own image and giving Him "authority" over all the world....

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

YHVH "BLESSED" THEM....THE HUMAN RACE

AS HE DID WITH NOAH....

Gen 6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Gen 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Gen 9:8 And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

Gen 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

YHVH...ESTABLISHED HIS COVENANT...HIS PROMISE TO "BLESS" NOAH AND HIS SEED....US!!!

Now....we skip to the time of Abram, when the people of Israel were "slaves" in the land of Egypt....

Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

It was important for Abram to be away from the familiar people in His life, so YHVH could teach Him thoroughly in HIS ways, without the "influence" of Worldly People....interfering.

Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

UNTO THY SEED WILL I GIVE THIS LAND

Gen 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Abram "Believed" in YHVH ( TRUE belief and faith, which leads to obedience ) and the LORD counted it as righteousness.

Gen 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Gen 15:8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

A fair enough question....how will I know?

Gen 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

Gen 15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

NOTICE....A BLOOD SACRIFICE!!!

Gen 15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Gen 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Gen 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Gen 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Gen 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Gen 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Gen 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.


AND IT CAME TO PASS.....WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN....AND IT WAS DARK.....BEHOLD....
THE LORD HIMSELF....YHVH....LORD AND FATHER OF ALL CREATION....AS A SMOKING FURNACE, AND A BURNING LAMP.....THE GLORY OF GOD ALMIGHTY....
PASSED BETWEEN THOSE PIECES OF CARCASS....AND WALKED BACK AND FORTH....IN THE BLOOD....AND SWORE AN OATH....VOWED TO UPHOLD IT....MADE A BLOOD COVENANT WITH ABRAM....THAT STANDS TO THIS DAY....AND IS GIVEN TO ABRAM'S SEED....TO US...
TO THOSE WHO TRULY BELIEVE....AND OBEY THE COVENANT....
TO THOSE THAT "KEEP"....YHVH'S....COVENANT....HIS COMMANDMENTS.

The same promise to BLESS that has been GIVEN all through human history....to those...who OBEY THE LORD and KEEP HIS COVENANT.

Gen 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

THE LORD....YHVH....MADE A BLOOD COVENANT WITH ABRAM....AS HE HAS WITH.....US!!! ( The TRUE believers )....ABRAHAM'S SEED!!!

Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Gen 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

BE THOU PERFECT....AND....

Gen 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Gen 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

Gen 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Gen 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Gen 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

I....YHVH....WILL MAKE THEE....ABRAHAM...."EXCEEDING FRUITFUL".....HE WILL DO IT....YHVH PROMISES TO FULFILL THE COVENANT!!!

Gen 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT....BETWEEN ME and THEE and THY SEED AFTER THEE....AN EVERLASTING COVENANT!!!

Gen 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

I....YHVH....WILL "GIVE" UNTO THEE AND THY SEED AFTER THEE....THE LAND....

A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY....

Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Leviticus 20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.

AN INHERITANCE....TO....A SEPARATED PEOPLE....THAT....KEEP HIS COVENANT!!!

Gen 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

THOU SHALT KEEP MY COVENANT....AND THEY SEED AFTER THEE....

Gen 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
That was a requirement back then....

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What is required of us in these last days, is Circumcision of the Heart.

Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Rom 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Rom 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

1Co 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

THE KEEPING OF THE COMMANDMENTS

Gal 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

A NEW CREATURE...ONE THAT....KEEPS GOD'S COMMANDMENTS

Phi 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Col 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

Col 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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Genesis 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIM

Genesis 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

THAT THE LORD MAY BRING....UPON ABRAHAM....

Genesis 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

THE LORD HAD "BLESSED" ABRAHAM IN "ALL THINGS"....THE LORD DID IT....not Abraham....THE LORD DID IT....HE FULFILLED THE COVENANT HE MADE WITH ABRAHAM, WHO OBEYED THE LORD....KEPT THE COVENANT....and was....PERFECT!

SO....YHVH...."BLESSED HIM"....ACCORDING TO THE COVENANT HE HAD MADE WITH ABRAHAM....AND HIS SEED....US!!!


THEN WE SEE....MOSES.....

Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

AGAIN WE SEE A SEPARATED PEOPLE, who are to "Keep YHVH's Covenant.

Exodus 34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Exodus 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT....THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

MOSES AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE EXPECTED TO "KEEP" THE COMMANDMENTS

THEN....THE LORD WOULD "FULFILL THE COVENANT" WITH THEM....AND...."BLESS" THEM!!!

Lev 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

Lev 26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

Lev 26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

IF....YE WALK IN MY STATUTES....AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS....AND....DO....THEM!!!

YOU....WILL....BE....BLESSED....BY....YHVH....

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Deu 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Deu 11:27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

Deu 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

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A BLESSING AND A CURSE....CHOOSE WISELY.....here's SOME of the BLESSINGS....

Lev 26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Lev 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Lev 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Lev 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Lev 26:8 And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Lev 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

AND ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH....YOU....

Lev 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

Lev 26:11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

Lev 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

Lev 26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.


THE LORD WILL DO IT ALL.....not them....not you....or me....THE LORD....WILL....FULFILL....HIS COVENANT PROMISES....WITH THOSE WHO OBEY HIM and.....
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS!!! HIS COVENANT!!!

HE....WILL....BLESS....THEM.....

BLESSINGS!!!!!


ON THE OTHER SIDE OF "THE COIN" HOWEVER....WE SEE.....

THE CURSES....!

YES....THE CURSES.....FOR DISOBEYING THE LORD AND BREAKING THE COVENANT....( for being "far away" from The Lord )


Jeremiah 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

Judges 2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;



Lev 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

Lev 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

Lev 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Lev 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Lev 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

Lev 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

Lev 26:20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Lev 26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

Lev 26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

Lev 26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

Lev 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

Lev 26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Lev 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Lev 26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

Lev 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

Lev 26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

Lev 26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Lev 26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

Lev 26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

Lev 26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

Lev 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Lev 26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

Lev 26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Lev 26:37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Lev 26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Lev 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.


A BIT OF AN "EYE OPENER"....ISN'T IT??? ( there "are" more curses, in the scriptures, just as there are more blessings )

THESE THINGS "HAPPENED" TO THE "DISOBEDIENT" TRIBES OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH....THEY WERE LED INTO CAPTIVITY...THEY SUFFERED GREATLY....BECAUSE THEY BROKE YHVH's COVENANT WITH THEM.


YHVH....

Ezekiel 16:8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

DIVORCED THEM....


Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.



YHVH, IN HIS INFINITE MERCY IS ULTIMATELY RESTORING THEM ( US ) TO HIMSELF....IN THESE LAST DAYS.....IF....

Lev 26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

Lev 26:41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

Lev 26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Lev 26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

Lev 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

Lev 26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

Lev 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Deuteronomy 4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Deuteronomy 4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you,

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;


KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS....


1 Chronicles 16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

1 Chronicles 16:17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,


A THOUSAND GENERATIONS....AN EVERLASTING COVENANT.....( could it BE any clearer??? )


Jam 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. KJV

James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. NIV


HE DOES NOT CHANGE


Deuteronomy 7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

SHALL KEEP UNTO "THEE" THE COVENANT AND THE MERCY....WHICH HE SWARE UNTO THY FATHERS.....!!!

Deuteronomy 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

Psalm 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

THE SECRET OF THE LORD.....IS WITH THEM THAT FEAR HIM ( REVERENT AWE OF HIM ) AND HE "WILL" SHOW....THEM....HIS COVENANT.

Psa 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth forever.

A GOOD UNDERSTANDING

Psalm 111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

MEAT....Spiritual Food....as opposed to....MILK
YHVH will "always" be mindful of His Covenant!

Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

MAY THE GOOD LORD OPEN OUR EARS AND....LET US HEAR....

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

YOUR SOUL....SHALL LIVE!!!!! SPIRITUAL LIFE!!!!!....BLESSINGS!!!

Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

A NEW COVENANT!!!!!!!

Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD:

Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.


MY LAW...IN....THEIR....HEARTS!!!!!!!


Pro 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Pro 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Pro 7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.


Ezekiel 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

Ezekiel 37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.


Hebrews 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;


MY LAWS....IN....THEIR....HEARTS AND MINDS.


Daniel 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.


THE PEOPLE THAT....DO...."KNOW"....THEIR GOD....SHALL DO EXPLOITS....


Mat 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

Mat 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

ALL THINGS!!!!!!!

Mar 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

LITERALLY....POWER OVER MATTER ITSELF...!!!

Mar 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

WOW!!!!!!!

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Jos 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

I....HAVE...."GIVEN"....YOU A LAND....

Deu 6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

Deu 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

Deu 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deu 6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Deu 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

Deu 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

IT SHALL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS....IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS....HE....WILL....BLESS....US!!!!!!!

ONLY THOSE who have TRULY given CHRIST their WHOLE HEART....HAVE MADE HIM....THE ABSOLUTE LORD OF THEIR LIFE....IN ALL WAYS....HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM SIN....KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS....OVERCOME....SIN....SATAN....AND THE WORLD....
ARE OF ABRAHAM'S SEED...AND HEIRS TO THE PROMISES MADE TO FATHER ABRAHAM....THROUGH THE COVENANT....OUR HEAVENLY FATHER....YHVH....MADE WITH HIM.

Gal 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.


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HERE'S SOME MORE....BLESSINGS!!!!!

Deu 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Deu 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

Deu 28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

Deu 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Deu 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Deu 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

Deu 28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Deu 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Deu 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

Deu 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

Deu 28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give thee.

Deu 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Deu 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

( there are nearly 1300 promises of YHVH's "Exceeding Goodness" in the Bible....for those who OBEY HIM and KEEP HIS COVENANT )

FOR THOSE WHO OBEY HIM and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS!!!!

1Jo 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

BECAUSE WE...."KEEP"....HIS COMMANDMENTS

Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE SO BLESSED???

Not to mention....avoiding all those curses!

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WE MUST WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT....

John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.


( WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH ) IT DEPENDS GREATLY ON....OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION....AND OUR OBEDIANCE TO YHVH....

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THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE SCRIPTURES THAT SUPPORT THIS TEACHING. HERE'S A FEW MORE....


Deu 5:29 O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!

Jos 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

1Ki 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

Ki 8:61Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

LET YOUR HEART BE PERFECT WITH THE LORD

Neh 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

 

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KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS

Psa 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Psa 103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
REMEMBER HIS COMMANDMENTS
Psa 103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

DO HIS COMMANDMENTS

Psa 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth forever.

A....GOOD UNDERSTANDING....HAVE ALL THEY THAT....DO....HIS COMMANDMENTS

Psa 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

BLESSED IS THE MAN

Psa 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psa 112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth forever.

WEALTH AND RICHES....“SHALL BEâ€Â....IN HIS HOUSE

Psa 119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

THEN....SHALL I NOT BE ASHAMED

Psa 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

WITH MY WHOLE HEART....half-hearted, WON'T CUT IT!!! ( NO WANDERING ALLOWED )

Psa 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

THY WORD….HID IN MINE HEART ( "PLANTED"....IN MY HEART ) THROUGH, DILIGENT, HUMBLE, TEACHABLE, STUDY of GOD'S WORD....THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THEE....

DO YOU SEE IT???

THAT IS HOW....TO...."STOP SINNING"....OBEY GOD AND STUDY...."HIS WORD"....WITH....ALL YOUR HEART AND SOUL....HIS WORD...."IS"....THE...."KEY"....TO....EVERYTHING!!!!!
TRUE....GENUINE....FAITH....that leads to TRUE REPENTANCE ( A...."TRUE DESIRE"....“TO CHANGE†) and....TOTAL OBEDIANCE....only comes by.....

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.


THE WORD OF GOD

PLANT IT....IN YOUR HEART....SO THE....FRUITS OF GOD'S SPIRIT....WILL GROW.

1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.

“BORN AGAINâ€Â....OF....INCORRUPTIBLE....SEED....THE WORD OF GOD....IS....INCORRUPTIBLE SEED....WHICH....LIVETH
GOD'S WORD...."LIVETH"....( you can't have spiritual life without God's Word )

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

[ The Word Became Flesh ]
YAHU’SHUA CHRIST…..YHVH….IS….THE LIVING WORD

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. NIV
Heb 4:12 For the Word of God is living, and powerfully working, and sharper than every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of both soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge of the thoughts and intentions of the heart; LITV
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. KJV

FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS....LIVING! AND POWERFUL!!!

YHVH ( God ) IS LIFE....ALL LIFE.

YOUR...."HEART"....IS...."THE GARDEN"....WHERE GOD'S WORD ( INCORRUPTIBLE SEED ) IS...."MEANT TO GROW"....WHERE HIS...."SPIRIT"....OF...."LOVE"....IS MEANT TO GROW.

ONE OF SATAN'S...."PRIME DIRECTIVES"....IS TO...."CONVINCE US"....THAT GOD'S WORD
IS....“NOT TRUEâ€Â....AND ISN'T....TRUSTWORTHY.

GUARD....HIS WORD….IN YOUR HEART....TRUST IT....MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT
ON IT....PRAY ABOUT IT....STUDY IT DILIGENTLY....BELIEVE IT....KNOW HIS
WORD AND YOU WILL KNOW....YHVH....THEN...."YOU"....WILL KNOW....THAT
YHVH's WORD....IS ALL TRUE....DON'T LET "ANYONE" TELL YOU DIFFERENTLY.

SATAN COMETH....AND TAKETH AWAY....THE WORD....THAT WAS SOWN
IN....THEIR....HEARTS!!!

Mar 4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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LISTEN CAREFULLY....

Mar 4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Mar 4:14 The sower soweth the word.
Mar 4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Mar 4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
Mar 4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
Mar 4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
Mar 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mar 4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

I PRAY THE...."HEART"....OF WHOEVER READS THESE WRITINGS....MAY BE...."GOOD GROUND"....FOR THE...."INCORRUPTABLE SEED"....OF YHVH's....HOLY....LIVING....ACTIVE....LIFE-GIVING....TRANSFORMING....WORD.
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Pro 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Pro 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.


PEACE!!!


Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.


OUR...."WHOLE DUTY"....IS....


Fear ( Reverent Awe )....of....YHVH ( God )....who does not change like the shifting shadows....and....keeping HIS COMMANDMENTS.



James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. NIV

Jam 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. KJV


WE CAN COUNT ON YHVH....TO KEEP HIS COVENANT....

CAN HE COUNT ON US?!?!?!?!?!?!?!


Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.


Mat 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

Mat 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Mat 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME....IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME....

TEACHING FOR DOCTRINES….THE COMMANDMENTS OF….MEN

( men who "tell us" that being indwelt with the HOLY SPIRIT OF THE ONE TRUE LIVING GOD….IS "INSUFFICIENT" TO "ENABLE US" TO….TURN AWAY FROM SIN….TO BE HOLY! )


Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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WE ARE CALLED TO BE HOLY!

I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. (Leviticus 11:45)

Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. (Leviticus 19:2)

Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy. (Leviticus 20:7-8)


I AM THE LORD….WHO…."MAKES"….YOU….HOLY


Gen 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD?


( can He REALLY do it?….can He really MAKE US HOLY??? )


OF COURSE HE CAN


Jer 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:


NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR THEE ( neither is….EVERYTHING! )


( all WE need to do, is to be "Found Willing" to "Truly Change" ) WILLING TO...."GIVE UP OUR SINS"....FOR THE LORD.


SIN....S E P E R A T E S....US FROM GOD.



But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy. (1 Peter 1:15-16)

Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.



God would not "tell us" to "do something" He wasn’t prepared to ENABLE us to do.

Lev 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.


HERE'S THE HEBREW DEFINITION OF....SANCTIFY

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A primitive root; to be (causatively make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally): - appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy (-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify (-ied one, self), X wholly.


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HERE'S THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION SANCTIFY


1 : to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : CONSECRATE

2 : to free from sin : PURIFY

3 a : to impart or impute sacredness, inviolability, or respect to....b : to give moral or social sanction to

4 : to make productive of holiness or piety


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BE HOLY….!

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Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.




KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS AND YOU WILL HAVE...."SPIRITUAL LIFE"...A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YHVH....OUR HEAVENLY FATHER....THROUGH CHRIST YAHU'SHUA.




Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;


SPIRITUAL DEATH!!!!!!!




Mar 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Mar 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.





ALL THE BLESSINGS AND PROMISES OF GOD "HANG" ON THE COMMANDMENTS TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL OUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND GOD GIVEN STRENGTH....TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS WE LOVE....OURSELVES.


WE MUST WALK ( AND GROW ) IN YHVH's...."SPIRIT OF LOVE"

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HOW DO MEN KNOW WHO IS TRULY IN CHRIST?


Joh 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.



HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE HIS?

1Jo 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.



IF WE....LOVE....THE BRETHREN.....WE HAVE SPIRITUAL LIFE....WE "KNOW" WE HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE.


HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER ABIDETH…..IN……DEATH!!!



Serious Stuff! It is no small thing, the COMMANDS to LOVE ( AND FORGIVE ) OTHERS. It is truly a matter of "life and death".




Luk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Luk 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.


Mar 11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.




WE "MUST" LOVE OTHERS....THE WAY GOD LOVES US....OR, WE ARE "SPIRITUALLY DEAD".

WE "MUST" FORGIVE OTHERS....LIKE GOD FORGIVES US.....OR, WE ARE "NOT FORGIVEN".




God's Word and Religious Doctrine are generally....TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORIES!!!

FOLLOWING CHRIST and RELIGION are.....TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS!!!!!




"EVERYTHING" HANGS ON WHETHER WE ARE WALKING IN YHVH'S SPIRIT OF LOVE....

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HOW DO WE...."KNOW"....WE LOVE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER???



Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.



KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS




Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.



HE THAT KEEPS MY COMMANDMENTS....LOVES ME




Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.



YE SHALL ABIDE IN MY LOVE



1Th 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.



YE HAVE...."RECEIVED"....HOW YE OUGHT TO WALK....( TO PLEASE YHVH )....even as Yahu'shua Christ walked....

THIS IS….WHAT IS REQUIRED OF US AT PRESENT…..IT SHOULD BE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS!



1 Thessalonians 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.




1Th 4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.



1Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

1Th 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor;




Mar 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?



WHAT SHALL I DO THAT I MAY....INHERIT....ETERNAL....LIFE?



Mar 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Mar 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.





YOU "KNOW" WHAT COMMANDMENTS ( there are TEN of them )




1Jo 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

1Jo 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1Jo 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1Jo 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.



WALK, EVEN AS HE ( YAHU'SHUA CHRIST ) WALKED.



Heb 4:15 For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.



YET WITHOUT SIN



1Jo 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.



WHATSOEVER WE ASK....BECAUSE....WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS!!!


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BLESSED ARE THEY....THAT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS



1Jo 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.


1Jo 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.




FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD….THAT WE...."KEEP"....HIS COMMANDMENTS

AND….


HIS COMMANDMENTS....ARE...."NOT"....GRIEVOUS...



1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.




WE SHALL OVERCOME....SIN....SATAN....AND....THE WORLD!!!




1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.



THAT IS HOW WE...."KNOW"....WE ARE...."TRULY"....BORN OF GOD'S SPIRIT....WE SINNETH NOT!!!!!




1Jo 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.



THE...."WHOLE WORLD"....LIETH IN WICKEDNESS



2Jo 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.




WALK AFTER HIS COMMANDMENTS....THIS IS LOVE....!!!




Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.



THE DRAGON ( SATAN ) WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REMNANT ( THE TRUE CHURCH ) WHICH...."KEEP"....THE COMMANDMENTS....THIS IS...."OUR BATTLE"...IN THESE LAST DAYS.



SATAN COMETH....AND TAKETH AWAY....THE WORD....THAT WAS SOWN

IN....THEIR....HEARTS!!!



DON'T LET IT...."HAPPEN"....TO YOU!!!!!!!



STUDY YHVH's WORD...AS THOUGH YOUR...."SPIRITUAL LIFE"....DEPENDS ON IT....IT DOES....!



Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.




Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.



BLESSED ARE THEY....THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS....THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT....TO THE TREE OF LIFE....YHVH. ( SPIRITUAL LIFE )



Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,




LET US LAY ASIDE....EVERY WEIGHT....AND THE SIN....AND LET US RUN WITH PATIENCE....THE RACE BEFORE US....



1Co 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.



1Co 9:27 But I keepunder my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.



I KEEPUNDER MY BODY….AND BRING IT INTO SUBJECTION




Phi 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.



Phi 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.





Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.



IN OTHER WORDS….TRY….TRY HARD….AND ASK OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR HELP!!!



RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU



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Jam 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.



1Co 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.




Jam 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.



DRAW NIGH TO GOD ( turn away from SIN )



HE….WILL…DRAW….NEAR….TO….YOU ( HE PROMISES TO )



Psa 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.


Psa 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.


Psa 145:19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.




Jam 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.




HE....SHALL....LIFT....YOU....UP




2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:



2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)




2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;



AND BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY…."EVERY THOUGHT"….TO THE OBEDIANCE OF CHRIST



James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.



Matthew 7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.



1Co 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

 

[Litebeam]

DROPS OF BLOOD

Consider well….the "Spiritual Battle" Christ Fought....against HIS EMOTIONS....IN ORDER TO....DO THE WILL OF GOD.


( THAT IS "MAINLY" HOW SATAN AND THE FALLEN ANGELS COMPLETELY CONTROL US....THROUGH OUR "NEGATIVE EMOTIONS" )


Try to imagine….the "Spiritual Onslaught" taking place, ( against Christ ) in the Garden of Gethsemane, to deter Christ from doing God's will.



Mat 26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

Mat 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Mat 26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.



Of course Yahu'shua was exceeding sorrowful....Not only was He about to take on the SINS OF THE WORLD ( He who was sinless ) HE KNEW EXACTLY THE DEGREE OF "HORRIFIC CRUELTY" HE WAS ABOUT TO FACE ( HE WAS ABOUT TO BE BEATEN BEYOND HUMAN RECOGNITION AND CRUCIFIED )


HE WAS ALSO BEING….ATTACKED RUTHLESSLY through HIS ( NEGATIVE ) EMOTIONS...


IF….HE WOULD HAVE...."ALLOWED"....HIS EMOTIONS TO...."EFFECT"....HIM, OR...."MOVE HIM AWAY"....FROM….THE WILL OF GOD....HE WOULD...."NOT"....HAVE GONE TO THE CROSS.


CHRIST IS OUR "PERFECT" EXAMPLE.


We can only "Begin to Understand" what our Lord went through, when "We Begin" to DO GOD'S WILL….AND….TURN AWAY FROM SIN.



Mat 26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.


Mat 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.



WATCH AND PRAY.…( THIS IS GOOD ADVICE FOR US, AS WELL ) THAT YE ENTER

NOT….INTO TEMPTATION....DON'T....LET YOUR GUARD DOWN…..

WATCH….AND PRAY! FLEE TEMPTATION!!!



Mat 26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.


CHRIST...."UNDERSTOOD THE BATTLE"....THAT WAS TAKING PLACE AND...."WAS NOT MOVED"....FROM....YHVH’s WILL.



Eph 6:12 For 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.



EVEN THOUGH…ALL THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS OF DARKNESS....TRIED ( VICIOUSLY ) TO KEEP CHRIST FROM DOING....YHVH's WILL....FROM SAVING US....THROUGH HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH....CHRIST....SURRENDERED TO....THE WILL OF THE FATHER....AND....


Luk 22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.


HE WAS STRENGTHENED


YET....SO GREAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL ATTACK....SO GREAT WAS THE...."NEGATIVE

EMOTIONAL FORCE"....WHICH WAS USED AGAINST HIM....TO TRY AND....TURN

HIM AWAY....FROM DOING....YHVH'S WILL....

SO GREAT WAS CHRIST'S RESISTANCE TO THE DEMONIC SPIRITUAL FORCES....


Luk 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.


HE LITERALLY….SWEAT….DROPS….OF….BLOOD!!!


SO....when we are "inclined" to "listen" to the MANY who will TRY TO TELL US that WE CAN'T STOP SINNING....when the "Voice of False Reason" ( SATAN ) tries to TURN US AWAY from BELIEVING the "Dozens and Dozens" of SCRIPTURES that tell us WE MUST OVERCOME....THAT WE MUST TURN AWAY FROM SIN


( SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD )


WHEN "WE" ARE...."ATTACKED"....THROUGH...."OUR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS"....AND SATAN AND THE FALLEN ANGELS….TRY TO...."TURN US AWAY"....FROM GOD'S WORD AND GOD'S WILL....( FROM KEEPING GOD'S COMMANDMENTS )


OR, when we just ( in our weakness ) THINK SUCH THINGS ARE...."TOO HARD"....TO DO....


REMEMBER....



Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.



WE NEED TO...."UNDERSTAND"....THE BATTLE….AND….STRIVE….TO….OVERCOME.

SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER....AND....HE WILL...SEND AN ANGEL TO STRENGTHEN....YOU!!!


Heb 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?


WE WERE "NEVER" MEANT TO DO THESE THINGS…ON OUR OWN.


WHEN WE PUT….YHVH's WILL....AHEAD OF OUR OWN....AND DESIRE TO TRULY CHANGE....TO OBEY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER....TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN....TO DRAW NEAR TO HIM THROUGH YAHU'SHUA CHRIST....BY...."TRULY"....MAKING CHRIST THE LORD OF OUR LIFE...IN ALL WAYS....


THE LORD BECOMES OUR STRENGTH....AND HE WILL...."ENABLE US"....TO OVER COME....SIN....SATAN....AND....THE WORLD.



Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Rev 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.



1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

WE MUST UNDERSTAND OUR BATTLE

Psa 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

 

[lecoop]

You guys (mostly Litebeam) are totally mixing up dispensations!

There was an age of law. Jesus came and fulfilled that.
There is a church age, which will end with the fullness of Gentiles.
There will be a dispensation of Judgement, 7 years long.
There will be a thousand year reign of Jesus.

Here are some quotes from Litebeam, with my comments:

Satan ( the son of perdition ) sitteth in "the temple of God" claiming to be GOD. Satan sits IN US!!!!!!


SATAN COMES FIRST IMPERSONATING CHRIST!!!!!!!

Sorry, but this is not referring to us. There will be another literal temple, in Jerusalem. John is told to measure it, in Rev. Chapter 11. We will not be here then, as the rapture will have removed the church from the earth by that time.

Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.


Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.



THE DEVIL IS COME DOWN UNTO YOU…..!!!....and his angels....the FALLEN angels.

Sorry again, but you have the timing mixed up here. This event, where Satan gets kicked out of the heavenlies, will take place at the midpoint of the 70th week of Daniel. Again, the church will have been raptured about 3 1/2 years before this. (The great crowd without number. Rev. 7) However, Satan will come down to all those that will turn to God after the middle of the week, and after the abomination event. He will persecute and put to death most of these.

Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand



IN "THE HOLY PLACE"....( IN GOD'S TEMPLE )....IN....US!!!!!!

Nope! Sorry! "Us" will not be here! Jesus is speaking of an event that will take place in the middle of the week, dividing the week into two each, 3 1/2 year periods. There will be believers, for many will turn to God during the week. I believe that those that turn to God during the first 3 1/2 years will become members of the body of Christ, the church. The church age will close at the 7th trumpet, marked the exact midpoint of the week. Any that turn to God after this point, will either be put to death by the antichrist, or will become members of the milennial reign.

Satan and the fallen angels WILL BE MOST CONVINCING!

ALL THAT DWELL UPON THE EARTH SHALL "WORSHIP" HIM....did you catch that?....WORSHIP.....SATAN!!!!!!


W O R S H I P ! ! ! ! ! !

True, but again, it won't be "us!" Yes, Satan will indwell the beast (antichrist) just as he did Judas. The great persecution (tribulation) spoken of by Jesus will take place on earth, after the abomination event, when the beast goes into the temple and declares that he is God, and should be worshiped. Yes, most of the world will worship the beast (and Satan in the beast)! But there will still be folks that turn to God. They will either be put to death, by loosing their head, or will survive and enter the kingdom.

There is something MORE going on here than "most" are willing to consider!


Most ( nearly all ) of the world is already "deceived"....about MANY THINGS....we are talking about a transition from deception, to WORSHIP!!!


ALL....THAT....DWELL....UPON....THE....EARTH....SH ALL....WORSHIP....HIM....( SATAN )

This is an all that does not mean 100%. For God also shows us that there will be a few believers. There will be three angels that cover the planet, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, right at the midpoint, warning people not to take the mark of the beast, and telling each human in his or her own language, that they should worship God. A few will believe.

EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST....AND SATAN BE REVEALED....IN US!!!!!! BECAUSE....THE WHOLE WORLD IS WORSHIPING....THE FALSE CHRIST!!!!!!

NO! The "falling away" used to be translated as a departure! Paul was referring to the rapture of the church! When we are gone, then the antichrist will be revealed.

Who are "the very few"??? They are the...."first fruits" unto God!!!


Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

How could you mix this up so thoroughly? I am not a Jew, nor a member of any tribe of Israel! Probably you are not either! These 144,000 will be from Israel, and will be the first fruits unto God of Israel! They will be sealed for their protection during the first half of the week, during the trumpet judgements; then will be raptured to heaven.

THEY ( the very few ) ARE SEALED....THROUGH HIS WORD….BY HIS SPIRIT…..WITH HIS NAME!!!

the 144,000 are sealed. This seal will probably NOT be recognizable to humans.


Comments by Coop

 

[Litebeam]

lecoop

Hi.

Thank you for responding.

I am sure most of us who STUDY GOD'S WORD WITH ALL OUR HEART and SOUL would agree that these are EXTEMELY COMPLEX MATTERS and CONCEPTS which are being EXAMINED, STUDIED and DISCUSSED.

Those who obey God and humbly seek HIS WISDOM are always learning about these deep matters pertaining to God's Word and Wisdom.

It is FAR EASIER to "say" that I have things "mixed up" than it is to EXAMINE CAREFULLY the MANY IMPORTANT and COMPLEX MATTERS which I have presented in these writings, so far.



It was NEVER my intent to so much as even TRY to convince YOU or anyone else that these MATTERS are TRUTH. Only GOD can "convince" anyone that these things are true.

I am "sharing freely" what I have learned after Many Years of humble study of God's word, as well as being led and taught by His Holy Spirit.

I have NO doubt, that those who are "truly" seeking God's Wisdom with ALL their Heart and Soul....will Examine CAREFULLY what I have DECLARED. I am referring to THE VERY FEW...

MOST will TRY ( very hard ) to FIND a REASON, or REASONS, to DISMISS and REJECT....EVERYTHING....I HAVE SAID.





THERE IS NO RAPTURE...and I REALLY don't wish to get in a discusion about that...there are PLENTY of convoluted, revolving, dicussions and arguments about that topic already.


Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.





KNOW YE NOT...THAT YE ARE THE TEMPLE???


1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?




SATAN WILL BE CAST TO EARTH AND WILL IMPERSONATE CHRIST....( THE FINAL END TIMES DELUSION )....THE...."WHOLE"....WORLD....WILL FALL FOR IT....all except the 144,000 who are sealed with God's Word and Truth. ( 12,000 from each of the tribes of Israel )



Rev. 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

ONLY....THE....144,000 "firstfruits" UNTO GOD and TO THE LAMB....WHO....KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND THE 7000 ELECT....WILL FIND THEIR NAMES WRITTEN IN....THE BOOK OF LIFE OF THE LAMB.

( I think when you said 3 angels that you were referring to the 4 angels in Rev 7:1.....if I'm wrong please correct me )

Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

THEY ( the 144,000 ) ARE SEALED....THROUGH HIS WORD….BY HIS SPIRIT…..WITH HIS NAME!!!


Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.



Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.


Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

HERE ARE THEY THAT...."KEEP"....THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD

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Mar 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?


WHAT SHALL I DO THAT I MAY....INHERIT....ETERNAL....LIFE?

Mar 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mar 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.

YOU KNOW....THE COMMANDMENTS ( there are TEN of them )



Only the 144,000 will "respond" to the CALL TO BE HOLY...that is given by YHVH ( God's ) 7000 Elect in these last days and will TRULY be REBORN of GOD's SPIRIT.....THE REST OF THE HUMAN RACE....WILL....WORSHIP.....SATAN. The VAST MAJORITY of the "PROFESSING"....RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....ARE..."DECEIVED BY SATAN"....THEY BELIEVE ( foolishly ) THAT THEY CAN...."KEEP THEIR SINS" and STILL HAVE....SPIRITUAL LIFE.


Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;


SPIRITUAL DEATH!!!!!






WE ARE CALLED TO BE HOLY


2Ti 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,



Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits.



1Jo 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.


1Jo 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God



WE MUST....OVER COME....SIN and SATAN!!!



Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:


WITHOUT HOLINESS....NO MAN....SHALL SEE THE LORD ( could it BE Any clearer? )




Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.


KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS!!! (could it BE any clearer? )


The reciprocal is ALSO TRUE....IF WE....DON'T....KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS...THEN....WE....DON'T....LOVE CHRIST....( regardless of any EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE WE MAY BE HAVING )




Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.


Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love


Joh 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.



CHRIST SAID...IF YOU....LOVE ME....KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS....

HE THAT LOVETH ME NOT.....KEEPETH NOT MY SAYINGS!!!


CRYSTAL CLEAR....for those who have ears to hear!

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Here is a "short study" on WHO Israel really is....


Israel’s Migrations

What happened to the Israelites who were taken captive by the Assyrians? The Bible tells us that they were settled near the River Gozan and in the cities of the Medes. Gozan was a tributary of the northern Euphrates River. The cities of the Medes were in the area just south of Armenia, between the Black and Caspian Seas.

The apocryphal book of 2 Esdras, written a century or so prior to the time of Christ, records the tradition that had been preserved among the Jews. "Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land… and he [Shalmaneser] carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land. But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt… And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow passages of the river" (13:40–43).

To say that the migrating Israelites followed the "narrow passages of the river" simply means that they went northward through the narrow mountain passes of the headwaters of the Euphrates. This took them north of the Caucasus Mountains and on to the northern shore of the Black Sea. This is exactly where history places the Cimmerians, who later traveled up the Danube and Rhine River basins into northwestern Europe.

The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel ARE the Caucasian People.


12,000 from each tribe will be SEALED....



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Lets take just ONE SCRIPTURE and EXAMINE what is...."REALLY"....TRANSPIRING.



CHRIST said....


Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.



THERE IT IS...."KEEP"...."MY"....COMMANDMENTS....OR....YOU...."DON'T"....LOVE ME.


NOW....it...."SHOULD"....BE...."OBVIOUS"...that....IF WE...."TRULY"....LOVE CHRIST....WE WILL...."KEEP"...HIS COMMANDMENTS....SHOULDN'T IT???


OF COURSE IT SHOULD...IT...."REALLY SHOULD"....BUT....IT'S....NOT....THAT....SIMPLE!!!


SATAN....THE...."god"...OF THIS WORLD....HAS...."BLINDED US"....TO THE DEGREE THAT....THOSE WHO DO....NOT AGREE ....THAT WE ARE CALLED TO....BE HOLY....and....KEEP....GOD'S COMMANDMENTS....WILL....HAVE ....A...."NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE"....WHEN DIRECTLY...."CONFRONTED"...WITH THIS...."HARD TEACHING"....

THAT IS HOW....SATAN and the fallen angels COMPLETELY CONTROL....VIRTUALLY....THE WHOLE WORLD...THROUGH OUR....NEGATIVE EMOTIONS.



2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.



LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE!!!


WHAT DOES IT SAY??? ( KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS )


I DIDN'T SAY IT...DID I?


GOD'S WORD SAYS IT....RIGHT???


IT SAYS....( NO WAIT ).....C H R I S T....SAYS....


IF....YOU....LOVE ME...."KEEP"...."MY"....COMMANDMENTS!!!


THAT IS WHAT....CHRIST SAYS....RIGHT?


I DIDN'T...."TWIST"....A N Y T H I N G....GOD'S WORD ( CHRIST ) SAYS...."KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS".....OR....YOU....DON'T....LOVE....CHRIST.



GUESS WHAT...."HAPPENS"....NEXT??? ( when we're FORCED to EXAMINE such SCRIPTURES )



The Vast Majority of the "Professing" Religious Christian World...."WILL"....HAVE....an...."EMOTIONAL RESPONSE"....( not might have.....WILL have )


THEY...."WILL"....BE...."IMMEDIATELY"...."LED AWAY"....FROM THE...."TRUTH"....OF GOD'S WORD....BY SATAN....and the FALLEN ANGELS.....BY....THEIR...."NEGATIVE"...."EMOTIONAL"...."RESPONSE".



It is FAR easier to become...angry, or bitter than it is to HUMBLY....EXAMINE or RE-EXAMINE all the scriptures I have provided and the extensive writing I have posted....it is SO MUCH EASIER in fact...that MOST ( virtually everyone ) will DO EXACTLY THAT....they WILL become OFFENDED rather than CAREFULLY and DILIGENTLY....EXAMINE....THE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE I have provided.




1Jo 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.


WE...."KNOW"....WHOEVER IS BORN OF GOD....SINNETH NOT!!!!!

WE KNOW!!!

COULD IT...."BE"....ANY CLEARER???



It is....ONLY...."TRUE FAITH"....( The GIFT of GOD ) that leads to OBEDIENCE to GOD and a DESIRE to...."TRULY"....TURN AWAY FROM SIN....( that GOD uses to ENABLE US to KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS ) that is COUNTED as RIGHTEOUSNESS.....not the LUKE WARM Type of Faith, demonstrated by the Vast Majority of the Professing Christian World...who REFUSE to GIVE UP THEIR SINS.


As SOON as we....HUMBLY...."BEGIN"....to...."AGREE"....with GOD'S WORD...THE STRUGGLE ENDS!!!!


Instead of...."PREFERRING TO BELIEVE"....RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE....THE TEACHINGS OF MEN....and....SATAN'S LIES that CONVINCE...."MOST OF US" ( rather easily ) that we can KEEP OUR SINS and STILL HAVE....SPIRITUAL LIFE.....as the Vast Majority of the Religious Christian World FOOLISHLY...."BELIEVES"


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Rev 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.


And, what is the significance of this measuring? God's measuring demonstrates His dominion over His property.

Isa 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?


Isa 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:



Luk 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

Luk 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

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Much of The Book of Revelation is taking place on a SPIRITUAL LEVEL that we are NOT YET able to perceive, or comprehend.


All serious students of God’s Word know how complex these concepts are to TRULY understand….there are "some things" revealed to each of us who study, with ALL our heart and soul.


MANY things which are being described, are transpiring, or already having done so, ARE NOT SEEN BY OUR EYES OF FLESH….even though they may be happening in our world and all around us, as the battle between Satan and His fallen angels….and Yahu’shua Christ and His Holy Angels….RAGES ALL AROUND US. AS WELL AS…..IN US!!!

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TRUE BELIEVERS will NOT be FOOLED by Satan's impersonation of Christ in the final Endtimes Delusion about to take place. Those who obey God and study His Word diligently with a humble, teachable heart will KNOW BETTER....as I have declared.

The battle with the flesh is indeed paramount and must lead to OVERCOMING....

WE MUST OVERCOME....SIN....SATAN....AND THE WORLD....if we are not Over Comers, we are NOT....IN CHRIST. It is only THE VERY FEW who TURN AWAY FROM SIN as GOD "ENABLES THEM" TO DO who ARE....TRUE BELIEVERS.

The truth is....there are not very many TRUE CHRISTIANS....THEY WERE NEVER IN CHRIST....they DISAGREE with GOD'S WORD on MANY subjects....they are DECEIVED by our adversary....SATAN.

Many will fall to Satan ( a defeated foe ) in these last days...because....they don't KNOW their Bibles!

Only "the very few" who have TURNED AWAY FROM SIN....OBEY GOD....BELIEVE HIS WORD....and OVERCOME....SIN SATAN AND THE WORLD will find their names written in the Lambs book of life.

Those whose names ARE written in the Lambs book of life will NOT worship Satan. It is a question of WHO ARE THE TRUE BELIEVERS whose names are there written.
It doesn't matter what we BELIEVE unless it lines up "perfectly" with God's word. I have spelled it out plainly in the original post....it is ONLY THE VERY FEW who OVERCOME...SIN SATAN and THE WORLD.

THEY ARE....THE FIRST FRUITS UNTO GOD....!


THE REST are in the PROCESS of COMPLETEING THEIR SINS and tend to get very evasive, or bitter when confronted with this hard teaching.
THIS is who I am referring to when I said Satan is revealed...."in us"....the Vast Majority ( nearly all of the human race ) and ESPECIALLY the "professing Christians" who wish to KEEP THEIR SINS.....


NOT....THE...."TRUE BELIEVERS"....WHO OVERCOME....SIN and SATAN.

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The...."Falling Away".... in....2Th 2:... is referring to the Greek word APOSTASIA....and if we LOOK UP the MEANING....WE FIND....


apostasia
ap-os-tas-ee'-ah
Feminine of the same as G647; defection from truth (properly the state), (“apostasyâ€Â): - falling away, forsake.



NOTICE.....( APOSTASY )




Here are a couple of dictionary defineitions for APOSTASY....

Apostasy
1 : renunciation of a religious faith
2 : abandonment of a previous loyalty :


IT IS A...."DEPATURE"....ALL RIGHT...!

IT IS A DEPATURE....FROM CHRIST....AND....TOTAL...."WORSHIP"....OF SATAN...WHO DECEIVES....THE...."WHOLE"....WORLD!!!


Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.



THE WHOLE WORLD....except for those who are SEALED with God's Name....Through his Word of Truth and by his Holy Spirit.


Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.


They ( the 144,000 ) do not fall for the "false doctrine" perpetrated by the "women" or "church".


THEY ( the 144,000 ) ARE....THE...."FIRSTFRUITS"....UNTO GOD and TO THE LAMB....WHO WERE...."REDEEMED"....FROM AMONG MEN!!!



THEY..."KEEP"....GOD'S COMMANDMENTS!!!



WHEN CHRIST RETURNS....THE WICKED....WILL BE...DESTROYED


2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


BECAUSE....THEY RECEIVED NOT....THE LOVE OF....THE TRUTH!!!

 

[lecoop]

Sorry, but I started at the bottom.


Lightbeam said

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.



THE WHOLE WORLD....except for those who are SEALED with God's Name....Through his Word of Truth and by his Holy Spirit.


Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.


They ( the 144,000 ) do not fall for the "false doctrine" perpetrated by the "women" or "church".


THEY ( the 144,000 ) ARE....THE...."FIRSTFRUITS"....UNTO GOD and TO THE LAMB....WHO WERE...."REDEEMED"....FROM AMONG MEN!!!

To accurately decide who is the whole world here, we must know when the great dragon was cast out of the heavenlies. John shows us that this happens right at the midpoint of the 70th week.

Therefore, it will not be the church that is deceived, for the church will have been raptured for about 3 1/2 years. After the rapture, millions will turn to God, and will also become part of the church, and all or most of them will not be deceived, for they are born again. I have no verse to prove it, but I suspect that these also, will be raptured at the midpoint of the week, probably with the 144,000 that will be raptured to heaven. Therefore, at the time that Satan is cast out of heaven, there will be no believers on earth.

However, also at the midpoint, three angels will preach warnings to every human on the earth. Here is some of what they will say:

Rev 14
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Two other angels follow this one, with different messages. We can suspect that many will turn to God after hearing these messages from the angels. I will be unlikely that they will be deceived either. If they survive the 70th week, then they will be judged at the sheep/goat judgement. If they pass this, then they will enter the milennial kingdom.

The rest of mankind will either be deceived, or will with full knowledge follow Satan.

If you have some disagreements with the above, let's discuss it.

Therefore it is not the whole world, less those that are sealed. They "do not fall for the "false doctrine" perpetrated by the "women" or "church" " because first, the church is gone to heaven, and second, they, the 144,000 are gone to heaven when the beast starts on the warpath against the saints.


Lightbeam said

Those whose names ARE written in the Lambs book of life will NOT worship Satan. It is a question of WHO ARE THE TRUE BELIEVERS whose names are there written.
It doesn't matter what we BELIEVE unless it lines up "perfectly" with God's word. I have spelled it out plainly in the original post....it is ONLY THE VERY FEW who OVERCOME...SIN SATAN and THE WORLD.

THEY ARE....THE FIRST FRUITS UNTO GOD....!


THE REST are in the PROCESS of COMPLETEING THEIR SINS and tend to get very evasive, or bitter when confronted with this hard teaching.
THIS is who I am referring to when I said Satan is revealed...."in us"....the Vast Majority ( nearly all of the human race ) and ESPECIALLY the "professing Christians" who wish to KEEP THEIR SINS.....


NOT....THE...."TRUE BELIEVERS"....WHO OVERCOME....SIN and SATAN.

In a way, you are right, for it will be a question of who are true believers. However, that question will be answered at the rapture of the church, which will take place before the 70th week even starts. This does line up "perfectly" with God's word. John saw the raptured church (Rev 7) in heaven, just before the week starts. Again, if you disagree, where is your point of disagreement?

Next, there is one select group only that are called firstfruits: that is the 144,000. Sorry, but that is not us! Are you saying that only 144,000 will be raptured? The correct teaching is not hard! We get out of here, before the week starts! What is hard about that? Btw, is the great crowd without number, only 144,000? I leave that question for you to ponder...

I agree with you on this also: it will be the overcomers that are raptured. Many born again people today, want to keep their sins. They are not "looking for" that blessed hope!

Lightbeam said

The truth is....there are not very many TRUE CHRISTIANS....THEY WERE NEVER IN CHRIST....they DISAGREE with GOD'S WORD on MANY subjects....they are DECEIVED by our adversary....SATAN.

This does not make sense: "true Christians" are those that have been born again, or born of the spirit. They have been made "new creatures in Christ." They are been baptized into the body of Christ. Therefore, they are most definitely "in Christ." However, some of these "in Christ," are deceived by sin. Will that sin put them in hell? No, for Jesus died for that sin, and took it away. God is not accounting that sin to them. However, if they are not looking for His coming, they will be left behind, and will have to suffer through some of the 70th week.

Lightbeam said

Much of The Book of Revelation is taking place on a SPIRITUAL LEVEL that we are NOT YET able to perceive, or comprehend.

Lightbeam, much of the book of REvelation is still future to us, and is not taking place anywhere, for it is still future. We are now waiting on the 6th seal, and the rapture of the church. Anything past that in Revelation is future. Do you not believe this?

What verses do you find against a real temple, and John measuring a real temple? Why do these things have to be "spiritualized away? Ezekiel tells us there will be another temple, and this verse in Revelation proves it. How could the beast walk into anything BUT a real temple, and set up his image? How could the beast walk into anything but a real temple, and defile it as Antiochus did? I "agree" with this just as it is written. I believe there will be a temple. The Jews are all ready to build it. They have the red heifers ready for sacrifice. They have the priestly robes all ready. Soon, they will build the temple. Believe it!

By the way, the ten lost tribes are finding their way back to Israel. Have you not read about the group from India?


Lightbeam said

WHAT SHALL I DO THAT I MAY....INHERIT....ETERNAL....LIFE?

Mar 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mar 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.

YOU KNOW....THE COMMANDMENTS ( there are TEN of them )



Only the 144,000 will "respond" to the CALL TO BE HOLY...that is given by YHVH ( God's ) 7000 Elect in these last days and will TRULY be REBORN of GOD's SPIRIT.....THE REST OF THE HUMAN RACE....WILL....WORSHIP.....SATAN. The VAST MAJORITY of the "PROFESSING"....RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN WORLD....ARE..."DECEIVED BY SATAN"....THEY BELIEVE ( foolishly ) THAT THEY CAN...."KEEP THEIR SINS" and STILL HAVE....SPIRITUAL LIFE.


Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;


SPIRITUAL DEATH!!!!!

Lightbeam, I cannot believe what you are writing! Did you not read that the law was nailed to the cross for us? Did you not read:

2 Corinthians 5:19
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

The 10 commandments do not exist for born again people. It was nailed to His cross. God is not imputing our trespasses. When we get born again, we pass from death unto life. Surely you believe this?



I will leave the rest, for I am sure you will find something here to discuss.

Coop