THE GREAT COMMISSION DECEPTION

The great commission is a title, given by man, to what were probably the last instructions that Lord Jesus gave to His remaining eleven apostles.

Matthew 28:¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. ¹⁷ When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Mark 16:¹⁴ Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

We know that Lord Jesus had more than eleven followers, but, for some reason He chose to give these instructions to only the eleven. What makes us think that He intended for the rest of His followers to co-op these instructions later.

We think this way because we’ve been taught to by men, who for centuries have taught the saints that this “great commission” is the all-important mission of the Church of Jesus Christ. All over the world they cry: “help us win the world for Christ”; “help us fulfill the great commission”. Why would anyone question this? After all, what could be more important than getting people saved?

The importance of people getting saved is not where the deception is. Part of the deception is the ignoring of the fact that these instructions were given to the apostles and it WAS the apostles who fulfillED it. That’s right saints, the so-called “great commission” was fulfilled during the lifetime of the men who were instructed to do it.

Colossians 1:²¹ Once you gentiles were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. ²² But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— ²³ if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,

Yes saints, imagine my surprise when Father opened these verses to me. So, I had to let Father be true and every man a liar.

Another part of the deception is that because so much emphasis has been placed on “winning the world for Christ”, it has caused saints to abandon Father’s most valuable and effective evangelism tool, which is the LOVE LIFESTYLE OF SAINTS as the Holy Spirit so beautifully displayed for us in Acts 2 and 4.

Acts 2:⁴¹ Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
⁴² And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
⁴³ Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
⁴⁴ Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common,
⁴⁵ and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.
⁴⁶ So continuing daily with one accord in the temple court, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Acts 4:³² Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
³³ And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.
³⁴ Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
³⁵ and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

The LOVE LIFESTYLE OF SAINTS allowed Father to draw and add to the Body of Christ on a daily basis. Absolutely nothing that man has replaced it with has even come close.

The worst deception of all is that trying to fulfill the “great commission” has allowed saints to feel good about themselves while being oblivious to the fact that they have destroyed the testimony of our loving Savior, which is the LOVE LIFESTYLE.

John 13:³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
³⁵ By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

1 Peter 1:²² You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.

1 John 3: ²³ And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.

These are just three of the many “love one another” Scriptures. Why do so many saints think that showing Christ’s love to the lost is where the emphasis should be instead of where Lord Jesus said He wanted it to be? Do we know better than He? This also is deception.

Some saints think that every thought that they get is from the Lord. If they implement the idea and get some results, they’re sure it was the Lord so they keep doing it and start teaching others to do it. The truth is that it wasn’t the Lord at all but the flesh. The end results were Father honoring His Word. It had nothing to do with Him giving the idea.

Father does not accept “the end justifies the means”. Anything that we do, we can brag about. Father will have none of that from any of us. Only what we allow Him to do through us will count for eternity and all glory to Him. If we do anything other than the way Father says, there are no eternal rewards regardless of the outcome.

It doesn’t seem to bother saints at all, that they do practically everything, just like the world. There is a saying; “imitation is the greatest form of flattery”. Don’t forget saints, we have an enemy who thrives on deceiving us.

STOP MAKING EXCUSES

“The LORD our God has secrets that He has not revealed to anyone. We are not accountable for them, but we who know Him are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us. We are responsible to be doers of all of His instructions and not deceiving ourselves by being just hearers. Deut. 29:29 and James 1:22

It is amazing how much time and energy some saints spend on trying to get knowledge that doesn’t do anything for spiritual growth; knowledge that does absolutely nothing to make us more like our Lord Jesus.

Knowledge that the Holy Spirit can use to make more and more of Christ show through us while our humanness shows less and less, just don’t seem to be as interesting to many of us.

Knowledge that the Holy Spirit can use to help us think like our Lord thinks; to help us come to the place where we want to please the Father ONLY and not ourselves; to help us lose the obvious love that many have for this world system and it’s things of fleshly appeal.

The Heart’s desire of our gracious, loving and patient heavenly Father, NOT being fulfilled, such as: Unity of the faith; Oneness of heart, soul and mind; the Love Lifestyle that shows the world that we belong to Him; and the power of our God and Father, through His Holy Spirit in us, to defeat and overcome the flesh and the Devil – all seem to be OK with modern day Christians who act religious, but reject the power of the Holy Spirit that can make them truly Christ-like.

They come up with all kinds of human reasons and excuses as to why our ALL Powerful God and Father can’t achieve these things in us today. This brings shame to the Name of Jesus: the Name that is above All Names and the Name to which every knee will bow.

Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Mar 7:6

Change your mind about your love for this world and the things that are in it! Stop making excuses and pray “not my will Lord, but Yours be done!” Return to your first Love.

THE PROBLEM

The gross misrepresentation of Lord Jesus in so-called ‘Christianity’ today can be traced to hundreds of years of wrong teaching by false and misguided teachers who misuse the Word of God for selfish ambition and dishonest gain. It is also the result of hard hearted, hard headed, unbelieving, flesh controlled and self-seeking saints, who have fallen in love with this present world and the things that it offers.

To correct the problem, Father’s true teachers need to repent of their unfaithfulness; allow themselves to be filled with Father’s Holy Spirit; come out of hiding; and teach Father’s rightly divided Word with boldness. That means, teaching the whole counsel of God without any selfish motives or ambition; holding back nothing nor adding anything to it, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Father also wants His true saints to repent of our unbelief that has led to our gross unfaithfulness. We need to allow Father’s Holy Spirit to soften our hardened hearts (by whatever means) so that He can again get rid of all the filth and evil in our lives. Only then can we humbly accept the Life changing Word of faith that Father has planted in our hearts; for it alone has the power to save our souls. Therefore, we cannot just listen to Father’s Word; we must also do what it says (by the power of the Holy Spirit, of course). Otherwise, we are only fooling ourselves. (James 1:21-22)

Father’s Holy Spirit started warning us in the first century that just as there had been  false prophets among the people, there would be false teachers among us. Notice how the Holy Spirit went from “false prophets” to “false teachers”. He knew that the Scriptures would be completed and that type of prophet would be no more. (2 Peter 2:1)

We have the prophetic Word of God (the Scriptures) which has been confirmed and completed; and we must pay utmost attention to what is written. The Word of God alone is what the Holy Spirit uses to light our way in this world of darkness. Therefore, everything that is taught MUST agree with what is written. Father’s Word came from His Holy Spirit, not from man. Father’s Word is revealed to us by His Holy Spirit, not by educated man’s interpretation. (2 Peter 1:19-21)

IT IS CRITICAL, that true saints of God; the true Body of Christ realize that most of our Covenant Word was written to us saints; not to so-called gifted leaders of saints with special anointing. As such, each and every one of us is individually responsible to read, study, hear, receive, trust and obey all that is written to us.

IT IS ALSO CRITICAL, that true saints of God; the true Body of Christ realize that regardless of the human mouth pieces, Father’s Holy Spirit is the ONLY teacher of Scripture and the ONLY leader of saints. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. (Rom 8:14)

The Anointing (which is the Holy Spirit), which all of us have received from Father, lives permanently inside each of us; such that, we have no need that anyone should teach us. The Holy Spirit teaches us the Truth about everything, with no lies mixed in. For this reason, we must never depart from Lord Jesus; but remain in close fellowship with Him, just as His Holy Spirit teaches us to do. We must still search the Scriptures to see if what the ‘mouth piece’ said is what the Scriptures actually said. We must learn to look past the human mouth piece to discern if the Holy Spirit is speaking through them. (1 John 2:27)

Father showed us, through our brother Peter, that even those of us who are called, chosen and belong to Him, can speak by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 16:17) and by Satan (Matthew 16:23).

For this reason brothers and sisters in Christ, we cannot simply believe everyone who claims to speak by the Holy Spirit every time they claim to be speaking by the Holy Spirit. We must test them to see if the spirit that is speaking through them is from Father or Satan. There are many false teachers and prophets in the world and there are many saints who sometimes let their satanic flesh get the best of them. (1 John 4:1)

And now, true saints of God, remain in loyal fellowship with the Living Word, our Lord Jesus, so that when He returns, we may have perfect confidence and not be ashamed at His coming. (1 John 2:28)

Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus.

CLEVERLY DONE!

 

{{Twas the month before Christmas, When all through our land, Not a Christian was praying Nor taking a stand.
Why the PC Police had taken away The reason for Christmas – no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people’s feelings, the teachers would say; December 25th is just a ‘ Holiday’.
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit; Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it! CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-Pod; Something was changing, something quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa, In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets were hanging their trees upside down; At Lowe’s the word Christmas – was nowhere to be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny’s and Sears, You won’t hear the word Christmas; it won’t touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty Are words that were used to intimidate me.
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter; To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith; Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace.
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded; The reason for the season, stopped before it started.
So as you celebrate ‘Winter Break’ under your ‘Dream Tree’; Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say; Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!Please, all Christians join together and wish everyone you meet MERRY CHRISTMAS. Christ is The Reason’ for the Christ-mas Season!}}  

 

 Cleverly done is exactly right and I might add, cute too! BUT, is this ‘plea’ coming from our God and Father? Is this what Father wants us to be occupied with, when He knows that this celebration is the work of Satan from its beginning? Google it saints! Christmas is not that old. Even in America, there was a time when it was against the law to sing Christmas carols.

 

 Satan knows the true state of the Body of Christ better than most, if not all, Christians. Satan knows that his trickery has made the Body of Christ a greater testimony to his world and its ways than it does to The Christ they claim to know and love. Satan’s trickery has also made saints of God better ambassadors of Earth than of Heaven.

 

 On the other hand, most professing Christians are in total ignorance; thinking that they are doing exactly what Father wants them to do. Sadly, too many of those who profess to know Lord Jesus do not possess Him, which makes their ignorance understandable.

 

 Even more sadly, far too many saints who do possess Lord Jesus are still “milk of the Word” sucking babies, who don’t know the Holy Spirit from emotion.

 

They are oblivious to the exceeding deceitfulness and desperate wickedness of the satanic human nature within them.

 

 They are just as oblivious to the power of Father’s Holy Spirit within them to overcome their satanic human nature. So, they quench and grieve Father’s Holy Spirit every day.

 

 They think and say that their trust is in Lord Jesus, but, their actions, loyalty and devotion says that their trust is in themselves and the man they call “pastor” or some other prideful title; and their devotion and loyalty is to ‘the man’ and the religious organized business that he oversees.

 

 It amazes me, how many of us are willing to receive and pass on cleverly written sayings in email, that do little to nothing for the purposes of God our Father; even to the point of making people feel guilty if they don’t pass it on.

 

 I wonder how many of these same saints would be willing to  write to other saints  and urgently ask and exhort them to urgently contend for and defend our faith, which was once for all handed down to the foundation saints of old.

 

Surely, it does not take a genius or deep thinker, to see that “church” today looks absolutely nothing like “church” in the Bible; neither does the saints of God today look anything like New Covenant saints in the Bible.

 

 Is this not a greater cause worthy of fighting for?

 

After The 2012 Election

Now that the false prophets have been exposed, who said that Father showed them a different result for this election, let’s get on with Father’s true business of edification and reconciliation, which all of us are responsible to the Spirit for.

The United States of America is not the Body of Christ and is not subject to Father’s commands as we saints are. Evil seducers in America, as well as everywhere else in the world are getting worse and worse; deceiving and being deceived, just as Father’s Word said that they would. His Word cannot fail.

We need to stop praying for Father to violate His Word by praying for Him to fix this country so that saints can continue to enjoy their little heaven on Earth. Instead, we need to pray for Him to fix the hardened heart of saints who have fallen in love with this world; saints whose flesh is firmly in control of their thinking, their actions and their lifestyle; saints in whom the Holy Spirit is grieved and quenched every day; saints whose devotion to man and his doctrines far exceeds their devotion to Lord Jesus and His Written Word.

We need to stop thinking like the world. We need to stop acting like the world. We need to stop looking like the world. We need to stop caring about and desiring what this world has to offer.  All of these things prove that our evil human nature and the world have a greater hold on us than Father’s Holy Spirit; that we’ve left our first love and forgotten that we were delivered from our old sins.

Instead, we need to make a conscious decision to totally submit to Father’s Holy Spirit and study Father’s Holy Word so that He can change the way we think, act and look; so that He can enable us to care and desire things of Heaven instead of things of Earth. Father wants us to come out from the world and be separate. In many instances, that will mean intentional, literal and physically moving on the part of many. Father will lead many to intentional community so that those ‘coming out’ will have a place to come out to. Many others will have churches in their homes and some will remain where they are located physically but live a very ‘unearthly lifestyle’ compared to their neighbors.

True men of God will return to living by faith; living off whatever Father provides from saints to whom they minister. They will also go from house to house, city to city and state to state. Every brother will come to fellowship ready and available to the Holy Spirit for ministry of the Word. The Central place of spiritual growth and worship will return to the father and family at home. Saints will finally know that worshiping in Spirit and in Truth is worshiping wherever they are and in whatever they’re doing to the glory of Father; not some particular building that man wants to call ‘the house of God’. Saints are God’s house. Saints are God’s building.

Father wants to remind us that we have only One Shepard and we are one fold. He still wants there to be no divisions among us at all. He wants those in whom His Spirit lives to come out of the divisions and be One Body with One Mind and One Purpose in answer to the prayer of our Lord Jesus. He wants each of us to recognize His Spirit in each other without seeing one above another regardless of gift. He still wants the world to see the love lifestyle that oneness of mind and purpose of heart produces by the power of His Holy Spirit.

Father wants us to voluntarily do these things because we love Him and want to please Him above all else. If we would judge ourselves, we will not be judged. But, If His Spirit is in us, and we don’t judge ourselves, we leave Father no choice but to bring His rod of chastisement in full force upon us: the true House of God where judgment must begin.

If this is indeed the Father’s call, those who are His sheep will hear His voice. Some saints with ‘good ground’ hearts will obey immediately. Other saints will harden their hearts and wait for His judgment.  The religious unbelievers will remain in the organized religious business institutions; thinking they’re right and you’re wrong, not knowing that they are still in their sins.

Blessed be the Name of Jesus to which every knee shall bow.

PERSPECTIVE

Our understanding of pretty much everything depends on the perspective from which we view it.

Having a right perspective will usually lead to a right understanding. The opposite is also true.

As humans, we can only have one perspective about everything and that is our own personal, intellectual and usually selfish perspective.

As born again Christians, we have the opportunity to see our God and Father’s perspective also. This is because our God and Father has deposited His Holy Spirit into us and we’re no longer merely human. The Creator of the Universe lives inside.

As born again Christians, we now have this war going on inside of us, between our human nature and the Holy Spirit. Our human nature is fighting to keep control of our minds and the Holy Spirit is fighting to win control of our minds. Whichever one is in control at any given moment will determine our perspective of whatever we’re face with.

As born again Christians, our HEART’S DESIRE should be for our Savior’s Holy Spirit to be in control  at all times, so that our perspectives are always Father’s perspectives,  This is what it means to be Spirit filled and Spirit led.

Father’s foundational perspective of saints is that He bought us with the blood of His Son; our Lord Jesus and we no longer belong to ourselves or the devil. We are His to do with as He chooses. He can allow anything into our lives that serve His purposes and / or brings Him glory. He owns us wholly: spirit, soul, body and mind. We have absolutely no rights at all to claim or demand, except what He gives us.

The reason that there is such a colossal mess among saints today is because Father’s foundational perspective has been set aside or rejected. This is why so many saints fail to understand Father’s command to: “love Him with ALL your heart, soul, mind and body”; “whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do ALL to His glory”; “in everything give thanks”; “give thanks always for ALL things”; and “ALL things work together for good, to those who love Father and are called for His purposes”.

Too many saints have allowed our evil, wicked, mean and deceitful human nature, to trick us into accepting a religious form of godliness that denies the power of Father to enable us to live the life of Christ Jesus our Lord in the Earth. That deceitful human nature has too many saints thinking that the greatest display of Father’s power is miracles, signs and wonders; that the life of Christ that we’re to emulate is when our Lord was doing miracles, signs and wonders.

The best earthly display of Father’s power working in a human body is when the world sees someone who looks like them, but doesn’t act like they act; doesn’t think like they think; and doesn’t desire what they desire. Instead, they have this unfailing desire to do nothing; to want nothing; and to think nothing except what pleases the one and only true God and Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

It is time for saints to stop using the usual excuses for not being true to Father and Lord Jesus. It is time to stop quenching and grieving Father’s Holy Spirit with our lust and disobedience. Why do we continue to use ‘being human’; ‘being fallen’; ‘being in modern times’; ‘being in varying cultures’; ‘it’s going to take a long time’; and the like, when Scripture plainly tells us that we’re no longer mere humans?

These excuses ARE our denial of the Power of our Awesome God and Father. These excuses get people off of our backs and allow us to continue in our powerless form of religion. We’ve convinced ourselves that the day in which we live makes it more difficult for the Holy Spirit to do in us, what He did in the Foundation saints. These excuses are just that: excuses.

Let Father be true and every man a liar. If our deceitful human nature be God, then continue serving it (which also means serving the devil); but, if Father be God, then serve Him. It’s a simple decision. Choose to decrease so that Lord Jesus can increase. We’re dead; He lives; It’s His life not ours. Let us set all of our affections on Lord Jesus. Let us desire above all else to know Him and share in His suffering, that we may learn obedience the same way that He did.

The slave is not greater than his Master. Whoever we obey is our master. Is Lord Jesus your Master? Is it He that you love above all else? Would you give your life for Him? Are you one of His sheep or one of Satan’s goats? Examine yourselves to see if you’re really in the Faith.

WHAT FATHER WANTS!

Father has not left us in darkness as to what he wants from us.
He has given us in Word, what He wants: ALL our heart; mind; soul; and body.
He has given us ALL that we need to know about Himself: The Scriptures.
He has given us ALL the power we need to do what He says: His Holy Spirit.
He has given us ALL the example we need, to KNOW, that it can be done: the Foundation saints.

The Foundations saints were of ONE mind; ONE heart and had all things in common.
The fact that they were of ONE heart; ONE mind; “had everything in common”; and no one considered anything that they owned, to be exclusively theirs, is Father’s testimony to the power of His Holy Spirit to fill us and keep in check our “selfish, self centered” and deceitful human nature. Those saints are our shining example of ALL the “one another” Scriptures.

Father is not moved by all these excuses that people come up with, as to why saints “are not” or “cannot” be like the Foundation saints, because He has already shown us that He can do it. Since Father doesn’t change and He repeated His instructions so many times, we know that He still wants that same “Christ-likeness” in every one of us. The ONLY thing that can keep that from happening is US; in our refusal to be filled and led by His Holy Spirit.

Father is not impressed with all this “lip service” that we spout to each other, trying to show how spiritual we are because He knows that our hearts are far from Him. The world is not impressed either because they know us by our fruit. Our fruit is just the opposite of “ONENESS and LOVE”. They see little difference between us and themselves.

So, who is fooling who? That deceitful and desperately wicked human nature, that most saints don’t pay much attention to anymore, is doing what it does best: deceiving. It has too many saints thinking they’re spiritual; that they’re exercising power and authority over the flesh and the devil, when all they’re really doing is walking in what Father hates more than anything else: PRIDE. Let him who thinks he stands be careful or they will fall.

The demons believe and tremble. How many of us tremble?
The demons knew Who Lord Jesus Was and worshiped Him. How about us?
Satan knows, quotes and twist Scripture for his own purpose. How about us?
Everything we say and do can be said and done by unbelievers. Unbelievers feel very comfortable around saints.

The power of the Holy Spirit was so great in the Foundation saints that the “fear of Father’ was had by every saint and unbelievers. Unbelievers had great respect for the saints and didn’t dare join with them unless they were among the ones being added to the Lord on a daily basis. Where is that power today? Where is that respect? Where is that fear? Where is there a daily adding to the Lord?

It’s ALL missing because the ONENESS and LOVE of saints is missing. We’re walking as mere humans instead of Holy Spirit filled and led children of Father. Egypt (Earth, the world) is more appealing to saints than the Promised Land (Heaven). Lord Jesus is no longer our first love. Instead, we, like the god of our human nature (Satan), have become our own first love. It’s all about us and we’re trying to create Father in our image; and He “ain’t” going along with it.

When we know, individually, that we have the Spirit and attitude of the Foundation saints; and the world can see the “LOVE that we have for one another”; and unbelievers no longer feel comfortable around saints; THEN and only then, we’ll know that we are experiencing true REVIVAL. Father will probably have to use persecution to pry most of us from the grip of the world and our human nature.

Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith. 2 Corinthians 13:5

But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by Father in this way. 1 Corinthians 11:31

Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent; change the inner man to meet God’s will; and do the works you did previously, when first you knew the Lord or else, I will visit you and remove your lamp stand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent. Revelation 2:5

Where is God’s Power?

Father has no greater joy than see His children living their lives in the Truth of His Son, our Lord Jesus.

We see clearly, that our great God and Father is able, by His Spirit and Power, to have at least 3500 saints on one accord; with one mind and not a selfish attitude in the House Acts 2 & 4. Now, that’s a greater miracle than any healing or rising of the dead. That was living in the Truth at its very best.

We can also see clearly that the flesh and Satan is able to get saints to be the exact opposite: selfish and divisive 1 Corinthians 3. Just like with Eve, all he has to do is get us not to believe God. Ma Eve didn’t have the Holy Spirit living in her like we do. Ma Eve didn’t have the completed Scriptures like we do.

If our God, Father and Lord is the God Who changes not (and He IS), then where is the testimony to His power and grace as represented in Acts 2 and 4?

Why do we, as well as the world, see more testimony, of the power of the flesh and Satan, than of the power of our great God and Father?

Why do we continue to accept and use the endless list of excuses, provided by our flesh and Satan, to keep from being what Father says we are and should be?

Our Father gave us His all when He gave us His Son. He ask us to give Him our all: spirit, soul, body and mind.
Our Lord was totally innocent, holy and undefiled; yet, look at what the world and Satan did to Him. We can’t claim that innocence or holiness, outside Him, yet, the Lord said that we would receive the same treatment that He did because He knew that He would be in us through His Spirit. (Saul, Saul why are you persecuting me? What you did to the least of these, My brothers, you did to Me)

Brother Paul is a classic example of what our Lord said would happen to us, as well as reaping what he had sown. Listen to his testimony:

“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.”

Does Father care only for the foundation saints and Paul or is this grace available to all of us? Of course, it’s available to all of us. The problem is not Father’s willingness to give His grace, its saint’s unwillingness to receive His grace. Too many saints seem to be willing to believe and receive things that the flesh wants and enjoys, but, not the things of our Lord and His Spirit, such as:

“Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.” John 15:20

“Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” 2 Tim 3:12

“For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;” Philippians 1:29

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27

“And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” Luke 12:15

“And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.” 1 Tim 6:8

“Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,” Ephesians 5:20

“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thes 5:18

“Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31

“For you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?” 1 Corinthians 3:3-4

“Do you not know that we are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in us? We are God’s fellow workers; we are God’s field, we are God’s building.” 1Corinthians 3:16 & 9

For the temple of God is holy, which temple we are. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. Let no one boast in men. For all things are ours: And we are Christ’s and Christ is Father’s.  1 Corinthians 3:17, 19, 21 & 23

We have the mind of Christ. Our faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:16 & 5

When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers.
Don’t you realize that someday we believers will judge the world?
And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves?
Don’t you realize that we will judge angels?
So, you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life.
Isn’t there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to decide these issues?
But instead, one believer sues another—right in front of unbelievers! Even to have such lawsuits with one another is a defeat for you.
Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that?
Why not let yourselves be cheated?   1 Corinthians 6:1-3, 5-7

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.
For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?
And what communion has light with darkness?
And what accord has Christ with Belial?
Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For you are the temple of the living God.
As God has said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them.
I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
“Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.”
“I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the LORD Almighty.”  2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Through love serve one another.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:13-16

Let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.
For our citizenship is in heaven,
from which we eagerly wait for our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:16 & 20

Be anxious for nothing,
but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:6-7

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
For you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3

There is so much more, but, I don’t need to rewrite it all here because we all have access to the Scriptures. Too many saints are either not reading it or reading it and not believing it. Others have been tricked by the flesh and Satan, as Ma Eve was, into looking at the Scriptures with human intellect only, instead of being taught by Father’s Holy Spirit. Whatever the reasons, the visible testimony, to the power of our God, Father and Lord, to have a people on earth who are one, as He is One, is sadly lost in the increasing divisions of saints all over the world. Why are so many, so willing to let the victory that our Lord had over Satan, to remain unseen by the world? I can only think of two possible reasons: not believing Father and the fear of man.

When our Lord was asked by people what to do, to do God’s work, He responded that they should “believe and Trust on Him Who God had sent, which was Himself.

If we believe and Trust Him like He believed and trusted Father, we would also believe and trust what is written and be led by the One Who wrote It; His Holy Spirit.

When our Lord was confronted by Satan in the wilderness, He always responded with “it is written . . . ”.

Do you believe Him? Do you trust Him? What is your response to your flesh and Satan?

Those of us, who know and love the Truth, should walk in Him (which is actually letting Him freely walk in us) regardless of the cost to us personally.
We should prayerfully and physically come out from among those who are: lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power; especially, if they name the name of Christ.

When there is a Spirit led coming out from among them physically, there is also a Spirit led coming together physically of many of those who came out, that there may be a visible testimony of His power and grace, similar to if not just like Acts 2 and 4 saints. Only saints, whose selfish spirit / flesh have been put under the power of the Holy Spirit, will allow themselves to be a part of such a visible testimony. The freedom and leading of the Holy Spirit and a total yielding of saints to the Holy Spirit are absolutely necessary to the success of such a testimony. Selfish flesh cannot manufacture it.

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
Above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
All of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

THE LORD’S DAY; EVERY DAY. REJOICE! BE THANKFUL!

Every day is a day that our Lord makes. Doesn’t that make every day, “the Lord’s Day”? Who should know this better than His little born again children? We’ll always be little children to Him, you know. This is why we’re to rejoice and be glad every day, less we be found complaining against our Father.

1 Thessalonians 5  ²⁴Faithful and utterly trustworthy is He Who is calling us to Himself; Who also will fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping us.

²⁸The undeserved and unearned favor and blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all. So be it.

Proverbs 20 ¹¹Even a child is known by what he does, whether what he does is pure and right or not.

With us saints, there are always missing facts and surprises; but that is never the case with our God, Father and Lord.

Isaiah 46 ⁹Earnestly remember the former things, which I did in the past; for I AM God, and there is no one else; I AM God, and there is none like Me,

¹⁰Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure and purpose,

Proverbs 28 ¹⁴Blessed, happy, fortunate, and to be envied are saints who reverently, thankfully and worshipfully fear the Lord at all times regardless of circumstances

Think over these things I am saying; understand them and grasp their application, for the Lord will grant you full insight and understanding in everything.   (2Timothy 2:7)

A Message From The Wisdom Of God

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There is the wisdom of this world or the wisdom of man that asserts itself and often parades itself as the Wisdom of God. But, our Great God and Father have declared in His WORD: “I will destroy the wisdom of the ‘worldly wise’ and discard the intelligence of the intelligent of this world.”

So where does this leave the philosophers of this world; the scholars of this world; and the brilliant debaters of this world? Father has made them all look foolish. He made sure that their wisdom would never lead them to a true knowledge of; and a real relationship with Him.

Father’s simple Wisdom of preaching our Lord Jesus Christ: killed; buried; and raised from the dead, is utter nonsense to this world. But, that simple Wisdom is the power of God our Father to save us who believe. This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness (if there is such a thing) is stronger than the greatest of human strength.

We must remember, Father calls very few of the world’s wise, powerful or wealthy.  Instead, He chose things that the world considers foolish to shame those who think they are wise; He chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful; and He chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. Father did it this way so that prideful man would have absolutely nothing to boast about when he stands before God.

For those of us who heard and believed the Great News of Father’s Gift to us of His Son Jesus; and put all of our trust and hope in His finished work, there is no more eternal penalty for sin and the power of sin over us has been broken. Father has also made Lord Jesus our Wisdom and our perfect standing before God. In other words, in Lord Jesus, we who believed, trusted and was born of the Holy Spirit, now have all the perfection that Father has ever required.

So, the only boasting that Father will accept is boasting about His Son, our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

Since Lord Jesus is our Wisdom, what does He have to say to us? How does He have to say it? And how many times does He have to say it?

The first thing that He says is: “Listen to Me; I have something to say that is very important for your well-being. Everything that I say is right because I speak the Truth and I AM the TRUTH. My advice is wholesome and I detest every manner of deception.

Take my advice because there is nothing devious or crooked about it. My words are plain and simple to anyone with understanding and perfectly clear to those who have knowledge. Choose My instruction rather than silver and my knowledge rather than pure gold. I AM the Wisdom that is far more valuable than rubies and nothing that you desire can be compared to Me.

“I AM the Wisdom that possesses good judgment and I know where to discover knowledge and discernment. All who reverence Me will hate evil, just as I hate pride, arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. Common sense and success belong to Me. Insight and strength is Mine. Kings reign and rulers make just decrees because of me. Rulers lead and nobles make righteous judgments, with my help.

I love all who love me. Those who diligently search will surely find Me and those who ask, will surely receive Me. I have true riches and honor as well as enduring wealth and justice. My gifts are better than the most valuable things you can imagine and My wages are better than all the wealth of Earth. I walk in righteousness; in paths of justice. Those who love Me inherit true wealth, for I will fill their treasuries.

“I was with My Father from the beginning, before anything was created. I was appointed at the very first, before the earth began; before the oceans were created; before the springs bubbled forth their waters; before the mountains were formed. I was there when He established the heavens; when He drew the horizon on the oceans. I was there when He set the clouds above; when He established springs deep in the earth. I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. I was the architect at His side when He marked off the earth’s foundations.

I was His constant delight, rejoicing always in His presence and how happy I was with the world He created; how I rejoiced with the human family.

And so, My children, listen to Me; for all who follow My ways are joyful and strong. Listen to My instruction and be truly wise.    Please don’t ignore Me like so many do, to their own dismay. Joyful are those who listen to Me, seeking Me daily and acknowledging Me in all that they do. But those who miss Me continues in darkness and condemnation to eternal punishment in the Lake of Fire. All who hate Me love death. For whoever finds Me, finds Life eternal and receives favor from Father.”

[excerps and principles from 1 Corinthians 3 and Proverbs 8]