Sin is Judged On Earth And In Heaven. For Christians if You Sin Enough Your Sins Will Kill You. Free Grace Theology is Mockingly Called Easy Believism by Lost False Teachers and Churches.
Jesus Judges Everyone’s Sins on this Earth and in Heaven. A Christian Will Not Go to Hell for their Sins but Your Sins can Kill You while you are on this Earth. Sin Kills: Being A Christian Will Not Keep Your Sins from Killing You. A Christian Will Not Be Judged for their Sins in Heaven. But Because of Your Sins You Will Lose Rewards in Heaven. So, in a Way Your Sins are Judged in Heaven by Lost Rewards. Free Grace Theology is Being Attacked and Called Easy Believism this is Mocking Jesus Free Gift of Salvation.
The Bible Teaches Free Grace Theology. Do Not Be Fooled By the False Teachers Attacks on Free Grace Theology by Mockingly Calling it Easy Believism. Free Grace = Free Gift.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23 and many other Verses like it Completely Dispels the Easy Believism Myth. That Your Christian Behavior Will Not Be Judged in Your Lifetime. Yes, Bad Christian Behavior Will Be Judged During Your Life on this Earth. Sin is Sin No Matter who is Committing it, and the Wages of Sin is DEATH, For Everyone. There Are No Exceptions.
The Wages of Sin is Death… SIN KILLS!!!
Romans 6:23 Does Not Just Apply to Eternal Damnation in Hell. It Also Applies to Dying Because of your Sinful Lifestyle. SIN KILLS!!!
Counterfeit Fake Christians Pastors / Churches of All Different Denominations Love to Call Free Grace Theology Easy Believism.
They Viciously Attack Jesus Only for Salvation.
Which is Funny Because In their Sermons, on their Church websites, they Falsely Claim to Believe Jesus Only for Salvation.
These LIARS Talk out of both sides of their Mouths:
“Your Free Grace Theology is Easy Believism. With it There Are No Consequences, For Living Like the Devil. Bad Christian Behavior is Not Judged.”
They Go On: “Your Easy Believism, Free Grace Theology is Cheap Salvation. It Cost You Nothing. Hitler Could Be in Heaven Right now according to You. You can be a Drunkard, a Fornicator, an Adulterer, an Ax Murder and Still Go to Heaven.”
They Continue On: “In My Church We Don’t Have a Cheap Religion where there is No Cost for Sin. People in My Church know if they are Living in Sin they Will Go to Hell.”
This is Legalism Plain and Simple. How anyone can Believe All of their Lies and Double Talk I will Never Understand.
Their Major Lie: “We Believe in Salvation By Grace Alone, By Jesus Christ Alone, By Faith Alone, Without Works.”
If They Actually Believed this than they Would Not Also Say that if a Christian is Living in Sin they will Go to Hell. They wouldn’t Say Any of the things I Quoted from them above.
Free Grace Theology:
Free Grace Theology, Mockingly Called Easy Believism is Not Cheap Christian Salvation the Cost is Unimaginable. It Cost Jesus Everything, His Life.
Jesus was Ruthlessly Mocked, Spit On, Whipped, Beaten, Nailed Naked on the Cross… The Cost to Jesus was Staggering. So Do Not Call Free Grace Theology a Cheap Religion that Cost Nothing.
Free Grace Theology Actually Believes: Salvation By Grace Alone, By Jesus Christ Alone, By Faith Alone, Without Works.
Any Church, Any Pastor, Any Evangelist, Anyone that Says Your Christian Faith has to Cost You Something for it to Be Real is a Liar. It is Not Biblical.
They Tie Your Behavior to Salvation. This is Works, Not Salvation.
You cannot listen to their False Claims about Not Believing in Works to Be Saved. Because they Tie Going to Heaven to your Life, to your Sins, to your Christian Service, or your Lack of Christian Service. This is All Works.
Free Grace Theology Believes Salvation is a Free Gift:
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
These Verses Are Very Plain and Clear to Understand. Salvation is a Free Gift. A Free Gift is Something You Did Not Deserve or Work For. It Cost You Absolutely Nothing. You Do Not Pay for Something that is a Free Gift. This is Why Free Grace Theology is Named Free Grace Theology Because Salvation is A Free Gift. Grace is Unmerited Favor, Something We Don’t Deserve.
These Verses Plainly Show that Sin Kills. Adam’s Sin Brought Death to Mankind Plain and Simple. Adam’s first Sin Plunged the Whole Human Race into Death and Sin. If Adam had Not Sinned, he would Not have Ever Died. These Verses ARE TALKING ABOUT PHYSIAL DEATH. Not just Spiritual Death the Second Death in Hell.
Adam’s Sin:
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Adam’s Sin Brought Physical Death. Sin Kills. Sin Equals Death.
Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
The Below Passage in Ezekiel 18 makes it Clear that God Judges the Sin that we Commit during our Lives when we are Still Living on the Earth and Not only in Heaven when Jesus will Judge us. Depending on the Sins we Commit we may or may Not Die Early for our Sins.
God Will Sometimes Have Mercy on People Despite Their Sins.
God Said: I will have Mercy on whom I will Have Mercy On. So, Sin Kills Physically is a General Rule for a Person’s Life being Shortened by Sin. It is Not an Absolute Rule.
Romans 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Ezekiel 18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife, 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
It is Important to See that this passage is Not Talking About Eternal Damnation. It is Talking about Physical Death. Nowhere in this Passage Does it Mention Hell: The Second Death.
Also, it Makes it Clear that we Will Not Be Judged For anyone Else’s Sins. We are Only Accountable for our own Sins.
How to Be Saved:
Believe the Gospel Only to Be Saved.
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Lack of Knowledge: “Christians” Are Lazy and Ignorant. 99% Do Not Read Their Bibles Let Alone Study Their Bibles.
Every day I make “Christians” Angry Because I call them out for being Biblically Ignorant / Illiterate. They have No Personal Bible Knowledge. They Do Not read their Bible’s and it is Painfully Obvious. They Only Know what they have Heard in Church on TV, on YouTube etc…
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
This Verse is Very, Very, Very Powerful. It is God telling us that People who reject Knowledge God’s Word. God Will Reject. ****NOTE****This Verse is Not about Keeping the Law. God called the Holy Scriptures the Law.
Falsely Claiming You are Ignorant, Lacking Knowledge, Will Not Keep You Out of Hell. According to God / the Bible, Mankind, each and Every Individual Person is In Either of One of Two Conditions: Saved or Lost:
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoeverbelieveth in himshould not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoeverbelieveth in himshould not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Condition 1) Verse 18 Is Clear: Everyone who has Not Believed on Jesus, Believed the Gospel Only for their Salvation, isLost Going to Hell: they are CONDEMNED ALREADY!!! This is what the Bible says.
Condition 2) Verse 18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: (IS SAVED IS GOING TO HEAVEN!!!) Salvation is Belief on Jesus.
The Bible is Not Hard to UNDERSTAND. It is written in Plain Language.
Everyone has a Decision to Make: Either, Believe on Jesus and Go to Heaven or Reject Jesus and Go to Hell. Again Claiming You Are Ignorant, Lacking Knowledge Will Not Keep You Out of Hell.
The Gospel Defines Belief in Jesus:Everyone who Believes the Gospel Only for their Salvation without Adding Works to it Will Go to Heaven. (Works are Anything you Add to Salvation. Like Repent of Sin which is Not in the Bible.)
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
There is No Excuse, No Reason to Go to Hell. People are Willfully Ignorant, they Lack Knowlege Because They Refuse to Read the Bible. They Refuse to Listen to the Truth. People Go to Hell Because they RejectThe Gospel. They RejectJesus.
People Falsely Think the Word Ignorant, is a Swear Word. They Immediately become Very Angry and Hostile when their Ignorance is Revealed / Exposed, and they are called Ignorant because of the things they say.
People are Generally Very Ignorant. “Christians” are Very Ignorant and Very Easily, Triggered, Offended. It takes Nothing more than to tell them they are Wrong and that they are Biblically Ignorant / Illiterate to Set them Off. They start to Reveal their True Selves. They are Hateful. They Swear at me and even have Threatened to Kill me.
Typical Replies I have gotten Numerous Times: “I Hope You Die Alone the Most Painful Death Possible.” “Where do You Live. I will Shut You Up!
These Counterfeit Christians have Satan Living inside of them. They Hate People Who Know the Bible and who Expose them for their Lies, for their Lack of Knowledge, for being Ignorant. They Hate being Called Ignorant because it is True. and they cannot Defend themselves because they Do Not Know What they are Talking About.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea 4:6 Is a Go to Verse for Hell Fire and Damnation Preachers, for Many Evangelists.
Most People who Attend KJV Only IFB, Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Churches are Very Familiar with this Verse and many others like it. This verse is Familiar to a lot of Christians. But It doesn’t Do anything to Drive them to Read and Study their Bible’s Independently.
I was in IFB Baptist Churches for over 10 years. So, I am Painfully Familiar with them. Even in these Very Strict Legalistic IFB Churches Only around 10% Faithfully read their Bibles. None Properly Study their Bibles. What they call Bible Study is to Follow a Bible Commentary. There is Nothing wrong with Reading a Bible Commentary for Reference, but that is Not Bible Study.
Bible Study is:
You the Bible, the Holy Spirit of God and a Strong’s ExhaustiveBible Concordance / Cross-Reference. This is All you need and All you should use to Study the Bible. Most Bible Commentaries are Corrupt written by Lost Calvinists. People who Call themselves Bible Scholars. Noone is a Bible Scholar. A Scholar is an Expert on a Subject. Not One Person has Mastered the Bible, is an Expert on the Bible.
Jesus when he taught his Disciples, he would Often use Parables.
Jesus had to Explain his Parables because the Disciples wouldn’t understand them. Most of the time he would explain them fully. Other times he would say that he wasn’t going to explain the Parable.
Sometimes when he would teach without Parables the Disciples still would Not Understand. Often Jesus would be upset at them for Not Understanding.
Jesus was upset because they didn’t Understand because they Lacked the Faith Required to Understand. On Some things Jesus would say that it was Impossible for them to Understand because, the Human Mind just could Not Comprehend it.
Mark 9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
I Often find Jesus 12 Disciples very Funny in a lot of ways.
They Argued a lot among themselves. Their behavior at times was very Immature. Their Fear of Jesus in the Above Verse was because they were Ashamed of being Ignorant. Ashamed for Not Knowing the things Jesus had Taught to them, the things Jesus Expected them to Know.
They Did Not want to look Ignorant to Jesus. Jesus Frequently Scolded them for Not Remembering the things that he had already taught them. And for Not Understanding things he expected them to be able to Understand.
The 12 Disciples were Fully Grown Adults, but they Often behaved like Children.
Jesus was 30 years old when he called the 12 Disciples. I Believe that All of Jesus’s Disciples were at least 30 years Old. Because Jesus did Not Start his Earthly Ministry until he was 30 years Old.
It doesn’t make any sense to me that Jesus’s Disciples would have been younger than him. Because the Reason Jesus did Not start his Earthly Ministry until he was 30 was because 29 was too Young for Jesus to be a Respected Rabbi.
30 was Obviously the correct Age for Jesus to be a Rabbi, a Teacher, that would have received the Proper Attention and Respect. Looking at the Jewish Culture at that time, it would have been hard for a man Younger than 30 to command the Respect and the Attention of the Jewish Population as an Experienced Knowledgeable Rabbi.
The ages of Jesus 12 Disciples are Not given.
The Historical information on their ages is pure Speculation. Very Bad Speculation at that, from Lost people that are Biblically Ignorant. Bible Historians are Not Christians they are purely Academics. I could Not find anything Credible on the Ages of the Disciples when they were called to be Disciples by Jesus.
I will stand by my Belief that Jesus Disciples were All at least 30 years old when Jesus called them. Jesus Called them to be Part of his Ministry. Since Jesus started his Ministry at 30 years Old, I doubt he would have Chosen Disciples that were Younger than himself because they were supposed to be Preachers, and Teachers like himself that would be Listened to.
Many Ignorant Academics have written that the Disciples were mostly a bunch of Teenagers with some being in their Early 20’s. This is a completely unfounded Insane Conclusion Not based on anything Factual.
Jesus Teaching in the Temple when he was 12 Years Old:
Luke 2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business? 50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Here in Luke Chapter 2 Jesus was 12 years Old Teaching in the Temple.
Mary and Joseph, they were Fearful for Jesus because of his age and Obvious Knowledge and Wisdom. They Knew it would be Very Dangerous for Jesus to Keep Teaching in Public at his Young Age.
The Fact that Jesus Started his Ministry at the Age of 30 is an Indication that he couldn’t have Started his Public Ministry any Younger. Jesus wanted to Start his Public Ministry at the Age of 12 but God the Father Clearly Said No to this. Jesus was Eager to Fulfill his Earthy Ministry that is Clear.
To be Listened to by a Jewish Audience you couldn’t be a child, a teenager or in your early 20’s. A Rabbi needs to have enough age and Experience to be able to Back up what he says. Even Jesus who was 30-33 1/2 years Old during his Earthly Ministry was Questioned for being such an Authoritative Speaking Rabbi at such a Young Age.
People were Astounded at Jesus’s Teaching with the Authority that he Possessed.
Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
The Power and the Authority with which Jesus Spoke and Taught was Amazing to Behold.
It Brought a Lot of Attention to Jesus that he did not want. The Younger Jesus would have Been the more Attention he would have Stirred up and the More Controversy.
Jesus Starting his Earthly Ministry at the age of 30 was not an Arbitrary Decision by God the Father.
For the Masses to Believe the Truth and to Receive the Knowledge that Jesus had to give through his Preaching and Teaching the Ignorant Masses Needed to see Jesus as a Respectable Rabbi worth Listening to. Lack of Age means Lack of Experience and Lack of Authority to the vast Majority of People.
With Age comes Wisdom, Knowledge, and Experience. Most people give more weight to what someone says if they are Old enough to have been well Educated, and to have had some Experience in Life. It is Really Difficult to Break Through to willfully Ignorant people. The Majority of the People Jesus was trying to Reach were very Stubborn and Ignorant people.
Jesus Declares He is the Promised Messiah:
In Luke Chapter 4 Jesus Said, in the Temple, he is the Promised Messiah. Jesus spoke to Ignorant people Lacking Knowledge. He Reads from the Scriptures and Said this is Talking about me.
Jesus’s Earthly Ministry with All of his Amazing Miracles they were Done to Prove that he was the Promised Messiah from the Scriptures. Anyone who was a Witness to Jesus’s Miracles would have Realized that Jesus was the Promised Messiah because they had Learned about the Promised Messiah from the Holy Scriptures.
Being Ignorant and Lacking Knowledge is a Decision. It Happens to Lazy people who Refuse to Read and Study the Bible for themselves. Ignorant People who Refuse to Listen to the Truth.
Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? 23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; 26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
This Passage is Extremely Important. People Falsely Claim that Jesus was Just a common Teacher that He Wasn’t the Promised Messiah, that He Did Not Ever Say that he was the Promised Messiah. Well, Right here Jesus is Declaring Himself God The Promised Messiah.
There is Alot to Digest from this Passage. Jesus went back to his Hometown of Nazareth. He was Rejected. The People Rose up to Murder him. This Anger is From Satan.
Today, Right Now, You will see this same Hatred and Anger in Ignorant People who Hate to Hear the name of Jesus. People who Refuse to Hear the Truth. These People are Willfully Ignorant People.
The Pharisees and the Sadducee’s Attack Jesus:
The below Passage is Exposing, their Lack of Knowledge, the Ignorant Understanding they have of the Scriptures.
John 9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. 17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. 18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
Verse 27 is Very Powerful.
The Pharisees and the Sadducee’s, the Jewish Leaders, Countless People Just Simply Refuse to Listen to Anything that Goes Against what they Already Believe. They would Rather be Ignorant then to Believe on Jesus and to accept The Truth, The Gospel.
This type of Closed Mindedness is an Epidemic Today. People who are Willfully Ignorant Refuse to Listen to the Truth because they are Know it All’s. They Hate Jesus. They Have Made up their Minds to Reject Jesus.
27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
This Verse is so Powerful and the ones following it too. They show the Boldness of the Blind Man that Jesus Healed and his Complete Frustration with the Pharisees and the Sadducee’s. He directly Called them Out for being the Frauds and Liars that they are.
28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. 30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
False Teachers are from Satan. They Immediately Shut Down the Truth and Get Angry, Hostile because they DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR THE TRUTH.
Jesus Tells the Blind Man How to Be Saved:
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Jesus Taught the Gospel to his Disciples:
Mark 9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. 33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which isthe Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Hosea Chapter 4:
Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. 18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Hosea Chapter 4 is a Warning from God about being Ignorant of the Holy Scriptures, the Bible, God’s Holy Word. In it God is Telling Everyone if You are Willfully Ignorant and You Refuse to Read and Study the Scriptures You will be Judged for it. This Warning is to Both the Saved and to the Lost. Saved People Christians are Commanded to Read and to Study the Scriptures. God Does Not Want Christians to be Ignorant.
2nd Timothy 2:15
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Beware Nearly Everything You Have Heard about the Heart is A Lie
Jeremiah 17:9 “The heartisdeceitful above all things, and desperatelywicked: who can know it?”
Romans 1:25 “Who changed the truthof God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”
What is said in Most Churches, in the Media about the Heart are Lies.
Sayings of the Heart…
There are Hundreds of Unbiblical Quotes about the Heart that are part of Popular Culture.
Sadly, People Believe these LIES and Repeat them Constantly because they keep hearing them in Everyday Conversation, in the Media.
Repetition is the #1-way Lies are Taught and Learned.
People Falsely think something is True, is a Fact because they keep hearing it over and over and over again.
Very Popular, False, Unbiblical. Well Known Sayings about the Heart:
“Let Your Heart Be Your Guide.”
“A Heart Felt Decision.”
“Follow Your Heart.”
“Your Heart Knows.”
“Out Of the Goodness of Your Own Heart.”
“Let Your Heart Decide.
“Decisions of the Heart.”
“The Heart Wants What It Wants.”
“Don’t Deny Your Heart.”
“I Gave My Life, My Heart to Jesus”
“I Asked Jesus to come Into My Heart.”
“Ask Jesus to come Into Your Heart to Be Saved.”
“Invite Jesus to Come into Your Heart, Into Your Life, Right Now to be Saved.”
Counterfeit Christianity Is Full of Unbiblical Speech, often used, Self-Righteous Sayings:
I have heard this Countless times in Church / From Church Members:
“We Made a Hard Heart Felt Decision.”
This is an example of Church Speak.
Like Doctors, Lawyers, any Profession. “Christians” / “Pseudo-Christianity” have their own Language.
Church Speak is very Phony and Pretentious.
“We Made a Hard Heart Felt Decision.” This is said a thousand times a Day by “Christians”.
The Bible Says:
Jeremiah 17:9 “The heartisdeceitful above all things, and desperatelywicked: who can know it?”
All of the above Quotes, that I have heard All of my Life in some form or another, are Unbiblical.
Pastors in False Counterfeit Christianity (Nearly Every Church) Say Very Satanic Unbiblical things about the Heart:
“Give Your Life, Your Heart to Jesus to Be Saved.”
“Ask Jesus to come into Your Heart to Be Saved.”
“Invite Jesus to come into Your Heart, Into Your Life, Right Now to be Saved.”
This is Not How to Be Saved.
No place in the Bible Does it Say:
“Give Your Life, Your Heart to Jesus to Be Saved.”
“Ask Jesus to come into Your Heart to Be Saved.”
“Invite Jesus to come into Your Heart, Into Your Life, Right Now to be Saved.”
It is meaningless to Give Your Heart, Your Life to Jesus. Giving your Heart and Life to Jesus is Not in the Bible as a Requirement for Salvation. It is Works Salvation.
Jesus, He Gave His Life for us. He Sacrificed Himself on the Cross to Pay the Penalty for All of our Sins. Jesus, No Where in the Bible says Give your Heart, Give your Life to Me so you can Be Saved.
The Teaching: You Have to Give your Heart, Give Your Life to Jesus to be Saved it is Saying that Jesus shed Blood, His Sacrifice on the Cross is Not Good Enough to Save You. If you Believe this False Gospel, you are Trying to Work your Way to Heaven.
Salvation is 100% Jesus. 0% Your Human Works.
What the Bible Says about Salvation and the Heart:
Romans 10:8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thyheart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thineheartthat God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt besaved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoeverbelievethon him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of theLord shall be saved.
A Person is Saved By Believing on Jesus with their Heart!!!
The Below Scripture Illustrates that The Heart is Where our Beliefs are Held in our Bodies, in our Soul’s, in our Spirit’s. The Heart Does More than Just Pump Blood. It is where our Emotions come from where All of our Beliefs are Stored.
Hebrews 3:12 “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evilheart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.”
I hope you Understand this Clear Scripture. A Heart can Be Evil or Good. A GoodHeart Believes the Gospel. An EvilHeart is Full of UNBELIEF. It Does Not Believe the Gospel, God’s Word.
Asking Jesus into Your Heart is Meaningless, it is Not in the Bible.
Salvation Requires Believing the Gospel. This is What Believing on Jesus is.
Salvation Requires Belief in the Word of God, that is What the Above Passage says. Belief in the Scriptures Specifically: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with Your Heart.
The Following Passage Tells How a Man was Saved by Believing on Jesus Only:
Acts 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Notice the Jailer was Saved by Simply Believing the Word of God, that Paul and Silas had told Him. He Believed the Gospel. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ = Believing the Gospel.
After the Jailer and his Family had Believed the Gospel then they were Baptized. Water Baptism Does Not Save a person. Water Baptism happens after a Person is Already Saved. It is a Symbol of the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is just a Public Profession of Salvation.
The Gospel:
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Churches are Teaching You have to Work Your Way to Heaven:
Giving Your Heart, Your Life to Jesus is Being Taught in Most Churches.
They Also say Ask Jesus into Your Heart to be Saved. That is Meaningless Because it Does Not Require You to Believe the Gospel.
When I Ask People If they are Sure they will go to Heaven, the People who said they were Saved usually said:
“Yes, I Know I am Saved. I Asked Jesus to Come into My Heart, Into My Life.” “I Repented of My Sins.”
I Ask them what does that Even Mean? They just Look at me Puzzled.
After a moment or two. I would Say: “From the Bible What are You Trusting in to Get you to Heaven.”
A typical Answer: “I cannot Quote the Bible. But I know what it says.” Me: “Sure. I have a Bible right here. Can you show me in the Bible How to Be Saved?”
At this Point some people will Just Explode on me:
“OK! You are Just a Self-Righteous, Bible Thumper! Everyone Doesn’t have a Bible Degree! Most Christians cannot take a Bible and just like that show you!”
Most “Christians” I have found get Very Defensive and Angry Quickly when I just Ask them to Please explain to me Using the Bible how they were Saved.
Yes, there are some that can Quote the Bible and Correctly use the Bible to Explain how they were Saved. But that is a very Tiny Percentage of People.
To the People that didn’t end the Conversation I would say this to them:
“OK, I understand. You told me You Know for Sure You are Saved. You must Believe Something Biblical to Back up your Confidence in Saying I Know for Sure that I am Saved. Please Just explain to me in your own Words. Why Jesus should Let you into Heaven?”
The Typical Reply: “I already said that I Asked Jesus into My Heart and into My Life and that I Repented of My Sins.”
I reply: “That is Not in the Bible Anywhere. I know that Most Churches teach this but that is Not what the Bible Teaches. What does it even mean that you Asked Jesus into your Heart and Into Your Life?”
“Christians” Hate to be Questioned like this… If I get any reply at All it is Usually:
“I Asked Jesus to Be the Lord of My Life. I Let Jesus Take the Wheel. Jesus Guides My Life Now. Before I Asked Jesus into My Heart and Life I was In Control, Now Jesus is In Control. Now I am a Good Person, I am a Changed Person. I am No Longer a Sinner.”
The Answers I get vary a bit but the Major thing they Say is that By Asking Jesus into their Heart and Life they Became a Good Person that is Not a Sinner. They Don’t think they Sin anymore.
This is Exactly the Teaching you will Hear from False Pastors / Teachers / Churches.
People cannot use the Bible to Back these False Teachings up Because these False Gospel’s are Not in the Bible.
Very Few of these people will Let me Show them in the Bible How to Be Saved.
“Excuse Me!!!! I am Already Saved!!!! I Do Not Need You to Show me Anything!!!!
These People have Satan inside of them, Keeping them from even Looking at the Bible.
More Bible Verses About the Heart:
Jeremiah 7:24 “But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.”
Jeremiah 11:8 “Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of theirevilheart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.”
Isaiah 59:13 “In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”
Jeremiah 3:17 “At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evilheart.”
Hebrews 3:10 “Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in theirheart; and they have not known my ways.”
Genesis 6:5 “And GOD saw that the wickedness of manwas great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heartwas only evil continually.”
Proverbs 28:26 “He that trusteth in his own heartis a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.”
Matthew 15:19 “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”
Jeremiah 16:12 “And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evilheart, that they may not hearken unto me:”
Psalms 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. 5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
The Heart is Where our Emotions come From, where we Keep, Hold, and Decide What are Beliefs are.
Our Brain is Not the Only Part of Our Bodies that Thinks, Our Heart Not Only Thinks, but It is also where All of our Beliefs come from and are Stored.
Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
If you understand this Passage, you will see that the Heart is what Controls your Emotions. When a Person is Happy, Sad, Angry, Full of Different Emotions that is coming from the Heart. When you Believe Something that Comes from the Heart. When you make a Decision that Comes from Your Heart.
Psalms 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Luke 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
Job 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Psalms 37:31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
See with Your Heart You Can Store God’s Word. Your Heart Controls where you Decide to Travel. It Controls Your Decisions.
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:27 shows that your Heart has Emotions: Troubled, Afraid.
Colossians 3:15 “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”
Peace is an Emotion, it means: to Be Calm, Do Not Be Worried, Do Not Be Afraid.
Proverbs 17:22 “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
Emotion: A Merry Heart is a Happy Heart.
Proverbs 12:25 “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”
Emotions: Heaviness is to Be Sad, Unhappy. Glad is another word for Happy. These words describe Emotions in the Heart.
Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Emotions: Merry, Cheerful, Sorry. This verse shows that the Heart understands which shows that the Heart Thinks. It says the Heart looks for Knowledge, also a function of thinking Storing information. Looking is the Heart Controlling what you do.
The Bible is full of Hundreds of Verses that prove that the Heart is where we Get All of our Emotions.
A Saved Person A Christian has A GoodHeart. But Even with A GoodHeart You Can Never Trust Your Heart the Bible makes this Clear. This Blog has many verses in it that makes it Clear you cannot Trust your Heart. I think a Christian’s Heart moves between Good and Bad depending on how much we are Reading the Bible and Serving Jesus. It is Possible No Matter how Devout we are our Heart’s still will drift from Good to Bad and back and forth.
Just Look at the Apostle Paul for more Proof that we can Never Trust our Heart. We Know Paul had a GoodHeart yet, he Still Struggled with Sin:
Romans 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
How Can we Control our Emotions?
I do not think from what the Bible Teaches that we can Totally Control our Emotions. But we Do Not need to have Out of Control Emotions. People who are Out of Control are Always Emotional. Some people are always Angry at Everything. They are Never Happy. This is Not Acceptable or Necessary. Some People are Always Worried this is Not Acceptable or Necessary either. These Emotions can be Controlled to where they are Not Omnipresent.
Staying in God’s Word and Doing God’s Will is the Best Way to Control your Emotions:
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
The Above Passage is telling us that to have the Fruit of the Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance we must Live in and Walk in the Spirit. In other words, you have to be Walking with and Serving Jesus to have the Ability to Control Your Emotions to Have Joy in your Life.
Philippines 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
I have been in the Christian Ministry for 40 years. As an Evangelist, A Teacher, A Pastor, An Assistant Pastor etc… I speak from decades of Personal Knowledge.
After Many Years as an Assistant Pastor in a KJV Only, IFB (Independent Fundamentalist Baptist) Church I stepped down as the Assistant Pastor, I gave up all of my Positions in the Church and Left.
**** Note: I Left that Church I did NOT give up my Christian Ministries. ****
Why? I was Tired of the Hypocrisy I tried to Fix the issues but Failed. I had many Private Face to Face Conversations with the Head Pastor:
Me “Pastor your message was Not Biblical.” Reply “I will Admit it is a Grey Area. But I can show you several Sources I used…” Me “Please show me in the Bible…” Reply “I am talking about Non-Bible Sources…”
There were Many Conversations like the one above.
The Breaking Point:
Me “Pastor, You, are Not the Same Person as you were when I became your Assistant Pastor” Reply “I am Proud of that! Just Say What You Really Want to Say! I know something has been Building for Months Now!
Me “OK. You Have Been Very Unbiblical in your Preaching / Teaching in your Behavior. You Openly Attack People on the Streets, even in the Church. I have repeatedly talked with you about this. What you did Yesterday was Vile. Here is my Church Key. I will Not be Part of this any longer.”
Seven Hours or so Later, After the Pastor, Was Done Shouting at me… (He tried Everything he could to get me to Stay. Yes, He was Red Faced Shouting at Me for Hours while Trying to Get me to Stay…) I Left.
What Vile Thing did he Do? In Church He Called Several Teenage Girls Whores to their Faces. He was literally spitting in their Faces being less than a foot from them Screaming at them. His Face was Blood Red.
These Young Women were children of several Families that I had invited to Church. They were all between 13 and 16 years old. 4 Young Women who Were Called Whores. Simply because they wore pants and make-up.
He did his Sermon using his portable clip-on microphone standing right in front of them.
“I Don’t Allow Women in my Church with Painted Faces, to wear pants… I know why you wear Pants. You wear Pants to show off your Rear ends. All of You Prance around in Pants to Seduce men…”
He went on like this for a Good 20 minutes, saying even more Vile things about them. I was Shocked that the Parents of these Young Women did Not Get up and take them out of the Church and Leave.
It took everything in me to Not Confront the Pastor and Stop him, then and there. The Pastor Did Not Know Them at All.
It Is Not a Mystery Why People Quit Going to Church and Stop Going to Church Forever.
The Hypocrites in Churches Drive People Right Out of Church. Out of Church Forever.
Hypocrites In a Church is a Valid Reason for Leaving a Church. Hypocrites taking Over Churches are Led by Hypocrite Pastors that promote their Hypocritical Behavior.
Churches with Out-of-Control, Corrupt Pastors Drive People Right Out of Churches Forever.
The Behavior I described I have Repeatedly seen in that Church and in many Other Churches. Like I said earlier this type of EVIL Behavior from Pastors and Church Members Also, happens in Public to Strangers on Sidewalks, in Parking Lots, in the Streets, etc…
I have seen this behavior in YouTube Videos too.
These EVIL Pastor’s I am Convinced (NOW) are Not Saved.
“Christian” Cults:
Just because you walk into a Mainstream Christian Church Doesn’t mean you are Not Walking into a Cult.
When I was having my long Exit Conversation with the Pastor. It Became Crystal Clear to me that he was Not Saved, and he was Running a Cult.
He used Cultist Tactics to try to Get me to Stay:
God Put me in Charge of You!!!
God Will Curse You if You Leave!!!
You are Bound to This Church by Your Church Membership!!!
This is right out of the God Father and their Blood Oath. I Asked him to Prove to me from the Bible that Church Membership is Biblical. He couldn’t. The Answer for Cultist when they cannot find a Biblical Scripture to Back them up: “It is Implied in the Bible.”
You are Forbidden to See, to Talk to Anyone from this Church ever Again!!!
I will Announce to the Church that you are a Heretic!!! That they are Forbidden to Have Anything more to do with you!!!
(I was the Heretic??? He Did Not Even Accuse me of Teaching Any False Doctrines. I Told him I was Leaving because of His False Teachings. His Unbiblical running of the Church. He was Begging me to Stay. Between his Fits of Anger. He was Afraid of the Fallout He Expected to Happen After I Left the Church.)
Blacklisting People, Shunning them, Keeping them from Church Members, Family Members is Something All Cults Do.
He spent a Long Time Threatening me… This is What All Cults Do.
Remember I Left Because He was an Unbiblical False Teacher. Before I Left, I Gave him a Chance to Prove me Wrong. This is why our conversation took all day. He could Not Refute One Thing I said. He Proudly Admitted to Everything. He Admitted that he Did Not use the Bible to Back up his False Teachings…
Arrogant Hypocrites are Proud of their Vile Behavior. They are so Proud of it they post YouTube Videos of it.
Many “Christian” Churches / Church Members are Proud Hypocrites:
The Sex Scandals in these Churches are well Documented in the News Media. The Scandals come to Light because of the Victims. Because of Countless Criminal Prosecutions.
There are Hundreds of IFB Pastors and Church Members Guilt of Sex Scandals / being Pedophiles. This is Happening in All “Christian” Cults. Just look at the Catholic Church, The Mormons… The List of Church Denominations with Sex Scandals is too Long to list.
Jack Hyles and his Church had Multiple Sex Scandals with people going to Jail. Even with All of this happening his Church Kept Growing.
The Below link is my Blog on this issue, on Jack Hyles. To properly understand the Horrific Nature of False Teacher Jack Hyles and his Church you will need to read my Blog Below.
All of this information is very Easy to Find online. Search IFB Churches Sex Scandals. YouTube has hundreds of Videos about Sex Scandals in IFB Churches / in other Churches.
You Are Possibly Thinking I Already Knew All of This. But Wait I am Not Finished…
Ridiculous Excuses For All of the Hypocrisy, Sex Scandals, Corruption in “Christian” Churches:
I am Tired of Hearing all of these Bad Excuses:
1) Do Not Be a Hypocrite Everyone Sins. See:
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Yes. But that Doesn’t Excuse a Pastor for being Corrupt, for Sex Scandals, Being a Pedophile, Being a False Teacher etc…,
This is the Bible Standard:
1st Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
2) Everyone Lies, is a Hypocrite. See:
Psalms 116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
This is Deflection. The Bible saying this doesn’t mean that it is OK for Christian Churches to be Corrupt, to Have Pedophile, Sex Abusers as Pastors. Or that any of the Other Things that Causes Scandals in “Christian” Churches is OK.
3) If You Find The Perfect Church You Need to Immediately Leave Because You Just Ruined it.
The Notion That it is Normal for Christian Churches to have Constant Repeated Corruption in them, for the Pastor of your Church to Be a Pedophile, or another type of Sex Abuser is False.
Jack Hyles Church for Example has had Numerous Sex Scandals including Pedophile Pastors. To this Day Members at that Exact time will Vigorously Defend Jack Hyles Legacy. I know I have talked with several members of his Church, who were in the Church during All of Jack Hyles Sex Scandals.
4) “All Great Leaders Have Issues, Do Not be a Hypocrite.”
That is Not a Credible Defense. It is Just an Attack. Cultist Always Attack the Person who Calls Them Out / Calls Out Their Pastors. Cult Members Always Attack People Calling Them Cultist.
Jack Hyles’ Church is Still Plagued with Current Sex Scandals. The Church membership has Not Suffered…
Please Do Not Call Yourself a Christian If you are committing Fornication / Adultery. If you go to Bars, Night Clubs, To Vile Rock, Country Music Concerts. Behave Exactly Like the Unsaved World. This is Hypocrisy.
A Saved Person Can Do All the Above. But Being Saved Does Not Make a Person a Christian. The Bible Definition of a Christian is Christ Like. To Behave Like Jesus did.
To Be A Christian You Have to be Christ Like.
1st Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
How to Live the Christian Life Without Being a Hypocrite:
Do Not Go on Social Media as a Christian and Then Verbally Attack people. Post Vulgar Memes / Pictures.
Every day I see Posts by “Christians” That are X-Rated because of Language, Because of Memes. Countless Posts / Replies with Very Rude 4 Letter Words. Behavior these people would Not do in person or in front of their Pastor / in front of their Whole Church. Just Ignore, Block People… Don’t Behave like the Worst People online do.
This is what the Bible Says on this subject:
Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
How to Be Saved:
Believe the Gospel Only for Salvation:
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
How the Pagan Celebrations of Lent, Good Friday and Easter started in “Christian” Churches:
The Short Direct Answer is the Holy Roman Catholic Church is the Cause of this.
Paganism is Deeply Rooted in the “Christian” Celebration of Lent, Good Friday, Easter / Passover.
The Truth is Almost Every so-called Christian Church is Pagan in its Origin.
Even Many Actual Christian Churches are Full of Paganism.
All Protestant Churches came out of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Even Non-Protestant Churches like Baptist Churches have Adopted much of the Catholic Paganism.
The Birth of the Holy Roman Catholic Church:
Constantine the Emperor of Rome wanted to Control the Christian Church, so he Suddenly had a Vision (If this Vision did happen it was From Satan Not from God.) that is explained in the Below link. (I do Not Endorse the Below Websites. I could Not include the Needed information in this Blog Alone, so I am including links that fairly accurately record the True History of what I am talking about.)
Immediately After Jesus’ Crucifixion Rome went to War Against the Christian Church. Christians were Murdered on site. They were Famously Murdered for Entertainment by Gladiators, by Animals too. This Continued on until Constantine. I Do Not Believe that Constantine had a Vision at All. I Believe that he realized that the Persecution of the Christian Church was just making it Grow.
Constantine / Satan Created the Pagan Holy Roman Catholic Church so he could Destroy, Pervert the Christian Church. He Did Not Convert to Christianity. There is Nothing Christian About the Roman Catholic Church.
What Constantine did was to put Nearly Every Roman God and Goddess and All of the Pagan Roman Celebrations / Holidays into his Creation of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. The True Christian Church was Never part of this Holy Roman Catholic Church.
Jesus’ Warning:
Jesus Warned in his Ministry of False Teachers. During Jesus Ministry there were False Teachers already Falsely Claiming to be a part of Jesus Ministry. Matthew Chapter 7 is about this:
The “Christian” Churches that Folded into Constantine’s Holy Roman Catholic Church they were Not Actual Christian Churches.
The True Christian Church was an underground Church that lived in the Catacombs for example. The Catholic Church was Not Christian it was / is a Counterfeit Church. Protestant Churches are Catholic Lite False Churches. They all Kept a lot of the Pagan practices of the Catholic Church as well as False Catholic Doctrine.
The Actual Christian Church of Jesus, his Disciples had No Part in the Catholic Church / Protestant Churches.
The Below link is my own Blog about the Catholic Church Please take the time to open it and read it. It is Essential Reading for understanding this, Blog.
“Christian” Churches are Simply Mostly Not Christian at All. How “Christians” Celebrate Easter, Christmas and Various other Holidays is No Different then Non-Christians. This is a Clear indication that the Churches these “Christians” Attend are Not Christian Churches at All.
“Christians” Have No Problem with Sunrise Easter Sunday Service, (The Sunrise Service is to Worship the Sun an Ancient Pagan Practice. It is Not Christian to Stand and Watch the Sunrise…) Easter Eggs, Easter Bunnies, Easter Baskets, the entire Secular Non-Christian Pagan Celebration of Easter. Their main Excuse is that they Do Not Want Their Children to miss out on anything in Life…
These Counterfeit Christians use their Children to Justify them for being Pagans.
How can Any Sane Adult Not see how Ludicrous it is to use Easter Eggs, Easter Bunnies, etc…, in the Celebration of Easter?
They say: “I Will Not Deprive my Children of the Easter Traditions I had while growing up. I Will Not Rob them of the Joy of: coloring Easter Eggs, going on Easter Egg Hunts. The Excitement of Getting an Easter Basket.
The same type of Ridiculous Excuses are used for the Pagan Celebrations of Christmas and Halloween too.
Parents Number One Responsibility is to Protect their Children.
Lying to Children about Christmas: Santa (Satan) Claus, Easter: Easter Bunnies, Halloween: Witches, Pumpkins, Skeletons etc…, the Tooth Fairy and the Numerous Other Lies Parents Tell / Teach their Children, Only Teaches Children that their Parents are Liars.
The Excuses Given by these Counterfeit Christians for being Pagans, Lying to their Children are Insane. One of the Worst: “It is Just Harmless Fun. I turned out alright…”
No, it is Not OK to Lie to Children. Lying to anyone Especially Children, is very Harmful, and Hurts them Emotionally. It teaches them that it is OK to Lie. This is where Parents teach their Kids about White Lies: “I really Did Not Lie to You, it is All just a part of the Holiday. You would Not have had the Enjoyment other children get if you knew the Truth…”
A Brief History of the Pagan Origin of Easter:
According to some scholars, such as Dr. Tony Nugent, teacher of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University, and Presbyterian minister, the Easter story comes from the Sumerian legend of Damuzi (Tammuz) and his wife Inanna (Ishtar), an epic myth called “The Descent of Inanna” found inscribed on cuneiform clay tablets dating back to 2100 BC. When Tammuz dies, Ishtar is grief–stricken and follows him to the underworld. In the underworld, she enters through seven gates, and her worldly attire is removed. “Naked and bowed low” she is judged, killed, and then hung on display. In her absence, the earth loses its fertility, crops cease to grow, and animals stop reproducing. Unless something is done, all life on earth will end.
Easter is a Pagan Celebration of Pagan Gods and Goddesses. It is a Celebration of Fertility.
There is too Much Pagan History to go over About Easter so I am going to include Links below so you can see for yourself (Most People Do Not Even Deny that Easter is Pagan… This is Very Disturbing that so Called Christians Do Not Care that they are being Pagans by Celebrating the Secular Easter Holiday.) the Historical Evidence that Easter is Pagan. The Easter Celebrations in “Christian” Churches is Pagan.
Please Do Not Ignore any of the Links I am including in this post. I Do Not endorse these websites. But I do think they give a Fairly Accurate History of the Origin of Easter. These Links are Not from Christians. I am posting these links only to show the Historical Facts about the Pagan Celebration of Easter.
In short Lent was completely made up. It does Not have a Christian Origin. It was invented by the Catholic Church. It is a 40-day period of time that is part of the Catholic / Protestant celebration of Easter. The Below link is a Catholic Explanation of Lent:
The True Christian Observance of Good Friday, Resurrection Sunday (Easter), is Deeply Connected to the Passover.
First, why is Good Friday Called Good Friday?
It is called Good Friday because Jesus Died to Save the World from the Penalty of Sin. It was Ultimately a Good Day because on Resurrection Sunday Jesus Defeated Death, Hell and Satan. His Blood Sacrifice, his Blood Atonement Paid the Price for All of the Sins of the World.
Now, Everyone who is willing to Trust in Jesus Death, Burial and Resurrection, Only as Complete Payment for All of their Sins will be Saved Immediately.
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
On Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, Christians reflect on the Death, Burial and Triumphant, Glorious Bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Grave.
Jesus Loved us Enough to Endure the Shame, the Pain, the Cross for us, so We Should All Daily Celebrate (Be Thankful.) Jesus Sacrifice for us.
Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Passover in Exodus is a Picture, a Promise of Jesus Future Crucifixion for us, to Save us From Death, From Hell.
Exodus 12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Please Do Not Continue with Paganism, if you have been Celebrating Catholic / Secular Easter and other Pagan Celebrations.
Salvation is Only Possible because of Jesus Resurrection:
Without Jesus’ Blood Atonement, his Crucifixion, his Death, there would be No Resurrection, No Salvation. Without Jesus Resurrection, His Death would have had No Meaning. This is the Glorious Good News of the Gospel, and it makes Good Friday a day we can Celebrate.
Please spread this Good News to everyone who does not understand the true meaning of Resurrection Sunday. Share Salvation Scriptures with Everyone who Will Listen, Like:
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Feeling Guilt, Sorrow: The Hardest Person To Forgive Is Yourself.
Guilt / Sorrow, Stays with Us. Godly Sorrow and Repentance are Taught Incorrectly / Unbiblically to Deceive Everyone. You cannot undo what you have Done. You can Stop Letting your Past Control your Future though.
Isaiah 43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Philippians 3:13 “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”
Jesus Doesn’t want us to Dwell on our Past.
No matter how Guilty we might Feel about the Bad we have done, we have to Let the Past Go, and Move on. Jesus also doesn’t want us to Dwell on an Amazingly Good Past we might have. He wants us to Keep moving Forward, Striving to Do our Best always. People who have a Great Past often Stop moving Forward thinking: “Look at All the Good I have done…” They just Stop and Rest thinking they have done enough Good already…
Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
1st Corinthians 9:23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Few People will Actually Let you Forget your Past.
Sometimes that means you will Have to get a Divorce and Start Over. Yes, it is Better to say Goodbye to Everyone you know and Start Over Fresh than to Let People who refuse to Let you Live in Peace Destroy the Rest of your Life.
People are Not Good at Forgiving, and Forgetting. People are Huge Hypocrites. They will point Fingers at you when they are Secretly Guilty of much Worse than you are.
God Forgives, and He will Never Remember Your Sins.
2nd Samuel 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
1st John 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Psalms 103:12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Christianity is Not Based on Penance, on Guilt.
Doing Penance and being full of Guilt is Catholic False Doctrine that Baptist’s and other Religions push too.
On the Cross Jesus Said:
Luke 23:34 “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do…”
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do…” Christianity is Based on Forgiveness Not Guilt.
Contrary to Popular Opinion the Bible is Full of Mercy, Comfort, Forgiveness.
Psalms 103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
Jesus is Merciful:
Luke 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Jesus Does Not Want Christians to Live their Lives Consumed with Guilt and Shame over the Evil they have Done.
Why then do Most Religions push Penance, Guilt?
They are Pushing a False Gospel of Repent of Sin. They incorrectly define Repentance / Repent.
Explaining Godly Sorrow:
2nd Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
NoticeThis Passage does Not Say to Repent of Sin. Sin is Not Even Mentioned.
The entire Passage:
2nd Corinthians 7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. 13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. 15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. 16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
In this passage Passage Paul is Not saying that Repentance / to Repent means to Repent of Sin. He is Not saying that Repentance / Repent is being Sorry over Sin.
It is Clear that Repent means to Change your mind. Paul changed his mind (Repents) a few times in this passage.
Godly Sorrow:
Godly Sorrow. What is Godly Sorrow?
Godly Sorrow is being Sorry for the Right Reasons.
The Right Reasons:
Sorry for your Evil Ungodly Behavior. Sorry for your Sin.
Sorrow for your Rage, Anger. Sorry for hurting other people. Sorry for Swearing, Adultery, Fornication (Having Sex outside of marriage.), Hitting someone, etc…
The Wrong Reasons:
Sorrow for not getting the job you wanted.
Sorrow because someone caught you lying.
Sorrow because someone discovered the real you.
Some people are Not Sorry about Anything they have ever done.
They feel there is No Right, No Wrong. They get this teaching from their teacher’s in School’s in Colleges from Atheist’s.
At a young age I knew things I did was wrong. I am Sorry for too many things to count that I have done wrong, before and after I was Saved.
One thing Godly Sorrow is Not is Repentance.
2nd Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Godly Sorrow is separate from Repentance. It worketh Repentance: Godly Sorrow causes a person to Repent. So Godly Sorrow is not Repentance.
Repent means to Change your mind. Repentance in Salvation means you changed your mind from Unbelief in Jesus to Belief in Jesus.
A person who is Sorry is Penitent. The Cambridge Dictionary definition of Penitent: Showing that you are sorry for something you have done because you feel it was wrong:
“I’m sorry,” she said with a penitent smile.
“It was hard to be mad at him when he looked so penitent.”
Godly Sorrow is being Penitent.
2nd Corinthians 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. {after…: or, according to God} 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort…
False Churches / Teachers say you cannot be Saved unless you have the Required Amount of Sorrow… They teach you have to have an Overpowering amount of Sorrow to be Saved.
How can anyone measure a person’s Sorrow? To say if it is enough or it is not enough for Salvation??? If you do not have the right amount of Sorrow than they say you are not Saved.
God does not measure our Sorrow and say OK now you are Sorrowful enough to be Saved.
Your Amount of Sorrow does not Save you. Being Sorry for your Sins does not Save you.
Your Sorrow for your Sins, makes you realize you are a Lost Sinner. Realizing you are a Sinner shows you that you are Guilty of Breaking God’s Law.
1st John 3:4 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
To be Saved:
You have to realize that you are a Sinner.
There is No Amount of Sorrow For Your Sins that you Need to Have. You must Only Realize / Acknowledge that you are a Sinner. To Understand you are a Sinner, Lost, Deserving to Die and go to Hell / The Lake of Fire. You must realize you are not righteous (Good enough to Save yourself).
The Reason for this, is because to Be Saved you have to Realize that you are Lost, in Need of a Savior, in Need of Jesus to Save you.
Romans 3:10 “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
God’s Law requires Justice. The Penalty for Sin is Death.
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Jesus paid the Penalty for all of our Sins. Jesus Died, was Buried, and he Rose again on the 3rd day to Save us from Hell.
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. {in due time: or, according to the time} 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. {atonement: or, reconciliation} 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: {for that: or, in whom} 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) {by one man’s…: or, by one offence} 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. {by the offence…: or, by one offence} {by the righteousness…: or, by one righteousness} 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
To be Saved from Hell: Believe on Jesus Only to Save you. Ask Jesus to Save you.
Romans: 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
In the Book of John Jesus tells people over and over again how to Be Saved.
Salvation, How to Be Saved is All throughout the Bible. The Importance of the Book of John is that “The Man Christ Jesus, Jesus God in the flesh,” is talking one on one with people and telling them clearly how to be Saved.
When Jesus Speaks you should be Listening. I Love my Read Letter Edition Bibles. I like to see Jesus Words in Red, because Jesus words should stand out from all the other words.
Some Churches will give out the Book of John and the Book of Romans for people to read when they are doing Evangelism. Because those two Books are from Start to Finish Salvation Passages.
If you are a Soul winner you should carry some Free New Testament Bibles to hand out when you go out Soul Winning.
People always ask: “What Book in the Bible should I read first?”
I tell them: “Read the book of John over and over again until you understand it. Then read the Book of Romans over and over again until you understand it. These two Books will tell you how to be Saved. Please call me after you have read them. We can talk about Salvation, How to Be Saved.”
In Evangelism, do Not Rush people. Evangelism is all about planting seeds, talking to the same people, if possible, over and over again.
Do Not Listen to Dispensationalists. Most Baptists are Dispensationalists, they throw out 90% of the Bible.
They Throw out the Entire Old Testament. They Throw out Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Romans, Hebrews and the Book of Revelation. They say those books are All for the Jews Only.
Sure they will say you can learn from those Books. But they Falsely Claim that you can Not apply any Doctrine from those Books for the Christian Church.
Truthfully they are All over the Place on what they Teach. They will say you cannot take Doctrine from the Old Testament but when they get into a Conversation about Church Doctrine with a Christian that knows the Bible they will Always go to the Old Testament to Defend their False Doctrine.
False Baptist Teachers (It is Not just the Baptists. I mention the Baptists because they are the most Arrogant about their Bible Knowledge which is Funny / Ironic because they throw out nearly the entire Bible. Except when they are having to try to defend their False Doctrines. Then they run to the Old Testament… These Frauds are Not to be Believed because they are always contradicting themselves. They Thrive on people who are just as Ignorant as they are.) Hate the Books of John, Romans, and Hebrews.
The Books, of John, Romans, and Hebrews teach how to Be Saved and they All refute Calvinism, Dispensationalism, the Repent of Sin False Gospel.
When anyone tells you: “The Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Romans and Hebrews are Jewish Old Testament Books…” walk away from them. If you hear this in Church, get up and walk out.
Yes, I am telling you to get up and Walk out of Church, if you are being Lied to. I have gotten my Family up more than once and walked out of Churches that were teaching Lies. We left right in the middle of the Service. Yes, this upset the Pastor’s. They made rude remarks at us as we Left…
There is Nothing Holy about a Church Building. There is Nothing Holy About a Church Service Lead by a Lost False Teacher. So yes Do Not waste your time in a Church that has a Lost Pastor.
John Chapter 3
John Chapter 3 is the Most Hated Chapter in the Bible for Lost False Teachers like, Calvinists / Baptists / Dispensationalists. These three are usually all one and the same. Most Baptists are Calvinists and Dispensationalists.
John 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
In the above passage John 3:1-21 Jesus is telling Nicodemus how to Be Saved.
Read this passage over and over and over again until you realize Everything Jesus is Telling Nicodemus.
Jesus is Preaching Eternal Security, Eternal Salvation.
Born Again
Born Again means Salvation is a One Time Event that cannot be undone. A Baby is Born. The Birth of a Baby is a One time Event.
Being Born Again is a One Time Event.
Just like the Birth of a Baby Salvation is a One Time Occurrence.
The Birth of a Baby happens at a specific time. Salvation happens ONLY ONCE at a Specific Time.
Salvation is Not a Process. Being Born is Not a Process that Happens Gradually over Time. Sure a Woman might be in Labor for 20 hours. But the Birth of a Baby happens when the Baby is outside of the Womb and is Breathing Air. The actual Birth of the Baby, the Baby coming out of the womb is Not a long drawn out process. One second the Baby is in the Womb and in the next few seconds the Baby is delivered and is out of the womb and crying…
Salvation is as Certain as the Birth of a Baby. It is a Clear One time Event that cannot ever be undone.
Being Born Again is the New Birth.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
These verses talk about Being Born Again, the New Birth, being a New Man in Jesus Christ:
Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Note: Please Read the Entire Chapter, Ephesians 4, it explains the New Birth, Christians having both their Saved New Man and their Old Man inside of them, in their body. The Internal Battle Against Sin. The Daily Struggle Against Living the Life they Lived Before they were Born Again.
Note: please understand my Blogs are Bible Studies. You will get the most out of them by opening your own KJV Bible to the passages I am using. I recommend to always read the entire Chapter when I quote Bible Verses. You will understand what I am saying much Better. I cannot post all the verses you should be reading in my Blogs.
When a Person is Saved they are Born Again.
They are a New Person.
This is a Spiritual Birth. Which means that the New Birth is a Spiritual operation. You are Still in your Old Body so even though you are Born Again you are Still Living in the same Old Body.
A Born Again Person is a New Person in their Old Body. They still have the same sinful body they had before they were Born Again.
The Difference is Now Being Born Again you have the Holy Spirit of God Living in You. You are Saved. Your Dead Spirit became alive at the New Birth, when you were Born Again.
Being Born Again Doesn’t make you a Sinless Person. It makes you a Forgiven Person who will Never Go to Hell.
People who are Born Again will have an Internal Battle against Sinning.
In Romans Chapter 7 Paul, likely the Greatest Christian man who has ever lived, is writing about his extreme internal Battle against Sinning. Paul is talking about his own struggles to keep himself from sinning.
Being a Christian is Not a Pious Life. It is a Life Filled with Battles. Filled with many Battles. The Battle against Sinning is a daily Fight for Everyone who is a Born Again Christian.
Romans 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Beware of “Christians” that Lie and say that they do not Sin.
All Christians Sin daily. This is Not a Bragging Statement. It is a Fact. Good Christians Fight against Sin, they do not give into Sin and Let Sin Completely Control their Lives.
Some Christians Do Not Fight against Sin… They are Saved because they have been Born Again but you cannot tell any difference between them and a Lost person.
Jesus Speaking in John Chapter 3
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
These Verses are talking about Being Born Again:
2nd 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. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 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. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Being Born Again means you are a New Creature. You are to Be a New Person in Jesus Christ. Our Old Past Lives need to become a Distant Memory. Born Again comes with the responsibility to Be a Christian – Christlike. We are supposed to behave like Jesus did / does.
Honestly Most People Reject Jesus because they Don’t want to be a Christian. They Love Sin. They want to Sin. They Reject Jesus because they Do Not want to Give up Sin.
They Do Not Understand Salvation. A person Does Not Go to Heaven because they Give up their Sins. Repent of Sin, Forsaking, Giving up Sinning is Works Salvation and is Not in the Bible.
A person Goes to Heaven because they Believe that Jesus Died to Take away the Penalty for All of their Sins. They are Trusting in Jesus Only to Save them.
Being Born Again is About Having a New Life in Jesus Christ:
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Jesus shares the Gospel with Nicodemus:
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
To Be Saved Eternally, You will Never Go to Hell, Ask Jesus to Save You. Believe the Gospel Only.
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
2nd 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. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 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. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Sadly, Most People Have No Clue what Sin is. Many people call Sin, a Mistake. They minimize Sin.
“Christians” Falsely Claim that there is a Difference between Sin, and Intentionally Sinning. “I Never Commit Intentional Sins…”
This “Christian” saying “I Never Commit Intentional Sins.” is No Better than anyone who says I make mistakes, I don’t Sin.
The Bible Definition of Sin:
1st John 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
1st John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Simply put Sin is: Sin is the Transgression of the Law.
Simply put Sin is: All Unrighteousness.
Even Knowing these two verses Most People are Still Very Confused about what Sin is.
The Facts about Sin Everyone Needs to Know is:
We All Sin. We are All Sinners, that Deserve to Go to Hell.
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
The Entire Passage:
Romans 3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Jesus Died For All of Our Sins. Jesus Died for All of the Sins of the Entire World. No one goes to Hell for Sin.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1st Timothy 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 I am that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
People Only Go to Hell because they have Rejected Jesus Free Gift of Salvation.
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Salvation is Simply Believing on Jesus Only to Save You. To Believe the Gospel Only to Save You.
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1st John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
“He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”
Salvation = Belief in Jesus Only to Save You. If you have Never Asked Jesus to Save you than you are Lost and on your Way to Hell.
The entire passage:
1st John 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Salvation is Eternal, Never Ending Life.
Myths about Sin:
Myth, Christians Don’t Sin.
1st John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Myth, My Good Works, Deeds, the Good things I do in my Life will be compared to My Bad Behavior by Jesus. Myth, Everyone who has more Good Works than Bad Works Will Go to Heaven.
This Lie is taught by the World. Most Churches teach a version of this. This is one Reason Santa Claus is so Bad. Santa Claus gives Rewards / Gifts to the Good Children. The Bad Children get only a lump of Coal.
This Lie, Myth is a form of Works Salvation.
Salvation Is Through Jesus Only.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
1st Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Myth, we have to Obey the Law to be Saved.
Romans 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 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; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
The Big Lie is that Repent means to Repent of Sin. Repent is Never connected with Sin in the Bible. God Repents in the Bible more than anyone else. God Does Not Sin. Every time God Repents in the Bible he changes his mind. Repent = a Change of Mind.
In Salvation Repent = Change your mind from Unbelief in Jesus to Belief in Jesus, the Gospel Only to Save you.
Repent of Sin, is also called: To Turn From Sin to be Saved, To be willing to Turn from Sin to be Saved, To Forsake Sin to be Saved, To Give Your Life to Jesus to Be Saved, To Make Jesus the Lord of your Life, To Have a Relationship with Jesus, etc…
Repent of Sin is expressed by False Teachers, False Churches in many different ways… They Falsely Say that Repent of Sin is Not Works.
Repent of Sin is Not in the Bible. Repent of Sin is a False Gospel that means you have to Keep the Law to be Saved.
James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Jesus Never said in the Bible to Repent of Sin to Be Saved. Neither does anyone Else.
Acts 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Notice Neither Paul nor Silas told the Jailer that he had to Repent of Sin to be Saved. Also, the Jailer and his Family were Baptized in water after they were Saved. After they had Believed on Jesus Only to Save them.
Myth, Sin is OK, Christians are Free to Sin as much as they want to because Jesus Died for All of their Sins. This is a Lie, it is what is called a Half Truth, which is a Lie.
Jesus Died for All Sin. Sin does Not send a person to Hell.
Just Because you will Not Go to Hell for Sinning doesn’t mean that you get a Free Pass to Commit Sin as a Christian.
You can Lose other things other than Eternal Life by Sinning. Christians who Sin often Die early because of their Sins.
A Sinful Lifestyle is Dangerous.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Sin causes Death. Not just Eternal Death in Hell, but Physical Death also.
One extremely obvious truth is people who Live the most Sinful Lives typically Die young / younger than everyone else.
High Risk Sinful Activities: Smoking, Drinking, Doing Drugs, many Sexual Relationships, being a Criminal, etc…
Also, Christian who is very Sinful will Lose Eternal Rewards.
1st Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1st Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
No Christian wants to meet Jesus after a Life Spent wasted in Sin. Jesus will Not Send anyone who has Believed on him to Hell. That doesn’t mean he will be Happy with Lazy Christians who did Not live a Christian Life.
Good Works Will Not Save a Person from Hell. Good Works will Not Save anyone. But Good Works are necessary for a Christian to Live a Biblical Christian Life.
You Don’t Have to Deal With Your Grief, Pain, Loss, Depression, etc…, Alone.
You Are Not Alone. Jesus IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.
Jesus comforts a woman
Cry Out To Jesus. Jesus Will ALWAYS Hear You. He Will Comfort You. He Will Help You.
Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Peter Cried Out To Jesus: “…Lord, Save Me.”
Matthew 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
Matthew 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Psalms 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Psalms 18:1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Jesus Will Never Leave You. He Will Not Forsake You.
Jesus Said: “…I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5
Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Psalms 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Jesus Understands Our, Grief, Our Sorrow, Our Depression. He Understands Everything We are Going Through and He Cares.
Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an 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. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Matthew 8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Jesus Felt People’s Pain. He Felt Sorrow For People’s Pain. Jesus Felt the Grief of Death.
Luke 19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. 37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; 46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
Jesus Wept:
Jesus Crying Comforting a Woman
John 11:35 Jesus wept.
It Is OK To Cry! Crying IS HEALTHY. Crying is a way to Let Out Your Grief. It’s is the Beginning of the Healing Process.
Real Men Cry:
Real Men Cry
John 11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
Take All Of Your Griefs, Problems to Jesus:
1st Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
I Know that Many Pastor’s and Churches Mock Christian Mental Health Support.
These False Teachers are Ignorant. They Incorrectly Claim that All Mental Health Needs are a Sin Problem.
They Don’t Understand that Dealing with Grief, Loss, Depression is Not a Sin Issue. They Wrongly Mock Mental Health Care.
Always Seek Available Help when you are in Need, In a Crisis Situation.
There Is Peace and Comfort Available To Help You Right Now. If You Just Ask For Help.
How To Understand Your Life At Any Age. Nostalgia Looking Back Fondly At Your Youth…
Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;”
The Bible does not sugar coat things. Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 is talking about growing old.
Verse 1 Is Very Bleak. Remember God now today while you are still young. Before the Evil days come upon you. “The Hardships of old age, being Weak and Frail…”
Remember God in your Youth. Before you only have a few years left to live, When You Have No Pleasure In Your Life.
This Verse Is Very Dark. When a person is Old and Frail their life is Hard because of age. Depression is difficult to avoid the older a person gets.
Living to be Very Old:
You might outlive everyone you ever knew including a husband or a wife, you could outlive your children…
Nostalgia at this time of life might just make you cry harder thinking of everything you have lost.
Nostalgia
Nostalgia is Typically Bad. I know People who are 30+ years old that live in the Past. For many of them Nothing in the Future will Ever be as Good as the Past.
God Says Not to Live in the Past
Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 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.
Philippians 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
The Point being made is: For a Christian Life Begins When we are Saved.
We should Not Be Looking Back at our past Sinful Lives, Desiring to Go Back to that Old Wicked Life.
God Warns us of Nostalgia, Looking Back At Our Past. Because Doing So Will Cause us to Fall Backwards into our Past Sins.
Proverbs 26:11 “As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”
2nd Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;”
This verse is Dark but, I do not think we are suppose to take it as being Dark. The verse starts with: “Remember now thy Creator…”
If we live our lives with God at the Center than we will be able to deal Successfully with Everything Life Throws at us at Anytime in our lives. We will Not Need to Fear Old Age, the Future.
Do Not Fear Old Age. God Will Help us through it. It is a Privilege to be Allowed to Grow Old.
Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Leviticus 19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The Message is If You Live your Life Serving Jesus God will Stand with You.
God will Bless You with Health and Strength Throughout your Entire Life, Even When You are Very Old, Which is a Privilege.
If God is our Everything we will not Live with Regrets. We will look forward to going to Heaven to be with Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
A Tough part about Living, about Life is our Hearts and our Minds.
A good portion of the Bible is about the Heart, about our Minds our Thoughts.
To have a Good Heart, a Good Mind we need to Live for Jesus. If we do God will Give us Peace. A peace that we can not even understand.
How To Have Perfect Peace And Joy During Your Entire Life:
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Are you Nostalgic? Nostalgia:
A song, a smell, a taste, a memory will bring you back to your youth. To better days??? To days and times you miss. To people you have not seen for a bunch of years, maybe decades. You will remember people now long dead… People you will never see again…
Nostalgia the dictionary definition: A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations: “I was overcome with acute Nostalgia for my days in High School”
After your High School Graduation your Life will Immediately change Forever. Suddenly you have no time for anything but higher education and work.
Before you know it years have passed by. Maybe your life is better than you dreamed it would be. Maybe you are twice divorced with 4 kids and it is a real struggle to pay all your bills.
It did not take me long to be Nostalgic, Just a Few Days.
I was in the middle of Navy Boot Camp and thinking: “I wish this old guy (Company Commander) would Stop Yelling at me with his face less than an inch from mine… I miss having Fun with my High School Friends.”
Life can get REAL. Quick.
It did for me. The Navy was Tough Physically and Mentally. I was 16 when I joined the Navy. (The Delayed entry program) I was 17 in boot camp.
Life Accelerates Fast when we have to Live on our own to support ourselves. And in time having to support others. Life is Real when you have No Net To Catch you when you Fall.
Life is different for everyone.
We all do not have the same Level of Success. We Also Don’t All Go Through the Same Hardships, Failures…
Nostalgia can bring a smile to your face. Brief Nostalgia is OK. Living in the Past Though is Bad.
I know People who are Obsessed with the Past.
They are So Obsessed with the Past that they can No Longer Enjoy their Present Life. I have Stopped Seeing and Talking to Most Everyone from My Past. Because I Noticed All We Talked about Every Time is the Past. The Conversations were All the Same… I Refuse to Live in the Past.
Briefly Remembering People Fondly is Good.
People we No Longer See for Various Reasons we often find ourselves thinking about. Everyone Thinks Back on the Happy Times they had with Family, Friends and Dead Friends and Relatives. We Miss the Time we Spent with them.
Be Careful Not to Let these Memories Ruin your Present, by Thinking the Best of Your Life is Now Past.
Popular Music Has Numerous Nostalgia Suicide Songs About The Best Of Your Life Is Over So Now There Is Nothing More To Live For.
Below are 3 Popular Suicide Songs and a link to dozens more.
Be careful what Music and what TV you Watch. Most Entertainment has Hidden Messages, Hidden Meanings that are Designed To Cause Depression, Self-Destructive Behavior and Suicide.
Don’t Let the Memories of the Past of Now Dead Friends and Family Rule you.
This type of Nostalgia Causes Serious Depression. Dwelling on people who are Gone from your Life, who you can No Longer Spend time with is Self Destructive.
When a person is Young Aging is Not something they think about.
Today Most Young People Live Only in the Moment, Not Thinking too far ahead.
Parents, Older people Tell Kids “Enjoy your school years. When you have to start Working for a Living the Work will Never End. You will Not Have All the Free Time you have Today, so enjoy this time in your Life.” I Remember Being Told this a Lot. I understand it.
(For Me. Home was a Horror Story, a Prison. Going to School was a Necessary Evil. Other Kids were Distant, many were Cruel. Looking Back I Did Not have One Actual Friend. No One who Cared About me. Leaving Home Gave me Freedom. My Life became Much Better when I became an Adult and Gained my Freedom.)
Sadly Depression In Children is at Epidemic Levels. Child Suicide is Incredibly High.
Tragically Some People Never Enjoy Even One Day Of Their Lives.
Explaining Ecclesiastes Chapter 12:
Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 Verses 1-7: Describe Old Age, they are addressed to the Youth:
Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;”
This Is A Warning From God About How Age Can Be a Real Hardship.
The Main Point is: “Remember now thy Creator”
If You Remember God in Everything You Do Throughout Your Life I Don’t Think The Rest of the Verse will apply to You.
Evil Days and No Pleasure, Don’t Happen At Any Time To A Christian Walking With God.
(This IS NOT To Say. Christians Don’t Have Hard Times in their Lives. But With God They Are Never Evil Days without Pleasure. If You Read the Whole Bible You will see this is True.)
Ecclesiastes 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
The gradual Darkening of the heavenly bodies represents Declining Vitality and Joy.
The approaching clouds represent the Storms of Old Age.
Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
All of this is describing the later years of a person’s life. The strongest man will be bowed, if he lives long enough. The tremble show weakness in the body. And / Or Fear of the last days of Life.
The hands and arms which protect the body, as guards do a palace, shake in old age. The legs, like supporting pillars, weaken. The Grinders are the teeth and those who watch through the windows are the eyes.
In old age people sometimes stand at the window looking out contemplating their past (Nostalgia.) Life is not as bright as it was in their Youth. They can feel their Life fading away. Vision becomes weaker as the end of this Life nears.
The keepers of the house are the arms. The strong men are the legs. The grinders are the teeth. Those that look out of the windows: The Windows are Eyes. This verse is Clearly talking about how Age Affects our Bodies in Very Old Age. The Physical Decline of our Bodes in Old Age.
Growing old is further compared to the decline of a House.
Ecclesiastes 12:4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
“Doors” = Lips. The Verse is Describing The difficulty of the Elderly to Speak. Being Mute. Many People who are Very Old have a hard time Speaking, or lose the Ability to Speak.
The Grinding is Low: Is the loss of Teeth. “Sound of the grinding” refers to eating little, when the sound of eating is low. The Very Old Get to the point they can no longer chew food.
And he shall rise up at the voice of a bird: Rise from the bed after being awaken by Birds. Having been tired with lying in bed unable to get good sleep. (Insomnia is common in Elderly people.)
As soon as the birds begin to chirp, sing the Elderly Awake. This is early in the morning. In Contrast Young people can lie down and sleep all night long.
“daughters of music”: The ear and voice that once loved music.
The sounds a person will hear in life will not be as Loud and Distinct as they had been, because of Hearing Loss. All the senses, parts of the body, which are employed in hearing music, will stop working correctly. They can No Longer Make or Enjoy Music.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 “Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:”
The aged become Fearful of heights. They are not as sure of themselves, as they were in their Youth. There is Fear of falling and breaking something. As we Age we do not heal as quickly as we did in our Youth. Fear is not the only reason. Our strength is not what it was when we were Young.
Fear, in the verse above, is speaking of a time when we are not as self-confident as we were in our Youth. The almond tree blooms turn from pink to white when the season is about over. This, symbolizes the white hair that comes with Age. The grasshopper is associated with pestilence, disease. When we Age sickness is always a Fear.
“Desire” is speaking of the Lusts of Youth which fade away with age. Man “goeth to his long home” is speaking of Heaven. The mourners are there, because the time of his funeral is near.
Ecclesiastes 6 and 7, are speaking of Death.
Ecclesiastes 12:6 “Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.”
The silver “cord being loosed” and the “bowl being broken” is speaking of the Life of man being over, or poured out. Age has cut him off from Life. The water of Life, now, Does Not Flow.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
When a Person Dies They Turn to Dust.
This verse completes The Aging Process, Death. God ends this message with the Culmination of a Human Life.
The life within the flesh is the spirit of man. It lives on.
Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
Genesis 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”
Job 1:21 “And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
1st Timothy 6:7 “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”
1st Corinthians 15:44 “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”
The spiritual body rises to Heaven.
This Depressing, Dark, Gloomy picture of Old Age Does Not change the Truth that Old Age can be Blessed by God for the godly.
Proverbs 16:31 “The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.”
Hoary Head is Gray or White Hair descriptive of Age, being Elderly.
The Message to the Young is:
They Will Not have the ability to enjoy the Blessings of a Healthy Old Age if they do not Remember their Creator while Young. (Verse 1)
A Person who Remembers God, is someone who Lives a godly Christian Life, in Service to God. Living their Life according to the Bible.
Ecclesiastes 12:8 “Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.”
God is Saying Living in the Flesh isVanity. The Bible Definition of Vanity is:Human Life apart from God, even at its Best, has No Significance it is Valueless.
A Person is a Body – The Flesh. A Soul – A Duplicate Eternal Body inside the Flesh that is invisible to the eyes. And a Spirit. The Human Spirit is like a Vapor. It is like Air. It is Not a Solid substance. When You Talk to yourself it is your Soul and Spirit Talking to Each other.
God Wants us to Live in the Spirit which Doesn’t have the Sinful Desires of the Flesh. Note our Soul and our Flesh are Very Similar with Thoughts, Emotions and Desires. The Spirit of a Saved Man Doesn’t have Sinful Desires like the Flesh and the Soul.
Understanding the Body, the Soul, and the Spirit is Complicated. To Learn more open the link below:
Christians are supposed to Live after the spirit, Not after the Human Flesh, Fulfilling Human Desires.
The Frailty of Mortal things:
What is born of the Flesh is Flesh. The Flesh returns to the dirt.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 “And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.”
The wisdom given to Solomon was for him to judge his people justly and wisely. He used proverbs and parables to teach the people how to lead a better life on the earth. His goal was to help his people. He did, and in doing so he taught us as well.
1st Kings 4:32 “And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.”
Ecclesiastes 12:10 “The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.”
Solomon was committed to the Truth. The words he spoke and wrote were not his own. They were placed into his mind by God, when he received the gift of wisdom.
1st Kings 4:29 “And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.”
30 “And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.”
Solomon’s wisdom was not of this world, it was a Gift from God.
Ecclesiastes 12:11 “The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.”
“Goads … as nails”: Two shepherd’s tools are in view: one used to motivate reluctant animals. The other to secure those who might otherwise wander into dangerous territory. Both goads and nails picture aspects of applied wisdom.
“One Shepherd” True wisdom has its source in God alone.
Finally, the Controlling Factor of all of Life should be the Fear of God.
You should Live your Life according to God’s word. The certainty of God’s final judgment demands it.
Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction”.
God’s Final Word on the issues raised in Ecclesiastes Chapter 12, as well as in Life itself, focuses on a person’s relationship to God.
The Saved, Believers, Christians will be Judged at the Judgment Seat of Christ… All the Lost will be Judged at the White Throne Judgment.
Judgment / Retribution is the real Equalizer, for God will bring every person’s Deeds to Judgment.
Unbelievers and some believers will stand at the Great White Throne judgment (Rev. 20:11-15). Everyone who Rejected Jesus will be cast into the Lake of Fire. Everyone who Accepted Jesus will be given a Crown of Life.
At the end of Life, We Will All Face Complete Accountability to God. This Judgment of us by Jesus on our Lives is both Eternal and Irrevocable.
Ecclesiastes 12:12 “And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.”
This is very true. Mankind is constantly trying to learn New things from books. Gaining knowledge by reading books takes a lot of work. The continuous study of books becomes wearisome, as we grow older.
Ecclesiastes 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.”
Jesus summed it up like this:
Mark 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.” 31 “And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”
Ecclesiastes 12:14 “For God shall bring every
work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 and Chapter 12 are covering the same Subject: Human Life. God’s Instructions on how to Live. His Warnings about the Negative Possibilities in Life if you Do Not Serve him by Living a godly Christian Life according to the Bible.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Please, if you have not already Asked Jesus to Save you. Please Ask Him Right Now.
1st Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
