This is a repository for all my explorations in the quest for truth as a disciple of Christ Yahshua. This blog is meant to encourage you to seek the truth by the leading of the Spirit. Study to show yourself approved, to gird up the loins of your mind and prove the perfect and acceptable will of God.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
CS Lewis - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Friday, August 26, 2016
Solid Food for Deceived Christians
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by *constant practice* to distinguish good from evil.
There are very few Christians who are teaching the hard truth of the Gospel. It is good news but it will cost you everything to be a part of His kingdom. Sabbath rest is every minute of every day, not just a day of the week (John 5:30, Hebrews 3-4). How many preachers are teaching self-denial and what it means to take up your own cross, to be not only justified but sanctified in Christ Yahshua (Luke 9:23)? How many are teaching people how to discern truth from error in today's highly deceived world?
Ezekiel 44:23
“And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Matthew 28:20
...teaching them to obey everything I have commanded them.
If the Spirit is truth (John 16:13, 1 John 5:6) then those who do not seek it with all their heart, mind, soul and strength will not find salvation because they have not found true faith in which to be actually separated from the world.
Luke 18:8
“However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"
II Thessalonians 2:10
Because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” Ephesians 5:9-14
"Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
1 Kings 3
This is a spiritual battle and most people have been disarmed not only by the world but by the very churches who refuse to do their God-appointed jobs of "making disciples" by understanding the evils of the world and teaching not only what they are but how to discern them for yourself. If you don't know your enemy's tactics and you let the Trojan horse in the gate then you have already lost the battle. In today's day and age of deception at every turn, it literally is a full-time, or rather overtime effort to become a disciple. That is why the cost is high. It is why you cannot serve both God and Mammon. You must choose.
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Matthew 6:24-25
Are you willing to drop everything for Him? Are you willing to die for His name? Will you lay down your every desire to submit to His will for your life? Remember, He is our Holy Father, the One who loves us and wants the best for us - age-long life in His kingdom. But if you are a disobedient child then He must judge and treat you according to His righteous indignation. This life is the greatest test. Will you defy the will of God?
Monday, August 22, 2016
Rod C. Davis - False Teacher of Luciferian Doctrines
Below is a couple of comments I made to one of Rod C. Davis's Youtube Videos trying to spuriously prove Paul was a false apostle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGwN629Cnlc
Thank you for your thoughtful response Rod. I will definitely look those things up and do my own research in prayer to Father Yahweh for answers. He has not led me astray so far :) I too have spent hundreds of hours in research, prayer and have been given many signs from Yahweh in my walk of faith which continue to this day (I pray they NEVER stop). But this does not make me want to call myself "anointed" nor seek to glorify my name as it appears your website does. This is a big red flag for me.
There is great danger is cherry-picking verses in The Bible and reading them out of context. Dan 8:11 is not referring to Christ but rather to a world power or system that persecutes the Jews and causes the sacrifices to stop ie; destroys the temple - most likely referring to Rome. But it is not talking about Christ there. Nor is it talking about Christ in 9:27.
However, Christ did come to put an end to sacrifices. He *was* the final sacrifice. Christ walked in perfection while being faced with the ultimate opposition. But this is no way discounts what Paul was teaching. He taught just that. The book of Hebrews makes it very clear just what it meant for Christ to fulfill the law. Paul was not an advocate for continuing the law or solidifying the blood covenant but rather advocated the New Covenant fulfilled in Christ who is the only way to salvation. He told the converted Christian Jews that if they wanted to continue under the law they could do that but it would hinder their spiritual growth. His whole message in Romans was that we should not be legalistic in telling anyone how they should worship, but that if they had the Spirit in them they would be convicted and guided by Him. Paul rejected the legalism of religion but spoke the truth boldly and plainly so that others could either accept it to reject it themselves. He pointed out the idolatry that continued to flourish the Greek, Jewish and Roman cultures even after God's ultimate act of love towards us. Humanity continues to betray Him in the face of this knowledge to this very moment. Both Paul and Christ prophesied the same things.
Also, I see how you could take Jer 7:22 to mean that Yahweh did not command sacrifices or offerings since such a strong statement is made, and upon reading the verse by itself it sounds rock solid in meaning. But read it again *in context*, keeping in mind that most of The Bible is meant to be taken in context, not only paragraph-to-paragraph but "chapter"-by-"chapter" and holistically, I'm confident you will come to understand that this passage is referring to the way the Israelites were profaning the commanded worship of Yahweh by bringing idols into the temple and worshiping them as well ie; the "queen of heaven" - Ashtoreth which arose out of pagan Babylon (Research Semiraimis and Nimrod who ursurped and twisted the seed prophesy of Genesis 3). Note: I put "chapter" in quotes because the chapter divisions are not always in the correct places nor are the verse divisions, which can cause confusion sometimes. It is an archaeologically and biblically proven fact that the Israelites practiced syncretism and worshiped Ashtoreth, Baal, Molock and other gods along side Yahweh from the incident at Mt Sinai until Rome sacked Jerusalem in 70AD (see Exodus-Malachi). That very same idolatry continues to this day in the second most dominant religion on this planet, Catholicism, as well as the largest religion, Islam (they use symbols of goddess worship as well even though they claim to worship the One True God - yet Allah has pagan roots). What we are dealing with today is mass deception and confusion created by satanic forces on earth.
The idolatry continues to this day in the pagan-syncretized Roman Catholic Church and even into every denomination of mainstream Christianity which idolizes money, family, friends, fame, pride, accomplishment and pleasure. These things take away from our focus on God's will. Majority of Christians today even idolize worship! They think they are worshiping but in reality they are seeking a pre-conceived notion of worship. It's Cane's offering over and over and over again. This is exactly what Israel did and is a localized historical type of the apostate world religion that was to come under the guise of Christianity. I see on your website a picture of Mary in the background of the crucified Christ, a picture that clearly comes from Catholicism. If you are a real seeker of truth I would expect to not see something like that on your site but there it is, another red flag.
If you take away the God-appointed sacrifices, which if you believe and trust that God gave The Bible to us you would, then you would remove all the *types and shadows* pointing the way to Christ Yahshua as the Messiah. You utterly discount the fulfillment of prophesy in Him and ignore the weight of the sacrifice made on the cross as well as the very prophesies of our Creator Himself regading His birth, death, resurrection and return (which were established at the foundations of the world, or this "age"). The sacrificial system was crucial to bringing about the New Covenant. This is made very clear by both Jesus and Paul and was accepted by Peter and the rest of the apostles collectively. To say that Paul was a false prophet is to say that the apostles were deceived as well, that they didn't really understand a word Yahshua said, they didn't really receive the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and that the church was not founded on Solid Rock. You are essentially throwing the entire spiritually, solid-food message of the Bible out the window as well as your faith that God was able to begin building His kingdom here on earth through the apostles as Christ Yahshua clearly intended. So are you a Bible believer or not? That is the real question. If not then we have nothing further to discuss. If you would like I would be happy to spend the time to spell out my understanding of the Bible but it might be best to read from the person who mentored me and helped me to learn how to diligently and thoroughly seek the truth by the leading of the Holy Spirit. I've so far found nothing that can solidly refute his teachings and I believe he has been gifted greatly with a great level of *discernment* by Father Yahweh.
http://www.heart4god.ws/
I can agree that the KJV and subsequent modern versions were altered from the original inspired Hebrew texts in many ways that distort the direct revelations revealed to the prophets and scribes of old. The Gap theory is a prime example. "But the earth became formless and void" is the translation that should have been made, which has profound implications. There are numerous other errors I've found as well so I am not opposed to seeking the truth to find more if God is willing. But Paul was certainly not trying to keep the traditions of the Pharisees alive. He preached that the law was fulfilled in Christ. He preached that all the types and shadows of the old covenant were pointing to Christ and the fulfillment of prophesy in Him. He also expounded upon the meanings of OT prophesies in relation to end times that have and are coming to pass. Have you researched the many layers of types and shadows in the Bible? I believe these were kept in tact even if other doctrines were purposefully altered to fit within the scope of the corrupt Church's understanding of Scripture at the time. I believe and trust that God has kept alive the solid food of His message, that He has kept His finger in the Bible even though men try to corrupt it at every turn. What concerns me most is that many people today are working hard at the influence of Satan (who can transform himself into and angel of light - 2 Cor 11:14 and perhaps even Gen 3 "nachash" meaning "shining one") to corrupt people's connection and relationship with God in order to promote this idea that the whole world worships the same God and are on different paths to Him. This Luciferian apostasy was also prophesied from Genesis to Revelation. This idea is still alive in the Babylonian syncretism of today's rebellious, deceived, stiff-necked culture.
I do agree that Christ Yahshua was not about religion. Religion is belief-based written law that leads to misguided tyranny. The law of God is written on our hearts so that we can choose Him voluntarily or incur His righteous wrath. It is true that the prophets spoke clearly that the law and rituals surrounding them were merely types and shadows of what God was trying to communicate to Israel and to the Gentiles after Christ. They all pointed to Christ and the future fulfillment of His kingdom. Even the prophets of old understood these things because the Spirit of God was IN them so they could see past the curse of the law.
There is nothing new under the sun. According to the order of Melchizedek we have always had access to Him through His Spirit directly instead of only sacrifices, which can not make anyone clean in their heart (For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart. Psalm 61:15) but people just won't get out of His way by seeking their own glory and desires instead of His. They impose understanding rather than expose it. The sacrificial system was a curse as much as an attempt to show people their sinful state. But it WAS commanded by God by a mound of evidence throughout both the OT and NT.
Honestly, sometimes I wonder who really IS following the Spirit since every "ordained" Tom, Dick and Harry is claiming to be a prophet or "anointed" apostle under the guidance of the Spirit by signs, wonders and miracles, yet no one can seem to agree on what is sound doctrine. I can't help but be highly skeptical when someone touts their own anointing, not that the person isn't, but it doesn't appear very humble. It's also very difficult to wade through all the false prophets out there so please excuse me if I might sound a little bit too "tough love" in my responses. I tend to call it how I see it. In this case I have to admit I'm quite moved to expose at what I see. In many cases I won't say anything but when I see so many glaring errors I must speak up for the sake of those who take you seriously and encourage people to seek the discernment of Father Yahweh for clarity on these matters which I have no doubt have the potential to effect salvation.
To come back to a point I started early in this comment, the Gospel calls us to self-denial and I find using your name as a form of branding on the Gospel is quite self-promotional. Let's just look at your self-proclaimed title as seen on your home page:
"Spiritual, Supernatural, Paranormal, Biblical Researcher, Author and Ordained Minister
Anointed Seeker & Preacher of Hidden Truths"
and
"Amazon Best Seller - Miracles"
Not very humble IMHO. My spiritual red-flag fire alarm is ringing off the wall to be perfectly honest. I understand that God is supernatural but you make yourself sound like a occultist, medium, ghost hunter and astrologer by touting yourself with such lofty adjectives. It reeks of mystic influence and immediately calls to mind the possibility you may be deceived by Luciferian doctrines. This fact is confirmed by the following:
https://www.amazon.com/Commuicating-Other-Side-Rod-Davis/dp/0972784047
"This is a basic introduction to communicating with the other side, and the procedures one can employ to activate their God given ability to commune with spirits guides and the departed."
If anything were made more clear in The Bible than homosexuality being an abomination it would be this sort of witchcraft. Total apostasy.
Even in spite of my concerns about you and your teachings, with a joyful spirit in the search for truth I will commit time to reading some of the things you have recommended. I pray that the truth be known by us both, even if one of us has to be wrong. And I am always willing to be proven wrong even in the spirit of debate. I believe God wants us to work the truth out together in prayer and diligent, life-long commitment to self-sacrifice for the truth. That is why no single man has all the answers so that no one can boast in themselves or use God's name in vain to glorify themselves. We also cannot compromise and give into the clamoring masses demanding world unity under a false "God" like many of these Luciferian doctrines do which seek to undermine the deeper meanings of Yahweh's letter to us. We should also be willing to embrace truth even if it tears down every belief we've built up in our lives. In the end the Truth is all that will stand anyway.
I can't help but feel like your teachings are going down the same path of deception that is flooding the world, especially since you embrace and promote doctrines that are not accepted as even legitimate by most biblical scholars (not that scholars are always right...we can clearly see they are not, but in this case they are). After looking into this "Gospel" I am certain it is Luciferian in nature. For one, it states "As above so below. As Within so without." This is straight up Hermeticism which reaches back to ancient Egyptian and Babylonian mystery religions. The veganism aspect is really hard to swallow (pun intended - I love animals but this doctrine has an overt liberal agenda). It teaches Jesus was trained in mystic arts when He traveled east. It teaches the equality of women which goes against what Peter and Timothy taught as well as Paul (this is a very misunderstood part of God's kingdom). It discounts the deity of Christ Yahshua by teaching He wasn't born of a virgin, which negates OT prophesy. I mean, need I go on? Not to say I don't recognize that God created us vegan and we will eventually return to being vegans in the New Earth, but right now we are allowed to eat meat. One doesn't have to look far to see The Gospel of Twelve is another attempt to appeal to the growing liberal masses seeking to have their ears tickled.
I fear you are misleading people down a destructive path. But my faith will remain in an open mind to God's leading even through my skepticism. Perhaps I will find something truthful however so far that truth is proving my faith to be correct (not that I need it to for Yahweh has already revealed Himself to me). But if my skepticism proves correct there is a good chance the Spirit will move me to confront you about it in love AND truth, for the two cannot be separated without one profaning the other. Often times love tastes sweet to the tongue but when it reaches the stomach it turns to bitter truth. Likewise, often the truth tastes bitter to the tongue but turns sweet in the stomach. To those who are wise let them have ears to hear. Do not be deceived.
Thank you for your thoughtful response Rod. I will definitely look those things up and do my own research in prayer to Father Yahweh for answers. He has not led me astray so far :) I too have spent hundreds of hours in research, prayer and have been given many signs from Yahweh in my walk of faith which continue to this day (I pray they NEVER stop). But this does not make me want to call myself "anointed" nor seek to glorify my name as it appears your website does. This is a big red flag for me.
There is great danger is cherry-picking verses in The Bible and reading them out of context. Dan 8:11 is not referring to Christ but rather to a world power or system that persecutes the Jews and causes the sacrifices to stop ie; destroys the temple - most likely referring to Rome. But it is not talking about Christ there. Nor is it talking about Christ in 9:27.
However, Christ did come to put an end to sacrifices. He *was* the final sacrifice. Christ walked in perfection while being faced with the ultimate opposition. But this is no way discounts what Paul was teaching. He taught just that. The book of Hebrews makes it very clear just what it meant for Christ to fulfill the law. Paul was not an advocate for continuing the law or solidifying the blood covenant but rather advocated the New Covenant fulfilled in Christ who is the only way to salvation. He told the converted Christian Jews that if they wanted to continue under the law they could do that but it would hinder their spiritual growth. His whole message in Romans was that we should not be legalistic in telling anyone how they should worship, but that if they had the Spirit in them they would be convicted and guided by Him. Paul rejected the legalism of religion but spoke the truth boldly and plainly so that others could either accept it to reject it themselves. He pointed out the idolatry that continued to flourish the Greek, Jewish and Roman cultures even after God's ultimate act of love towards us. Humanity continues to betray Him in the face of this knowledge to this very moment. Both Paul and Christ prophesied the same things.
Also, I see how you could take Jer 7:22 to mean that Yahweh did not command sacrifices or offerings since such a strong statement is made, and upon reading the verse by itself it sounds rock solid in meaning. But read it again *in context*, keeping in mind that most of The Bible is meant to be taken in context, not only paragraph-to-paragraph but "chapter"-by-"chapter" and holistically, I'm confident you will come to understand that this passage is referring to the way the Israelites were profaning the commanded worship of Yahweh by bringing idols into the temple and worshiping them as well ie; the "queen of heaven" - Ashtoreth which arose out of pagan Babylon (Research Semiraimis and Nimrod who ursurped and twisted the seed prophesy of Genesis 3). Note: I put "chapter" in quotes because the chapter divisions are not always in the correct places nor are the verse divisions, which can cause confusion sometimes. It is an archaeologically and biblically proven fact that the Israelites practiced syncretism and worshiped Ashtoreth, Baal, Molock and other gods along side Yahweh from the incident at Mt Sinai until Rome sacked Jerusalem in 70AD (see Exodus-Malachi). That very same idolatry continues to this day in the second most dominant religion on this planet, Catholicism, as well as the largest religion, Islam (they use symbols of goddess worship as well even though they claim to worship the One True God - yet Allah has pagan roots). What we are dealing with today is mass deception and confusion created by satanic forces on earth.
The idolatry continues to this day in the pagan-syncretized Roman Catholic Church and even into every denomination of mainstream Christianity which idolizes money, family, friends, fame, pride, accomplishment and pleasure. These things take away from our focus on God's will. Majority of Christians today even idolize worship! They think they are worshiping but in reality they are seeking a pre-conceived notion of worship. It's Cane's offering over and over and over again. This is exactly what Israel did and is a localized historical type of the apostate world religion that was to come under the guise of Christianity. I see on your website a picture of Mary in the background of the crucified Christ, a picture that clearly comes from Catholicism. If you are a real seeker of truth I would expect to not see something like that on your site but there it is, another red flag.
If you take away the God-appointed sacrifices, which if you believe and trust that God gave The Bible to us you would, then you would remove all the *types and shadows* pointing the way to Christ Yahshua as the Messiah. You utterly discount the fulfillment of prophesy in Him and ignore the weight of the sacrifice made on the cross as well as the very prophesies of our Creator Himself regading His birth, death, resurrection and return (which were established at the foundations of the world, or this "age"). The sacrificial system was crucial to bringing about the New Covenant. This is made very clear by both Jesus and Paul and was accepted by Peter and the rest of the apostles collectively. To say that Paul was a false prophet is to say that the apostles were deceived as well, that they didn't really understand a word Yahshua said, they didn't really receive the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and that the church was not founded on Solid Rock. You are essentially throwing the entire spiritually, solid-food message of the Bible out the window as well as your faith that God was able to begin building His kingdom here on earth through the apostles as Christ Yahshua clearly intended. So are you a Bible believer or not? That is the real question. If not then we have nothing further to discuss. If you would like I would be happy to spend the time to spell out my understanding of the Bible but it might be best to read from the person who mentored me and helped me to learn how to diligently and thoroughly seek the truth by the leading of the Holy Spirit. I've so far found nothing that can solidly refute his teachings and I believe he has been gifted greatly with a great level of *discernment* by Father Yahweh.
http://www.heart4god.ws/
I can agree that the KJV and subsequent modern versions were altered from the original inspired Hebrew texts in many ways that distort the direct revelations revealed to the prophets and scribes of old. The Gap theory is a prime example. "But the earth became formless and void" is the translation that should have been made, which has profound implications. There are numerous other errors I've found as well so I am not opposed to seeking the truth to find more if God is willing. But Paul was certainly not trying to keep the traditions of the Pharisees alive. He preached that the law was fulfilled in Christ. He preached that all the types and shadows of the old covenant were pointing to Christ and the fulfillment of prophesy in Him. He also expounded upon the meanings of OT prophesies in relation to end times that have and are coming to pass. Have you researched the many layers of types and shadows in the Bible? I believe these were kept in tact even if other doctrines were purposefully altered to fit within the scope of the corrupt Church's understanding of Scripture at the time. I believe and trust that God has kept alive the solid food of His message, that He has kept His finger in the Bible even though men try to corrupt it at every turn. What concerns me most is that many people today are working hard at the influence of Satan (who can transform himself into and angel of light - 2 Cor 11:14 and perhaps even Gen 3 "nachash" meaning "shining one") to corrupt people's connection and relationship with God in order to promote this idea that the whole world worships the same God and are on different paths to Him. This Luciferian apostasy was also prophesied from Genesis to Revelation. This idea is still alive in the Babylonian syncretism of today's rebellious, deceived, stiff-necked culture.
I do agree that Christ Yahshua was not about religion. Religion is belief-based written law that leads to misguided tyranny. The law of God is written on our hearts so that we can choose Him voluntarily or incur His righteous wrath. It is true that the prophets spoke clearly that the law and rituals surrounding them were merely types and shadows of what God was trying to communicate to Israel and to the Gentiles after Christ. They all pointed to Christ and the future fulfillment of His kingdom. Even the prophets of old understood these things because the Spirit of God was IN them so they could see past the curse of the law.
There is nothing new under the sun. According to the order of Melchizedek we have always had access to Him through His Spirit directly instead of only sacrifices, which can not make anyone clean in their heart (For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart. Psalm 61:15) but people just won't get out of His way by seeking their own glory and desires instead of His. They impose understanding rather than expose it. The sacrificial system was a curse as much as an attempt to show people their sinful state. But it WAS commanded by God by a mound of evidence throughout both the OT and NT.
Honestly, sometimes I wonder who really IS following the Spirit since every "ordained" Tom, Dick and Harry is claiming to be a prophet or "anointed" apostle under the guidance of the Spirit by signs, wonders and miracles, yet no one can seem to agree on what is sound doctrine. I can't help but be highly skeptical when someone touts their own anointing, not that the person isn't, but it doesn't appear very humble. It's also very difficult to wade through all the false prophets out there so please excuse me if I might sound a little bit too "tough love" in my responses. I tend to call it how I see it. In this case I have to admit I'm quite moved to expose at what I see. In many cases I won't say anything but when I see so many glaring errors I must speak up for the sake of those who take you seriously and encourage people to seek the discernment of Father Yahweh for clarity on these matters which I have no doubt have the potential to effect salvation.
To come back to a point I started early in this comment, the Gospel calls us to self-denial and I find using your name as a form of branding on the Gospel is quite self-promotional. Let's just look at your self-proclaimed title as seen on your home page:
"Spiritual, Supernatural, Paranormal, Biblical Researcher, Author and Ordained Minister
Anointed Seeker & Preacher of Hidden Truths"
and
"Amazon Best Seller - Miracles"
Not very humble IMHO. My spiritual red-flag fire alarm is ringing off the wall to be perfectly honest. I understand that God is supernatural but you make yourself sound like a occultist, medium, ghost hunter and astrologer by touting yourself with such lofty adjectives. It reeks of mystic influence and immediately calls to mind the possibility you may be deceived by Luciferian doctrines. This fact is confirmed by the following:
https://www.amazon.com/Commuicating-Other-Side-Rod-Davis/dp/0972784047
"This is a basic introduction to communicating with the other side, and the procedures one can employ to activate their God given ability to commune with spirits guides and the departed."
If anything were made more clear in The Bible than homosexuality being an abomination it would be this sort of witchcraft. Total apostasy.
Even in spite of my concerns about you and your teachings, with a joyful spirit in the search for truth I will commit time to reading some of the things you have recommended. I pray that the truth be known by us both, even if one of us has to be wrong. And I am always willing to be proven wrong even in the spirit of debate. I believe God wants us to work the truth out together in prayer and diligent, life-long commitment to self-sacrifice for the truth. That is why no single man has all the answers so that no one can boast in themselves or use God's name in vain to glorify themselves. We also cannot compromise and give into the clamoring masses demanding world unity under a false "God" like many of these Luciferian doctrines do which seek to undermine the deeper meanings of Yahweh's letter to us. We should also be willing to embrace truth even if it tears down every belief we've built up in our lives. In the end the Truth is all that will stand anyway.
I can't help but feel like your teachings are going down the same path of deception that is flooding the world, especially since you embrace and promote doctrines that are not accepted as even legitimate by most biblical scholars (not that scholars are always right...we can clearly see they are not, but in this case they are). After looking into this "Gospel" I am certain it is Luciferian in nature. For one, it states "As above so below. As Within so without." This is straight up Hermeticism which reaches back to ancient Egyptian and Babylonian mystery religions. The veganism aspect is really hard to swallow (pun intended - I love animals but this doctrine has an overt liberal agenda). It teaches Jesus was trained in mystic arts when He traveled east. It teaches the equality of women which goes against what Peter and Timothy taught as well as Paul (this is a very misunderstood part of God's kingdom). It discounts the deity of Christ Yahshua by teaching He wasn't born of a virgin, which negates OT prophesy. I mean, need I go on? Not to say I don't recognize that God created us vegan and we will eventually return to being vegans in the New Earth, but right now we are allowed to eat meat. One doesn't have to look far to see The Gospel of Twelve is another attempt to appeal to the growing liberal masses seeking to have their ears tickled.
I fear you are misleading people down a destructive path. But my faith will remain in an open mind to God's leading even through my skepticism. Perhaps I will find something truthful however so far that truth is proving my faith to be correct (not that I need it to for Yahweh has already revealed Himself to me). But if my skepticism proves correct there is a good chance the Spirit will move me to confront you about it in love AND truth, for the two cannot be separated without one profaning the other. Often times love tastes sweet to the tongue but when it reaches the stomach it turns to bitter truth. Likewise, often the truth tastes bitter to the tongue but turns sweet in the stomach. To those who are wise let them have ears to hear. Do not be deceived.
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Paul - Bringing Scripture to the Light of Truth
If it is so unbelievable that God would call Paul to ministry because he didn't keep God's commandments, being a murder and persecutor of Christians then it would be equally unbelievable that He would forgive David for murder, adultery and the forbidden census. Paul had intimate knowledge of Scripture and God graced him with the ability to expound upon the types and shadows of the Old Testament to reveal their antitypes under the New Covenant. Without Paul's testimony the Bible would be entirely deficient of the deeper spiritual "solid food" which confirms just how profoundly prophetic the Bible is and that it truly is the prophesies of Christ Yahshua given to the world as a witness to the Father's plan of the ages. It is also telling of God's love and grace that He can change anyone's heart that He wishes, because He is God. I can testify to that. I was a grave sinner. I've committed serious abominations against God in my life. I deserved death until Christ brought me to my knees and showed me the error of my ways. Very much like Paul. Paul was a prime example of God's compassionate will for the world, which is to save even the gravest of sinners from the torment of His wrath. Once Christ Yahshua revealed Himself to Paul, his life changed forever. He repented and immediately took up his cross to fight the spiritual battle he was appointed. That is saving grace my friends.
Also, considering the Gospel of the Twelve was not discovered until the late 1800's, a time when there were many new highly questionable discoveries relating to Scripture, ie; Codex Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, is it not likely that they may have been forgeries - deceptions themselves? There are compelling reasons to doubt the authenticity of documents produced so long after the original Gospels. It seems rather convenient to me that these "discoveries" were made during a neo-counter-reformation where it appears many false doctrines surfaced at once, including Darwin's "On the Origin of the Species". This was a time of inscrutable antichrist indoctrination which continues to this day because people are unwilling to commit themselves to serious study and prayer and to seek the truth as given by the Holy Spirit as opposed to seeking to have one's ears tickled by fables, myths and doctrines of demons and men.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGwN629Cnlc
Also, considering the Gospel of the Twelve was not discovered until the late 1800's, a time when there were many new highly questionable discoveries relating to Scripture, ie; Codex Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, is it not likely that they may have been forgeries - deceptions themselves? There are compelling reasons to doubt the authenticity of documents produced so long after the original Gospels. It seems rather convenient to me that these "discoveries" were made during a neo-counter-reformation where it appears many false doctrines surfaced at once, including Darwin's "On the Origin of the Species". This was a time of inscrutable antichrist indoctrination which continues to this day because people are unwilling to commit themselves to serious study and prayer and to seek the truth as given by the Holy Spirit as opposed to seeking to have one's ears tickled by fables, myths and doctrines of demons and men.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGwN629Cnlc
Virgin Mary - Worshiping an Idol Plain and Simple
The Catholics I know as well as those who follow orthodoxy say they don't "worship" Mary, they merely pray to her as an intercessor, but is it not worship to pray to someone whom God has not told you to pray to? I couldn't possibly put all the evidence to support this in a FB post but here is a song I came across, beautiful as it may sound, is all about worshiping Mary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7vvPXz-Qes
Read the lyrics here and tell me that this song isn't exalting Mary above all the angels, cherubim and all of the heavens to a position that is completely unbiblical, coming between us and our ONLY intercessor, Christ Yahshua. No one inherits the throne with Christ until after His return and no one receives their glorified bodies until He gives it to them after this event transpires.
"Queen of all...higher than the heavens...superior to Angels...More hon'rable than Cherubim/ beyond compare more glorious than immaterial Seraphim/ and greater than angelic thrones..."
This clearly a prayer to her. They capitalize her titles as Queen of Heaven, Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, etc. "Mother of God"? That places her above God. In pictures and statues she is shown holding the still infant Jesus. So how can one not see that she is being exalted higher even than God Himself? Oh but the Catholics say that she is at the feet of Christ. Then why are your idols saying otherwise? When we see statues of Mary high above everything else is she not exalted above God? Should she even be exalted at all? The simple answer - No, she shouldn't.
"Hail Mary, full of grace."
Hail? Hail Caesar? Hail Hitler? We don't use that term lightly in our society except perhaps to hail a cab. In the case of religion I think it's safe to say it is a sign of worship. Hitler demanded to be literally worshiped like many of the Caesars did. Also, consider that worship is not limited to bowing down to something or someone (as is done with Mary statues often). Worship is anything exalted instead of God. God alone deserves credit for absolutely everything. No saint, prophet or idol should ever be worshiped or prayed to. This is equivalent to mediumship and sorcery. Saul violated God's commandments when he consulted a witch to speak to Samuel.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Queen-of-Heaven.html
The title Queen of Heaven is given to ancient pagan gods such as Ashtoreth in the Bible (mother goddess of the Canaanites and Syrians whom God passed harsh judgment upon the Israelites for worshiping). Isis of Egypt and Semiramis of Babylon are the same thing. The same syncretism with pagan religions occurs in the veneration of Mary. If the idolatry here does not convince you there are plenty of other obvious violations against God in Catholicism to look to if you have eyes to see.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_heaven_(antiquity)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Virgin_Pure
This article describes the difference between Catholic and orthodox doctrine concerning Mary.
"the Church does not accept the idea that the Mother of God was born with the (inherited) guilt of Adam; no one is."
Wrong. All are under the curse of the Fall. Where do they get this from? All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. But evidently Mary was made Holy at conception rather than at judgment like "all" who have sinned. The angels demand not to be worshiped. Christ Himself points to the Father and states He is the ONLY way to Him. This is made perfectly clear in many places of the Bible.
"The Holy Spirit prepared the Virgin Mary for her role as the Mother of God"
Why all the capital titles if not deified into the godhead? Is not Christ's name capitalized in Scripture to signify His ultimate authority? You cannot tell me you do not worship Mary. To say so is to be willingly deceived and becomes a serious issue of salvation. God clearly hates idolatry, and idolatry is anything that takes away from the worship of the Father by the one path He has provided to Him, Christ Yahshua. If these believers spent as much time praying to Him as they do to Mary perhaps they would see the truth. But if you insist on usurping His authority He will turn you over to a reprobate mind. Come out her (the harlot church) and do not partake of her sins.
http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/ortho_cath.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7vvPXz-Qes
Read the lyrics here and tell me that this song isn't exalting Mary above all the angels, cherubim and all of the heavens to a position that is completely unbiblical, coming between us and our ONLY intercessor, Christ Yahshua. No one inherits the throne with Christ until after His return and no one receives their glorified bodies until He gives it to them after this event transpires.
"Queen of all...higher than the heavens...superior to Angels...More hon'rable than Cherubim/ beyond compare more glorious than immaterial Seraphim/ and greater than angelic thrones..."
This clearly a prayer to her. They capitalize her titles as Queen of Heaven, Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, etc. "Mother of God"? That places her above God. In pictures and statues she is shown holding the still infant Jesus. So how can one not see that she is being exalted higher even than God Himself? Oh but the Catholics say that she is at the feet of Christ. Then why are your idols saying otherwise? When we see statues of Mary high above everything else is she not exalted above God? Should she even be exalted at all? The simple answer - No, she shouldn't.
"Hail Mary, full of grace."
Hail? Hail Caesar? Hail Hitler? We don't use that term lightly in our society except perhaps to hail a cab. In the case of religion I think it's safe to say it is a sign of worship. Hitler demanded to be literally worshiped like many of the Caesars did. Also, consider that worship is not limited to bowing down to something or someone (as is done with Mary statues often). Worship is anything exalted instead of God. God alone deserves credit for absolutely everything. No saint, prophet or idol should ever be worshiped or prayed to. This is equivalent to mediumship and sorcery. Saul violated God's commandments when he consulted a witch to speak to Samuel.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Queen-of-Heaven.html
The title Queen of Heaven is given to ancient pagan gods such as Ashtoreth in the Bible (mother goddess of the Canaanites and Syrians whom God passed harsh judgment upon the Israelites for worshiping). Isis of Egypt and Semiramis of Babylon are the same thing. The same syncretism with pagan religions occurs in the veneration of Mary. If the idolatry here does not convince you there are plenty of other obvious violations against God in Catholicism to look to if you have eyes to see.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_heaven_(antiquity)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Virgin_Pure
This article describes the difference between Catholic and orthodox doctrine concerning Mary.
"the Church does not accept the idea that the Mother of God was born with the (inherited) guilt of Adam; no one is."
Wrong. All are under the curse of the Fall. Where do they get this from? All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. But evidently Mary was made Holy at conception rather than at judgment like "all" who have sinned. The angels demand not to be worshiped. Christ Himself points to the Father and states He is the ONLY way to Him. This is made perfectly clear in many places of the Bible.
"The Holy Spirit prepared the Virgin Mary for her role as the Mother of God"
Why all the capital titles if not deified into the godhead? Is not Christ's name capitalized in Scripture to signify His ultimate authority? You cannot tell me you do not worship Mary. To say so is to be willingly deceived and becomes a serious issue of salvation. God clearly hates idolatry, and idolatry is anything that takes away from the worship of the Father by the one path He has provided to Him, Christ Yahshua. If these believers spent as much time praying to Him as they do to Mary perhaps they would see the truth. But if you insist on usurping His authority He will turn you over to a reprobate mind. Come out her (the harlot church) and do not partake of her sins.
http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/ortho_cath.html
Friday, August 19, 2016
Painful Pride - The Root of All Sin
Singles and brothers & sisters going through hard times, this is a great article for you. Something to remember is that we have a Friend and Advocate who loves us more than any person ever could. It is our greatest challenge to learn to love as He loves. I personally can attest to how pain can become an idol in one's life. Ironically enough when pain takes over in this sense it truly comes down to pride being the root of your problem. In fact, I'd say that all sin comes down to pride (it WAS the original sin after all). Pride is not always a puffed-up, flag-waiving act of boastfulness. It can be a very subtle psychological condition that takes on the form of self pity. Self pity is not being humble before God. It comes from coveting and not receiving what you covet. It's easy to point your finger at others who deny you of what you think you deserve. But it's even easier to point your finger at yourself and admit you don't deserve it. But this is not a reason to wallow in misery. The fact is you are a sinner deserving of death outside of the blood of Christ. But under the guidance of His Holy Spirit you can be GRACED with gifts far more fulfilling than your wildest dreams. Why is pride such a sin? It abandons God as being our ultimate provider, who fulfills our every need and usurps His authority to help us learn what it is we truly need. When we feel like we have not been provided for in ways that we think we should we are not trusting God. Desires that arise out of our own soul are dangerous since we are so susceptible to self-imposed deceptions, fallacies, cognitive biases and external influences. This is why we need to always, always seek the Lord for wisdom and understanding and to search out the Spirit of truth in all matters. Test the spirits and prove the perfect and acceptable will of God in all things and you will find fulfillment in places you probably never expected to before.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Oswald Chambers - Maybe not so much of a mystic after all?
You know, I was looking into Oswald Chambers and although I really like a lot of what he says I' have been a little concerned about his association with Christian mysticism as stated by some writers on the internet I've come across. But in reading these counterpoints to Chambers' theology I have come to find that I agree with him, at least from what I've read so far.
Articles like this serve to reinforce my understanding of God and His creation by showing me just how apostate most Christians have become. One key thing this author seems to overlook is the concept of Sabbath rest and the fact that this heaven and earth are prophesied to pass away. The Bible is clear that we should, especially in these end days, increasingly divest ourselves of the world and invest ourselves in the love of God for the mission of saving souls from this fallen creation, which is surely under judgment as we speak.
The writer of this article seems to have also taken the post modern stance that Christianity is intimately attached to the joys this world brings ie; God's "creation," yet in a world that is flooded with the deceptions of the devil, it is often hard to separate the two. For example, the traditional family, with the husband/father being the head, has been utterly destroyed in our modern culture, causing a reversal of God's plan for holiness and righteousness to flow through from the Father, to the Son to man and then to woman and thier children. The world works against His intent and purpose of the family and in many cases makes laws against the Christian values that keep it holy.
Now I will be the first to admit that men have done much work to destroy the love that is intended to flow through the biblical family by, in the past and to this day, dominating and treating women with disrespect. However, what society has done is to give women places of authority instead of addressing the real issue that men have become disconnected from the love of God. So for me, it is unrealistic to even consider marriage and starting a family since the days in which we live are not conducive to the lifestyle God would want me to live. Since He has turned the world over to reprobate minds and prophesied against such immoral behavior, it is unwise to continue to expect to operate a family on a biblical level in today's overwhelmingly satanic culture. In fact, I would venture to say it is guaranteed to cause the highest levels of strife and divisions. I, personally, could and would not marry a woman unless she understood and agreed with the fact that it will be the most difficult thing a Christian could do today. I would not want my child indoctrinated with lies like the theory of evolution, false history, LGBT pride, occult symbolism and ideologies, feminism... poisoned with GMOs, chemicals and pesticides, vaccinated with potential pathogens, bullied and pressured into drugs by peers... but then again, there has never been a better time to grow spiritually on this planet. People are faced with evil at every turn. The world is literally swimming in a sea of sin and people are happy to be deceived, even most professing Christians. they want thier ears tickled. There are many forms of the prosperity doctrine these days and none of them reveal the very hard-to-swallow truth - that THIS world will soon come to an end. And it will NOT be pretty. Is it right to bring a child up in today's increasingly liberal-socialistic, anti-christian, pleasure-seeking, happily-deceived globalized culture? A world that is willing to trade God-given freedom for false security and hope devised and contrived by the lies of men? A world that ultimately rejects the path to holiness - that believes humanity can pull together in unity to create a better world - WITHOUT taking up the cross of Christ Yahshua to be washed clean of all unrighteousness by His blood and be brought before the throne of the One True God, Father Yahweh?
It is not only unbelievers that are deceived, it is Christians themselves. They are buying into the idea that God will bless them in this life abundantly without having to make the necessary sacrifice of themselves. They MUST die to their own desires and wishes to be fully submitted to Christ. THY will be done. Remember that Cane's offering was not only insufficient but an offense to God.
Consider what is said in the following blog: Christianity 2.0
The writer of this article seems to have also taken the post modern stance that Christianity is intimately attached to the joys this world brings ie; God's "creation," yet in a world that is flooded with the deceptions of the devil, it is often hard to separate the two. For example, the traditional family, with the husband/father being the head, has been utterly destroyed in our modern culture, causing a reversal of God's plan for holiness and righteousness to flow through from the Father, to the Son to man and then to woman and thier children. The world works against His intent and purpose of the family and in many cases makes laws against the Christian values that keep it holy.
Now I will be the first to admit that men have done much work to destroy the love that is intended to flow through the biblical family by, in the past and to this day, dominating and treating women with disrespect. However, what society has done is to give women places of authority instead of addressing the real issue that men have become disconnected from the love of God. So for me, it is unrealistic to even consider marriage and starting a family since the days in which we live are not conducive to the lifestyle God would want me to live. Since He has turned the world over to reprobate minds and prophesied against such immoral behavior, it is unwise to continue to expect to operate a family on a biblical level in today's overwhelmingly satanic culture. In fact, I would venture to say it is guaranteed to cause the highest levels of strife and divisions. I, personally, could and would not marry a woman unless she understood and agreed with the fact that it will be the most difficult thing a Christian could do today. I would not want my child indoctrinated with lies like the theory of evolution, false history, LGBT pride, occult symbolism and ideologies, feminism... poisoned with GMOs, chemicals and pesticides, vaccinated with potential pathogens, bullied and pressured into drugs by peers... but then again, there has never been a better time to grow spiritually on this planet. People are faced with evil at every turn. The world is literally swimming in a sea of sin and people are happy to be deceived, even most professing Christians. they want thier ears tickled. There are many forms of the prosperity doctrine these days and none of them reveal the very hard-to-swallow truth - that THIS world will soon come to an end. And it will NOT be pretty. Is it right to bring a child up in today's increasingly liberal-socialistic, anti-christian, pleasure-seeking, happily-deceived globalized culture? A world that is willing to trade God-given freedom for false security and hope devised and contrived by the lies of men? A world that ultimately rejects the path to holiness - that believes humanity can pull together in unity to create a better world - WITHOUT taking up the cross of Christ Yahshua to be washed clean of all unrighteousness by His blood and be brought before the throne of the One True God, Father Yahweh?
It is not only unbelievers that are deceived, it is Christians themselves. They are buying into the idea that God will bless them in this life abundantly without having to make the necessary sacrifice of themselves. They MUST die to their own desires and wishes to be fully submitted to Christ. THY will be done. Remember that Cane's offering was not only insufficient but an offense to God.
Consider what is said in the following blog: Christianity 2.0
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