Before JESUS CHRIST began HIS ministry as a SON of man to announce the fulfillment of the times (i.e. of another milestone event in the process of GOD's ultimate purpose commencing or starting), John the Baptist came as a herald to announce HIM and HIS coming. This work aka ministry of John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecies of the Prophet Isaiah and the Prophet Malachi about a man that GOD would raise up and send to announce the advent of HIS MESSIAH (Malachi 3:1) aka CHRIST and PRINCE (anointed and ordained SOVEREIGN RULER of HIS people), the LORD MESSENGER (i.e. MEDIATOR) of The (New) Covenant (Hebrew 8:6, 9:15, 12:24; Malachi 3:1).
John the Baptist most probably had spent all his adult life (i.e. from around his twentieth birthday onward) in the wilderness having mainly locust and honey for his food before the time came for him to commence his ministry and work as the herald to announce the advent of the MESSIAH PRINCE the MESENGGER and MEDIATOR of The New Covenant. This happened when the Word of GOD came to John.
while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
Luke 3:2 - 3
What was the message which John preached? Did John the Baptist say that the time is fulfilled for the commandments of GOD to be done away with? Did he say if you do something wrong or bad or evil just do some penance to atone for them? Did he say we don't have to observe and obey anything commanded by the LORD GOD of the Old Covenant anymore? Did he say any of these things? If not then why do we have a mainstream “Christianity” today, of some over two billion people, which teaches these? What was it that he actually said that was recorded and handed down to us today?
Matthew chapter 3 verses 1 and 2.
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Mark chapter 1 verse 4 to 5.
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Romans 2:4
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
Acts 17:30 - 31
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord
Acts 3:19
if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
And testified against them, That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted proudly, And did not heed Your commandments, But sinned against Your judgments, ‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’ And they shrugged their shoulders, Stiffened their necks, And would not hear.
Nehemiah 9:29
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.
Ezekiel 14:6
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 18:30 - 31
Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:27 - 28
Numbers 22:34
Here is what JESUS CHRIST announced:
Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 1:14 - 15
So they went out and preached that people should repent. And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.
Mark 6:12 - 13
Luke 24:45 -48
Matthew 28:19 - 20
Revelation 9:20 - 21
Revelation 16:9 - 11
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Mark chapter 1 verse 4 to 5.
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
The records of the Gospel of Matthew, Mark and Luke all recorded the same thing and this was that of John the Baptist calling on the Jews to repent (i.e. to (re)consider one's life and expression of life and to turn, changing course and one's life focus towards GOD to seek to GOD to be faithful in obeying HIM doing HIS will) as the LORD MESSIAH, the MESSENGER of The Covenant was coming (Matthew 3:3; Luke 3:4; Mark 1:2). Did John the Baptist preach a false Gospel? Was John preaching a message that was contrary to the message of JESUS and HIS Apostles? Did John preach a false and fake message so that Christmas religion could preach the real and true message?
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Romans 2:4
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
Acts 17:30 - 31
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord
Acts 3:19
The Apostle Peter clearly, explicitly taught literally that in order for your sins, the sins that earned for you death, to be blotted out you first have to repent, then on repenting to become 'converted' (i.e. become a turned new person living a new life expression, focused on being faithful to GOD).
This is through being 'converted' to Christianity to be come a Christian through entering into The Covenant between all the truly and willingly repentant members of mankind with GOD, the FATHER. The Covenant that was mediated by the MESSIAH (Daniel 9:25; John 1:41) LORD JESUS CHRIST when HE came born as a SON of man in HIS role as the MESSENGER of The Covenant (Malachi 3:1). The Everlasting Covenant made in HIS BLOOD (Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25), was instituted and ordained in the commemoration (1 Corinthians 11:26) of HIS death on the Passover.
And what does it mean to become ''converted'", to become a Christian? Are you sure you know what it means to become a Christian? Nearly two billions and a half people alive as of 2015 C.E. think and believe they know, and they believe that they are Christian. Another over one billion who they think and believe that they are of the religion of Abraham the Father of the Faithful though they do not hold themselves to be Christians think that all these nearly two and half billion who think, believe and hold themselves to be Christians are actually, really Christians, the true followers and disciples of JESUS CHRIST.
Almost all the rest of the over seven billion people alive in the world as of 2015 C.E. outside of these over three and half billion, also think, believe and hold that these nearly two billion people who think, believe and hold themselves to be Christian are really, actually Christians. But are they? Please read ‘Christianity – Know The Basics’ in the post ‘Why Create Life Through The Process Of Evolution’ for the discussion on what is the process to become "converted", to become a Christian, a true Christian and not to become some identity thieving murderer instead.
The Apostles of LORD JESUS all preached the very same message as John the Baptist, which is that of repentance towards GOD against whom we all have sinned when we act or communicate irresponsibly, with ill will and to harm our neighbors (all who shared the earth as a habitat) including GOD himself (when we blaspheme HIS Holy name or institution through anyall that we proclaimed of or about HIM that is not true, or worse against HIM to malign HIM) as well as even the earth itself. That was the record of all the New Covenant Scriptures.
How about the prophets of GOD in the Old Covenant times did they preach a different gospel?
2 Chronicles 7:14
And testified against them, That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted proudly, And did not heed Your commandments, But sinned against Your judgments, ‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’ And they shrugged their shoulders, Stiffened their necks, And would not hear.
Nehemiah 9:29
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.
Ezekiel 14:6
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 18:30 - 31
Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:27 - 28
Read the Book of Jonah about how the city of Nineveh turned and repented from their wicked ways and GOD spared that city from the destruction that Jonah had preached. Was not the same requirement for repentance for the Israelite as it was for the people of Nineveh? GOD does not change (Malachi 3:6).
Even Balaam, a wicked lust and greed driven Prophet of GOD, knew of the requirement to repent, only he was not sincere and pretended he did not understand GOD, implying that GOD had been unclear in HIS communication. His insincerity was fully exposed (i.e. revealed) when later he conspired with Balak to lure (i.e. tempt and bait) the Israelite to disobey GOD and sinned:
And Balaam said to the Angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”Numbers 22:34
How about JESUS CHRIST, the only begotten SON of GOD? What did the Gospel accounts record about JESUS CHRIST and the Gospel (good news) that HE announced? Did HE said that the Laws and Commandments of GOD were not longer necessary to be obeyed, kept and honored, was that what HE announced (Matthew 5:17)? Was that the good news?
At the end of HIS work, the work of doing the work and will of HIS FATHER, before HE was delivered to be killed, did JESUS tell HIS Apostles and disciples that since HE “had fulfilled all things therefore” they no longer need to obey (i.e. to keep and perform) GOD's commandments (John 17:8, 14, 17 – 18) anymore since those were nothing but a yoke of bondage ( Romans 13:8 – 10; Galatians 5:1, 3 – 4, 18; 3:10; 4:21, 9 – 10; Romans 6:4, 8:2)?’ Was that the good news?
Before HE ascended to sit on HIS FATHER'S right hand did HE teach HIS Apostles and disciples that they were 'from then on under grace therefore there is no longer a need to observe anything anymore and there was no longer a need to keep HIS Commandments or HIS FATHER's Commandments since they had been nailed to HIS cross’ (Matthew 28:16 - 20)? Was that the good news?
Did HE say that from then on ‘it is OK to worship idols as long as it is’ in HIS “image” or HIS mother's, “the perpetual virgin's image” or a cross to be the image of him crucified? Was this the good news?
Did HE instruct HIS disciples before HE ascended to HIS FATHER in Heaven, that ‘from then forth all Christians are to observed Sunday as a day of worship and rest since that was the day HE supposedly was resurrected’? Did HE at that time command them to observe Easter Sunday as the so called day of HIS resurrection rather than to commemorate the New Covenant in HIS death made through the shedding of HIS BLOOD, The Covenant which HE instituted before HE died to pay the penalty of mankind's sins?
Did HE tell HIS Apostles that HE and the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT are ‘of a Trinity?’ Did HE command them to use the pagans’ celebration of their pagan’s gods birthday as a celebration of HIS birthday? Well did JESUS CHRIST teach and command all these?
If HE didn't then why are these the observations, celebrations and practices of nearly all those who profess Christianity today? Why is Christianity recognized today as Christmas and Easter Sunday and Good Friday? Why are we being taught by mainstream so called "Christianity" that the Christian GOD is (or should it be, are) a Trinity?
Were all the records of the Gospel and New Covenant accounts in the Scripture of Truth just a ruse, all just for drama and the LORD JESUS secretly revealed HIS real message to this “Vicar” of Christ, this Pope, this self appointed overlord and "father" of the so called Christian religion?
I don't know what you think, but all of mainstream “Christendom” believed so, otherwise why would they be advocating and following all these doctrines and celebrations that are not in the Christian Bible but invented (i.e. engineered) by men gathered together to design doctrines that specifically and explicitly outlawed both the Sabbath created and commanded by the LORD GOD and the Everlasting New Covenant with GOD The FATHER mediated by LORD JESUS in HIS First Advent's role as The MESSENGER of The Covenant.
But I choose to believe the records of the Scripture of Truth (Daniel 10:21). How about you?
Here is what JESUS CHRIST announced:
Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 1:14 - 15
When HE sent out HIS (first personally appointed) twelve Apostles, two by two to preach the Gospel they were command to preach that people should repent.
Mark 6:12 - 13
After HIS death and resurrection before HE ascend to HIS FATHER, HE taught the Holy Christian Scriptures to HIS disciples:
And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.Luke 24:45 -48
And just before LORD JESUS ascended to Heaven HE specifically, explicitly, clearly, leaving no ambiguity and leaving no place absolutely for anyone to be able to doubt, commanded them to obey and observe all the things HE had taught and commanded them during HIS three and a half years ministry, from then forward until HIS Second Advent (i.e. the End of the Age) to restore the Kingdom:
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” AmenMatthew 28:19 - 20
Many years after HE had ascended to Heaven, after all HIS Apostles, except the Apostle John, had died, JESUS sent HIS Angel (i.e. emissary messenger the Spirit personage, Gabriel) to the Apostle John with a message from HIS FATHER revealing the events that were soon to follow from that time on wards until the End of the Age (which is today the very last generation, the generation who will witness the Second Advent). In it was revealed of an event a few thousands from that time, an event called the Day of the LORD. Here are some of the records from the Book of Revelation.
Revelation 9:20 - 21
But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 16:9 - 11
And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory. Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
Here we have the revelation of an event thousands of years after the Apostolic times and still future to today, which the Scripture of Truth recorded in advance, speaking of the refusal by sinning men (include women) to repent of their deeds (yes of what they are doing) despite thunderous and punishing plagues from GOD.
John the Baptist taught of the need to repent, JESUS CHRIST throughout HIS three and a half years ministry consistently taught of the need to repent, to stop disobeying GOD's Commandments and to start obeying GOD, honoring, performing and keeping HIS commandments.
Before HE ascended to Heaven HE opened the understanding of the Scriptures to HIS (eleven) Apostles and disciples teaching that they were to ‘preach repentance and the remission of sins’ starting from Jerusalem. Years after HE had ascended to Heaven HE sent HIS Angel with a prophetic message to the last surviving Apostle of the Twelve, the Apostle John, and in that message was the same requirement for repentance. All the Apostles of JESUS CHRIST and all the Prophets of the Old Covenant, all taught the same thing.
Did John the Baptist, and JESUS CHRIST, and all of HIS personally appointed Apostles, and all the Old Covenant Prophets, all of them preached a false gospel so that this special “Vicar of Christ” and all these special councils and synods of bishops could preach the so called true message of the Christian religion (i.e. faith and worship)?
JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF before HE ascended to Heaven, in HIS instructions to HIS Apostles and disciples specifically taught them to preach repentance.
Some “rocket scientist” may ask, ‘Repent from what?’ And that is a fair question because that is how “rocket scientist” are. Deliberately clueless! Now when I use the term “rocket scientist” I am not specifically referring to those brilliant researchers and man of science but to all the puffed up personages full of themselves who think they know everything just because they know something (when they actually don't seem to even know nothing). That is why I use the term in between double quotes. I could use the exact term pompous idiots but that would be making it too obvious and might offend their hyper inflated egos and hurt their sensitive feelings to trigger them into murderous rampages.
Repent means to be truly (as opposed to faking andor self deceivingly) remorseful for and be grieved by something that we have done and because of this remorse and grief to be totally committed to completely cease from (i.e. repent from) doing these things. In the case with GOD, it concerned some wrongs (include evils) that we have done as well as in our attitudes towards HIM. From attitudes of disbelieving, doubts, suspicions and animosity (not really thinking, considering and believing that HE is good and righteous but just very explicitly, very loudly proclaiming, declaring and screaming out that HE is good, righteous, merciful, kind and just, solely as to get into HIS good book (aka in bootlicking, brow nosing, flattering HIM).
So what have we done that is wrong (and therefore evil)? Now the problem is nobody really believed they are in the wrong or are doing something wrong even if they know they are doing something wrong. That is the essence of the 'carnal nature' or what I call the human psyche's lust for ego gorging.
Try pointing out to a complete stranger or someone (which may include people you know and are familiar with including you own immediate family as well as just about anyone) you are not acquainted with, when they are doing something wrong that they are doing something wrong and you are asking at the very minimum to start a quarrel, and maybe even get yourself beaten up or killed (Acts 7:51 - 54, 57; Proverbs 21:2).
The GOD of the Christian Holy Scriptures said that all men (includes women and whatnot) are sinners (Romans 3:23; Psalm 53:3; Ecclesiastes 7:20). What that means is we are all sinning against GOD and our fellow man (Matthew 22:37 - 40; Exodus 20:1 - 17; Genesis 9:6) as well the planet earth (because it belongs to GOD). So when GOD call us to repent, HE is calling us to stop sinning, to stop being disobedient, to stop breaking HIS Laws and Commandments. That includes to stop doing any kind and manner of wrong (i.e. evil or non conducive harm) against our fellow man (Romans 13:10) and abusing all the other things HE created.
But stopping to do all those things also means we must start doing something. We must start obeying HIM, starting keeping HIS Commandments, Laws, Ordinances, Statutes, Judgments and Charges or Instructions. And we must start respecting our fellow man in not mistreating them, stealing or robbing from them, cheating them, maligning them, dealing deceitfully against them and doing them any and all manner of wrong and harm.
Now if you can understand that, you surely must begin to realize how ridiculous is the doctrine that teaches us that there is nothing we need to do (not of works) to receive the grace of GOD but we only need to accept JESUS CHRIST as our personal savior. Because many theologians and religious experts from the Christmas religion are advocating just such a doctrine, ‘we do not need to keep or observe anything to be saved because it is by grace we are saved and not of works’.
According to these theologians and religious experts all anyone needs to do to be saved from eternal hell fire is just open up their mouth and utter a few magical words. It doesn't matter if they do not know who JESUS CHRIST is (John 16:3; 1 John 2:3 - 4) or who the CREATOR GOD is (John 8:19).
Now on the other hand there is this other doctrine from this same Christmas religion that advocate the doing meaningless chanting mantra penance andor performing rules based mantra sacraments to atone for when one does these wrongs or sins. If you are an intelligent and rational person you have got to be scratching your head and asking, ‘How does that solve anything?’
Now in this huge globe spanning mother church of the Christmas religion there are over a billion disciples who believe they are the original Christian faith and worship, true to the tradition of the Apostolic fathers, not one of them even considering this for a nano second. That is just how deceived the whole of mainstream Christianity is this great Mystery Babylonian Harlots religion prophesied in the Christian Holy Scriptures.
Is it a small wonder today we see a “Christian” world filled to the brim with all manner of perversion and wickedness?
All these wrongs and wickedness the Scriptures called sin. So according to the Christian Scriptures we are to repent from sinning which is of doing something through an action or speech that is wrong (as oppose to doing right).
If we are to repent from sin we need to know what sin is. There are many views on what sin is in the teachings of traditional “Christianity”. I will list here two of the most seriously flawed ones. Because these definitions are the vehicles through which Satan the Devil deceived the world into believing in an unreasonable and exacting GOD (Genesis 3:4; 4:13; Luke 19:21) even as his disciples go around and with their very same breath talking about love, grace and a merciful GOD.
Some Teachings On Sin By “Mainstream Christianity”
1. Sin is a condition mankind is born in or into and it is not something we do and can do anything about.
Below are these two teachings expressed in online prints that are representative of the views held by so called mainstream “Christianity”.
1. Natural Condition Of Man.
Original sin is a condition, not something that people do: It's the normal spiritual and psychological condition of human beings, not their bad thoughts and actions. Even a newborn baby who hasn't done anything at all is damaged by original sin.
The above evil blasphemous doctrine from the disciples, subscribers and followers of the Christmas religion basically said that GOD created us inherently and naturally (even before we have done anything, before even being yet able to conceive any thought let alone some intent based thoughts) sinful. Through this it is implied that GOD is unreasonable and unjust because HE made us this way yet condemned us as sinners on being born and also when we sinned. By implication this is saying that GOD's grace is nothing real having actual conceptual expression but totally an imaginary invented term just for GOD to glorify HIMSELF as supreme and superior to us.
That in essence is what this very explicitly evil blasphemous doctrine teaches so as to have the all knowing (i.e. absolutely intelligent) loving, merciful, righteous and just GOD to be portrayed in the minds of all mankind as a self glorifying evil, insidiously deceitful, vengefully sadistic, unreasonably exacting and incomprehensibly masochistic and illogically self contradicting. So you still think that mainstream “Christianity” is Christian? They are actually the agents and servants of Satan the Devil, and are his mouth piece to blaspheme GOD to the maximum.
The Scripture of Truth specifically state that GOD made man upright:
Truly, this only I have found:
That God made man upright,
But they have sought out many schemes.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 (New Living Translation).
2. Missing The Mark.
and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
2 Peter 3:15 - 16
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What The Scripture Said Sin Is.
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4
All unrighteousness is sin
1 John 5:17
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
James 4:17
You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
For the discussion series on whether mankind were created by GOD as inherently sinful and evil, or essentially upright please read the post, ‘What Is Right With Humankind Anyway’ n the blog ‘A Christian Pilgrimage’.
2. Missing The Mark.
This concept also encompasses the idea of failing to measure up to a standard. For example, most academic courses and tests are graded or judged according to a minimum standard. If we don’t meet that standard, we fail that test or course. A minimum level of performance is expected, and anything less than that standard is failure. By not meeting that standard, we “miss the mark” and don’t pass. We can miss the mark by either missing the goal at which we were aiming or by falling short of that goal. In either situation we fail to reach the mark set for us.
In this doctrine of the Christmas religion it is explicitly implied that GOD is measuring us against HIMSELF, an impossible standard for mortal and imperfect man to attain. It explicitly implied that GOD required from us what it is beyond our limited physical nature to attain to, thus painting a picture of an unreasonably demanding GOD. That GOD expects what is impossible for us to achieve (HE made us this way) yet condemned us when we fail to measure up to HIS impossible standard. This doctrine is a lot trickier than the first so please read the chapter on ‘Grace, Sin And The Commandments Of GOD’ to get a full understanding and for proof that this doctrine is not from the Scripture of Truth but a clever and evil deception, ‘twisting’ some Scriptures to claim that this is what the Scriptures taught.
I will just mention here that these are all part of the great deception of Satan the Devil. Lies that indirectly and implicitly portrayed GOD as harsh, unreasonable and unjust to impute on man requirements from them what is not within man's power to accomplish. I will fully discuss this and also what sin is in greater detail in the chapter ‘Grace, Sin And The Commandments Of GOD’
Anyone reading this still think mainstream “Christianity” is not Antichrist spawned by Satan the Devil and established by him through his agent servants of the Nicene Creed?
Here I will just discuss the basic concept of what sin is. For a more complete discussion on sin as defined and illustrated in the Scripture of Truth please read the chapter ‘Grace, Sin And The Commandments Of GOD’ where I will expound the deeper aspects especially the writings of the Apostle Paul of which the Chief Apostle Peter wrote:
2 Peter 3:15 - 16
For a concise discussion on the connection of grace and the law (of GOD) please read the post, ‘The False Prophet Part 2 of 2’ where the concept of Sovereign Grace of GOD was also briefly discussed.
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What The Scripture Said Sin Is.
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4
That means sin is about breaking or not obeying (not keeping) the law. Something we do (breaking) or fail to do (not obeying). The concept of law breaking aka disobeying the law is a simple one which no one sane with basic human level intelligence could fail to understand.
All unrighteousness is sin
1 John 5:17
That means that it is about what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. The New International Reader's Version translates it in a simpler English, 'Every wrong thing we do is sin' not as in a mistake but of an offence, an act of wrong or offence against someone.
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
James 4:17
Omission to do good is as bad as commission of wrongs. Being responsible and acting and speaking responsibly for good and against evil. Not being responsible therefore is also sin.
Basically then sin is doing something we know to be wrong or harmful or unlawful and also of acting or speaking irresponsibly. In other words it is all about doing and speaking evil, or behaving and conducting ourselves motivated by bad faith andor evil malice. One of the easiest of all things to do to determine whether something we say or do is sin, is this — if you don't like what someone else is doing or saying (especially when it affects you) but you do the same thing yourself (to others) then you know for sure that you are sinning. That will include when you fail to live up to your responsibility as you reasonably expect others to.
So sin essentially is how we wrongfully treat others and also ourselves. And is not just about commission (speeches and deeds) but omission too (knowing or willing negligence, yes that includes willful negligence). And this applies to all our acts and words to both GOD as well as man (mankind).
Honor to whom honor is due and respect to whom respect is due. That is what we expect from others and that is what is required of us. That is where breaking the commandments and charges and instructions of GOD is also a sin, as also is failing to honor GOD with rightful credit and gratitude.
The main thrust of sin is not about whether you can stop yourself or not, but whether you are willing to stop yourself or not. It is not about ability but willingness. Stopping these works and words of commissions and omissions. Here is where Satan the Devil's lies had the whole world of “Christendom” deceived by explicitly advancing that sin is something beyond our limited ability to control in ourselves because we are made that way.
Now repentance is required towards GOD (because HE created us and bestowed on us life and desired for us all goodness and well being but we rebelled and rejected HIM) and also because HE owns us. HE is our owner and master that is what GOD means, the ONE who have absolute right over us, because everything is created by HIM and belongs to HIM (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 89:11; 1 Corinthians 10:26, 28). When we wronged or harmed another person or even the earth we lived in, which GOD made, we wronged GOD because all these things are HIS. It is as you harm your neighbor or destroy his property, you have done wrong to (commit an evil act and sinned against) your neighbor but you also have sinned against GOD because your neighbor belongs to GOD who created him/her just as you also belong to GOD.
The repentance that is required is that we stop doing wrong (things that are not conducive to the welfare and especially the well being of all and sundry whether immediately, cumulatively or progressively to a timeframe of eternity) and committing sins against GOD, breaking HIS charges, laws and commandments, disobeying HIS voice and instructions; stopping our distrust towards our CREATOR, BENEFACTOR and GOD. That means we must start trusting (demonstrating complete faith) and start obeying GOD, keeping and performing all HIS commandments, laws, charges and instructions.
That is the condition, the repentance needed to avail of HIS grace, which is HIS benevolent mercy to pardon (forgive) us for all these sins and wickedness which we in our lives have knowingly (and even unknowingly out of acting irresponsibly) done. Then and only then can the penalty (which is the justly ordained sentence for breaking the laws of GOD) which HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST had paid by dying in our stead, be lifted from us. We are required to meet the condition (of repentance towards GOD) before we can avail of the grace that is given by the application of the BLOOD that CHRIST shed, as HE died on the cross hung on a tree for us in the Forever Covenant with GOD.
Everlasting judgment (i.e. condemnation) is all that is left for all those who reject this New Covenant because they are still under the penalty that is required because of their sins. For ‘the wages (penalty or ultimate payment) of sin is death’, forever death.
Grace is not unconditional just as the love of GOD is not unconditional, contrary to the evil lies perpetuated by the followers of the Christmas and other Antichrists religions, the disciples of Satan the Devil through the religions of the Antichrists. For a full discussion on the grace of GOD read the chapter ‘Grace, Sin And The Commandments Of GOD’, and on the love of GOD read the chapter ‘GOD IS’.
The whole world has embraced these lies.
And the really sad fact is, today even in the very Church of GOD as also all the rest (those outside of the membership of the Church in the numerous congregational entities of so called churches of god) of the Elect, many to almost all have also embraced a number of these lies too, the elders and leaders feeding the Elect of GOD with blasphemous lies (Malachi 1:6 - 7, 10 - 12).
Lies that blaspheme the Glorious Name, the absolute Wisdom and the absolute Righteousness of the ALMIGHTY CREATOR and GOD.
Lies to portray GOD as a self glorifying contradiction where the entire basis of righteousness, of good and evil, right and wrong is because HE said so; where to be immutable are being twisted to explicitly mean to be regretting and changing HIS mind after learning how seriously flawed HIS creation was; where to be all knowing is to be not only not all knowing, but deliberately choosing not to know; where to be all powerful means GOD must wait patiently for these mega super faithful someone (i.e. men and may not include women) to somehow (i.e. because GOD being clueless as to how or when) turned up at certain time so that HE can get these men to do some part crucial to the work without which HE would not be able to complete and fulfill HIS purpose; without which then HIS purpose will be in critical jeopardy of failure; to be all knowing means HE needed to have a ‘plan B’ ready just in case HIS ‘plan A’ fails totally, which it unexpectedly (because GOD chose not to know that it will or if it had failed expectedly then what would that make GOD into for planning to fail) did (by some fluke of bad luck or bad planning or things going horribly wrong or whatever).
All these by the way, were the doctrines invented by the first Messenger to the Church of GOD of the Philadelphia period so that he can proclaimed (i.e. self proclaimed) himself as The fulfillment of the Elijah To Come First And Restore All Things, and also promoted himself to the rank of an Apostle of GOD (to show that he is among the highest ranking of the highest ranking). There is no other possible reason outside of ego gorging lust when people seek so totally to self promote themselves that they would deliberately ignored and disregarded JESUS' teaching and commandment of Luke 14:7 – 11. So much for being faithfully obedient, more likely their self proclaimed "obedience" is so that they can elevate themselves higher than the highest Heavens, to exalt their personal self image (2 Thessalonians 2:4) that they are at the very least equal to GOD if not even greater.
Questions for readers but especially for all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives as well as all the Elect in all the so called Churches of God today:
What do you think? Would an all powerful, all knowing GOD need to put in a place a ‘Plan B’ just in case HIS ‘Plan A’ failed totally? And not only just in case it failed but that it actually inexplicably did?
What do you think? Would a all powerful, all knowing GOD purposefully choose not to know what we are going to do (i.e. will be doing moment by moment) as the only possible way for us to have freewill?
What do you think? Would an all powerful, all knowing, all wise all intelligent GOD really not know ahead (because HE deliberately choose to refuse to know) that both Adam and Eve would directly disobey to take and eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil so that not only also did ‘Plan A’ failed but ‘Plan B’ also failed so there must then also be a ‘Plan C’ and probably many, many other further fall back plans since the first and second unexpectedly and inexplicable failed? Would all the letters of the English alphabets be able to have enough plans to cover for all of them to unexpectedly and inexplicably failing?
What do you think? Would the supremely all knowing ‘Elijah Who Must Come First’ who being an Apostle of GOD no less, sent (or raised up) by GOD to restore all things and actually did restored all things (as he proclaimed), be so ignorant as to not understand what blasphemy is at the most basic, and also not understand the simplest thing about freewill, intelligence and knowledge?
What do you think? Did the first Messenger to the Philadelphia period of the Church of GOD who both was (as he so claimed) an Apostle of GOD and thus an equal to LORD JESUS (Hebrews 3:1) no less and The ‘Elijah Who Must Come First To Restore All Things’, already fully, completely and absolutely completed the commission of the Church of GOD, the commission ordained and commanded by LORD JESUS, which was to preach the Gospel message as a witness to the whole world and to make disciples of all those who believed and repented (Matthew 28:19; Luke 24:47 48)?
Had this Messenger, Apostle of GOD extraordinaire being the Elijah who must come first as he so proclaimed fully completed his own personal self proclaimed commission and work of the Church of GOD such that the Church of GOD since then no longer needs to preach the Gospel message as a witness to the world anymore and are no longer to make new disciples of all those who believe and repent but instead are to just focus on getting the Church ready to receive LORD JESUS?
Well, irregardless of what you want to believe (both then and now still) I hope you have both the sincerity, courage, basic honesty and truthfulness to recognized lies when they have been spelt out for you explicatively to your face instead of continuing on out of total deliberated stupidity choosing to totally believe all these lies because you lusted uncontrollably to.
I didn't make this up, these (Revelation 3:17) are available today to all, being all fully documented (published in hardcopy as well as on the internet) in the publications of all these so called (i.e. self proclaimed) supremely supreme, contritely contrite, nobly noble, faithful faithful, mega super agape loving of the Philadelphia loving, super zealous of the mega zealous, mega fervent of the super duper fervent, mega super truth phileo and agape loving brazenly lying liars of ‘ever so noble Bereans’, ‘Philadelphia remnants’, ‘sons of Zadok’ andor whatever else ultra mega supremely glorious titles that are the Elect in all these so called churches of gods including in the one and only true Church of GOD (Revelation 3:17).
But that is not all, all these (which I testified and bore witness to) too are clearly, plainly and explicitly recorded in the Christian Holy Scriptures testified to in prophecy in both the Old Covenant and New Covenant records, including in the recorded words of JESUS CHRIST during HIS three and a half year ministry as the MESSENGER and MEDIATOR of The Covenant.
And I am not disclosing to reveal all these to put anyone down or to judge anyone but with the hope that they will wake up from their lust (especially ego supergorging lust) drunken stupor and repent before the day (i.e. the Tribulation) come upon them as a thief in the night. To repent from refusing to believe GOD through choosing to believe lies in obeying (i.e. worship) some men who claimed themselves to be the faithful remnants best of the best of the over a hundred of the congregations of so called Churches of God despite this directly contradicting the explicit and clear testimonies of the Scripture of Truth.
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
Romans 6:16
Today more than at any other times in the past, nearly all the Elect of GOD have been breaking the very first Commandment which forbid the worship of anyone by GOD (Exodus 20:2 – 3; Deuteronomy 5:6 – 7). Nearly everyall of the Elect are worshiping some men (includes women) instead and in place of GOD through choosing to believe and obey (Romans 6:16) these men (includes women) who proclaimed themselves as the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD, instead of the Scripture of Truth (i.e. the Word of GOD).
And of course very completely naturally, nearly all of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the human social order whether those of mega supremely ingeniously brilliantly intelligent science, technology, academia, industry, politics, philosophy or religions (all religions including the only true Christianity through the Everlasting Covenant) in this mega supreme age of incredible knowledge “enlightenment”, would all balk at, scoff at and mock these assertions: that a Messenger or angel (Revelation 3:7) that GOD had appointed to lead HIS Church (the Church of GOD in the Philadelphia era) and who had restored eighteen (18, actually twenty, two additionally added through his latter and later preaching) truths to the Church that had been lost, plus also for the very first time since the Apostolic days, had the true Gospel preached to world, would invent such lies that blaspheme GOD's Holy Name and perfect righteousness; and that the Elect, the people of GOD by the Everlasting New Covenant, would so totally and completely turned to lust so uncontrollably to believe lies.
But of course all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of the social order of mankind are not the only ones to balk, scoff and mock this, almost everyone who thinks, feels andor hold themselves to be knowledgeably enlightened or even just to know something, would in all probably too be balking, scoffing, ridiculing and mocking the assertion that the Apostles, Messengers, Prophets and leaders of GOD's people would invent doctrines and advance teachings that blaspheme GOD.
The simple fact and truth of a small group (numbering very much less than a million) of people claiming themselves as the true Christians who all still keep (with their mouths but not their hearts, meaning pay lip service to) and honor the full unaltered (undefiled or uncorrupted) Ten Commandments and the exact commemoration of the Everlasting New Covenant (whether they claimed themselves as the Church of God or not) but (yet) with their open naked brazen shame of ego gorging lust (Revelation 3:17) to claimed themselves as of being the really truth loving, fervently zealous, and the mega super faithful and righteous, available published for the perusal (Revelation 3:18) of the whole world of mankind is the definitive indisputable evidence and proof of both the truth of the Christian Holy Scriptures and the testimonies of this work.
The simple fact and truth of a small group (numbering very much less than a million) of people claiming themselves as the true Christians who all still keep (with their mouths but not their hearts, meaning pay lip service to) and honor the full unaltered (undefiled or uncorrupted) Ten Commandments and the exact commemoration of the Everlasting New Covenant (whether they claimed themselves as the Church of God or not) but (yet) with their open naked brazen shame of ego gorging lust (Revelation 3:17) to claimed themselves as of being the really truth loving, fervently zealous, and the mega super faithful and righteous, available published for the perusal (Revelation 3:18) of the whole world of mankind is the definitive indisputable evidence and proof of both the truth of the Christian Holy Scriptures and the testimonies of this work.
This is because these Scriptures from nearly two thousand ago and also much earlier (during the Old Covenant period in the major prophesies of the so called ‘major’ Prophets such as Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Malachi and also many other ‘minor’ Prophets) had explicitly, precisely and exactly prophesied of all these things.
The Scriptures recorded some two thousand and more years ago precisely and exactly prophesied (i.e. foretold of) the fulfillment of all these groups of people (in the over a hundred so called Churches of God) who are the true disciples of LORD JESUS, the small flock of true Christians behaving exactly this way, as well as a whole world of over two and a half billion fraudulent “Christians”, the ancient Babylonian Mystery religion of Simon the sorcerer in the guise of Christianity, all practicing major doctrines of the Nicene Creed and celebrations of Easter and Christmas which are not only not recorded in the Christian Holy Scriptures but are directly in contradiction to the consistency of these Scriptures as well requiring their followers and discipleship to reject the things these Scriptures, the Scripture of Truth, clearly, plainly and explicitly commanded and to persecute, torture and murder (whenever they have the power impunity) all those who would still keep them. This is of course only if you think that the Christian Holy Scriptures in the things that it testified to and prophesied can be believed.
And if you think, believe, andor hold yourself to be someone sincerely seeking to learn the truth, then don't just believe me or disbelieve me (because to do one or the other without thoroughly sincerely meticulously checking things out will make you into nothing but just an explicit brazen liar).
First sincerely, diligently and thoroughly read and study through the Christian Holy Scriptures a few (two or more) times cover to cover. After that if you want to, read through all this work and checking what is written against what you understand from reading and studying through the Christian Bible.
But if that is too much for you. then, if you want to and choose to, you can just read the pending post ‘Sinners Or Saints — Which’ of the blog ‘The End Of The World’ for a detail discussion of Romans 3:9 – 18 (also in Psalm 14:2 – 3; Psalm 53:2 – 3; Ecclesiastes 7:20) and Luke 18:13 – 14 (you can read the complete confession in Psalm 51).
The consistent records of the Christian Holy Scriptures from the very first book (Genesis) to the very last book (Revelation) had clearly shown that all humankind are sinners, no exception. Even more than a full third of the Spirit Angel personages were recorded to have been sinning (‘secretly’ scheming and preparing for rebellion), some having already long ago (from the perspective of earth time) fully rebelled against GOD while others are still waiting their time (to breakout in open rebellion).
Only GOD do not and cannot sin because HE will not, and not just because HE do not need to. That has been the reason (the primary reason) GOD made covenants with HIS creatures (i.e. mankind) to bind HIMSELF (because no one else can) to a requirement to perform, as also the reason HE swore by oath (Genesis 22:16) to Abraham.
The difference between the sinners and those who are (considered by GOD as) righteous are in the choices they make, the decisions that are continually being made in the process of life.
The consistent records of the Christian Holy Scriptures from the very first book (Genesis) to the very last book (Revelation) had clearly shown that all humankind are sinners, no exception. Even more than a full third of the Spirit Angel personages were recorded to have been sinning (‘secretly’ scheming and preparing for rebellion), some having already long ago (from the perspective of earth time) fully rebelled against GOD while others are still waiting their time (to breakout in open rebellion).
And if we would not deliberately pretend to be stupid, we would (or should anyway) know that, that decision is not a one off and never again required to be made decision, but a consistent unwavering decision throughout the duration of one's life process keeping GOD and our repentance towards HIM, in mind continually.
What Is Repentance?
( This section, originally intended for the blog of this work 'Living By Every Word' was added here in 2017 11 13, to make this discussion more complete. )
Even though the concept of repentance is a simple one which no one intelligent would (or should anyway) fail to understand, however in a world social order fill to overflowing with evil lust driven mankind whose every imagination is evil continually (Genesis 6:5, 8:21) the simple concept of repentance (as also true with justice, evil, etc.) has been deliberately not understood by all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of knowledge “enlightenment”, all the shifters, shakers, movers, shapers and makers of the social order of mankind.
What Is Repentance?
( This section, originally intended for the blog of this work 'Living By Every Word' was added here in 2017 11 13, to make this discussion more complete. )
Even though the concept of repentance is a simple one which no one intelligent would (or should anyway) fail to understand, however in a world social order fill to overflowing with evil lust driven mankind whose every imagination is evil continually (Genesis 6:5, 8:21) the simple concept of repentance (as also true with justice, evil, etc.) has been deliberately not understood by all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of knowledge “enlightenment”, all the shifters, shakers, movers, shapers and makers of the social order of mankind.
Many Biblical experts have the meaning as turning from sin andor turning towards God to believe and to accept Jesus Christ (or God) as one's (personal) savior, with some adding in to seek forgiveness for sins (which incidentally has been defined by the evil Christmas religions and even most of the Elect of GOD (especially of these around a hundred years), as falling short of (i.e. not being able to meet) the perfection or the mark of perfection of GOD.
All of these however are not, none of these definitions are, actually repentance but just a momentarily feeling and are temporary incidental, circumstantial or situational emotional state which comes and soon goes away. These emotion of remorse or even contrition may remain for a certain duration, from very short few minutes to a few days at most, andor while certain situation persist to be still imposing.
The meaning of the term or word translated in the Christian Bible as repentance (when it is with regard to GOD) in the Original Texts from both the Old Covenant and New Covenant combined to carry the meaning of turning and returning to GOD after having gained understanding of GOD and the Truth (of GOD and about GOD).
The Old Covenant's texts have the meaning as a returning to GOD or turn again/back to GOD in the Original Texts (Hebrew): šûḇ H7725. This is because the Old Covenant was already in effect and the ancient nations of Israel and Judah were already the married wives of the LORD GOD (whereas in the New Covenant, the Church of GOD is now just the betrothed or affianced bride to be, the Marriage to take place after the Second Advent) who had turned away from HIM to worship other Gods.
With the focus of the New Covenant on the Spirit (or the intention) aspect of forever life as HOLY SPIRIT composed personages, the New Covenant's texts added to the meaning with that of a change of one's thinking, a considered change in one's thinking on gaining or after having gained understanding of the Truth: in the Original Texts (Greek): metanoeō G3340. This meaning that our repentance is from a completely and thoroughly considered understanding (to chose and seek good and to have nothing to do with evil; to love GOD with all our hearts, minds, lives or being, and might or power) of our promised inheritance of immortality in the Kingdom of our GOD according to the Truth and Word of GOD.
Without Our Having Cognition Of Our CREATOR We Are Just Wild Animals In Our Thinking And Behaviors
And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.
2 Chronicles 12:14
Man (includes woman and whatnot) essentially, from the context of our drives (i.e. life's impetus) and conducts (i.e. how we behave in our interaction especially with others and our habitat) in all of our living or expression of our life's encounters, are reactions to events and situations 'triggered' animals. Science tells us that we, mankind, are just animals and that is what we basically are, by our nature (i.e. composition and construct).
And the Scriptures agree that that is exactly what we are, just dust (i.e. physical material of this realm which is our earth in the universe, a physical 'dust' composed realm, dominion and plane of existence) composed animals (aka beasts in Scriptural symbolism) of the earthly habitat.
This is the reason for the 'beast' symbolism is used in the Scriptures to reference all of mankind who have not been called into a covenanted relationship with GOD to acknowledge and worship the ALMIGHTY CREATOR of all things as (our) GOD, CREATOR, OWNER, MASTER and SOVEREIGN. Read what is the meaning in analogy, allegory and metaphor of the 'beast' symbolism in the Scriptures in the post 'The Keys To Unlocking The Mystery Part 4 — Symbolism In The Scriptures'.
For this exact same reason too life on earth (before an Angelic rebellion wiped them all out) was created through a several billion earth years process until the time appointed (by GOD as HIS instituted and ordained process) for GOD to put mankind make in HIS image and likeness on this planet.
And this was some six thousand years ago after the Angelic rebellion had wiped out all life on this planet. GOD then renewed the planet in six days repopulating it with all life (as before they were wiped out) sans the humanoid creatures, that were wiped out by the first recorded (Jude 1:6; 2 Peter 2:4) Angelic rebellion.
All lifeforms, all animals and plants life (and whatnot) need to react in varying degrees at varying times to varying situations, to be able to live, survive and thrive (i.e. be successful to continue their lineages including to evolve progressively into other species over time).
Fact of the matter is, nearly (just not) all of life's functioning is firstly and in most cases reactive in nature. From breathing, sleeping, eating all the way to food foraging, growth, evolving changes and interspecies relationship development. These are in three main classes, one is the primary life support functions which are autoreactive such as heart beat, breathing and the other systems and organs functioning. The second class is the secondary reactive such as locomotion, eating, drinking, blinking and other living drivers including secondary reflexes.
The third class are those that are intents driven behaviors. These reactions are in three main spectrum focusing on what is desired (i.e. in needs, wants and desires) to seek and acquire (includes to affiliate with and to defeat or overcome); what is to be avoided (i.e. to stay clear, flee and hide from, includes to be against); and and what is needed to adjust to (i.e. the required change to behaviors including to develop new needed skills and traits) to survive and thrive. But all these belongs to an entirely different discussion so shan't be discussed here beyond this cursory mention.
The discussion on the evolution of intents driven behaviors from reactive to (for higher lifeforms with improved cognitive functionality particularly those will higher level of social bonds and interactivities) strategic is in the blog, 'The Relationship Connection' of this work.
The point is, that a so called "repentance" that is just a reaction to a situation or event do not has permanent 'fruits' but it as temporary as the situation and event persistence. Once the persistence of the situation fades and goes away with time, so too such reactionary so called "repentance".
The exception of reactions as a process to repentance is in the third spectrum which must cross the line from being just a reaction to a carefully considered (to fully understand GOD's purpose for us then to sincerely unwavering commit to the repentance of faith, in and of, JESUS CHRIST) then a unwavering followed through response (which will be discussed in more details later in this discussion).
Further in the context of the repentance towards GOD commanded in the Scriptures, the most deceitful of all these definition for repentance is that of turning to GOD to seek forgiveness for sins.
There are two reasons for this being the most deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9).
One is of course because almost everyone I know of and about (including all that I have researched on the internet aka interweb) has sin as something that is either unclear or incorrect, or both unclear and incorrect. And these everyone include nearly all of the Elect of GOD of the New Covenant beginning with a proclaimed and acclaimed Superlative of GOD, the Apostle Paul, and after him almost all the rest through the centuries until this very day.
So repentance being repentance from sins (particularly against GOD and generally against neighbors aka mankind and all the things GOD created) that naturally means that repentance that is based just on the context of repentance from sin for all of mankind as well as nearly all of the Elect is also something vague, unclear andor incorrect.
That is not the worst of it, the worst of it is that with most with regards to those called to repentance by the Gospel message, the greater majority (just not all) of these repentance are just stirred up, feinted andor faked. They are mostly to nearly totally a hormonal induced and fueled state. And hormones and chemical induced states only last while these chemicals are still circulating in the system and also when no other chemicals counteract them and override them with other stronger chemicals induced behaviors.
Here it should be made clear we are discussing repentance as a state of the attitude of the mind and not just the act, the act of repenting which is about instances of situations.
The repentance commanded by the Gospel is about a whole complete total and absolute (yes this is a hyperbole but appropriate nonetheless) requirement of a total change in a person life's orientation and focus (aka attitude and thinking), which begins with completely believing the Gospel (the messages proclaimed by John the Baptist, JESUS CHRIST and all records of the Scripture of Truth). That is the reason of the symbolism of baptism, to illustrate this total absolute requirement in burial aka death of the self (Romans 6:4).
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:4
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
Actually believing and not just thinking, holding andor proclaiming that you believe then just believe whatever you lusted to believe as have been the iconic examples even among, many to most, of the Saints of GOD such as the Apostle Paul, nearly all the Messengers to the seven eras of the Church of GOD in her journey through the centuries from the Apostolic days to today.
Read about what it means to actually believe (as opposed to thinking, holding and believing that you believe) in the post 'Prayer, Fasting And Diligent Studies' of this blog. Then if you understand what it means to believe (as opposed to feel very strongly about which is what nearly everyone think the term 'believe' means) then believe all that is recorded in the original (texts) of Scripture of Truth, all that is recorded in Genesis to Revelation.
This is as opposed to just selectively select parts and portions then either or both, ignoring to disregard, or to proclaim as no longer applicable having being done away andor replaced, as what the ego supergorging Apostle Paul explicitly did to much of the Scriptures of Truth refusing to accept the appointments, ordinations, institutions, commandments, laws and statutes by and of GOD (includes LORD JESUS), through disdaining and discounting (implicitly and worse explicitly) them as inferior, ineffective, worthless andor pointless.
Then steadfastly and in unwavering continuous conscious awareness (i.e. always keep foremost in mind at all times) determination continues on this belief with the total corresponding commitment to obey the same Gospel (as the crucial life imparting knowledge to the one's life and living aka one's expression of life) until the end of the person's (physical) life in the sleep of death or the Second Coming, whichever is earlier. This has been the reason baptism as symbolic of a death in burial, with JESUS CHRIST is a compulsory requirement (i.e. a commanded requirement) of the Gospel message.
The Gospel message has two main, fundamental or basic requirements (which are the concise summaries of all the rest of the requirements) on all who hear (or read).
The first of this is to to believe and repent then make the commitment on repentance in baptism to obey the Gospel message the whole message, not the selectively selected parts of the Scripture message then twisted with lavish spins, fabrications and fantasy mumbo jumbo inventions added in (exactly as what the ego supergorging Apostle Paul did with his spins and twists on his personal doctrines of Grace, the law and the commandments of GOD, so that he could preached against circumcision and the Jewish converts who had pricked his massive ego by asserting that his gentile converts must be circumcised).
There must be a follow through in true belief to be fully and unwaveringly committed to obey the Gospel (all that the Scripture of Truth commanded, instituted and taught), as to believe without a follow through is not believe but a feinted or self deceiving act to deceiving your own self and also to try to deceive GOD putting on a show of remorse and contriteness exactly as the Prophet Balaam (Numbers 22:34) and King Saul (1 Samuel 15:13 – 15, 18 – 21, 23 – 26) did, thinking and believing that they could deceive GOD.
The first step (and the entirety) of the follow through is to seek (the authorized ordained servants of GOD) to be baptized as the sign to our commitment to repentance towards GOD not doing our own will but to seek GOD (includes seeking out GOD's ordained servants) so as to faithfully (as opposed to setting yourself up as the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD to do your own lust driven agenda and goals (Matthew 7:22 – 23)) do the will and work of the FATHER upon our entering into the Everlasting Covenant with GOD and the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Sadly nearly all of the Elect of GOD of today their self deluding claims to the contrary, just only believed in the selectively selected parts which were then twisted with tons of lavish spins, fabrications and fantasized mumbo jumbo inventions added in. Of course it is not just today that this is happening, it happened right off from the Apostolic Age in the very first era of the Church of GOD's journey as well as in all the rest of the eras right up to this current last era.
As it has been with the entire records of the Holy Christian Scriptures so to is the Gospel message. The Gospel message in its entirety is all of the records of the Holy Christian Scriptures (from Genesis to Revelation) as the extended full complete message testifying to all GOD has been doing to complete and perfect HIS creation).
No doubt the rules-based hair-splitting zombied minions of the rules-based hair-splitting ego gorging first Messenger of the Church of GOD in Philadelphia will refute that, proclaiming instead that the Gospel is simply only just literally the good news (literally the Greek term, Gospel) of the Kingdom of GOD that GOD is going to restore HIS Kingdom and CHRIST is to rule over the nations with a "strong arm" and a "rod of iron". I hope you (the reader) are not one of these.
Let me ask you a very simple question, 'What is the Kingdom of GOD?'. It is not all the Heavens (both the Spirit realm and our physical universe) and the earth. It is not all that GOD created as well as all that GOD rules over, acting at various times, beginning from the time HE brought them all into existence, each act in its appointed time, towards completing and perfecting the Creation? Are not all these testified to and recorded in the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation?
So what then is the Kingdom of GOD if it is not all these things beginning from GOD creating the Heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1) to this very day, and until a new Heaven and new Earth (Revelation 21:1, 22:1 – 4) will replace the current transitionary ones.
In this repentance it does not has us as completely not sinning or never sinning again (because we are weak severely limited creatures besides that a complete change of focus, attitudes and values is a process, often a life long drawn out process of overcoming self expediency and our innate lusts driven nature), but each time we recognize (and not in deliberated stupidity rationalize away our sins as not being sins) that we have sinned we are swift (to the degree that we are swift) to acknowledge (i.e. confess to GOD) these instances of sins and to immediately take corrective actions (as the situations allow) to begin to cease from these sins including taking the appropriate steps to pay restitution to those we have sinned against.
That is the reason, the model prayer taught by JESUS CHRIST has 'forgive us our sins/debt' ( Matthew 6:12, 14 –15; Luke 11:4).
As discussed in the earlier part of this post, as is with life and everything else, repentance is a process. Overcoming an ingrained bad habit, a life long substance addiction, other obsessive behaviors, all these takes a determined unwavering commitment and more often than not for the bulk of mankind, professional help too. So don't be so cluelessly deliberately stupid so as to believe that repentance is a magic switch that flips one from a wicked lust driven sinner to a virtuous infallible "saint" in an instant by fiat.
With repentance in putting to death ourselves to free ourselves from a life long inbred and ingrain indoctrination and insidious brainwashing of the social order of mankind as well as to overcome the sway and manipulative control of the Evil One, it will definitely take a much more determined unwavering effort than just overcoming addiction and other obsessive and compulsive behaviors.
It will definitely take a beyond absolute total commitment in a life long process of seeking GOD to faithfully do HIS will and work (Matthew 7:21 – 27) as exemplified by the life and ministry as a SON of man of the LORD JESUS.
There is the need to be in cognition at all times (keeping in mind at all times) what we have committed to (which is all that the Scriptures of Truth recorded and taught of the good to seek and the evil to shun) in the Everlasting Passover Covenant we have entered into with the FATHER and LORD JESUS CHRIST on our true repentance in baptism.
Obviously if we don't recognize or realize that we are sinning what then do we have to repent of and who do we repay (not that repentance always involving repaying, whether because we have no means to repay or have no person whom we need to repay)?
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:11 – 12
And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
“But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
Matthew 18:24 – 34
Yes technically and also literally, sin is about a debt we owe, be it to GOD or to neighbor and GOD. GOD owns everything and every and any sin against anyone or anything (Genesis 6:11, 17) is ultimately an infringement against GOD), our infringement against anything (as in having wrong or do harm to them in some ways).
All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.
1 John 5:17
This is where and why righteousness, equitability and justice are important foundational concepts to the concept of sin. This means that anyone at all who do not hold absolutely, totally and completely to these three core value concepts and practicing them at everyall instance of their interactions with others and the properties of others, they are in a perpetual absolute state of sinfulness (i.e. wickedness as an expression of life that is not conducive to the welfare and well being of all an sundry within the relationship context as creature personages of GOD, particularly in the context of our Covenant with GOD).
The Scriptures are very clear on this right off from the Garden of Eden and correspondingly the Antediluvian Age which was the results of the eviction from the Garden of Eden.
The failure by Adam and Eve to honor, obey and abide by the terms and conditions for their stay in the Garden of Eden led to their eviction and being denied access to the Tree of Life which symbolized their having access to eternal life and to not be subject to death (of the dust composed creatures) in the eventual end of their lives (Genesis 5:5).
Likewise too the Antediluvian Age in that GOD has created man in HIS image and likeness to HIS purpose for them to be HIS children and the subject of HIS realm the creation, their descent into wickedness (Genesis 6:5, 11 – 12) failing to be conduct themselves in a manner that do no harm to neighbors and the environment that support and sustain their lives and living.
This led to their extermination, drown in the Flood (Genesis 6:7, 13) after they refused to be corrected (i.e. rejecting the correction by GOD sent through HIS Prophet Enoch) instead they seek to murder Enoch the seventh from Adam whom GOD had raised up to correct them.
Right up to this very day a world of humankind which GOD places under the Rainbow Covenant (as the basis, the basic requirement by GOD on them) have continued to not honor, keep and perform the terms and conditions by which their lives and lineage are allowed to continued. Mankind abuses to harm one another and the planet continued unabating ever since and a day has been appointed by GOD for their extermination (i.e. of the bulk of them) as GOD did with the Antediluvian Age (Revelation 11:18).
The same also were mostly to nearly entirely true with those relative few whom GOD called into a separate Covenant with HIM to know HIM as the ALMIGHTY CREATOR who created all things and to accept HIM as their GOD, LORD and KING. Few are those who faithfully obey and perform all the requirement of these separate Covenants they were called and entered into with GOD to accept HIM as their GOD, LORD and KING.
Even among those whom received the empowerment of the HOLY SPIRIT given by GOD, quite a few failed completely while of the rest most also failed (i.e. sinned) on numerous occasion, a few of which the Scriptures clearly recorded. Many to most, also do not completely overcome themselves in their lifetime. As severely limited creatures we are more often than not fatally flawed. That is why the Scriptures recorded thus, 'For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob' (Malachi 3:6).
The Scriptures has consistently throughout being very explicitly clear that none is good andor righteous (Psalm 14:2 – 3, 53:2 – 3; Romans 3:10 – 18; Genesis 6:5, 8:21; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Jeremiah 17:9) but lust driven mankind once they have sufficient security will immediately exalt themselves to the highest their uncontrolled lust have the opportunity to, to the degree of their security, power and impunity (whether self deludingly perceive or real) in eachall instance and duration of situational opportunity and (fantasized) possibility.
Because of unbridled ego supergorging lust, nearly all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD especially those of the New Covenant era had heaped upon (i.e. attributed these men of GOD such as) Noah, Abraham, Lot, Moses and even the supergorging Apostle Paul with the divinity of the perfection of righteous "character", worshiping them as demigods and often even as greater than GOD. Worshiping them instead and in place of GOD thus breaking the first of the Ten Commandments and the first great Commandment. These they do to the ends that they could attribute also to themselves these same attributes so that they can aspire to rule supreme over their Brethren (implicitly and often times, explicitly) demanding unquestioning obedience (i.e. to be worshiped) explicitly as the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives but implicitly and in actuality as Gods instead and in place of GOD.
Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?” But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.
Mark 9:33 34
Equally true too with all the rest of the Elect of GOD. While the greater number conduct themselves in submission whether real or for show (whereas a small do not even pretend that, most of whom of those of the last two era, ended up spewed out of the one true Church of GOD) before the presence of those who are recognized as proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives but in the company of their peers they exhibit these same unbridled lust to believe and show themselves as the greatest and most supreme.
This is particularly true with those who having believed took some interest to actually studied the Scriptures whether nominally or significant but never thoroughly (because from all that I have encountered from the very first day I went among the membership to this day, both in personal interactions and also become witness to in all that these Elect have poured forth from their lust driven exalted heart on the internet).
All these (i.e. ego gorging lust in nearly all the Elect from the least to the greatest) was the biggest and most significant legacy and results (as proof to what I testified to directly above) of the Church of GOD in Philadelphia.
If you think that this author can be believed (and never mind if you don't) the calling of the Apostle Paul as an outsider first person witness to the JESUS CHRIST's ministry and the Gospel message was so as to spawn a great doctrinal heresy of all sorts of evil twists, spins and even utterly ridiculous invented fabrications (not to say that many of those of the ego supergorging Paul were not some of the most utterly ridiculous and evil) in a fraudulent, identity thieving "Christianity" that spread like wild fire not exclusively but especially after the last of the Apostles died.
This GOD did so as to fully test and proof everyone of those called, whether they will actually believe GOD and the LORD JESUS CHRIST or someone else (in this case an ego lust driven Apostle of the LAMB who taught his own supreme doctrine of grace that is not under the law and must not obey the law as doing so will cause one to fall from grace and to become estrange from CHRIST), just about anyone else who proclaimed themselves as 'someone great of God'.
Similarly then as with the work and biggest legacy of the ego supergorging blasphemous Apostle Paul, so too the biggest legacy of the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia was preponderance of the Elect of GOD (both all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives as well as nearly all of the laity) who have been and are ego supergorging lust driven to the superlative maximum wherever they can have the situation opportunities and power impunity to express such and be such.
This is the reason the last era of the Church of GOD is Laodicea which literally means self righteous (note: the term in Greek is one of the most in deliberated stupidity interpreted term by so called Bible experts of the Christmas religion and the secular authorities of mankind, as a meaningless 'people's justice' instead of at least a more contextual 'people's judgment' that is about the self righteous (Matthew 7:1 – 2) people of GOD).
It is also the most totally in deliberated stupidity presumptuously accepted term by nearly all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD of both the Philadelphia and Laodicea era on the doctrine of the Laodicea era. Nearly all of these retained the interpretation of the meaning of the term by the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia. All of these reading and focusing only just two verses, verses 15 and 16, while ignoring all the rest of the verses on the Church of GOD in Laodicea (Revelation 3:13 – 12) of the Book of Revelation.
Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Revelation 3:17 – 18
The Greek term Laodicea, do not carry any meaning that can be interpreted even in the most wildest, most bizarrely twist to mean 'lukewarm' at all absolutely. The original text of the term Laodicea actually carries the concept of self righteousness in that it is about the Elect's self righteous (Revelation 3:17) and hypocritical judgments.
The work of the ego supergorging Apostle Paul then (if you think this work can be believed) was the Type to which the work of the equally ego supergorging first Philadelphia era Messenger was the Actual.
While the Apostle Paul (who was given a lot of understanding of the Truth) at the very least had some sense to pretend to put on a brazen show of lowliness and humility, the first Messenger (who was given just little a understanding) to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia sadly was plainly too brazenly arrogant (as typical of the very characteristic attribute of those belonging to that greatest 'idol worshiping' nation on earth today, explicitly worshiping wealth and fame) to put in any but a just token effort to appear before man as lowly (never mind as humble or as the least). So much for repentance in baptism (i.e. being buried in death) with CHRIST, dying to ourselves that the lives we lived henceforth is live to GOD, to sincerely and faithfully do GOD's will and work exactly as JESUS did during HIS three and a half years ministry as the SON of man.
Here let me remind the readers (especially those who are following this work) that one of the most important doctrines (to exposing evil in the creature personages) of the Scriptures has been that GOD almost invariably gives HIS people leaders after their lust driven heart so that they may become consumed by their lusts and thereby be convicted.
This was the reason there was a Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and a mysterious talking snake in the Garden of Eden. This was the reason the Antediluvian Age was allowed to be consumed and corrupted by all their evil imaginations that they be exterminated.
This was the reason for the Rainbow Covenant and the resulting social order of mankind from that time to today through the thousand years of CHRIST's rule (with Satan the Devil removed from his seat of authority on earth and incarcerated) until the (Great) Judgment.
This was the reason when the Israelite asked for a king, GOD gave them Saul a King after their unfaithful lust driven rebellious and treacherous hearts. This was the reason the ancient Kingdom of Israel and Judah, mostly were given over to evil and unfaithful kings until they and their nations were destroyed and the survivors carried off (and preserved among the nations as pagans not because of their faithfulness but towards the ends that GOD's promised to Abraham will still be realized).
The work of the Apostle Paul (in his deliberated stupidity doctrines of a so called spirituality, of being 'spiritually mature', and not being carnal; of a so called gospel of grace that is superior to the beggarly and cursed elements (Galatians 4:21, 8; 3:10) of the Gospel of the Kingdom; of having a so called grace that that must not obey the law (Romans 6:14; Galatians 3:10; 5:4, 18); of hostility towards the Jews and the Law of Moses; of disdain for the rest of the Apostles of CHRIST particularly the Apostle Peter; of that JESUS as supposedly being the Chief Apostle of GOD; etc.) soon, especially but not exclusively after the death of all the twelve Apostles, led to a profusions of fake Churches of so called Christianity.
While a similarly (but not the same) deliberated stupidity work of the first Philadelphia Messenger after his death (also especially after the death of his personally appointed heir, appointed under his own supreme authority) very soon began to lead to a profusion of fake so called Churches of gods.
Because there is only one true Church of GOD at all times from the Apostolic Age to the End of the Age, all the rest are basically just identity thieving plagiarizing imposters) both those of the Elect as well as those of the servant agents (typically, but not always as there too are small to tiny ones, having a much larger congregation and following) of the Evil One.
There were nearly two hundred of these beginning from the events of 'Spewing Out', but which by today over half of these having died out by attrition). And equally, a profusion of 'independent' proclamations by individuals (both the true Elect as well as agent servants of Satan the Devil) of various flavors and takes, seeded and embellished with lavish twists, spins and outright fabrications thrown in, to the doctrines taught and proclaimed by the first Philadelphia Messenger.
So then here we have to iconic types of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD among the Elect. And here too we have two iconic examples of repentances that are just superficial aka on the surface, not having any real depths (Matthew 13:22).
The ego supergorging Saul aka Paul (before his Apostleship), had to be struck with traumatic fear into a situational repentance. Compare this with the ancient Israelite at the foot of Mount Sinai in Horeb. There is a similarity but also significant differences.
With the ancient Israelite there was great traumatic fear but no repentance because a recognition of sin and cognizant of self as needing to repent was not the focus of their Covenant, the Old Covenant. Because they (as with all of mankind) were under the Rainbow Covenant and being called into a separate Covenant with GOD, the focus of their being called in the Old Covenant was on recognizing and accepting GOD as their GOD.
With the Apostle Paul there too was traumatic fear albeit with a required repentance commanded by the Gospel message. Because being already under the Old Covenant being called into the New Covenant the focused is on the need for repentance (Matthew 9:13; Luke 5:32) towards GOD (because he and all the rest of the Jews were not faithful in that Covenant) followed by the death of the self in baptism.
The basic requirement then is to the recognition of sin (as the root cause of evil aka unrighteousness) and ourselves as sinners who need to repent (to change our attitudes in life and the corresponding change in the expression of our lives upon understanding the Truth).
And that repentance, the type (or manner) and degree, is defined in the doctrine of baptism of a burial to die to the self, the putting to death of ourselves (i.e. all our previous life focus and drives) with CHRIST in HIS death that the life we live going forward we live to GOD according to the example set by CHRIST (i.e. by HIS example in HIS three and a half years ministry as a SON of man) with our first, primary and main focus of faithfulness towards the New Covenant we have been called and entered into. To always seek first and overriding everything else; to sincerely and faithfully do GOD's will and work, just as JESUS CHRIST had done in HIS three and a half years as the SON of man giving us the definitive example to follow.
But here is the problem, while the Apostle Paul and likewise the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, who both also proclaimed this doctrine of baptism in death with CHRIST to walk in the newest of a life lived to seek GOD to do HIS will and work, following the definitive example of JESUS CHRIST.
That is what they preached but their work were more often then not the diametrical opposite. Both were full of themselves with their hearts lifted up to the highest heaven (Ezekiel 28:17 first part; Mark 9:34; Luke 9:46, 22:24) which makes them both very explicitly hypocrite, preaching what they do not do but instead do the opposite.
While they proclaimed themselves as servant or even slaves (aka bond servants) of GOD, their conduct and behavior among their neighbors (i.e. the Elect) was more that of the definitive master or lord (and therefore as a GOD) demanding implicitly and often explicitly unquestioning compliance, servitude and obedience of their fellow servants (Matthew 24:48 – 49).
Here we need to discuss a little bit (the more complete discussion is the in the post, 'Saints Or Sinners, Which' of the blog, 'The End of The World' of this work) how the calling of a man by GOD works. This process of GOD's calling is highlighted in some of the parables of JESUS, notably the Parables of the Talents (Matthew 25:14 – 25). Remember (only if you have been a regular of this work, as this discussed in other posts of this work) that GOD created us as free will, intelligent creature personages.
And GOD being not contrary to HIMSELF, will not manipulate or force us to become unthinking, unintelligent, non self impetus driven creatures even if we ourselves chose to be such HE will not force us to be otherwise.
So our own free will aka self impetus to decide on things and the actions (includes communication) we make, is paramount to us being us and GOD will not act to invalidate and nullify that, contrary to the lies of the so called Abrahamic religions of GOD wanting them to force mankind generally and their disciples particularly, to submit to GOD and to obey GOD. Of course it is not just the so called Abrahamic religions and other anti GOD religions doing this, most of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives are doing this too (whenever they are able to and to the measure they are able to) so that they can rule supreme over whoever they are able to.
Basically then, GOD give us some knowledge or understanding (Matthew 25:14 – 25), each one depending on their ordained role as GOD servants. Very often (but not exclusively) this is on a need to know basis, what we need to know to get the job done, and sometimes not even that, as long as the job we are assigned get done. But HE also test us allowing us to strayed from HIM as long as HIS purpose for us, our job is being done. That is what the Scriptures conveyed where it recorded of GOD's saying: ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure’ (Isaiah 46:10).
And the reason a man of GOD will fail, to the measure that he will fail is entirely on his own failure to seek the LORD with his whole heart (2 Chronicles 12:14). GOD cannot fail (contrary to the blasphemous lies of the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia), none of HIS purpose will fail (Matthew 10:49). But to the measure we do not overcome our lusts (James 1:14) that is the measure that eachall has failed to the measure that they have failed.
That is why the Scripture recorded of the heart being deceitful above all else and incurably wicked (Jeremiah 17:9) which is also why repentance is not a simple, much less an easy thing even as the concept of it is not complex nor complicated. And it applies to nearly everyone. Do you know that the Prophet and Judge Moses was totally in denial (Numbers 20:12, 7 – 13) about his sin when he struck the rock when GOD told him to speak to it, insisting that the it was not his fault (meaning he did not sin) but the Israelite's fault (Deuteronomy 1:37, 3:23 – 25, 4:21 – 22) that GOD would not allow him to go into the Promised Land?
Because all of these have either out of real massive ignorance based stupidity (because of lust, particularly ego gorging lust) or evil deliberated stupidity (from some lust seeded agenda) failed to understand the full total message of the Scripture of Truth aka the Gospel (in totality).
Deliberated stupidity whether out of actual or pretend ignorance is one of the pathway or tool that allowed for ego gorging, as well as for all those who pushes (i.e. their) evil agenda to advance whatever they lusted to advance. There is no more an iconic example of this then in the writings of the ego supergorging agenda of the Apostle Paul.
The expression of lusting to be a superlative and to be supreme is a universal life expression of the creature personages whereby all who are able to do (given sufficient opportunity and impunity) will express such in anyall desired aspect and situation that they can express such to the utmost they can express such.
This is clearly evident where any Tom, Dick, Harry, Larry. Mary, whatnot and whatever else, once they feel secure or confident that they won't (and especially today very often and common now, even when they will, because of their total delusion of "knowing it all" and of them being some proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives and a "stable super genius") become a total laughing stock and be totally humiliated for their "opinions" will pour forth all the "supreme" takes on anyall subjects and topics whether they know anything about it at all or not.
Being severely limited creatures it would (or should anyway) be quite obvious to all that we are very far from being any thing superlative whereby even a microbe so tiny that our naked eyes with the most powerful light magnifying lens (not electron microscope scope because these uses electron not light) are unable to see, can bring us and even our whole social order on its knees. Witness the Covid-19 pandemic (of end 2019 C.E. onward) and how many conservative radio and talk show hosts in their total delusional insanity had claimed that it is a hoax and had died from the virus for their lust fueled insane arrogance. But many of the rest still rages on in their lust seeded and fueled insanity.
Another clearly evident case in point is that in people in some position of authority andor power impunity, more evidently so now today then ever before thanks to social media and internet news reporting, tended to behave and speak very arrogantly, some with better PR sense implicitly but most very explicitly. Most of these expression are in private (non public) settings but today much of these (thanks to smartphone cameras) are surfacing leading to the so called 'cancel culture'.
In the writings (i.e. the proclamations and decrees) of the Apostle Paul, the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia and that of the second Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea, this work has exposed many of the most massively stupid things that ever came out of the mouth of (i.e. communicated by) a man.
Of course these two are not alone, just check out all the massively stupid things taught as doctrine and dogma by all the religions and belief systems of the world particularly the three so called Abrahamic religions and you will find tons of massively stupid teachings and doctrines, even explicitly evil and blasphemous ones such as the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil being sex, original sin, sin is falling short of the perfection of GOD, evil is not believing in GOD, and forcing the victims of rape to marry their rapists.
Yet all these three, when they proclaimed these supreme takes of theirs, they were 'strutting around and thinking to themselves' just how supremely great they were that they could know to proclaim such massively massive moronic stupidity. But even more massively stupid (if that is possible and indeed it is) has been all those out of the exact same lust by proxification, who swallowed and licked up these proclamations and decrees by these three, falling down to worship them (as the supreme proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD) instead and in place of GOD, going 'oooooh' and 'aaaaah', how awesome how profound.
As indeed the whole world of mankind are choked full of these worshipers and idolaters of all sorts and shapes, worshiping men (includes women and children) and all manner of objects and concepts living, dead, non living or fantasized, out of these same lust, so as to be able to feel and even act as supreme by proxification. These are all those who subscribe to some religions, philosophies, political affiliations or even just a man (includes woman and children) as their followers, discipleship, devotees or fandom. All these are those who are unable to attain to some sort of desired power equation on their own merit and accomplishment and therefore need to proxify themselves so they can express these same lust by proxification.
Essentially then, the Scripture of Truth together with the creation both the Spirit realm and the earthly realm, are the educational vehicle of GOD to teach and make HIS creature personages (both mankind and the Spirit Angels) understand that evil actually is the pursuit of lusts of all sorts (including and especially ego gorging lust) to some measure or even in total abandonment.
Let me reiterate here that needs and wants are not lust unless and until our pursuit of such are in carelessness, recklessness, couldn't care less andor total disregard to the consequential harm these pursuits could cause and affect others including the habitat that we all shared, our planet earth, not to mention ourselves whether immediately or at some much later time.
This is to the ends that we (all those who so choose to learn) will understand that in order to overcome these lust based evils, required the intelligence exercising of the minds (as the contextual center of their intelligence) and hearts (as the contextual center of their emotions) to a commitment to not seek after anything that are evil which will consequently cause us to be and become evil. Anyone who does evil is evil (James 2:10 – 11), plain and simple.
In as much as reality and life is a process, so too is repentance. Here we are discussing the repentance commanded by JESUS in the message of the Gospel and not the corrupted and perverted concept of repent and repentance of the social order of mankind including all those of all religions (yes, even those professed by all the Elect of GOD be they the lay members or the ultra mega supremely lowest bondservant and greatest Apostles or Prophets or whatever ultra mega super duper supreme self awarded and proclaimed title and office).
The very first step towards repentance exactly as in the case of addiction, is that of our own realization (i.e. recognition) and admission of fault (as in of being a culprit or perpetrator) and error (but not as in making mistakes) of being doing something wrong (as in that which is non conducive and not permitted from a legalistic perspective), which we must stop continuing to do. More often than not, with the realization there is the accompanying fear of GOD (who will destroy all those who are evil) because we have been evil (from all the evil that we have done) which is that which would cause us to seek the baptism of repentance.
But that is just the first step the admission of fault, it does not amount to repentance but just realization even if it is (be it just a personal private, or even if it includes a public) sincere (as opposed to either a fake stirred up emotional or a pressured, coerced andor forced, prompted by some events or situations) admission of guilt and error. A realization is essentially a discovery, of becoming aware, and nothing more.
In this author's of some over twelve years with the Elect of GOD, first in the second Philadelphia administration through to the time it became the first Laodicea administration (when the second Philadelphia Messenger rejected the doctrines of his mentor and predecessor) through the initial and peak years of the 'Spewing or Vomiting" out (Revelation 3:16) by CHRIST until that administration was turned apostate (2 Thessalonian 2:3) by the Man of Sin and Son of Perdition, not once did I hear of one single account of anyone talking about their "conversion" (i.e. turning from their self focus ways to seek GOD with all their hearts, minds, lives and strength) on how they were called into the Church of GOD, mentioned anything that was close to that of any repentance of any sort let alone an actual buried in death with CHRIST's repentance.
This is not to say that no one at all repented but any who actually did, many to most of them 'sure as hell' were too ashamed of it to talk about it, to admit it.
You might think that is not significant, but it is because it shows their sincerity in baptism of being buried in death with CHRIST. They are all still too 'full of themselves' (and living primarily for themselves and those they are proxified with and worshiped) to admit that fear brought about their repentance.
Likewise no one at all mentioned that they fear because they have been evil. That basically is the gist of repentance towards GOD because we have been evil therefore we feared and so turn to GOD in repentance that the death of CHRIST may be applied to us and HIS shed BLOOD to sanctify and cleanse us of our sins. But fear itself (without the self cognizant of oneself as being evil) is not repentance but just of one acting in self preservation.
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Matthew 3:1 – 2
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Matthew 3:11
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:17
Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:46 – 47
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent
Acts 17:30
And the Gospel is primarily (just not totally) a called to repentance.
My repentance was brought about by my recognition that just like everyone else I have been evil, living and pursuing an evil way of life or living (Genesis 6:5 , 8:21; Psalm 14:3, 53:3; Ecclesiastes 9:3, 7:29). These then led me to undertake a search (i.e. to seek out the GOD's appointed vehicle or person) for the Church of GOD to in repentance seek baptism. It took me around six months (I think, my memory is faulty and this was some over thirty years ago, it could have been just four months) before I found the Church (early in 1987 C.E.) and immediately seek to be baptized.
But it was some another six months (after the Church contacted me and I then met with the local Pastor) before the Pastor of the local congregation baptized me. Nearly everyone played (i.e. act and behave as if they are) God whoever takes on the name GOD to proclaim GOD. This is the great evil (John 13:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:4) of ego gorging lust (and also the sin of presumptuousness) and the absolute and definitive proof of it in all mankind. Instead of humbly and sincerely doing GOD's will and work (Matthew 7:21 – 27; 12:50), they all started acting up as if they themselves are the Gods.
Proclaiming decrees and statutes, selectively select which Scripture to preach and which to ignore andor disregard (Isaiah 28:13), everyone leaning on their own (supreme) understanding (Proverbs 3:5; 14:12, 16:25) doing what is right in their own eyes decreeing their own supreme take on anyall doctrines, commandments and laws of GOD.
But worst they all invariably go into deliberated stupidity to directly disobey (Matthew 15:6; Mark 7:13) what the Scriptures commanded and even what GOD and LORD JESUS directly commanded (1 Samuel 15:20 – 21, 15; Numbers 22:24) which they do not want to obey. The worst of it they actually taught the Elect many to all of these Scriptures (Proverbs 3:5; 14:12, 16:25; Matthew 15:6; Mark 7:13; Deuteronomy 12:32) that commanded them against doing such thing, but they themselves do not obey but selectively do the exact opposite.
The same with the second Laodicea administration though my direct interaction with the Elect of this administration, were rare and far between as I was a remote member until the Worthless Shepherd kicked me out of his Church of GOD in Laodicea, after I testified against him for recklessly twisting the Scriptures to preach, proclaim and decree his lust fueled and driven agenda.
If you were to ask (especially before this was published here in 2021 C.E.) anyone of them how they know they are "converted" (i.e. are turned to GOD in repentance) not a single one will be able to give you any indicative answers let alone definitive ones. Almost all who can would give some vague answers echoing the narratives of the Churches of Gods (or whatever G-d, Gods and God-of-whatever-name) which they have affiliate themselves andor subscribe to, with many to most (of those who can give coherent answers) quoting the Scriptures along the lines of their affiliated Churches of Gods or religions of their affiliation.
Imagine the most important decision in your life absolutely (if you are one who actually believe) and you have no clarity or even the remotest clue, why you made that decision. What does this say about your commitment to honor and obey the Everlasting Covenant with GOD that you have entered into? But even more crucially, what does it say about you?
So how about you (the reader) if you are an Elect of GOD by the New Everlasting Covenant, will you be able to give the definitive reasons that you are indeed one, a true Christian and not someone reprobate, or worst an agent of the Evil One?
Let me give you some clues. Read the entirety of the Scripture of Truth paying meticulous attentions to accounts on firstly, Abraham, Moses, David and Apostle John; secondly Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel; thirdly Prophet Balaam, High Priest Eli, King Saul; and Apostles Peter and Paul. Then benchmark these against all that JESUS CHRIST directly taught in the four Gospel accounts.
If after doing this you still have no real clue (or just some ethereal ideas of being called, having the HOLY SPIRIT and loving God andor Jesus so, so much) as to why you believe you are a "converted" (as of one who has been turned from their self driven needs, wants and lust driven pursuit in sincere repentance to seek to faithfully do GOD's will and work) true Christian, then you are definitely not one.
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 24:14
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Matthew 7:21 – 23
Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
Matthew 13:24 – 30
The discussion on how you can know if you are a true Christian (as opposed to a fraudulent one, especially one who is the agent servant of Satan the Devil) please read the the two part discussions on this in the posts, 'How To Know If You Are A True Christian' and 'Truthful And Faithful Christian Or A Brazenly Lying One' (both still pending) in the blog, 'A Christian Pilgrimage' by this author.
A good question to ask yourself (if you are intelligent and sincere and not if you are neither or worse both), is; 'what if I learned that I am not a true Christian but is an agent servant of Satan the Devil, a disciple of the Christmas religion or another so called Abrahamic religion?'
Here let me make it clear that if you are someone baptized during the Philadelphia era right up to the Laodicea era before to until the death of first Messenger of the Laodicea era in September 1995 C.E. during the period of the 'Spewing or Vomiting' out around 1995 C.E., and you turned out to be (i.e. discovered you are) not a true Christian you can only be the agents servants of Satan the Devil (i.e. the tares mentioned in The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares), no two ways about it.
No one would or will seek to be baptized to enter into the Church of GOD (regardless whichever eras) unless they have either being called by GOD or being planted by Satan the Devil (Matthew 13:24 – 30).
But even one seemingly planted (inside and among the membership of the Church of GOD) by Satan the Devil can end up as being called by GOD. This is just as one called by GOD can ended up as Satan the Devil's agent servant and instrument. Among these were Judas Iscariot, Eli the high priest, Balaam the Prophet and King Saul, as well as many others from during the Apostolic times through the centuries to today (Revelation 2:2, 5, 9, 14, 15, 20, 23; 3:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 – 4; 1 John 2:18).
And if the latter is you, you do not need to despair, if your heart is sincere and right with GOD, the way to repentance and your calling is not closed but still opened (Romans 8:28). GOD can turn the evil works of Satan the Devil in you into good that is according to HIS purpose for you, or just about anyone (Exodus 45:3 – 8) if you will indeed believe and sincerely repent (as opposed to continue lying to yourself that you are the faithful who "needed no repentance" refusing to sincerely repent).
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8
Remember CHRIST was manifested to destroy the works of Satan the Devil of which everyone is and those who are now true Christian, all (including this author) too before their true repentance also were 'the works of the Devil'. But those who are not in the one true Church of GOD (but are of the Christmas religion or other evil blasphemous so called Abrahamic religions) being not in the Church of GOD are not 'the tares', the agent servants of Satan the Devil, in this parable. The context here is only those who are in the one true Church of GOD, if you are one of these.
But do not be stupidly arrogant, you having known the depths of Satan the Devil (Revelation 2:24) and serving him all your lives and especially in your membership in the one true Church of GOD, your battle against the sway of Satan the Devil will be so much harder requiring greater commitment in a tenacious unwavering every step and every thought battle to root Satan the Devil out of your mind, thoughts and thinking (all your thinking) because he had total sway over you previously. Of this I spoke with experience having being evil, almost completely under the sway of the Evil One in the times before I was called.
Here again some very ultra mega super duper supremely supreme ingeniously enlightened proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among mankind will assert that this author is at best wrong at worst brazenly lying when I disclosed that all those who are baptized members in the (one and only) true (as opposed to hundreds to millions of false ones) Church of GOD are either those called by GOD or those planted by Satan the Devil. They will proclaimed that Jesus was explicitly clear that no one can come to Him unless God calls and draws them (John 6:44), therefore all who have been baptized members are all called by GOD.
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:44
How about you (the readers) do you agree with all these very ultra mega super duper supremely supreme ingeniously enlightened proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among mankind that this author is at best wrong at worst brazenly lying?
I hope not, because that manner of very extremely deliberated stupidity selectively selective reading to twist (i.e. to interpret) the Scriptures with lavish spins and inventions (aka fabrications) to assert that it says, taught and communicated all manner of massively stupid things is so very obviously an extremely brazen total deliberated stupid in selectively selected reading just one part or portion of of Scriptures while ignoring all the rest.
The context of that particular verse (John 6:44) is explicitly, plainly and literally very clear that JESUS CHRIST was referring to and only to those who will be the true and faithful Elect ('I will raise him up at the last day') and not to those who are not (because they are the seeds of the Enemy) and will not be part of the First Resurrection.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:27 – 28
Even just within that very same verse itself that manner of an evil agenda driven selective reading is clearly and explicitly shown to be invalid, wrong and a brazen lie. Then there are also many verses just from JESUS CHRIST own directly spoken words (those in red in red letters Bible) that also invalidate that deliberated stupidity assertion.
It is very explicitly clear that in referring to those GOD calls and draws, JESUS was speaking explicitly only of those who would be HIS sheep, 'the wheat' symbolism of that parable (Matthew 13:24 – 30) and not to 'the tares' (those that of the agent servants of the Enemy, Satan the Devil).
But not only that, in the writing of Luke (Book of Acts) and the Epistles of the Apostles John, Peter and Paul, it was clearly recorded of sons of Satan the Devil (Acts 8:9 – 23; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 – 4; 1 John 2:18; 3 John 1:10) among the membership of the Church of GOD in Ephesus (i.e. during the time of the Ephesus era). Further more in the prophecy of the Book of Revelation on the Church of GOD's journey through the centuries from the Ephesus period to the Laodicea era, the Scriptures were explicitly clear, that among the membership of the Church of GOD there too were the agent servants of Satan the Devil among the Elect (Revelation 2:2, 6; 9; 14 – 15; 20, 23; 3:9).
Of those who were in the Church of GOD from the time of the Ephesus era to the Philadelphia era, the Scriptures (i.e. the LORD JESUS CHRIST) often specifically referring to them as 'those who are evil; but are a synagogue of Satan; known the depths of Satan; those of the synagogue of Satan' and such as 'the deeds of the Nicolaitans; doctrine of Balaam; teach and seduce My Servants; eat things sacrifice to idols'.
During the Apostolic times, among those in the one true Church of GOD and were numbered among the Elect of those times, many, much more were the seeds (i.e. agent servants) of Satan the Devil then those who were the true Elect.
Until the separation lines become clear in the Creed of Nicaea and the persecution of the Elect began, those who were of the Christmas religion and were numbered together with the Elect by the Everlasting Covenant, the greater numbers (ninety percent or more) were the sons (i.e. agents servants) of Satan the Devil. The true Elect have always being a small insignificant (as very small in number, in all the first six eras of the Church of GOD through the centuries rarely numbering more than a few hundred) flock (Luke 12:32).
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Revelation 6:9 – 11
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:14
In the Book of Revelation chapter 6 verses 9 to 11, mentioning all the Elect who had been murdered for their faith (before the events of the coming Tribulation), it is implicit that the numbers were very small (i.e. not worth mentioning), numbering at around a few hundred (possibly a few thousand). Contrast that with after the Tribulation (Revelation 7:9 – 14) where those killed are 'a great multitude which no one could number'.
Similarly during the Philadelphia era, those who were agents servants were some seventy percent or more. Many among these were those who left a few years before the 'Spewing Out' of 1995 C.E. (Revelation 3:16) in 1988 C.E., and also during that entire period of the 'Spewing Out' of 1995 C.E., stretching from 1995 to 1999 C.E..
Also the bulk (some ninety percent or more) of those who chose to remained (during the 'Spewing Out') in that since defunct Church of GOD turned apostate in 1999 C.E. (2 Thessalonians 2:3) were not the true Elect but many were the agent servants of Satan the Devil. Throughout the journey of the Church of GOD through the centuries from the Apostolic Age (i.e. the Ephesus era) to the end of the age (i.e. the Laodicea era) within the one true Church of GOD the agents of Satan the Devil more often than not outnumbered the true Elect by much more than fifty percent.
But regardless these are now all apostates, all have willingly chosen to become agent servants of Satan the Devil completely embracing the Creed of Nicaea andor the other doctrines of the Christmas religion.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9
It all comes down to sincerity, whether one who joins the true Church of GOD is one called by GOD or one planted by Satan the Devil. Whether they were sincere in responding to the call to repentance or were not.
The problem with sincerity is that basically everyone is a liar, everyone lies. Abraham the Father of the Faithful not only lied but also got Sarah his wife to lie (Genesis 12:13). Moses the mediator of the Old Covenant not just lied but went into total denial (Numbers 20:7 – 8, 11, 12; Deuteronomy 32:51, 1:37, 4:21) that he sinned by directly disobeying GOD.
Everyone (be they man, woman or whatnot, including children not yet three years old) without exception, lies. The worst of it is they all also without exception lied to themselves for any number of reasons but especially in order to feel good about themselves, that they are better than or not as bad as others.
The Apostle Paul was frightened out of his wits into a half bake repentance which very quickly waned, swallowed up by his uncontrolled ego supergorging lust. The Apostle Peter among the very first to be called to the role of Apostleship never got over his put up for show gungho bravado façade and despite being personally taught by JESUS CHRIST ended up abandoning much of what he had learned (from JESUS) to embrace the Apostle Paul's blasphemous supreme doctrine of the gospel of grace.
Most of the New Covenant writers never 'put to death' (i.e. buried themselves in baptism) their ego gorging lust to be the greatest (i.e. most supreme). They all (except for the Apostle John) lusting to be the greatest (or most supreme) completely bought into the false humility of the Apostle Paul of being the lowest of the lowest bondservant of CHRIST.
And this lust has continued unabating among the Elect to this very day. This author has personally spoken (i.e. corresponded) with four of these proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among the Elect (in four separate whatnot of Gods) and written to two of the Messengers to the Church of GOD in Laodicea (the first and current).
All of these are just so full of themselves, puffed up by their ego gorging lust. As are the leaders so are the membership, as GOD invariably gives the Elect over to leaders after their own lusts driven hearts.
That was the reason GOD gave the ancient Israelite, Saul as King; during the New Covenant, the gentiles "converts" had the ego mega gorger, the Apostle Paul; the Jews of the Gospel times, unfaithful self serving murderous leaders and high priests; and today in the one true Church of GOD, GOD has raised up a Worthless Shepherd (Zechariah 11:16 – 17).
But it is not just the Elect of GOD who are given over ego gorging lust, the lust to think of oneself as better than others and ultimately as supreme to all others. All of mankind and indeed all the creature personages too, from time immemorial (i.e. from the beginning) to this very day, from the very moment they can feel secure (and confident) for as long as they can feel that way.
“You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till iniquity was found in you.
“By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.
Ezekiel 28:14 – 16
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
Isiah 14:12 – 14
The lust to be supreme was the very first lust, and the seed to the very first sin in the creation (Ezekiel 28:14 – 16; Isiah 14:12 – 14). At the most basic this lust is expressed through and as an extension of not wanting to be ruled over by others. A discussion on why all the creature personages are vulnerable to this mother of all lusts is in the post 'What GOD Has Been Doing And Why?' on the blog 'Living By Every Word' and the post 'The Lust Of The Psyche To Be Supreme' in the blog 'A Christian Pilgrimage'.
It was this same lust that led to the Jewish religious authorities during the Gospel times to conspire to have JESUS CHRIST, the MESSIAH PRINCE and MEDIATOR of The (New) Covenant, murdered by the Romans. While they pretended to be seeking HIM they could not accept that HE rebuked them for their faithfulness because in their delusion they hold themselves to be the pinnacle of righteousness, exactly as nearly all of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives (including and especially the very Messenger to the true Church of GOD of today) among the Elect as well as nearly all of the Elect are doing.
Asked yourself this hypothetical question: 'If JESUS was to come born as a SON of man today (not that that can happen but GOD would raise up a Messenger to do just that), what would HE say to all of HIS Elect today?'
What do you think JESUS will say to all of HIS Elect today? Here is the answer and there is nothing hypothetical about it at all, because that was what JESUS CHRIST exactly said to them, to all HIS Elect (without exception), in prophecy.
Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
Revelation 3:17 – 18
And this was what this author was raised up to specifically do (Ezekiel 3:17 – 19, 33:7 – 9); to proclaim the wretched nakedness and brazen shamefulness of all (without exception) the Elect of GOD today and to call on all to repent.
But has anyone listened, believed and repented? I tell you none, not one (Psalm 14:3, 53:3). Everyone of them (i.e. the Elect) holding themselves as the ultra mega zealous and truth loving righteous who need no repentance.
When JESUS CHRIST came born as a SON of man, at the appointed time before HE began HIS three and a half years ministry to mediate the New Covenant in HIS BLOOD, HE went to John the Baptist to be baptized by John. HE did not go to the high priest or the other religious authorities to announce to them that HE was the CHRIST, why?
Because they were unfaithful to GOD in their Covenant with HIM, but everyone being full of themselves that they are these supreme proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD, strutting around, proclaiming decrees and putting (i.e. kicking) people out of the synagogue.
As it was in the Gospel years so it is today, everyone of the Elect of GOD (no exception) both inside and outside of the one true Church of GOD, all their hearts lifted up in ego gorging lust (Revelation 3:17) thinking and holding themselves that they are these ultra mega truth loving faithful and zealous remnants, these supremely righteous, all refusing to believe the Scripture of Truth, of the LORD JESUS CHRIST explicitly testifying against them that 'Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—'
When JESUS went to the John the Baptist (whom GOD had sent) John tried to stop HIM saying, 'I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?' JESUS went to the one GOD sent in order to set an example of righteousness, that all must go to the one GOD sent, whomever GOD may send, whenever GOD may send.
JESUS taught, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.' None of the Elect is willing to receive JESUS CHRIST and GOD the FATHER today. That is just how evil they have all become (exactly like all the religious Jews during the Gospel times, which was the Type of today's Actual) from their lifting up of their exalted hearts in their ego gorging lust. All are so full of themselves that they don't need to obey GOD and JESUS CHRIST anymore because they are all so ultra mega righteous, zealous and pious they do not need to go to JESUS CHRIST and the one JESUS CHRIST send.
All these the Gospel explicitly recorded, yet no one who reads this work had obeyed let alone have believed.
In the last message to all the Elect of today, the LORD JESUS CHRIST rebuke all the Elect (no exceptions) of today (some half an hour into GOD's timeframe for mankind to be perfect and HIS creation completed) on their (no exceptions) total devoid of righteous, 'I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.'
But no, all the Elect (exactly as the religious authorities during the Gospel times) hold themselves that they are the supremely righteousness who needs no repentance, and all have until this very moment (as of this writing in 2022 C.E.) refused to repent.
Just as the religious authorities during the Gospel times refused to go to John the Baptist and JESUS CHRIST, all the Elect of today refuse to go to the one CHRIST have sent who GOD raised up to turn them from their sins. The Gospel times were the exact Type of the Elect of GOD of today which is the Actual. So too the whole of the book of Malachi which is explicitly about all the sins of all the Elect (no exceptions) of the last days (Malachi 4:1, 5) as the Actual of which the Jews of the Gospel times were the Type.
All the Elect of today trusting in their own righteous, of them being these faithful zealous, truth loving righteous so called Philadelphia remnants, all blinded by ego supergorging refuses to see. Why do you thinking in HIS rebuke of the Elect of the last days JESUS CHRIST specifically said 'anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see'.
The testimony of all the Scriptures about the Elect of GOD of the Last Days are explicitly clear, that the Elect of GOD in the Last Days are a lust driven unfaithful and self righteous lot, clearly and explicitly testified to. Yet none who reads them take it to heart and tremble before the LORD. They are all so full of themselves from the lifting up of their hearts that they no longer have any fear of GOD.
Just as the rule of Rome over much of the region of Eurasia, the Middle East (especially the Promised Land) and northern Africa has given the Jews of the Gospel times a measure of security that the religious Jews enjoying a certain extend of impunity and a position of religious authority (aka power) were able to no longer fear GOD, so also the same today, the deceitfulness of security in the nations have given the Elect the impunity to no longer fear GOD such that no one at all today tremble (Isaiah 66:2) at the testimonies in Scripture of Truth against them commanding all to repent (Revelation 3:18).
This was what JESUS CHRIST said of all those who will not receive the ones HE sent:
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!Matthew 10:14 – 15
The lack of a palpable fear of GOD among the Elect of today have allowed for all of them to embrace the lust of their egos (Revelation 3:17), behaving and conducting themselves in ego gorging lust, holding that they are the righteous, pious truth loving people of GOD when the direct opposite is what they actually are (Revelation 3:18).
For this reason the persecution of the Elect in the soon coming Tribulation will see countless millions (Revelation 7:9) tortured and killed at the hands of the Beast and the False Prophet.
In the days of the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, this was what he had to say about the Elect in the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, exactly just as the Scriptures also foretold (i.e. prophesied):
The first Philadelphia era Messenger talking about the Elect of his times not listening (i.e. either hearing but not obeying or not paying due regards to what they hear) (click on video then click the play button to listen)
As this work has repeated emphasized, GOD almost invariably let HIS Elect fall into the hands of their enemies when they become unfaithful to the Covenant they have entered into with HIM. The unfaithful Elect of the Last Days will have be tried in a Baptism of Fire to prove their faithfulness to GOD. This will be the great harvest which the Scriptures referred to (Revelation 14:13 – 20).
Among these countless millions will be all those who have read this work and do not fear refusing to turn from their evil pursuits and the lust of their ego gorging hearts to receive this author the one whom CHRIST has raised up and sent in these Last Days.
Do not wait until your worst fears become a reality for you (all those who believe and know that they are GOD's Elect of these last days) from GOD. Do you really want to wait for that to come upon you before you are willing to repent? Would your repentance then be out of sincerity or from being punished and hoping that by repenting you would be forgiven and spared? Take heed to yourself that you do not think that you can deceive GOD.
I tell you now, when that happens and you repent (out of being forced to) because you are finally punished for your wickedness, the punishment will not stop just because you repented. No, you will have to pay to the fullness for your sins and unfaithfulness with your very life, tortured and brutalized to death (to get you to renounce your faith and the Covenant you have been called into with GOD and LORD JESUS) at the hands of your enemies, to prove you faithfulness to GOD for your deliberated stupidity unfaithfulness in continuing to blaspheme the HOLY ONE despite being explicitly warned by a man whom GOD had raised up (Ezekiel 33:7 – 11) towards this specific purpose.
Consider King David, when he committed adultery followed by having the husband of the woman murdered, did he go unpunished? I tell you no, but it will be worse for you because David repented at the preaching of the Prophet Nathan. But you have not done so at the preaching of one whom GOD specifically raised up today to warn all who trusted in their own righteousness, strutting around in their brazen 'nakedness' (Revelation 3:17). It will be more tolerable for those of the Gospel times who rejected the Words of JESUS and perished in the siege of Jerusalem than for all the Elect of today who rejected the correction of LORD JESUS CHRIST send in the message of this work (Revelation 3:17 – 18).
For some twelve years now (as at 2021 C.E.) I have, rising up early (Jeremiah 26:5; 7:25, 13; 25:4; 11:7; 35:15 ), through 'hell and high waters' labored (against the forces of evil among the Heavenly Hosts) to get the truth of the Gospel and the admonishment of JESUS CHRIST out to the Elect of GOD primarily, and to the rest of the world generally. But no one, not a single person has actually heeded to this very day.
The very first one to reject the warning of this Watchman Messenger of CHRIST was the first Laodicea's Messenger. He ignored my warning urging him to repent, and consequently died for his sins.
The next person to reject the warning of this author was the second Laodicea's Messenger, the Worthless Shepherd, and his punishment is coming while his lackey whom he sent to kick this author out of his Church of GOD died a few years after doing his evil bidding. This was as an additional testimony and warning to the second Laodicea Messenger. And after these everyone of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among the Elect whom I have spoken to, likewise refused to heed.
And no, I would not expect anyone of the Elect to heed. And the reason nearly all of the Elect of today will refuse to heed is because they all have shut their ears (Isaiah 6:10 – 11) to JESUS CHRIST and GOD.
But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. Ezekiel 3:7 (Note: this is a prophecy of the Elect of GOD of today, as by the time of the Prophet Ezekiel the ancient nation of Israel no longer existed having been carried away by the Assyrians more than a century earlier in 721 B.C.E** )
And the reason nearly all of the Elect will not heed is because they all every single one of them, will not listen to nor heed JESUS CHRIST. But notice that the verse address 'the house of Israel' (aka symbolically 'Samaria') which symbolically referred to all the Elect not in the membership of the one true Church of GOD which in prophecies is referred to as 'the house of Judah' (aka symbolically 'Jerusalem').
Do you know why?
Well if you will believe (and never mind if you won't) this author, it is because GOD has raised up a 'Worthless Shepherd' who do not care for the sheep (i.e. the Elect whether within or outside of the one true Church of GOD) today. And do you know why?
Well if you will believe (and never mind if you won't) this author, the reason is because every single one of the Elect in the one true Church of GOD today is self righteous and full of themselves just exactly as the 'Worthless Shepherd' GOD whom has raised up to helm the Church of GOD. This is for the exact same reason GOD had raised a unfaithful king in King Saul over the ancient Israelite.
As I have repeatedly repeated in the discussions of this work, GOD almost always give the Elect over to leaders after their own lust driven hearts. But also ultimately GOD almost always raise up a man, a Messenger of HIS, to correct them, to turn them from their sins that they might be delivered from their sins and live. But only if they will listen, not if they adamantly stubbornly in deliberated stupidity refused to listen and refused to repent. Then HE let them fall into their enemies who hate them to suffer the wrath of the Enemy, Satan the Devil, at the hands of these enemies to be killed andor carried away as prisoners and slaves.
That was what happened to the ancient Kingdom Israelite when they (i.e. those who survive the brutal carnage) were carried off as slaves by the Assyrians. The same happened to the ancient Kingdom of Judah when they (i.e. those who survive the brutal carnage) were carried off as slaves by Nebuchadnezzar.
For this reason in the coming Tribulation, the bulk of the Elect of today (especially but not exclusively, all those not in the one true Church of GOD) and as also millions more who will only then believe, countless millions (from the billions of mankind) will die, horrifically tortured and killed, in the great persecution and massacre ever, in the wrath of Satan the Devil against those who will (only then) begin ceasing believing in lies from their ego gorging lust, to then keep the Commandments of GOD and the testimony of JESUS CHRIST (Revelation 12:17).
Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12:13 – 17
Today, the Great Tribulation of sadistic torture, rapes (and don't think that you being a man won't be rape) and horrific death awaits most of the Elect (all those outside of the one true Church of GOD including all the disbelieving disobedient and unrepentant within the one true Church of GOD).
By the grace and mercy of GOD (so that HIS purpose shall stand), the one true Church of GOD (but only all those in believing faith obey and repented, and not all those in ego gorging lust trusting in their self deceiving perceived righteousness, saying 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' and needed no repentance) will be spared and taken to a place to be protected from the wrath of Satan the Devil through the Beast (the eight of the seventh) and the False Prophet. The repentance of the Church of GOD (as a whole and not necessarily all the members individually) was foretold in the Book of Joel (Joel 2:15 – 18).
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherd(s) of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Woe, shepherd(s) of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should the shepherd(s) not feed the flock? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock. Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you searched for the lost; but with force and with violence you have dominated them. They scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every animal(/beast) of the field and scattered. My flock strayed through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”
Ezekiel 34:1 – 6 (NASB)
(Note: the term of the original text 'shepherd' interpreted as 'shepherds' by the NASB Bible interpreting translators as well as all other Bible interpreting translators, except in verse 5 where they translated it as singular 'shepherd', is the exact same term 'ra`ah [H7482]' carrying the meaning of 'to feed, to pasture or to tend' and also 'of one who feeds or tends' and in this context a shepherd or shepherds.
The term in this passage should all be 'shepherd' singular, xref with Zechariah 11 verse 16 as the Worthless Shepherd whom GOD raised up who do not care for the sheep 'But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces'.
It should be noted though that when GOD addresses the kings of a nation, HE also addressed all of that nation. So likewise when HE address the shepherd of HIS flock, HE also address all those who report to that shepherd.
As for all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of God in all the other identity thieving so called Churches of gods and not the one true Church of GOD, whether they be the Elect who do not have the authority of CHRIST, not in the membership of the Church, or those of the Christmas religion as indeed many among these are of the Christmas religion, they are all considered as 'beasts', the social parasites feeding on the scattered Elect 'scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every animal(/beast) of the field'.)
If you think that this author can be believed (and never mind if you don't) to then actually believe (as opposed to think, hold and say that you believe) this author, you will know that in beginning in 1995 C.E., JESUS spewed, vomited or threw out, all of the Elect (Revelation 3:16) from the one and only true Church of GOD in Laodicea, then in 1999 C.E. let the Man of Sin and Son of Perdition (2 Thessalonians 2:3) turned the first Administration (Revelation 3:15 – 16) under the first Laodicea's Messenger (who was also the second Philadelphia's Messenger) apostate (2 Thessalonians 2:3 – 4) at the death of this first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea.
Even as GOD ejected HIS Elect from HIS Church HE also ordained a process to redeem them. This is something that has been happening since the time Judges ruled over the Elect of the Old Covenant (before the time when Kings ruled over them).
During the time of Judges under the Old Covenant, when the people of GOD became unfaithful GOD would let them fall into the hands of their enemies, the gentile nations around them. But each and every time HE did this HE too would eventually raise up a Judge to deliver them and return (or turn) them back to HIM.
During the New Covenant era, when each era, period or epoch of the Church of GOD in her journey from the Apostolic Age to the End of the Age, came to an end, instead of Judges, GOD would raise up a new era under a new Messenger as the old era ended due to the failure of the last Messenger of that era becoming unfaithful in: doing the work (aka carrying out the commission of the Church of GOD to preach the Gospel to the nations, to feed and tend the flock); keeping the Commandments of GOD; honoring and keeping the New Covenant, or some other reasons (as in the case of Smyrna era which end in the 'martyrdom' of the last Messenger).
Even during the time of the Old Covenant when Kings ruled over the ancient Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (during the period of the Divided Kingdoms), GOD would raised up Prophets to turn the Elect from their unfaithfulness.
What all of these testified to is the general unfaithfulness of nearly all the Elect regardless those of the Old Covenant (who generally were not given the HOLY SPIRIT) whose inheritance being mostly (just not totally) of a physical nature pertaining to this temporary lifetime; or those of the New Covenant with all of the Elect (but not those who are planted by Satan the Devil) given the HOLY SPIRIT with the promises of eternal inheritance in eternal life and possessing (becoming HOLY SPIRIT composed citizenry of) the Kingdom of Heaven as Sons of GOD.
During the New Covenant period especially, the Elect in the one true Church of GOD in her journey through the centuries to the End of the Age, the ordained process which GOD has (or rather had) instituted will see all the Elect convicted of their unfaithfulness (and sins) that all who sincerely repent regardless before or after punishment come on their heads.
But there is a difference (in rewards at the Second Advent) for those who repented on being corrected from those who repent only after being punished. Of course those who refused to repent will all end in perdition in the Great Judgment.
Don't get it wrong, GOD wants all HIS Elect to inherit the Kingdom, but not if they adamantly do not want to and willfully refused to repent.
So when CHRIST spewed or vomited out the first administration (under the first Laodicea's Messenger) HE did not do so without first raising up a second administration (under the second Messenger), all who left the first administration just prior to the 'spewing out', so that the Church of GOD will continue to be valid (i.e. remain alive) and not ceased to exist completely (Matthew 16:18) when the first administration ceased to be valid, being turned apostate by the Man of Sin and Son of Perdition.
While this essentially has been going on since the Ephesus era ended and was succeeded by the next era, in this manner with the Laodicea era this event or situation happened within the era itself with the first administration coming to and end (with the apostasy) instead of the last administration.
So when the first Laodicea administration turned apostate (all the members turning to embraced the lies of Satan the Devil, and consequently became the agents servants of his), the second administration (under the second Messenger who is also the person of the Worthless Shepherd who does not care for the sheep) officially became the one and only true Church of GOD.
A good question at this point is why would GOD raise up a Worthless Shepherd as the Messenger to shepherd HIS Elect? And the answer is (as is the consistent record in the Scriptures) because that is the prevailing attitudes of all the Elect of this last era. As I have repeatedly disclosed, GOD very often (i.e. almost invariably) gave the Elect over to leaders after their own evil lust driven hearts.
Remember JESUS CHRIST posed the question, 'Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?' (Luke 18:8). That was essentially prophecy on the state of the Elect at the time leading to the Second Advent, of a faithless people who are all so full of themselves (Revelation 3:17), these all are the Actual to which the religious authorities of the Gospel times were a Type.
As I discussed earlier, even as CHRIST vomited or spewed out HIS Elect, HIS intent is still (to save them) to redeem them (i.e. to return them to the FATHER). And this was officially the job of the one true Church of GOD (in this case, the second Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea) which the Church of GOD in Laodicea (i.e. under the Worthless Shepherd) however is not doing being so full of herself in her supremacist attitude of being the faithful and zealous "Philadelphia" remnants, the agape and truth loving Sons of Zadok, etc. (i.e. saying to herself 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing').
As I wrote and discussed elsewhere in this work, if the Church of GOD has been faithfully doing the will of the FATHER, this work will not be necessary, will not come about and would not exist.
But that is just conjecture and hypothesis because all this (that has happened) was prophesied to happen, written in the Scripture of Truth from some nearly two thousand and more years ago. And the Scriptures cannot be broken (John 10:35).
And because the one and only true Church of GOD refuses to walk humbly before GOD, lifting up her exalted hearts higher than the Third Heaven, a Messenger and Watchman was raised up by GOD to warn all of the Elect within and without the Church of GOD including the Church of GOD today, calling on all to repent. This is the very work of this Messenger and Watchman that you are reading right here in all the discussion of this work. And I pray that you will humble yourself before GOD to believe and obey.
One of the jobs of the Church of GOD is as the body (i.e. the collection) of all the Elect, and thus her job would be to collect all the scattered Elect, all those CHRIST had spewed out, as many as are willing to sincere repent, back into her fold.
Remember when GOD let HIS Elect fall away from HIM and delivered them into their enemies around them (which includes all the beastly nations and other social parasites among mankind) HE would invariable raise up someone (in the Old Covenant era before there were Kings over them, it was the Judges, after that Prophets, and it the New Covenant period, the next Messenger of the next era) to bring them back (i.e. return them) to HIM.
But because the second Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea being so full of himself, holding himself as being the super truth loving 'that Prophet' instead of seeking for all the lost sheep, chose instead to ban (i.e. forbid on pains of being kicked out of his Church of GOD) all contacts with anyone of those he proclaimed as 'Laodiceans', all those not in the membership of his Church of GOD but are in some other congregations of the so called Churches of gods.
Instead of feeding and tending (John 21:15 – 17) the sheep, this Worthless Shepherd has just being super feeding his ego that he is this truth loving noble Berean, this agape loving Philadelphia remnant, and this zealous and pious son of Zadok, and this supreme "that Prophet". And like all supremacist, he proclaimed decrees to forbid all those who will not fall down to worship (i.e. unquestioningly obey) him in all that he decreed and proclaimed, that they will be kicked out of his Church of GOD.
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them,
‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them.”
Ezekiel 34:2 – 6
And because the Worthless Shepherd does not care for the sheep that have been scattered in the 'Spewing Out' and would not seek them, GOD HIMSELF will.
‘For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.
Ezekiel 34:11 – 12
And how do you think GOD would search for HIS sheep? If you (who is an Elect of GOD through the Everlasting Passover Covenant) are indeed sincere towards GOD, to seek HIM with your whole heart, you would (or should anyway) know how GOD will search (as indeed is searching) for HIS sheep.
Then you will understand that Ezekiel chapter 33 onwards to the last book is (mostly just not entirely) prophesy from the time the this author was called to testify against the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea (who died soon after) to until after the Day of the LORD. Chapter 33 of Ezekiel began with the calling of this author to testified against the first Laodicea Messenger and his subsequent death in refusing to repent.
Chapters (of Ezekiel) 40 to 48 detailed the construction details of the new Temple to be built as well as the distribution for the tribes in the beginning of the Millennium (of CHRIST and HIS Saints ruling over the earth). With chapter 33 (of the book of Ezekiel) describing first the calling of this author to be a Watchmen Messenger to the Elect and to the rest of the people being called.
Sincerity (includes honesty and candor) is the very first bulwark against Satan the Devil (who is a liar and the father of all liars, of manipulative lies and deceits — John 8 verse 44), while a determined unwavering commitment to seek GOD (to love and obey HIM withholding nothing) with all your heart, mind, living and might is the rest of the battle.
I began my calling with sincerity to love, honor and obey GOD and until this very day after some over thirty years (as of this writing in 2022 C.E.), I am still working on it (my sincerity and commitment that is), trying my level best at all times. Beyond that I won't say anything.
The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
Psalm 14:2 – 3
Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.”
Ecclesiastes 7:9
No doubt all those whom GOD called (into the Everlasting Passover Covenant) would have been somewhat sincere (i.e. to some degree sincere). This of course do not include those planted by Satan the Devil (John 8:44; 1 John 2:22).
Take the twelve Apostles of the LAMB for example. All (twelve excluding Judas Iscariot who failed and was disqualified, and was replaced by the Apostle Paul) were (initially) sincere to some degree when they were called. Even the Apostle Paul who literally had his wits frightened out from him to wake him from his lust drunken beliefs that he was serving GOD in persecuting in hunting down Christians to have murdered.
Nearly all the twelve (not counting Judas Iscariot because he failed and was disqualified) Apostles (including Paul) lusted to be the greatest (Matthew 18:1; Mark 9:33 34; Luke 9:46, 22:24) and went into many schemes (i.e. delusional thinking and deliberated stupidity) to both think of themselves and also acted (i.e. implicitly and often times very explicitly too) to show themselves as the greatest. The one exception to these was the Apostle John who was still young at the time of the Gospel and was strongly influenced by his other brother James (who was the first of the twelve to be killed).
Likewise the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia (Revelation 3:8 – 11) and the second Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea (Revelation 3:17). But they are not the only ones. Almost all of the Elect particularly in these last days (not to say that it was any different before) are all doing the same.
The problem for mankind (as well as the Spirit composed Angels) is that of lust of all sorts (including lust seeded, fueled and driven irrational phobias), which is the number one, the main as well as all of the reasons no one, not a single one (of mankind) is righteous and good (Matthew 19:17, Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19), none at all absolutely (Psalm 14:2 – 3, 53:2 – 3).
Combine that with cognitive intelligence and what we have is not sincerity but duplicity (Jeremiah 17:9; Ecclesiastes 9:3), which this work precisely, absolutely and totally accurately and definitively defined as 'deliberated stupidity, deliberately pretending to be stupid and being deliberately stupid' (Genesis 3:11, 12, 13; 4:9, 13 – 14; 20:1 – 9, 10, 11 – 12; 26:7 – 9; Exodus 32:1, 22 – 23; Numbers 22:34; 1 Samuel 15:14 – 15, 20 – 21; 2 Samuel 12:1 – 9; Matthew26:69 – 70, 71 – 72, 73 – 74).
“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
Jeremiah 23:25 – 27
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’ ”
And the Lord said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their hearts.
Jeremiah 14:13 – 14
Before there were kings over the ancient nations of Israel and Judah when the ancient Israelite (all twelve tribes) did not yet have human kings over them, there were no false Prophets prophesying false dreams and visions. Even an extreme lust driven man and Prophet of GOD, Balaam knew better than to prophesy lies in GOD's name.
That changed not long after wicked Kings began to rule over Israel (and also Judah, after the Kingdom was divided in two because of the unfaithfulness of King Solomon). False Prophets soon arose to prophesy false visions to these kings, to prophesy things these rulers over the people and the people lusted to hear.
And today this exact same thing is happening, as also was so beginning from the Ephesus era, even during the Apostolic Age (Ephesus era stretched from the founding of the Church of GOD in 30 C.E. to the time the last Messenger ceased proclaiming the Gospel message), and from then to today (Revelation 2:9, 14 –15, 20 – 23; 3:2 –3, 9, 15 – 16, 17 – 19).
False Prophets the parasites and predators among the Elect, began sprouting up like weeds among the ranks of the Elect and the one true Church of GOD of the Ephesus era (Revelation 2:2, 4, 6) to feed on and feed off the gullible, all those lusting to believe lies, even very ridiculous and very massively stupid lies.
The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?
Jeremiah 5:31
But these parasites and predators are not all the agents servants of Satan the Devil, but include even Messengers, elders and the lay members among the Elect, all those who lusted after wealth, sex, power and fame and glory, not having completely and totally repented, to the measure and degree that they have not repented from their lusts and lusting.
Of this we have iconic examples in the Scriptures (aside from those recorded as the prophecies of Revelation 2 and 3) of the Prophet Balaam and King Saul. But these are not restricted to just those going into perdition, but even man after GOD's own heart (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22), King David who not only commit adultery but also commit murder to cover up his adultery.
The first (nut not the only) principle to the Old Covenant was the Sabbath as a key test to expose their basic and main attitudes towards GOD whether they actually (as opposed to pretending to andor having no choice due to threats perceived or real) sincerely and genuinely desire to obey GOD.
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
Isaiah 37:16
That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord,
Are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 83:18
You alone are the Lord;
You have made heaven,
The heaven of heavens, with all their host,
The earth and everything on it,
The seas and all that is in them,
And You preserve them all.
The host of heaven worships You.
Nehemiah 9:6
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:11
The focus of the call to repentance of the the Old Covenant was on GOD as the real and true CREATOR GOD of all, and the requirement to honor and obey the Ten Commandments as literally the very Covenant the ancient Israelite were called and entered into.
The first thing then placing the focus on the Sabbath was to highlight that the LORD GOD whom the Israelite had entered into the Covenant with was/is the true CREATOR of all things (as the LORD GOD who created the Sabbath on the seventh day of creation which was the renewing the earth destroyed by a Satan the Devil inspired Angelic rebellion) and consequently the only true GOD (as opposed to all the false Gods the other nations worship which are not only not GOD but are nothing more than the fabrication in the minds of man and the work of man's lust seeded, fueled and driven imaginations).
The first (not the only) principle of the call to repentance in the New Covenant is the baptism of repentance whether we have actually (as opposed in loud self deceiving proclamation to declare that we have) sincerely strife to genuinely completely buried ourselves (i.e. our primarily and main focus and attitude to life which is that of lust seeded, based and driven pursuits to advance ourselves, our agenda and life's desires and wants) in death with JESUS CHRIST, to die (as in to kill off or to put an end) to our expediencies and life's orientation, focus and intents based pursuits (all that we desire, need, want and seek).
That is correct, just as the Sabbath was the key test of the Old Covenant era that was to expose the Elect of obedience or lack thereof to the LORD GOD, of the Elect's true willingness, sincerity, faith and desire to obey GOD in worship, so too in the New Covenant the main and primary principle and key test is the baptism of repentance signifying our burial in death with JESUS CHRIST's dying on our behalf and in our stead. This is the key test as to the degree of the true repentance of the Elect of the New Covenant towards GOD, how completely or lack thereof they had committed to the burial in death (Matthew 10:37 – 38; John 12:25; Luke 14:26) with JESUS CHRIST in their baptism.
And sadly, the testimony of the New Covenant Scriptures as well as the historical records of the Elect of the New Covenant era, exposed the failure to completely buried ourselves (i.e. of dying to ourselves, our lusts seeded, fueled and driven agenda and pursuit of life and living) in the baptism of repentance. This failure parallel the failure of the ancient Israelite (before the end of the two ancient Kingdoms) to honor and keep the Sabbath.
Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:3 – 4
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
But he however, never did so (i.e. died to himself buried in baptism) but was even more full of himself after his calling then before he was called to be an Apostle. While he also taught the death of the self, he himself however did not do as he taught but instead his heart was so lifted up by his ego gorging lust that he did not even hesitate to even blaspheme GOD (Romans 5:13 – 14, 15, 20; 7:8 – 10) and LORD JESUS (Galatians 3:13) in many of the things which he spewed forth (in his Epistles) from his (ego gorging) lust filled exalted heart.
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatian 2:20
And the Apostle Paul, an Apostle of the LORD, knew full well of the need to buried oneself in baptism and he taught as much (Galatian 2:20). But was he indeed a faithful servant with CHRIST living in him or was he still totally the son of the Evil One, blaspheming the laws, commandments and Holy Covenant (Romans 7:10; Philippians 3:2) of GOD, including blaspheming the LORD JESUS CHRIST (Galatians 3:14) and GOD ALMIGHTY (Romans 5:4 – 5, 13 – 14, 15, 20; 7:8 – 10).
You can (if you want to, not if you adamantly refused to) read about many of these blasphemies of the Apostle Paul in the multiple installments discussion 'Status Updates 2017 C.E.' (all parts) in the blog, 'A Christian Pilgrimage'.
Bottom line (i.e. the final result) is if you or any of the Elect of GOD turned from GOD's truth to embrace the lies of Satan the Devil, to the measure you chose to embrace the lies of Satan the Devil, you are his complicit agents and servants (Romans 6:16).
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
Roman 6:16
When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.
Ezekiel 33:13
Today all of the Elect of GOD have embraced the lies that they are the righteous who need no repentance, all trusting in their own righteous, all refusing to believe the testimony of JESUS CHRIST which is explicitly plain and clear, 'Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. ' (Revelation 3:17 – 18).
All of them have completely embrace the lies of Satan the Devil, the father of lies and all liars. All of them have become the 'children' of their father, Satan the Devil, the father of lies and all liars, '' (John 8:44) totally believing that they are these 'sons of Zadok, the faithful remnants of the Philadelphia era, the noble Bereans, the agape truth loving', etc..
John 8:44
Case in point: King David when he schemed to had his faithful and righteous servant, Uriah the Hittite, murdered in order to cover up his own sins of committing adultery with Uriah's wife, Bathsheba. Was he behaving as a faithful servant of GOD or an agent of Satan the Devil (John 8 verse 44 — 'He was a murderer from the beginning')? When a man concoct an evil scheme he invariably took to the path of evil and becomes evil (acting exactly as all the sons of the Evil One).
Because of the evil in his own heart, he fear without basis that his faithful servant Uriah the Hittite would exposed him. Would a faithful servant as Uriah the Hittite indeed exposed King David for his sins committing adultery with his wife? I think not, a righteous man like that would never do such a thing. At most he would just quietly put Bathsheba away (Matthew 1:19).
Such are those who embraced evils and lies, they cannot conceive of anyone being not exactly like them, and thus would fear that everyone would expose the evils that is of their own doing.
Another case in point: When I rebuked the Worthless Shepherd of his sins urging him to repent, he sent his lackey to kick me out of the (his) Church of GOD, fearing that I will exposed him to the entire congregation. But would I do a thing like that? What do you think?
I was kicked out in 2008 C.E., and was pretty much settled to my fate until my daughter got onto Windows Spaces Live (which was a Microsoft Corporation's soon aborted failed venture into social media) in 2009 C.E.. This then started me blogging on that platform so as to acquaint and teach my daughter (who was twelve years old at that time) of my faith and belief (in GOD and the Christian Holy Scriptures).
It was not until 2012 C.E. that I began to realize (yes I was pretty clueless and stupid until then, and still pretty much that way) what GOD has called me to be, and this to be HIS Watchman Messenger to the Church of GOD, to all the Elect (Ezekiel 33:7 16) and also to testify as a witness of the Truth to the world. This was when I began a revamp of this work to reflect this realization and understanding, of my GOD's ordained role as HIS Watchman Messenger in this end times, prior to and leading into, the Tribulation. A role which I was ordained to in 1995 C.E. but which I only began to more fully understand in 2012 C.E..
As I wrote (elsewhere in this work) if the one true Church of GOD has been faithfully doing GOD's will and work, this work would never have existed. Similarly if the Worthless Shepherd, the second Messenger to the Church of GOD in Laodicea had repented on my urging, this work would not have come about at all. Then only he would learn of his sins and no one else. But sadly soon, the whole world will learn about his brazen naked parading of himself as this supreme truth loving 'that Prophet'.
I would have remained a member in the Church of GOD in whatever role I was assign, doing what I have always done from my calling and baptism in 1987 C.E., which was to quietly and fully supporting the work of the one true Church of GOD.
Again, such are those who have embraced evil, they all began to think evil of everyone, implicitly believing that everyone is evil exactly just like themselves.
The Uncontrolled Lust To Be The Greatest And To Rule Over (All) Others
One of the most predominant feature (or attitude) of the Elect of the New Covenant period was the uncontrolled lust to be the greatest, which is the most dominant traits of supremacism. Part and partial to this trait, attitude or property of the supremacist, is that of elitism, sexism, racism, of being superior to others, all others. And ultimately superior to even GOD often expressed implicitly but ultimately exposed in the things which are being proclaimed, asserted. pronounced and decreed.
Lust and also all evils, ultimately must be expressed, must be given expression. And the easiest and simplest way they are given expression is by the mouth or in any form of communication, as this needs the least effort (Matthew 12:33 – 35; Luke 6:43 – 45) and power impunity to do. This does not need a lot of power to express it, just the power to open the mouth and speak (or communicate in any form).
The number one give away as it is the most common expression of a supremacist attitude is the lust to rule (supreme) over all others (to the measure of their power impunity), demanding unquestioning obedience and submission to them (instead of to GOD) as the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD. Because the idea of being supreme is ultimately all about ruling as supreme. It is about power, supreme power to rule over all others.
That is why everyone given some power (whether perceived or real) will soon start to 'act up' and to begin behaving like a little tyrant and dictator in the area where they were given or are able to express some form authority. That is the reason and basis for the saying 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely'.
Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 12:34 – 37
It is also the number one property, trait or attitude exhibited by hypocrites and bigots.
If you have understood one of the most basic and fundamental truth of the Christian Holy Scriptures, you would (or should anyway) know that this was the exact same lust of Satan the Devil, the very first sin in the creation. Yet every single one of the Elect of GOD (with very few exceptions) have fallen into this trap, all lusting to be the greatest and to rule supreme, and ultimately all have become evil to the measure of their power impunity and situation opportunities.
Lusting to be the greatest will in all cases if left unchecked will ultimately lead to lust to rule over all others and a feeling that one is infallible and thus will not tolerate the questioning of ones authority (including all that one poured forth from one's exalted heart). One of the very first (and primary) expression of this lust is expressed in intolerance against any disagreement andor dissent, which sadly is express by almost everyone.
In a more advanced/developed expression of this is in seeking to (and actually to) harm andor murder anyone who do not fall in line with one's desires, expectations andor requirements. We actually see a lot of these in the social order of mankind where those wielding some power will seek to silence andor kill anyone who stands in the way of their desires and what they seek after. In the news we frequently read of men who viscously harm or kill women who reject them, and of politician (includes any rulers wielding political or military power) imprisoning, torturing and murdering those in opposition to them in any form.
True Enduring Attitude Of Repentance Is To Be Of A Poor And Contrite Spirit, And Trembles At the Word of GOD
If you have been a member of the one true Church of GOD for some over twenty or more years (as at 2022 C.E. of this writing here), you would (or should anyway) know that the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia was 'converted' (i.e. turned in repentance towards GOD) through a challenge by his wife over the question of which day is the true Christian (as opposed to the fake identity thieving so called Christianity, the Christmas religion) Sabbath (i.e. the seven day of 'Creation Week'), is it Saturday or Sunday.
In his endeavor to prove his wife wrong, he undertook a six month intensive study of the Christian Bible (including other related materials). But things did not turn out as he had endeavor and believed. Instead of proving his wife wrong, he proved her right and himself wrong. On that understanding (of what he had learned in his six months intensive study) he turned from his Christmas religion's belief to become a true Christian joining the Sardis era of the Church of GOD.
Now, if you are a discerning (as opposed to a totally clueless) reader, you would (or should anyway) have noted that the was no frightening signs nor wonderous signs (i.e. miracles) to his 'conversion' (i.e. turning to believe the true faith in GOD).
Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:29
Just on what he had learned and understood he believed. No wonderous or frightening signs were needed (John 20:29, 4:48).
From that initial beliefs, he was eventually to become one of the 'giant' men of GOD, helming over the largest ever work of GOD from since the times of the Apostles. Consider that he was not even a Christian at the time, it was indeed quite remarkable that he while still a heathen (i.e. a pagan belonging to the Christmas religion) would believe just on the understanding that his previous beliefs (specifically on the Sabbath) was in error.
Several (around six) years after his 'conversion', GOD would use him as the anointed (aka ordained) Messenger to start a new era, the sixth era of HIS Church, the Church of GOD in Philadelphia.
I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.
Revelation 3:8
Here was a man of GOD, given just a little knowledge of the Truth (Revelation 3:8) who had labored for the faith tirelessly until the end of his life. He did not get everything right (i.e. correct) and he did not completely died to himself in baptism (few if any actually does) nonetheless he died (for the moment anyway) after some fifty years laboring to get the Gospel message out to the whole world.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:12
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.
Proverbs 12:15
Sadly though his belief in himself snared him just as it have snared almost every man of GOD of the New Covenant period (Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 12:15). Mind you, he actually taught those same two verses of Scriptures (and also many more others, correctly) but he (exactly as the Apostle Paul) did not follow (aka obey) most of them (Matthew 5:24 – 27).
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Matthew 5:24 – 27
Sadly as almost invariably happen (1 Corinthians 5:6, 8:1; Galatians 5:9), with just a little Truth (given to him by GOD) his heart began to be lifted up to the highest heaven.
He began talking like he knows all things to proclaim massively stupid things about the Word of Truth, inventing ethereal concepts (exactly as the massive ego gorging Apostle Paul had done) such as 'perfect righteous character' while also buying into those proclaimed by the Apostle Paul (the pagan invention of being 'spiritual') leading him to proclaim: that GOD cannot create 'holy perfect character instant-by-fiat'; that GOD doesn't know everything and is still learning from HIS creature; self appointed himself as an Apostle of CHRIST/GOD; proclaiming himself as the Elijah who must come first; decreeing that the commission of his Church of GOD was to fulfill the prophecy of Matthew 24 verse 14; and tons of other massively stupid nonsense, even blaspheming GOD and HIS Holy Words of Truth.
The first Philadelphia era Messenger limiting GOD
(click on video then click the 'play' button to listen)
That, the lifting of his heart to the highest heaven, was the reason (if you think this author can be believed and never mind if you don't), upon his demise, the Church of GOD (the entire era) which GOD use him to build or raised up, soon disintegrated (Matthew 5:24 – 27) and the Elect were scattered over the whole face of the earth (Ezekiel 34:4), into over two hundred (but very much less now at the time of this writing in 2022 C.E.) congregations of so called Churches of gods and whatnot, also with many members going solo (i.e. becoming unaffiliated). Though of course the blame does not rest entirely on him, but on each of the members individually.
It is a sad truth in this age of mankind (of idolatry and the worship of false gods), a man who present himself truthfully as a practical nobody (i.e. an average ordinary person), no one will listen or believe him. To gain a large following (or discipleship) a person has to lay claims to be someone great, in this case someone great of GOD, preferably the greatest of the greatest. That sadly is just how totally gullible the totally lust driven mankind are, and have been since the beginning (Genesis 10:9; Acts 8:9 – 10).
This, the worshiping of man thus breaking the first commandment of the Ten Commandments, the first Messenger to the Church of GOD, himself also knew and also spoke om this (see video/audio below). Yet he implicitly encouraged the Elect to worship him (and the leadership) instead and in place of GOD. The fact that he heaped upon (i.e. proclaimed) himself greatness is the most exposing case of this trait (that of lusting to be worship as a demigod while pretending humility and contriteness) in him, but there are tons more that exposed him as this work has fairly extensively discussed.
Christianity is just the hero worship of a man, as the first Messenger
to the Philadelphia era also understood
(click on video then click the 'Play' button to listen)
But even worst, everyone (man, woman and whatnot) once they are able to wield some measure of power and impunity, will start to think, believe, hold and present themselves that they are someone great, usually the greatest of the greatest. And when they have risen so high (i.e. have so much derived power impunity whether real or perceived) that they can cease hero worshiping others and focus only on just themselves.
And if you the reader (who has been a follower of this work, if indeed there still are anyone doing so) being discerning (i.e. actually intelligent instead of just thinking that you are) you would (or should anyway) have noted that a primary effort of this work is telling everyone to stop worshiping man (includes women, children and whatnot) so much so that they would even refused to obey and believe GOD. Believe and obey GOD not man (includes woman, children and whatnot).
During the Gospel times, all of these worshipers of man were those who conspired to have the LORD GOD born as a SON of man murdered. They were the Jewish religious authority. And today it is no different, they all would seek to murder (aka stop or silence) a man GOD sent to correct them.
Today, the prime example of these are: the Worthless Shepherd of the sheep; all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives among the Elect; and includes nearly all the Elect, in the so called Churches of gods as well as in the one true Church of GOD.
With all of these evil unbelievers, their repentance if there were any, have been just a one act repentance, then to continue on their lust driven lives strutting around, uncontrollably indulging in their ego gorging lust. Their repentance soon completely forgotten as they began to hold themselves as some infallible demigod who is implicitly greater than the ALMIGHTY GOD.
Instead of walking humbly before GOD, trembling at HIS Words, they very soon upon being able to exercise some measure of power and impunity, began to (implicitly and often times very explicitly) demand total unquestioning servitude and obedience from all their fellow servants (Matthew 24:49). This is a very common occurrence or happenings, when men (includes women and whatnot) are able to express some measure of power impunity, even if just over a single person.
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
Matthew 24:49
But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
Matthew 20:25 – 26
We see this happening all the time in relationships; where some parents, supervising adults or guardians would horrifically abuse to the death even, those they hold power authority over; where partners or spouse abuse the other party in the relationship sometimes to the extend of torturing and murdering them; in employment where the servants (especially live-in servants, but not restricted to this) are horrifically abuse, often times too to their death. This what this work termed or called 'the lust to rule supreme as an evil God, over everyone' (Luke 16:10).
Now if there be anyone reading this who sincerely believe the testimonies of this work and in the GOD of the Christian Holy Scriptures, I have to my best effort laid out the case for you in this discussion. And this is your repentance towards GOD must not be just a single for the moment act of remorse whether real or just stirred up (i.e. feinted).
It must be one based on the full knowledge of the essential Truth (of GOD), and our repentance must always be kept foremost in our minds that we have entered into a Covenant with GOD AMIGHTY (something deadly serious, not something to be taken lightly, frivolously, superficially or absent mindedly). A Covenant that we must fully, totally and completely honor, keep and perform (i.e. fully and completely obey everything taught and commanded by JESUS CHRIST to the very best of our efforts) at all times, not just when it is convenient or expedient for you to do so.
“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:10 – 14
You want to take a guess which one of these two men of Luke 18 verses 10 to 13 allegory, are the definitive types of all of the Elect of today? If you actually believe this work you would (or should anyway) know.
The first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia proclaimed that the reward of those who are of that era, the era that he is helming (because of him and his leadership and character, obviously), that they are those whom GOD will 'make a pillar and who will go no more out'. That they are all the faithfuls with brotherly love for one and another and who need no repentance.
Today since not long after his death, we have the results of his evil lust driven proclamation, with the bulk of the Elect turning apostate as well as all the rest including all those in the one true Church of GOD (the next era built almost completely on his doctrines), nearly every single one of them their hearts lifted up higher than the highest heaven.
Instead of telling the Elect to walk humbly before GOD trembling at HIS Word, the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia, his own heart lifted up to beyond the highest heaven, proclaimed (aka exalted) himself as this Apostle of CHRIST/GOD and Elijah who come first (neither of which he was), that he even know GOD better than GOD knows himself: proclaiming what GOD can't do; what GOD doesn't know, that GOD doesn't know everything and is still learning from HIS creation (obviously from him as the one GOD learns the most from); and that GOD had failed before (that GOD's Plan A failed and so HE needed a Plan B so that HIS creation will not be for naught, be in vain), etc..
Did he believe the Scriptures about contriteness and walking humbly before GOD (Psalm 34:18, 51:17; Isaiah 66:2)? Did he believe the Scriptures against self exaltation, the lifting up of one's heart (Malachi 4:1; Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; Isaiah 2:11, 12 17; 2 Timothy 3:2; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 21:4)?
Obviously he did not obey (i.e. believe because you cannot and do not believe if you don't obey) a single one of these Scriptures except maybe pay lip service (Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 15:8) to it now and then so as to show (put up a show) that he was this very humble and lowly servant of GOD.
Instead of teaching the Elect to walk humbly before GOD and to tremble at HIS Word, he taught (i.e. proclaimed to) them all to think and hold themselves (i.e. to behave) that they are the best of the best of the Elect of GOD; the elite among the Elect of GOD and therefore supreme over all the Elect of GOD. That is correct, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34).
The first Philadelphia era Messenger
proclaiming himself the Apostle of CHRIST
and telling the Elect of their high position in the Kingdom
(click on video then click the play button to listen)
He taught the Elect to be supremacists and even to be racists. So is it any surprise that all the Elect of GOD are behaving as if they are best of the best; as elitists and supremacists; and many to most are even racists (i.e. white supremacists).
The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
Psalm 34:18
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.
Psalm 51:17
So you see, repentance is not complete repentance if you did not fully obey everything that which the Holy Christian Scriptures recorded as taught and commanded by JESUS CHRIST and GOD ALMIGHTY, which essentially are the same thing (John 7:17; 12:49, 14:10, 15:15). If you did not fully and completely obey all that CHRIST commanded and taught (Matthew 28:18-19; Matthew 7:20-27) you are basically selectively selecting what to believe and what to obey, what you want to believe and what you want to obey and disregarding and ignoring all the rest.
That basically is what all the evil so called Abrahamic religions have been doing since their founding. So now do you see that all the Elect of GOD, from nearly all the personally handpicked appointed and ordained Apostles, through Messengers to the Church of GOD, to all the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives of GOD, through the centuries to today, have all been basically doing what these three evil so called Abrahamic religions have been doing, just maybe not to that extend (and that extreme) that these three evil religions have been doing.
What this should tell you is that you are not righteous at all absolutely and it is by grace that you (are called) and saved, not of your own evil works, choosing what to believe and what to disbelieve, what to obey and what to disobey in all that JESUS CHRIST (as well as GOD the FATHER) taught and commanded. You are not the best of the best, very far from it.
So walk before GOD humbly in true contriteness of spirit, trembling at the Word (of correction) of GOD. And not as all of the Elect of GOD today have been walking their hearts lifted up higher than the highest heaven, for surely you will be brought very, very low in the coming Tribulation and the Day of the LORD.
For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.
Isaiah 66:2
But what is 'poor and of a contrite spirit', what does that mean that we are to be of a 'poor and of a contrite spirit and who trembles at MY word'?
No is it is not about being so spiritual and not carnal, contrary to lies and spins of the Apostle Paul. It does mean of a 'poor and contrite' attitude, so what type of attitudes is 'poor and contrite'.
The NASB translated the word 'poor' in that verse as 'humble'. The term translated as 'poor' in the NKJV and 'humble' in the NASB carried the meanings of being poor, humble, lowly and afflicted and therefore the sum or full meaning of a person in (dire) need of help, relief, deliverance or in this case, of forgiveness.
Now if you were to look up the meaning for 'contrite' in the dictionary or on the internet (with a Google search), you will find that it means 'remorse' or more precisely 'feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong' (Google); 'feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.' (Merriam Webster); 'feeling very sorry and guilty for something bad that you have done' (Cambridge); 'caused by or showing sincere remorse, filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement, and penitent' (Dictionary.com); and 'regretful, remorseful, or even guilty' (Vacobulary.com).
But that is not the meaning of the term or word translated into the English 'contrite' in the Scriptures. There are actually two different words or terms, translated into the English word 'contrite' in the Scriptures. Both ( nakeh [נָכֶה H5223] and dakka' [דַּכָּא H1793]) carried a more or less similar meaning of being stricken, crushed or broken, and therefore not a lofty, haughty or proud and full of himself person (thinking that they are this best of best, most supreme of the most supreme, whatever) but the diametrical opposite.
The two terms ('poor' and 'contrite') then taken together therefore expressed exactly what the allegory of the contrasting two servants of Luke 18 verses10 to 14, in the conduct and behavior of the latter (the second person, the tax collector). In other words, a person in dire need to be forgiven by GOD and not the self righteous who think and hold himself as this best of the best of the people of GOD (Revelation 3:17) who need no forgiveness and refuses to repent (Ezekiel 33:13).
An ego mega gorgers will asked what about the huge work done by the first Messenger of the Philadelphia era whereby the Gospel message is preach to practically the whole world for the very first time since the founding of the Church of GOD.
The answer to that is in these two passages of Scriptures, Matthew 7 verses 22 to 23 and Luke 17 verses 7 to 10.
Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Matthew 7:22 – 23
As this work have disclosed and discussed, it is not how many miracles you performed, not how great a work you had done nor how many 'converts' you had gained. It is how faithful you are to GOD and to what you have been assigned to do (Luke 16:10; Matthew 13:12). It is all about GOD's truth, not about material things like gold and properties. Whatever can a man gain if not it is by the will andor to the purpose of GOD.
He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Matthew 13:11 – 12
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
Acts 2:47
GOD is the one who give the increase (Matthew 13:11 –12) anyone who thinks that they, on their own supreme spirituality or character, and knowledge of the Mystery, have 'convert' millions to billions to GOD, drove out demons, perform wonderous signs and miracles, andor build a ultra mega humongous faithful phileo and agape loving Church of God, and thus are these super Apostles or supreme Prophet, are all just ego mega gorgers to whom CHRIST will say 'I never knew you'.
Our part in GOD's work as HIS servants, are just to faithfully be doing GOD's will and work (Matthew 7:21; Luke 16:10) which are just our required duties, what is required of us, servants. Not adding or taking away (Deuteronomy 12:32; Revelation 22:18 – 19) from GOD's truth with a lavish amount of twists, spins and outright fabrications thrown in, proclaiming massively stupid things such as: GOD doesn't know all things and is still learning from HIS creatures; the Plan A of GOD totally failed so HE need a Plan B; you are under grace and not under law; if you are circumcised you have fallen from grace and have become estranged from CHRIST/GOD; the commandments of GOD cause death through the law that defines sin; and so much more utterly massively stupid moronic evil blasphemous proclamations.
And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”
Luke 17:7 – 10
Baptism, The Dying To The Self In Repentance Towards GOD
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
Matthew 16:24 – 27
When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:34 – 37
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?
Luke 9:23 – 25
Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:3 – 4
In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Colossians 2:11 – 12
who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
1 Peter 3:20 – 21
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:27
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 19:5
It is no doubt that no one would desire to enter into any organizational entity especially a religious one which demand submission to the leadership and with rigorous demands that restrict their freedom to do and pursue after whatever they need and desire unless faced with some compelling factors and reasons. But do these compelling factors and reasons produce the repentance commanded by the Gospel?
And no doubt fear must have been a major factor for most if not nearly all of the Elect in their "conversion" as was the example of the iconic Apostle Paul.
Repentance is a whole life long process a minute by minute, day by day focus, so the death of the self in baptism with CHRIST is too a whole life long process. a minute by minute, day by day consideration (something that must at all times be kept foremost in the mind and thinking).
As with most processes there are ups and downs. The first repentance brought on by fear (for many but not all, not even most, true Christian) is real but sadly too often very temporary. Once the first fear dissipates the self revives very quickly. Classic iconic case was the Apostle Paul who very soon after his initial fear, reverted to his old ego supergorging self. Likewise too, most of the other Apostles, most never get over the lust of their egos.
With this author it was mostly the same too, just lesser so (because GOD kept me in fear of HIM throughout the period after my first calling until HE brought me to my senses). The temptation and attacks of Satan the Devil is a very real thing especially for those who actually (and with me, also actively) seek to be faithful to GOD.
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7
Contrary to the ego gorging proclamation of James (the half or step brother of the LORD), no man (other than JESUS CHRIST the SON of man) ever has or ever can, on their own ability (i.e. determination and will power) and cognizant, resist much less over come the Evil One to cause him to flee. By the way, the first Messenger of the Church of GOD in Philadelphia era also taught this same thing whether he actually believe it or not however is a different matter.
The only way we can resist and overcome the temptations of the Evil One is through GOD's intervention. And GOD does not always, at all times intervene even when we pray to seek HIS intervention. Of this the Scriptures is very explicitly clear in the cases of Job (i.e. the account in the book of Job) and and the Apostle Peter denying JESUS CHRIST three times (Matthew 26:34; Luke 22:34; Mark 14:30). There are also many implicit examples in the Scriptures.
And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”
But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.”
Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”
Luke 22:31 – 34 (Note: In this verse it is clear that GOD gave Satan the Devil permission to test aka tempt, Peter, which was also true with the case of Job in the book of Job. Also note that, JESUS said that HE had prayed for Peter but not that Satan will not cause Peter to deny JESUS. Remember that JESUS said whoever denies HIM (Matthew 10:33), HE will also deny that person before the FATHER)
Even a full third of all the Angels (the spirit compose personages) have so completely fell under the Evil One's manipulative sway (Revelation 12:4) that they are all worshiping (i.e. obeying) him instead of ALMIGHTY GOD who directly created them all. But that is just the half of it, at one time in the creation almost all the Angels except Michael and Gabriel (Daniel 10:21) had either thrown in their lot with Satan the Devil, or were fence sitting (their loyalty to the CREATOR, was in serious doubt)
Then around the time of the commencement of this work (on Blogger), GOD again brought me to my senses (i.e. woke me to erring ways and corrected me). It is always mainly GOD's work in us. Our part or rather lack thereof (i.e. our failures) is in whether and how much we resist (Acts 7:51) GOD (i.e. the HOLY SPIRIT) in our refusal to part ways with our lusts and lusting, to seek GOD with our whole heart to do HIS will and work faithfully (as opposed to in duplicity and deliberated stupidity justify our lusts and evil works, pushing our lust seeded and fueled agenda, coming with our own supreme message with massively stupid twists, lavish spins and outright utterly ridiculous fabrications thrown in).
But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
1 Timothy 1:8 – 11
Here again we have the most iconic (as in greatest or most out standing, though in this case in a bad way) and classic (as in very common) example of the Apostle Paul when he realized (on being corrected by the HOLY SPIRIT, as in to be made aware or cause to understand, just was also the case with this author on being corrected of my erring ways prior to the commencement of this work on Blogger) he was in error in all his vehemence preaching against the laws and commandments of GOD (Galatians 3:17; 5:2 – 4; Ephesians 2:15; Romans 5:13 – 14; 5:20; 7:6, 8 – 10; 4:14). Instead of acknowledging his error (and sins) he backtracked (to say the law is good) but twisted (but only if used lawfully as if the law can be used unlawfully) his previous rantings and railings against the laws and commandments of GOD.
As is also disclosed and discussed in this work, GOD often (not always) let the Elect, including and especially those called or assigned to some key position, to err or go astray. HE would then correct them (thereby testing and proving them whether they will be corrected or will refuse and reject correction, aka resist the HOLY SPIRIT). These tests serve to weed out the faithfully obedience from the self expedient evil liars.
No they are not for GOD to find out what we would do whether we will be faithfully obedient or not. GOD already knew that long before we were even conceived and existed (Psalm 139:16). The massive arrogant stupidity (Proverbs 3:7, 28:11; Isaiah 5:21) of the first Philadelphia Messenger to the contrary.
The Scripture of Truth are full of examples of these such as: Lot (Genesis 14:11 – 12, 16; 19:12 13, 15 – 16, 17, 18 – 20, 26, 30), Moses (Exodus 32:19; Numbers 20:7 – 8, 11, 12), Joshua the son of Nun (Joshua 7:6 – 9, 10 –11), Eli the high priest (1 Samuel 3:11 – 13, 18), the Prophet Balaam (Numbers 22:31 – 33, 34), King Saul (1 Samuel 15:13 – 20), King David (2 Samuel 12:7 – 8), the Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 15:18 – 19), Job (Job 42:1 – 6), John the Baptist (Matthew 11:2 – 6), the Apostle Peter (Luke 22:31, 34), etc..
During my tenue as a member of the Church of GOD, first in the Philadelphia era second administration and Laodicea era both first and second administration (which I am now not in the literal sense, but in the technical sense I am more a member than anyone else that I know of) there was this implicit (because I cannot find any written or spoken material of the Church of GOD of the last two era on this) doctrine that if a true Elect have any sins they don't (or won't) repent of, and they die they are going to end in perdition.
This is actually the doctrine of the evil Christmas religion which was why they (those who are of that evil religion and believe in its teachings, not those who proclaim themselves to be of that evil religion and don't believe in her teachings but just believe whatever they lusted to believe) believe that if they commit suicide they will go straight to hell to be tortured forever.
Most if not all (with very few exception such as this author) of the Elect of today (and possibly also most of those of the previous Philadelphia era) also believe in this same doctrine (only that you will go to perdition, not an eternal hell to be tortured) of the Christmas religion, which is that suicide is a sin that will result in automatic perdition. As it is one's last act and sin in life and thus one cannot repent of anything (it) anymore.
Of course that is a lie of the Christmas religion. Nearly all (I would say all, but I cannot or rather do not, know that) of the Elect of GOD including Prophets, Apostles, Messengers, etc., all die with many to most of their sins not (and thus never) repented of.
Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:19
“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
Matthew 12:32
The conviction point for perdition (for the Elect, not necessarily those who are not) is not of sins not repented of, but on being corrected by someone GOD sent to correct them (Ezekiel 3:17 – 21; 33:7 – 9, 13 – 16) but they refused to be corrected (i.e. refused to repent).
In this we have the two iconic contrasting examples in King Saul who pretended stupidity aka refused to repent (1 Samuel 15:21) and King David who repented (2 Samuel 12:13) though maybe not totally sincere (2 Samuel 12:22).
The reason sins even those not repented of do not have the end results of perdition is because of the deceitfulness of the heart which is 'incurable'. But if we reject GOD in rejecting GOD's correction sent through HIS Messengers (includes Prophets, Judges and Watchmen), it is a direct act of willful rebellion against GOD, so there can be no forgiveness.
This is the same thing as fully knowing something is of GOD but still speak ill or evil against it. That constitutes the blasphemy of the HOLY SPIRIT (Matthew 12:31). This is regardless whether you are an Elect of GOD or not. Knowledge (as in to know something is true or is false) is the ultimate conviction point of intents.
The journey of repentance is a life long journey, it begins (and do not end until our life ends) at our true repentance (from whatever causes or for whatever reasons) in baptism. But sadly for the greater bulk (in fact almost all) the Elect it either ends there or not long after. That is why many are called and few chosen (Matthew 22:14), The same reason as many who are first will be last (Matthew 20:16).
And as with repentance, the death to (and burial of) the self is also a life long journey. But sadly, hardly if any of the Elect, though many may think, believe, hold and proclaim, that they do (i.e. buried themselves in baptism with CHRIST and arose from baptism to live a life live to GOD), none actually completely die to themselves.
Most iconic cases are the Apostle Paul and the first Messenger to the Church of GOD in Philadelphia. And these two are the most iconic not because they are best (or rather worst) examples but because we have so much of their writings and teaching to make out the case against them. Actually the bulk of the Elect are by far much worst then these two iconic examples of not dying to themselves but all are/were just so full of themselves.
Very frankly, I do not think I did much better than these two, though not in the same area of lust (I am not as massive an ego maniac as they were). That is why I present myself before GOD each day to pray for GOD's mercy to forgive me and to keep me faithful to HIM in everything I do and speak. Then on best effort and knowledge I continue to seek GOD with my whole heart so as to faithfully do HIS will and work.
Let us use the analogical message (as intended by GOD which was why GOD created the physical realm and mankind made male and female, composed of ‘dust’) of human conception, gestation and birth as the illustrative message for repentance towards GOD in the message of the Gospel and the requirements of the Covenant mediated by the JESUS CHRIST when HE came as the MESSIAH and MESSENGER of the New Covenant.
By the way, human conception, gestation and birth as an analogical message of the Gospel carries two contexts. One is that of repentance towards GOD and the other that of mankind being conceived by the HOLY SPIRIT and growing to be born (at the Second Advent, applicable to all living during the period of the Age of Man) as HOLY SPIRIT composed Sons of GOD.
Both contexts are essentially parallels and are different only from the point of perspective, one focusing on the journey process of walking with GOD, seeking and obeying GOD doing GOD's will and (our ordained and appointed part of) GOD's work. The focus is on staying (fully honoring) in, and obeying and performing (all that is required and entailed in) the Covenant we have enter into with JESUS CHRIST and GOD.
The other focusing on our individual growth in knowledge and understanding of the Word of GOD what it teaches us about ourselves, particularly not to think of and hold up ourselves as someone who is somehow by virtue of us being who we are, as being better than others (Luke 18:11), even when these others are the most wicked of sinners.
The focus is on a continuous attitude of sincere contrite repentance, humbling ourselves always before GOD. This is because of sin, because we are all sinners and will sin and even sin willing (Luke 18:13). The ultimate failure point is in our refusal to be corrected (refusing to humble ourselves before GOD in the correction HE sent through HIS appointed servants). Such failures if persisted over time will lead to punishment from GOD, GOD letting us fall into the hands of those who hate us both Spiritually (i.e. under Satan the Devil) and physically (and our human enemies).
I mentioned in another discussion that discipleship is a life long (i.e. the duration of the some hundred and twenty years more or less which GOD has ordained for mankind) process and not a one act theater. And the precise reason for this is the process of repentance.
In such an analogy (aka figure of speech and not literally), the fertilization, when sperm enters in the egg, can be symbolic or equated with, realization.
Acknowledgement and admission of fault and error as symbolic of when the fertilized ovum began cell division. The beginning of growth in the HOLY SPIRIT.
Baptism (as the demonstration of our repentance to commit to a burial of the egocentric self in death so as to begin life with new focus in the commitment of seeking GOD to sincerely, faithfully obey GOD) is then symbolic of implantation when the fertilized ovum is implanted in the womb.
The rest of the duration of gestation then symbolizes growth in faith through overcoming self in obedience to the commandments and living by every word which proceeds from the Mouth of GOD (Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4).
Finally birth symbolized the transformation aka quickening (whether long dead and buried or still alive at that appointed time) into HOLY SPIRIT composed Sons of GOD at the Second Advent.
“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:10 – 14
The need for a continuous journey of repentance walking (conducting oneself) continuously in repentance towards GOD, is clearly and explicitly recorded in parable of the tax collector (Luke 18:10 – 14) and similarly clearly though implicitly recorded in the Old Covenant Scriptures (Isaiah 66:2; Ezekiel 18:24, 33:12). It should be noted that tax collectors and also harlots are considered by Jews and their religious rulers during the Gospel times as the worst of sinners.
and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
Matthew 23:30
The most revealing trait and attitude of a fake and stirred (aka psyched) up repentance, of people lying to themselves and others to show that they are remorsefully "repentant", is in them still continuing to think of and to hold themselves as, somehow, anyhow or even worst, everyhow, better than others, anyall others, or even just one other (Luke 18:11; Matthew 23:30). This was the number one trait exhibited by the most iconic ego super gorgers in the records of the Scripture of Truth, Apostle Paul, explicitly, plainly and clearly exposed in his Epistles (Matthew 12:34; Luke 6:45).
Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:3 – 5
One of the most iconic examples in the Scriptures of remorse which is not repentance was that of the remorse of Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of the LORD JESUS.
And Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”
Numbers 22:34
Other iconic examples of non repentance was that of the Prophet Balaam and King Saul. While the account of Judas Iscariot ended with him hanging himself, in the case with Balaam, the Scriptures revealed that he later went and conspired with Balak on how to cause the Israelite to sin that through sinning they would be cursed by GOD as Balak wanted.
As with the Prophet Balaam, so too was King Saul, both these men pretended to fear GOD and pretended submissive obedient. But neither were anything of that sort. They were the classic examples of all those who are totally self expedient having absolutely no inclination to obey GOD except to pay lip service to HIM.
But the most iconic example of non repentance in the Scripture records is the High Priest Eli who by mankind standard would not be considered an evil man but not by GOD's requirement of repentance towards HIM.
Then we have examples of the faithfuls (often referred to as the giants of faith), of men like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Samuel, King David, Job, Daniel and many of the Prophets (after the time of the Judges).
All of these walk with GOD all of their lives beginning from the time they were called until their death mindful to honor the Covenants they have been called into with HIM. Among these in the New Covenant epoch, we also have the Apostles of the LORD and the other faithfuls, though most of them were not absolutely faithful, but still they all died in the faith, many of them murdered by either the Jews, the Romans or the Great Harlot of the Christmas religion.
The key to all these faithful of GOD, was not that they were not sinners and did not sin. Nor was it that they repented of all their sins and died sinless. But they remained committed to be faithful until death, some even dying horrible deaths at the hands of those who hated them because they chose obedient to GOD over life and wellbeing.
But one thing that must be said of all of these contrasting with all the unrepentant who will end in perdition in the Judgment. This is when GOD sent HIS Messenger to correct them, all the faithful repented while the wicked never did (1 Samuel 3:12 – 14, 18), some even pretending submissive repentance (Numbers 22:22, 32 – 33, 34).
But if we were to look for the iconic example of one who on being called truly buried themselves in the death with JESUS (as an analogy) there are not that many, there was Daniel and possibly also the Apostle John, and also Job after he was corrected. We might also add the Prophet Noah except that there is not much material on him for us to make that conclusion. Except that he was numbered among the three most righteous men of the Old Covenant Scriptures (i.e. the pre New Covenant period).
And in case you did not notice, none of these four men 'converted' millions, performed powerful miracles and wonderous signs, drove out demons, healed the sick or raised the dead back to life. Not even a man after GOD's own heart David the King, nor Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob, nor John the Baptist or many of the Old Covenant Prophets of GOD. Even the three most righteous man of GOD who ever lived, Noah, Daniel and Job, did not performed any powerful miracles or wonderous signs except for Daniel who survived a night in the lions dens and who was given understand of signs and visions of GOD.
Ultimately the one verse of Scripture that tells us who these are who will be greatest in the Kingdom of GOD, is Luke 16 verse 10.
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
Luke 16:10
That said, if you the reader are an Elect of GOD and sincerely seek to be among the great in the Kingdom of Heaven, your faith in repentance towards GOD, must be one that comes from a carefully undertaken and cultivated aka grown (through a faithful, sincere, analytically thought through from a detailed meticulous and thorough study of the Scripture of Truth to come to a full) understanding the Truth of GOD.
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Matthew 4:4 (also Luke 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3)
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Matthew 7:21 – 27
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 28:18 – 20
You must literally live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of GOD, and to do that you must fully and accurately understand the Word of Truth, the Christian Holy Scriptures in all that it taught and commanded both to do and to not do. And not selectively select which Scripture to believe and obey, then disregarding at the rest. Nor have any agenda except to learn what the Scriptures taught and commanded, when you read the Scriptures to put in you own supreme take and interpretations.
And not a repentance that is out of the momentary fear; superficial studied; frivolously conceived in self expedient agenda driven, twisting of the Scriptures with an abundance of spins thrown in to say it said what you wanted it to say; andor that from lusting after all manner of things, especially lusting to the greatest and then giving such lusts full expression to believe and think of yourself as such, as with all those whose hearts are lifted higher than the highest heaven.
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