One of the best sources of Truth in the current society is in my experience:
I don’t give much credence to the network news since their main source of revenue is the pharmaceutical industry. How many pharma commercials did you see 10 years ago? How many do you see during primetime now? Pharma is not the source of health, Jesus Christ Who went to the cross is! The father of lies is working overtime.
Will the ecclesia become active in 2024? Eric provides compelling evidence of where our government stands!
I have been involved in Information Technology (IT) for 50+ years. I assure you that there is no such thing as a un-hackable system. There are levels of security and it appears that the voting machines were easily hacked because they did not adhere to Federal Information Processing Standards(FIPS) but instead they only supported one of the lowest levels of security: user id & password. No one in IT security would have allowed this to happen but they did! Incompetence is not an excuse. Why wasn’t the strictest security installed for a most critical aspect of a national security risk?
Walking in Truth supersedes all aspects of society: spiritual, economic, financial, health, social, and politics. It appears that all areas are under attack!
We need to fully embrace the Priesthood of Our Lord Jesus Christ for it is eternal!
Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.
32 And you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.”
The Words Jesus spoke are vital to our lives in the here and now. Do we want to be free of sin consciousness, sickness, and disease, or are we willing to tolerate a lesser existence until our passing?
If you aren’t free in any area of your life, whether it is financial, your physical body (i.e. healing), your emotions, if you are bound in any area, then you do not know and fully understand the Truth that Jesus is referring to in the above passage. His Truth supersedes the lesser understanding people have embraced that has negatively impacted them in those areas.
We need to embrace ALL that Jesus teaches for that is the definition of a true, mature disciple. Acknowledging the Truth is not the same as embracing the Truth!
If you have some need and you want it resolved, then you need a greater revelation of the Truth and fully embrace it. I can personally attest to dealing with issues that required a greater commitment to the Truth than what I was consciously walking in at various times in the past. I became “void” of HIS Word by not renewing my mind of HIS Truth in the area of healing and had to repent. In response, I immersed myself in Scriptures on healing and was healed of a life-threatening disease. It took commitment on my part.
We must change the way we think. Renewing our minds to conform to The Word is the issue. The adversary wants us to accept the narrative of the world.
Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 1:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
3 as His Divine power has given to us all things that pertain to Life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who called us by glory and virtue,
4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
“Through the knowledge of Him” is the key to understanding how we walk in Life and Godliness.
Hosea spoke by THE SPIRIT in Hosea chapter 4:
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
This Truth still applies today. Many have become forgetful hearers and have allowed themselves to walk in ignorance of the Truth that makes us free.
FATHER wants to bless you more than you want to be blessed! HE wants you to be well more than you want to be well. HE wants you to prosper more than you want to be prospered. HE wants you to walk in Love, joy, and peace. You don’t have to beg for these benefits, they have already been given for your benefit. However, you cannot benefit from them if you don’t know how to receive them.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 7:
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will Your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
If you don’t know what to ask for, can you expect to receive anything? Why accept mediocrity when FATHER wants you to walk in the fullness of Life? Jesus paid the price for such a relationship with Our Heavenly Father!
If you don’t know the Covenant you are under, how can you expect to walk in Its benefits?
A covenant is an agreement or promise, usually formal, between two or more people or groups to do or not do something specified. Jesus and The Holy Spirit gave us in great detail, the benefits of the New Covenant.
Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 1:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
3 as His Divine power has given to us all things that pertain to Life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him Who called us by glory and virtue,
4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
How can you walk in agreement with FATHER and Jesus Christ if you don’t have true knowledge of them? Our mindset cannot be changed without first having the knowledge of Who GOD is, Who Jesus is, and Who The Holy Spirit is. If we don’t know the precious promises, how can we expect to embrace them on a personal level? We must read and dwell on those precious promises in order to change our mindset resulting in a change of expectation concerning our individual circumstances.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be Spiritually minded is Life and peace.
We are either carnally minded or Spiritually minded so our mindset is the issue!
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give Life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.
We need to come to the realization that The Holy Spirit lives in us thus we are no longer a subject of the adversary. We are meant to fully embrace The New Covenant made perfect and complete by Christ Himself.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 6:
63 It is the Spirit Who gives Life; the flesh profits nothing. The Words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life.
As we read and reread The Gospels, our minds become renewed and our relationship with Jesus deepens. If is our individual decision to either pursue life or by default, to accept death. If you don’t know the “terms” of a covenant, how can you expect to experience its benefits?
An excellent example of embracing the Truth once you have been exposed to it is recorded by Luke in Acts chapter 10 concerning the household of Cornelius:
1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.
3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”
4 And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?” So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms (generosity) have come up for a memorial before God.
5 Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter.
Cornelius had two things going for him: prayer and generosity to the poor. FATHER responded and prepared Peter to go and minister the baptism of The Holy Spirit to Cornelius and his household.
When Peter arrived, he began to preach The Word of Life:
34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
36 The Word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ-He is Lord of all-
37 that Word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:
38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Peter first confirmed The Word Cornelius already knew.
44 While Peter was still speaking these Words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard The Word.
45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
46 For they heard them speak with Tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,
47 “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.
Once you receive AND embrace The Word, then you will receive Its benefits!
In a previous posting, I explained the process a bank goes through to make a loan. The most fundamental aspect within the loan is the covenant.
Within a loan agreement, there is a list of covenants. The most important covenant is that the borrower pay back the loan and interest in full. In essence, the borrower has satisfied the most fundamental requirement of the loan agreement. The lender will want to loan money to such a borrower again and again. This is how banks make money.
The following provides us with a perspective when such loan transactions are no longer reliable. Who better than a billionaire developer to state his position on such transactions (you can fast forward to the 7 minute mark if you wish):
Why would anyone in their right mind continue doing business where there is substantial risk to his or her future business?
A comment by a former banker:
I was a lender for 25 years. Never did we sue a loan applicant for misstating the value of an asset. If the value was important in the loan decision it fell upon the lender to confirm it through appraisal. Kevin is right. If we went after people for this half the country would be in jail.
A covenant is an agreement or promise, usually formal, between two or more people or groups to do or not do something specified.
The word “covenant, ” infrequently heard in conversation, is quite commonly used in legal, social (marriage), and religious and theological contexts.
The Idea of Covenant. The term “covenant” is of Latin origin (con venire), meaning a coming together. It presupposes two or more parties who come together to make a contract, agreeing on promises, stipulations, privileges, and responsibilities.
The word “covenant” is first used in Genesis.
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Genesis chapter 6:
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13 And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
17 And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
18 But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark-you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
FATHER made a solemn promise to Noah… thankfully. Corruption on earth was rampant and required intervention from Our Heavenly Father. However, HE had a remnant of eight souls who would carry out HIS plan for mankind in righteousness.
Jesus refers to Noah when He spoke in Matthew chapter 24:
36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of Heaven, but My Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
It appears that we may be at an inflection point in history. No one knows but FATHER! However, we must remain vigilant in our focus toward full maturity as Sons and Daughters of GOD.
Paul further describes these times when we wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 1:
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the Truth in unrighteousness,
19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible Attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His Eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23 and changed the glory of the Incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man-and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
25 who exchanged the Truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
How many of the following descriptions can be seen today?
26 For this reason God gave them over to their own disgraceful and vile passions. Enflamed with lust for one another, men and women ignored the natural order and exchanged normal sexual relations for homosexuality. Women engaged in lesbian conduct, and men committed shameful acts with men, receiving in themselves the due penalty for their deviation.
28 And because they thought it was worthless to embrace the true knowledge of God, God gave them over to a worthless mind-set, to break all rules of proper conduct.
29 Their sinful lives became full of every kind of evil, wicked schemes, greed, and cruelty. Their hearts overflowed with jealous cravings, and with conflict and strife, which drove them into hateful arguments and murder. They are deceitful liars full of hostility. They are gossips
30 who love to spread malicious slander. With inflated egos they hurl hateful insults at God, yet they are nothing more than arrogant boasters. They are rebels against their parents and totally immoral.
3] They are senseless, faithless, ruthless, heartless, and completely merciless.
32 Although they are fully aware of God’s laws and proper order, and knowing that those who do all of these things deserve to die, yet they still go headlong into darkness, encouraging others to do the same and applauding them when they do!
Paul sums it up:
Romans 2:
1 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.
2 But we know that the judgment of God is according to Truth against those who practice such things.
Know this, FATHER enforces HIS Covenant and judgment will come upon those who have chosen the perverse path. REPENT!
Be Son-conscious through Communion!
It is written by THE SPIRIT in 1st Corinthians chapter 11:
26 Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are retelling the story, proclaiming our Lord’s death until He comes.
27 For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit will be guilty of dishonoring the Body and Blood of the Lord.
28 So let each individual first evaluate his own attitude and only then eat the bread and drink the cup.
29 For continually eating and drinking with a wrong spirit will bring judgment upon yourself by not recognizing the body.
30 This insensitivity is why many of you are weak, chronically ill, and some even dying.
In other Words: So whoever does not value the meaning of the bread and the wine, keeps himself in condemnation. To see oneself associated in Christ’s death and declared innocent in His Blood is the only worthy manner in which to examine one’s own life in the context of the New Covenant meal.
I cannot overemphasize the importance of taking Communion frequently. To be restored to Divine health, I am convinced that FATHER wants us to properly take communion which reflects the New Covenant. If we take Communion in the wrong manner, we effectively accept judgments.
How did the Israelites walk in Divine health for forty years? They feasted on Jesus Who is the Bread of Life. How were Joshua and Caleb able to possess the Promised Land when they were between 59 and 79 years old? How was Joshua able to rule for an estimated 52 years which made him 111 years old when he died? They had been feasting in Divine health for 40 years in the wilderness.
Food and exercise are not the keys to a healthy life although they do have some benefits. The key to a healthy life is to be led by The Holy Spirit in everything you do and consume, especially having the proper mindset at Communion.
As a side note, the majority on the people Jesus healed were on the “Mediterranean” diet!
We can’t put our trust in natural means to stay healthy. Our trust must be in GOD to keep us healthy and properly taking Communion is central to that. This keeps us focused on the Supernatural realm.
To reemphasize from an earlier writing, Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2:
46 Daily they met together in the temple courts and in one another’s homes to celebrate communion. They shared meals together with joyful hearts and tender humility.
What was the result?
47 They were continually filled with praises to God, enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were coming to life.
To properly discern The Body, we are to remain Son-conscious, not sin-conscious.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 3:
20 For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.
21 But now God has shown us a way to be made right with Him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago.
22 We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
24 Yet God, in His grace, freely makes us right in His sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins.
25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed His life, shedding His blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when He held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,
Are we putting faith in the cross of Jesus? That is the intent in the examination of yourself? Alternatively, are you putting faith in doctors, pharmaceuticals, diets, and/or exercise?
When man sinned, Divine judgment was placed upon mankind; weakness, sin, and death were some of the effects of it. If we do not properly recognize His Body and His Blood, it is as though the judgment is still on us because we are not partaking of the benefits of the Sacred Communion.
Let us take hold of what Jesus paid for us and walk daily in Son-consciousness!
Are you reluctant to confront sin and lawlessness? Jesus isn’t!
It is written by THE SPIRIT in 1st Samuel chapter 10:
6 Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
7 And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you.
Do not be surprised if you are moved upon by The Holy Spirit and speak forth His Word into a situation where you are taking part. It may be confrontational for you may be dealing directly with a demonic spirit. I have had this happen to me and my friend commented that I went from Clark Kent to Superman in the confrontation. It is all about being led by THE SPIRIT!
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 10:
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;
36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’
37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
In other Words:
“Perhaps you think I’ve come to spread peace and calm over the earth—but my coming will bring conflict and division, not peace.”
“Those who cling to their lives will give up True Life. But those who let go of their lives for My sake and surrender it all to Me will discover True Life!
The general public wants a diluted, non-threatening Gospel. The Words of Jesus specifically challenges this view. When you dilute the Gospel, nobody gets helped.
You cannot truly separate the prevailing view of “church and state”. The Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution intended that the political could not supersede the Spiritual in guiding the country. It was intended to ensure the government did not overreach the church in seeking more power and constraining their First Amendment rights of free speech. There is indisputable evidence from the early writers of the Constitution of the intent to limit government overreach.
The issue now is the redefining of words to benefit the nefarious intent of certain government officials.
Gender, sexuality, marriage, life, debt, and freedom are all moral issues addressed in Scripture. Why are many pastors staying from these moral issues? They have succumbed to the redefining of words by the extreme left political powers. In essence, they are isolating themselves in passivity and accepting enslavement out of fear.
Covid 19 is a perfect example. The government wanted to shut down the churches across the country but allow the bars and liquor stores to remain open. How hypocritical! There is now indisputable evidence that the “jab” was and is a bioweapon designed to reduce population worldwide. Patents, statistics, autopsies, and unusual cardiac issues have been revealed by experts who don’t receive government funding and have courageously challenged the government narrative. As a result, they were (and are) targeted to have their findings suppressed by those in power.
Are megachurch pastors trying to sell people on their movement? Do they stay away from moral issues so no one will be offended? FATHER IS Love AND HE is The GOD of justice and judgment. What is HE going to base HIS judgments on?
HIS Word! Will Jesus be concerned about offending anyone when they go before Him at His Judgment Seat? Any position apart from The Word of GOD is indefensible. Be cautious of what lies ahead. Spiritual discern is crucial in navigating through all the lies.
We must identify the “leaven” impacting The Body of Christ!
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Timothy chapter 4:
1 The Holy Spirit has explicitly revealed: At the end of this age, many will depart from the True faith one after another, devoting themselves to spirits of deception and following demon-inspired revelations and theories.
2 Hypocritical liars will deceive many, and their consciences won’t bother them at all!
3 They will require celibacy and dietary restrictions that GOD doesn’t expect, for HE created all foods to be received with the celebration of faith by those who fully know the Truth.
4 We know that all creation is beautiful to GOD and there is nothing to be refused if it is received with gratitude.
5 All that we eat is made Sacred by the Word of God and prayer.
My wife and I pray over our meal no matter where we are at… in public and private. Publicly, it is a profession of our faith, and we are not embarrassed to pray in any venue.
6 If you will teach the believers these things, you will be known as a faithful and good minister of Jesus, the Anointed One. Nurture others in the living Words of faith and in the knowledge of grace which you were taught.
7 Be quick to abstain from senseless traditions and legends, but instead be engaged in the training of Truth that brings righteousness.
On the political front, there are so many lies and deception that they leave many with conflict about what will happen in the future. The deception of propaganda spewed out by the various forms of social media is reaching a crescendo. We must protect ourselves from those spirits of deception and following demon-inspired revelations and theories.
This is not a recent phenomenon.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in his final greetings in Colossians chapter 4:
14 Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.
And in Philemon chapter 1:
23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
24 and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Later he wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Timothy chapter 4:
9 Be diligent to come to me quickly;
10 For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
11 Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.
Demas had ministered side by side with Paul and Paul had identified him as a fellow worker. Later, Demas deserted Paul and returned to his love for the present world. He fell away from the Truth and returned his focus to the worldly trappings. His name means “governor of the people” thus he had been exalted by the people as a leader. It is believed that Demas was from aristocracy, privilege, and wealth.
Paul was in a serious situation and Demas forsook (abandoned) him. He sent Timothy word to “come quickly”. Demas had not gotten the world out of his heart.
There are those who have not removed the leaven out of their hearts who will abandon us in these last days. Those who were thought to represent us will have their hearts revealed and the Truth of what is in their hearts will be exposed. Don’t be surprised! Expect the unexpected. Don’t allow yourself to be captivated by anyone who in the past seemed to be on the same page as you. As Paul wrote, many will fall away and depart from the True faith.