Are We Going To Obey?

December 26th, 2023

Jesus Christ is The King of Kings and Lord of All so are we going to obey His commands or not?

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 6:

37  Jesus said, “Forsake the habit of criticizing and judging others, and you will not be criticized and judged in return. Don’t condemn others and you will not be condemned. Forgive over and over, and you will be forgiven over and over.

Soulish, selfish people judge everyone else by their actions, but judge themselves by their intentions.

38 Give generously and generous gifts will be given back to you, shaken down to make room for more. Abundant gifts will pour out upon you with such an overflowing measure that it will run over the top! The measurement of your generosity becomes the measurement of your return.”

Do you really trust Our Heavenly Father for your provision?

39 Jesus also quoted these proverbs: “What happens when a blind man pretends to guide another blind man? They both stumble into a ditch!

40 And how could the apprentice know more than his master, for only after he is fully qualified will he be at that level.

In other Words: A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.

41 Why do you focus on the flaw in someone else’s life and fail to notice the glaring flaws of your own life?

42 How could you say to your friend, ‘Here, let me show you where you’re wrong,’ when you are guilty of even more than he? You are overly critical, splitting hairs and being a hypocrite! You must acknowledge your own blind spots and deal with them before you will be able to deal with the blind spot of your friend.”

Look in the mirror and truly assess your own actions before you criticize anyone.  Arrogant and entitled people are living a lie.

43 “You’ll never find choice fruit hanging on a bad, unhealthy tree. And rotten fruit doesn’t hang on a good, healthy tree.

44 Every tree will be revealed by the quality of fruit that it produces. You will never pick figs or grapes from thorn trees.

45 People are known in this same way. Out of the virtue stored in their hearts, good and upright people will produce good fruit. Likewise, out of the evil hidden in their hearts, evil ones will produce what is evil. For the overflow of what has been stored in your heart will be seen by your fruit and will be heard in your words.

Inspection of fruit provides us with the Truth of where someone is at in their walk with The Lord.

46 “What good does it do for you to say I am your Lord and Master if you don’t put into practice what I teach you?

47 Let me describe the one who truly follows Me and does what I say:

48 He is like a man who chooses the right place to build a house and then lays a deep and secure foundation. When the storms and floods rage against that house, it continues to stand strong and unshaken through the tempest, for he built it wisely on the right foundation.

49 But the one who has heard my teaching and does not obey it is like a man who builds a house without laying any foundation at all. When the storms and floods rage against that house, it will immediately collapse and become a total loss. Which of these two builders will you be?”

In other Words, he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.

Jesus did not promise a life without storms and floods.  However, He did tell us how to overcome all of life’s challenges.

These are The Words of Jesus, not my opinion.  It is your decision what path you take!

The Hope Of The World

December 25th, 2023

Jesus Christ is The Hope of the world!

David wrote by THE SPIRIT the Golden Psalm chapter 16:

Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.”

3 As for the saints who are on the earth, “They are the excellent ones, in whom is all My delight.”

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god; Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor take up their names on my lips.

5 O LORD, You are The Portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot.

6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.

7 I will bless the LORD Who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

8 I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope.

10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.

11 You will show me the Path of Life; In Your Presence is fullness of joy; At Your Right Hand are pleasures forevermore.

When the turbulence comes as a raging sea, we are to remain calm.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 21:

26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near (is at hand).

In Scripture, the sea depicts mankind, the sea of humanity. 

Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in his Gospel in chapter 8:

23  Now when Jesus got into a boat, His disciples followed Him.

24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep.

25 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

27 So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Hope is the positive assurance of an expected outcome.  Jesus had the assurance that He was not going to die in a boat during a storm.  Instead, He took command of the storm and spoke to the wind.  Nature responded.  We need to rest in that same assurance.

David also wrote by THE SPIRIT in Psalm chapter 31:

23  Oh, Love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person (who reject Him in their pride).

24 Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD.

Our hearts must be rooted and grounded IN HIM for we are to be of good courage during tumultuous times.  Our hope and trust are in THE LORD.  We should celebrate His birth and most of all His resurrection every day.  If we do, peace will prevail in our hearts!

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 2:

11  For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, Who is Christ the Lord.

12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

14 “Glory to God in the Highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

The Lion of Judah and His saints will ultimately bring peace on earth and good hope to all men.

The Question

December 24th, 2023

Jesus has a question for each of us!

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 18:

35  Then it happened, as Jesus was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging.

36 And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.

37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

38 And he cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near,

Jesus asked him,

41 saying, “What do you want Me to do for you?

He said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”

42 Then Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.”

43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Complaining prayers are not communion with GOD.  FATHER doesn’t need us to tell HIM what isn’t working and is wrong.  We are to pray to HIM for what we want to manifest.  We are to pray the solution.

The blind man did not come to Jesus to complain about his problem, he came for the solution: eyesight.

Each of us has an assignment given to us before we were formed in the womb.

David recorded by THE SPIRIT in Psalm chapter 139:

13  For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your Eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

In other words: You saw who You created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days You planned for me were already recorded in your book.

Do you think that FATHER planned your days without giving you an assignment with an expected end?

No matter what your age, it is never too late to implement HIS plan for your life.  We must quit being sin conscious as though we are unqualified to carry out HIS plan for our lives.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 6:

10  For by His sacrifice he died to sin’s power once and for all, but He now lives continuously for the Father’s pleasure.

11 So let it be the same way with you! Since you are now joined with him, you must continually view yourselves as dead and unresponsive to sin’s appeal while living daily for God’s pleasure in union with Jesus, the Anointed One.

12 Sin is a dethroned monarch; so you must no longer give it an opportunity to rule over your life, controlling how you live and compelling you to obey its desires and cravings.

13 So then, refuse to answer its call to surrender your body as a tool for wickedness. Instead, passionately answer God’s call to keep yielding your body to HIM as one who has now experienced resurrection Life! You live now for HIS pleasure, ready to be used for HIS noble purpose.

Jesus enabled us to fulfill our assignment, but we must accept the fact that we are dead to sin and alive IN HIM.  Don’t allow the old man to prevail… he is dead.

14 Remember this: sin will not conquer you, for God already has! You are not governed by law but governed by the reign of the grace of God.

15 What are we to do, then? Should we sin to our hearts’ content since there’s no law to condemn us anymore? What a terrible thought!

16 Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to Love and obey God, He will lead you into perfect righteousness.

17 And thanks be to God, for in the past you were servants of sin, but now your obedience is heart deep, and your life is being molded by Truth through the teaching you are devoted to.

I don’t need another prophet to tell me what my spirit already knows.  Each of us gravitates to our calling.  We only need to look back at our life as well as allow The Holy Spirit to clarify our specific calling.

When Jesus asks you the question, what will be your specific request?

Beware Of Redefinition

December 23rd, 2023

Beware of diverse weights!

You and I must be aware of the redefining of words, laws, weights, and measures that are occurring rapidly in the current society.

Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Leviticus chapter 19:

35  ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume.

36 You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I Am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37 ‘Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I Am the LORD.'”

Any change or modification of weights, measures, words, or established judgments are unrighteous and therefore sin before THE LORD.  When a weight or measure is changed, one person is benefited at the expense of the other person.  This is the epitome of selfishness on the benefitting person.

Words are being redefined.  As an example, a woman is being reclassified as a “birthing person”.  A marriage has been diluted to “same-sex marriage”.  The Pope recently issued a public statement increasing the support of the LGBQTRS… perversion.  It appears that his Bible has omitted passages such as Romans chapter 1, Sodom and Gomorrah, etc.

We are not here to condone the perversion that is widely spreading in the world.  We are to actively defend honest weights and measures.

Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Deuteronomy chapter 25:

13  “You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.

14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

15 You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

16 For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

FATHER is serious about the issue of differing standards.  Do you think HE will simply look the other way while men are cheating others?

Wisdom wrote in Proverbs chapter 16:

11 Honest weights and scales are the LORD’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.

In other Words, The Lord expects you to be fair in every business deal, for HE is the One Who sets the standards for righteousness.

The public has not realized that the government has redefined financial instruments owned by them.  Your bank deposits have been redefined as “claims” against the bank.  Instead of being first in line if the bank fails, you are subordinate to others’ claims.

If you don’t physically possess a share of stock, you only have a claim for that share.  We should all know that the physical currency we are possessing is actually a “Federal Reserve Note”.  U.S. Dollars were once backed by physical gold until August of 1971.  Now your money is purely backed by perception… until it isn’t.

One ounce of gold buys roughly the same good as it did one hundred years ago.  It is THE honest weight and measure.  Nefarious interests have been manipulating the price of gold (as well as silver) versus the dollar since 1971.  Food for thought.

Transgenderism is a plight on society.  You either have XX or XY sex chromosomes.  Your genetics don’t lie.  It is your soul that has been affected by perverse exposure of some type.  Surgery will not change reality.  We are surely in the last days of the last days.

The Order Of Melchizedek

December 22nd, 2023

What is the mission of the Christ-man?

You and I are to follow in the same footsteps as our Elder Brother.  We are to walk in the order of Melchizedek.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter Hebrews chapter 5:

1  For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.

3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.

4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.”

6 As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”;

In other Words: And in another Scripture HE says about this new priestly order, “You are a Priest like Melchizedek, a King-Priest forever!”

7  Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His Godly Fear,

8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”

We too are called to be kings AND priests forever according to the order of Melchizedek.  A king has dominion, power, and authority.  A priest ministers righteous and has a direct relationship with FATHER.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 4:

5  Then the devil, taking Jesus up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Nations will not go away even though the deep state wants to create a “one-world” government.  The order of Melchizedek will prevail! 

6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”

8 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ “

We must not bow down to baal.  The adversary has taken much ground in the various spheres such as political, education, arts, entertainment, finance, and the justice system.

Jesus gave us assurance as He spoke in Revelation chapter 2:

25  But hold fast what you have till I come.

26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations

27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’- as I also have received from My Father;

28 and I will give him the morning star.

29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”‘

In the spirit realm, satan and his minions are already defeated.  Jesus has proclaimed that His overcomers will be given power over the nations… period.  We must not allow ourselves to be intimidated by what we hear in the media.  In the end, Jesus will prevail.  He is preparing His True Bride and the enemy cannot do anything about it.  Don’t be scared but be prepared.  We have a mission to accomplish.

2024?

December 21st, 2023

This YouTube is worth watching:

Pay close attention to Mike’s defensive posture. He is one of many who have been warning of what they see coming.

Don’t be scared, be prepared for whatever happens in 2024. FATHER always has the last move!

The Mission Of Christ

December 21st, 2023

What is the mission of Christ?

Jesus can never present that which is faulty or evil or weak to The Father.  His nature is the perfect character.  Because of this, every other character that can be joined with Him in real heirship must be like GOD’S Son.  The transforming grace of GOD must take away, and does take away, sin from the soul of man.  It gives him HIS strength instead of human weakness.  It supplies the grace that makes him like the Lord Jesus Christ!  As a reminder, grace is a free gift.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 5:

10  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His Life.

11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the atonement.

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by One Man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in Life by One, Jesus Christ.)

18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

You don’t earn sanctification, it is a free gift.  However it is up to each of us to fully accept this free gift in all its facets by faith.

Paul emphasized this Truth as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 2:

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Good works are those HE prearranged in our destiny before HE formed us in the womb.  We are rewarded for simply doing what HE wanted us to accomplish.  The Holy Spirit is pleased to reveal those good works to be done at an individual level.  HE will guide your steps daily and will give you and me greater revelation as we submit ourselves to those good works.

Those who do nothing are not fully submitted to Christ.  We must not allow ourselves to become inactive in our daily living.  Let HIS anointing flow through us in every situation we find ourselves confronting.

The mission of Christ is to present a Holy, without blemish, and blameless Bride to FATHER.

Being Fully Transformed

December 20th, 2023

What are you expecting once you have been fully transformed in Christ?

The final and ultimate purpose of Christ is that the Christian will be reproduced in His own Likeness, within and without!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 4:

1  Let me illustrate: As long as an heir is a minor, he’s not really much different than a servant, although he’s the master over all of them.

2 For until the time appointed by the father, the child is under the domestic supervision of the guardians of the estate.

3 So it is with us. When we were juveniles we were enslaved under the hostile spirits of the world.

4 But when the time of fulfillment had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law.

5 Yet all of this was so that He would redeem and set free those held hostage to the law so that we would receive our freedom and a full legal adoption as His Children.

6 And so that we would know that we are His True Children, God released the Spirit of Sonship into our hearts—moving us to cry out intimately, “My Father! My true Father!”

7 Now we’re no longer living like slaves under the law, but we enjoy being God’s very own Sons and Daughters! And because we’re His, we can access everything our Father has—for we are heirs because of what God has done!  TPT

By revelation, we are to embrace our inheritance in Christ.  We are true Sons and Daughters of THE MOST HIGH!  Paul pleads with us to move on to full maturity so that we can be totally effective in bringing forth the Plan of GOD on earth.

19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

Paul is emphasizing “until a mind and life in complete harmony with the mind and Life of Christ shall have been formed in you.”  He is writing to believers who have yet to see the fullness of what Christ has for them.  Salvation is just the beginning.  Sanctification is next.  Once one has been fully sanctified and made Holy and blameless, glorification is next.

Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 5:

20  Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ;

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the Fear of GOD.

It is imperative that we walk in the “Fear of GOD”.

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the Head of the Church: and He is the Savior of the Body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, Love your wives, even as Christ also Loved the church, and gave Himself for it;

26 That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by The Word,

27 That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be Holy and without blemish.

As we pray in Tongues which is one aspect of being washed of water by The Word, let us also study The Word daily.  This is one reason I present so many passages for you to consider.  I desire for you to gain revelation from Above, not an opinion from the world.

Once again, Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 1:

18  And Jesus is the Head of the body, the church: Who is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the Blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in Heaven.

In other Words, by the Blood of His cross, everything in Heaven and earth is brought back to Himself—back to its original intent, restored to innocence again!

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled

22 In the Body of His flesh through death, to present you Holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight

If we will embrace the revelation Paul has presented in multiple letters, our mindsets will be transformed until Christ is fully formed in us!

An Interesting Perspective On Gold

December 19th, 2023

Fiat currencies have a history of declining to zero value.

Virtual currencies depend on the Internet which can be shutdown at any time by the government and/or hackers.

Unless you have stock certificates in your physical possession, they are simply “Security Entitlements”.

Bank deposits are now legally “claims” that are subordinate to senior debt holders.

We live in interesting times and the only solution is Spiritual in nature!

Christ’s Preeminence

December 18th, 2023

We should purpose to move toward the stature of the fullness of Christ in our lives, He should be preeminent in our lives!

Christ’s presence with us is not just an outward companion, but an indwelling Divine Force, revolutionizing our nature and making us like Him.  The final and ultimate purpose of Christ is that the Christian will be reproduced in His own Likeness, within and without!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Colossians chapter 1:

18  And Jesus is the Head of the body, the church: Who is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the Blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in Heaven.

In other Words, by the Blood of His cross, everything in Heaven and earth is brought back to Himself—back to its original intent, restored to innocence again!

21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled

22 In the Body of His flesh through death, to present you Holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight

We will be without blemish!  Paul pleads with us to move forward in maturity.  Why?  This is what Love does!  He wants all of us to walk “worthy of The Lord”.

Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:

1  I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech (plead with) you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in Love;

3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Unity will be a result of the True Body of Christ.

8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.)

11 And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

We should not exalt any member of Christ above another.  These ministries are meant to serve, not be served.  There is but one goal: perfecting the Body of Christ.

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

The adversary will focus on the immature, and it is up to us to admonish the immature to move on to full maturity.

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Deception is the primary weapon of the adversary… beware!

15 But speaking the Truth in Love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the Head, even Christ:

16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying (building up) of itself in Love.

Self-sacrificing Love should be the primary motivation in all that we do.