A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17.
Those that refuse The Word Of GOD; who will stubbornly refuse correction from GOD'S Word, and yet who claim their faith to be in JESUS, though never knowing repentance in it and so always maintaining division in The Body; HIS Church which HE Purchased With HIS Own Blood, are no more than deceivers who are themselves deceived.
These are they who are enemies of the cross Of CHRIST, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite (Philippians 3:17-21).
Just as the Prophets spoke to Israel, GOD pleading with HIS people to repent and turn back to HIM, to put right their hearts, and they refused and died, of whom we are given examples of throughout Scripture that we do not follow their example and their fate, it is no different and shall be no different for those today who say, "The LORD is our GOD," and "No harm shall come to us," and yet who live stubbornly refusing HIM WHO Warns from Heaven.
Those who will put their faith in false teachings which instruct otherwise rather than living by faith in The Living GOD WHO Gives HIS HOLY SPIRIT to those who obey HIM, so that they may understand, learn and grow in The faith towards being perfected in love; that they may fully obey JESUS CHRIST and be Sprinkled With HIS Blood, who yet will prove themselves, according to HIS Word, as being those who quench The SPIRIT; those who grieve The HOLY SPIRIT and never knowing repentance in these things to their being unable to recognise, because their hearts are truly far from GOD (Ephesians 4:17 - 5:2)
Those who will not examine everything so that they may know to hold fast to that which is good, knowing in that they understand to abstain from every form of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:14-22), being those who shrink back to destruction, and are not of those who have faith to the Preserving of the soul (Hebrews 10:35 - 11:2, 1 Peter 1:23-25).
Those who shall be with HIM for all eternity are the Called who were Chosen, because they were faithful (2 Timothy 2:10-15, Revelation 17:14).
"Many are Called, but few Chosen."
Our faith in JESUS CHRIST is in all GOD'S Word; according to The Commandment Of The Eternal GOD, leading to obedience of faith (Romans 16:25-26).
To The Only Wise GOD, Through JESUS CHRIST be the Glory forever. Amen.
As Paul wrote to Timothy it is true that all know, in that they truly understand; The Sacred Writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to Salvation through faith which is in JESUS CHRIST
(2 Timothy 3:15 - 4:4).
Our foundation is JESUS CHRIST; our only Teacher.
(Matthew 23:8, 1 Corinthians 3:11, Luke 6:39-49).
Wisdom is vindicated by all her children.
And wisdom calls out,
"Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, for Blessed are they who keep my ways.
"Heed instruction and be wise and do not neglect it.
"Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.
"For he who finds me finds Life and obtains favour from The LORD.
"But he who sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death "
Proverbs 8:32-36.
Matthew 5:16 - The Heart and Mind of a Christian.
"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your FATHER WHO Is In Heaven.
Matthew 5:16.
As a Christian, how many times have you known conflict; division and strife with or between other professing Christians, to do with interpretations of Scripture, of denominations and whatever else there might be, which can only serve to cause and maintain the upholding of division and strife etc?
In every instance that you have and it remained as being unresolved, it was and indeed remains being contrary to The Word Of GOD.
..."But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca,' (Aramaic for empty-headed or, good for nothing) shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty into the fiery hell (Gehenna of fire).
"If therefore you are presenting your offering at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
Matthew 5:22-24.
These words here show how important it is and how essential to GOD ("You shall be Holy, for I AM Holy." Leviticus 19:2, 20:7-8, 1 Peter 1:13-21) that we know, in obedience to the truth, to purify our souls for a sincere love of the Brethren, fervently loving one another from a Cleansed heart, having been born again through the living and abiding Word Of GOD.
We know this because GOD HIMSELF Says that it is so and through HIS Apostles (1 Peter 1:22 - 2:25).
"Sanctify them in The Truth; THY Word Is Truth... John 17:17.
If we cannot do and do not know to do this, then the truth is we do not love GOD.
We cannot know to love all others if we do not first love GOD with all that we are.
And to love The LORD your GOD with all your heart and soul and strength and mind; and your neighbour as yourself is the fulfillment of The Law.
Those who will be the cause of division; the cause of disharmony in The Body, and who will not know to seek to be reconciled with their brother who has something against them, who will not look to come to mutual understanding when there are differences in understanding of Scripture, but will rather choose to stubbornly refute anything and anyone who will not agree with them and what they themselves believe and say, then according to Scripture they are not holding themselves up against Sound Doctrine.
Only GOD Is True.
Such a one is lacking knowledge because they lack humility, and accordingly, they are walking contrary to the Will and Purpose Of GOD: they walk contrary to CHRIST: they do not walk truly confessing JESUS CHRIST before men.
To confess JESUS CHRIST means to agree with, assent to JESUS CHRIST; and this to us means being in both word and deed.
"And I Say to you, everyone who confesses ME before men, The SON Of Man shall confess him also before the angels Of GOD; but he who denies ME before men shall be denied before the angels Of GOD.
Luke 12:8-9.
Truly, those who will do this; those who will do this and have no knowledge so that they do not understand to the provoking of their conscience, that, in humility and before GOD, they must confess that they are walking or have acted contrary to CHRIST; whenever repentance is indeed required according to The Word Of GOD, do not know and cannot know to have the love Of GOD in themselves.
To hate is to be loveless.
If someone says, "I love GOD," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love GOD WHOM he has not seen.
1 John 4:20.
Love does no wrong to a neighbour; love therefore is the fulfillment of The Law.
Romans 13:10.
They may refuse such an accusation and may even refuse and look to malign the one attempting to show them their error.
But all the while we are such as this and remain being in the flesh; walking according to the flesh, satan, who is the devil, may hold such a one captive to do his will.
Even though one may deny any wrongdoing, it is by their deeds and in light of Scripture that all is shown for what it truly is (John 3:19-21, Titus 1:15-16).
Before GOD we cannot justify ourselves.
Whatever contradicts The Word Of GOD is not Of GOD (James 3:13 - 4:12) and sinning is true of the one who wilfully disobeys GOD in their living; being contrary to HIS Word; contrary to CHRIST.
Though we are not under Law but under Grace, nevertheless, we are indeed Called to live in obedience to all HIS Word and not prove disobedient; not to continue in sin; this is GOD'S Purpose for all in the New Covenant; our ability, now, to do so; being Led By The HOLY SPIRIT.
For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were by The Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
But now we have been released from The Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the spirit (now led by The SPIRIT) and not in oldness of The Letter.
Romans 7:5-6.
Paul goes on to write in chapter 8 that there is now no condemnation for those who are in CHRIST JESUS because The SPIRIT Of Life in CHRIST JESUS has set us free from The Law of sin and death,
For what The Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh (because of the flesh it was impossible to obey The Law), GOD: Sending HIS Own SON in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, HE condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the requirement of The Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to The SPIRIT...
It is those who are being Led By The HOLY SPIRIT who are not under Law (Galatians 5:18) and so will not be of the resurrection to Judgement but of the resurrection to Life (John 5:25-29).
It is easy for any to state of themselves, who or what they are, but words are cheap, words are all too easy.
Actions will always speak louder than words; and we are Called to be doers of The Word as opposed to being merely hearers who delude themselves.
Those who will do so; those who will remain disobedient do so because they do not have understanding according to GOD.
JESUS CHRIST Is to all those who obey HIM The Source of Eternal Salvation (Hebrews 5:9 - 6:8).
The Wrath Of GOD abides on the sons of disobedience (Colossians 3:5-10, John 3:36).
And The LORD'S bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps GOD may Grant them repentance leading to the Knowledge Of The Truth, and they may come to their senses from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will...
2 Timothy 2:24-26.
It is for no man to call GOD a liar.
Yet this is what those who will call themselves Christian and will yet maintain such an arrogance before GOD are doing; being those who will live denying HIS Word in their wilfully living contrary to HIS Word, because of their ears having become dull of hearing (Hebrews 5:11 - 6:8).
If we repudiate The Word Of GOD then we are blaspheming, and in doing so and all the while being apart from repentance, we count ourselves unworthy of Eternal Life (Acts 13:44-46, Acts 18:4-6, James 3:14-16)
We are Called to obedience. We are not Called that we may prove to be disobedient to GOD just as we were in our ignorance before we first believed and confessed JESUS LORD (Luke 6:46-49).
For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world by The Knowledge Of The LORD And SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
For it would be better for them not to have known The Way Of Righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the Holy Commandment delivered to them.
It has happened to them according to the true Proverb, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and,
"A sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire."
2 Peter 2:20-22.
Being under Grace through faith, we are Given both Instruction and the ability so as to be able to obey according to The Will Of GOD.
But not all will hear; not all can hear. And it all comes down to the heart.
As is the heart, so is the man.
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects man. Proverbs 27:19.
Who is the one who, when finding The LORD, will willingly lay down all he himself has, all he himself knows; in order to be able to follow HIM, in order to know HIM and the Power of HIS Resurrection and the fellowship of HIS Sufferings, being Conformed to HIS Death? (Luke 9:62, Philippians 3:1-21, Matthew 19:16-30, Romans 6:1-7).
Who is the one who knows to take up his cross daily; putting to death the deeds of the flesh that he may indeed die to sin to live to Righteousness? (Romans 6:8-23).
Those that know to do these things and shall willingly seek to do these things, in accordance with GOD and the Apostles Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, are those who worship in The SPIRIT OF GOD and glory in CHRIST JESUS, putting no confidence in the flesh (Luke 14:25-35).
...That the generation to come might know, the children yet to be born, that they may arise and tell to their children, that they should put their confidence in GOD, and not forget the Works Of GOD, but keep HIS Commandments, and not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare (put right) its heart, and whose spirit was not faithful to GOD.
Psalm 78:6-8.
"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to Eternal Life, which The SON Of Man shall Give to you, for on HIM The FATHER GOD, Has Set HIS Seal."
They said therefore to HIM,
"What shall we do, that we may work the Works Of GOD?"
JESUS Answered and said to them, "This Is The Work Of GOD, that you believe in HIM WHOM HE Has Sent."
John 6:27-29.
"Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the Righteous will live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:4. (Romans 1:16-17, Matthew 13:36-50).
There are many who will honour GOD with their lips, but their hearts are far away from HIM.
These worship HIM with no more than they have learned by rote, as opposed to their hearts being Cleansed.
For these, their worship is in vain; those who hold to teachings and ways which prove to be no more than doctrines of men; and having become convinced by them, believing something of themselves, they are unable to truly hear (1 Timothy 4:1-2).
These are ones who will refuse correction according to The Word, having become hard of hearing because of the hardness of their heart.
Our heart is all we have that we can give to GOD, and it is essential that we do so in order that we may, according to Prophecy (Jeremiah 31:33-34, Zechariah 13:9), know HIS Cleansing in our hearts toward a good conscience before both GOD and man, and being from a sincere faith.
The mouth of the Righteous utters wisdom and his tongue speaks justice
The Law Of his GOD is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
Psalm 37:30-31
Sacrifice and meal offering THOU hast not desired; MY ears THOU hast Opened; burnt offering and sin offering THOU hast not required.
Then I said, "Behold, I Come; In the Scroll Of The Book It Is Written Of ME;
I delight to do THY Will, O MY GOD; THY Law is within MY heart.
I have proclaimed glad tidings of Righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O LORD, THOU Knowest.
I have not hidden THY Righteousness within my heart;
I have spoken of THY Faithfulness and THY Salvation;
I have not concealed THY Lovingkindness and THY Truth from the great congregation.
THOU, O LORD, will not withhold THY Compassion from me;
THY Lovingkindness and THY Truth will continually preserve me...
Psalm 40:6-11.
This here in Psalm 40 is both Prophecy of GOD'S MESSIAH and of The New Covenant and so accordingly is the testimony of the Instruction to those who will believe in HIM; in that they follow HIS Example, walking in HIS Steps, (Hebrews 10:4-39, 1 Peter 2:15-25).
For The Testimony Of JESUS Is The Spirit Of Prophecy. (Revelation 19:7-10).
"You, search The Scriptures! Because you think that in them you have Eternal Life; and it is these that bear witness of ME;...
John 5:39
"Of HIM all the Prophets bear witness that through HIS Name everyone who believes in HIM receives forgiveness of sins."
Acts 10:43.
"If you love ME you will keep MY Commandments
"And I will ask The FATHER and HE will Give you another HELPER, that HE may be with you forever; The SPIRIT Of Truth, WHOM the world cannot receive, because it does not behold HIM or know HIM.
You know HIM because HE Abides with you and will be in you
"I will not leave you as orphans; I Will Come to you.
John 14:15-18.
As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13, and with himself as the example, he writes to all who will call on The Name Of JESUS, being an example to all Christians.
It is not a matter for individuals to reject and refuse, because in doing so they are rejecting and refusing The GOD WHO Gives HIS HOLY SPIRIT so that you may obey JESUS CHRIST and be Sprinkled with HIS Blood: being the Chosen Of GOD (1 Peter 1:2, 2 Peter 1:1-4).
Do not quench The SPIRIT; do not despise Prophetic utterances.
But examine everything; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every appearance of evil.
Now may The GOD Of Peace HIMSELF Sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be Preserved complete, without blame at The Coming Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Faithful is HE WHO Calls you and HE also will bring it to pass.
(HE Alone will make it happen; By HIS SPIRIT; through our obedience of faith)
1 Thessalonians 5:19-24.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
And if I have Prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor and if I deliver my body that I may boast, but do not have love, it profits me nothing...
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (Matthew 7:13-27, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27).
Shall those who will stubbornly refuse any correction and hold on to those fleshly qualities we are Called to die to be able to stand before The LORD?
Where is their conviction of these things by The SPIRIT? (Hebrews 12:4-15).
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn THY Statutes.
The Law Of THY Mouth is better to me than thousands of rivers of gold and silver.
THY Hands Made me and established me;
Give me understanding that I may learn THY Commandments.
May those who fear THEE see me and be glad, because I wait for THY Word.
I know, O LORD, that THY Judgements are Righteous and that in Faithfulness THOU Has afflicted me.
O may THY Lovingkindness comfort me, according to THY Word to THY servant.
May THY Compassion come to me that I may live, for THY Law is my delight.
Psalm 119:71-77.
See Proverbs 3:11-35.
HE shall require every one of us, no exceptions, to give account for all we have done in the body, even for every careless word spoken (Matthew 12:35-37, 2 Corinthians 4:1 - 5:11, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).
CHRIST is The Chief Corner Stone; HE is The Centre of The Church and The Church is United in HIM (Ephesians 4, 1 Peter 2).
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
The Purpose Of GOD for us is our Sanctification, without which no one will see The LORD (Hebrews 12:14-15).
As Paul writes to those who, back in the day, were indeed partakers of Grace with him, he also, in the Foreknowledge Of GOD writes to us; GOD Speaking through him that it is also to be the same for every one of us who will name themselves a Christian, from that day til now and to the Day Of Eternity,
But we should always give thanks to GOD for you, Brethren Beloved By The LORD, because GOD has Chosen you (1 Peter 1:2) first fruits for Salvation through Sanctification By The SPIRIT and faith in The Truth.
And it was for this HE Called you through our Gospel, that you may gain The Glory Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST...
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14.
Many do not understand what is truly meant in the statement; that you may gain The Glory Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
It means that we shall be Sanctified in GOD'S Truth; bearing fruit in keeping with repentance, walking as imitators of CHRIST; and not, and not, walking in any way holding to anything that CHRIST HIMSELF would not do and would not speak. Thus it is we confess JESUS CHRIST before men.
And HE sends HIS Disciples into the world in the same manner as The FATHER Sent HIM into the world:
..."Sanctify them in The Truth; THY Word is Truth.
"As THOU didst send ME into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
"And for their sakes I Sanctify MYSELF, that they themselves also may be Sanctified in Truth.
"I do not ask in behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in ME through their word;
that they may all be One; even as THOU, FATHER In ME and I In THEE, that they also may be in US;
that the world may believe that THOU didst send ME...
John 17:17-21.
Before both GOD and man, the one who refuses correction is the one who spurns to the point of abhorring his own soul: but the one who hears to obey reproof; in that it leads to correction, this is the one who attains to acquiring a heart of understanding.
The fear of The LORD is the correction of wisdom; because the fear of The LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of The Holy ONE is understanding.
For any, before there is honour and glory, there must first be humility and meekness. (Proverbs 9:7-12, Proverbs 15:31-33).
It is these who are a glory to CHRIST; being those tested and found to be diligent.
I don't state it to be so; GOD, in HIS Word states it is so and I believe in my GOD and in HIS Word I trust, just as should all who will call themselves by HIS Name.
We all, without exception, are sinners Saved by Grace through faith in JESUS The SON Of GOD; The First-Born of the dead (Romans 8:28-30).
We will all, without exception, get it wrong along the way, yet we may know GOD'S Grace and Mercy in Perfect Patience and have Forgiveness of sins when we confess our sins (1 John 1:9-10).
Yet not all who will call on HIS Name, in that they profess to be Christian, know to do this.
It is The Word implanted which is able to save our soul; that is and truly means, in our proving to be an effectual doer of The Word Of GOD which indeed performs its work in those who believe.
And those who truly stand in the Grace Of GOD shall bear witness to the Testimony Of JESUS in their living.
This, as opposed to proving ourselves as being disobedient to The Word;
the Sacred Writings, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to Salvation through faith which is in CHRIST JESUS.
All Scripture is inspired By GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in Righteousness; that the man Of GOD may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
I solemnly charge in The Presence Of GOD and Of CHRIST JESUS, WHO is to Judge the living and the dead and by HIS appearing and HIS Kingdom:
preach The Word; be ready in season out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
For the time will come when they will not endure Sound Doctrine; but to have their ears tickled they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires; and will turn away from The Truth and will turn aside to myths.
2 Timothy 3:15 - 4:4.
(James 1:19-27, 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16).
Spiritually, pride and arrogance will gain no Godly understanding, because GOD is opposed to the proud but gives Grace to the humble; and it is from GOD alone that any may acquire Godly Wisdom.
And this growth, from GOD, comes by reason of actual practice in order to be able to grow Spiritually.
...For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to The Word Of Righteousness, for he is a babe.
But Solid Food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
Hebrews 5:13-14.
The Parable of the talents is to show the importance in just how essential it is to grow in The faith and not to determine to remain as one was at the beginning when they first believed and confessed JESUS LORD, being a babe in CHRIST; when at that time unknowing of The Way in Truth, unknowing of The Purpose Of GOD In CHRIST JESUS for all who will call upon HIS Name, yet evenso still believing (Matthew 25:14-46).
Any one of us are nothing but sinners who have been Saved by The Grace Of GOD through faith in HIS SON, The LORD JESUS CHRIST; brands plucked from the fire.
GOD Is I AM; and it is HE HIMSELF WHO Causes the Growth, Through HIS SPIRIT, by the faith of the one who believes in HIM, who endures, being in accordance with all HIS Word.
As Paul writes,
...I planted, Apollos watered, but GOD was causing the Growth.
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but GOD WHO Causes the Growth.
Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labour.
For we are GOD'S fellow workers; you are GOD'S field, GOD'S Building.
According to the Grace Of GOD which was Given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation and another is building upon it. But let each man be careful how he builds upon it
For no man can lay a foundation other than The One which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST...
1 Corinthians 3:6-11.
"The beginning of wisdom is: acquire wisdom; and with all your acquiring, get understanding.
"Prize her and she will exalt you; she will honour you if you embrace her.
"She will place on your head a garland of Grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty."
Proverbs 4:7-9.
Many seem so easily to forget, and many do not even know in their walk to always be standing ready, in season and out of season.
It is that they are deceived by their own hearts in and through false doctrines which have convinced them otherwise to how GOD'S Word Instructs By The HOLY SPIRIT and through HIS Holy Apostles, so that they cannot see that they remain practicing the deeds of the flesh and that there are others also who live practicing the deeds of the body amidst those they are Called to be as One In CHRIST with; in and by their upholding enmity, strife, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions and factions; and not knowing repentance in all of these things, that they may come to The Knowledge Of The Truth.
And yet we are told, clearly, that those who practice such things shall not inherit The Kingdom Of GOD (Galatians 5:16-26).
But who hears?
Truly, there is no real fear of The LORD in those who will do this; no knowledge; and those that will do this are sadly the many, and not the few.
"Many are Called, but few Chosen."
Hear the Parable of the two sons.
"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'
"And he answered and said, 'I will, sir'; and he did not go.
"And he came to the second and said the same thing. But he answered and said, 'I will not'; he afterward regretted and went.
"Which of the two did the will of his father?"
Matthew 21:28-31.
GOD Gives repentance.
We are Saved by Grace through faith only, and this is according to GOD and all HIS Word only: leading to our obedience of faith.
Who sees the contrast of Mount Sinai and Mount Zion?
Yet still, our GOD Is A Consuming Fire and there shall be The Fury Of A Fire Which Will Consume the adversaries (Hebrews 10:26-39, Psalm 119:137-144).
...But you have come to Mount Zion and to The City Of The Living GOD, The Heavenly Jerusalem and to myriads of angels, to the General Assembly and Church Of The First-Born, who are enrolled in Heaven, and to GOD, The Judge Of all, and to the spirits of Righteous men made Perfect, and to JESUS, The Mediator Of a New Covenant and to the Sprinkled Blood, which speaks than the blood of Abel.
See to it that you do not refuse HIM WHO Is Speaking.
For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less who turn away from HIM WHO Warns From Heaven...
Hebrews 12:22-25.
We have many who walk contrary to CHRIST, who are understanding and practicing contrary to Scripture, and yet they are still accepted by others as Christians in what they do, and are accepted for no other reason than they themselves testify of themselves that they are a Christian.
But what does The Word Of GOD Say?
Many Christians themselves do not understand what it truly means to be a follower of CHRIST, and in this, the necessity of walking uprightly, and so no one is held to account for the things that they, as Christians, should be held accountable for in The Body; even though it is contrary to The Word Of GOD which they openly proclaim their faith to be in.
This happens because so many cannot recognise what, according to GOD, constitutes wrongdoing as a Christian.
Yet we are told throughout The Bible to keep our eye on those who cause dissensions and hinderances and all that is contrary to The Teaching and to turn away from them (Romans 16:17-18, 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15, 2 John:6-11, Colossians 2:8, Titus 3:10-11).
A senseless man has no knowledge; nor does a stupid man understand this:
That when the wicked sprouted up like grass and all who did iniquity flourished, it was that they might be destroyed forevermore.
Psalm 92:6-7
"Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the Righteous will live by his faith...
Habakkuk 2:4 (Romans 1:16-17).
"For the waywardness of the naive shall kill them and the complacency of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 1:20-33 (v 32).
"All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass.
The grass withers and the flower falls off, but The Word Of The LORD abides forever."
And this is the word which was preached to you.
1 Peter 1:24-25.
And who hears even this in that they fully understand:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is The Kingdom Of Heaven.
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
"Blessed are the gentle (humble, meek), for they shall inherit the earth.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for Righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see GOD.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons Of GOD.
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of Righteousness, for theirs is The Kingdom Of Heaven.
"Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of ME.
"Rejoice and be glad, for your Reward in Heaven is Great, for so they persecuted the Prophets who were before you.
"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty? It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
"Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure, but on the lampstand; and it gives light to all who are in the house.
"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your FATHER WHO is in Heaven...
Matthew 5:3-16.
"No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar, nor under a peck-measure, but on a lampstand, in order that those who enter may see the light.
"The lamp of your body is your eye; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.
"Then watch out that the light in you may not be darkness.
"If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it shall be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays."
Luke 11:33-36.
The purpose Of GOD, for us, in HIS SON, is our Sanctification.
Our Sanctification is a process which both begins and is maintained by Grace through faith in JESUS CHRIST; a constant all the days of our lives.
This, that we may, having indeed put on the New self, begin and continue to maintain our being Renewed to a true Knowledge according to The Image Of The One WHO Created us; The Washing Of Regeneration And Renewing By The HOLY SPIRIT that we may indeed bear The Image of The Heavenly (Romans 8:28-30, Colossians 3:5-10).
The spiritual is not first, but the natural; and then comes the spiritual, because to attain to this, all must first be born again; fleshly to spiritual (John 3:3-8, Mark 16:15-16, Romans 10:6-17, Luke 6:46-49).
And we are clearly informed that flesh and blood cannot inherit The Kingdom Of GOD.
...The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.
As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is The Heavenly, so also are those who are Heavenly.
And just as we have (before) borne the image of the earthy, let us also (now) bear The Image Of The Heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15:47-49.
Let us walk as imitators of CHRIST
(1 Corinthians 10:32 - 11:1, 2 Corinthians 13:5-11).
As Prophecy speaks of The LORD JESUS MESSIAH:
The LORD GOD has given ME the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.
HE awakens ME morning by morning, HE awakens MY Ear to listen as a disciple.
The LORD GOD has Opened MY Ear; and I was not disobedient, nor did I turn back...
Isaiah 50 (v 4-5).
Our justification is a Gift by GOD'S Grace through the Redemption which is in CHRIST JESUS (Romans 3:21-28).
Contrary to what some will preach and teach, our Redemption, to us, is not fully acquired at the first (the day we first confess with our mouth and believe in our heart); though it is indeed fully acquired at the first.
This may sound a contradiction, but it is not. And I show here that this is contained and upheld in Scripture; because we are Instructed to always be dressed in readiness (Luke 12:35-48).
Our Redemption draws near (Luke 21:28, Romans 8:23-25, Ephesians 1:13-14, Ephesians 4, Colossians 1:9-23).
Our walk is a continual walk along the Narrow Path that leads to Eternal Life.
Some may walk only a short time in this world from the day they first confessed JESUS LORD, and some may walk a long time as a sojourner in this world and standing on The Name (Matthew 20:1-16).
Nevertheless, to all, the obligation is the same and the goal is the same; being not to walk according to the flesh, not to live according to the flesh; but putting to death the deeds of the flesh that we may indeed know a Cleansed heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
(1 Thessalonians 3:11 - 4:8, 1 Timothy 1:5-17).
"No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for The Kingdom Of GOD."
Luke 9:62.
For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to The SPIRIT, the things Of The SPIRIT.
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on The SPIRIT is Life and Peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward GOD; for it does not subject itself to The Law Of GOD, for it is not even able; and those who are in the flesh cannot please GOD.
However, you are not in the flesh but in The SPIRIT, if indeed The SPIRIT Of GOD Dwells in you.
But if anyone does not have The SPIRIT Of CHRIST, he does not belong to HIM.
And if CHRIST is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit (your sentient element) is alive because of Righteousness.
But if The SPIRIT Of HIM WHO Raised JESUS from the dead Dwells in you, HE WHO Raised CHRIST JESUS from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies (the ability to you in your fleshly body through now serving in newness of your spirit; Romans 6:1-14, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 Corinthians 4:11, Luke 1:75, Romans 7:5-6) because of HIS SPIRIT WHO Indwells you.
So then, Brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh - for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; (Hebrews 10:26-29) but if by The SPIRIT you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
For all who are being led by The SPIRIT Of GOD, these are sons Of GOD.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again (a sentient element unknowingly remaining in the sins of the flesh), but you have Received a spirit of Adoption as sons by which we cry out, "ABBA! FATHER!"
The SPIRIT HIMSELF Bears Witness with our spirit that we are children Of GOD,...
Romans 8:5-16.