Intro

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Discussion

Needs-only.

How is this defined Biblically?

1 Timothy 6:6-8 NKJV – Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

1 Timothy 6:17-19 NKJV – Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

Mark 10:17-21 NKJV – Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. You know the commandments: ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,’ ‘DO NOT MURDER,’ ‘DO NOT STEAL,’ ‘DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.'” And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

This is made clear by Jesus Christ Himself:

Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV – “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

How do you, the reader or listener think how you are living?

Well that I will define. Most chase after more wealth. Seek to have more possessions. Seek to become prominent. This is not needs-only, and since it goes against Christ command given in Matthew six, it is sin.

For those that just started having a hissy fit. Thank you for verification that you live in sin.

Galatians 5:19-21 NKJV – Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 John 2:15-16 NLT – Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

What those that seek after money, possessions and status are seeking is to serve the world and not God. Who is in charge of the world at this time?

2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT – Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

This is why we are to live a needs-only lifestyle if we profess to being a follower of Christ. The smaller our financial footprint the closer to God we are as made clear by Jesus Christ.

Therefore. No Lexus. No BMW. No Porche. No Corvettes. The cheaper the vehicle the better.

If you need a large house due to families. Fine, but once they leave the house. Sell the house for a smaller one. Never seek multiple homes. By the way. An RV is a house, and would qualify as a second house. This opens another door.

Recreation vehicles. Boats, jet skis, things used for your own personal pleasures. These should never be purchased. Sure, rent them, but never own them.

Why?

This money is not your money. It is God’s money. If you truly live a needs-only existence. You can live on ten to twenty percent of your earthly income. Then we are to give the clergy ten percent. The rest is to be given to the poor and to help in the spread of the Word of God. This is made clear in the Bible verses given here.

This is the True calling of the followers of Jesus Christ, for those that profess to being called “Christian.” However, most refuse to live this way. As was made clear with the young rich man. That man who abandoned his eternal life because he has many possessions.

Yes, he renounced his salvation. So, the moment someone says they rather keep their possessions and seek after more they too abandon their salvation. This mentality has sent millions over the last two thousand year not to heaven, but to death. Not to be risen in the Rapture, but have to stand before the Great White Throne Judgement. Jesus knew this and made it clear.

Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV – “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Matthew 7:21-23 NKJV – “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

By denying the order to downsize. Most become the lawless. For they say their wants are greater than their salvation. Therefore, just as those before them. They abandon their salvation.

Millions have gone to the grave expecting to be risen in the rapture. They will say but we did this or we did that in your name Jesus. And His reply will be simple.

“I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”

The book of their works will be opened. And they will be judged by their works. Pray there is more spiritual gold than chaff burned away. For only then will they see that their name is still written in the Book of Life.

Revelation 20:11-15 NKJV – Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

One of these works is to downsize. As we have already established. Once again there will be those having a hissy fit over the word “works.” The thing is we have just heard from the Word of God. I will say them again:

“And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”

“Judged according to their works.”

This is not the only time this is said within the Bible. This shows that we are to have works for God. This shows that those having their hissy fit follow the false teachings of OSAS and faith alone. They are upset because they have been called liars. Well, that is because they are. For they just called the above verses a lie. So. I ask the question. Is the Bible True? If you follow Christ the answer is simple. Yes it is. Then those that follow OSAS and faith alone teachings follow a liar. Who is the ultimate liar?

John 8:44 NKJV – You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

It is now that you must embrace Truth. This can only be accomplished by repenting and downsizing then following all the commandments that were not removed by the cross. Just so you know only those laws governing sacrifice were removed. All others are still in effect. Like for example not to get tattoos. One in every four people upon this planet have tattoos. Many profess to being “Christian.” This means they live in sin. That is unless they repent and do not add anymore. Now many have repented and must live with their sin upon their skin. Unless they can remove them. Most cannot.

Very soon the first rapture will occur and most that now follow faith alone and OSAS will find themselves still standing here within this temporal plain of existence. Shocked that God abandoned them.

Right there is the problem. Them thinking God abandoned them. This is part of the great lie. The Truth? They abandoned God. Which is why God left them behind, because they were never one with Him.

They are lawless, because they refuse to follow the commandments. One of which is to downsize.

John 14:15 NKJV – “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

God Bless