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The New Den of Thieves

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In another social media thread God through the Holy Spirit brought my attention to those that go to churches once again. The analogy of one sheep going off a cliff and the rest of the herd following it over the edge comes to mind. Over the edge to true damnation.

The interchange was once again about following the commandment Christ gave us on where we are to pray (Matthew 6:5-6). Yet the Holy Spirit wishes me to expand upon this and show how the buildings called “churches” do more to lead people to damnation instead of salvation. Thus, in reality they are not a place to worship God, but instead a place to worship and follow Satan.

The person like all the spoiled brats that form the majority of Christendom insisted that he was right and the Words spoken by Jesus Christ Himself were wrong.

This “spoiled brat” mentality has its core in religion and is amplifier by the buildings called “churches.”

In our exchange of praying in private he resorted to the old fallback position of: “Do you go to church, because they pray publicly there.”

In simpler terms he just confessed that the buildings called “churches” promote and encourage sin. I mean think about it. They make a show about tithing when giving is to be secret, in fact all giving is to be secret (Matthew 6:1-4). On the topic of the tithe, they encourage all to keep 90% of their earthly wealth, which is opposite Christ’s teaching (Matthew 6:19-21,24). They make a show about dressing up which is flaunting mammon worship. Mammon worship that ties in with keeping most of our earthly wealth.

The modern-day buildings called “churches” create nothing but thieves. Much like the way the second temple had deteriorated into the den of thieves that prompted Christ to losing His temper and overturn the merchants tables. Thieves that steal from God and His eternal plan.

You see we are given a commandment in 1 Timothy:

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.

This is a direct command to keep the majority of our earthly wealth at the ready to help those in need. Yet those that go to churches keep 90% of their earthly wealth or more to worship mammon.

Those that are mammon-worshippers seek after riches (jewelry, and fancy clothes), money (seeking after and hording earthly wealth beyond what is needed to make it to the next day), possessions (those objects that gather dust all over your houses and as well as luxury vehicles and any vehicle that goes beyond the basic need of transport to places you need to get to) and then property (huge house beyond the basic need for shelter and/or multiple houses as well as empty land filled with nothing to help those in need.)

This description describes the majority that enter the buildings called “churches.” Being mammon-worshippers turns them into thieves who horde and care only for their own well-being. In actuality caring nothing for their fellow humans.

It is these mammon-worshippers that caused Atheism. That chased away their children from God and True salvation. That has deteriorated humanity and helped in fulfilling prophecy, which is why these verses were written:

2 Timothy 3:1-5 NKJV – But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

Most that go to churches are found and seen in these verses. Churches are to be avoided. If you truly seek after God. Study the Word of God yourselves. Not reading, STUDY. There is a huge difference.

People wouldn’t go about say things like the person in the social media thread said, which equaled calling Jesus Christ Himself a liar. Do you understand the implication of those words? That is blasphemy, that is blaspheming the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 12:31 NKJV – “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

The name of the Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ. Therefore, when someone says that Christ didn’t say something in the Bible, yet that is not the Truth. They call the Holy Spirit who inspired (2 Timothy 3:16-17) all the Words within the Bible a liar and have blasphemed the Holy Spirit.

Within these buildings called “churches” are little social groups that gather, yet they ignore other people that go to the same church. You will note these groups seek after the same things. They play golf, they drink alcohol, they party. That is the activity of a social club, not what the church is to be like. Only once is a true “church” described within the Bible:

Acts 2:44-47 NKJV – Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

This was a TRUE “church.” A community that shared everything together. Those who had more shared with those that had less and all shared equally. That is a TRUE community and church. That hasn’t existed for thousands of years. It is something that those that pursue communism promise. However, to date communism has only given wealth to the wealthy and left the poor in starvation and squaller. They use this perfect image of a true Christian community as their poster child. Because people seek after this they believe the lies. Why?

Because the buildings called “churches” are nothing but social clubs that teach and promote false doctrine, That are described in great detail in 2 Peter 2:

 2 Peter 2:1-22 NKJV – But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet. These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A DOG RETURNS TO HIS OWN VOMIT,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

This is how those within the buildings call “churches” behave. It is all about them. It is only about them. Where is God? Where is Jesus? Oh, in the songs they sing. In the prayers they are not supposed to be doing publicly. At their Super Bowl parties, their golf meets.

The buildings called “Churches” have nothing to do with the True Word of God and have not been that way for decades. If they had then those children that came out of the Great Depression would have all been devote followers of Christ. Instead, they came out horders of earthly wealth and luxuries. Destine not to salvation, but damnation. For these buildings are nothing but a den of thieves.

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Spoiled Rotten Brats

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A light shined for me today. I can’t believe I hadn’t put two and two together before. It was so obvious that I simply didn’t see it. Those that form the majority of the group called “Christians,” other than being the “lukewarm” and have been spewed from the Body of Christ are another term. That term is “spoiled brats,” and they are rotten to the core. Making them worthy of being called the “foolish bridesmaids,” and thus will be left behind.

People just don’t understand how things come to me when writing anything. Be it a comment on a thread on social media or when writing these blog posts. I don’t plan things. I don’t write them down and then rewrite and refine them. What you read is at this moment, now. The words just flow out through the keyboard onto a screen. I do pray beforehand and then let things just appear on the screen.

I say all this so you, the reader, can start to understand. I am but a vessel, a conduit, in the employ of the Holy Ghost. Just as those that wrote the Word of God as shown here:

2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV – All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

Am I on the same level as those that were the scribes of the Word of God? For heavens sake NO! I know that isn’t the case.

That being made clear I wish people to understand an important fact. Many, especially those on social media, wish to argue when I post Bible verses. Mainly those verses which are a direct commandment from the mouth of Jesus Christ Himself.

Now allow that to sink in a moment. I show where Jesus is teaching to a crowd or even His apostles. He says to do this thing or that thing. Example:

Matthew 6:5-6 NKJV – “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

This is a very clear and direct commandment from Jesus Christ. Do not pray where others can see you, for you will be like those that are hypocrites if you do so and you will receive your reward right then which is seeking to be acknowledged as a very religious person, and nothing else.

However, in social media this constantly sparks people to start an argument with me, thus causing these verses to come into play:

1 Timothy 6:3-5 NKJV – If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

NOTE: “even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,”

That means they question Jesus Christ Himself when they start a debate or argument. Oh, they see that it is the writer of the comment that placed the verse in there and so this opens the door to them questioning and arguing.

This is the furthest thing from the Truth. Just because humans write down some words and then within it shows the Word of God which gives specific instructions. What is the most important thing within the body of said text?

The answer: The Word of God.

Therefore, when people are, have been and still continue to not follow these commandments they are in fact sinning against God Himself via the Holy Spirit thus blaspheming the Holy Ghost. For they are stating that they are greater than God Himself.

This in turn shows that they are spoiled rotten brats. Screaming at the top of their voices that they are right and no one not even God Himself is correct, as they throw their temper tantrum. Kicking and screaming as they lay upon the ground demanding that all follow their example. Because they are greater and know more than God. Not the person that wrote down the bible verse or verses but God Himself.

Again, let that sink in.

Don’t question the Bible. Don’t start to debate or argue a direct commandment spoken by Jesus Christ. It is just that simple. If God says the color white is the color white, don’t try to argue and say no it is not the color white it is the color purple.

Those that question a direct commandment from Christ are the ones that opened the door to having men start dressing up in dresses and saying they are women.

Deuteronomy 22:5 NKJV – “A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.

Do you start to see the rabbit hole that is opened when you start to argue with the Words spoken by Jesus Christ Himself. I will show 1 Timothy once again:

1 Timothy 6:3-5 NKJV – If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

Those that wish to cause arguments show that they are as the verses state clearly. They are prideful, the instant they question the Word of Christ Himself they show they know nothing or they wouldn’t challenge Jesus Christ. It is their desire to cause disruption within the Body of Christ and cause division, to cause strife, reviling and evil suspicions. How I know this is the last social media encounter I was in cause all this to take place just because someone questioned the commandment I used as the example in this posting of where we are to pray. As a result, they caused every single item to be checked off in the verses of 1 Timothy. How truly sad. Which is why they ended up blocked, but also someone else became blocked as well. Having sided with the person saying they were greater than God Himself. How truly and completely sad. For in that moment, they showed on which side of the seal that has been placed upon the entire Christian community when the midnight cry took place in September 2025. It wasn’t the good side by the way. But the side that will have to suffer the consequences of the temper tantrum they are causing, or siding with the person questioning the Words spoken by Jesus Christ Himself.

They are to be “spanked” in the most horrendous of ways. Starvation, eviction, betrayal and then ultimately martyrdom. All because they are so spoiled and such brats that they cannot bow a knee to their Savior Jesus Christ and truly show their love for Him by simply obeying His commandments.

People REALLY are acting like the days of Noah

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As I go about my daily life with its ups and downs. I am still bewildered by the blindness of the Christian community. They are truly living up to the “days of Noah” description given to us by Christ Himself.

Matthew 24:36-39 NKJV – “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 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, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Why I am bewildered is because it is the Christian community and not just those of the world.

Yes, to most the “midnight cry” of September 10th or 11th of 2025, depending on where you were upon this planet, was a shocking event. Something that caused them to think, for a few days. Even run to churches and go through the rituals of the typical “Sunday Christian.” Then they returned to their old ways. Their old routine. Just as predicted by Jesus.

If I hadn’t been one of the watchful, one of the “wise bridesmaids,” It would be shocking. However, to me, it isn’t shocking, just more along the line of awe. Awe at how blind most are to the Truth of the Word of God.

It WILL be shocking to those that just returned to their normal behavior, as if the events of that day placed no burdens upon them. However, this is the furthest thing from the Truth. Especially for those within the Christian community. But, as I have shown in past messages about the “foolish bridesmaids,” they have shown themselves to be just that: Foolish. Thus, they are worthy to be left behind.

No matter how much they will protest and complain. This is the Truth as established by Jesus Christ Himself when He described how His return would be anticipated. Simply, by most of those upon this globe they have no inkling that major events are about to transpire that will not only affect every single person upon this planet, but the landscape of this world as well.

Most, especially those that have fully turned their backs upon God. Still go about their plans to rule over all of humanity with them at the panicle of wealth and control. Not even realizing their “glorious plans” will come shattering down about them and the TRUE GOD. The Creator of this universe.  Will show them that He, Himself is to be not only real but fully and completely in charge of the world they live in. Yet they go about living like it will continue as it is now and they shall become the kings and queens of the world.

This, however, is the furthest thing from the Truth.

Very soon there will be no more livable areas on most, if not all, of the North American continent for at least a decade. Not due to a nuclear bomb, but a super volcano and all the ash that will cover most if not all of that continent. Possible magnetic pole shift, massive earthquakes able to destroy the tallest of buildings. Since they stand against God by being built that high in the first place. Look to the tower of Babel to understand this. Those in the Space Station stranded there to die since launching a rescue will most likely become impossible to achieve.

All these human achievements, meant to show that man is the superior being upon this planet will be removed, destroyed and made debris and rubble. Just as all the ancient ruins that dot this planet now will be accompanied, if they continue to exist, by new ruins and debris. However, no one will seek to try and understand why the ruins exist. For all memories of this past will leave the minds of humanity. For all we know God will most likely cause a new “Big Bang,” for the Bible alludes to this being the case.

Isaiah 65:17 NKJV – “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.

For Gods eternal plans are not yet finished. There are just new players to be introduced to the grand scheme of the Creator of the universe. There is also a promise made to Abraham that it is nowhere near to being fulfilled.

Genesis 15:3-5 NKJV – Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed, one born in my house is my heir!” And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

At last count there are 8,277,042,025 people on this planet. At this time is it estimated to be 17, 161, 100 people that call themselves Jewish. There are 10 to the 22nd to 10 to the 24th power of stars in the universe. Therefore, God has yet to fulfill this promise to Abraham.

And yet people, especially “Christians,” go about as if this reality we now live within is not going to change.

What they should be doing is studying…. Not reading…. Studying the Word of God for themselves to see where the Truth can really be found: In the Word of God.

Something reading alone will never show them. For the real meaning of the Word of God is what the Words were when they first were written down upon parchment.

However, as mentioned before. I expect the status quo to continue till the first rapture occurs. Then the final wakeup call will be known to all. For millions will disappear in the blink of an eye. Not billions, but merely millions. This is the first and smallest rapture for they had found and followed the narrow and rugged path. Then the tribulation begins. For as the word “tribulation” translates. Only the enemies of God will be present in the tribulation. Those that are foolish must redeem themselves and never take the mark of the beast. Which will mean hardships and even starvation till the Holy Spirit is removed from the face of this planet leaving only those that bear the mark and the tribes of Israel. For the Tribes of Israel must wait to be removed till just before Christ returns in triumph to kill the antichrist as promised to them in the book of Daniel.

Study the Word of God, and if you haven’t accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior seek to do so as soon as possible.

What is the Cost that the “Foolish Bridesmaids” Must Pay

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As I look about me, I can’t help but be bewildered by how people continue to act and behave. Most still show their blindness to the Truth. Especially when they watch gladiator events like the Super Bowl and celebrate it as something special and scared.

I can remember back to just a few weeks before September10th that not only myself, but others that have been watchful sensed something was coming that would affect Christianity. Most, including myself, felt there was a rapture about to occur. However, that is not what happened. Instead, it was the “midnight cry” from the parable of the bridesmaids in chapter 25 of Matthew.

Therefore, something very significant did occur that day in September. The first thing to greatly change those that profess to being “Christian” since Christ Himself rose from the dead upon the third day. For on that day a divide occurred between just those that profess to being “Christian.” The “wise bridesmaids” and the “foolish bridesmaids.”

The “wise bridesmaids” are the ones that have been obedient to God and following His commandments. The “foolish bridesmaids” are those that are the “lukewarm” as described in Revelation 3:15-17. These form the majority of those that profess to being “Christian” for Himself made that very 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.

For those that have entered the narrow gate are few and those that are the “wise bridesmaids.” The rest are the “foolish bridesmaids,” and their fate is made clear:

Matthew 25:7-12 NKJV – Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

They shall be left behind.

Most will deny this. This is obvious, for all have returned to living as they ever did, just as Christ told us they would.

Matthew 24:36-39 NKJV – “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 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, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Most live their lives not trying to fix their relationship. But the thing is. They wouldn’t anyway, for as stated earlier a line has been drawn by God Himself between the wise and the foolish. There is no changing this until they are left behind and see the Truth.

There are even those that at this time who go around giving false teaching. They act like we are in the tribulation as we speak, or that we must endure the entire tribulation. However, this is not supported by the Word of God itself. Just like there are those that say that there is only one rapture. Again a false teaching that leads people into damnation instead of salvation, that encourages them to continue to live in sin. However, as I said they can’t truly fix this until after they find themselves left behind when the tribulation truly does begin.

Once again for those that don’t understand. The word “tribulation” means a retribution for those that are the enemy of the one punishing them. This means that ALL that are left within the tribulation ARE ALL enemies of God Himself. Especially those that that profess to being “Christian,” which is why the first three and a half years will be so torturous for the “foolish bridesmaids.”  They will face starvation. Lose their homes. Be turned in by their family and friends and then executed by beheading.

They are sealed into this fate and there is nothing they can do the change this fate all because of the “midnight cry” on September 10th, 2025. They must become like John the Baptist. Wearing rags and teaching the Truth until the day they are martyred. For that is what we are commanded to do by Christ Himself.

Luke 21:12-17 NKJV – But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake. But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.

This is the cost that the “foolish bridesmaids” must pay to redeem themselves in the sight of God through Jesus Christ.

Those that Wish Not to Accept the Truth

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I can always tell when people don’t want to read about the Truth. They have established for themselves a specific parameter to work within their window of what they perceive to be salvation. God also knew this as born out throughout the entirety of the Bible. Especially when it came to the prophets.  I mean look at the last thing Isaiah wrote and then was sawn in two.

Isaiah 66:15-24 NKJV – For behold, the LORD will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword The LORD will judge all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many. “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together,” says the LORD. “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the LORD. “For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the LORD, “So shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the LORD. “And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

All because Isaiah made the king of Israel at that time see the Truth in himself by a prophecy not even fully meant for him, he had Isaiah killed. Why? Because some of what was described was occurring within the Israeli court at that time.

People just don’t want to hear the REAL TRUTH. They want to hear things that make them comfortable with how they are living, because they are content with how things are for them at this time. In a way I hit upon this if not more directly in my last blog post ( https://dreamwalker1960.com/2026/01/21/rebellion-but-who-is-really-being-rebelled-against/ ). Why? Because I showed that both sides in the USA were both in the wrong in their behavior. However, I also showed that those resorting to violence and those that supported this violence. Even if in their eyes they not only saw themselves as righteous, but also supported by God…….. weren’t. In fact I showed that all those described in Romans 1:18-32 were totally and completely enemies of God. Making them the goats destined to the last verse of Isaiah 66:

Isaiah 66:24 NKJV – “And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

That is unless they decide to truly seek after God through Jesus Christ and seek true salvation. However, odds are they will do nothing because that would mean they must end the existence they have created for themselves. Which means they are their own “god.” Which is why they refuse to accept the parts of the Bible which says they will not be welcome into heaven, which leaves only one other destination. The one described a moment ago in the last verse of the book of Isaiah.

Recently I heard. “In my next life I want my body to be such and such a way.” This shows that this person is their own “god.” For they are dictating conditions. This person also professes to being a “Christian,” however, they do not fit the mold established by those described in Romans 1. Any who are a true disciple of Christ do not dictate to God, but bow in fear and reverence to God through Jesus Christ.

Part of true growth in seeking sanctification, which occurs once we bend our will to God though Jesus Christ, is to accept that we are wrong. We have been taught wrong and we may be living in sin without even realizing it because we refuse to study and accept the Word of God as LAW. Not suggestions or opinions but LAW. If we are not to do a certain thing we do not do this thing. A prime example: where and when we are to pray.

A commandment from Jesus Christ:

Matthew 6:5-6 NKJV – “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

A very simple command NEVER pray in public which includes inside a church.

Again, people will say: “What about: Acts 1:14 NKJV – These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brother.”

Oh you mean that time when Peter made all the disciples sin against God by breaking the commandment given in Matthew 6 and then on top of that throwing lots to pick a replacement for Judas when Christ said clearly:

Acts 1:7-8 NKJV  And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

However, the Holy Spirit didn’t descend upon them until the very next chapter of Acts. Thus, they did not listen to or obey Christ for their own glory as men. Meaning they were worshiping themselves and not God nor His Son their Savior just because He was no longer with them. So go ahead emulate sin and not a commandment given by Christ Himself. Because to you it is just a suggestion not LAW. Thus, proving my point completely. For if you did acknowledge it as law you would obey and there would be no pray in any church or synagogue.

I know these are hard Truths, but they are all backed by the Word of God and so are required to be listened to and learned. However, I already know for the most part they are being laughed off, ignored and scoffed at. Truly sad.

Why Sad? Because these verses become so very and completely true:

2 Peter 2:1-22 NKJV – But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet. These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A DOG RETURNS TO HIS OWN VOMIT,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

Rebellion? But Who is Really Being Rebelled Against

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Now the verses I am about to share with those reading this will be misconstrued by most. This is why I plan on giving a teaching upon these verses.

There is a large amount of turmoil going on in the US at this time. Now many think they are right. I will not claim which side is right or wrong. I will let the Word of God settle that, for it can.

For we must understand an important fact that God demands of those that profess to being His followers:

Titus 3:1 NKJV – Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,

When people crossed the boarder without doing it legally, they broke this commandment from God. Simply they willingly chose to rebel against God. When they stole money from the government, they decided to rebel even further from God making themselves the friends of the world.

James 4:4 NKJV – Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

The illegals have made themselves the enemies of God. They did it all on their own and those supporting them have joined them and they are described in Romans chapter 1 verses 18-32. This description also is made clear that they have chosen to be the enemies of God. This also opens the door to the verses which I first mentioned at beginning of this message.

1 John 4:20-21 NKJV – If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Now this applies to both sides. However, those that are described in Romans, I never expect them to understand this. They honestly don’t even truly accept God nor His Son Jesus Christ.

This is for those that actually try and call themselves “Christian.” Now, again, I know there are those that are described in Romans 1 that actually believe they are Christian. Yet as we have already shown they are actually the enemies of God no matter what they may think or believe. This is the sad truth. A truth they may never accept, but still the truth.

As to those that are truly trying to pursue a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It is time to learn. Even though those described in Romans 1 believe they are doing right. We know without a doubt they have already chosen the world. However, those that seek to follow Christ are to treat all other humans as our brothers and sisters.

Now this doesn’t mean allow them to stay in this country illegally. This doesn’t mean support them. We are told by the Word of God to obey the laws of the land we live in. Once again:

Titus 3:1 NKJV – Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,

Why is this?

Daniel 2:21 NKJV – And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

Daniel 4:17 NKJV – ‘This decision is by the decree of the watchers, And the sentence by the word of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, Gives it to whomever He will, And sets over it the lowest of men.’

So, understand, God placed both Biden and Trump into the office of president.

You will note how people have behaved differently under these presidents. Those that cause riots and destruction just because they didn’t or don’t like Trump fulfill the description given in Romans 1, which speaks volumes. Those that grumped and complained but didn’t resort to violence walked closer to following God through Jesus Christ during the Biden years.

But I have gotten off track.

Therefore, those that are fighting against the rule of law of the nation no matter their public standing in or out of government, are showing where they stand with God. More accurately showing they are enemies of God. Because God placed who is in power of all the nations on this earth. All with the purpose of guiding the world towards the return of Christ. Of separating the sheep, those that follow Christ, from the goats, those described in Romans 1.

It is the responsibility of those professing to being a follower of Christ to treat their follow humans with respect. It is also the responsibility of those following Christ to make sure the rule of law is followed. Not only for the nation that we live within. But also the commandments we are instructed to follow within the Word of God.

The verses this study is about makes a very clear statement.

“If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”

Many say they are followers of Christ, yet they are described in Romans 1. Within this description is acts of violence. They will accuse those that are of authority. Those following and acting upon the law of the land as being those that are violent. Since they are acting within the law of the land they are not the ones that are truly violent. Those that attack them. Those that storm churches. It is they that are the ones being violent. For that is the path they have chosen to walk upon.

Within the next few years there will be those that come to see the Truth. It is they that I am writing this for. They will come to see the light of God though Jesus Christ. They must amend their ways and seek to know God through Jesus Christ, which can only be found within the Word of God. They must truly seek to study it. Not just read it.

As for those that are the lukewarm. You must come to accept that when the call of Christ first comes you will find yourself left behind. Don’t fully turn away from God. However, learn for your mistake and realize that you screwed up big time. Otherwise you wouldn’t have been left behind. Also realize that just because you have been left behind you are not one of the goats yet, but your path is heading in that direction unless you fix your errors.

Refuse the mark of the beast. This goes for both groups reading this. For once you accept the mark of the beast you have sealed your fate to eternal damnation. Also realize that the United States will no longer exist once we get to the middle of the tribulation.

Those that have been lying to those that are now illegal  in the United States shows their ignorance of the Truth of the Word of God. Why make millions of people come to a nation that will be destroyed by the eruption of a super volcano in just a few year just shows how truly ignorant they are to the Truth.

They think that life is going to just continue on as it is now. It is truly and completely sad. So sad that I am not going to write another word today.

Christianity and Movies

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Now to get this out of the way. Yes, I watch movies. I have to fill some time not studying the Word. Does this mean I am sinning, most likely and I ask God’s forgiveness as well.

First and foremost. There is no such thing as a “Christian movie.” There are inspirational movies and these are the worst type of movies someone who calls themselves “Christian” should ever watch. Why this is, is because “inspirational” is equal to people pleasing. Therefore, those that make them and work within them fall into the curses given by the Holy Spirit within the following verses:

Galatians 1:6-10 NKJV – I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

Now we can get into the next part, for these verses have opened that door.

With the statement: “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.”

The movies industry, which was and may still be primarily run by Jews, was never designed to help Christianity. In fact it was designed and still is designed to turn people away from God and the Lord’s teachings.

People will turn to many examples that are out there. “The Ten Commandments” (1956), “Ben Hur” (1959), “King of Kings” (1961). In recent times movies like “Hacksaw Ridge” (2016), and “Son of God” (2014)

The Ten Commandments script adds to the Word of God.

Deuteronomy 4:2 NKJV – You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

The entire Bible is God’s command unto to those that profess to be His children.

Ben Hur was a book written by a Civil War veteran, and is more of an exploration of one man’s journey to coming to worship God through Jesus Christ. However, it is very Jewish in its content in the early verses. The latest was some trip into fantasy land.

King of Kings is totally Catholic in its content and doesn’t accurately depict the four gospels and so is twice cursed, which may explain why it’s star fell down a flight of stairs breaking his neck and dying.

As for Hacksaw Ridge the protagonist is a Jehovah Witness. Which is another theme that is found within movies. They use religions that are more like cults instead of using other denomination which teach that salvation can be lost. Does this mean in real life the protagonist wasn’t born-again? No. All evidence points to the opposite of this.

This is also true when looking at the movie “Keys to the Kingdom” (1944), which is the story of a Catholic priest and missionary. So I will make this very clear. There are few within all denomination that qualify as followers of Christ. But they are the exception, not the rule, which is extremely sad.

The movie Son of God is a people pleaser movie and is full of errors, and teachings,that all that is required is faith alone, which is not taught by the Word of God.

James 2:26 NKJV – For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

One of the greatest signs that movies are against Christianity is the mere fact that those that make these movies allow things within them that people take for granted and thus emulate and copy it because if its in the movies it has to be good. Remember those that made them and make them are atheist for the most part. Those that make inspirational movies I have already addressed, but back on track. If those making them don’t acknowledge God nor Jesus Christ as their Savior. How can be what is seen in them something a “Christian” should emulate?

You can’t.

Movies that show certain behaviors associated with people professing to being “Christian” needs to take what is shown and do the complete opposite.

A prime example of this is open and group pray given by a person of the cloth. When the Bible makes if VERY clear where prayer should occur:

Matthew 6:5-6 NKJV – “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

“Well what about: Acts 1:14 NKJV – These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.”

Someone just protested.

Oh, you mean when Peter didn’t wait for the Pentecost and took it upon Himself to convince the rest of the apostles and Christ’s mother to enter into sin by overriding the commandment given to them in Matthew 6:5-6? Is that what you use as an anchor to live in sin?

Then go ahead and continue to do so.

The only place that that Word of God has any bearing in your life is found by studying the Word of God. Not reading. Studying. There is a HUGE difference. Knowing what the words meant when they were first written down on parchment does more for your salvation and your sanctification then anything else.

Just because you accept Christ as your Savior. Your responsibility in the relationship with Christ doesn’t end there. This is one of the greatest misconceptions that is also shown within movies. Christ Himself makes it clear that salvation can and will be lost:

John 15:1-6 NKJV  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

To abide in Christ is accomplished by seeking sanctification, which can only be accomplished by studying the Word of God and leaving the world behind. Movies mimic the world. Christians are told this:

Romans 12:1-2 NKJV – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Whatever the world loves you shouldn’t be doing. What the world loves is shown in movies so no one that professes to following Christ should try and do what is done in movies.

I Don’t Want to Lie

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I don’t want to lie. This was one reason I believe the Holy Spirit led me to stop making my podcasts. The Lord didn’t say not to keep my Blog going which is why time to time I still post these messages.

I don’t know when. For no human can know when the Lord will begin the tribulation. However, the Holy Spirit did give us signs to look for, and at this time all those bullet points have been fulfilled. Therefore, I know with confidence that at any moment the tribulation will begin.

Now why make the statement: “I don’t want to lie?”

The answer. Those who I was to reach with my ministry. My ministry was never to bring people to Christ. For we are all given different tasks to do by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 NKJV – Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

My task handed to me was to help to bring those that profess to being “Christian” yet they don’t live their lives by following Christ’s commandments, back to the fold.

It failed. Their ability to change their ways was removed from them all by their own choices and behavior. Simply they removed it themselves. Why it ended was due to the fact that the midnight cry occurred. If you want to know when it occurred, check out my past blog posts and if you wish my podcasts by just doing a search on whatever podcast platform you use and do a search for “dreamwalker1960.”

But when the midnight cry occurred those that call themselves “Christian” yet still live in the world showed that they are the foolish virgins or bridesmaids. These lukewarm have made their choice, and as is made clear in the parable they still seek after playing at being “Christian.” However, their fate has already been sealed.

Matthew 25:10-12 NKJV – And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

Therefore, continuing to preach to the lukewarm is a waste of time for they are to be left behind.

There are those that due to the midnight cry have accepted Christ. I can only hope that my messages time to time can help someone that has come to accept Christ as their Savior. But I will not hold my breath.

I even watch those that had shown promise, from my prospective, start chasing after mammon. Thus, showing their true colors and all I can do is bow my head in sorrow. Just reinforcing the reason why the Holy Spirit led me away from making any further podcasts.

I continue to pray that at any moment the trumpets will blow and yet they still haven’t occurred. Right now, as this new year begins I don’t see it happening any time soon, but what do I know. I must just rely upon God.

“I Don’t Want to Die!”

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These are words I have heard in many forms. In movies, on TV shows, from people I know. These words say volumes about the life of the person saying it. About the people that wrote the scripts that form the movies and shows. What is worse in those I personally know, especially from those that profess to being a follower of Jesus Christ.

The moment I hear these words, even when they are not the exact words, especially from someone that professes to being a child of God through Jesus Christ I want to weep.

Why weep? Those reading this just ask, because the moment these words leave their lips we see where their hearts truly are. That their hearts are here not with God. If they were with God then they would show it as the Bible makes very clear.

2 Corinthians 5:1-8 NKJV – For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

“We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.”

Any who are truly one with God welcome death. Not to the point of seeking to commit suicide. For we know we all have been given duties we must fulfill if we are to stand proudly in His presence. If we are still here within this temporal plain of existence, we know we are in two forms. We either haven’t fulfilled our duties given to us by God through Jesus Christ or we aren’t listening to Him through the Holy Spirit and are living in sin and must repent.

It is the latter that end up saying the words: “I don’t want to die.”

The moment I hear these words I weep. For I know that those that say them. They are not welcome in heaven. The only reason they don’t want to die is because they too know this truth within themselves but have refused to accept this Truth on a conscious level. That is until it is too late which is why they end up saying in some form “I don’t want to die.”

I relish the coming of the Lord. I so yearn to be in the presence of God, yet I hold out and wait. Impatiently waiting but waiting all the same for God has not yet told His Son to begin the tribulation. Even though we are seeing the signs that He is soon to come, for the midnight cry has been heard, which was the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk.

Do you seek to be with God or are you saying to yourself “I don’t want to die?”

Blog for Podcast #74 (Darkness)

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Intro

This is Dreamwalker1960. As a reminder you can read the transcripts of all my podcasts at dreamwalker1960.com. You can use most podcast platforms if you wish to listen. All you need do is do a search for Dreamwalker1960.

Discussion

In Ephesians chapter five the Bible says this about how to live a “Christian Lifestyle.”

Ephesians 5:1-15 – Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. 2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. 3 Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. 4 Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. 5 You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. 6 Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. 7 Don’t participate in the things these people do. 8 For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. 10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. 11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. 12 It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. 13 But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, 14 for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” 15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.

Now we must remember that these letters that form that majority of the New Testament are letters that were sent to those that have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. They were born again and had the Holy Spirit within them.

Yet we are instructed not to let certain things take place:

“Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.”

For these sins to be listed. Something must have taken place within Ephaesus to cause this particular pointing out of sinful behavior.

Case in point “no sexual immorality.” The other day I read an article where the youth pastor of a church was beaten by the father of the child. When the father caught this pastor touching his son in the wrong way. So, as you can see this man who went to a theological seminary or college and received a degree to be a pastor sinned.

There will be those out there that say this pastor was never saved. Which personally this really upsets me when people say this excuse. Why? Because of this from the book of Romans:

Romans 10:9-10 – If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

These two verses show God’s love for all of humanity, Be they saved or unsaved. Sinner or saint. Believer, or heathen. Once someone does this they are saved.

But humans were given free-will. It is this free-will that makes humans like the wife of Hosea from the book of Hosea. Their free-will gets them into trouble. Why?

1 Corinthians 15:54 – So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Corruptible – G5349 – phthartos – perisable, corruptible

Corruptible – able to be made to do something dishonest or immoral per Cambridge Dictionary.

Even after we are saved, we are still able to fall into sin and do sinful things. However, as is shown in the verses I started this study with we are called not to do these things. As this pastor showed we can do dreadful things. This is why Christ said this:

John 15:1-10 – “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.  4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. 9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

Now we are getting to the core of today’s study. The very next verse that followed this list of sins in Ephesians.

Ephesians 5:6-9 – Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. 7 Don’t participate in the things these people do. 8 For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.

You have light within you. Let us look to the words of Christ once again:

Matthew 6:19-24 – “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. 22 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. 23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! 24 “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.

“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!”

But why have this statement in the middle of talking about where our treasures are and money?

1 John 2:15-17 – 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. 16 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. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

This is darkness. When a person’s focus is not on following the teachings of Christ, but upon seeking after their own wants and desires here on earth. That is living in sin and so not in the light.

Let us return to Ephesians again, this time in the KJV:

Ephesians 5:5 – For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Covetous man – G4123 – pleonektés  – holding (desiring) more, eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder)

Avaricious – showing an extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions

Defrauder – a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

  1. Swindle – to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them

Idolater – G1496 – eidólolatrés – an image (servant) or worshiper

  1. Image –        1) a visual representation of something

2) a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation

3) a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media

Most associate “image” as worshiping a stone image otherwise know as Idolatry. Yet as was just shown “image” as many other meanings. Many have fooled themselves into believing they are being truly “Christian” by seeking after wealth, rewards, and luxuries here on earth. Yet this is the opposite of what Christ Himself commands in Matthew 6. This is of the world as shown in 1 John 2.

The word “idolater” when researched within the TDNT it means that the person called this is diligently working to fulfil their greedy desire. Seeking after money which is considered an idol in Matthew 6:24. So working to gain money, prestige, a fancy house, a fancy car, fancy clothes is working for and toward the world as has been established here today form the Bible itself. Is living in sin and turning one’s back upon God and His Son our Savior Jesus Christ.

So those that call themselves “Christian” yet hold on to their wealth and seek more, and believe they are one with God fall into this group in Ephesians:

“Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.”

For how great is their darkness? For what they see as light is not that but is truly darkness.

Darkness – G4655 – skotos – shadiness, darkness, either physical or moral.

In a reading of the TDNT it is a very long and complicated study. The elements that made the most sense was that of the ways of Christ is light and remaining in and for the world is darkness. Most within the United States fall into the latter of these two descriptions.

Seeking after their own wants and desires. Seeking to be appealing to those about them by their looks and what they own. This is darkness. And so, they excuse these sins thinking all is right with themselves and God.

This reminds me of one of my dreams where I was falling towards hell. I was in complete and utter darkness. As I fell I at times encountered groups of people singing hymns and saying prayers to God and Jesus. Holding each other’s hands in a circle yet they too were falling towards hell in the darkness.

Ponder upon this study and think and pray.

God Bless