Peace to those who may read.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should NOT PERISH but have everlasting life. Perishing is being removed from this earth by death. The wages of sin is death....death to our mortal body so that our spirit may be saved.
This everlasting life is for the here and now in THIS WORLD and not after we “die and go to heaven” as universally preached by those who are perishing because they do not receive the love of the Truth and be wholly saved: mortal body, soul and spirit.
John 3:14-21 KJV
(14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
(15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God sent NOT His Son into this world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved. The world and its lusts are already perishing away as we speak for NO FLESH of man is being saved. It is THIS WORLD that needs saved. IF we are perishing from this world, we have missed the point of God sending His Son into THS WORLD entirely.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
If we believe on Him, then we are not condemned with this world as this world is passing away as NO FLESH is being saved. If all we have is hope only in this world, then we are truly men most miserable. There is something tangible to be experienced in the here and now: the appearing eternal life of Jesus who already died for us so that we might LIVE NOW His life by doing His will.
(18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(19) And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
(20) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
(21) But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
In this life is where we are to display the glory of God to this world. It is here where we can show what it means to do His will to this dark and dying world where His will is not being done. His will is already being done in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-13 KJV
(9) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
(11) Give us this day our daily bread.
(12) And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
(13) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
By doing His Word (His Saying: have love for one another), we make it flesh so that this world may see His glory (the appearing life of Jesus in our mortal flesh).
John 1:14 KJV
(14) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers “under the sun” of God’s wrath that rises upon all of the ungodly. The glory of man falls away. But the Word (the Saying) of the Lord endures for ever.
If we make the Word flesh by DOING it, then we also shall endure in the here and now.
1 Peter 1:21-25 KJV
(21) Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
(22) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(25) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
The world and the lust thereof is passing away as we speak as those who are conformed to this world are perishing. NO FLESH is being saved.
1 John 2:15-17 KJV
(15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
BUT, he that does the will of God abides in this earth “forever” as they will have the life of Jesus appear in their mortal flesh as Jesus WAS DEAD but is now ALIVE NOW forever. If Jesus already died for us and is alive now, then why are men still preaching their covenant with death and their agreement with the grave?
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
It is here, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom we are to shine as lights in the world holding forth the Word of life….the Saying of life: have love for one another.
Philippians 2:14-17 KJV
(14) Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
(15) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
(16) Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
(17) Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
What shall we do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 10:25-28 KJV
(25) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
(26) He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
DO this and we shall live.
(27) And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
(28) And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
It is in the here and now that we are to show forth the Word of life by manifesting the eternal life of Jesus in our mortal flesh to this darkened world that is perishing away as we speak as no flesh is being saved. DOING the Word of life gives us eternal life....making it flesh.
1 John 1:1-4 KJV
(1) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
(2) (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
(3) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
(4) And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Be not conformed to this world as those who are living according to the world’s ways are perishing away in their mortal bodies to the grave.
Romans 12:1-2 KJV
(1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Instead, we are to be transformed (transfigured) by the renewing of our minds so that we may PROVE to this world what it that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
(2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We have this treasure in EARTHEN VESSELS so that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.
2 Corinthians 4:7-11 KJV
(7) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Our earthen vessels shall not be destroyed….
(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
(9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
….if we keep the daily sacrifice of our Lord in our mortal body (always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus), so that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest (SHINE) in our mortal body….the mortal flesh. We participate in His death by dying to sin daily as we have love for one another as He loved us and gave His life for us.
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Yet, this truth is not being preached.
There are MANY who are not serving the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as they preach the doctrines and commandments of men for money’s sake in order to fill their belly. They are serving their own belly (the “god” of this world) and have no understanding of the Word of Truth as they handle the Word of God deceitfully for dishonest gain.
2 Corinthians 4:1-5 KJV
(1) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
(2) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
The good news (gospel) is hid to them that are “lost”…that is, perishing from off this earth. The “god of this world” (the belly that they serve) blinds the minds of them which do not believe as they preach themselves in their own authority and not the Lord’s who sends His servants out to “freely give” as they have freely received.
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
“Perishing’ means our mortal bodies are being removed from this earth. Except we change our mind, we shall perish also.
Luke 13:1-9 KJV
(1) There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
(2) And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
(3) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
(4) Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
(5) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
We must produce good fruit…the fruit of the Spirit.
(6) He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
(7) Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
(8) And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
(9) And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
If we do not abide in the Lord (by having love for each other) and bear good fruit (the fruit of the Spirit), then we are taken away.
John 15:1-12 KJV
(1) I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
(2) Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
(3) Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
(4) Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
(5) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
We must have love for one another…or we are cast forth as a branch….and we wither away. The flesh of men wither away.
We are then gathered together with the other unbelievers (in their churches of envy and strife and hatred of one another) and are “burned”.
The false prophet comes along and leads us astray and we perish because we fall “asleep” to His commandment to have love for each other…not abiding in Him as commanded.
(6) If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
(7) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
(8) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
(9) As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
(10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
(11) These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
(12) This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
The thief (those who are preaching themselves) comes not but for to steal, kill and to destroy as they prevent the life of Jesus from ever appearing in the mortal flesh of those they are deceiving and leading astray from the Way of righteousness that leads to life…His eternal life in this world.
The Lord comes that we might have life and that we may have it more abundantly….in this world.
John 10:8-10 KJV
(8) All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
(9) I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
(10) The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Those who come preaching themselves are according to the working of Satan. They come forth with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that are perishing from off this earth because they receive not the love of the Truth so that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 KJV
(7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(8) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
They are sent a strong delusion that they should believe the lie that they might be condemned who believe not the Truth but have pleasure in unrighteousness.
(11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness
His kingdom is an everlasting one….not a dying one. If we are dying, then we are not entering into the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is one that is not destroyed. If we are being destroyed, we are not entering into the kingdom of God as His kingdom does not pass away nor is it destroyed.
Daniel 7:13-14 KJV
(13) I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
(14) And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Not everyone who is delivered from the pollutions of this world is being saved. If we become forgetful to ALWAYS DO His commandment, then the false prophets come forth to lead us astray and bring us into their church bondage where NO FLESH is being saved.
2 Peter 2:17-22 KJV
(17) These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
(18) For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
(19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
(20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
They lead us away from the Way of righteousness…the Way that leads to everlasting life in this earth. If we turn from the Holy Commandment (to have love for one another), then we are being led down the broad way to the destruction of our flesh by those who deceitfully preach the doctrines and commandments of men for money’s sake.
(21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
(22) But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Those who preach in covetousness for another man’s “gold, silver or apparel” shall not inherit the kingdom of God as they will perish away from this earth. His kingdom does not pass away nor is it destroyed. Covetousness = idolatry. We must flee from idolatry…stop preaching things we ought not for money’s sake and work with our own hands to support our own necessities.
1 Corinthians 6:9-20 KJV
(9) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
(10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
(11) And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
(12) All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
(13) Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
(14) And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
We must flee from idolatry.
We must also flee from “fornication”….the sitting together with those who are covetous in the churches of men. We must not be joined together with them of we are sinning against our own mortal bodies.
(15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
If we sit together with them, then we are being destroyed along with them for we are ONE FLESH with them when we keep company with those who are preaching themselves for money’s sake.
(16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
(17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Flee fornication….the being attached to those who are preaching in their covetousness. We must not participate in their idolatry with them.
(18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
to be continued...
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should NOT PERISH but have everlasting life. Perishing is being removed from this earth by death. The wages of sin is death....death to our mortal body so that our spirit may be saved.
This everlasting life is for the here and now in THIS WORLD and not after we “die and go to heaven” as universally preached by those who are perishing because they do not receive the love of the Truth and be wholly saved: mortal body, soul and spirit.
John 3:14-21 KJV
(14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
(15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God sent NOT His Son into this world to condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved. The world and its lusts are already perishing away as we speak for NO FLESH of man is being saved. It is THIS WORLD that needs saved. IF we are perishing from this world, we have missed the point of God sending His Son into THS WORLD entirely.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
If we believe on Him, then we are not condemned with this world as this world is passing away as NO FLESH is being saved. If all we have is hope only in this world, then we are truly men most miserable. There is something tangible to be experienced in the here and now: the appearing eternal life of Jesus who already died for us so that we might LIVE NOW His life by doing His will.
(18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(19) And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
(20) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
(21) But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
In this life is where we are to display the glory of God to this world. It is here where we can show what it means to do His will to this dark and dying world where His will is not being done. His will is already being done in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-13 KJV
(9) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
(11) Give us this day our daily bread.
(12) And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
(13) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
By doing His Word (His Saying: have love for one another), we make it flesh so that this world may see His glory (the appearing life of Jesus in our mortal flesh).
John 1:14 KJV
(14) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers “under the sun” of God’s wrath that rises upon all of the ungodly. The glory of man falls away. But the Word (the Saying) of the Lord endures for ever.
If we make the Word flesh by DOING it, then we also shall endure in the here and now.
1 Peter 1:21-25 KJV
(21) Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
(22) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(25) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
The world and the lust thereof is passing away as we speak as those who are conformed to this world are perishing. NO FLESH is being saved.
1 John 2:15-17 KJV
(15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
(16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
BUT, he that does the will of God abides in this earth “forever” as they will have the life of Jesus appear in their mortal flesh as Jesus WAS DEAD but is now ALIVE NOW forever. If Jesus already died for us and is alive now, then why are men still preaching their covenant with death and their agreement with the grave?
(17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
It is here, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom we are to shine as lights in the world holding forth the Word of life….the Saying of life: have love for one another.
Philippians 2:14-17 KJV
(14) Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
(15) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
(16) Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
(17) Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
What shall we do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 10:25-28 KJV
(25) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
(26) He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
DO this and we shall live.
(27) And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
(28) And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
It is in the here and now that we are to show forth the Word of life by manifesting the eternal life of Jesus in our mortal flesh to this darkened world that is perishing away as we speak as no flesh is being saved. DOING the Word of life gives us eternal life....making it flesh.
1 John 1:1-4 KJV
(1) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
(2) (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
(3) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
(4) And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Be not conformed to this world as those who are living according to the world’s ways are perishing away in their mortal bodies to the grave.
Romans 12:1-2 KJV
(1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Instead, we are to be transformed (transfigured) by the renewing of our minds so that we may PROVE to this world what it that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
(2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We have this treasure in EARTHEN VESSELS so that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.
2 Corinthians 4:7-11 KJV
(7) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Our earthen vessels shall not be destroyed….
(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
(9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
….if we keep the daily sacrifice of our Lord in our mortal body (always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus), so that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest (SHINE) in our mortal body….the mortal flesh. We participate in His death by dying to sin daily as we have love for one another as He loved us and gave His life for us.
(10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
(11) For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
Yet, this truth is not being preached.
There are MANY who are not serving the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as they preach the doctrines and commandments of men for money’s sake in order to fill their belly. They are serving their own belly (the “god” of this world) and have no understanding of the Word of Truth as they handle the Word of God deceitfully for dishonest gain.
2 Corinthians 4:1-5 KJV
(1) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
(2) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
The good news (gospel) is hid to them that are “lost”…that is, perishing from off this earth. The “god of this world” (the belly that they serve) blinds the minds of them which do not believe as they preach themselves in their own authority and not the Lord’s who sends His servants out to “freely give” as they have freely received.
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(5) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
“Perishing’ means our mortal bodies are being removed from this earth. Except we change our mind, we shall perish also.
Luke 13:1-9 KJV
(1) There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
(2) And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
(3) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
(4) Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
(5) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
We must produce good fruit…the fruit of the Spirit.
(6) He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
(7) Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
(8) And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
(9) And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
If we do not abide in the Lord (by having love for each other) and bear good fruit (the fruit of the Spirit), then we are taken away.
John 15:1-12 KJV
(1) I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
(2) Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
(3) Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
(4) Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
(5) I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
We must have love for one another…or we are cast forth as a branch….and we wither away. The flesh of men wither away.
We are then gathered together with the other unbelievers (in their churches of envy and strife and hatred of one another) and are “burned”.
The false prophet comes along and leads us astray and we perish because we fall “asleep” to His commandment to have love for each other…not abiding in Him as commanded.
(6) If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
(7) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
(8) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
(9) As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
(10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
(11) These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
(12) This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
The thief (those who are preaching themselves) comes not but for to steal, kill and to destroy as they prevent the life of Jesus from ever appearing in the mortal flesh of those they are deceiving and leading astray from the Way of righteousness that leads to life…His eternal life in this world.
The Lord comes that we might have life and that we may have it more abundantly….in this world.
John 10:8-10 KJV
(8) All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
(9) I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
(10) The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Those who come preaching themselves are according to the working of Satan. They come forth with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that are perishing from off this earth because they receive not the love of the Truth so that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-12 KJV
(7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(8) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
They are sent a strong delusion that they should believe the lie that they might be condemned who believe not the Truth but have pleasure in unrighteousness.
(11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness
His kingdom is an everlasting one….not a dying one. If we are dying, then we are not entering into the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is one that is not destroyed. If we are being destroyed, we are not entering into the kingdom of God as His kingdom does not pass away nor is it destroyed.
Daniel 7:13-14 KJV
(13) I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
(14) And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Not everyone who is delivered from the pollutions of this world is being saved. If we become forgetful to ALWAYS DO His commandment, then the false prophets come forth to lead us astray and bring us into their church bondage where NO FLESH is being saved.
2 Peter 2:17-22 KJV
(17) These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
(18) For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
(19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
(20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
They lead us away from the Way of righteousness…the Way that leads to everlasting life in this earth. If we turn from the Holy Commandment (to have love for one another), then we are being led down the broad way to the destruction of our flesh by those who deceitfully preach the doctrines and commandments of men for money’s sake.
(21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
(22) But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Those who preach in covetousness for another man’s “gold, silver or apparel” shall not inherit the kingdom of God as they will perish away from this earth. His kingdom does not pass away nor is it destroyed. Covetousness = idolatry. We must flee from idolatry…stop preaching things we ought not for money’s sake and work with our own hands to support our own necessities.
1 Corinthians 6:9-20 KJV
(9) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
(10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
(11) And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
(12) All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
(13) Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
(14) And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
We must flee from idolatry.
We must also flee from “fornication”….the sitting together with those who are covetous in the churches of men. We must not be joined together with them of we are sinning against our own mortal bodies.
(15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
If we sit together with them, then we are being destroyed along with them for we are ONE FLESH with them when we keep company with those who are preaching themselves for money’s sake.
(16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
(17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Flee fornication….the being attached to those who are preaching in their covetousness. We must not participate in their idolatry with them.
(18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
to be continued...
