baptism of fire....

Only the “few” have found the true Life in Christ Jesus.

How have they the Life in Him? By doing to others as you would have them do to you. This means having love for one another….which is the “Law” of Christ that He left for us to keep. Love is greater than knowledge. Love IS the greatest thing to know. God IS love.

This is the true “Lord’s supper” that we are to keep in remembrance of Him. His sacrifice showed us the great love He has for us and so we must have love for one another in observance of what He has done….laying down His life for us.

The “new commandment” is to have love for one another so that all men know that we are His disciples….His students. LOVE must be present in order to LEARN anything....to know if any teaching is of God.



John 8:30-32 KJV
(30) As he spake these words, many believed on him.
(31) Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
(32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.


Having love for one another IS the Law and the Prophets. Not ONE iota of the Law disappears until we have fulfilled His righteousness: Having love for one another. Christ did not come to destroy the Law but to FULFILL it.....and so we MUST also FULFILL it by having love for one another. It is that simple.


Matthew 7:12-15 KJV
(12) Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

This is the Way to enter into life….having love for one another.

But MANY have gone into the broad way that leads to ruin. When one enters into the organized religions of men, that person enters into a world of envying, strife, divisions, hatred of one another, living to the lusts of men in the high places of their church, etc.

A person strays away from having love for one another when that person hears the feigned words of righteousness preached by false prophets and believes in the falsehoods. The wide “gate” is the mouth of the ministers of Satan who have transformed themselves as “ministers of righteousness”.

(13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
(14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
(15) Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

It is no “great thing” to comprehend that the false apostles who are deceitful, covetous workers transform themselves into the “apostles of Christ”. it is “no marvel”.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 KJV
(13) For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
(14) And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
(15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

There is a “little flock” that has kept the Word…..the Saying: have love for one another. There is a little flock who has not heard and followed the voice of strangers…and I’m sure they are scattered out through this world.

Luke 12:32 KJV
(32) Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

All are like sheep having gone astray…..turning every one to his own way.

Isaiah 53:6 KJV
(6) All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

All seek their own and not the things which Jesus Christ’s.

Philippians 2:21 KJV
(21) For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Religious man has sought out many “inventions”…commandments of men, religious organizations, etc . He has gone astray….like sheep going in their own way away from having love for one another.

But the Lord seeks out the “lost sheep”. He cares for those who have been led astray and will bring them back to Him….the Great Shepherd.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 KJV
(29) Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

He comes to gather His sheep into one fold…so that we may all be of ONE mind and ONE body.

1 Peter 2:25 KJV
(25) For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Do we want God to be our King over our souls or do we want a man to be a king over us? This is the manner of the “kings” that reign over those who seek out religious man’s direction.

1 Samuel 8:8-20 KJV
(8) According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
(9) Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
(10) And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

They put many to work in their “kingdoms”. Their yoke is heavy. They place heavy burdens upon their followers…their servants…their slaves.

(11) And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
(12) And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
(13) And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
(14) And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

And like kings, of course they “tax” you in their kingdoms….taking ten percent from you.

(15) And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
(16) And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

Many are “slaves” to their “kings”…religious men in high places. They live to the lusts of religious men who covet things of this world. They build great religious kingdoms and seek to grow their influence over others. They have sought out many things and build things for their own vain glory. Solomon did all of these things WITH wisdom. But many do these things without wisdom. They suppose that gain is godliness and forget the words of Solomon: the whole duty of man is to fear God and keep His commandments.

(17) He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
(18) And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
(19) Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

They fight “battles”…..seeking to be accounted the greatest among them. There is envy, strife, divisions and hatred of one another as they seek out who is the correct church….the greatest church among them.

(20) That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

The “kings”….religious men in the high places of religious organizations….go out and fight their “battles” over who should be accounted the greatest among them. There is strife.

Luke 22:24-26 KJV
(24) And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

The “kings of the Gentiles”….aka pastors, reverends, priests, etc….exercise “lordship” over the “lost sheep”. They are called “benefactors”….honoring themselves with flattering titles and deceiving their people with flattering words.

(25) And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
(26) But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

They receive honor from one another. They seek their own honor. If another should come in his own authority, MANY readily receive them.

John 5:41-44 KJV
(41) I receive not honour from men.
(42) But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
(43) I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
(44) How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

MANY have entered into the broad way of ruin for they see themselves as wise and let their “kings” bring them into bondage. They GLADLY suffer as they let men devour them and take advantage of them…..and let religious men exalt themselves over them.

2 Corinthians 11:19-20 KJV
(19) For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
(20) For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

But the Lord comes in the Word spoken by His messengers to deliver the “lost sheep” from their captors. Who will BELIEVE the report of His messengers?

Luke 4:17-19 KJV
(17) And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
(18) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

There is an acceptable year of the Lord…..BEFORE the Day of Judgment comes. The Lord is PATIENT for men to come to the acknowledgement of the Truth….to come to repentance…to change the mind.

(19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

MANY preach the Word of God with a deceitful tongue…a flattering tongue. They “corrupt” the Word of God….that is, they retail it for unjust gain.

2 Corinthians 2:17 KJV
(17) For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

The flattering tongue rules over many who have been deceived by her. The flattering tongue is the “woman” Babylon who rules over MANY. Many are citizens of that “city” as they are servants.

But the Lord comes to enlighten our minds to the Truth…..that we have been deceived by men who have been lying in wait. He comes to give us the understanding (the Light) of Him who is true so that we may not be any longer tossed about by every wind of doctrine that deceitful men have been preaching.

Revelation 18:1-5 KJV
(1) And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

The Truth will expose what is in the hearts of men for men shall respond to it either with joy and gladness or with evil contradictions and false accusation. The flattering tongue….Babylon…will fall. As it was once a place where glittering, charming, soothing words came from…. but it will be replaced by spewing hatred and false accusations at the hearing of the Truth. The mouth of the flattering tongue then becomes a place for foul teachings and oppositions and a cage for every unclean and hateful word. Words are like birds that take flight in the air to reach the ears of others.

(2) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Many have been deceived by the flattering tongue that has retailed the Word of God for unjust gain. The “kings of the earth”…..pastors, reverends, priests, etc….have waxed rich through the use of her…Babylon…the flattering tongue.

(3) For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

But at the hearing of the Truth, she shall “burn” and be replaced by an evil tongue that will speak evil words against the Truth and against those who will preach it. We are to come out of her so that we may not be partakers of her sins…..by joining her in her false accusations and evil speaking against what we hear. The tongue is a fire that will set those who will live with her on the fire of “hell”.

(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
(5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

We are not to keep company with those who will speak out in evil against what they will hear. The false teachers among us shall deny the Lord who bought them. They will oppose and contradict the Word of Truth. Babylon falls and becomes a place for “damnable heresies” and contradictions.

2 Peter 2:1-3 KJV
(1) But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

We are to come out from among them so as not to follow their pernicious ways….their ruinous ways…for they will speak evil of the Way of Truth. We are to come out of Babylon so as not to share in her sins and plagues.

(2) And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Babylon is a flatterer….seeking to deceive. With flattering lips and with a double heart do leaders speak.

Psalms 12:1-4 KJV
(1) To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
(2) They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Babylon….says in her heart that she sits as a queen and that she is no widow and that she shall see no sorrow. The tongues of religious men in high places shall speak proud things….”with our tongue we will prevail…..our lips are our own….who is lord over us?” They will despise the government of God over their own thoughts and ways. They will exalt their own thoughts and ways over the knowledge of the Truth.

(3) The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
(4) Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

She…the flattering tongue Babylon…. glorifies herself instead of God and lives deliciously as she deceives others. The “kings of the earth” have grown rich by using their tongue to deceive others as the retail the Word of God for unjust gain.

Revelation 18:7-9 KJV
(7) How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
(8) Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

He that speaks of himself seeks his own glory and not God’s.

John 7:
(18) He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Honoring men over God ….after receiving the knowledge of the Truth….is receiving the mark of the beast.

John 5:41-44 KJV
(41) I receive not honour from men.
(42) But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
(43) I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
(44) How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

Man that is in honor and understands not is like the beasts that perish.

Psalms 49:20 KJV
(20) Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Unbelieving religious man will not glorify God….neither will he be thankful for His knowledge. They will not think it worthy to retain His knowledge that they will hear in this coming time.

Romans 1:21-23 KJV
(21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Instead, they will profess themselves to be wise…..that their own private interpretations, thoughts and ways are true wisdom over what they will hear.

(22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

They will glorify themselves as they will exchange the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man…..

(23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Unbelieving religious men shall be judged for their sins…..as they will blaspheme (vilify) the name of God….His AUTHORITY over their own religious thoughts and ways. They will not repent…change their minds….and GIVE HIM THE GLORY when they will hear His knowledge.

Revelation 16:9 KJV
(9) And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Will we honor religious man over God in this coming time as the Son of God comes to give us the true understanding of Him? The Son of man comes with His messengers who are sent with His authority.

Will we receive the mark of the beast in the forehead or in the hand? Will we give honor/glory (the hand) to those who come in their own authority….preaching themselves (the forehead)? Will we give honor/glory (receiving the mark in the hand) to those come in their own name instead of receiving those who were sent by Him?

Revelation 14:9-11 KJV
(9) And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
(10) The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Satan savors the things that be of religious men and not the things that be of God.

Matthew 16:23-27 KJV
(23) But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
(24) Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
(25) For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
(26) For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

The Son of man shall come in the GLORY of His Father with His “angels”….His MESSENGERS. Whoever will receive those who are sent by Him receives Him. His messengers have His name written on their foreheads…..they come in His authority and not their own.

(27) For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Who shall not fear Him and glorify His name….His AUTHORITY…over them?

Revelation 15:4 KJV
(4) Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

To Him be the GLORY…..Give honor to the King of kings.

Revelation 1:6 KJV
(6) And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be gloryand dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Give God the GLORY in due time and not unbelieving religious men who come in their own authority and preach only themselves. Receive not the mark of the beast in the hand….give not the glory to men who preach themselves and seek their own glory.

Revelation 4:10-11 KJV
(10) The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
(11) Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Give GLORY to the God of heaven……

Revelation 11:13 KJV
(13) And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Give the Lord our God GLORY…..

Revelation 19:1-9 KJV
(1) And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

He shall cut off the flattering lips and the proud tongue……

(2) For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great harlot, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
(3) And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
(4) And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

Praise our God with our voice…..

(5) And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
(6) And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Let us put away all malice and evil speaking from our mouths so that we may be able to preach the true sayings of God. Let the "wife" make herself ready to preach the Word. Divorce Babylon....put her away.

(7) Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
(8) And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
(9) And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

We are His “wife”…..the tongue by which we speak the Word in Truth and Spirit. His “wife” makes herself ready by putting all of these things out of the mouth.

Colossians 3:8 KJV
(8) But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

So that the Word of Christ shall dwell in us richly in all wisdom and teaching……

Colossians 3:16-17 KJV
(16) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Whatsoever we do in word or deed, do all in the name….the AUTHORITY…of the LORD Jesus.

(17) And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

The Son of man shall come in the GLORY of His Father with His “angels”…..His messengers of the Truth and THEN He shall reward every man according to his works.

His messengers will come preaching the “everlasting gospel” and how religious men shall hear and respond to it shall determine their reward. A good tree shall bear good fruit…but a bad shall bear bad.

He shall reward every man according to his works….his response to what he will hear. By our words shall we be justified and by our words shall we be judged.

What will be heard will be a “new song”…..it will not conform to the current teachings of religious men and their organizations. We must choose who we are to glorify…..God and His witness which is greater or religious man and his witness.


Matthew 16:26-27 KJV
(26) For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
(27) For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

The 144,000 are His messengers (the “angels”) who will come speaking the Truth to the churches. How will religious man respond? As He hears, He judges. His reward will be with Him.

His messengers will come having the Father’s name….the Father’s AUTHORITY…written in their foreheads. They will not come preaching themselves for their own vain glory as many do ….but will come in the authority of Him who sent them. Who will despise His government? Who will not give glory to God? Whoever will receive them who come in the authority of the Father will receive Him who sent them.

Revelation 14:1 KJV
(1) And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
(2) And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

They will sing a “new song”…..

(3) And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

They will not defile themselves with “women”…that is their tongues….

(4) These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

….for in their mouths shall not be found guile…deceit….as they preach the “everlasting gospel” to those who “dwell on the earth”….that is, to those who are dwelling upon the earthly things of the heart: envy, strife, covetousness, wrath, etc. They will not come preaching themselves nor accepting worship from others. Worship God.


(5) And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
(6) And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Their message is to FEAR God and give GLORY to Him. For those who will hear and not believe will receive the “mark of the beast”….as they will give glory to religious man’s things over the true things of God.

(7) Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
(8) And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Those who will receive the mark of the beast will be those who will hear the everlasting gospel but will give honor/glory unto religious man instead of God. They will reject the “new” to keep the “old” for they will find the “old” better.

They will receive the witness of man over the witness of God who will use His messengers to testify the Truth to them. The witness of God is greater.

(9) And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
(10) The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Those who will glorify religious man instead of God will not keep the commandments of God nor the faith of Jesus.

Their flattering words will turn to hateful, hard speeches and false accusations. They will not show any love to those they will not agree with as they will despise the government of God over their own thoughts and ways. There will be no rest for the wicked as they will rage as the sea foaming out their shame …..as they will contradict and oppose the words of Christ in their wrath.

(11) And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
(12) Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

But blessed are those who will lose their current religious lives: their pride, their wrath, their own thoughts and ways in the Lord…for they shall rest from all of their labors that they were put to task under the taskmasters of religious men. Their works do follow them….for they will receive the Word with belief, meekness, gladness, joy and will DO it and be blessed by Him.

(13) And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

He that will receive those who will be sent to preach the Word shall receive Jesus and those who will receive him shall receive the Father that sends us the Word.

John 13:20 KJV
(20) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

His messengers will come in the name of the Father….the AUTHORITY of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
(18) And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
(19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Men must have love for one another even to those who will seem to be preaching something “new” and strange.

(20) Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

He that knows God shall hear. He that is not of God will not hear.

1 John 4:6-8 KJV
(6) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

How will we know who is of God? By that person showing LOVE no matter what they hear. Everyone that loves no matter what is born of God and knows God.

(7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

God IS love and he that shows NO love for his brother is NOT OF GOD. It is that simple.

(8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Those who are NOT of God will not stop at “yes” or “no”. They will not simply say “yes, I agree” or “ no, I don’t agree” with what is being said. They will not stop at giving a reason for their disagreement.

No. They will add personal attacks to their disagreements such as: “you do not know what you are talking about, you do not understand, you misunderstand…..thou fool”. All such additions…personal attacks…. are evil and are in danger of the judgment.

Matthew 5:
(22) But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

How can one say he loves God but hates his brother whom he has called “a fool”….an empty head who knows not what he is talking about?

1 John 4:20-21 KJV
(20) If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Whoever does not love his brother (who might be preaching the Truth) is not of God for God is love. When we love God, we keep His commandments NO MATTER WHAT at ALL times.

(21) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

When we love God, we keep His commandments.

1 John 5:2-3 KJV
(2) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

This is the love of God: that we keep His commandments (have love for one another)…and His commandments are not grievous.

(3) For this is the love of God,that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

For all “liars”…those who say they love God yet hate their brothers (who might be telling them the Truth), will be in danger of the judgment….the “lake of fire”. We must overcome the sin that lies at the door of our mouths because of wrath over what is being said. We are to overcome the anger…the wrath…..in the heart and the bad things that want to come out of the mouth and receive with meekness the engrafted Word that is able to save our souls.

Revelation 21:7-8 KJV
(7) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
(8) But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Try the spirits to see if they are of God. The breath of men shall reveal what is inside their hearts….love or hate.

1 John 4:1-16 KJV
(1) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

We show that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh….in us…as we show love for one another. The test is LOVE and we show that He is in us by keeping His commandment to have love for one another…no matter what.

(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

And every breath that shows no love ( saying “thou fool”) confesses not the Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. The spirit of antichrist will oppose and contradict what is being said with hate.


(3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

They are of the current religious world….those who will oppose what is being preached. They will hear their own….giving glory to man rather than God.

(5) They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
(6) We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

The test is LOVE. The spirit of antichrist will not show any love. Love is patient, love is kind…. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud . It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Those who will do the opposite of these things is not of God but of the breath of the antichrist. They will delight in doing evil....bad mouthing...instead of rejoicing in what they will hear.


(7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
(8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
(9) In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
(10) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
(11) Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

A deceiver and an antichrist will not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh….because of his lack of love.

2 John 1:6-9 KJV
(6) And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
(7) For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

They will not abide in the teaching of Christ: to have love for one another. They will show that they have not God for God IS LOVE.

(8) Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
(9) Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Hi Chickapee,

Only the few have found the Life….the true Life that is available in the here and now. He comes so that we might have life….in the here and now….and to have it more abundantly. The “thief” comes only to steal this life and take it away from the many in the here and now.

John 10:10 KJV
(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.

This abundant “life” is a result of having true, unfeigned love for one another.

Matthew 7:
(12) Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

If we listen to the wrong people ….false prophets….whose mouths are like a “wide gate” of falsehoods, then we are led away from the teaching of Christ (to have love for one another) and into a state of divisions, envy, strife and hatred of one another.



The religious organizations of men are pitted against each other….and they are all striving to be accounted as the greatest ….just as the disciples strove with each other over who is the greatest. The “thief” only comes to take away your abundant life with his words of error.

(13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
(14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

It is the false prophets who led the MANY astray……away from the commandment of God to have love for one another and into ruin.

(15) Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

It is in God’s plan that the MANY are living in strife and envying so that His glory may be revealed in this coming time as He will deliver the many who have fallen victim to the thieves and robbers of the churches. It is all for the displaying of the power and glory of God and it is Him who has complete control over the lives of all and does as He pleases.


Isaiah 57:14-21 KJV
(14) And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
(15) For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

He will not contend for ever….neither will He always be wroth……

(16) For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

It is because of religious man’s covetousness all of these things have happened….divisions, envying, strife, etc.

(17) For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

But the Shepherd of our souls shall heal us and lead us to His peace once again…..

(18) I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
(19) I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
(20) But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
(21) There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

The current religious organizations of men are a result of the covetousness in men’s hearts. They are like wolves ravening the prey (His people who are like lost sheep). They destroy souls with their teachings ….and all to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:27-31 KJV
(27) Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
(28) And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.

They use oppression…..burdensome commandments of men….and they exercise robbery. they steal the true "life" from many and take away the fruits of righteousness.


(29) The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

All have sinned….turning after their own way. The MANY are like “lost sheep” because of their “shepherds” who have led them astray.

(30) And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

And so religious men are living in divisions, envying and strife as a result of their covetous ways and thoughts……and all who follow them are right in the middle of it.


(31) Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Paul knew this….that after his departing that grievous wolves would enter in among us not sparing the flock. And so here we are today witnessing the result of their works: denominations, envying, hatred, striving over who is accounted the greatest among them, etc.

Acts 20:28-35 KJV
(28) Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
(29) For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
(30) Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
(31) Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
(32) And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

And the whole reason for this: coveting after others silver, gold and apparel. They have robbed people of their “apparel”…their righteousness. The “lost sheep” have been sheared of their righteousness. They need to be clothed in Christ Jesus by having true love for one another.

(33) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
(34) Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
(35) I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Only the Lord can rescue the many from their predicament….from the darkness…from the ignorance of men. He sends us the Light so that we might know these things and ESCAPE from those who are living in error.



God loves us and sends His only begotten Son….the Word that will be spoken….. into the world so that the world through Him might be saved. This religious world NEEDS the Light. The world needs to hear the Truth and BELIEVE.

John 3:16-21 KJV
(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.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
(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.

And this is the condemnation….that Light comes into the world but religious men will love their own ignorant religious ways and thoughts….darkness…..more than the Light. Some will not hear and believe. They will not want to admit that their deeds are evil.

(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.


The shepherds of the churches who only feed themselves need to the hear the Word of Jehovah.....


Ezekiel 34:7-16 KJV
(7) Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;


His flock has become their prey....


(8) As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
(9) Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;


He will cause them to cease from feeding the flock falsehoods and neither shall they feed themselves any more. He will deliver the many from their mouth....the "wide gate".


(10) Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.


He cares for the lost sheep....and will search and seek them out and DELIVER them from out of the denominations of men.


(11) For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
(12) As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
(13) And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
(14) I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
(15) I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

He will seek that which was lost. What has been lost other than His people? The abundant LIFE that was promised to His people. They are lost sheep...robbed of the abundant life that was promised to them in the here and now. they have been robbed and stripped by their very own shepherds who only serve their own bellies and not Jesus Christ.


(16) I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

rdcast,

That is an oldie but goodie. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, He calls us out of “Babylon”…..from the influence of men who do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ but their own bellies. Giving heed to fables and commandments of men turn the many from the Truth….away from having love for one another….no matter how goodly they sound.

Titus 1:13-16 KJV
(13) This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
(14) Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
(15) Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
(16) They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Babylon is the deceiving tongue that speaks good words and fair speeches to deceive the hearts of the simple. They profess they know God but in works they deny Him.

Romans 16:17-18 KJV
(17) Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
(18) For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

If we listen to “Babylon”….the flattering tongue of deceitful, “religious” men, then we are led astray from having love for one another (the narrow way….life) and through the wide gate and down the broad way into ruin.

Proverbs 7:1-27 KJV
(1) My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
(2) Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
(3) Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
(4) Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

If we keep His commandments, then we are kept from the “strange woman”….the deceitful tongue…which flatters with her words….Babylon.

(5) That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
(6) For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Those who listen to the good words and fair speeches of Babylon….the deceitful tongues of men….are led astray. The hearts of the simple are deceived by them and caught. This account of the simple young man void of understanding goes much deeper than what we see on the surface. It represents those who are Christians….who from their “youth”….are easily led astray by others who seek to bring them into the bondage of their religious organizations. They stay as carnal babes in Christ….never “growing up”.

(7) And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
(8) Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
(9) In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
(10) And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
(11) (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
(12) Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
(13) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
(14) I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
(15) Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
(16) I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
(17) I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
(18) Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
(19) For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
(20) He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

The words of Babylon have caused MANY to yield to her. She rules over MANY with her fair speeches and the flattering of her lips……

(21) With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
(22) He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
(23) Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
(24) Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

MANY have been led astray by false prophets….wolves in sheep’s clothing….down the wrong path. They have been robbed of the promised abundant life. Their captors have STOLEN the life away from them.

(25) Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Many have been “slain” by her….the flattering, deceptive tongue.

(26) For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
(27) Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

His people have been lost sheep….as their “shepherds” have caused them to go astray…and have forgotten their resting place.

Jeremiah 50:6-8 KJV
(6) My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

All that have been deceived by them have been “devoured” by the mouths of false prophets who preach for false profits.

(7) All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

We are to remove out of the midst of Babylon……

(8) Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

We are to come out from among them and be separate….and touch not the unclean thing….that is, covetousness. Take nothing with you out of Babylon….none of her teachings…none of her commandments.

2 Corinthians 6:16-18 KJV
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Hate the “garment” spotted by the flesh…the teachings of covetous men.

Jude 1:22-23 KJV
(22) And of some have compassion, making a difference:
(23) And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Touch not the unclean thing….covetousness. Remember Achan….an example of one who took with him a “goodly Babylonish garment” along with silver and gold which he coveted after. The teachings of Babylon…the flattering tongue…is only for the covetousness that hides in men’s hearts.

Joshua 7:20-21 KJV
(20) And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
(21) When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

Babylon is used to hide the covetousness in men’s hearts. She is a flattering tongue who uses flattering words for a CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS in order to deceive the simple. Touch not the unclean thing….bring nothing out of Babylon….the deceitful teachings that are used as a garment to hide covetousness.

1 Thessalonians 2:3-6 KJV
(3) For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
(4) But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
(5) For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
(6) Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.


It is no wonder that Babylon sits upon a beast having seven heads and ten horns. For when the deceptive tongue speaks fair, it is only to hide the seven abominations in the heart. The deceptive tongue rules over many….but their wickedness shall be showed before all. It will not stay hidden.

Proverbs 26:24-26 KJV
(24) He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
(25) When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
(26) Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

It takes the Lord to tame the tongues of men….especially those who will exalt themselves against His Word of Truth in this coming time.

Matthew 23:12 KJV
(12) And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Babylon….the deceptive, smooth tongues of men….shall “mount up to heaven” in this coming time. She shall be full of pride as men shall noisily oppose what they will hear.

Jeremiah 51:53-56 KJV
(53) Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
(54) A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:

But Jehovah shall spoil Babylon….the flattering tongue. He shall destroy out of her the “great voice”…..the prideful words that will mount up to heaven….as they will be exalting themselves in the airways of man’s ears and God’s.

(55) Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:

Their goodly words and fair speeches that once charmed our ears shall now become evil words and hateful, ugly speeches against us because of our reception of the Truth.

(56) Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

Those who will come out of her shall see this….the burning of Babylon. Once we were charmed by her deceptive words but now after receiving the love of the Truth, we shall see her completely burned by hateful words as their wrathful hearts and mouths shall become a place for evil and false accusations against us. The mouth shall speak what is truly in the heart….for the Truth shall reveal it. The “man of sin” ….the hidden man of the heart….shall not stay hidden by the "woman" Babylon.

It will be an astonishment when once you saw a charming pastor speaking in front of you but will now transform into a raging “dragon”…fire-breathing false accusations against you…. so to speak. You will not recognize who they are. His niceties shall dry up.

Jeremiah 51:36-37 KJV
(36) Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
(37) And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

NO LOVE shall be shown to those who no longer “buy” what they are selling……their pleasant sounding falsehoods.

Revelation 18:11 KJV
(11) And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

Babylon falls and becomes a mouth of evil and false accusations against those who will not “run” with them any longer and will no longer “buy” what they are “selling”. They shall be overcome with wrath….. the wine of the WRATH of her fornication…

Revelation 18:2-5 KJV
(2) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
(3) For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
(4) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Her sins shall have reached unto heaven….for the evil words that will fly out of their mouths shall be heard by God. They shall not have LOVE for their brothers….for those who will no longer partake with them. They will gossip…speak evil of you….call you an “evil doer”….and all the while they will think that they will be doing God service for doing these things.

(5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

Babylon appears righteous unto men. She appears “beautiful” on the outward appearance. But she is like a whited sepulcher….for she is full of dead men’s bones (the flattering tongue takes the abundant life of Christ away from the MANY hearers of her) and all uncleanness.

Matthew 23:27-28 KJV
(27) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
(28) Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

The flattering tongue is a hypocritical tongue. Those who use the flattering tongue are like unmarked ….hidden…..graves that men walk over and are not aware of them. Those who listen to them are “unclean” for they are touching a “grave” so to speak. We are to come out from among them and touch not the unclean thing …covetousness….and He shall receive us.

Luke 11:44 KJV
(44) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

They flatter with their tongue….their throat is an open sepulcher. They take away the “life” of their hearers.

Psalms 5:9 KJV
(9) For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.


The “woman” appears beautiful on the outside, Yet, they are hypocrites….saying beautiful things to men….flattering for men’s admiration….but having hearts full of hypocrisy and covetousness. They hide the things that are in their hearts with their goodly speeches and charming words. Some even deceive their own hearts. But she shall speak evil things of those who will be escaping from her…..the golden cup in her hand is full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.

Revelation 17:4-6 KJV
(4) And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
(5) And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Many shall also “wonder” at this sight….of the flattering tongue being transformed to a mouth that shall be full of wrath and that will “kill” those who will receive the Lord’s words. They will be “drunken” with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus as they will kill with their words. They shall be fellow partakers of all those who participated in killing the prophets and saints of yesterday. They will drink of the same cup.

(6) And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Those who “dwell on the earth”….that are earthly-minded….carnal-minded….naturally-minded….who live on the things that dwell in their hearts: envy, strife, divisions, hatred, etc….shall wonder in admiration at the transformation.

The “beast” is the wild beast of man that shall ascend out of the bottomless pit of the heart. The hidden “man of the heart”…. the man of sin has been hidden by the flattering tongue….the woman Babylon.

The beast “was” and “is not” and YET “IS”….for he is hidden by the flattering tongue like an unmarked grave….unaware by men who walk over them. He shall be revealed for the mouth shall not hold back the wrath in the hearts of men in this coming time.

The “beast” has ascended before as they killed the prophets of the past….the beast WAS. It is currently hidden…it is NOT and YET IS….and is to be revealed for all to see.

Revelation 17:7-8 KJV
(7) And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
(8) The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

The wild “beast” of men’ s hearts shall be revealed….from within does it come….the bottomless pit of man’s heart…. and it shall come forth to be seen by all and those who will be like-minded shall admire those who will speak evil.

Mark 7:20-23 KJV
(20) And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
(21) For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
(22) Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
(23) All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

They will take pleasure in those who do these things….

Romans 1:28-32 KJV
(28) And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
(29) Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
(30) Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
(31) Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
(32) Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

All of the dwellers of the “earth”…..the earthly-minded….shall follow their pernicious ways and will speak evil of the Way of Truth. They shall not show any love for the brothers who will receive and do the Truth.

2 Peter 2:1-3 KJV
(1) But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
(2) And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
(3) And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Babylon shall speak “hard speeches” against the Lord….for they will not hear and acknowledge the knowledge of the Truth. Her sins will mount up to heaven.

Jude 1:14-18 KJV
(14) And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
(15) To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

She speaks great swelling words to deceive those who would hear. She speaks great swelling words having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage. She honors those who will stay with her. She honors the rich so she can derive advantage.

(16) These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
(17) But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
(18) How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

But we are to come out of her so as not to share in her sins….her evil speaking….and the plagues that will come upon her in the Day of Judgment for doing so.