James 5:19-20 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
James 4:1-2 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Jude 1:14-16 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 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. 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.
Galatians 5:19-20 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
James 3:1-2 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
James 3:14-16 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
1 Corinthians 11:19-21 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Jude 1:12 These men are the hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
We think we are teachers, we think we are prophets. We even thin we know it all. That is because the three temptations of which we are tempted, materialism, masochism, and egoism; we have succumbed to one if not all. There are divisions because we in some ways want to save souls, but only for our own glory and treasures as we are jealous buttheads, only looking out for ourselves, and as such revealing that we truly do not have Christ in our hearts. True believers save souls for the other's sake. More importantly, to glorify the Lord. The Lord said strait is the gate, and narrow is the path that leadeth to life and few there be that find it. Seeing as how Wormwood in Revelation is a star, spiritually in fact is a church/doctrine consisting of a third of the world's population, and Christianity comprises 33% as of right now, there truly will be a lot of people thinking that they're okay, when in fact they are not, and THEY KNOW IT. But continue to lie to themselves and continue and carry on, because they are of their father the devil. They feel remorse, but not meet for repentance. They continue on, some even going to church, tithing, praising God, but lack the Holy Spirit. When Jesus comes, He will say depart from me ye workers of iniquity I never knew you. The real church worships God in spirit and in truth. The Spirit is the thing missing that everyone pretends they have. Many denominations attempt to be authoritative in matters such as these, conjuring up ways to define the spirit or what it means to be saved, adding text or taking away, inserting commentaries and catechisms and theses and traditions of men, even blatant lies, in place of the Words of the Living God. I've walked in the darkness, and after listening for the voice in a great earthquake, a fire, and mighty wind; a still small voice in that cave purged me of my sins, and called me back to what eternal life is and who is the author and finisher of the faith. Our temple is not built with hands, our savior did not come by works of a woman of faith, but solely by the grace of God. The breathed out Word God as Scripture itself came by holy men moved by the Holy Spirit, not by so called teachers or false holy men twisting the holy scriptures to suit their jealous envying covetous hearts. The Spirit is not displayed for show, but is humble and does not boast for it is love and of God. The soldier of God does not kill, but is indeed killed all the days of his life. The Lord goes before us and by faith, we need not lift our hands to seek our brother's life, for the Word of God is able to withstand any earthly weapon and tabernacle. The gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. Most assuredly, those in Christ do not seek death, but neither do we fear it. In that day our souls shall be with the Lord. But the notion of death makes the world tremble. Fear God. Love him with your heart, body, and soul. The way to the Father is through Christ Jesus. No other way. Read your bible, step over your own selfish pride and go to church to encourage others, take care of widows, orphans, and those who need the Word of God.
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
We are to judge so that we know who we are talking to. So that we don't cast pearls before swine, cast bread to dogs, but judge not another too harshly, as you once were walking the same path. In this line of thought, we are compassionate and more apt to lead someone to the Lord and do according to his will.
1 Corinthians 12:12-27King James Version (KJV)
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20 But now are they many members, yet but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
