Be not carried about with many, strange “wives”….that is, many, strange doctrines of men…. that lead us away from the Truth.
Hebrews 13:9 KJV
(9) Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
For many men teach things that they ought not be teaching: all for filthy lucre’s sake…..and it is these kinds of teachings that lead us away from having love for one another. They cause envy and strife and divisions among us. These teachings have been passed down from one generation to another and were all originally motivated by man’s covetousness. …and still are motivated by it.
Titus 1:9-11 KJV
(9) Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
(10) For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
(11) Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
A “wife” is the TONGUE that teaches. “She” can be the mother of all the living by PREACHING JESUS after the Holy Spirit has come upon us. The "hidden man of the heart" should be Christ IN US.
Luke 1:35 KJV
(35) And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
We shall preach JESUS from our mouths as we are led by the Holy Spirit….the Breath of God. What comes forth from our mouths is His Son….the Word of God whom we are to hear and believe in.
Luke 1:30-31 KJV
(30) And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
(31) And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
OR the tongue can deceptively teach things “she” ought not for filthy lucre’s sake. MANY men preach themselves and not Jesus our Lord. They commit spiritual fornication….. and they rule over many in all denominations.
“Babylon” is the flattering tongue that leads MANY astray after her with “her” good words and fair speeches and is used as a cover for the hidden covetousness of men’s hearts. They serve NOT our Lord Jesus Christ but their own belly.
Romans 16:17-19 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.
(19) For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Revelation labels Babylon as the “mother of harlots”. Men use their tongues for flattery …Babylon….by speaking good words and fair speeches. “She” is decked with gold and precious stones and pearls…appearing to many so beautiful in good words and deeds and beautiful speeches but the heart within is FULL of abominations and filthiness. Confusion!
Revelation 17:4-5 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.
“She” looks beautiful and clean on the outside as men speak….but the heart within is FULL of extortion and excess. Many who use the flattering tongue for “fornication” and lead many astray. They appear righteous on the outside unto men….but within they are FULL of hypocrisy and iniquity. All their words and works look righteous from the outside. But it is all a scam….a fraud….a deception….used to cover up what is within.
Matthew 23:25-28 KJV
(25) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
(26) Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
(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.
With the mouth do they speak great swelling words and flatter people in order to get gain…. having men’s persons in ADMIRATION because of advantage.
Jude 1:16 KJV
(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.
It is no wonder that John looked upon the “woman” in ADMIRATION because that is what the flattering tongue is seeking after so that they may take advantage of you.
Revelation 17:6 KJV
(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.
The flattering lips of men are the “strange woman” that we are to stay away from. They deceive the simple of heart with their flattering words.
Proverbs 7:4-15 KJV
(4) Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
(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,
They attract those who are void of understanding (in the dark night) as they come forth to deceive with fair words and beautiful speeches which they use a cover for their covetousness.
(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.)
They are persistent as they use their lips to flatter and speak fair speeches and deceive the simple of heart…..
(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.
….which causes MANY to yield as they go unto their “churches”…and there they stay with the “woman” with the “attire of a harlot and subtle of heart”. Yet, unknowingly, it is only for the destruction of their own flesh that they go unto them. They prevent the life of Jesus from being MANIFEST in their mortal flesh in the here and now with their deceptions. Their “house” is the way to “hell”….the grave… as they destroy the flesh with their teachings. They defile the flesh and all for their hidden covetousness which is covered up the flattering tongue…Babylon. Their fair speeches confuse MANY and lead MANY unto their destruction of the flesh. Our mortal bodies are the temple that they are destroying. If the Lord will not cut short these days, then NO FLESH would be saved.
Proverbs 7:21-27 KJV
(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.
(25) Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Babylon....the flattering tongue where in guile is found in the mouth....has slain MANY. No flesh is being saved because of her.
(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.
With much flattery do they cause MANY to yield as they “diligently seek your face”…..
Matthew 23:15 KJV
(15) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
We can not sit there in the company with those who use their tongues for flattery as they handle the Word of God deceitfully in order to cover up the hidden covetousness within their hearts. We can not keep company with those who call themselves “brothers” but are covetous as we give our honor unto others and our years unto the cruel. The strangers will be filled with our wealth and our labors will be all for them. They destroy our flesh and body with their deceptive teachings….NO FLESH IS BEING SAVED.
Proverbs 5:7-13 KJV
(7) Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
(8) Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
(9) Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
(10) Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
(11) And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
(12) And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
(13) And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Those who misuse their tongues for deceit are spiritual “fornicators”. “Spirit”= the BREATH. A spiritual “fornicator” is one that misuses his breath for deceit and is not speaking in the Spirit (Breath) of Truth. They exhale their BREATH that is motivated by their hidden covetousness (in the “hidden man of the heart”) and the “woman” (the tongue) gives birth to goodly-sounding words and fair speeches that deceive the hearts of the simple. They handle the Word of God deceptively for unjust gain.
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.
Our MORTAL BODIES are the members of Christ. We CAN NOT BE JOINED TOGETHER with them. They DESTROY OUR MORTAL FLESH by their teachings….and MANY sit there and speak what they speak. They are “married” to a strange wife so to speak. They approve the sayings of those who lead them astray. They affirm what they affirm. Many believe what they believe and pursue after their covetous things. We are not redeemed by their things.
(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 are joined together with those who call themselves “brothers” but are covetous, then we are ONE FLESH with them. Our mortal bodies are being destroyed right along with them. Those who destroy the temple of God by teaching things they ought not to be are being destroyed themselves. The flesh is being destroyed so that the spirit may be saved.
(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.
We are to flee the “fornication”. If we are joined together with them….participating in their “fornication”, then we are sinning against our own MORTAL BODY as we are being destroyed.
(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?
We are to glorify God in our mortal body which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are to come out from among them. What agreement do we have with them? We are to glorify God always in our “spirit”…in our BREATH. NO GUILE...no deceit... should be found in our mouths. Our mortal bodies and our breath (spirit) is God’s for we are bought with a price.
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
All who have the “wife” have DIED as men has passed down the teachings and commandments of men. All have had her but none have continued to live….but their deceptive teachings have. NO FLESH IS BEING SAVED.
Luke 20:27-36 KJV
(27) Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
(28) Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
(29) There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
(30) And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
(31) And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
But last of all the “woman” shall also die ….who is responsible for all the slain of the earth. Babylon shall fall at last and no one shall “marry” her any longer.
(32) Last of all the woman died also.
(33) Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
The children of this age “marry” and are given in “marriage”. They marry the strange doctrines of men that cause them to perish from off the earth. But those who are accounted worthy to obtain the coming age shall no longer "marry" the strange doctrines of men.
(34) And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
(35) But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
NO GUILE shall be found any longer within our mouths as we shall preach the Word of Truth and triumph over death in Christ Jesus. No longer will the flattering tongue of men deceive us and destroy our flesh as we shall preach Jesus and not ourselves. Our flesh shall be saved as we shall inherit “eternal life”…an age-lasting life in the here and now. The “Sadducees” DENY that this LIFE IS NOW. They say there is no standing up now. The antichrist denies that Jesus is come in our flesh. They deny that His life is to be made manifest in our mortal bodies....and the power of God keeps us standing here where all the world may see and glorify God.
(36) Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
But “she”…Babylon…the flattering tongue….shall fall. They will NOT like what they will hear as they will NOT RECEIVE the love of the Truth and be saved in BODY, soul and spirit. They will emerge to persecute any who will receive the love of the Truth. The flattering mouth that once flattered you with “her” good words and fair speeches will turn on you once you have received and believed in the Word of Truth. The flattering tongue shall fall and a mouth that will prate against you with malicious words shall she become. Babylon shall “burn” in her wrath. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY.
The mouths of men who once used their flattering tongues to enrich themselves will turn against you and become a habitation of devils and a hold of every foul breath (spirit) and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. That is, the flattering tongue shall NO LONGER speak good words and fair speeches towards your ear anymore but instead will speak out all kinds of evil against you with their evil breath and evil words. We are to come out from among them so as not to be partakers of their sins (evil speaking) and receive of “her” plagues.
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.
The “kings of the earth” committed fornication with her. They have used their tongues for deceit….guile…and have gotten rich with “her”…the flattering tongue. They have built denominations….they have built large congregations and were as men of renown.
(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.
We are to come out from among them as their mouths shall show who they really are within.
(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.
Diotrephes willfully prated against the brothers who came speaking the Word of Truth to his congregation. He prated against them with malicious words…..with every unclean and hateful “bird”. It will happen again in every church denomination. Their sins will have then reached the fullness.
(5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
continued in next post.....
Hebrews 13:9 KJV
(9) Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
For many men teach things that they ought not be teaching: all for filthy lucre’s sake…..and it is these kinds of teachings that lead us away from having love for one another. They cause envy and strife and divisions among us. These teachings have been passed down from one generation to another and were all originally motivated by man’s covetousness. …and still are motivated by it.
Titus 1:9-11 KJV
(9) Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
(10) For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
(11) Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
A “wife” is the TONGUE that teaches. “She” can be the mother of all the living by PREACHING JESUS after the Holy Spirit has come upon us. The "hidden man of the heart" should be Christ IN US.
Luke 1:35 KJV
(35) And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
We shall preach JESUS from our mouths as we are led by the Holy Spirit….the Breath of God. What comes forth from our mouths is His Son….the Word of God whom we are to hear and believe in.
Luke 1:30-31 KJV
(30) And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
(31) And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
OR the tongue can deceptively teach things “she” ought not for filthy lucre’s sake. MANY men preach themselves and not Jesus our Lord. They commit spiritual fornication….. and they rule over many in all denominations.
“Babylon” is the flattering tongue that leads MANY astray after her with “her” good words and fair speeches and is used as a cover for the hidden covetousness of men’s hearts. They serve NOT our Lord Jesus Christ but their own belly.
Romans 16:17-19 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.
(19) For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Revelation labels Babylon as the “mother of harlots”. Men use their tongues for flattery …Babylon….by speaking good words and fair speeches. “She” is decked with gold and precious stones and pearls…appearing to many so beautiful in good words and deeds and beautiful speeches but the heart within is FULL of abominations and filthiness. Confusion!
Revelation 17:4-5 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.
“She” looks beautiful and clean on the outside as men speak….but the heart within is FULL of extortion and excess. Many who use the flattering tongue for “fornication” and lead many astray. They appear righteous on the outside unto men….but within they are FULL of hypocrisy and iniquity. All their words and works look righteous from the outside. But it is all a scam….a fraud….a deception….used to cover up what is within.
Matthew 23:25-28 KJV
(25) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
(26) Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
(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.
With the mouth do they speak great swelling words and flatter people in order to get gain…. having men’s persons in ADMIRATION because of advantage.
Jude 1:16 KJV
(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.
It is no wonder that John looked upon the “woman” in ADMIRATION because that is what the flattering tongue is seeking after so that they may take advantage of you.
Revelation 17:6 KJV
(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.
The flattering lips of men are the “strange woman” that we are to stay away from. They deceive the simple of heart with their flattering words.
Proverbs 7:4-15 KJV
(4) Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
(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,
They attract those who are void of understanding (in the dark night) as they come forth to deceive with fair words and beautiful speeches which they use a cover for their covetousness.
(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.)
They are persistent as they use their lips to flatter and speak fair speeches and deceive the simple of heart…..
(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.
….which causes MANY to yield as they go unto their “churches”…and there they stay with the “woman” with the “attire of a harlot and subtle of heart”. Yet, unknowingly, it is only for the destruction of their own flesh that they go unto them. They prevent the life of Jesus from being MANIFEST in their mortal flesh in the here and now with their deceptions. Their “house” is the way to “hell”….the grave… as they destroy the flesh with their teachings. They defile the flesh and all for their hidden covetousness which is covered up the flattering tongue…Babylon. Their fair speeches confuse MANY and lead MANY unto their destruction of the flesh. Our mortal bodies are the temple that they are destroying. If the Lord will not cut short these days, then NO FLESH would be saved.
Proverbs 7:21-27 KJV
(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.
(25) Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Babylon....the flattering tongue where in guile is found in the mouth....has slain MANY. No flesh is being saved because of her.
(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.
With much flattery do they cause MANY to yield as they “diligently seek your face”…..
Matthew 23:15 KJV
(15) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
We can not sit there in the company with those who use their tongues for flattery as they handle the Word of God deceitfully in order to cover up the hidden covetousness within their hearts. We can not keep company with those who call themselves “brothers” but are covetous as we give our honor unto others and our years unto the cruel. The strangers will be filled with our wealth and our labors will be all for them. They destroy our flesh and body with their deceptive teachings….NO FLESH IS BEING SAVED.
Proverbs 5:7-13 KJV
(7) Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
(8) Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
(9) Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
(10) Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
(11) And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
(12) And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
(13) And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Those who misuse their tongues for deceit are spiritual “fornicators”. “Spirit”= the BREATH. A spiritual “fornicator” is one that misuses his breath for deceit and is not speaking in the Spirit (Breath) of Truth. They exhale their BREATH that is motivated by their hidden covetousness (in the “hidden man of the heart”) and the “woman” (the tongue) gives birth to goodly-sounding words and fair speeches that deceive the hearts of the simple. They handle the Word of God deceptively for unjust gain.
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.
Our MORTAL BODIES are the members of Christ. We CAN NOT BE JOINED TOGETHER with them. They DESTROY OUR MORTAL FLESH by their teachings….and MANY sit there and speak what they speak. They are “married” to a strange wife so to speak. They approve the sayings of those who lead them astray. They affirm what they affirm. Many believe what they believe and pursue after their covetous things. We are not redeemed by their things.
(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 are joined together with those who call themselves “brothers” but are covetous, then we are ONE FLESH with them. Our mortal bodies are being destroyed right along with them. Those who destroy the temple of God by teaching things they ought not to be are being destroyed themselves. The flesh is being destroyed so that the spirit may be saved.
(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.
We are to flee the “fornication”. If we are joined together with them….participating in their “fornication”, then we are sinning against our own MORTAL BODY as we are being destroyed.
(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?
We are to glorify God in our mortal body which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are to come out from among them. What agreement do we have with them? We are to glorify God always in our “spirit”…in our BREATH. NO GUILE...no deceit... should be found in our mouths. Our mortal bodies and our breath (spirit) is God’s for we are bought with a price.
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
All who have the “wife” have DIED as men has passed down the teachings and commandments of men. All have had her but none have continued to live….but their deceptive teachings have. NO FLESH IS BEING SAVED.
Luke 20:27-36 KJV
(27) Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
(28) Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
(29) There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
(30) And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
(31) And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
But last of all the “woman” shall also die ….who is responsible for all the slain of the earth. Babylon shall fall at last and no one shall “marry” her any longer.
(32) Last of all the woman died also.
(33) Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
The children of this age “marry” and are given in “marriage”. They marry the strange doctrines of men that cause them to perish from off the earth. But those who are accounted worthy to obtain the coming age shall no longer "marry" the strange doctrines of men.
(34) And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
(35) But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
NO GUILE shall be found any longer within our mouths as we shall preach the Word of Truth and triumph over death in Christ Jesus. No longer will the flattering tongue of men deceive us and destroy our flesh as we shall preach Jesus and not ourselves. Our flesh shall be saved as we shall inherit “eternal life”…an age-lasting life in the here and now. The “Sadducees” DENY that this LIFE IS NOW. They say there is no standing up now. The antichrist denies that Jesus is come in our flesh. They deny that His life is to be made manifest in our mortal bodies....and the power of God keeps us standing here where all the world may see and glorify God.
(36) Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
But “she”…Babylon…the flattering tongue….shall fall. They will NOT like what they will hear as they will NOT RECEIVE the love of the Truth and be saved in BODY, soul and spirit. They will emerge to persecute any who will receive the love of the Truth. The flattering mouth that once flattered you with “her” good words and fair speeches will turn on you once you have received and believed in the Word of Truth. The flattering tongue shall fall and a mouth that will prate against you with malicious words shall she become. Babylon shall “burn” in her wrath. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY.
The mouths of men who once used their flattering tongues to enrich themselves will turn against you and become a habitation of devils and a hold of every foul breath (spirit) and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. That is, the flattering tongue shall NO LONGER speak good words and fair speeches towards your ear anymore but instead will speak out all kinds of evil against you with their evil breath and evil words. We are to come out from among them so as not to be partakers of their sins (evil speaking) and receive of “her” plagues.
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.
The “kings of the earth” committed fornication with her. They have used their tongues for deceit….guile…and have gotten rich with “her”…the flattering tongue. They have built denominations….they have built large congregations and were as men of renown.
(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.
We are to come out from among them as their mouths shall show who they really are within.
(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.
Diotrephes willfully prated against the brothers who came speaking the Word of Truth to his congregation. He prated against them with malicious words…..with every unclean and hateful “bird”. It will happen again in every church denomination. Their sins will have then reached the fullness.
(5) For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
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