If we believe that Jesus did die for our sins and was raised up from the dead and was given glory by God, then we shall NOT PERISH in this life but have “eternal life” in the here and now….and not in the “hereafter”…not in the much-sought-after after life. The apostle John always wrote of “eternal life” in the present tense and that is because it applies to THIS life and we are to display His glory to this world by that life of Jesus being made manifest.
His life is to be made manifest in our mortal flesh in the here and now for God sent His Son into THIS WORLD not to condemn it but so that THIS WORLD might be saved through Him. This world is ALREADY condemned . This world and its lusts are passing away as we speak. It is a current reality that NO FLESH is being saved as the world pursues after its lusts.
All flesh is as the grass that withers away as they do their worldly works “under the sun” of God’s wrath. He has permitted the world….all nations…to go on in their own way. Yet, He has not left himself without testimony for He has shown kindness by giving them rain from heaven and crops in their seasons. He has provides them with plenty of food and fills their hearts with joy as they perish away to the grave. (Acts 14:17). But He has appointed a day for every one to change their minds (repent) of their ways and seek Him.
The mortal body and THE life (the life of Jesus appearing in our mortal flesh giving us “eternal life”) are more important than what the world pursues after in its envy and strife.
Matthew 6:24-25 KJV
(24) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
(25) Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
We are to believe INTO Him….as we are to be transformed into His image in the here and now.
Yet, the antichrist has been denying that Jesus IS COME in our mortal flesh as they preach their “good news” of death so that we may “die and go to heaven”. Death is AN ENEMY and not a friend. It is an enemy that is conquered by actively believing (doing what He says) INTO Him as we are to be transformed ….transfigured….into His image. Having “eternal life” is a PRESENT reality not a future “afterlife” thing in heaven for God did send His Son into THIS world so that we might have life and have it more abundantly.
John 3:15-17 KJV
(15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
We are to hear what the Spirit is saying through our brothers who are sent by Him and have love for those who will preach the Word of Truth to our ears. It is “good news”….the gospel…of His life for today. We are to be born again NOT of the corruptible teachings of men who preach for money as they decay away in their mortal flesh to the grave…. but of the incorruptible, by the Word of God that abides to the age.
1 Peter 1:17-25 KJV
(21) Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
(22) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Those who preach their decaying message are withering away in their mortal flesh as the grass and their glory falls away from this earth. But the Word of the Lord…..His saying: have love for one another….ENDURES into the coming age.
We are to DO His Word and so make the Word flesh. By doing so, we shall continue to live into the age….having “eternal life”…for the life of Jesus is made manifest in our mortal flesh. Whosoever shall believe INTO Him shall not perish (wither and fall away from this earth) but shall have “eternal life” which He has promised us.
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(25) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
We must change our minds (“repent”) about these things….or PERISH from off this earth. “Perishing” = dying from off THIS earth. The Galileans who died under the hand of Pilate PERISHED from off this earth and not in some “eternal hell”. The wages of sin is death….death to the mortal body. Sin is sin and death is death.
Luke 13:1-9 KJV
(1) There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
(2) And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
(3) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Jesus is highlighting what “perishing” is: the mortal death of people….the removing of their mortal bodies from this earth. He brings “perishing” into THIS WORLD and not in the “after life” of forever torment ….the eternal hell of punishment that men have been preaching. We MUST put away those childish things and become men in understanding.
(4) Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Except we “repent”, we shall all like wise perish from off this earth.
(5) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
We are the “fig tree” in His vineyard that He comes to seek the fruit of righteousness on. If He finds none, then “dung” is put to us so that we may learn from it and change our ways and thoughts.
(6) He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
(7) Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
If we do not repent, then we are “cut down” from this earth. Why should we continue to “cumbereth” the earth with our evil ways and thoughts and refuse to do His will after being disciplined over and over again? The wages of sin is death….death to the mortal body so that the spirit is saved. If we sow after the flesh (envy, strife, covetousness, hatred,etc) then we shall die from this earth. If we sow after the Spirit, we shall continue to live….having eternal life.
(8) And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
(9) And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
He that does the Truth comes to the Light so that His deeds may be manifest to all… for the life of Jesus shall appear in our mortal bodies to this dark world so that they may see that our deeds are done in God as His glory appears upon us.
John 3:21 KJV
(21) But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Our reasonable service: we are to present our mortal bodies a LIVING (not a dying one) sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God. This is NOT about “dying and going to heaven”. This is about LIVING in the here and now so that we may prove to this dark, perishing world what it means to DO the will of God.
Romans 12:1-2 KJV
(1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
We are not to be conformed to this perishing, decaying world but be TRANSIFIGURED (transformed) by the renewing of our minds so that we may prove to this world what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. His appearing life in our mortal flesh shall make the world see what it means to TRULY DO His will.
(2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
If we continue to look into the perfect law of liberty and CONTINUE therein and not be a forgetful hearer but a DOER Of the “work”, that man shall be blessed in his deed for the life of Jesus shall appear in that man’s mortal flesh so that all of the world may see and glorify God who is in heaven.
James 1:25
(25) But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
But a professor of the “work” that does not bridle his tongue misses the whole point. His religion is in vain and the life of Jesus is not being manifest in his mortal flesh. God is not mocked. If a man sows after the flesh, then he shall reap decay of the mortal flesh.
(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.
We are called to inherit a blessing….eternal life in this earth. We are to have love for one another and refrain our tongues from speaking evil.
1 Peter 3:8-10 KJV
(8) Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
(9) Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Our lips are not to speak “guile”…deceit…preaching the Word of God deceitfully for money.
(10) For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
We are to inherit the blessing: LIFE FOR EVERMORE.
Psalms 133:1-3 KJV
(1) A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
(2) It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
(3) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
We can not preach for the covetousness in our hearts….nor can we sit with those who are preaching for money or we perish from off this earth with them.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 KJV
(1) Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
(2) For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
We are to keep our bodies...our vessels... pure from their covetousness. We are not to sit together with them in “worship” for we then become ONE FLESH with them and decay away to the grave.
(3) For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
(4) That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
(5) Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
We are not to preach for money….defrauding our brothers…for the Lord is the avenger of all who do these things.
(6) That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
(7) For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
(8) He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Preaching for money is receiving “blood money” because the life of Jesus is being taken away from the followers. They are lying in “wait for blood” as the mortal flesh of their congregations are perishing from off the earth without His life being made manifest to this world.
Proverbs 1:10-19 KJV
(10) My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
(11) If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
(12) Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
(13) We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
(14) Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
(15) My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
They are wresting the Scriptures to their own destruction as they make haste to “shed blood” as the life of Jesus is being prevented from appearing in the mortal flesh of their subjects. If the life of Jesus is not being manifest in their mortal flesh, then the world CAN NOT SEE the good news of Jesus in the here and now. The god of this world is blinding the minds of the money preachers so that the world can not see the good news of Christ because the money preachers are not being illuminated by His appearing life so that they may see Him. The whole world is ALSO perishing because of the flattering tongues of men who preach for money.
(16) For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
(17) Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
(18) And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
(19) So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Babylon….the flattering tongue of men who preach for money….is responsible for all of the “slain upon the earth” as the life of Jesus is not being made manifest in the here and now for the world to see. If His life is being hid from the world because of men preaching in their covetousness for money.
Revelation 18:24 KJV
(24) And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
But Paul showed us all things. He did not shun to declare unto us ALL of the counsel of God. He is pure from the blood of ALL men as he did not covet after another’s money.
Acts 20:26-35 KJV
(26) Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
(27) For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
(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.
He did NOT PREACH FOR MONEY. He did not covet after any man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
(33) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Instead, he worked with his own hands to support his own necessities….
(34) Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
He showed us all things: how so laboring at our own jobs (not preaching for money) to support our own necessities did support the “weak”. The “WEAK” are the weak minds in the outside world that do not profess that they know God. When the “weak” see the preaching for money by the overseers of the churches, they blaspheme the name of God and the good news.
(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.
We are not to steal nor deal falsely nor lie to one another.
Leviticus 19:11-13 KJV
(11) Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
If we do these things in our churches (which ALL are), then the name of our God is being blasphemed by the outside world who sees the preaching for money. Covetousness is that “abomination of desolation” that we are to flee from. It should not be named once among us as saints. It should not be standing among us in our churches. If it is, then the outside world readily sees this and blasphemes His name. Preaching in order to get our brother’s money is perpetuating the outside world to profane the name of our God as they see the money preaching.
(12) And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
(13) Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Like Judas, they have the “bag”. The Greek word for “bag” (glōssokomon) is composed of “glossa” which is “TONGUE” and “kosmos” which is “WORLD”. In other words, they have the “tongue of the world” in their possession. They have control of what the world says. Does it glorify the gospel by what we do (freely give as we have freely received) or is it blaspheming His name because of what they see: preachers preaching for money and taking advantage of His flock?
The world indeed sees that they are preaching for money and are vilifying the Lord and His Word with their tongues. Yet, the thief does NOT CARE that the world speaks evil of the gospel. He “bares” what is put in their mouths (the blaspheming) for he does not truly care for the “poor”…the spiritually poor of the outside world who know NOTHING of God.
John 12:5-8 KJV
(5) Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
(6) This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
(7) Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
(8) For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
The Word of the Lord is to have FREE COURSE and be GLORIFIED by those on the outside world….NOT vilified by them because of the preaching for money by the “unreasonable and wicked men” who will REFUSE to depart from their money preaching.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-11 KJV
(1) Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
(2) And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
(3) But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
(4) And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
(5) And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
We are COMMANDED in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to withdraw ourselves from EVERY BROTHER that walks disorderly….that is, those who will continue to preach for money and disregard the commandment to work with their own hands. Paul showed us ALL things: how working with our own hands to support our own needs shall support the “weak-minded” of the outside world that does not know God. The Word of the Lord is to be GLORIFIED BY ALL as it is with us who believe.
(6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
The true apostles did not preach for money but instead worked night and day so that they might not be chargeable to anyone. A false apostle (falsely sent) preaches for money and has forgotten the COMMANDMENT to work with their own hands so that the Word of the Lord be glorified by ALL.
(7) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
(8) Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
(9) Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
(10) For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
(11) For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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His life is to be made manifest in our mortal flesh in the here and now for God sent His Son into THIS WORLD not to condemn it but so that THIS WORLD might be saved through Him. This world is ALREADY condemned . This world and its lusts are passing away as we speak. It is a current reality that NO FLESH is being saved as the world pursues after its lusts.
All flesh is as the grass that withers away as they do their worldly works “under the sun” of God’s wrath. He has permitted the world….all nations…to go on in their own way. Yet, He has not left himself without testimony for He has shown kindness by giving them rain from heaven and crops in their seasons. He has provides them with plenty of food and fills their hearts with joy as they perish away to the grave. (Acts 14:17). But He has appointed a day for every one to change their minds (repent) of their ways and seek Him.
The mortal body and THE life (the life of Jesus appearing in our mortal flesh giving us “eternal life”) are more important than what the world pursues after in its envy and strife.
Matthew 6:24-25 KJV
(24) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
(25) Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
We are to believe INTO Him….as we are to be transformed into His image in the here and now.
Yet, the antichrist has been denying that Jesus IS COME in our mortal flesh as they preach their “good news” of death so that we may “die and go to heaven”. Death is AN ENEMY and not a friend. It is an enemy that is conquered by actively believing (doing what He says) INTO Him as we are to be transformed ….transfigured….into His image. Having “eternal life” is a PRESENT reality not a future “afterlife” thing in heaven for God did send His Son into THIS world so that we might have life and have it more abundantly.
John 3:15-17 KJV
(15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
We are to hear what the Spirit is saying through our brothers who are sent by Him and have love for those who will preach the Word of Truth to our ears. It is “good news”….the gospel…of His life for today. We are to be born again NOT of the corruptible teachings of men who preach for money as they decay away in their mortal flesh to the grave…. but of the incorruptible, by the Word of God that abides to the age.
1 Peter 1:17-25 KJV
(21) Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
(22) Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Those who preach their decaying message are withering away in their mortal flesh as the grass and their glory falls away from this earth. But the Word of the Lord…..His saying: have love for one another….ENDURES into the coming age.
We are to DO His Word and so make the Word flesh. By doing so, we shall continue to live into the age….having “eternal life”…for the life of Jesus is made manifest in our mortal flesh. Whosoever shall believe INTO Him shall not perish (wither and fall away from this earth) but shall have “eternal life” which He has promised us.
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
(25) But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
We must change our minds (“repent”) about these things….or PERISH from off this earth. “Perishing” = dying from off THIS earth. The Galileans who died under the hand of Pilate PERISHED from off this earth and not in some “eternal hell”. The wages of sin is death….death to the mortal body. Sin is sin and death is death.
Luke 13:1-9 KJV
(1) There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
(2) And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
(3) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Jesus is highlighting what “perishing” is: the mortal death of people….the removing of their mortal bodies from this earth. He brings “perishing” into THIS WORLD and not in the “after life” of forever torment ….the eternal hell of punishment that men have been preaching. We MUST put away those childish things and become men in understanding.
(4) Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Except we “repent”, we shall all like wise perish from off this earth.
(5) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
We are the “fig tree” in His vineyard that He comes to seek the fruit of righteousness on. If He finds none, then “dung” is put to us so that we may learn from it and change our ways and thoughts.
(6) He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
(7) Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
If we do not repent, then we are “cut down” from this earth. Why should we continue to “cumbereth” the earth with our evil ways and thoughts and refuse to do His will after being disciplined over and over again? The wages of sin is death….death to the mortal body so that the spirit is saved. If we sow after the flesh (envy, strife, covetousness, hatred,etc) then we shall die from this earth. If we sow after the Spirit, we shall continue to live….having eternal life.
(8) And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
(9) And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
He that does the Truth comes to the Light so that His deeds may be manifest to all… for the life of Jesus shall appear in our mortal bodies to this dark world so that they may see that our deeds are done in God as His glory appears upon us.
John 3:21 KJV
(21) But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Our reasonable service: we are to present our mortal bodies a LIVING (not a dying one) sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God. This is NOT about “dying and going to heaven”. This is about LIVING in the here and now so that we may prove to this dark, perishing world what it means to DO the will of God.
Romans 12:1-2 KJV
(1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
We are not to be conformed to this perishing, decaying world but be TRANSIFIGURED (transformed) by the renewing of our minds so that we may prove to this world what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. His appearing life in our mortal flesh shall make the world see what it means to TRULY DO His will.
(2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
If we continue to look into the perfect law of liberty and CONTINUE therein and not be a forgetful hearer but a DOER Of the “work”, that man shall be blessed in his deed for the life of Jesus shall appear in that man’s mortal flesh so that all of the world may see and glorify God who is in heaven.
James 1:25
(25) But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
But a professor of the “work” that does not bridle his tongue misses the whole point. His religion is in vain and the life of Jesus is not being manifest in his mortal flesh. God is not mocked. If a man sows after the flesh, then he shall reap decay of the mortal flesh.
(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.
We are called to inherit a blessing….eternal life in this earth. We are to have love for one another and refrain our tongues from speaking evil.
1 Peter 3:8-10 KJV
(8) Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
(9) Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Our lips are not to speak “guile”…deceit…preaching the Word of God deceitfully for money.
(10) For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
We are to inherit the blessing: LIFE FOR EVERMORE.
Psalms 133:1-3 KJV
(1) A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
(2) It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
(3) As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
We can not preach for the covetousness in our hearts….nor can we sit with those who are preaching for money or we perish from off this earth with them.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 KJV
(1) Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
(2) For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
We are to keep our bodies...our vessels... pure from their covetousness. We are not to sit together with them in “worship” for we then become ONE FLESH with them and decay away to the grave.
(3) For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
(4) That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
(5) Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
We are not to preach for money….defrauding our brothers…for the Lord is the avenger of all who do these things.
(6) That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
(7) For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
(8) He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Preaching for money is receiving “blood money” because the life of Jesus is being taken away from the followers. They are lying in “wait for blood” as the mortal flesh of their congregations are perishing from off the earth without His life being made manifest to this world.
Proverbs 1:10-19 KJV
(10) My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
(11) If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
(12) Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
(13) We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
(14) Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
(15) My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
They are wresting the Scriptures to their own destruction as they make haste to “shed blood” as the life of Jesus is being prevented from appearing in the mortal flesh of their subjects. If the life of Jesus is not being manifest in their mortal flesh, then the world CAN NOT SEE the good news of Jesus in the here and now. The god of this world is blinding the minds of the money preachers so that the world can not see the good news of Christ because the money preachers are not being illuminated by His appearing life so that they may see Him. The whole world is ALSO perishing because of the flattering tongues of men who preach for money.
(16) For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
(17) Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
(18) And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
(19) So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Babylon….the flattering tongue of men who preach for money….is responsible for all of the “slain upon the earth” as the life of Jesus is not being made manifest in the here and now for the world to see. If His life is being hid from the world because of men preaching in their covetousness for money.
Revelation 18:24 KJV
(24) And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
But Paul showed us all things. He did not shun to declare unto us ALL of the counsel of God. He is pure from the blood of ALL men as he did not covet after another’s money.
Acts 20:26-35 KJV
(26) Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
(27) For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
(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.
He did NOT PREACH FOR MONEY. He did not covet after any man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
(33) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Instead, he worked with his own hands to support his own necessities….
(34) Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
He showed us all things: how so laboring at our own jobs (not preaching for money) to support our own necessities did support the “weak”. The “WEAK” are the weak minds in the outside world that do not profess that they know God. When the “weak” see the preaching for money by the overseers of the churches, they blaspheme the name of God and the good news.
(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.
We are not to steal nor deal falsely nor lie to one another.
Leviticus 19:11-13 KJV
(11) Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
If we do these things in our churches (which ALL are), then the name of our God is being blasphemed by the outside world who sees the preaching for money. Covetousness is that “abomination of desolation” that we are to flee from. It should not be named once among us as saints. It should not be standing among us in our churches. If it is, then the outside world readily sees this and blasphemes His name. Preaching in order to get our brother’s money is perpetuating the outside world to profane the name of our God as they see the money preaching.
(12) And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
(13) Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Like Judas, they have the “bag”. The Greek word for “bag” (glōssokomon) is composed of “glossa” which is “TONGUE” and “kosmos” which is “WORLD”. In other words, they have the “tongue of the world” in their possession. They have control of what the world says. Does it glorify the gospel by what we do (freely give as we have freely received) or is it blaspheming His name because of what they see: preachers preaching for money and taking advantage of His flock?
The world indeed sees that they are preaching for money and are vilifying the Lord and His Word with their tongues. Yet, the thief does NOT CARE that the world speaks evil of the gospel. He “bares” what is put in their mouths (the blaspheming) for he does not truly care for the “poor”…the spiritually poor of the outside world who know NOTHING of God.
John 12:5-8 KJV
(5) Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
(6) This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
(7) Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
(8) For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
The Word of the Lord is to have FREE COURSE and be GLORIFIED by those on the outside world….NOT vilified by them because of the preaching for money by the “unreasonable and wicked men” who will REFUSE to depart from their money preaching.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-11 KJV
(1) Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
(2) And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
(3) But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
(4) And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
(5) And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
We are COMMANDED in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to withdraw ourselves from EVERY BROTHER that walks disorderly….that is, those who will continue to preach for money and disregard the commandment to work with their own hands. Paul showed us ALL things: how working with our own hands to support our own needs shall support the “weak-minded” of the outside world that does not know God. The Word of the Lord is to be GLORIFIED BY ALL as it is with us who believe.
(6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
The true apostles did not preach for money but instead worked night and day so that they might not be chargeable to anyone. A false apostle (falsely sent) preaches for money and has forgotten the COMMANDMENT to work with their own hands so that the Word of the Lord be glorified by ALL.
(7) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
(8) Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
(9) Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
(10) For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
(11) For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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