THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FIRST CENTURY CHURCH AND THE CHURCH TODAY

 In the first century AD things were vastly different from what they are today.  The first century church had true men of GOD; Apostles, Bishops, Pastors, elders and prophets that were preaching the true gospel without much competition and converts came out of only one deception, Judaism.  There were many miracles and speaking in tongues was common.  Today we have no human ministry, the miracles have decreased in number, converts come from all nations and there are over 50,000 deceptions in the false churches.  This was a big change. In the first century the Apostles preached the gospel first to the Jews . On Pentecost the Jews heard the gospel preached by Peter. Jewish converts came out of the shadow of the law they were keeping when the light of Christ and the gospel was preached to them. The Jews had this advantage because they had the oracles of GOD. Later the Gentiles of that day while not observing the law were familiar with Jewish traditions and rituals because they lived together in the same general area. Upon hearing the gospel they had only very basic knowledge that would lead them to being baptized.  Today we have been deluged with thousands of deceptions and have no Holy Spirit led leadership. It became necessary under these conditions that GOD had to give HIS spirit first that would then lead out of deception and then to baptism. The only way out of deception was met with far more difficult circumstances than it was in the first century.  Times changed and methods changed in order to meet these difficult conditions.  

Today we do not have true Holy Spirit led men preaching the gospel to the world but we do have 50,000 false churches and not just preaching to Jews only but to people of all ethnicities.  The true gospel was perverted by ungodly men that brought in damnable heresies and the methods of conversion and baptism would by necessity be reversed from what they were in the first century. Today the Holy Spirit must be given first as the teacher and guide to us to come out of deception and to realize that the baptism we had in the false church we were in was just as false as the church.  This is the Cornelius conversion that I wrote about in the article on this blog.  If you admit you were deceived by the church you were in then what good was their baptism ?  The Holy Spirit doesn’t lead you into lies. You did not receive the spirit of GOD by their baptism that led you into deception in the first place.  This contributing of your receiving the Holy Spirit to your baptism in a false church is a post hoc fallacy a misattribution. You assume a fake baptism led to your receiving the Holy Spirit. You are calling evil good when you do this. To deny the Cornelius conversion is to call good evil.  Look at what a tangled web has been woven concerning the truth of GOD today compared to the first century.  By comparison we are in a hopeless mess only GOD can get us out of.  Almost every thing the false churches preach is a lie and there are numerous lies.  Today is vastly different and far more difficult than simply coming out of Judaism.   GOD will go to the uttermost to save HIS elect saints even if it means reversing the order of baptism and receiving the spirit to receiving the spirit and being baptized. 

AN ARTICLE FROM BAPTISM

 Not long ago the Ten Commandments asked if he could put an article on my blog.  Well, I couldn’t very well say no after all it’s the Ten Commandments.  You just don’t turn a request like that down.  You can read what the Ten Commandments had to say in his article from the menu.  Well wouldn’t you know after the Ten Commandments was published I heard from Baptism and he too wants to put an article on the blog because he says that he has a similar problem being misunderstood as the Ten Commandments does.  Again, I couldn’t say no, so below is an article from Baptism.

Hi there, I am Baptism and just like my friend the Ten Commandments I have some things that I need to address.  There are those who say that I am no longer required, some others say I am just a sprinkling on the head, then some say you must be totally immersed in water and lastly there are those who use me on infants. 

Well, you will find no evidence in scripture that says I am no longer required, it’s just the opposite. Jesus commanded me for believers.  Mark 16:16  Matthew 28:19   1 Peter 3:21  John 3:5  I hope these scriptures will convince you.

It didn’t matter what the circumstances were, I was always practiced by the Apostles and by the way, I am in the name of Jesus only.  That verse, Matthew 28:19 was altered by pagans.  Did the FATHER die for you, are you baptized into the FATHERS death ?  Don’t you know the Holy Spirit IS the FATHER ?  Think about it …..would the Apostle Matthew, who knew GOD is the Holy Spirit write, “in the name of the FATHER, and of the Son and of the FATHER” ?   Besides this the Apostles never used the formula when doing me.

For those of you that think I am just a sprinkle on the head scripture confirms that I am by total immersion in water.  Acts 8:39  Come on, even John the Baptist was called the immerser. Those of you that say I am done by total immersion in water are correct, nuff said.   Now, using me on infants is a no no.  An infant cannot make the conscious decision to accept Jesus and this custom is wrong. It’s done to prevent babies from going to hell in case they die which is another big lie.  You see no example of infant me in the scriptures.  

Look, I am to be performed when GOD calls and chooses you and this was the way the Apostles preached.  Today, in the true church of GOD, there is no formal human leadership, GOD removed them because they all became Satans tools for deception.  The true church of GOD is scattered to the four winds and extremely few in number.  Let me be clear, there is no human ministry today and hasn’t been one since the Apostle John died.  What this means is that GOD must now give you His Holy Spirit first to come to realize that you were in an organization that only imitates me, it’s not the real me.  These false churches see how I was used in the salvation process and try to copy me but everything they teach and believe is false and is evidence that their copy of me is not me, the real and true Baptism.  These people with a fake me are wet sinners because they never had the one true me. Ephesians 4:4. When a person is brought into a false church they submit to their false copy of me as a commitment to the belief system of that false church.  Well, their copy is not me because it is a commitment based on lies like the trinity, Binitarianism,  glorified flesh, that Jesus was capable of sin, immortal soul, that Jesus was the angel Michael, that some saints can’t partake of the bread and wine or keeping the Ten Commandments as explained in the article by the Ten Commandments. Lies are not used to lead you to me, the truth only leads you to me.   Just as you have messed up the real and true reason why GOD gave you the Ten Commandments you have messed me up, Baptism.   Today, if GOD wants you in HIS true church HE will give you a portion of HIS spirit so that you can see that   you made a commitment by a false me, a false baptism, into a false church . Then you come out of that false church and then you do me and afterwards you will grow in the spirit just as any babe in Christ would. This is not being re-baptized , it’s the real me for the very first time.  You can’t think that the fake me that you did in the fake church you were in is the real me. It is being obedient to Jesus to have me done to you regardless of the fact that you were given the Holy Spirit before me.  

Actually I read Lees article about the Cornelius Christian and that is what led me to want to write this article.  Before Cornelius the rule was get baptized then receive the Holy Spirit. This thing with Cornelius was an exception to the rule in order to prove to the Apostles that GOD was now offering salvation to the Gentiles.  Today this exception is now the rule and everyone is a Cornelius Christian.  This by no means does away with me, I still must be done.   Peter said, “can anyone forbid water that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have ?” Acts 10:47   

If Jesus commanded you to climb up a tree and then jump you must obey him.  Well, Jesus did command you to be baptized regardless if you have the Holy Spirit before or after.  

I do hope that you will see the tremendous value of me and in obedience to Jesus submit to me. You will not regret it.   Thanks to Lee and to all you readers for taking the time to hear me out.

RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH LIVING BY EVERY WORD OF GOD AND BELIEVING AND BEING BAPTIZED

By Ray & Lee

The title of this article is a long one. It covers 4 things that are interconnected. Ray and I will define each of these 4 things.

First is rightly dividing the word of truth.  What does this mean?  There is a scripture in Isaiah 28:13 that explains how that GOD has scattered the truth through the pages of the Bible and it is not all in one place.  This is done so that people who GOD does not want to know the truth will be falling backwards, snared and taken.  It is as Jesus said in Matthew 13:11  The mysteries of the kingdom of GOD are hidden from everyone but the true church. The Holy Spirit of the FATHER is required to understand the mysteries and helps the saints to come to the knowledge of the truth. 

Now, every word of GOD. When reading any scripture we must focus on every word because just one word can add to or alter the meaning of a verse. The verse in Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized", notice that belief comes first.  How are  you going to believe if you are in a cult unless GOD gives you a portion of HIS spirit to realize this?  No one can understand spiritual things unless they have the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:14  If you were in a cult, the spirit of GOD is what brought you out and because you believed the spirit then what do you do, "He who believes and is baptized."  

This is rightly dividing the word of truth and living by every word of GOD and then believing and being baptized. Once baptized the spirit will grow in you teaching you the more deep things of GOD. 1 Peter 2:2  Hebrews 5:12-14   1 Corinthians 3:1-2  1 Corinthians 2:10. We must be baptized to grow in the spirit that we received when we were first shown the truth that leads out of deception.  The baptism we had in the cult we were in cannot do this.  That baptism was into the cult not the true church of GOD.  

Ray and I have personally lived this and now share what we experienced with you.  After we received the portion of the spirit that taught us that we were in a cult we came out of the cult but our growth was very difficult and we were yet confused by many things, but GOD led us to see that we needed to obey Jesus and the Apostles and be baptized in the name of Jesus.  So, that is what we did and literally from that day forward our spiritual growth increased.  When Cornelius was first baptized he was a babe as Ray and I were. Peter and the other Apostles knew this and knew that once he was baptized his growth would accelerate.  Baptism is a pledge of a clear conscience towards GOD, 1 Peter 3:21, as the past sins are washed away and the symbolism of the death and resurrection of Jesus is your promised future.

Remember since the Apostle John died all human ministry was removed from the church and this was done because GOD knew men would become the tools of Satan to deceive.  This was prophesied in Ezekiel 34:10-11  GOD and Jesus control everything in the church.  This is why it is necessary to first give the spirit before baptism.  The gospel is not being preached today, not even by the true church. If GOD wanted the elect to be preaching the gospel to the world then HE better make us all billionaires.  Jesus gave the sign that the gospel would be preached in all nations, then the end would come. Matthew 24:14   How could this preaching of the gospel be a sign of the end if it was being done all along?  This sign Jesus gave will be fulfilled in Revelation 14:6. Again, any church claiming to be fulfilling the great commission is a lying church and their gospel is a lie as well.  Under these circumstances you can see why GOD must first give HIS spirit before Baptism but you have seen that baptism is still required. Do not forbid water.

COUNTING THE COST

 What does it mean to count the cost ?  It means what is expected of GODS saints when they first made the commitment to answer the call and be chosen.  

When Jesus said, “count the cost” , he meant that his followers must fully understand and commit to the immense sacrifices required for discipleship, including forsaking worldly attachments, worldly ambitions and even their own lives to insure they are not just impulsive believers who quit when things get difficult but truly dedicated disciples who are willing to give up everything for him, understanding that this complete surrender leads to profound spiritual reward.  

The rich young ruler was not able to do this because he did not want to give up his wealth in order to follow Jesus.  It says he went away sorrowful indicating that he did have some inkling of what it was he had turned down.  GOD and Jesus will not force anyone to become a disciple, it is a matter of answering the call, the rich young ruler did not answer the call therefore he was not chosen.  Many are called but few are chosen.

The innumerable multitude, the church of GOD at Laodicea that exists along side the Philadelphia church did accept the call and they were indeed chosen but due to the cares of this world, the desire to be rich and increased with goods needing nothing was their fault.  They forgot the cost of being a disciple and because of this will be required to give up their lives as martyrs whereas the Philadelphia church kept the words of Jesus and never denied his name.  They were willing to sacrifice their lives if it was his will but because of their dedication will be protected / sealed from the horrors of the great tribulation, that hour of trial that will come upon the world.  Revelation 3:10

Then Peter asked Jesus, Matthew 19:27 , “We have given up everything to follow you, what then shall we have ?”  The answer Jesus gives is in Matthew 19:28-29   Anything we have in this life is nothing when compared to what GOD offers us.  This life is only temporary and everything in it but the life to come is everlasting and everything in it.  We give up the temporary to gain the everlasting.  Would you be willing to do this ?  

At this time GOD has not chosen us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation.  Even if GOD and Christ ask you to do something that will cause your first death you are still guaranteed everlasting life in the kingdom and avoid the second death.  

Being a true elect of GOD will make you different from the carnal world because you will be guided by GOD working in you and HIS love the spiritual force in your life.  Perhaps this may lead to problems with family, friends and employers because you will not compromise the will of the spirit of GOD and Christ. Some people may think you are crazy, some see that you are different but none truly understanding why. 

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living GOD.  It is the death of the old you, the evil sinful you, to be controlled by the spirit of GOD that you must never quench or grieve.  Surrender must be total and complete.  It begins at your conversion and grows throughout your life and perfection is only achieved when after being faithful and enduring to the end you will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, into a glorified immortal impeccable spirit being.  

This is the future GOD and Jesus want for you and though free to us it came at a great price for GOD, the death of HIS son.  This Jesus gave us the example of how we follow him in how he followed his FATHER, a total and complete surrender of his will to his GOD and his GOD worked in him to Will and to do all HIS good pleasure.  GOD lived in Jesus and Jesus lived in GOD.  NOW, with the saints both GOD and Jesus live in us, we are their property, they own us, we submit willingly in love for what they have done and will do for us.  

THE COST OF HAVING THE INDWELT SPIRIT IS EVERYTHING

 

 

 

The Cost of Having the Indwelt Spirit is Everything

SRB 15 Jan 2026​

I think the first thing emphasized to us in church is:

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is everlasting life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Eph 2:8–9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast

I think it is critically important for those who have chosen to follow Yeshua and have everlasting life to make sure that they don’t skip passage related to these that I have listed.

That passage in Romans above is led by:

Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, everlasting life.

Even in the book of Ephesians, we stop reading and do not note:

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ever wonder why “salvation” is not closely related to sacrifice and works during sermons? Well, it should be because scripture makes that point very clear in several places. One can find in scripture:

Luke 9:23-24 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

What do we call a person who claims that Yeshua is our King and Teacher? The term is disciple. Do we believe that we can spend forever with God when we have neglected to follow His Son and obey the will of His Father?

The good news for me - I have noted that this obedience and discipleship has come to be more common knowledge than it used to be. At least, in my little corner of this planet. Your mileage may very.

So, I want to share my views on what it looks like when a person denies his- or her- self and takes up the cross of Christ to follow Yeshua into everlasting life.

I’m certain that this is redundant information for those who have been given the Holy Spirit to dwell within and guide their lives already, but then; the person reading this may be still young and having the New Man but still be a child.

While salvation (being justified to remove the sins of the past) is received freely by faith alone, but following Jesus as a disciple comes with a very real cost. In Luke 14:25–33

Luke 14:25–33 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.”

Has anyone ever pondered this suggestion? Why would the Son of God warn us about not considering what all this surrendering our life and will to God would cost? Do you suppose He was trying to scare us off? Maybe He was getting the attention of those who would simply warning those who make an emotional decision that is short-lived?

These passages are followed by:

Luke 14:34–35 "Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

I think it is important to understand what cautionary statement. If we pair it with the statement in Hebrews, it becomes more important. This paper is thought to benefit those who may not have considered the seriousness of the warning. Truthfully, I think these passages are seldom put together to have people understand that the sacrifice that the Son of God made is HUGE and not to be taken lightly, as are the teachings of God given through His Son.. If we do believe that God exists and His Son bought us with this high price, we should recognize our decision to become a disciple was also HUGE. This is not the cheap greasy grace that some have accepted.

Heb 6:4–6 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

We are slaves to God, disciples of His Son, and going on in our lives to sanctification. I hope this point has been made. I feel certain that we all would understand that the way we live our lives is to be a testimony regarding our faith and obedience. But, for some; it may not have been considered before now.

What does that life look like to observers? Are we valid testimony of our faith?

First off, considering that we may never understood our obligation as slaves to our God Yahweh and our obedience to our King Yeshua; we may never have received the spirit that was promised to those who have been told that they are “saved.” That conversion does not happen just because you walked to the front of a church and were congratulated for the “new life” you will lead now.

I’m convinced that the spirit of God comes to us when we truly surrender our lives to God. That is not just words – that is real surrender of our hearts and minds. That is accepting all the truths that God gives us regardless of how the local church feels about it. That is being willing to stand alone on God’s word and live for Him as a living sacrifice.

It is at that point that we truly have God’s spirit dwell with us. That is when the fruit of the Spirit becomes recognizable attributes of our lives. Each of us who are led by Yahweh and His Son, have the spirit within that convicts us of error and which leads to repentance. We can evaluate ourselves or accept correction from our brothers and sisters.

Ga 5:22–6:10 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (die to ourselves daily)

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.

Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Once one is a host to the spirit of God, life changes. Fear gets eliminated, contentment reigns, and joy grows. That is why we are told:

Matt 11:28–30 "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

The Holy Spirit makes righteous living possible.

To help illustrate the daily life we will lead, consider that we:

• Recognize that we no longer live for ourselves but for God and others. Let our actions, even the very small ones, reflect our consideration of others as more important than ourselves.
• Choose to live as one who was bought with a price, who surrender our will to God’s will
  
• We choose forgiveness of hurts and abuse over angst and vindictiveness
• We see the needs of others as more important than our own
• We learn to continuously say “no” to temptation and seek sanctification
• Accept whatever difficulties, sacrifices, and abuses that come from obedience to God
• Take all our cares and concerns to Yahweh in the name of His Son
• Forsake the world acknowledging that it is not our home

Care to add others to this list?

CORNELIUS CHRISTIANS

In the book of Acts , Acts 10:1-48 , is the account of the first recorded conversion of a Gentile.  There is in this account many lessons to learn.  At this time I want to focus on a lesson we all need to learn about this incident.  I called this article the Cornelius Christians because the manner of how the conversion of Cornelius and his household differs from the conventional manner that had been used by the Apostles.  The difference was that Cornelius and his house received the Holy Spirit prior to baptism.  Now the carnal world has differing interpretations of this event but the truth is that GOD was showing that HE was also calling the Gentiles to the faith.  This was the beginning of the calling of the Gentiles.  

What is important to see also is that even while Cornelius received the Spirit before baptism, baptism was still required.   In the times after the church was scattered to the four winds and without formal organization under the Apostles  the Cornelius Christian became the norm.  All of GODS elect saints from the time the organizational structure of the first century church disappeared are converted in the same manner as Cornelius was.  Look at how scattered the true church is and has been since about the beginning of the second century.  There was no human ministry, no preaching of the gospel, no church meetings and no recognition by the carnal world that we true Christians even exist.  

GOD would have to give us HIS spirit first to even understand spiritual things well enough to even come out of the church cult we were baptized into.  To give us the spiritual eyes to see that we were in a Satanic cult, baptized into a Satanic church.  Remember Revelation 12:9  1 John 5:19  these scriptures are true, the entire world that claims to be Christian is in reality of the Devil.  If we were in any of them we were in a church of the Devil.  Did not GOD call us out of this darkness and into HIS light ?  To even see this and understand this the spirit of GOD had to be in us to show us this and give us the strength to leave, to come out from among them and be separate so that GOD receives us.  Then just as what transpired with Cornelius must with us too.  Water should not be forbidden, Christ commanded baptism, it was always the practice of the Apostles and this cannot be denied.  Therefore if you have experienced what I call the Cornelius Christian conversion then you absolutely need to be obedient to Christ and be baptized in his name.

The order of things may change but the truth of them remains the same.  The ancient Christians like Able, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were never baptized but did indeed have the Holy Spirit.  In order to confirm the promises made to these fathers of the faith, Jesus was baptized to fulfill all righteousness.  Jesus was baptized for them not himself.  The promises given to the fathers was the new covenant the message of the gospel that GOD taught to them. This covenant needed to be confirmed as well as the righteousness of faith from GOD that the fathers all had.  The seed of Abraham, Jesus, would come and confirm the covenant and all righteousness.  Romans 15:8   Acts 13:32-33    Micah 7:20  Then baptism replaced circumcision as a sign of the new covenant.  So you see how the ancient saints are like us today having been given the spirit before baptism but baptism still was done to fulfill all righteousness and confirm the promises made to the fathers.

 When we were caught up in the deception of whatever Satanic church we were in we did not know these things but at some point GOD intervened to call us and we answered the call as Abraham did saying, “here am I”.  In our minds, our thoughts, our human spirit GOD was speaking to us through Jesus Christ.  “He that believes and is baptized shall be saved but those not believing will be condemned.” Mark 16:16  Peter believed baptism was very important, 1 Peter 3:21 “And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you.”  There is also Romans 6:3-4  “baptized into his death”.  Titus 3:5 “the washing of new birth”.  Galatians 3:27 “baptism is to be clothed with Christ”   John 3:5; “Truly truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of GOD unless he is born of water (baptism) and spirit.”  “In one spirit we are baptized into one body (the true church, not the false one we were called out of) and given one spirit to drink.”  1 Corinthians 12:13  

When I and a few others came out of one of Satans cults we realized that the baptism into that cult was false and we were led by the spirit to see that we needed the one true baptism.  After we submitted to this baptism our spiritual growth accelerated significantly. 

Today we are like Abraham dwelling in a world that in the future we will inherit and none of the promises have yet been fulfilled, GOD having provided a better thing for us that they should not be made perfect apart from us.  

Whenever a person is called out of the world they need to be baptized with the one true baptism.

Ephesians 4:4  “only one baptism into one faith in one GOD, in the one hope of our calling, into the one true church.”  The baptism you and I had in Satans church was not it.  

A CONVERSATION WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

 Hello there, I am the Ten Commandments, you know the law, the stone tablets written on with the finger of the arch angel Michael.  I am the heart and core of what is called the old covenant.  I thought that I would ask Lee if I could post an article here on his blog and he very graciously said yes.  

Now many of you out there have different ideas about me, some say I am abolished, some say they must keep me so in order to clear up this confusion I have come forward to tell you about myself.  First of all I only list ten things that are sin if you violate them but I say nothing about the punishment for violating them, that is in the book of the law of Moses, you know him, the guy who carried me down from the mountain.  Now the first time Moses brought me down from the mountain he busted me to smithereens because Israel was worshiping a golden calf so Moses had to go back up the mountain and get another copy of me that was exactly the same as the first.  Anyway, for the people that think I have been abolished, why do you say that, Jesus told you plainly in Matthew 5:17 that every jot and tittle of me is still here.  Then for you who think you have to keep me I have big news for you, YOU CAN’T.  What is wrong with you people , it seems that you can’t get anything right.  Look, everybody sins right, and because of sin everybody dies, you get that ?  I don’t offer everlasting life and I won’t forgive you if you break me, I have absolutely no mercy.  If you break me you die, period.  What is so difficult about that ?  This is one of the reasons GOD gave me to you, to show you that you all are hopelessly trapped in sin and the only way out is Jesus.  I’m not bad or evil, I am holy, just and good because GOD ordained that sinners should die and that’s what I do, I kill all of you so that you can hopefully see this and repent, which is another thing I won’t let you do.  If you put yourself under me you are dead, I will have no mercy, no forgiveness, you can’t repent and I don’t give life but I do bring death.  Why do you drag me into the new covenant when I AM THE OLD COVENANT !!!  What are you thinking ?  Yes, I do have the ability to deter people from sinning outwardly because they fear being put to death but the inner person I can’t touch at all.  So even if you don’t actually say or do anything that can be seen and testified to by witnesses if you think it your still dead. My last command, the 10th for you who don’t know, says, “Thou shalt not covet or lust”.  This means that if you even think of sinning you have sinned. Jesus brought this out in Matthew 5:28 and all my commandments can be broken in the same way.  Furthermore, if you just break one of my commandments you are guilty of breaking them all.  Trying to keep me is a lose lose situation, you can’t win.  The only hope you have is the new covenant which gives you a much better deal than I will.  This should be falling off a log simple, life or death, the new covenant gives life but me, the old covenant kills you, take your pick.  

Many of you don’t realize that I am a direct result of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit.  The knowledge of sin, of good and evil was later on through Moses written on tables of stone, yes it was me, the ministry of death.  Don’t you know that Satan wants you to be under me because I kill you and Satan knows that, this is why he blinds your eyes from understanding the gospel Jesus and the Apostles preached.  There are only two ways that GOD Will judge you, either by me or by grace, that’s it.  Jesus gave you two great commandments of love toward GOD and your neighbor and GOD gives you HIS GODLY love by HIS Holy Spirit so that you can actually fulfill what I was only a shadow of.  Jesus didn’t fulfill the law by keeping me, he fulfilled me with his FATHERS love, love is the fulfillment of me people, I don’t fulfill anything, I just kill you if your not in Christ.  The problem in all of this isn’t me, like I said, I am holy, just and good, the problem is that your not, your the problem not me.  In reality I am your teacher, your schoolmaster, and I show you plainly that you need Jesus. The FATHER draws you to Jesus by using me, I teach you this but your not hearing me.  

Well, I could go on and on about this but you know, you have been given the scriptures, the prophets, Jesus and the Apostles but after all this you still don’t get it.  Well I tried and so with that I will go back into the ark and wait for GOD to straighten things out.  So this is the Ten Commandments saying good bye until then.