SCRIPTURE INCORRECTLY USED TO SUPPORT TEN COMMANDMENT KEEPING FOR TRUE CHRISTIANS

 

There are some verses in scripture that people use who think they must keep the Ten Commandments; here is one they use to support this claim.  In Matthew 19:16-24 the story about the rich young ruler. The rich young ruler asked Jesus, “what good thing must I do to obtain everlasting life ?”  Jesus replied, “If you want to enter life keep the commandments.”  The rich young ruler said, “which ones ?”  Jesus answered, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother, AND LOVE YOU NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”  The rich young ruler said, “All these I have kept, what do I still lack ?”  Jesus replied, “If you want to be perfect sell all your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. THEN COME AND FOLLOW ME.”  When the rich young ruler heard this he went away in sorrow because he had great wealth.  Then Jesus said to his disciples, “It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Take note that the rich young ruler thought he had kept the Ten Commandments but it is a spiritual truth that no one can keep the Ten Commandments because ALL HAVE SINNED AND HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.  If righteousness came through the Ten Commandments then Jesus died for nothing. 

 The Ten Commandments, written and engraved on stone, are the ministry of death.  2 Corinthians 3:7 No one is justified by keeping the Ten Commandments.  Galatians 2:16   There is none righteous, no not one.  Jesus knew all this when he told the rich young ruler to keep the Ten Commandments but when the rich young ruler asked, “What do I still lack ?”  The main answer is what Jesus said, “Come, follow me.”  In short, keeping the Ten Commandments will not give you everlasting life but following Jesus will. 

 Another thing to understand here is that all carnal unconverted people are under the law and this rich young ruler was under the Ten Commandments so Jesus answered rightly when he told this rich young ruler to keep the Ten Commandments.  Jesus knew that this rich young ruler was deceiving himself by thinking he actually kept the Ten Commandments and that the offer to come and follow Jesus would be rejected.  This was the rich young rulers calling but because he rejected the calling he was not chosen.  

On this blog I have written about this very thing many times.  I have explained in great detail why GOD gave the Ten Commandments and that they are what condemns all carnal unconverted people to death and they are the old covenant.  Jesus is the new covenant and if we follow him we escape the condemnation of the Ten Commandments and enter a better covenant with access to repentance, grace, faith, imputed righteousness and forgiveness of our sins. Jesus came to save us from the Ten Commandments . 

The Ten Commandments were given by GOD to us to show us these things, to lead us as a schoolmaster to Christ, and once in Christ we have no need of a schoolmaster anymore, no need to keep the old covenant, the Ten Commandments.

If you are familiar with the scriptures you should have noticed that in this article I quoted several scriptures that prove this truth and if you have been reading this blog you should have at the least known my position on the Ten Commandments, the old covenant verses the two Commandments of the new covenant.  Also my articles about how GODS love in HIS saints is what fulfills the intent of the Ten Commandments.  GODS love is the fulfillment of the Ten Commandments.

So then, if you happen to hear a law keeper say Jesus wants us to keep the Ten Commandments then you should now know that for a carnal person that’s true but for the spiritual person it’s not.  Ten Commandment law keepers are yet in the old covenant but those who keep the two commandments of love in the Holy Spirit are the ones who will find everlasting life and lack nothing.

 

DID THE WITCH OF ENDOR SUMMON THE SPIRIT OF DEAD SAMUEL ?

 

1 Samuel 28:3-14   “Now Samuel was dead  and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town in Raman. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land. The Philistines assembled and set up camp at Shunem while Saul gathered all Israel and set up camp at Gilboa. When Saul saw the Philistine army he was afraid and trembled violently. He inquired of the Lord but the Lord did not answer him by dreams or the Urim or the prophets. Then Saul said to his servants, find me a woman who has a familiar spirit so I can go and consult her.  There is a witch at Endor his servants replied. So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes and set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night and Saul said, consult a spirit for me. Bring up the for me the one I name. But the woman said, surely you know what Saul had done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed. Then Saul swore to her by the Lord, As surely as the Lord lives no punishment shall come upon you for this.  Whom shall I bring up for you ? Bring up Samuel he replied.  But when the woman saw Samuel she cried out in a loud voice, why have you deceived me?  You are Saul.  Do not be afraid Saul replied . What do you see ?  I see a god coming up out of the earth, the woman answered. What does he look like asked Saul ?  An old man is coming up and is wearing a robe she replied.” 

“A god coming up out of the earth” is a demon. A demon is an Elohim or god. Strongs concordance article #430H shows that this word can be applied to a man who is a judge or king, angels or GOD.  Read the Strongs article for yourself. All Human spirits do not go down at death, they go up, they go back to GOD at death. Ecclesiastes 3:21 and Ecclesiastes 12:7   This spirit brought up by the witch was a demonic spirit, a familiar spirit, who knew Samuel and could imitate him.  The witch was in league with Satan.  

This story is used by false Christians to support the immortal soul lie.  If Satan can get you to believe in instant life after death then you are calling GOD a liar because GOD said, “You shall surely die” but Satan said, “You shall not surely die”.  You believe Satan instead of GOD.  The same thing is true of other scriptures that have been translated incorrectly or punctuation wrongly used.  People that have had this lie crammed down their throats for years have a very difficult time understanding or believing the truth.  

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE ?

 

According to research the most asked question of all time is; what is the meaning of life ?  The answer is something humanity has been searching for since the beginning.  As human beings we are alone in this universe when it comes to asking this question.  All Other life forms are incapable of this kind of thinking.  This fact is one of the reasons why we ask the question to begin with.  Why are humans so different from all other life on Earth with respect to high intelligence ?  What is it that gives us the ability to contemplate our existence when no other life form can ?  Is there a reason we exist or are we nothing more than some supposed cosmic accident ?  

There are answers to these questions but would we accept them or reject them ?  The answers themselves must be believed otherwise we remain ignorant.  Within this blog there are articles that give the answers from a source, that if you believe in it, can provide satisfaction , closure and happiness.  

The source I refer to is GOD.  We exist because GOD created us. We are told that we were created after the image of GOD according to HIS likeness, but what does that mean ?  Is GOD a flesh and blood human being ?  Is this image and likeness we are in, which is GOD, physical or spiritual ?  It is spiritual.  The other life forms on Earth are not in GODS image or likenesses, just humans. The image and likeness is spiritual, our intelligence and ability to ask questions and seek answers is something spiritual that GOD created us with.  This is the image and likeness, it is that we have a cognitive mind or spirit in us, a spiritual component that is housed by a temporary body of flesh.  The flesh is not the spirit and the spirit is not the flesh, but only the spirit part of us is after GODS image and according to GODS likeness.  This image and likeness we have is infinitely lower than what GOD has.  In essence we are a very poor copy of GODS image and likeness. This doesn’t make us YAHWEH, it makes us a poor image of HIM.  We begin our existence in this image and likeness with the potential to become more like the GOD who created us.  Jesus Christ was called the express image of GOD in Hebrews 1:3.  The word “express” is Strongs concordance article #5481 and it means an exact representation of character.  Jesus Christ had GODS character, that is Jesus was righteous, incapable of sin and equal to GODS agape or GODLY love.  Jesus had none of GODS attributes that are unique to GOD only like omniscience, omnipotence or omnipresence but in quality of character Jesus Christ was equal to his GOD and FATHER. Our hope and very reason for our existence is to be recreated to be in the image and likeness of Jesus Christ who was created by GOD after GODS image and likeness. This is why scripture says Jesus is the image of the invisible GOD.  Colossians 1:15  Jesus is the first born in all of creation, that is Jesus Christ was the first human being to be born into the kingdom of GOD. Jesus is the first born of MANY.  Romans 8:29  While believing this in faith, all humans will, each in their own order, have this opportunity presented to them in three different times; now, the millennium and finally the second resurrection.  

This is meaning of life.  This is why you exist , why GOD created you.  All of our lives will eventually have meaning and purpose once we are given this knowledge by the FATHERS HOLY SPIRIT.  Currently, only a very small number of people who are the chosen saints of GOD in the time before the second advent, have this opportunity and the rest of humanity will receive it later.  

DO NOT BE EASILY OFFENDED

 

Matthew 11:6 “And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended because of me.”  The words of Jesus.

Luke 7:23 “Blessed is he who does not fall away because of me.”  Again the words of Jesus.

Jesus spoke the truth to thousands of people but offended most of them.  

Matthew 13:57 “And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, a prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”

Jesus told many people that they were the devils children and didn’t have the Holy Spirit. Well, guess what, I do the same thing on this blog. Jesus told people the truth because he loved them but they were offended and many times they blasphemed and eventually they murdered him.  

We live in a world today that is like it was in the days of Noah, perilous times where all false Christianity is following deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.  1 Timothy 4:1  

 True Christians are rarer than hens teeth in this world.  If one of these true Christians, a mature elect saint of GOD, would tell you the truth would you believe it or would you be offended and think evil thoughts about them ?  Whether I write or speak the truth to people I do so in love but they for the most part do not believe, become offended, withdraw and allow a root of bitterness to grow in them.  I have seen this many times in the last 33 years.  Of the few people who have shown some hope of being truly called all have become offended, have withdrawn and it was their choice to do so.  Today I still fellowship with three others who have been called and chosen and are not easily offended. The time for us is now but the time of these others will come later. 

When Jesus was preaching the gospel it was the first time Christianity was preached publicly but in times past GOD dealt with people privately.  People like Able, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sara, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Miriam, Aaron, Joshua, Caleb and all the prophets GOD dealt with privately.  These people knew the gospel and understood that in the future a savior would be born, they looked forward to everything that true Christians now have today. According to Hebrews 11 they will be in the first resurrection with saints after Christ.  I call these people Christians, but you know what, many are offended by this due to their ignorance and lacking in the Holy Spirit.  

I have told people that the new covenant writings were dominated by the Apostle Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, because it was the time of the Gentiles and the olive tree in Romans 11 had the unbelieving Israelites branches broken off so that the Gentiles could be grafted into the olive tree.   

I have written about the 144,000 and the innumerable multitude, that they would be the only people to enter the kingdom of GOD when Jesus returns and everyone else must wait until the millennium and second resurrection.  

I have written about what sin really is.  Most think sin is something you actually say or do when these things serve only to reveal what you think, which is the real sin, and then the things you say or do are the effects of how you think.  Sin is evil thoughts in the mind, the human spirit, this is what defiles a person. However, most don’t believe.

I have written that there is nothing about a human being that is immortal.   Death is not life, that there is no IMMEDIATE LIEF AFTER DEATH.  But there are certain scriptures that people read, that don’t have the Holy Spirit, thinking with a carnal mind, that these scriptures say there is immediate life after death.  I have several articles on this blog that explain how these scriptures have either been deliberately changed or poorly translated and show from other scriptures what the truth about life and death is.  This truth was also met with disbelief.

I have written that when GOD calls you out of the deception you were in, no matter if you were baptized in it or not, you still need to be baptized with the one and only true baptism in the name of Jesus Christ only.  But you know, there are many who think whatever baptism they had before was good enough or that baptism is no longer required or that it’s a matter of personal choice.  Well, any previous baptism meant nothing, baptism is required and it isn’t your personal choice when Jesus commanded baptism in his name. Again, we have in this type of mind Satan the devil’s influence over people like this.  They arrive at conclusions based on carnal thinking which is death.

Many other things I have written about are received, for the most part, in the same way.  People are just to easily offended and react with anger and incorrectly think they are being attacked rather than seeing GODS elect saint is trying to help them in GODS love.  A raised voice and sharp words are not always in a negative light because sometimes they are in love.  If your human father screams at you for something your about to do that could hurt or possibly kill you does he do it because he hates you and wants to offend you or because he loves you ?  A message cannot always be interpreted by how it is delivered.  The lesson to learn in this is; do not be easily offended.

UPDATE ON BLOG STATISTICS

 

                    BLOG STATISTICS

It is time again for another update for my readers of this blog.  At the time of this writing, 1 pm September 8, 2026, there have been 139, 319 times that this blog’s articles have been read.  There has been a total of only 226 comments which is very low when compared to the number of reads.  I have been encouraging you readers to make a comment but thus far very very few have.  There are businesses and corporations that access the blog but for what reason I don’t know.  

This blog is being read in more than 19 countries around the world. Each country is listed with the number of reads directly below.  See list below.

United States

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Hong Kong

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Germany

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Vietnam

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India

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France

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China

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Mexico

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United Kingdom

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Russia

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Canada

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Pakistan

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Saudi Arabia

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Indonesia

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Other

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I started this blog in 2011 and for the first 12 years there was not much response at all.  It has been over the last 3 years that the number of hits or reads has really taken off.  There are also 5 contributing authors with articles on the blog whose posts are doing very well. Most articles are spiritual in nature but some of them deal with problems in the world and their economics and governments. Sometimes I will post an article from other writers that I feel are useful. There is a total of 589 posted articles and 226 comments over the 15 years since starting this blog.  The reason for the sudden burst of readers may be due to people searching for answers who are dissatisfied with the worlds churches and are looking elsewhere.  

I do hope the number of comments increases and I assure you that I will answer you if you comment. 

I would also like to hear suggestions from you  about topics you would like to know about.  

 

Thank you to all my readers, Lee

TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU

 

1 Peter 3:18-20

For Christ suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the spirit, (The  FATHER RESURRECTED JESUS FROM THE DEAD) and by the same spirit (The Holy Spirit of the FATHER) he went and preached to the spirits in prison (Living people that Jesus preached the gospel to) which beforehand were disobedient (Some previously disobedient heard the gospel and became saints).* When Once long ago the long suffering of GOD waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared were a few , eight souls, were saved by water.

In the day Peter wrote this there was no such thing as punctuation so where one sentence ends and an other begins is determined by change of thought or additional information.  In verse 20 between the words disobedient and when should be a period because the previous sentences had to do with Christ but the verses after shifts to the days of Noah, a change of thought.  The words after disobedient “once long ago” is Strongs number 4218 it means “formerly in old time” and this is where the thought changes from Christ to Noah.  Seeing it this way will agree with the teaching of the resurrection and confirm there is no immediate life after death. It removes the appearance of scripture contradicting itself. Anyone who has been involved in other heresies like Preterism or been a preacher in a false church is especially susceptible to Satanic deceptions. They carry a lot of excess baggage from the world. 

Now, in 2 Peter 2:5  Peter calls Noah a preacher of righteousness.  Who did Noah preach to ? The spirits in prison of his day, living humans. The prison is being condemned to death and awaiting execution because of sin.  In the day of Jesus he too preached to the spirits in prison, living people also condemned to death because of sin. Isaiah 49:9  Isaiah 42:7  Isaiah 61:1 are all prophetic about Jesus.  The fulfillment is Luke 4:18-21  

In each case only a few would be saved. Those few were beforehand or formerly disobedient but repented and were baptized and given the spirit.  They became saints, formerly disobedient but now obedient.  No one in Noah’s day responded to his righteous preaching except his family. Jesus had a better turn out than Noah did but not by much because there were only 120 people in that upper room on the day of Pentecost and this after Jesus had preached to thousands of people.  1 Peter 3:21 connects all of these verses to BAPTISM with the eight saved by water in Noah’s day to the baptism in Christ that is in his name. 

* Isaiah 49:9   Isaiah 42:7   Luke 1:77-79  Luke 4:18

Isaiah 61:1   Psalm 146:7   Psalm 102:19-20

You and I, before our conversion, were spiritual prisoners held captive by Satan , spirits in prison, in this world with no hope.  We have been set free , released from the prison of the Devil and the law, the Ten Commandments.  

1 Peter 3:18-20 is not about Christ somehow surviving death and preaching to spirits who lived in the days of Noah.  

The resurrection is a doctrine of the church, Hebrews 6:2,  and doctrine does not change therefore if a resurrection is when the dead are brought back to life again it means they were dead beforehand.  It means they were unconscious and dead but the resurrection makes them conscious and alive. Dead people can't even sin anymore.

 Romans 6:7 "for anyone who has died has been  set free from sin." This is because dead people cannot think, speak or act.

Quite frankly the truth of life and death and the resurrection I consider to be one of the easiest doctrines to understand when a person has the Holy Spirit.  If someone can’t grasp this easy truth then how will they grasp the harder truths. Two of The three saints I fellowship with have known this truth for 40 years.  Satan is described as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.  Those who Satan seeks are the saints because he already has the world.  Satan wants the saints of GOD.  It is also said that;  “in the latter days some will depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.”  1 Timothy 4:1   One doctrine of the demons is immediate life after death.  If you have fallen for this lie then you are in great danger of being devoured.  

I am not writing to the world but to those GOD is in some fashion working with, weather converted or not.  My words are in no way intended to insult, demean or brag about my spiritual understanding. This isn’t an ego trip on my part.  I truly desire to help the people GOD is working with but if they close their minds and adhere to the doctrines of demons then I can do nothing, it is then in GODS hands to deal with them. 

One of the tests to determine who is converted or not is given in 1 John 4:4-6  

 "whoever is from GOD listens to us but whoever is not from GOD does not listen to us."  

The “us” in this verse are the mature elect saints.

When I see someone who held so much promise fall for a Satanic deception and will not listen to those who are mature Christian saints that attempt to correct their error then I am greatly disappointed and saddened.  These rebellious minds reveal what spirit they are of.  Rather than listen they only want to continue to push the lie they believe and all sense of spiritual logic and reason are gone.  This is the parable of the sower in real life application. 

 Even though I know that only GOD calls and chooses people the saints do not always know immediately who truly is chosen but wait to see the fruits of the spirit working in a person, to see what kind of ground their seed fell upon.  Over the last 30 years there have been a few that I had hope for only to find that they were never chosen.  All of them have had some lie they embraced and would not let go.  Because of my poor track record in seeking out other elect of GOD I see this as a learning experience that I should be concerned from now on with those who have truly grown in the spirit and have shown themselves to have been called and chosen; the small group I fellowship with.  I will continue writing articles but will not seek out anyone,  just be a quiet witness to the truth. 

 

SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OR GODS RIGHTEOUSNESS AS A GIFT BECAUSE OF FAITH

 

In one of my conversations with Anthony Buzzard the word “righteousness” was mentioned and Anthony made the following comment, “righteousness is a dreary word”, now the word dreary used by Anthony means  something dull, bleak  or depressing which makes you feel sad or uninspired.  When Anthony said this I instantly realized that he did not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ because the gospel message heavily depends upon the believer being imputed with GODS righteousness, the righteousness of GOD by faith. 

 Romans 4:20-24  “Abraham did not waver at the promise of GOD through unbelief but was strengthened in faith giving glory to GOD and being fully convinced that what GOD had promised GOD was also able to perform.  And therefore it was accounted (imputed) to Abraham for righteousness. Now it was not written for Abrahams sake alone that righteousness was imputed to him but for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in GOD who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead.”

Romans 3:21  “But now THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD apart from the law is revealed being witnessed by the law and the prophets, even the righteousness of GOD through faith in Jesus Christ..” 

Anthony did not know the difference between righteousness UNDER THE LAW and the IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD BY FAITH.  Under the law the righteousness was of the person who kept the law and as Isaiah says, 

Isaiah 64:6  “But we are all like an unclean thing and ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS, we all fade as a leaf and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away.”

Both Paul and Isaiah say that righteousness under the law was worthless because it wasn’t the righteousness of GOD.  GOD imputes righteousness or credits the saints with a quality they do not have naturally with GODS own righteousness because they have faith to believe GOD and Christ.  

Romans 5:17  “For if by one man’s offense death reigned through that one, much more then those who receive abundance of grace and THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS will reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.”

GOD RIGHTEOUSNESS is a gift to the person who has faith in GOD just as Abraham had faith in GOD.  To not understand this is to be ignorant of the message of the gospel because scripture says,

  1 Corinthians 6:9  “Do you not know the unrighteous SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.”

To be in GODS kingdom, to have salvation, we must have GODS imputed gift of righteousness.  Without GODS imputed gift of righteousness no  one will inherit the kingdom of GOD.  This is a very serious thing to not understand this.  Anthony Buzzard and millions of other people don’t understand this.  Have you been taught this truth in the church you attend ?  

The Ten Commandments do not impute the righteousness of GOD to the one under the Ten Commandments. 

  Galatians 2:21  For if righteousness came by the law, the Ten Commandments, then CHRIST DIED FOR NOTHING.”  

What righteousness anyone has must come as a gift from GOD imputing HIS own righteousness to you because you believe GOD.  Do you see and understand this, well if you do you know much more than Anthony Buzzard and millions of other people.

Today in this world people are caught between two opinions; keeping the Ten Commandments to please GOD or having faith to believe the gospel that GOD preached through HIS son that all the works of Ten Commandments keeping will not produce the righteousness of GOD but rather GOD will impute, give as a free gift, HIS own righteousness to the one who will believe the new covenant gospel and PASSOVER from filthy rags to gold, silver and precious stones.  The Ten Commandments are self righteousness but the gospel is the message of GODS own righteousness imputed to you because you believe.