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  Of the few people who have shown some hope of being truly called all have become offended, have withdrawn and it was their choice to do so.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

40.1K

Singapore

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Brazil

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Hong Kong

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Seychelles

5.37K

Germany

5K

Vietnam

4.95K

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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Argentina

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Russia

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Bangladesh

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Canada

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Pakistan

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Saudi Arabia

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Indonesia

1.21K

Other

27.1K

 

 

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.

ANYONE NOT IN CHRIST HAS NO LIFE IN THEM

ANYONE NOT IN CHRIST HAS NO LIFE IN THEM

 

The scriptures confirm that all human beings are mortal.  Jesus Christ was mortal otherwise he couldn’t have died.  It is impossible to be dead yet alive somewhere else.  This life the gospel promises us is immortal life but who among all people will receive this immortal life ?  

1 John 5:11-12 “And this is the testimony; GOD has given us everlasting life and this life is in HIS son.  Whoever has the son has life; whoever does not have the son of GOD does not have life.”

Do you see that the ONLY PEOPLE that have the promise of everlasting life are the true elect saints of GOD.  It is a promise, we don’t have it yet, it’s given when Jesus returns.

1 John 2:25 “And this is the PROMISE HE has PROMISED us - everlasting life.”

Even if we die before Jesus returns we will be resurrected from the dead to immortality.  As scripture says, “this mortal must put on immortality.”

When anyone says there is immediate life after death they are a liar.  Some people think Jesus, after he died on the cross, went and preached to spirits in prison.  If the only way to everlasting life is through Jesus Christ then how can people who are not In Christ live after death ?  The only way to live again after dying is by a resurrection from the dead that scripture says happens when Jesus returns.  

Don’t you see that if these liars that think evil people, not in Christ Jesus, are yet alive after death then this is giving immortality to people who are evil and not GODS elect, not the church.  The church is in Christ, they have the promise of everlasting life but the world doesn’t.  These liars give everlasting life to sinners.  The liars completely bypass Christ and in their ignorance destroy the gospel message.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 “If our gospel is hidden, it is hidden in them that perish. In whom the god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of them that don’t believe least the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of GOD, should shine unto them.”

Part of the faith of the elect is the taking of the bread and wine that is the new covenant Passover.  Paul tells us not to take this Passover in an unworthy manner.  We must properly discern the body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:29 “For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself not discerning the Lords body.”

If any of these liars who say there is immediate life after death take the Lords Passover they have done so in an unworthy manner.  They are unworthy of the body of Christ.  A murderer is a sinner and of this evil world.  If the murderer dies and has not been led to Christ by the FATHER, is unconverted, then the liars say he is being tormented in hell.  Read this.

1 John 3:15 “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer and you know that no murderer has EVERLASTING LIFE abiding in him.”

Do you understand this scripture ?  It is saying plainly that unrepentant sinners not in Christ will not have the promise of everlasting life therefore when they die they cease to exist as the scriptures say.  

If any of you liars out there in this evil world have taken the bread and wine in an unworthy manner then you are unworthy of the body of Christ and will face judgement.

Immortality is not given to the sinners in this world, it is ONLY given to GODS elect saints when Jesus returns.  THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST.  The rest of the dead will be resurrected a thousand years later in the second resurrection. It will be then that these liars will see their lies. 

 

THE FEW WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN

 Scripture says that it is appointed for men once to die. 

 Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement.”

The elect saints of GOD will not be judged on the day of judgement for all the rest of humanity because in order to inherit the kingdom and everlasting life the saints are being judged now.  The household of GOD is being judged NOW.

1 Peter 4:17 “For it is time for judgement to begin with GODS household and if it begins with us what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of GOD ?”

The true church is being judged now but the rest of the unconverted world will be judged at the great white throne judgment recorded in Revelation 20:11-15 .  If the elect saints are to inherit the kingdom and immortality when Jesus returns then by necessity they must be judged before Jesus returns.  

The elect saints of GOD are mentioned in Revelation 7 & 14 and the number of them is 144,000 from the time of righteous Able until the total number is sealed in Revelation 7.  What this means is that  in order to agree with Hebrews 9:27, that men are appointed once to die, that the majority of GODS elect saints are dead.  Now we know that death in scripture is many times compared to sleep because in both death and sleep unconsciousness is the only thing each have in common.  The Apostle Paul uses the word sleep in 1 Corinthians 15:51;

 “Behold, I tell you a mystery, we SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP but we shall all be changed.”

When Jesus returns there will be a very, very small remnant of the elect still alive;

1 Thessalonians 4:17 “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet Jesus in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”

Now this is not the lie of the rapture because the saints rule with Jesus on the earth when Jesus returns they don’t go to heaven.  The scripture says;

 “We shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:10

Now, the saints who are alive and remain have not fell asleep, have not died, remember 1 Corinthians 15:51, “we shall not all sleep” it means we shall not all die but rather be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye into immortal spirit beings. 

I think this has been the desire of every generation of GODS saints since the day Jesus ascended to heaven. I know that I and the saints that I fellowship with have the same desire but we know this matter is in GODS hands.  It would be an awesome thing to see all the end time events recorded in the book of Revelation first hand.  

Give the horrific state of this world and all the insane things going on in it and we are not yet dead we see that we might be in this very small group of saints who are alive and remain.

RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH

 

2 Timothy 2:15 “Be diligent to present yourself approved to GOD, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

 What does it mean to rightly divide the word of truth ?

To properly and correctly put the scriptures together in the only way possible to arrive at the truth is rightly dividing the word of truth.

This method of discovering truth is guided by the FATHERS HOLY SPIRIT.  How do I know this ?

John 6:45 “It is written in the prophets: They will all be taught by GOD.  Everyone who has heard and learned from the FATHER must come to me.”

Here Jesus is telling us that the FATHER is our teacher by His Holy Spirit in us with Jesus being the mediator between us and GOD.  

Now, we connect other scriptures to this to reenforce this truth. 

John 14:26 “But the advocate, the Holy Spirit, that the FATHER will send in my name will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”

Here again we have the spirit of the FATHER as the teacher.  Here are a few more…..

John 16:13 “However, when the spirit of truth comes it will guide you into all truth. For it will not speak on its own but it will speak what it hears and will declare to you what is to come.”

The degree of this teaching by the FATHER is total and the teaching of men in ministry is no longer needed and has been eliminated.  How do I know this ? 

 1 John 2:27 “And as for you, the anointing you received from GOD remains in you and YOU HAVE NO NEED THAT ANYONE SHOULD TEACH YOU.  But just as GODS true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things so remain in GOD as you have been taught.”

By the spirit of the FATHER all of GODS elect saints are taught the truth and all human ministers have been eliminated.  In this way you cannot be deceived.  You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.  The reason why there is so much deception in all the false churches is that they do not have the Holy Spirit of the FATHER in them therefore they have  no divine teachings and rely on carnal minded unconverted people to be their teachers.  These false ministers will say there is a GOD but then define HIM and HIS will by using lies because they don’t know the truth.  

If you have the FATHERS Holy Spirit then you have access to the truth and can rightly divide it to arrive at even more truth because one truth leads to others. 

If the spirit of the FATHER is working with you but NOT YET IN YOU, this is your calling but how you respond to the calling will determine if you are chosen.  Here is where the parable of the sower comes into play.  Jesus, in Matthew 13:18-22, explains the parable of the sower and how various people will respond when being called but not yet chosen.  It is only the seed that falls on the good soil or earth that hears and understands GODS teaching which will lead to repentance, baptism and receiving the FATHERS spirit.  Jesus also said, “many are called, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.”  If you are not chosen in this present age you will be chosen in the ages to come, either in the millennium or the second resurrection.  GOD has a loving reason why HE doesn’t choose everyone now. 

“GOD is not willing that any should perish but that all come to repentance” 2 Peter 3:9 

 But the problem for the vast majority of humanity is that they will not at this time repent.  

Because of carnal thinking,  which is death, the false ministers of the world's churches cannot rightly divide the word of truth. Modern translations of the Bible actually change the scriptures to make them fit their lies. Even older translations do the same thing.  The spirit of the FATHER  is able to overcome this problem and give the elect saints the proper translation. 

In this blog or other writings where the truth is plainly shown the carnal churches will not accept it. This is the way it was prophesied to be. 

 2 Peter 2:2 “And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.”

If you are one of GODS elect saints then you understand what I have written here,  you know how to rightly divine the word of truth.