A THING OF NOTHING

There are people who we have come into contact with since 1993 to the present and thought they were truly converted people but realized after time passed they were not.  Some of them had a good bit of knowledge but also a problem in their minds either about a spiritual understanding or some personal issues which led to their departure.  There are lessons to be learned from this experience.  More about that later. 

There is for me personally a lot of sadness when a person shows promise to be an elect only to throw it away over something so incredibly stupid.  I have seen this too many times.  Everyone who does this has no idea what they have done or the tremendous opportunity they have squandered.  Therefore I have learned a lesson from this; from now on I will not make any attempt to search out GODS elect.  GOD knows who HIS people are and only HE calls and chooses them.  It has though been a curious thing to watch how Satan deceives these people and how easily they fall for it.  This is a real time playing out of the parable of the sower and it is fascinating to watch but also extremely sad.  These people give up the most precious thing any human being can have for a thing of nothing.  

The small group of GODS elect that I fellowship with has been in Christ now for over 30 years and during that time if we were wrong about something GOD would correct the situation.  As time passed and our spiritual foundation grew we made less mistakes.  Our spiritual experience therefore is greater than that of a babe, who is or may be, being called but not yet chosen.  Over the last 30 plus years we have encountered nine others who GOD was working with, GOD was calling them.  It was like how Jesus described the spiritual condition of the disciples before they received the Holy Spirit.  

John 14:17 “ The spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it does not see him or know him but you know him because he remains with you and SHALL BE IN YOU.”

Just like the disciples these nine people came to realize that the spirit was working with them but as Jesus said, “SHALL BE IN YOU.”  All of these nine people were being called but due to various circumstances they did not answer the call in order to be chosen.  Some of these nine were drawn away by cares of the world, some were offended when we corrected an error they believed in and some were just not truly committed and lost interest.  

One of the ways we could discern their spirits was that they refused to hear us when we spoke the truth to them.  This discernment of the spirits is described in 1 John 4:1-6 the verse to focus on is verse 6;

 “We are from GOD. Whoever is not from GOD does not listen to us. That is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.” 1 John 4:6

Jesus said;

 “Whoever belongs to GOD hears the words of GOD.  The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to GOD.”  John 8:47

John 10:26 “Because you are not my sheep you refuse to believe.”

Some of these people were convinced that on certain spiritual subjects they knew more than the elect who were 30 years ahead of them in spiritual growth. When we, the mature elect, tried to correct them they became offended and voluntarily left fellowship.  We, the elect, hold no grudge nor have any hatred for these people but know that now wasn’t their time to be chosen but have every confidence that in the future when GOD wills they will be chosen.

When the Apostle Paul called out the Apostle Peter for his hypocrisy in Galatians 2:11-16 .  Peter did not get angry because he knew Paul was right and later Peter only had positive comments about Paul.  The verse to focus on is verse 11; 

“Now when Peter had come to Antioch I withstood him to his face for he was to be blamed.” Galatians 2:11  

Take note that Paul was not gentle in his manner of correcting Peter; sometimes forceful correction is needed.  To compromise the truth of GOD In ignorance and refusing to be corrected by those who are truly GODS elect saints in order to believe a lie is to exchange the truth of GOD for a thing of nothing.

THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL

 

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 is called the love chapter.

If there is a problem existing in the elect saints it would be the lack of projecting this love outward to other people besides ourselves.  The elect do have spiritual knowledge taught to them by GOD through Jesus, they have a certain amount of knowledge about prophecy and we have faith in the gospel message but all these things become meaningless unless we also submit to GODS love.  Jesus said, “love your neighbor as yourself”, he didn’t say who your neighbor was because it is all people.  

We elect do not go out trying to find people to show love to, this is our works, which are filthy rags to GOD. Isaiah 64:6  The opportunity to show GODS love to the carnal world is unplanned by us.  It will come to us unannounced and in that way there is no time for our plans.  At these unannounced times we submit to GODS plans to deal with the carnal world with HIS love.  This makes it GODS works, not ours. The spirit of GOD is to lead us, we do not lead ourselves. 

Romans 8:14 “For those who are led by the spirit of GOD are the children of GOD.”

Failure to apply GODS love is sin because HIS love fulfills the intent of the Ten Commandments.  Therefore, whatever is not of GODS love is sin.  

GOD does not in any way tempt us, HE does not “lead us into temptation” as the model prayer in Matthew 6:13 says due to improper translation.  It should say, “and let us not be lead into temptation.” 

James 1:13 “When tempted no one one should say, GOD is tempting me, for GOD cannot be tempted with evil nor does HE tempt anyone.

Lamentations 3:33 “For GOD does not afflict willingly or grieve mankind.”

Jesus Christ was exactly like his GOD and FATHER because he could not be tempted by evil either.  Jesus, in this way and because he had the same love as his GOD and FATHER was the image of the invisible GOD, Jesus was the radiance of GODS glory and an exact representation of GODS character.  Hebrews 2:3   Many confuse these verses to mean Jesus is GOD, the second member of a trinity, when they are actually teaching us that GOD created HIS son to be exactly like HIMSELF in righteousness, love and the inability to be tempted with evil or to sin. GOD had to do this because HE demanded that if a man (Adam) brought sin into the world then a man must be the vehicle of salvation for all mankind.  

This demonstrates GODS love and the willingness of Jesus to love and submit to his GOD and suffer and die in order to provide the hope of salvation to humanity whom both GOD and Jesus loved.

GODLY love is the power that accomplishes all things and therefore it behooves us, obligates us, to love GOD, love Christ, love the brethren and love our neighbors as ourselves.  This is why love is the greatest of all.  This love working in GODS saints is what guarantees us entry into the kingdom of GOD.

REVISED COMMUNIST CONTROL ACT - A REVISION OF THE 1954 ACT

 

Revision of the Communist Control Act*  

In the original Communist Control Act of 1954, which is still currently law, the Communist party, and by direct connection the socialist party, was outlawed and made a crime. The right of assembly and free speech was violated under the first and fifth amendments of the U.S. constitution. My revision eliminates the prohibitions and instead guarantees them so as to remove any violations of the Constitution. This revision makes the communist or socialist parties ineligible to hold any federal, state or local office either by election or appointment. This must be done retroactively. 

The reasons for this revision are as follows.

1. The communist/socialist parties have recently gained many followers and have taken over the Democratic Party. Some of its members have ousted the moderate members of the Democratic Party in primary elections.  Some have become members of the U.S. house of representatives, one Bernie Sanders is a senator, various state houses and senates and mayors of cities like New York, Seattle, Vermont and California. The total number of socialist communists is astounding.

2.  The political platform of the communist/socialist party involves many plans to abolish large sections of the U.S. constitution and other changes that are listed as follows.

A. Abolish the senate 

B. Abolish the office of President 

C. Abolish the police 

D. Abolish the military 

E. Abolish capitalism 

F. Abolish prisons 

G. Abolish borders

H. Abolish the Supreme Court 

I. Abolish the electoral college 

J. Abolish ICE

K. Have Medicare for All 

L. Implement the green new deal

M. Allow anyone to vote that lives in the U.S. not just citizens of the United States.

The communist/ socialist party is also openly antisemitic and pro Islamic.  

There is no doubt that the communist/socialist party has grow to a level where they are a threat to the U.S. constitution.  The constitution in article 4 section 4 guarantees a republican form of government to all the states.  These communists/socialists do use violence to create sympathizers to join their party as FBI investigations have proven.  A violent overthrow of the government is not the only way to overthrow the government.  It can be accomplished by the citizens voting for the communists and socialists but if they were prevented by law from holding any offices; federal, state or local whether elected or appointed and made retroactive to include any current offices held by them then the threat to the constitution would end. Also any attempt by a communist or socialist to run or be appointed to any federal, state or local government office by subversive tactics would be a crime punishable by life in prison without parole.

This new version of the communist control act would and should eliminate the supreme courts objections to the first original act of 1954.  

It is a reminder to all government officials that they swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States of America from all enemies foreign or domestic.  How could the communists / socialists keep the oath ?  Passing this ratified version of the 1954 act would keep that oath. 

Under United States federal and state laws specific categories of individuals are LEGALLY disqualified from holding public office. When examining the platform of the communist/socialist political parties it is plain and obvious that it is a rebellion against the constitution of the United States.  In section 3 of the 14th amendment it says; “any person who previously took an oath (to preserve, protect and defend the constitution) as a member of congress or an officer of the United States or as a member of any state legislature or as an executive or judicial officer of any state to support the constitution of the United States shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion (whether violent or peaceful) against the same or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But congress may by a vote of two thirds of each house to remove such disability.”

This section 3 of the 14th amendment deals with the problem after it has already happened, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to deal with communist/socialist rebellion before they take an office ?  Communism and socialism did not exist at the time of the founding fathers of the United States therefore a new approach must be developed and implemented to solve the problem.

*While I offer my idea of a solution to the communist / socialist problem I also remind my readers that I am apolitical.  If I write articles about the problems in government I feel it is only reasonable to offer a solution.  GOD does this in scripture with a variety of topics so I follow HIS example.  

THE THIEF THE RAPIST THE MURDERER AND THE ARSONIST

 

For the Supreme Court to use the constitution to allow communists and socialists to run for political offices and even eventually become the majority government in the U.S.  to me is insane.  The Supreme Court would strike down any effort to deny rights to these groups citing the first and fifth amendments which they say violates the rights of these communists and socialists.  They do this even knowing that these groups openly state as their goals to abolish the Supreme Court itself along with the Senate, the Presidency, capitalism and closed borders, abolish the police, prisons and the military. 

I compare this insanity to a home owner allowing a thief, rapist, murderer and arsonist to live with him in his home.  The thief will steal everything, the rapist will rape his wife and daughters, the murderer will kill them and finally the arsonist will burn the house down.

Think on it.

THE BREATH OF LIFE

 

Job 12:10 “in HIS hand is the life of every living thing and THE BREATH of all mankind.”

Acts 17:25 “Nor is HE worshipped with men’s hands as though HE needed anything since HE HIMSELF gives to all people LIFE AND BREATH and all things.”

Job 33:4 “The spirit of GOD has made me and the BREATH of the ALMIGHTY give me LIFE.”

Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD GOD formed man of the dust of the ground and BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE and man became a living soul.”

Psalm 104:29-30 “When YOU hide YOUR face they  are terrified, when YOU take away their BREATH they DIE and return to dust.”

The breath of life is our human spirit that GOD designed to work in concert with the human body. Neither human body or human spirit can function by themselves.  The Breath is what oxygenates the blood by the lungs breathing air and the blood is circulated through the body by the heart. This is what the breath of life does. Even the lower animals are designed the same way but their spirits are designed to match with their bodies and their instinctive behaviors.  Only humans were created to potentially have a relationship with GOD, not the lower animals.  Without breath the body dies, the breath of life is what keeps the body alive and therefore the body without the breath of life, the human spirit, is dead. 

 James 2:26 “As the body (dust) without the spirit (breath of life) is dead…”

Job 34:14 “If GOD were to set in HIS heart to it and withdraw HIS spirit and breath all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to dust.”

Jesus said;

John 6:63 “It is the spirit (breath) that gives life, the flesh profits nothing.”

Without the breath of life the lungs can’t function, the heart stops and the flow of blood stops because the breath is no longer present.  These facts are what makes humans MORTAL.  Neither the body or the spirit of a person is immortal.  The two parts that make a soul, a living breathing creature, must be joined together to have mortal life.  Mortal life is the only kind of life a soul was designed to have.

Jesus Christ was created by GOD exactly the same way all humans are.  Jesus was a soul dependent on breath to be alive.

Mark 15:37 “And Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.”

Luke 23:46 “Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, FATHER into YOUR hands I commit my (human) spirit. And when he had said this he breathed his last.” 

No human being, even Jesus Christ, was instantly alive after death.  This is because the two parts our souls are interdependent on each other TO BE ALIVE and when separated by death neither can function.  Jesus was mortal and we are mortal and for Jesus and us the only way to live again is if the FATHER raises us from the dead.  

There are many people, that in spiritual ignorance, will not believe the truth of GOD. This plainly demonstrates they are not converted.  It is the breath that gives life and without breath there is no life. 

How could a disembodied spirit breath without lungs, a heart and blood ?  The disembodied spirit returns to GOD at death in a spiritual condition scriptures describe as sleep.  The human spirit is not dead but is inoperative because it has no body.  In the resurrection the saints receive a spirit body and live again and because this new body is composed of spirit it is immortal, this mortal must put on immortality at the resurrection at the last day when Jesus returns.  

WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EVIL IN THE WORLD ?

 

Are Christians of this world ? “They are not of this world just as I am not of this world” John 17:16

Are Christians a new creation in Christ ? “If anyone is in Christ they are a new creation”  2 Corinthians 5:17

Are Christians scattered and extremely few in number ?  “Many will try to enter and will not be able” Luke 13:24   “Many are called but few are chosen” Matthew 22:14

While Christians are told to obey the laws, pay taxes and pray for nations and their rulers are we told to participate in any government directly; to actually acknowledge these leaders as our leaders and participate directly in human governments ?

Is Christian citizenship  in earthly governments and nations or is it in heaven ?  “But our citizenship is in heaven”  Philippians 3:20

Are we ambassadors or are we citizens of the nation in which we happen to be living ?  “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ…..”  2 Corinthians 5:20

Why should Christians pray for leaders, pay taxes and obey laws ?  1 Timothy 2:1,2 “so that we may live peaceful and quiet lives”

Is the reason given in 1 Timothy 2:1,2 an obligation to vote and take part in politics ?  

In ancient Israel and in the church was there ever voting ?

Voting is choosing between two children of the Devil who will be your leader.  

The democracies, dictatorships , monarchies or republics of this world are not the kingdom of GOD.  GOD appointed  a king to rule over the church, Jesus Christ . Can you serve two different rulers ?  The church is a holy nation of its own, separate from all other nations.  1 Peter 2:9   This nation will be born at once, all at the same time when Jesus returns.  Isaiah 66:8   Galatians 4:26   Romans 8:22  

Some Satanic deceptions are more easily seen than others. Voting is a deception not easily seen.  It is a super stealthly way to deceive because the sin of it is not mentioned directly in the scriptures but is definitely there in principle.  Satan uses voting to make people think they are doing something good when the results prove otherwise.  Look at the conditions present in the nations of earth , are they all positive?  Have they ever been ? Satan wants people to think they make the world a better place by voting when scripture says things will wax worse and worse.  Voting is the same as when Israel rejected GOD as king and wanted a human ruler.  

This is exactly what you do when you vote.  

Christians are to cast all their cares on GOD,  1 Peter 5:7  not to earthly rulers. Matthew 6:25-34   Philippians 4:6,7   Psalm 37:5   Proverbs 3:5,6

GOD is the only one Christians should look to for comfort in all our troubles not governments of men. 2 Corinthians 1:3,4,5  

In the U.S. the political system we have has not produced any increase in moral values in the people but has rather legalized and accepted sexual perversions, abominations like abortion and watered down justice and oppress the people with debt and taxes.  All this by the hands of those they voted for to be their leaders.  

To continue to vote for things that never happen and make nothing better but worse while expecting things to be better is insanity, it is useless repetition.  2 Peter 2:17,18,19  

If you practice, participate, vote, run for office or support candidates then you have rendered yourself a servant to obey these things.  Romans 6:16 

A true Christian should think like this.  1 Corinthians 6:12   Galatians 5:13 (voting is of the flesh)   

A servant of GOD is free, but don’t think your free under human rule living under Satans government, you are only free if you serve GOD.  1 Peter 2:16

Is voting a thing of the flesh or of the Spirit ?

Will there be voting in the kingdom of GOD ?

Did you vote to become a Christian, did you choose Jesus or did GOD choose you and bring you to HIS son ?  “No one can come to me unless the FATHER who sent me draws them…”  John 6:44

Many people think they do a lot of good by voting but what I see is evil.  Look around you, do you see abundance of good or evil ?  Even a combination of both is unacceptable to GOD.   Voting is what got us to where we are, didn’t you vote for those leaders that brought us here ?  Then you are just as responsible for all the evil as they are.  Whatever you take part in you are part of.  Take part only in the kingdom of GOD.

This to a mature Christian is very easy to understand, to a babe not so easy.  It’s as simple as light and darkness.  This world, all that’s in it, is darkness, the kingdom of Satan.  GOD and Christ are light.  GOD had called us out of the darkness and into HIS light. What fellowship has darkness with light ?  2 Corinthians 6:14   Ephesians 5:6-11   1 John 1:5-7  1 Corinthians 10:21   Voting is walking in darkness, voting is the table of demons as is anything that is in this world.  James 4:4   Romans 12:2   1 Thessalonians 5:5  

Even though GODS kingdom is not on the earth yet we saints are still citizens of it.  We can’t have dual citizenship.  Many people think GOD appoints the leaders of all nations but GOD would not appoint a Stalin, Moa Zedong , Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, Putin, Ayatollah Khamenei, Hitler or Pol Pot .  In reality Satan has the authority to appoint all world leaders and influence them.  

Luke 4:6  “I will give you authority over all these kingdoms and nations, for they have been given to me and I can give it to whoever I wish.”

 Even Jesus called Satan the prince of this world and Paul called Satan the god of this world.  Satan places in power anyone that you might vote for, not GOD. GOD is the one who allows Satan to do this, Satan said, “it has been given unto me” , GOD is the only one who could have given it.  Satan is the god Adam chose over the one true GOD because Adam chose to obey Satan rather than GOD.  The result of this choice has produced every evil in this world.  

ARE YOU A JOB ARE YOU MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE JOB MADE ?

A new Christian is a babe and is full of excitement over the things GOD has taught him.  These babes in Christ often make the same mistake Job made.  Job was righteous only in the law. Job thought he could offer sacrifices to cover the sins of his children.  A babe can do the same.  All of Jobs righteousness was of the law and was filthy rags.  God used HIS law and Satan to teach Job what true righteousness is and it is the righteousness of GOD by faith. 

Hear me babe in Christ, your conversion process is only the beginning of your new life in Christ and you have a long way to go .  Even the mature Christian has a long way to go but has traveled in the way longer than you have and as a result acquired more than you.  Job learned the lesson of the schoolmaster, the law, that his righteousness was of himself and not GODS by faith.  If a babe tries to use their personal conversion to influence their families or friends so as to lead them to conversion then they are doing just what Job did when under the law.  GOD alone determines when anyone will be converted.  When a babe tries to be a preacher to their family the family views the babe as a self righteous bible thumping finger pointing Jesus freak.  I know this for a fact because I made this mistake myself with my family.  If it is not their time to come to the light then they will remain in darkness.  A babe is thinking they can convert when only GOD can.  The true righteousness that GOD gives to the babe is the babes only and cannot be transferred to another.  The only way your loved ones will ever see what you have seen is if GOD calls and chooses them, draws them to Christ.  

The babe will have arguments and perhaps outright fights with their families and friends if they try to “convert” them.  A man’s enemies become those of his own family.  All the babe can do is let their light shine to your family by how you live not by the words you speak.  Light makes no sound but your actions, the works of GOD in you , will speak volumes to your family in the day of visitation, the day Christ returns.  What the babe is trying to do is actually against what GOD is doing.  GOD is not willing that anyone should perish but rather come to repentance, and only GOD grants repentance , you can’t.  Would you want GOD giving HIS spirit to your loved ones who would not repent ?  If they do not repent then they will perish.  Yes babe, you did repent, but will they ?  Only GOD knows when, so let it in HIS hands.  Babe, back off hounding your family and friends but rather just love them, let your light shine to them as a witness to them in the day of visitation that GOD was truly with you.  Only speak of spiritual things to them if they ask, then only give enough to answer the question, not a sermon.  

Remember the only teacher is GOD through Christ, not GOD through you.  Job came to not just hearing GOD but to where his eyes “see” GOD.  A babe in Christ has heard but yet needs to “see” that only he heard, no one else did.  GOD is working with you, babe in Christ, not your family.  This is your personal salvation that you work out in fear and trembling not your family.  All I have as family in this world are my sister and my daughter and both are unconverted and in the past I tried to convert them, my sister is my bitter enemy because of this but thankfully I realized what I was doing when it came to my daughter and I stopped.  I still have a good relationship with my daughter only because I stopped.  Therefore to all babes in Christ that are doing what I did, are making the same mistake Job and I did, stop, it may not be to late, just love them and in that way let your light shine.