STUDY NOTES 

Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor is spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”  What did Jesus mean by poor in spirit?  Strongs concordance gives us a better understanding.  “Ptochos” is the Greek word translated in most bibles as the word poor.  It means; lowly, afflicted, helpless, powerless and broken.  Psalm 51:17 “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, these oh God, you will not despise”.  People with this attitude of Godly sorrow and deep sincere repentance have a future in Gods kingdom.

Hate all, even your own life.      

What I have below is a better translation than the use of the word “hate” used in the Bible.           

Luke 14:26-27 “If anyone comes to me but loves his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.  Whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.”

Matthew 10:37-39 says the same.  Since Christ gave is life so that we can have life our love for him should be greater than any physical connection we have. 

We must forsake all physical things to put Christ first. This does not mean we literally hate our loved ones or give away all our possessions, just don’t let them cause us to lose sight of Christ.

Taking up our cross and following after Jesus is to live as he lived, obeying God in all things. When Jesus gave us the two great commandments of love God and neighbor, he lived them and we need to follow him. This can cause problems and persecution for us in this world as it did for Jesus.  It is not easy to be a saint because you are at odds with the world and under Constant attack by Satan while having a spiritual warfare taking place in your spirit.  Jesus did not have it easy and you won’t either.  Would you, if required by God, give up your life?  Would you turn your back on all the carnal people you love?  Would you walk away from all your possessions?  

Born Again

What is being born again?

1 John mentions born again saying that those who are cannot sin. Jesus tells us what being born again is. John 3.  It is being like the wind, a spirit being and is also called born from above or born of God.

 

Prove All Things

1/01/15

                 To continue to believe and teach a lie when confronted with the truth is a sad thing but many people do this because they refuse to admit they are wrong.  To come out of a lie to the truth should be a joyful thing; a thing we should thank God for but as Jesus said, none are so blind as those who refuse to see. 

There is a belief called British Israelism that teaches the lost ten tribes of ancient Israel are now Britain and the U.S. along with other white English speaking people.   That knowing this information is the key to unlock biblical prophecy. I hope that those who believe these things read and carefully consider the following.

According to British Israel teaching the daughter of King Zedekiah came to Ireland and married a local king and produced the offspring that later became the kings of England as well as the people of England and the U.S.  If you examine the linage of Jesus in the gospels king Zedekiah is not mentioned but King Jehoakim or Coniah is mentioned who was the king preceeding Zedekiah. King David, who was a prophet, wrote about one of his descendents, the messiah, who would have the throne of Israel.  Psalm 89 speaks of God casting the carnal throne of Israel to the ground and profaning it and Israel would abide for many days without a king.  This would end the theory of the BI teachers that there has always been a king of Israel somewhere on Earth to fulfill Gods promise to David.  Jesus is the fulfillment of the promise. As far as there always being a man to sit on the throne of Israel; for over 100 years of the British monarchy there was only a Queen and no King; even today Elizabeth II reigns alone thus there has not been a man on the throne for over 60 years. When proving any doctrine all information must come from scripture and not from any outside source.  To use Irish legend to prove doctrine is an abomination.  BI combines scripture with Irish folklore to arrive at the ideas they teach and just as any false doctrine this combination can be a powerful delusion.  God cursed and divorced Israel for their constant disobedience, God said He would not be their God and they would not be His people, Hosea 1:9… This curse has never be lifted to this day as the Gentiles are grafted into the olive tree to replace the unbelieving Israelites.  

Herbert W. Armstrong, the false apostle and false prophet of the former Worldwide Church of God, in his book The U.S. and Britain in prophesy, committed plagiarism by copying the work of J.H. Allen titled Judah’s scepter and Joseph’s birthright. 

Allen’s ideas in his book place race ahead of grace, totally ignores Gods divorce of Israel and destruction of David’s Earthly throne in Psalm 89:38-44.  Modern DNA evidence shows no connection of White people being part of Jewish people.  

Jesus has the throne of David; Luke 1:32, Acts 2:30.  

British Israelism is fiction invented by J.H. Allen and later spread by Armstrong, two unconverted men devoid of the Holy Spirit.  

Brother Kel 2

 

           Response to Brother Kel on 1John 1:8

          Brother Kels recent video on 1John 1:8 was to me confusing. I listened carefully but Kel did a very poor job of explaining what he was trying to say. It seemed Kel had two different explanations for the meaning of this verse. Does Kel believe that once sins are forgiven you are without sin for the rest of your life and you will never sin again?  He seemed to imply this with his repeated “zero sin” comments. 1John 2:1-2 says that true Christians that sin can yet repent and be forgiven. Matthew 18:21-22 doesn’t put a limit on the number of times God will forgive our sins. All  true Christians are in a spiritual warfare within themselves in the process of overcoming sin. Having the gift of the Holy Spirit of the Father does not make us impeccable permanently as this would eliminate repentance. Only in the kingdom of God will the saints be impeccable but until that day we will need grace and forgiveness upon repentance. This is the gospel message that keeps the saints on the straight and narrow way that leads us into the kingdom and perfection.  The righteousness we have is not our own but a gift from the Father that keeps us as the righteousness of God until our change comes; when we enter the kingdom of God. The process of grace is as a continual washing away of sins until the Father changes our nature to be the same as His and His Sons. The saints are a shadow image of God while in the flesh and need changed to be the true image at the resurrection.  While in the flesh, no true Christian has ever attained to the equal of Christ and the Father. Paul in Philippians 3:12 admits that he has not fully obtained or been made perfect but that the end goal is perfection. The resurrection of the dead in Christ is a twofold thing: immortality and impeccability.  While still in the flesh we are not immortal or impeccable. Kel said that 1 John 1:8 is used by people to get away from overcoming their sins that they repeatedly do thus giving them a false sense of safety. True Christians can and do have repeated sins that they struggle with perhaps all their lives but as long as they do not give up but use the gospel message Gods forgiveness is always there, the grace in times of need. As the begger said, “God have mercy on me a sinner”.  The spirit of God in the saints  doesn’t make them spiritual giants, rather the opposite. It is sown in corruption, weakness and dishonor but resurrected from the dead in glory, honor, power and immortality. We are in a spiritual race and must run toward the finish line and no matter how many times we fall God helps us up and we keep running toward that high prize. 

I hope Brother Kel knows these things and deletes the video and remakes another with a clearer message.   

 

 COVID 19

Some say the bible has nothing to say about Covid 19.   Many preachers say you should obey the government and get the vaccine; they say it is love to others to prevent death by spreading Covid.   If you are like me you research things before giving your view on any subject; if not you operate on hearsay with no proof.   Preachers say that saving lives is more important than your freedom to chose to be vaccinated or not.

It is a fact that those who contract Covid may become very sick while some feel just fine.  It is a fact that very few people die from Covid; about 99% live while the 1% that die already had serious health issues before getting Covid.   By definition Covid is not a pandemic but a syndemic.   A pandemic kills all equally of all ages whereas a syndemic targets victims that already have serious health problems.   The government and the mainstream media have hyped Covid so much that some people believe getting it is a death sentence.    They have used Covid as an excuse top rob people of their freedoms.

Anyone who is willing to give up their freedoms for any reason may as well go to the grave yard and urinate on all the veterans graves who gave their lives for your freedom.     Freedom to chose for yourself what you accept or reject is the idea behind the Constitution of the United States.  There you find God given rights  like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.   Freedom of choice is a matter of conscience.  In your mind you decide after thinking things through if you want to do or not do something.  Once you have come to a conclusion then it is your freedom to act on it.  

The bible speaks of the conscience of people in the latter days, saying in 1 Timothy 4:2 "speaking lies in hypocrisy having their conscience seared with a hot iron".   This means that people lose the ability to reason and discern good from evil as is clearly evidenced by the acceptance of perversions like abortion and homosexuality.   The importance of a good conscience is paramount in decision making and all people should have their senses sharpened so as to determine good from evil.   To go against your own conscience makes you a hypocrite because you think one thing yet do another; you become an unstable person.    How many freedoms are you willing to give up because the government or a preacher tells you to?  Patrick Henry said, "give me liberty or give me death."   If you have no freedom to live your life then life is not worth living.   Liberty and freedom mean the same thing and are a part of your conscious thinking process.   

"The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul"   

John Calvin

"In matters of conscience the law of the majority has no place"  Gandhi

"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right."     Martin Luther King Jr

Once you make a decision about Covid no one has any right to judge you or accuse you or condemn you.  If you decide to get the vaccine OK, if you decide not to get the vaccine OK.    

President Biden has no constitutional authority to mandate the vaccine upon the public.  The vaccine has been proven to cause serious side effects and death.   People who are fully vaccinated  can still get covid and pass it to others and some few of them die.   Then what good is this vaccine?   The state demands you get the vaccine or you will lose your job;  all this over a virus that is not even near as deadly as the state claims.   If you have decided not to get the vaccine because you have in your mind, after careful thought, that it is not for you then that is your right, your freedom.   The state has no business in the practice of medicine or religion.   

"Never do anything against your conscience even if the state demands it."  Einstein

If you have faith you have a conscience and to go against your own conscience is not of faith and whatever is not of faith is sin.  Romans 14:23   

Almighty God gave you your body and only you have the say of what is put into it.

THE 7th KING

 

The 7th King

                   In Revelation 17:10-11 it records there are 7 kings, The 6th John confirms is the Roman Empire by saying, one is.  The 5 that have fallen should be seen as the greatest power in their day as Rome was in Johns day.  I know that no one will agree with how I list these kings, but here is the list.

1. Egypt

2. Israel

3.  Babylon

4.  Persia

5.  Greece

6.  Rome and the title of Holy Roman emperor until it ended in 1918

7.  The U.S.A.

All will say that Israel does not belong on this list, however read 1 Kings 10:23-29 and this should change your mind.  After Israel left Egypt under the leadership of Moses, Egypt was a severely weaker kingdom. The Israelites spoiled them, left all their first born dead, subjected Egypt to a series of plagues and drowned the Pharo and his army.  Then God brought them into the promised land and poured out blessings on them and gave them King David and Solomon and under their reigns rose to be the greatest nation on Earth.

This nation Israel was to fall because they defied and rejected God. It was finally totally destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70AD.  The prophets foretold a restoration of Israel to happen after the second advent of Jesus Christ, yet future.  The current modern day Israel is a product of Satan as part of his end of days deception.  The United States is the 7th king that is very close to destruction by the administration of Joseph Biden. The U.S. must fall to make way for the beast nation Israel to rise.  The next world power will be Israel under the control of Satan.  This is the end time deception and delusion. Many false Christians view Israel as Gods chosen nation and people but this was under the old covenant which Israel broke leading to God divorcing Israel and choosing another people to replace them as Romans 11 tells us. 

News flash:  The Church has always been Gods chosen people and existed before there was an Israel in people like Able, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Moses and all the prophets; they were the church in the wilderness looking for a city whose builder and maker is God.  These people along with all of those who came in from Christ forward are spiritual Israel, the Israel of God. Carnal Israel was only a shadow of the good things to come in Christ, not the reality but shadow symbolism and they will not be Gods people again until Christ returns.  Modern day Israel will drink a double portion from the cup of Gods wrath because they broke their covenant, murdered Gods son and now in the end times are allied with Satan.  

I know well that no one will believe this writing except Gods elect saints because Satan has deceived the entire world. ( Revelation 12:9).  

 

 

ARE YOU BORN THAT WAY ?

5/24/21

 

Homosexuals and Lesbians claim that they were born with their sexual orientation.  Imagine a new born baby, only hours old, having sexual feelings for their own gender.  What about when the child is 1 or 2 years old and realizes that they are attracted to those of their own sexual biological nature.  All readers of this blog know that I approach all topics with what scripture mentions about that topic.  Scripture condemns all forms of sexual activity except that which is in marriage with one man and one woman.  No other type of sex is accepted and is a sin.  Anyone who denies this is a liar and ignorant of God's righteous judgment.  

The only sin that all people are born with is the sin passed onto us by Adam; as in Adam all sin and all die.

The old covenant law only made sin even more sinful as it had a written law.  God did not create us sinners, we chose sin.  No one is born a sinner in this way.  Sin by the law.   Homosexuality is sin so is adultery. Since God did not create us sinners then we are not born homosexuals or adulterers. Sin is a learned behavior beginning from birth as we are exposed to a world populated by sinners. Demonic spirits also influence us to do evil. Sin proves free will; God does not make us sin, we partner with Satan to sin. 

All types of sin are common to all people and no one of these is worse than the other. All sin is punished by everlasting death.  Jesus brought a new covenant to humanity that if we believe Jesus was and is Gods son and humanity’s savior by faith and confess our sins to God asking for mercy and forgiveness; God will forgive all your sins and empower you with His Spirit to live a life that pleases Him. Then when Jesus returns you will be changed into an immortal, impeccable spirit being.

Quit making excuses and living a lie, trust in God and Jesus.

If you say you are born that way you are either ignorant or a liar. You are trying to blame God for what you are rather than admit the truth.

  

 Is The United States A Racist Nation?

5/08/21



In 1950 the U.S. was a racist nation.  Now, 71 years have passed; have we made any progress at all to address this sin?  Do you think mixed black and white marriage would have been accepted in 1950?  Do you think the U.S. federal, state and local governments would have black men and women holding public offices?  Do you think the U.S. would have had a two term black president of the United States?  Would the U.S. have black doctors, teachers, college professors, heads of industry, bankers and lawyers in 1950?  

I will state that pockets of racism still exist today but when compared to the entire white population the number is very small.  Black lives matter and Antifa say all white people are racist and if they say they are not then they are liars as well.  White privilege means that whites have an unfair advantage over blacks in society.  The reality is that a large segment of blacks have failed to take advantage of the many government programs created to help all races, not just blacks.  Some blacks have taken advantage of these programs and have become successful in many areas of society.  Many of these black people see that black lives matter and Antifa are mainly composed of blacks who have chosen failure resulting in poverty with crime and violence directed at their own people in black neighborhoods.  Over the years since 1950 the black father has been missing from black families and black mothers have begun to abort rather than have their children.   This is also happening in lower class white, Asian and Latino populations.  To deny the truth of all this information will never solve anything and only lead to more violence and chaos.  For blacks who can not accept their own failures in life and attempt to pin all their problems on whites will not help blacks at all. The main stream media, social media, politicians and industries that continue to support this lie will only add gas to the flames that will burn our nation to the ground.

Black lives matter and Antifa blame their own failures in life on white people and they have found a voice and power in the Democrat party and by using violence and intimidation will have for a time some success at achieving their goals.
In 1950, if blacks tried to do what black lives matter or Antifa are doing today, what do you think would have happened?  There would be a lot of dead black people, that’s what.  If the U.S. was truly a racist nation there should be a lot of dead black people today.  If the fictional time machine existed it would be interesting to send those of black lives matter and Antifa back to 1950 so they could see what racism truly is.

I have great fear for what I see coming in the U.S. in the near future.  Whites will wake up not woke up and see the truth of what black lives matter and Antifa are really about.  When that happens you will see white backlash and many black people will suffer and die.  Whites will eventually rise up and kill black people by the tens of thousands.  Yes, a full blown race war is going to happen.  Blacks will have brought this on themselves by pushing a lie of racism that did not exist into one that does.  Whites who have supported blacks will also die and what most white people have been falsely accused of now will become a reality.  The U.S. will once again be a racist nation and all because of the lie being told at this present time.  This is not 1950.

If the U.S. government tries to side with blacks it will be overthrown and the politicians who support blacks killed.  It will be a twofold war against tyranny and race.  A war of this magnitude will destroy the nation as a third component will also come into play; total economic collapse.  

Exactly how and when these events will play out I do not know.  All one needs to do is honestly look at the present time in which we live and ask ourselves, what is all of this leading to?  

The fall of the 7th king along with all the other nations into a false tribulation, a hell on Earth, that will be solved by a false messiah.  Satan has been more active in the last three years than he has in a very long time.  
Speaking for myself and all of Gods elect saints I say that we view all people as Gods people.  John 3:16 applies to all people of all nations.  The saints love God and their neighbor with no respect to gender or color.  We see all the horrible things people do to each other and we sigh and cry over them.  The righteous hearts of the saints are sad.  We also know that this is the way things will be until Christ returns.  From this moment on things will continue to get worse and worse, more evil is coming.  Then a man will arrive who appears to be the savior of the world but is really its destroyer.  After a brief time of false peace and prosperity all hell breaks loose and the real great tribulation will begin.  

It is so sad that human beings have to learn the hard way but God knew this in eternity and loves us all enough to make everything that has happened work together for good in the end.