ACHIEVING SPIRITUAL BALANCE

It is YAHWEH who determines who will receive salvation in this current evil age. GOD must put a person in HIS church, no one else can. Acts 2:47

This calling and election of GODS church was completed before time began, from the foundation of the world. Titus 1:2  2 Timothy 1:9  Romans 8:28,29,30   Ephesians 1:4   The point of all this is to show that GOD alone in eternity called and chose all the elect saints, from righteous Able to whoever the last one will be to a total of 144,000.  It is extremely rare to be one of the 144,000 .  With this in mind how likely do you think it would be for you to convert your family and friends by preaching to them ?  What you may think by trying to do this will produce more harm than good.  The conscience of the carnal world is seared with a hot iron against everything that is of GODS truth.  Carnal people will not appreciate what you are trying to do and will turn and rent you.  It was given to the Apostles to preach the gospel to the world, are you an Apostle ?  With the number of the elect alive today how would they preach to the world ?  The elect are scattered, have no money, do not even know each other or where each other are.  The elect are not to be preaching the gospel to the world else GOD would be giving them everything they would need to do it.

  The elect are to be about one thing, love GOD and neighbor, be as lights not a foghorn and by how the love is a testimony to the world.  Just as Jesus was in the world but the world didn’t know him the elect are in the world that doesn’t know us.  The mysteries of the kingdom of GOD have been given to us but not the world.  The odds of one elect meeting another is astronomical.  If we try preaching to the world we are actually going against GODS will.  One of the signs of the return of Jesus is,  Matthew 24:14 ,  the true gospel must be preached in all nations as a witness and then the end will come.  If the true gospel had been preached all along how could it then be a sign ?  The organizational structure of the church has changed since the first century.  GOD has removed all human ministry, therefore any who say they are a minister is a liar.  The elect saints are to be seeing to their own growth in the Spirit.  I have had to learn the hard way not to preach to people as they will become your enemies.  Matthew 10:36   Luke 12:53   Micah 7:6   Mark 13:12   Matthew 24:10   John 15:18,19   Jeremiah 9:4,5   There are many more scriptures that describe the condition that exists in the world between GODS saints and the carnal people.  In a forum like this I remain anonymous and only speak to others who are anonymous and everyone is seeking answers, it is not like preaching to our families or friends.  It takes spiritual maturity to achieve a balance in how the saints deal with the unconverted.  The best way is to love, be a good neighbor, be kind and giving and in this way perhaps someone may ask you a question.  1 Peter 3:15  notice, if you are asked, so do not offer answers before you are asked.  We are to be lights in the world, a light makes no sound.  We are not to be foghorns blaring out a message no one wants to hear or can hear.  On a forum like this many questions are asked and if we believe that we have an answer then we answer.  Then it’s up to each one to determine the value of the answer.  Participation in this process seems sparse and that is sad.  If however there is something GOD can use here then HE will enter the conversation and open minds, we can’t do this.  The glory in all things is GODS so if spiritual knowledge is gained it will be GOD who gives it.  This however I think is extremely rare as many are called but few are chosen.  A new convert, a babe in Christ, must grow to understand these things and only GOD can make this happen.  The mature Christian who was once a babe himself will have compassion on the babe and knows that in time GOD will make the babe mature.

The act of fellowship in this is very important so that iron can sharpen iron.  It is all to be done in GODS love.  The babe, weak or new convert should not be easily offended by the comments of the mature and neither should the mature be insensitive to the babe.

It all requires a spiritual balance.

EARTH WIND WATER AND FIRE

The ancient science of classifying the universe had only four areas that all things were defined by.  These were earth, wind, water and fire.  The earth was anything that came from the earth, wind was the movement of the air , water was the the flowing of a substance and fire was what gave warmth and light.

This ancient method was developed by a Greek man named Empedocles in the mid fifth century BC.  Today our modern science has greatly expanded on this ancient method to categorize and define further the things that make up these original four groups.

Science is the study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation and testing theories against the evidence obtained.  Over many years science has “evolved” due to new discoveries and therefore proves that science is not able to produce a definitive answer to what we call creation.  Faith is defined as a strong belief in GOD and in the doctrines of a religion based on spiritual apprehension rather than on proof.  While science and faith have many differences they have some things in common.  Certain scientific facts align with those of faith. A man can throw a rock up into the air and the rock will fall to the ground, both science and faith agree with this.  There are other examples of this.  When science involves itself in areas that it cannot prove it becomes a faith in the physical.  Faith also has this same effect.  Faith believes in GOD but cannot prove GODS existence by physical means and neither can science.  What we have here is a conflict between science and faith that exists only when there is no proof available for either.  Science as defined is purely physical while faith is purely spiritual so that the two when used improperly will conflict with each other.  Science today has too many unproven theories that are used as a base or foundation to build on in the hope of acquiring knowledge.  These theories have over time been disproven and replaced with another theory.  Faith is only the same in this way because of Satanic deception in the minds of carnal men.  Yet another spiritual component is required to have a sure faith that is truth and that is the Holy Spirit dwelling in true Christians.  Just as science goes often the wrong way so does faith without the spirit.  Science attempts to explain creation without a creator.  False faiths say there is a creator but do not know who HE is.  Therefore both science and faith operate on theories without having what is needed to truly understand, the Holy Spirit of GOD.  This true spiritual knowledge by the Holy Spirit is rejected by science and false faiths.  

The physical and spiritual are vastly different things.  GOD can only be know and worshipped in spirit, never with physical things.  Both science and false faiths operate without the Holy Spirit and therefore both are blinded to the true spiritual meaning of creation, GOD, Christ, life, death, faith, hope, love and everything that involves the spiritual. Both science and false faiths are like blind men groping in the darkness.  Deuteronomy 28:29   Isaiah 59:10   Zephaniah 1:17   Proverbs 4:19   Matthew 5:14 

The faith of a true Christian is exceedingly rare in this world as only a very few are called and chosen.  It is these people that understand both faith and science for what they really are.  

THE DOOR

John 10:9   Jesus said, “I am the door, by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved…..”   John 10:1,2,3,4,5,6,7  Jesus explains that anyone who uses another gate or door is a thief and robber.  These thieves and robbers are false Christianity, false ministers of Satan. Jesus is the shepherd of the sheep.  Jesus is the gate, the door, the shepherd.  The sheep are those called and chosen by GOD to enter the gate , the door .  Jesus opens the gate, the door for the elect to enter.  The sheep hear the voice of Jesus in their human spirit.  Jesus calls us by name and leads us out of this world.  Jesus went on ahead of the elect into the kingdom, he brings out his sheep, the elect follow his voice but not the voice of a stranger.  The elect do not follow the voice of the false shepherds and flee from them.  Read all of John 10:1-18 in these verses is hidden spiritual wisdom.  

The Philadelphia church has set before them an opened door, an open gate.  Revelation 3:7-13  The spiritual wisdom of GOD is either opened or shut.  It is shut to the world but open to the elect saints.  We have this open door, we have Christ, the gate, the door.  Through Jesus, the mediator, we have access to GOD.  John 6:45  We learn from the FATHER through the door, the gate, the messiah, the mediator between GOD and us.  We experience the working power of the spirit behind Elijah, the Holy Spirit, to restore to us the things that were lost.  We are taught by GOD through the door, the gate, Jesus Christ.

Matthew 17:11  is the Elijah to come, to restore all things.  John 14:26  The Holy Spirt of the FATHER through Christ will teach us all things and remind us of what Jesus taught.  

The door, the gate, the mediator, the messiah, the first born of many, the son of GOD .  Jesus was and is all these things.  The time of the the restoration of all things began after Jesus ascended to his GOD and our GOD.  Over the centuries since then GOD has called and chosen HIS elects saints to HIMSELF through HIS son.  We, the saints of today, are living in the last days and the number of brethren yet to be called and chosen is extremely small but when the number is completed there will be 144,000.  Of this number there is to be a faithful remnant yet alive just prior to the return of Christ.  They, along with all the elect will be sealed in righteousness with the mark of GOD in our spirits whether dead or alive.  Those saints alive in that day will defeat the corruption of the antichrist, instruct many people, be strong and do great exploits.  The people they instruct will fall by the sword, the Laodiceans, and false brethren will join the elect and Laodiceans seeking to avoid punishment.  Daniel 11:31-35   

It is the hope of the elect at this time to be of the number of the remnant of the 144,000 who are alive and remain.  1 Corinthians 15:51  1 Thessalonians 4:16,17  Isaiah 1:9  Romans 9:29   This however is in GODS hands.  Either way we will inherit the kingdom of GOD.  

LIGHT VERSES DARKNESS

Carnal people know what physical light and darkness is but they have no idea about spiritual light and spiritual darkness.  Jesus came into a world in spiritual darkness as a great spiritual light.  John 12:46   John8:12   John 1:4,5   John 9:5   Isaiah 9:2

 The people of this world of spiritual darkness have for the vast majority rejected the spiritual light.  John 3:19,20,21   1 John 1:5,6,7   There are a people who have come to the spiritual light and are called and chosen by GOD to be HIS elect saints.  Luke 1:78,79

Colossians 1:13   1 Peter 2:9   Ephesians 5:8   2 Corinthians 4:6  Now, there is another kingdom, the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of Satan. The world Jesus came into as a great spiritual light was in darkness and the vast majority of the people loved the darkness rather than the light.  This world is Satans kingdom of darkness.  The saints have been called out of Satans kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light.  The saints do not walk in darkness anymore.  If we examine Satans kingdom, this world, we see how it operates.  Satan has been given rulership of the darkness by the will of GOD.  When Satan told Jesus that all the kingdoms of the world were given to him he was not lying otherwise Jesus would have called out the lie as Jesus did in Satans other attempts to get Jesus to sin.  How did Satan become the god of this world ?  Adam was given dominion over the earth and in effect was the god of the world.  When Adam sinned by obeying Satan Adam relinquished his rule to Satan.  This confirms a biblical principle, “whoever you render yourself a servant to obey, that is who you will obey.”  In the world since then the vast majority of mankind are the children of Satan.  Only the elect saints of GOD have been called out of Satans dark kingdom.  Acts 26:17,18  Colossians 1:13,14   John 12:46   Once you are in the spiritual light you are to have nothing to do with darkness.  Ephesians 5:11   Romans 13:12 

1 John 1:6,7   What is it that the saints should avoid in Satans kingdom of darkness ?  Since there are two kingdoms then there are two vastly different ways of living. Your faith, obedience, trust and hope is placed in what kingdom you choose.  You cannot serve two different kingdoms at the same time, it’s one or the other.  As a saint you are to seek only GODS kingdom, acknowledge GODS  chosen king, Jesus Christ, as your leader, ruler and king, no one else.  The saints are to submit themselves to the kingdom of GOD only.  How then can we do this if we submit ourselves to another kingdoms rules, authority, faith, hope, trust and obedience in the governments of Satan ?  What do we serve and belong to, light or darkness ?  While the saints are spiritually not of this darkness we are physically yet present in it. We are to shine as lights in it.   We only obey whatever nation we happen to be in as long as it doesn’t violate GODS will for us.  We must have our spiritual senses sharpened to discern good from evil.  Our submission to one of Satans governments does not mean participation in it.  Actively participating in the kingdom of darkness is to betray the kingdom of light that we were called into. How is participating in darkness being in the light ?  Should the saints have two leaders, two governments, to sets of laws or two different ways or paths ?  Isaiah 3:12  According to GODS prophet it is human leaders that destroy the path we need to follow.  The worlds leaders are of Satan who deceives people to trust in human governments rather than the government of GOD.  The people of this world have the devil as their father and will do the devils works.  John 8:44   Matthew 13:38  The degree of the Devils deception is great as all the world has been deceived by Satan except GODS chosen elect saints.  Revelation 12:9 

2 Thessalonians 2:9,10   The saints of GOD do not get involved with the governments of Satan in any way.  GOD intends to destroy all human governments, the work of the Devil, and replace them with the kingdom of GOD.  1 John 3:8   Since all human governments are going to be destroyed do you want to be on the losing side or be a winner by serving only GODS kingdom ?   The choice is simple, light or darkness, go to and remain in the light. 

2 CORINTHIANS 6:17

“Therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says YAHWEH.  Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.”  2 Corinthians 6:17

Who is “them” ?  It is the world of the unconverted.

What does “be separate” mean ?  To set apart or set a boundary, to consecrate to sanctify, to distinguish one thing from another.

What is unclean ?  Not pure.  An impure unclean spirit human or demon. To be defiled and separated from what is holy and pure.   

When we are called by GOD we are made clean of past sins through baptism.  1 Peter 3:21. Then by the gift of GODS spirit, the good leaven, the old leaven of malice and wickedness is purged out and we are made clean. 1 Corinthians 5:7  Baptism rids us of the evil leaven and we become a new lump ready to be made clean by the giving of the Holy Spirit. 

Therefore,  Acts 10:15  ,  Cornelius and his house were cleansed by GODS spirit, given before they were baptized.  Peter spoke this way to Cornelius,  Acts 10:28   In the law of Moses the clean and unclean laws were only symbolic of the spirit that influenced your life; either the spirit of Satan that is unclean or the spirit of GOD that makes us clean. Satan and the demons are unclean spirits.  The elect saints are clean.  Ephesians 5:26,27   The “word” in this verse is the word of GOD. This word was preached by a man called Jesus of Nazareth.  It was about the kingdom of GOD.   The world has not been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of GOD, only the church of the elect saints know the mysteries.  Matthew 14:11  The entire carnal world is unclean and the saints are not to touch it, that is the things of the world.  Satan is the god of the unconverted world, the children of the devil that do the will of their god, Satan.  This evil is in all the things of their society.  There is no area of their lives that Satan has not infiltrated.  As GODS chosen saints we must be extremely careful and acutely aware of all of Satans devices and not touch them.

We use the gift of spiritual discernment to determine what is of GOD and what is not.  1 John 4:1   Isaiah 35:8  Matthew 7:13,14   Proverbs 16:17   1 Thessalonians 4:7   2 Corinthians 7:1  Romans 12:1,2    Just as light has No fellowship with darkness, Ephesians 5:11 ,  clean has No fellowship with the unclean, 2 Timothy 2:20,21  

Look at this carnal world and ask yourself, what is clean ?  Your answer should be nothing.  The social fabric of the carnal world is unclean.  All their institutions, religions and governments are unclean, do not touch them and YAHWEH will receive you.

This article I hope will, with GOD making it possible, open your eyes to a much better understanding of 2 Corinthians 6:17 .  

Once GOD has made us clean to go back into the unclean is as Peter says,  2 Peter 2:22  and Jesus   Matthew 12:43,44,45   and Paul Galatians 4:9 

If you are a true Christian and are involved in any part of Satans world I hope you will be given the eyes to see it and repent, ask and receive forgiveness.

THE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD AND THE DECEIVED CHURCHES OF MEN

 How the true church of GOD operates today is not how it operated in the first century.  The church no longer has Apostles.  In fact because of tremendous deception GOD removed all humans from the ministry.  There are no more pastors, evangelists, or Apostles.  Of necessity there are only prophets and prophetesses, that’s it, nothing else.  GOD and Christ are in complete control of the church.  In the first century the gift of prophecy wasn’t given to everyone because Paul said, covet to prophesy, 1 Corinthians 14:39 , if all were prophets why say this.  Then there is this, 1 Corinthians 12:27,28,29,30,31  So, in the first century the office of prophet was limited but today this gift is absolutely needed so that GOD through Jesus the mediator can teach HIS elect saints HIS truth.  In this way it makes deception impossible.  Matthew 24:24   The church in the first century was organized, did have human leaders, churches were established in various places, deception and persecution was beginning.  Today the true church is scattered, extremely few in number, not trying to fulfill the great commission, they do not know any other of the elect or their locations except the group they fellowship with. All of them are being taught by GODS spirit through Christ.  John 6:45  They have no human leader, their leader is Christ.  These saints all have the gift of prophecy because this is how they are taught, a connection to GOD through Christ, just as everyone in scripture has always been that learned since Pentecost and even in ancient times where GOD used angels and prophets to speak HIS truth to people HE chose.  No one of their own volition can join the true church, GOD must put you in.  Acts 2:47   From the time of righteous Able until the elect saints are sealed the total number of them will be 144,000.  Revelation 7:3   The worlds carnal churches are all of Satan the devil and are deceiving the unconverted with all kinds of heresy and lies.  The false churches are led by some man who thinks he can do what only GOD can do.  If you are in any of theses churches you are deceived and a child of the devil.  Unless GOD decides to call and choose you to become one of the elect you will remain deceived and in the future worship the antichrist.  There is yet hope for you only because GOD allowed you to remain in deception at this time because if GOD would give you HIS spirit you would blaspheme the spirit and suffer everlasting death.  At the present time GOD knows you will not repent so HE will wait and give you HIS spirit at a better time for you.  2 Peter 3:9   Isaiah 55:6,7   Luke 15:10   The elect saints of GODS true church were elected, personally chosen by GOD because HE knew they, in this current evil age, would repent.  Of the 2.38 billion who claim to be Christians today none of them are.  This is how massive the deception of Satan is.  Revelation 12:9

As I have repeatedly said in my articles, you, the reader, the vast majority of you, will not believe anything I have written.  You will attack me, make false accusations against me and label me a devil when in reality you are.  This also was prophesied to happen in the latter days.  2 Timothy 3:1,2,3,4   1 Timothy 4:1,2   If Christ came to earth again, as a man, and preached his gospel to you, you would kill him again.  You believe in the doctrines of demons.  You are totally blind spiritually, you do not have the Holy Spirit.  Right now you feel great hatred for me and desire even to harm me.  That is expected.  However someday in the future you will come to see that I have indeed told you the truth.

GODS LOVE VERSES THE WORLDS LOVE

The love that is in the world is not the love of GOD.

Hope that is in the world is not the hope of GOD.

Faith that is in the world is not the faith of GOD.

The good that is in the world is not the good of GOD.

Agape, the love of GOD is what will fulfill the law, never do any evil, therefore whatever is not of the love of GOD is sin. The carnal world is not of the love of GOD therefore it is sin.  To mix it up with the world in politics is therefore a sin because it is not of GODS love.  The world is condemned, the elect are not condemned.  All mature Christian elect know these things, however a babe in Christ will need taught these things by GOD.  Philippians 3:15  Romans 15:1,2,3,4,5,6,14  1 Thessalonians 5:14 

The mature Christian has grown in grace and knowledge beyond that of a babe in Christ and this is to be expected. The mature, the strong, should help the babe, the weak, by sharing with them what GOD has taught them and GOD will then open the minds, the spirit of the babe, to understand and through this process we all eventually come to the unity of the faith. The bride must make herself ready and this is how she does it. Ephesians 4:1-16  Revelation 19:7  

To have GODS love a person must have GODS spirit. If a Christian loves it is with GODS love not the love that is in the world.  A Christian cannot love anyone with the worlds love.  The world cannot love us either. If a Christian loves their family, no matter if they are converted or not, they love with GODS love and not with the love of the world.  The many governments of this world cannot be of GODS love because they are all evil and are Satans governments.  To think that these governments can be the answer to any problem by selecting the lesser of two evils, when both candidates in all elections are Satans children, is not GODS love.   People that do think this way are looking for love in all the wrong places.  There is no good that can come from human Satanic governments because there is only one who is good and that is GOD.  Therefore, in the matter of love and goodness, the governments of this world has neither.  To think evil governments can help in any way is wrong thinking.  Only GOD is love and only GOD is good.  Satanic governments are evil and their love is false.  You will not find GOD in the world’s governments. Why seek for something in a thing that doesn’t have it ?  A Christian understands that only GOD has the true answers to all their problems and are to cast all their cares upon HIM.  Should we go to Satan and his evil governments for help or should we go to GOD ?  Should we grow impatient waiting for GOD and peruse help and answers from Satans governments ?  GOD is not with any human government HE is with HIS own government, the kingdom , which Christians are to represent.  Christians are to be lights in a world of darkness to be witnessing to the truth of the kingdom of GOD by living our lives in GODS will.  GODS will is to destroy all human forms of government and replace them with HIS government, the kingdom of GOD.   This is what Christians should be doing and we do this by having nothing to do with human governments but everything to do with GODS government.  No Christian helps themselves or their families by participating in Satans evil governments.   Instead Christians set an example as Christ did who was totally and completely immersed in his GOD and FATHERS will.  That will of GOD is to establish HIS kingdom on this earth.  Thy kingdom come thy will be done and not the will of man, Satan or the evil governments of this world. Do not think that human love and good are the same as GODS love and good, they are not, and devil hopes you will think they are.  Worldly love and good is of Satan, it is a dark fake impersonation, it is part of the great delusion of Satan.  I expect the world to fall for this lie but a Christian never should. Christians have the hope of GODS kingdom but there is no hope, no love, no good in human/Satanic governments.  

In summary; there is no love, good, faith or hope in any form of human government but in all these things and much more are in the kingdom of GOD.