The Gap...
My Lord:
The Comforter, the Holy Ghost, the very Spirit of God was not near and the children were desolate because "sin" prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16, " For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. "
A man of God that obeys the instruction of God, turns the people from sin. Where sin is, separation from the Lord God Almighty is. Where sin is found in them, they can not stand before God, be bold in Him, be strong in Him. Because of sin, good things are withheld and evil abounds. Where sin is, comfort, rest, peace and safety are not. There is no peace in sin, no rest in sin, no safety in sin. Comfort not sin, do not allow it to go without rebuke, without reproof, tear it down where it may be found. No quarter given to it, no remorse; search me O Lord and if there be any thing, show it to me that I may utterly destroy it, cast it from me, let it go, turn from it and take it never up again.
Who loves the Light of the Truth but commits evil? Many confess with their lips of their love and out of that same mouth are the confessions of disobedience, inability, unfaithfulness, yet they love the Light of the Truth? Who is a liar? Who is the deceiver? Who beguiles? Who loveth to be lied to? For none that do evil loveth the Light of the Truth shinned upon them so they may turn from the evil. They so easily boast of loving the light but Truth is as written, they who do evil hate the light. They can use all the words to proclaim otherwise as they willfully walk in the lust of the flesh and make it so others are allowed to as well, but they are not of the Lord. They who sin are servants of sin, not Christ.
John 3:20, " For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. "
Evil hides the Truth from them that do evil, they are not in the Light of the Truth, they can not be, for if they truly were in the Light of the Truth they would do what the Truth tells them to do. If ye love Me, keep My Commandments. Name My Name and depart from all iniquity. Awaken to righteousness and sin not. Stand in awe and sin not. Evil hides the Truth "Go and Sin No More", evil hides the pricks of the Truth upon the conscience, it kills, steals and destroys it. A conscience seared, a heart hardened, a neck stiffened, the mind that is high, the mouth that draws near while the heart is far from the Lord.
Who is lost? But they who commit sin. Who is separated? but they who commit sin.
The god of this world, a world which lies in wickedness, is blinded because they believe not the whole Truth, the ability, the power, the true Spirit of Grace, teaching to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, righteously and godly lives in this present world. This is why you hear them that lie upon the Truth, say, " it is only unbelief that is the sin ". Saying then that all one needs to do is believe, but they do not express belief, in utterance or character. Rather they make provisions for all to be free in unbelief. Anyone can say it, but who defines it? Who fills it? Who obeys it? Who can express in utterance and character that they truly believe and are not blinded by the god of this wicked world? Saying you believe but producing fruits of unbelief, is unbelief. To doubt, to not have faith, again unbelief is disobedience, just as faith is obedience. If you allow them to make the word hollow for you, so that you need not do the works worthy of repentance, to show thyself approved, to prove your love, you are lost, castaway, reprobate in the faith that is faithfully obedient to that which it has placed its belief. A play on words that leads one away from the Truth. Time and time again you hear them selling their wears, fooling the weak to turn from the Truth and take up a lie, a provision.
1 John 5:19, " And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. "
To believe is to what? OBEY! To have belief is what? OBEY! To be lost is by sin.
2 Corinthians 4:3, " But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
To hammer the point home. They are blinded by the god of this world because why? They do not believe. Many say they do but their actions dictate they do not. They speak of it but their hearts do not truly believe in the Spirit of Power that comes with the new heart. The ability to Go and Sin No More, the ability to fight the good fight, the ability to obey from the heart, the ability to stand in awe and sin not, to awake to righteousness and sin not. The ability to fear God and KEEP His Commandments. The ability to be just, love mercy and walk humbly with Him. The weightier matters of the Law, judgement, mercy and faith. From faith to love and all that stands fast in the middle of those two words. The power, that virtue which is effectual in ones life to Name Christ and depart from all iniquity. To be in operation proving the fact of ones state of being. Either sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness. It is plainly simple until one adds to it with provisions. To be flattered, to flatter the eye, to flatter the lust of the flesh with vanity, vain imaginations, silly ideas that give one liberty in sin. Blinded by wickedness, having pleasure in wickedness destroys ones ability to see with their own minds the Truth that is literally right in front of them.
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. "
Who will stand in the Gap, that separation from them and the Truth, from them and the Lord God Almighty? Where is the man of God who turns His people from sin? Where is the exhortation that expresses the power found only in Christ, yes you can Go and Sin No More.
Sin is what? Transgression of the Law. To transgress is to disobey, to rebel, to be unfaithful, to commit adultery, to fornicate. There is no belief in the Truth proven by the deeds of wickedness but that you believe in and obey wickedness. There is no faith in the Lord proven by the deeds of sin but that you have faith in sin. Pleasure in sin, you look at sin and just as Eve called evil good, pleasant and to be desired, you will do the same who take up provisions, calling evil good and good evil. To have pleasure in unrighteousness. To have pleasure in them that commit unrighteousness. They who sin are of the devil, not Christ. They who sin are servants of sin, not the Lord Jesus.
Believe defined is obedience, faithful obedience. If you believe something you obey the belief believed. If I tell you faith is the act of being faithful, and you believe that it is as I have said, then if you say you believe the Lord you would show forth the fruit of that belief by simply doing as He said or asked, being faithful. Call Me Lord, Lord, and do the things that I have said proving He is Lord in your heart.
The gap!
Isaiah 59:2, " But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. "
Proverbs 15:29, " The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. "
Jeremiah 5:25, " Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. "
Simple Truth at every turn, obedience. Want to lose the gap, the divide, the separation, obey from the heart that doctrine received of God. Do not doubt, why would you doubt, you through Christ are able. Yes fiery darts will come, yes there will be trials and tests. Yet you will be able to withstand it all, for God does not allow anyone to be tempted more than they can endure. The only reason anyone can not endure is because they have chosen not to endure. There is no blame to be placed but on ones own free will choice to be tempted and accept the temptation, to go and sin some more. There is no one who has to have pleasure in the face of evil, no matter the evil. From the foulest of the foul to the least of what man considers least evil. No one has to have pleasure in them and go about doing them. No one has to be separated from God, good things do not have to be withheld, the Lord does not have to be far from you. You are able to choose. You are able to endure, you are able to run, you are able to race, you are able to strive, you are able to affirm, you are able to prove, you are able to study to show thyself approved, you are able to dig deep, you are able to stand fast, you are able to hold fast, you are able to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. You are all able to do all things through Christ who strengthens them that love Him. You are able to rise early and seek Him, to inquire, to make hast and set you mind upon Him. Yes you can obey from the heart, yes you can withstand it all. Yes you can be unmovable in the faith that works by love and is proven by deeds. Yes you can write it all again, say it all again, go over it all again. Yes you can turn back, set down the foolishness of men, let go of the traditions, the fables, the vain imaginations, the provisions, the commandments of men. Yes you can exercise yourselves unto Godliness.
1 Timothy 4:7, " But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. "
Godliness is profitable unto ALL things. A PROMISE of life now and the life to come.
1 Timothy 4:8, " For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. "
Godliness with contentment is of great gain.
1 Timothy 6:6, " But godliness with contentment is great gain. "
The TV (vain imagination) version of Godliness, that form of Godliness but denying the power of Godliness. If at every turn you find them that sell the filthy rags wretch chief of sinners nonsense, only hearing how one can never be able, will forever be unable, one can then see how so many professed Christians are just as it has been preached to them. They have a form of it but never acknowledge the whole of the Truth of it. Never showing the power to Go and Sin No More. The power to Name Christ and depart from all iniquity. To have been awakened to righteousness and sin not. To crucify the affections and the lusts and not walk in them any longer. Flee from them, escape from them, turn from them, do not partake with them, have no fellowship with the UNFRUITFUL works of darkness.
2 Timothy 3:5, " Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. "
Titus 1:1, " Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; "
To be partakers of the divine nature according to His divine power. Given us all the things required, needed, that pertain to LIFE AND GODLINESS. Lacking nothing! There is nothing lacking in you but the will to do, will you chose life or death? Will you follow after? Will you keep the Commandments? Will you obey from the heart? Will you STOP listening to them that tell you, sell you, the lies of inability, forever not being able? Will you flee them, escape from them?
2 Peter 1:3, " According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: "
You are here to take part of the divine nature of God Almighty in this life right now, not any other time, not waiting for it to be done someday down the road, but now is the time for salvation, to partake of the promise given, the promise is forgiveness through Christ, to be crucified and raised again, to be freed so you can go do the WORKS worthy of such a mighty gift, for salvation IS NOT free or is it the gift promised, so many say this and it is not written in the book. Salvation in the end is the REWARD one is given at the end of the race. Racing is not a free gift, it is the work. Now is the time to Go and Sin No More. Now is the time to obey Him if you love Him.
2 Peter 1:4, " Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. "
What is contained in it, what is found in obedience? What is being done? What are the fruits of thine labor? If ye have faith you add to that faith, for faith alone is dead. A word spoken without action is vanity, vain, useless, of no value, no profit, no equity, it must be added to, filled. It must shine forth effectualness, be shown to be in operation and this will prove your state of being, it will be a fact. To faith add virtue, that effect of faith, with all diligence, knowledge, temperance, patience, Godliness, brotherly kindness, charity. From faith to love, it is filled with the divine nature. It is not this foul idea of men to be born in sin, having a nature to sin. That is an ugly lie. You have free will to exercise your will to choose. Who will you serve this day? Sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness.
Titus 3:8, " This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. "
2 Corinthians 13:5, " Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? "
Godliness
Greek - G2150
Word: εὐσέβεια
Transliteration: eusebeia
Phonetic: yoo-seb'-i-ah
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Definition: reverence, respect, piety towards God, godliness...
Godliness
Greek - G2317
Word: θεοσέβεια
Transliteration: theosebeia
Phonetic: theh-os-eb'-i-ah
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Definition: reverence towards God's goodness...
GOD'LINESS, noun [from godly.] Piety; belief in God, and reverence for his character and laws.
A religious life; a careful observance of the laws of God and performance of religious duties, proceeding from love and reverence for the divine character and commands; christian obedience....
It always falls to obedience, and the very thing they love to quote, "love". Even love defined is faithful obedience. At every turn it is faithfully obedient to whom ye love. If you love Me, keep My Commandments. Love is faithful, unfaithfulness has nothing to do with love. There are no sinning saints of God, just born again saints of God. Heaven is not filled with sinners. That is a play on words to allow what? Provisions, excuses, reason for one thinking they are already saved, already having obtained what they have not. Continuing in sin and needing the provision that allows them to say they are free indeed. To be free to sin and say the love the Lord with all their hearts. To be free in sin and pretend. To be unfaithful but say they have faith. If heaven is filled with sinners then I have hope I can sin and be allowed to enter the Kingdom. Heaven filled with sinners pleases the flesh, pleases the eyes, it tickles the ears, has a pleasant odor for the nose. Heaven is filled with the born again, and there are no sinners in heaven for all might of been sinners, but that person is put to death before being born again. See there is a great difference between what they try to placate you with and the simple plain Truth.
John 14:15, " If ye love me, keep my commandments. "
If you love someone you have the respect for them to honor them with fidelity, loyalty, sincerity, in the good and the bad. In sickness and in health, for richer or poor, for better or worst, till death, till the end. Reverence, honor and respect shown to what is revered. There is no reverence in cheating, in giving up, in quitting, in finding something else to revere when times are tough. Regardless of what the other one does, accept for fornication and adultery, but if you can bear that, then bear that also.
No loyalty in buying a lie and professing it to be true. I am a filthy rag so I have no choice but to be unfaithful, unable to keep my oath till the end, till death. I am just forever a chief of sinners and there is nothing I can do about that but to sin more, this is not true. There is no Truth in a lie, or to make excuse, provision for the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye to be fulfilled. Seeing something you think is better, now not content with what you have, you go and look else where. That is not an act of love, for love does not act this way. It endures, it does not fail, it fights that good fight of faith being faithful till the end. It does not desire to be divided, separated from that it truly loves. When the going gets rough, love keeps going. Love is the test, whom do you truly love?
Whom will you yield yourselves servants to obey? Have you not heard they who sin are servants to sin? They who sin are of the devil and not the Lord. Will it be sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness? Will you endure till the end? Will your love be able to endure till the end when tested? Or will it just be a word spoken lightly? Do not take the Lord of your salvation lightly. Do not allow yourselves to lose sight of the Truth. The lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes lead many astray, that pride of life. Godliness with contentment is of great gain. O Lord do not give me to little or so much, but just that which is convenient for me. So I do not forget nor curse. So I do not forsake that which I treasure most. So the lust of the flesh does not blind me from my oath, my first love. That I say and so do, that I keep my eye upon that prize. Do not become the hypocrite but the doer of the Truth. Esteem not lightly what God has given you, even when appears to not esteem you. You will be judged for your works not any others. You do what is right, you keep the faith, you make an oath and you keep it. You fight the good fight whether anyone else does or not.
Deuteronomy 32:15, " But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. "
The book of the Lord never expresses weakness to sin, but power, to be strong like men. To be bold, to be without doubt. The only weakness is the submission to God and by this weakness we are made strong. Examine, affirm, prove, stand ye fast in the faith that works by love and is proven by deeds. Being faithful till when? The End! The lie of dying daily to sin is just another filthy disgusting lie which allows for one to make excuse to sin more. Do not listen to them but be ye strong in the Lord!
1 Corinthians 16:13, " Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. "
These things are where equity is found, the riches received, profit and gain. In doing what is right, not wrong, you grow up into that adult. Doing all you can to stand, fighting the good fight, running the race, giving chase and being diligent in the faith, obedience to the faith that works by love and is proven by deeds in the Truth. Not provisions, not things imagined, it is by the Commandments of God and none by the commandments of men. Repent and do ye works worthy of repentance. Make straight the way. Take up thy own and follow. Christ in you is power, ability and not weakness to sin. It is obedience and submission to the Truth. It is hope, that leads you home by the Truth.
Colossians 1:27, " To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: "
Built up by grace, the teaching, growing, increasing, gaining in the wisdom, the knowledge, the understanding, Go and Sin No More and that I am able to do this, not by my wisdom, but by His. I have nothing to boast of but Christ crucified and Him raised. Deny thyself the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life. Learn to live with all gravity, sincerity, sobriety, righteousness and godliness in this present world. In these things be ye strong like men, unmovable, not tossed to and fro. This is where I stand, this is where I will remain. Nothing will move me, not derision, not hate, not pleasure. Nothing they offer is greater than what I have in Christ. I will not be moved by them, I know no matter what Christ is. I absolutely know it and will not be moved from a faithful faith, obedient faith working by love. Out of love I do...
Lose not the severity that is before us all, be ye sober. What is manifest through obedience, faithfulness, loyalty, monogamy, trust, patience, endurance, willingness? The fruit of thine labours... If you love Me, obey Me...
Colossians 1:21, " And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Colossians 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; "
Grounded
Greek - G2311
Word: θεμελιόω
Transliteration: themelioō
Phonetic: them-el-ee-o'-o
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: to lay the foundation, to found, to make stable, establish...
Field or place of action. He fought with fury, and would not quit the ground...
To gain ground to advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an army in battle gains ground Hence, to obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the army gains ground on the enemy. Hence...
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, cause, reason or principle; as arguments grounded on reason; faith grounded on scriptural evidence...
To settle in first principles; to fix firmly...
Christ is in you, in your hearts, the throne God sits upon and shows Himself to be God by you following the Truth with all diligence and obedience to the Faith, rooted and grounded in the fruits of love. The quality's that are found in love, keeping the Commandments of God faithfully. Being Able to comprehend what is the good and perfect will of God, for it passes all knowledge, there is NOTHING ever that can be put to it or taken from it. Men can show themselves to be wise in mans eyes but it is foolishness. Lean not upon men but on the Lord. Let every man be a liar and God the Truth, let God be the Truth and every man a liar. If you do these things you will be grounded and settled.
Ephesians 3:17, " That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Ephesians 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. "
Settled
Greek - G1476
Word: ἑδραῖος
Transliteration: hedraios
Phonetic: hed-rah'-yos
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: sitting, sedentary, firm, immovable, steadfast...
Placed; established; determined; composed; adjusted...
"IF" you do these things, you will be placed, established in a faith that is unmovable, undoubtable, unchangeable, composed, adjusted, steadfast, firm, immovable. A faith that is faithful, being bold like lions, strong like men, being diligent, obeying from the heart the doctrine received of God Almighty. Having learned the good and perfect will of God and being a doer of it. "IF" you do these things you will absolutely never fail, never fall, never be moved by them that feign pleasure in unrighteousness, trying to lure, allure, trick, fool, beguile, guile, entertain, muse, amuse, call you off to go and sin for a season. Every fiery dart of the devil and them that serve him will fail before you. This does pass all knowledge as it is understood, which through Christ you are able if you will believe in Him.
As always I have nothing new to say, it is faith which is faithful. Fidelity, loyalty, monogamy, trusty, sincerity. It is by faith and nothing else "IF" that faith is filled with the Truth and not lip service. Raise the banner, setup a standard of God and hold fast to it. Fly the flag of Truth, go and do not harm. May will profess to love the Truth as the go about killing, stealing and destroying. They make look like a sheep but if you will be honest they surely are not a sheep. Be ye harmless as doves.
The Gap, the divide is sin!
This is a day of rest, it is the day God rested from all His works and made this day holy. It is lawful to do good on this day, that is your judgement to make. You are able, given a free will nature to choose. You will be judged by your works and not any others. This is the seventh day, the fourth Commandments of God Almighty. It is a day made for man and not man for it. This is the Lord day and there is no other day. This is the day the Lord Commanded to be and surely is not a commandment of men.
Seek, Repent and Sin No More...
It is remission and not permission...
We are the words we speak, for out of the hear the mouth speaks of the treasures contained...
Blessed be the Name of the Lord Amen and Amen...
