Book of 1 Samuel, Chapter 30

 Chapter 30

David's Wives Are Captured

1 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire 2 and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one but carried them off and went their way. 3 And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. 5 David's two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 6 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8 And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.” 9 So David set out, and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men. Two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.

11 They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink, 12 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. 13 And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago. 14 We had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.” 15 And David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band.”

David Defeats the Amalekites

16 And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. 17 And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled. 18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives. 19 Nothing was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoiled or anything that had been taken. David brought back all. 20 David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, “This is David's spoil.”

21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people he greeted them. 22 Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart.” 23 But David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us. 24 Who would listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike.” 25 And he made it a statute and a rule for Israel from that day forward to this day.

26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord.” 27 It was for those in Bethel, in Ramoth of the Negeb, in Jattir, 28 in Aroer, in Siphmoth, in Eshtemoa, 29 in Racal, in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, in the cities of the Kenites, 30 in Hormah, in Bor-ashan, in Athach, 31 in Hebron, for all the places where David and his men had roamed.

All Things are Temporal 2

 Is your J.O.B. your god? 

Welcome. Let us pray. 

"Heavenly Father, Lord God, all the praise and glory be to You. As we come before You today, we pray that You give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and a spirit to receive Your Truth and Your Revelation. May Your Word feed our spirit as the food You so abundantly bless us with feeds our bodies. We ask this in Your holy name, Amen!"

Is your J.O.B. your god? I'm seriously asking you. Is your job your god? Ridiculous, you say? Are you sure? Think about it.

We spend most of our awake time at our jobs. We do things that we would never do for our jobs. Our Jobs pay us money, that?

Pays our bills, and gives us a roof over our heads. Food on the table. Clothes on our bodies. Electricity. Vehicle to come and go. Entertainment. We rely on our jobs to meet our needs. It used to be mostly men who would work 9-5 Monday through Friday. They would go out and do whatever it was that would supply them with the money to live. The wife and mother would stay home to raise the children. 

Then, after Dad got home, they would all sit around the table and have dinner. Talking and sharing their day's events. Then came the weekends, when they would spend time as a family. Today, sadly, most of the time, both the man and the woman are out working 24/7. Working 9-5 is nearly all but gone. Weekends off? Rare. Got to make that money.

Let’s get a bit real here. God did not create money. God has no use for it. We did. Money and wealth are man-made concepts. We chose to say that this piece of paper is worth one dollar or a hundred dollars. We chose to say that this shiny rock is worth all this money. Imagine God, looking down from Heaven, when He sees someone open an Oyster's Shell and see a spitball, and call it a pearl, and say, "This is valuable." It's foolishness.

However, it is the system we created. It is a system we must live in. It is the system that can and does lead some to an early grave. They work themselves to death. Some are very successful, out there doing what they do, and then they come home and wonder, "Where did the Kids go?" Well, they graduated and are out on their own. Sorry, you missed them growing up. Got to make that money.

Here is something someone needs to get. Proverbs 23:4 says this.

"Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!"

When you drive your body, 24/7, you deprive it of sleep, food, and even simple rest. Eventually, it will give out. He who dies with the most toys wins? Got to make that money.

God does not want you to worry. Yeshua taught us this fact, that as a child of God, you should not only have no fear of these things but take no thought of them at all. If we, as children of God, put our trust in Him, He is faithful and just, to meet our every need. In Luke 12:15

"And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

Then He tells us this.

"The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye require these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you." Luke 12:23-30

Where is your faith? Is your faith in God? To be faithful and true to His Word that HE will meet your needs? Or is your faith in yourself, and your Job, to meet your needs? Where is your faith, child of God? Is it our Abba Father, or is it {Incert job company and title here}?

"But you don't understand. I do not want to drive that. I do not want to live there. I want MORE. So much more. I got to do whatever I got to do to make more money."

Really? Have you not heard?

"But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs." 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Many people have come to treat money as their god. Banks have transformed into places of worship, and financial advisers have become evangelists. Individuals often bow before the altar of the stock market. The love of money can lead one to violate the other commandments.

You will forget, or have no time for the “Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it, thou shalt still work. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” But you will say to yourself, "No big deal. I have to work. Gotta make that Money."

24/7. Work days, nights, weekends. Whatever. Gotta make that money. Sick? Go anyway. Gotta make that money. Kids, no matter. Daycare if needed. Gotta make that money.

You know that whatever you do, in the end, it's just a Job. Are you a famous actor? Musician? Sports star? Do you know what happens when you become too old to keep doing what you are doing? Someone else steps up and takes your place. All those people who used to chant your name now chant someone else's. All those people who used to follow you around now follow someone else. That movie you did, that was the number-one movie in history? Has been replaced with the next number-one movie in history. That position you had in the company? Smith and Walls? Someone else sits in your seat now. So on and so forth. It was all just a Job.

God is there. He is always there. He is and wants to be your Abba Father. He will never leave nor forsake you. You are and will always be His child. He must come first. Jesus came right out and told us, you cannot love both, Money and God.

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24

So who cares if you lose your earthly worldly Job? God will meet your needs far more than you will on your own, relying on that job. If you lose that Job today?

Romans 8:28

“And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28

He will help you find a better opportunity. You may not hear this often, but you might not have been in the job that God intended for you. It doesn’t matter if you thought it was the best job in the world; God had a reason for wanting you somewhere else. Trust in Him.

"In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength and my refuge is in God."  Psalm 62:7

Do not place your job on the same level as God. When you truly begin to understand and trust what Yeshua tells us, you will find peace.

“But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

You will experience far less fear and anxiety when you realize that your employment does not depend on a person or corporation, but rather on God Himself. You can rest assured knowing He is in charge and will meet your daily needs.

Of all the things that we can and will be talking about being temporal, your job should be at the bottom of your list of things to worry about.

Are you His child? Are you sure? If not, say this prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be, say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us pray.

"Oh, heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Yeshua's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent of my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Yeshua, Amen!"

That's it. It is that simple. Now tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Yeshua, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

The email, if you wish to contact me, is truthbygod1@gmail.com

May the comfort of the Holy Ghost and the peace of our Lord Yeshua be with you all. May God bless and be with you always.

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Yeshua is Lord!

Book of 1 Samuel, Chapter 29

 Chapter 29

The Philistines Reject David

1 Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel. 2 As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish, 3 the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me now for days and years, and since he deserted to me I have found no fault in him to this day.” 4 But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here? 5 Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances,

‘Saul has struck down his thousands,

    and David his ten thousands’?”

6 Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been honest, and to me, it seems right that you should march out and in with me in the campaign. For I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords do not approve of you. 7 So go back now; and go peaceably, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.” 8 And David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until now, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” 9 And Achish answered David and said, “I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God. Nevertheless, the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’ 10 Now then rise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who came with you, and start early in the morning, and depart as soon as you have light.” 11 So David set out with his men early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

All Things are Temporal

 Introduction 

"Heavingly Father, Lord God, all the praise and glory be to You. As we come before You today, we pray that You give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and a spirit to receive Your Truth and Your Revelation. May Your Word feed our spirit as the food You so abundantly bless us with feeds our bodies. We ask this in Your holy name, Amen!"

Did you know that nearly all you know is temporal? Yeshua said this about even the most beautiful man-made structures on the planet.

"Jesus left the temple and went away when his disciples came to point out the temple buildings to him. But he answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down." Matthew 24:1-2

Why would He say that? Because it is true. We read things like this.

"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more." Revelation 21:1

And this

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind." Isaiah 65:17

Yeshua, or Jesus as translated, tells us this day is coming.

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." Matthew 24:35

We do not know when it will happen. Jesus tells us.

"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire, and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed." Luke 17:26-30

The end of everything. Not some things. Everything. Everything we know will come to an end.

What will happen tomorrow? What about before we finish discussing this today? The truth is, we do not know. My grandmother was a wonderful woman who was well-loved in our town. She often fed the entire community, demonstrating her kindness and generosity. I regularly thank God for allowing me to be born in that time and place and for the honor of growing up in my grandmother's house.

My grandfather had Parkinson's disease, and my grandmother took care of him completely. One day, at around 2 a.m., she stood up and suddenly collapsed to the ground due to a major heart attack.

9/11, a sudden storm from nowhere, or my grandmother as an example— for those involved, it marked the end of their time. It doesn’t have to be "The End Times" for you to be called home. Consider the parable of the rich man and his barns in Luke 12:13-21. Jesus tells us that even though we may strive to build up our riches, it ultimately doesn’t matter in the end time. He stated this.

"But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."

Jesus tells us that we should

"Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." Mattew 6:33

He says,

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal."

Why?

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21

Every secular goal is ultimately subject to death and decay. Consider this carefully. I will say it again: every secular goal is bound to death and decay. I firmly believe this is the reason Paul made the statement we are discussing today.

"Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ" Philippians 3:8

What will we be talking about in this series?

Your Job.                Temporal
Your Stuff.              Temporal
Your Time.              Temporal
Your life On Earth. Temporal

Nearly all you know, is temporal. There is only one exception. This.

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." Matthew 24:35

This is right here. {Holding up the Bible}

Jesus is the Word. He is the Truth, Way, and Life. ANYTHING else you know, see, hear, taste, touch, or even think, is temporal. Everything. What do I mean by “think?” Look here.

“But, as it is written,

"What no eye has seen,
nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him" 1 Corinthians 2:9

We cannot even imagine what God has planned for us—not today or tomorrow—unless we actively seek Him and His purpose. He knows what lies ahead; He is already there, waiting for us. Instead of focusing solely on today and worrying about tomorrow, why not shift our attention to what is eternal: our relationship with God?

Are you a workaholic? Is your Job your god? You may be surprised. I know people who always put their Jobs first in their lives even before their own families. How about your stuff? Does he with the most toys win? Are you wasting time away in an offhanded way? How many tomorrows are you hoping for? Your time is coming. The clock is counting down. Death comes for us all. Is this something you may be concerned about? For the right or wrong reasons?

These are the things we will be discussing coming up here at TAG. The Truth According to God. Join us won’t you? If you are not a child of God. There is no better time. Today is the day, now is the time. Say this prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be, say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Yeshua's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Yeshua, Amen!"

That's it. It is that simple. Now tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Yeshua, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

The email, if you wish to contact me, is truthbygod1@gmail.com

May the comfort of the Holy Ghost, and the peace of our Lord Yeshua, be with you all. May God bless and be with you always.

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Yeshua is Lord!

Book of 1 Samuel, Chapter 28

 Chapter 28

Saul and the Medium of En-dor

1 In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army.” 2 David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land. 4 The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa. 5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. 6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. 7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.”

8 So Saul disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, “Divine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.” 9 The woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying a trap for my life to bring about my death?” 10 But Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.” 11 Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up Samuel for me.” 12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul.” 13 The king said to her, “Do not be afraid. What do you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I see a god coming up out of the earth.” 14 He said to her, “What is his appearance?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid homage.

15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.” 16 And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy? 17 The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me, for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David. 18 Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day. 19 Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”

20 Then Saul fell at once full length on the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night. 21 And the woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, “Behold, your servant has obeyed you. I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to what you have said to me. 22 Now therefore, you also obey your servant. Let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.” 23 He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he listened to their words. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed. 24 Now the woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly killed it, and she took flour and kneaded it and baked unleavened bread of it, 25 and she put it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.

The Wrong Church, No God

 They leave God out. 

Welcome. Let us pray. "Father, Lord God, all the praise and glory be to You. We come before You in the name of your Holy one, the flesh of God, Yeshua by name. As we come before You today, we pray that You give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and a spirit to receive Your Truth and Your Revelation. May Your Word feed our spirit as the food You so abundantly bless us with feeds our bodies. We ask this in Your holy name, Amen!"

Let me ask you an honest question. I’m being completely honest here. I would love to know how some of you who share the belief that there are many paths to God and Heaven reconcile this. How do you reach God if you leave Him out?

One day, a group of people told someone that Peter, meaning me, was just sitting there at my house, waiting for someone to come to me.  When you do, I have a case with a million dollars and I will give it to the one who comes seeking me and finds me. They even give you my address.{I do not, so do not attempt it}

Well, the person says, "I would love to have that million dollars." However, I do not like your Peter. I would rather go to his home and get the case another way. I do not like the address you gave me. I would have to pass through this or that town, take a boat, and everything. I will find another way.

Do you see how ridiculous this is? Here's the problem: there is only one way to reach me and only one me. So how can you reject me and still get to me? Let’s start with the reason we need to seek out Yeshua, or Jesus as translated. Turn with me to John 3:16-18.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”

What happens if you leave the Son out?

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

Here, turn to I John 5:12

“Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

Why? Turn to John 10, starting at verse 7

“So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

Go down a little bit further to verse 27

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one."

As a side note, did Jesus never say He was God? Yes, He did. Here is one of them. Look how this offended the “religious folks.”

“The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.”

Then again we see Jesus calling Himself God here.

“Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad." So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

Say it with me.

“So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.” John 8:56-59

Need more proof? Turn to John 1

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made”

A little bit further we read this.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:1-3, 14

Yeshua, or Jesus is the only way. Why? Because HE IS GOD!

Look here

“The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.” Psalm 118:22

Then here.

“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.'” Isaiah 28:16

Look how Paul puts it in his letter to the Corinthians

“But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,”1 Corinthians 1:23

I apologize, but there is no alternative. It is impossible to reach God if you exclude Him, just as it is impossible to enter heaven if you ignore the path that leads there. This is why some individuals find it difficult to accept the truth.

We tell them, that God so loved the world, that He laid down His Godhood, and His majesty and came to earth as one of us. He lived His life completely Sin free only to be stripped, beaten, humiliated, and hung on a cross for you. You and me. He laid down His life for us, rather, He took it up again. He rose from the dead so we may live.

I know. I hear people all the time say they can’t believe that. It is foolish.

“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God For it is written,

"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."

Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.” 1 Corinthians 1:18-21

There is no other truth. No other message. No other way. God is God. 

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” Exodus 20:2-6

There is only one way to get to Him

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

I apologize if this offends some, but it doesn't change the truth. If Yeshua, or Jesus, is not the cornerstone of the church you are visiting or attending, consider sharing the truth with them. If they do not listen, leave promptly. If necessary, run away. This is a lie, and there is no salvation in it, even if it “feels good.”

If the church you are visiting or are in is telling you ANYTHING that does not line up with this {Holding up the Bible.} Try to tell them the truth. If they do not hear you, leave. Quickly. Run if you have to. It is a lie. There is no salvation in it even if it “feels good.”

If the church you are visiting or are in, does not call sin, sin, and good, good? Try to tell them the truth. If they do not hear you, leave. Quickly. Run if you have to. It is a lie. There is no salvation in it even if it “feels good.”

If the church you are visiting or are in, seems dead, not producing fruit? Try to tell them the truth. If they do not hear you, leave. Quickly. Run if you have to. It is a lie. There is no salvation in it even if it “feels good.”

Be careful child of God. Be careful. There are many wolves in sheep's clothing. There are many deceivers, false teachers and prophets. Jesus would try to educate them but more often than not, they would not listen. What did He do in those cases? He moved on.

Don't waste your time arguing with someone who can't hear the words coming out of your mouth. Not everyone is open to discussion. Try your best, but then move on and let God take care of the rest. However, by simply being present, you might plant a seed, and God can nurture it and help it grow.

Of course, you need to be a child of God first. Are you? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be, say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Yeshua's sacrifice for me. I believed He rose from the dead. I repent my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Yeshua, Amen!"

That's it. It is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Yeshua, and shalt believe in your heart that God hath raised him from the dead, You shall be saved." Romans 10:9. You need to find a Church that God leads you to and be baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A New Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."Colossians 3:10

The email, if you wish to contact me, is truthbygod1@gmail.com

May the comfort of the Holy Ghost, and the peace of our Lord Yeshua, be with you all. May God bless you and be with you always.

Until next time, be blessed, be a blessing, and Yeshua is Lord!

Book of 1 Samuel, Chapter 27

 Chapter 27

David Flees to the Philistines

1 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.” 2 So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow. 4 And when it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he no longer sought him.

5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let a place be given me in one of the country towns, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?” 6 So that day Achish gave him Ziklag. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. 7 And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

8 Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt. 9 And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish. 10 When Achish asked, “Where have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.” 11 And David would leave neither man nor woman alive to bring news to Gath, thinking, “lest they should tell about us and say, ‘So David has done.’” Such was his custom all the while he lived in the country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”