Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 10

 Chapter 10

New Tablets of Stone

1 “At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and make an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.’ 3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. 4 And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. 5 Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made. And there they are, as the Lord commanded me.”

6 (The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place. 7 From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water. 8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day. 9 Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God said to him.)

10 “I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you. 11 And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

Circumcise Your Heart

12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good? 14 Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. 18 He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. 19 Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 20 You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear. 21 He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen. 22 Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Evolution of Morals

 Times change.

The Word declares this.

“My son, fear the LORD and the king;
Do not associate with those given to change.” Proverbs 24:21

In the past, we valued God, family, and freedom in this country. We all believed that a country guided by God could withstand any challenges. It was commonly accepted that the man was the head of the household, responsible for working and providing for the family, while the woman managed the home and cared for the children. Marriage was traditionally defined as a union between one man and one woman. Many of our early laws were based on the principles found in the Bible. 

We used to all agree with what our Founding Fathers said. James Madison said,

"We've staked our future on our ability to follow the ten commandments with all our heart.”

President Abraham Lincoln said this.

“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

This last one is crucial. Remember it.

So what happened? Some people like to say we evolved. This is what we will be discussing today: the evolution of morals.

Let us pray.

Father, LORD God, we come before You today with praise and thanksgiving. We acknowledge You as the Alpha and Omega, the great I Am. We are very thankful for your mercy upon us and our country. You have given us the ability to become your children and gather together freely to learn your will and way through your Word. Please grant us eyes to see, ears to hear, and a spirit to receive and understand your Word. We ask this in Yeshua’s name. Amen!”

We decided, in our wisdom, that we were a secular country. Wrong. We were founded on the Gospel of Christ and the Judeo-Christian belief systems. The Founding Fathers, in their wisdom, even created the First Amendment. Which reads as follows.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." It includes protections for freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.

Now this is important. It is the freedom OF religion. Not the freedom FROM religion. The phrase “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” means exactly that. The government cannot establish a national religion as we had in Europe. That we have the God given right to have God in all aspects of Government and public life.

Those who hate God twisted this around to include this line from a private letter from Thomas Jefferson, “Wall of Separation of Church and State.” They say that this means we cannot have God in schools or any public places. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Stop. This does not say, “Putting one religion over another.” It does not say, “You cannot have religion in public.” “You cannot teach God in Schools, nor have Prayer in Schools.” This is simply and clearly not true. Christianity is a part of our country’s heritage.

In John Quincy Adams’ 4th of July address, Adams is speaking to the fact that the United States is the only nation in history established by mostly Christian people, founded upon Biblical principles.

“Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? – that it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? – that it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?”

So what about that “Wall”? Thomas Jefferson was a big supporter of religious liberty. Because of this, he made sure that church and state stayed separate in American politics. He said this.

“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated, but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

He argued that the "Wall" would protect the church from the federal government, rather than the other way around. In Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, he wrote this now-famous line.

“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ʺmake no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,ʺ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation on behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.”

The main purpose of this “Wall” was to stop the Federal Government from creating or taking over religion and forcing the people of this country to follow what the “religion" or “church” says. What we fled from to come here. This is why we founded this country in the first place. Religious freedom!

How do you change the future? Start in the schools. Remember this wisdom from President Abraham Lincoln, who said this.

“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

We removed God and the Bible from our schools. Today? We do not even know who God is. We have removed Him from our schools. We have forbidden Him in Government, and we have forbidden Him in public life. We attack those that have faith in God and the Gospels, as a simpleton, racist, bigoted, chauvinistic, "Homophobes." Who are just too stupid to understand what is best for them and the country.

This movement in America to justify Homosexuality and to accept it as normal places America today in the same category as Samaria. Attacking all that simply tells the truth of it is slowly, and sadly, actually working. More people are falling for the lie that it is compassion. It is right to allow Gays to marry. They deserve equality with all others in America today. Transgenderism is good and needs to be celebrated. Age is just a number, so pedophilia is ok. Who are you to judge anyway?

By doing this, America is increasing its sins in God's eyes. Not only do we remain silent, but we also try to justify sin. We live in a country where we call sin good, and good sin. We live in a nation that teaches our young that from nothing, one single cell appeared, and from that, all life as we know it today originated. Setting aside the fact that the Theory of Evolution is both scientifically and mathematically impossible. They teach that there is no God. Biology teaches us there are two genders, yet we say there are many, and whatever you wish to imagine in your mind is considered equal to science.

As a nation, we also violate the Ten Commandments daily. So to recap. We violate God's Laws. Remove God from public life. We have stopped teaching Him in our Schools. We attack those who are His children and those who believe in Him. We declare "One Nation Under God" and "In God We Trust." Yet, we do all these things, and we wonder why there is a moral decline in this country.

Through early education, which is little more than indoctrination, we whittle away at the very foundation of this Nation, and we slowly remove God and His Morals, and replace them with our own. The problem is, ours are corrupt and will bring about the destruction of this very country as we know it.

This is not a new concept, nor an idea. This is History. This happens all the time. When a nation forgets its foundations, it fails. When a Nation turns its back on God, it falls. How much more do you think America will fall, being founded on the Gospel of Christ Himself?

Make no mistake about it, this IS America today. We have "professed ourselves to be wise, and we have become fools." We have not only failed "to retain God in our knowledge," but we have all but forbidden God from being in our country. We have "changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things." We have "changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." Not only has America accepted sin, but we have justified it and set up a process to attack anyone who chooses to speak out against it.

Why are there so many churches in this country that are being silent? Merely standing by and watching this country fall? Turn to Jude 1

“Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.”

Remember, the simple Truth is this.

“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." John 14:6-7

Anything else is a lie. Back to Jude.

“Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day."

Who? Jesus. Who? Read it again if you have to. "Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe." God did not give Angels a pass. He did not give His own people a pass. What makes you think He will give America a pass? Especially since America has, in essence, told God to screw off. Seriously, keep reading and tell me this is not where America is today.

“Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like manner, these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. 

It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him." 

These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions. It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit."

Stop here for a second. Remember, Paul warned us of this also.

“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.” 2 Timothy 4:3-4

We have churches that are nothing more than get-rich-quick schemes for the pastors and staff. Sadly, many are starting to fall for the lies. Prosperity Gospel. Sin-free life. No hell. No devil. Homosexuality is natural and glorified. Anything goes as long as you do not harm others. No need for repentance. Yeshua, or Jesus, is not necessary. The Bible is outdated. So on and so forth. Back to Jude. Verse 20

"But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. 

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” Jude 1

America today. What is coming is coming. What will happen will happen. Is it all part of God's plan? No one knows but God. However, God tells us we should not worry about such things...

As children of God, we need only worry about being children of God. Sowers of the Seed. Tellers of Truth. Showers of the Way. We need not worry about the foolishness of others. We need not worry about the sins of others. We need to concentrate on God and His plans and His purpose for our lives.

It may be 2025. It may be thousands of years since Jesus walked with us. Our “morals” may have evolved. However, that does not change sin to good or good to sin. Our “morals” may have evolved; however, right is still right, and wrong is still wrong. Our “morals” may have evolved; however, God is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. Do not be misled.

“My son, fear the LORD and the king;
Do not associate with those given to change.” Proverbs 24:21

Have you been adopted? 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 go tell someone what you have just done. "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, 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 Deuteronomy, Chapter 9

 Chapter 9

Not Because of Righteousness

1 “Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven, 2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’ 3 Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

4 “Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you. 5 Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

6 “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people. 7 Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. 8 Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you. 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water. 10 And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.’

The Golden Calf

13 “Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people. 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’ 15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you. 17 So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes. 18 Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also. 20 And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. 21 Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.

22 “At Taberah also, and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath. 23 And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice. 24 You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.

25 “So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you. 26 And I prayed to the Lord, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your heritage, whom you have redeemed through your greatness, whom you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin, 28 lest the land from which you brought us say, “Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land that he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.” 29 For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.’

If All Sin, What is the Difference?

 Sin in Time

What is the difference between saved and unsaved, if all sin? We read things like this.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 3:23

Then we read this. As children of God, or saved people, we still sin.

“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8

What is the difference if these passages in the Word of God are true? How can we call out sin if we still sin? “He, without sin, let him cast the first stone.” Right? “Live and let live.” Right? This is what we are discussing today. Let us pray.

Heavenly Father, Lord God, we come before you today with love, praise, and gratitude. We thank you for your grace and your boundless love. We are grateful for your willingness to forgive our sins and for the gift of becoming your children. As we delve into your Word today, we pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to receive your truth and revelation. We ask this in Yeshua’s name. Amen.

One of the world's favorite things to say, whenever we point out sin, is this. They quote John 8:7

“And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, 'Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.'”

Or they mock us and say things like “Oh, you are perfect,” or “Must be nice to never sin.” If they know anything about the Word, or someone they know has told them to say, “What about 1 John 1:8? Why not worry about yourself? You know, like Jesus said, take the log out of your eye.”

Are these valid arguments? What is the difference, if we all sin, and we do, between us and them? The short answer? God. Yeshua. His holy blood.

“From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17

Also read this.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9

This is the difference. Yes. It is true.

“Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.” Ecclesiastes 7:20

However, there is a major difference between that and this.

“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.” 1 John 3:4

Read that again. “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning.” In other words, everyone who willfully continues to sin, after hearing it is sin, “practices lawlessness.”

Say the sin that consumed you before you were saved is lust. You have been saved for a short time, or even a long time, and you are walking in the mall. All of a sudden, you see a beautiful young girl, braless and or barely clothed, and all these thoughts come rushing into your mind. You go home, and maybe you hop on the internet and start looking at things you used to know, but now you shouldn't. Did you willfully sin? Yes. You allowed the thought to become action, and even though you knew it to be wrong, you did it anyway.

However, you start to feel guilty, and you begin to be convicted. You turn it off, fall to your knees, and repent. “I’m sorry, God! Please forgive me. Help me to be stronger.” The next time a thought like this enters your mind, you can fight it off and refuse to give in.

Let's discuss this emerging trend. “God loves you, just as you are. You are saved, now live however you choose, and don’t worry about it. The Bible is not important, and it does not matter if it says this or that is sin. It is not a sin. The Bible was written thousands of years ago, and does not apply to today.”

This is a lie straight from the evil one. This is foretold in the Bible and is coming true today as we watch. They will tell you, “It’s not in there” {Holding up the Bible.}It is. They will tell you, “Well, it was added later.” It wasn't. They will tell you, “Well, it does not mean what you say.” It does. In frustration, they usually fall back on “You sin too. Who are you to judge? Throw the first stone. Right?”

The difference is this. You are in the middle of your lust. Looking at things you shouldn’t and doing things you shouldn't, and someone comes to you and says, “God loves you. He wants to set you free from your sin.” Then they share with you 1 John 2:16, Proverbs 6:25, and 1 Peter 2:11. They take time to explain them, and you fully understand what they are saying. Here is the difference. “Oh, well, I do not agree that it is a sin. I do not care what you think. It is fun and I love it. Since I'm sure you sin too. God forgives you, He will forgive me, so I will just keep being me.

Do you see the difference? The lack of repentance. The lack of concern or care for what God tells you is sin or not. You like the idea of salvation and going to heaven, but you do not like being told “what to do.” You want the prize, but you do not want to run the race. I have some sad news for ya, God will not be mocked.

“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” Galatians 6:7-10

We need to tell people the Truth.

“And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38

Yes, we will struggle with sin. Yes, we will sin. Yet, the difference is that we have the blood of Christ to claim as the washing of our sins. Look here. In Revelations.

"The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.” Revelation 3:5

What about all those in this new movement? They claim to be “Christians.” They claim that God loves them and you, and all you have to do is accept Jesus, and all is good. What about the churches that we see popping up all over the place that teach “no sin,” or “no need of repentance, for Jesus already paid the price.” You know, the churches foretold in the Word. Romans 1, and here.

“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.“ 2 Timothy 4:3-4

To be clear, and so that you understand with no doubt, turn to 1 John 3:4

“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.”

Who is that? Jesus, or Yeshua

“No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.”

Highlight this, underline it, memorize it. “No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.”

Pretty clear. If someone, anyone, teaches that you can accept Yeshua, love God, and still sin willfully daily with no need of repentance, they are lying to you. Verse 7

“Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning.”

Remember, Yeshua called the leaders of the synagogues and religious leaders of the day, “children of the devil.” You can find that exchange in John 8:44. Back to 1 John 3, verse 8

“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.”

If you have to, do it again. Highlight it, underline it, memorize it. “No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.” Talking of willfully sinning and going against God and His Word.

“By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.”

The Bible makes clear that sin is sin, and good, or righteousness, is good. It makes it clear that you cannot call yourself, truthfully, a child of God if you continuously live in sin with no attempt to repent. I will repeat it. {Holding up the Bible} If it is not in here, or it is contrary to what is in here, it is a lie. If it is a lie, then it is not from God.

Have you been adopted? 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 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 and be with you always.

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