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To the Household of God, Israel, and all those who go with... may you all have peace!
On another thread I shared that what a very educated and lettered man has written (and sells as true) is false, on many levels. I am to share with you this morning how we can know, right off the bat, whether things like this are true or false.
First, keep in mind that even a LITTLE leaven ferments the ENTIRE loaf/lump (of dough). So, even if there is SOME truth... and I have shared with you on many occasions that there almost always is SOME truth... else the "children of Light" would not be drawn TO the information... it cannot... CANNOT be from Christ. Because Christ IS the Truth and HIS mouth ALWAYS speaks,what is true and upright:
Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
I open my lips to speak what is right.
My mouth speaks what is true,
for my lips detest wickedness.
All the words of my mouth are just;
none of them is crooked or perverse.
To the discerning all of them are right;
they are upright to those who have found knowledge. Proverbs 8:6-9
So, if only SOME of what is being said/heard is right, then one MUST TEST the [inspired] expression... in order to know whether it TRULY originates with God. And if ALL of it isn't TRUE... then SOME of it COULDN'T have come FROM the Truth. And thus, ALL of it must be rejected for what HE says. Because HE is the One... the ONLY One... who KNOWS the Father, yes? And so, the ONLY One who can tell US about the Father. And he is the BEST One to tell us about himself. Better than Moses, better than the Prophets, better than the Apostles, better than Paul, better than John. Better than anyone. Indeed, all of THESE could only KNOW... AND TELL... [about] him, based on what HE told THEM. Yes?
The second way... is if there is mammon involved. In any way, size, shape, or form. Including "donations," "contributions," "honorariums," "gifts," etc. Some believe it is okay because Christ himself said "The worker is worthy of his wages." He said this when he sent his disciples out to heal the sick, etc. He told them:
"Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’" Luke 10:3-9
This directive was NOT to provide a blessing for the disciples, however. The blessing was for those who RECEIVED the disciples (Matthew 10:40; Mark 9:37; Luke 10:16; John 13:20): his peace came upon THEM, the HOUSEHOLD that RECEIVED the disciples... BECAUSE of their hospitality TO the disciples. 1 Timothy 5:10; Hebrews 13:2; 1 Peter 4:9; 3 John 1:8;
On the night of his arrest, however, after having finished his last physical meal with his disciples, our dear Lord changed that directive:
Then [Jesus] asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; Luke 22:35, 36
Why the change? Because before, he was looking for those "deserving," who would reveal themselves by how they received and treated those he SENT to them (just as Israel revealed THEMSELVES (either as the "Isra'El" who are "contenders with God"... or the "Isra'El" who seeks JAH as their God) by how they received HIM, he who had been SENT to them (by God)... just as WE reveal who WE are... by whether or not WE receive him, the One sent to US, as well). NOW, though, he told them how they would be cared for:
"Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys." Luke 12:33
But wait - surely whatever one gets from selling one's belongings will run out, yes? Most only have a little and even it one has a lot, it will eventually be expended. Then what? Dear ones, he wasn't meaning that one should rely on what was in one's purse. He was meaning one should rely on HIM... on what he had ALREADY TOLD them, and so just do what he SAID... and HE would make sure their purses never ran out:
"... do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:25-33
Thus, THEY would now receive the blessing of being cared for. If they listened to him, what he had told them before and what he was telling them NOW, they had nothing to worry about. What he had told them before was not to worry about what to eat, what to wear, etc., and NOW he was telling them to not worry about their STUFF. SELL it... and live off what one gained from such sale. And, because of doing what HE said, their money would not run out:
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38
Thing is... does one BELIEVE this? Does one TRULY have FAITH... in HIM... so that they BELIEVE his words and that what he SAYS will occur, WILL occur? Or... does one "fear" and so use his words to gain for themselves? Gain, in the form of notoriety and, with that, money? We KNOW the first is not right - the glory belongs to God and Christ, and not to ourselves - but what of the latter? Well, our dear Lord also told us about THAT:
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Matthew 6:24
Note, he didn't say "might not be able to [serve God and money]." He said CANNOT. He didn't say one "will probably [hate the one and love the other]." He said WILL. He didn't say, "SOME can't [serve two masters]." He said NO ONE.
DO WE BELIEVE WHAT HE SAID? OR... do we either (1) think, "Well, maybe THEY can't, but I can...", or most probably (2) "Well, he didn't mean ME - I'M not doing..." whatever he said to do/not to do?
Or do we believe what he said, that NO ONE can do this and not hate one/love the other... and so CHOOSE? And if we do choose, WHICH do we choose? Serving God... or serving money?
If we are asking for, garnering, soliciting... or receiving... donations, contributions, honorariums... ANY kind of money... or "fee"... for sharing TRUTH... then we have entirely missed Christ's points as to these things. What, though, if one has a special gift or talent [they believe is] related to Christ or what he has told/shown them, etc.? Well, first, if it is a GIFT from him, it is NOT OURS... and so not without our RIGHT to "sell." That is very poor recognition of another's kindness, yes? Just as selling a gift from one another would be. Give it away to another, sure, but SELL it... in order to get the money? Who of us would think well of someone who did that with a gift WE gave them?
Second, IT IS NOT OURS, but HIS... and so, if we were to "sell" what we received (and taking money IS selling - a "sale" has taken place because MONEY HAS EXCHANGED HANDS)... we would be, in essence... FENCING. Selling STOLEN goods! Which is why Christ said, of those who DO this:
"All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through ME will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." John 10:8-10
So, what does all of this mean? That we can know if something is from JAH/Christ very simply, based on two (2) things:
1. Whether ALL of what is stated is true. If it seems not, then what seems to NOT be true MUST be tested (against Christ, against love, against what IS written that we have access to); and
2. If there is a request, solicitation, or acceptance for/of money, it CANNOT be from God/Christ. Because neither God nor Christ need our money, AND they have promised to care FOR us and ensure that OUR purses do NOT run out, if we follow THEM/listen to THEIR words. And we have PROOF of this:
"Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of JaHVeH. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you." Deuteronomy 8:4, 5
"Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them:
Your eyes have seen all that JaHVeH did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land. With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those signs and great wonders. But to this day JaHVeH has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear. Yet JaHVeH says, “During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet. You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am JaHVeH your God.” Deuteronomy 29:2-6
“Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. You gave your Good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen." Nehemiah 9:19-21
Can one truly call themselves a "christian", SAY they believe in what "the Bible says," SAY they believe that God led Israel through the wilderness and cared for them for 40 years, that neither their food, water, clothing, or shoes ran out... and yet, be concerned that that SAME ONE will not care for them NOW... as they are being led by that SAME "GOOD SPIRIT"? If they ARE being led by the same Good Spirit... the answer is they cannot be concerned.
Thing is, ARE they? Being led? Christians? I would have to offer than since most don't know what... or rather WHOM... that GOOD SPIRIT... IS... the answer to BOTH questions is... no.
And THAT is how WE can know if these who sell their opinions as TRUTH... are in fact selling falsehoods.
I, SA, have shared these things with you, the children of Israel and those who go with, just as I received them from my Lord, the HOLY One OF Israel and (Good) Holy Spirit (Mark 10:17; Luke 18:18), JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJAH).
May the undeserved kindness and mercy of our God and Father, the MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH (VEH - He who breathes armies of SPIRITS... both in His world AND ours... into existence), and the love and peace of His Son and Christ, the HOLY One OF Israel and Holy Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJAH). And may that One give you ears, if you TRULY wish them, to hear him... and his Bride... when these say to YOU:
"COME! TAKE Life's (Christ's) water... the holy spirit of the MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH of Armies, His blood, breath, and seed... which water is poured out ONLY from the innermost parts of His Son, THE WAY, who is the HOLY One of Israel and GOOD [Holy] Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJAH)... FREE!"
Servant to the Household of God, Israel, to those who go with, your sister, and fellow slave of Christ,
SA
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