The Difference Between
The Proud   vs.  The Humble

The Holy One (God) treats these two different types of people differently.

Should that be a surprise?

No. Of course not. If you have ever raised or carefully observed children, you know that the strong willed child needs a strong hand when being trained to go in the right direction, so that when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)

 

The compliant child needs a firm but gentler hand. She could be wounded and may become fearful by the same strong hand. She will respond best to a caring compassionate and gentle hand. Where the strong willed child may likely flat out ignore a gentle hand, and possibly even despise it.

The Gospel of God (the good news) also treats different individuals differently:

God gives The Law to the Proud, and Grace to the Humble. This picture will become clearer later. This is the Big Picture we will need to grasp in order to Walk with God and to become fruitful workers in His Vineyard. It will deepen your appreciation of God’s Ways and His Wisdom.

 

1 Peter 5:5b-7 (KJV)
… Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

 

Some things are just a given. The above principle is one of them. If God did not resist the Proud, then he could be accused of enabling them.

In most cases, the proud are going to stay proud, not matter what happens. They don’t seem able to help themselves.

In many cases, Yahweh will give an individual, a family, a community, a Nation, a certain amount of time to learn from their mistakes. He will allow natural consequences to hit them, giving them a chance to repent. Then he may up the ante, and send a hardship, a prison sentence, a judicial judgement. He may send a disease, plague, famine. He may raise up an enemy to chastise them. He may allow men to incite a war. And these create natural and supernatural events that can bring disasters to punish a person, or a people.

A Side Note: Nations will not be punished in the after life, so when a nation goes against God and sins against Him, His Law, His people, His Son, then the repercussions will come directly through differing national events. Economic crashes and hardships, natural disasters, plagues, and famine, drought, hurricanes and the like. These are intended to get the attention of all the people. And keep the balance of justice somewhat current. I know people often have a problem with this concept. I don’t. Correction is the path to life. And yes. Some go home early. That is not a problem with God. Those who lived right, and prepared themselves will enter his protection for eternity. Those who did wrong will be punished for the wrong they have done. 

Physical Death is no a problem for One who believes and obeys God. It is a graduation. When a man or woman is fearful of death, that is a sign, they are not secure in the LIFE of GOD.

All this is spelled out clearly in His Word, and in his Covenant.  And “we all have access to it” (80%+, or more)  in this modern world. And those who don’t will be judged accordingly. So when we will all stand before the Court of Justice, we will receive our just reward. 

The fact that we have been given time to repent and reform our ways, is simply a bonus, because of God’s Mercy. He doesn’t owe us more time. He has already told us, our time will come like a thief in the night. In other words, we will not know when, so we need to ready now!!!

John Lennox was asked to give a response to Richard Dawkins quote: “Christians who believe in God are afraid of the darkness.” Lennox said, “do you what a one liner?” The journalist said “Yes”. Lennox said, “Atheists who don’t believe in God are afraid of the Light.” 

Tongue and cheek aside, there is a real division between those in the Light, and Seeking God in His Realm, and those who really are not seeking God, not wanting to know Him or His Laws, and don’t care to know that God created them, and that He knows the future, and warns that judgment is coming, and anyone not ready will woefully regret it.

 

Below is a teachable moment. It is a pause before the Storm. It is a message meant to chastise the People of God, because God knows what is in men’s hearts. He knows they are proud, selfish, and scheming by nature. He also knows the future before it happens. He doesn’t create the future, he just knows it. As such, his is giving his kids a little pep talk about the future and warning them what is going to happen, if they start to neglect their duties and covenant with God.

First he lays out the symptoms of the disease (or pride) that is going to happen to his people. Once they become prosperous, they will start to deny God. It is the age old test. Many more people pass the test of poverty, that the test of prosperity. There is just something about the pride in man, that gravitates towards selfishness, and sin, once he has a little spending money.

 

So here is the setup: Moses won’t be going into the Promised Land. He is being disciplined for disobeying a direct command from Yahweh. But Joshua will take the people into the Land. Now the whole book of Deuteronomy, the Last book of Moses’ five books. Is like a recap of all the warnings, the promises, regurgitating Israel’s wins and losses, successes and failure, obedience and disobedience, and calling them all to examine themselves before they enter into the Promised Land.

I share this in my break down format, separating lists as lists, so the the message can be seen in a sort of visual map.  Hope this will be beneficial to your reading. The Main Point Yahweh is addressing is PRIDE, and how it will be the peoples downfall, and will harm them as a matter of fact. 

Mark this Down: It if were not for “Pride” the world would not have fallen into the hands of selfish ambition and the maniacal the selfish desire to control others, the wicked desire to use others as object to fulfill our self-centered laziness and pleasures, instead of desiring to serve others, build others up, bring others into heavenly, healthy, kindly, compassionate, righteous, clean, holy, loving, caring, giving, blessing relationships. Evil entered into our souls, when pride entered our souls. The Kingdom of God is against Pride, and Pride is against the Kingdom of God. Therefore, if you desire to keep your pride, you will lose and forfeit the Kingdom of God, or you can choose to loose your pride, and keep the Kingdom of God. 

What God wants for you and I is to be free from our demonically rooted pride and selfishness and self focus. What Satan wants for us is to be deeply rooted in his pride, his selfishness, his nature of bondage to self.

The primary reason Yahweh would choose to chasten his child, would be for his ultimate good. He only chastens those whom he loves: 

 

Deuteronomy 8:5-20 (KJV)

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God,

1. 1. 1. to walk in his ways, and
      2. to fear him.

7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land,

• • a land of brooks of water,
  • of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; 8
  • A land of wheat, and
  • barley, and 
  • vines, and
  • fig trees, and
  • pomegranates;
  • a land of oil olive,
  • and honey; 9
  • A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness,
  • thou shalt not lack any thing in it;
    • a land whose stones are iron,
    • and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 10

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou:

• • hast eaten and
  • art full, and
  • hast built goodly houses, and
  • dwelt therein; 13 And
  • when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and
  • thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and
  • all that thou hast is multiplied;

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were

• • fiery serpents, and
  • scorpions, and
  • drought,
  • where there was no water;
  • who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16
  • Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna,
    • which thy fathers knew not,
    • that he might humble thee,
    • and that he might prove thee,
    • to do thee good at thy latter end;

17 And thou say in thine heart:

1. 1. My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18
   2. But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God:
   3. for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth,
      • that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19
   4. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God [and His Blood Covenant–remember the Passover Covenant], and
      • walk after other gods, and
      • serve them, and
      • worship them,
        • I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 20
        • As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face,
        • so shall ye perish;
        • because ye would not be obedient
          • unto the voice of the LORD your God.

 

In Summary: A Good Father watches over the development of His Children. He proves them, tests them. Teaches Them. Disciplines them. Refines their understanding. Gives them reasons to do right. Gives them warnings about doing wrong. Punishes them for wrong doing. Blesses and rewards them for doing right. Is involved in the raising and direction of his children lives. Is willing to sacrifice his life for their lives. Is generous with his children when they are doing right. Is less generous and will withhold blessing when they do wrong. 

 

Also Note: God is a Gentlemen. If you reject His Counsel, His Wisdom, His Story, His Principle Teaching and Learning attempts to lead and guide you, and your resist and reject this Leadership in your life. He will back off and leave you to your own devices. That is one of the worst things that can happen to any person alive on God’s Green Earth. 

 

That is the due penalty, the “meet recompense”, the just reward for turning your back on God, he will leave you to go in the direction you choose and He will honor that until the end. But the consequences of your choices will be paid out in full.

Blessings for Obedience.

Curses for Disobedience.

 

Shalom.

 

One Follow up Scripture:

Hebrews 12:7-15 (KJV)
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 

[Day Three]

Has your heart been pierced?

Have you been wounded by the Truth?
Do you know what they did to your Savior?

Is your heart pierced?

That may seem like a funny question, but it is quite relevant to the topic at hand.

The Word of God SEES the human heart.

God identifies your heart as either hardened or tender. (Proud vs. Humble)

1. Shielded (armored, calloused, surrounded by thick skin, angry, bitter, self-absorbed, prideful, impudent, frivolous, suspicious, calculated, deceived, deadened conscience, hating, despising, rejecting, seared with a hot iron−UNCIRCUMCISED)
     
2. Unshielded (Open, Honest, Listening, Hearing, Learning, Discerning, Receptive, Accepting, Believing, Understanding, Agreeable, Intelligent, Concerned, Disciplined, and Teachable−CIRCUMCISED)

God likens your heart to the soil of the earth. Different soils need to be treated differently. That only makes sense, Right?

Hard Soil needs to be pierced

It needs to be broken up. It needs a sharp steel plow and a yoke of powerful oxen to break through the hardened soil, to break up the fallow ground, to finally make it useful to the farmer, so that it can receive the seed to be planted in the soil.

If you sow any seed on hardened ground, it will lay on top of the soil and be eaten by the birds of the air.

Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
And when he sowed,
some seeds fell by the way side [the hardened soil],
and the fowls  [birds] came
and devoured them up.
Matthew 13:3-4

The fowls  (or birds of the air), in the parables of Jesus regularly are referring to  demonic spirits, or devils. They come to devour the Good Seed which God has sown through his servants, which is the Word of God.

SOFT or Prepared soil
Is Ready for the Seed 

Broken soil, (pierced soil), just needs the SEED, some Water, and some Sunshine to get the plat to start GROWING, because the soil is already broken and unshielded. It is ready to receive the SEED. If your soil is broken, your heart tender, your mind humble, you will be ready to receive the SEED of God.

The Seed of God is the Very “Word of God,” and “they” [the devils] came to devour it and Him, the one who is the Word of God. (John 1:1) And the Word of God, let them.

They Pierced Him so that all could See Him, obedient in Life, submitted in Death. So the world could see what the Truth really looks like in Living Action, in “Real Life.” “The Word” dedicated his whole being to do the will of the Father, so that he was pierced for us, as you clearly can see below:

 

Psalms 22:1-20 (KJV)
(1a) “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

[These are the very words spoken by my Savior upon the Cross, just before He died,  to take away my sins, according to the Blood Covenant. He spoke this just as this prophecy predicted he would on the single most important day in our planet’s history. The Day that Changed Everything—Even Our World Calendar, it split History in Two. Though this poem, this song, this Prophecy (Psalm 22), was written and set to music 1,000 years BC, before Christ, it gives a perfectly clear and revelatory description of the events happening, and words spoken on that day, both from my Savior, and from his tormentors. Both are recorded in this Psalm by a man who was both a Prophet, and a King of Israel, 1000 years before it happened.]

(1b) Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

[ This happened for sure the night before his cruxificion as the Son poured out his heart to the Father. “My roaring” describes the intensity of Jesus’ prayer. Luke, the doctor, wrote, he sweat drops of blood while praying: “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Luke 22:44 (KJV). This is a medical condition called: Hematidrosis. It can look like blood, bloody sweat, or sweat with droplets of blood in it.
        Hematidrosis is a rare condition that causes a person under severe stress to literally sweat blood. “Hematohidrosis is a condition in which capillary blood vessels that feed the sweat glands rupture, causing them to exude blood, occurring under conditions of extreme physical or emotional stress.”  (From: truthwatchers.com)
         “The artist Leonardo da Vinci wrote about a soldier who had bloody sweat after battle … Only a few handfuls of hematidrosis cases were confirmed in medical studies in the 20th century.” From WebMd.com]

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not;
and in the night season, and am not silent.

[Very likely, Jesus had been praying earnestly about this subject before, but on the night he was betrayed, he prayed 3 times, getting no answer. Which was his answer. Finally, he yielded His Will to the Will of the Father, and received the contentment of doing God’s Will no matter how frightening, how devastating, how reviling, it might be for a short season. The End Game. The Eternal Prize. The Forever Reward is what God’s Will is all about.
         If we can see that, receive that, that believe that, trust that, we can stay in harmony and in agreement with Yahweh, the Father of ALL.]

3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in thee:
they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:
they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

[Here, from the above text, it seems Jesus did receive some relief and some reprieve for submitting his soul and committing his will and his way unto His Father, trusting wholly in Him. But this was far from an easy task. Having “pushed the envelope” and realizing there was no other Way OUT, than the Way of the Father, he took comfort in the Fact that the Father knew what he was doing, and he could ultimately trust in the Father’s Will.

 

6 But I am a worm, and no man;

[Mark this Down: A Worm is used to describe a man under the punishment of God and burning in Hell, in both the OT and the NT. See Mark 9:44, 46, 48; also Isaiah 66:24 (KJV) “And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.”
       Make a careful Note: Hell was a part of Jesus’ price for taking upon Himself our Sin Against God. And that is a part of Jesus’ surrender to the Father. Jesus would become like a worm in Hell suffering the torments of the Fires of Hell. And all the demons would rejoice, that is for 3 days, and then something unexpected and totally incomprehensible would happen! Do you know what that was? Yet, for this all men would despise Him, except those with a broken and pierced, humble and contrite heart.

(6b) A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

 

[This  prophecy below is fulfilled by Jesus to the shock and horror of his disciples, his friends, his enemies, and even the demons of hell (more on that later.) It was written 700 years before Christ, but it fully confirms the Word of God right here (more on Isaiah 53, later):

“He is despised and rejected of men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:
and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Isaiah 53:3 (KJV)

This also fulfills Daniel’s Prophecy spoken/written 500 years before Christ. “Messiah be cut off, but not for himself…” (Daniel 9:26), but because He was despised by the people. Rejected by his own people. Why? Because they were greatly offended by His Words. Below is just one small but memorable example of this is in his home town of Nazareth:

Luke 4:28-30 (KJV) “And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him [Jesus] out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way…”

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn:
they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him:
let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

[Matthew heard with his own ears the Chief Priests Mocking Jesus on the Cross, saying: “He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.” Matthew 27:43 (KJV)]

9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb:
thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb:
thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near;
for there is none to help.

[ Yes. He was surely surrounded and encompassed about with violet men, evil men, mockers, scorners, schemers, politicians, governors, kings, rouges, hated filled crowds, brutal Roman soldiers, religious leaders, priests, lawyers, and none of them had the power to Help Him, but they were given power to scourge him, mock him, beat him, “beyond human visage.” Men often died just from the scourging alone. And then to crucify him. ]

12 Many bulls have compassed me:
strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths,
as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint:
my heart is like wax;
it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

[His body was drained of hydration, from loss of blood, heavy sweating, intense stress and strain emotional, mental, physical, spiritual attack, the denial of hospitality, and lack of water for a whole long sleepless night, during his arrest, abuse, accusations, beatings, illegal trials, mockings, scourgings, no mercy was shown. You can only imagine the state of shock and trembling his body was in.]

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;

[Some see this as a medical description, the tongue has no more liquid hydration, not even enough saliva to hardly be able to speak a word. This is when He asked for a drink. Not of wine mixed with Gall, a medicine that would have dulled his senses. But cheap wine in a bowl, of vinegar and water, probably there for the Roman soldiers to drink.]

(15b)  And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

[Do you remember the three wise men at Jesus’ Birth. They Worshipped the Baby Jesus, as the King of the Jews, as royalty, and then  “they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” These are gifts in preparation for death.

16 For dogs have compassed me:
the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:
they pierced my hands and my feet.

[ This Event actually fulfills a number of Prophecies about the Messiah: 

“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands…” Isaiah 49:16]

[ “And they shall look upon me whom they have pierced,
and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son,
and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem …” Zechariah 12:10-11 (KJV)]  the “only son” reference, and the firstborn, first born reference point back to the Genesis, when Abraham and Isaac climbed Mount Moriah, and God commanded Abraham to offer up his only son, the son of the promise. The Place where Abraham sacrificed that’s the same place where Jesus died, more on this later. Also, when God delivered his first born son from Egypt, He took the first born son all Egypt, on the night of Passover, more on this later. The children of Israel were saved by the Blood of the Lamb, that every family was commanded to sacrifice, for if there was no blood on their doors of a spotless lamb, then the would lose the firstborn in every disobedient family. (more on this later.)

17 I may tell all my bones:
they look and stare upon me.

[You may notice they didn’t break Jesus bones, but they did the thieves on their crosses.]

18 They part my garments among them,
and cast lots upon my vesture.

[You may notice this strange detail, why would a king of Israel be writing about a man whose clothes were gambled over? If this was not written by the Hand of God, this Psalm 22 would make not sense at all. But because the Psalmist (writer of the Psalm) was inspired and directed by God, every detail finds it’s perfect place in the Testimony of God, even in the chronology of events, there is a distinct order of importance interacting with the order of chronology. 

19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD:
O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword;
my darling from the power of the dog…

[There is much more to be said on Psalm 22 that cannot be covered in this short message.
I recommend that ever everyone would plumb the depths of this subject for themselves. It is a pivotal, influential, and revelatory passage of scripture.]

• Physician’s View of the Crucifixion
• 6 Reasons Psalm 22 describes Only Jesus
• 10 Excruciating Medical Facts About Crucifixion

[Day Four]

Demons and Devils
are Thieves

They are international agents
Working vigorously to Destroy Faith in God

The demons steal “The Word” from the one who would receive it, and then replace it with their own seeds (ideas, attitudes, “lies”). Their words (agree with their mindset, including blasphemy), and all their lies are used to trap and enslave their victims into deception and sin, to think and do every what the demons suggest, and tempt men and women to do. Like putting others down, while lifting themselves up. A clear sign of insecurity. Many think “their thoughts” and “their ways” are “cool,” but I have a different perspective (and so does God), having played both sides of the game. And hopefully you do too. 

If you’ve ever confronted a demon,
you will know this:

Devils are proud and hard hearted, and deeply deceived themselves, (just like the people who listen to and obey them). This also makes them deeply insecure. They blindly follow the mindset of their master, who is a real piece of work, as you can imagine.

 

 

 

But this is interesting: Devil’s are required by God, to obey the commands of his servants (including humans), in the name of Christ. This proves who is their ultimate authority.

 “… Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.”   ~Luke 10:17 (KJV)

The Devil is arguably the proudest, most arrogant, most deceitful, most corrupt, greatest thief and liar, the most perverse and murderous being in the universe. 

All Satan’s servants walk in his footsteps (both demons and humans), and emulate his mindset (walking in agreement with him) each according to their different levels of lust, greed, selfishness, evil, intimidation, deception, and murderous intent.

And yet, the believer has authority over all of them, to expose and destroy their works, through the Word of God.

“Can two walk together,
except they be agreed?”
Amos 3:3 (KJV)

The answer to that question should be simple. No.

Two cannot walk together except they be agreed. Therefore, when we walk with devils, we walk in agreement with their mindset. How ugly is that?

This happened 2000 years ago when all the people who condemned the Son of God worthy of Death, all these people picked up, embraced, and ran with the Spirit of Murder, the mindset of demons, in order lie about, steal, and take the life of the Messiah of Israel. The entire crowd condemned him to death with an Oath:

“When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.” Matthew 27:24-25 (KJV)

Today, the Crowd is Following the Same mindless mindset, and same ugly spirit today that it followed 2000 years ago. So many follow the lead of men like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Lawerence Krauss, Stephen Hawking. They believe in Darwin, who didn’t even fully believe in himself, and said so. They turn his doubtful ideas into a new religion.

Today, they proclaim God is a Delusion, Christ is a myth. There is no Salvation. No Forgiveness. No Eternal Punishment. No Eternal Life. The brain is just a bunch of chemicals formed by accident and random chance. They believe Science has all the answers, and that God is Dead. They condemn believers for being afraid of the darkness, while they themselves are afraid of the LIGHT. 

Yet, the mindset of these great intellectuals doesn’t make sense. There is a blindness and a deadness that doesn’t add up. They contradict themselves even while attacking and degrading the WORD of God.

 

[Day Five]

Devil’s cannot
reproduce physically

… but they can and do reproduce Spiritually.

They do that by infecting the lives of their victims with their own thoughts and their own ways. 

Did you catch that?

They do that by infecting the lives of their victims with their own thoughts and their own ways.

Each one of us has a choice to make. Whose image are we going to bear? We actually have only one of two images to choose from:

1. The Image of God.
2. The Image of Satan.

Adam was originally made in God’s Image, but he lost that the day, he broke fellowship and agreement with the King of Heaven, and entered fellowship and agreement with the Devil, The God of Heaven’s sworn enemy. 

And guess what: Adam changed his image, to look like and represent the one whom he chose to obey.

Romans 6:16 (KJV)
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 

If I obey a demon, I become a servant/slave of that demon. And I do the actions, carry the mindset, carry the attitudes, speak the words, and go to the movies, and the parties that demon tells me to go. Sound far fetched. It’s not. It’s actually, quite sound doctrine.

How many people are following Demons, and do not even know it? That is easy to determine. How many people do you know use the Lord’s name in Vain? Use God’s holy name as a filthy word to express disgust? Now, tell me where that influence comes from? And don’t tell me, “Everybody is doing.” I already know that. And that doesn’t answer my question? If you have a problem reasoning this out. Ask everyone you know why they have used the LORD GOD Almighty’s name in Vain.

Ok. Now, the Game is on!

And: This Game is for keeps.

“his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? “

Demons like to infiltrate and populate the lives of the Children of the World (men, women, and children who are unprotected by the Word of God). They reproduce their thoughts and their ways in the lives of these unprotected children, to the point that these men, women, and children of the World become like them. 

If it walks, like a duck, talks like a duck, swims like a duck. It probably is a duck.

People become shaped into the image of the Demon they serve. Think about that. The demon of lust, gets people lustful. The demon of greed, gets people greedy. The demon of violence gets people violent.

The Party Spirit demons, converge and work together: the demons of alcohol, and illicit sex, all combine their efforts to produce wasted immoral people, getting high, and doing orgies. Get these demons working together and in full control of a single person, and they can reproduce a “Jeffery Dahlmer” or a “Ted Bundy” before they are done. 

In other words, how and why people behave the way they do fully reveals what kind of spiritual influences have come into their lives. Modern Psychology calls them disturbed, mentally ill, chemically imbalanced, but God calls it like it is: People are following Demons, if they act like demons, speak like demons, they are obeying demons. And the end result is now, and will be in the end DEATH. 

 

A Horrific Example

Here’s one simple example that I have witnessed personally, more than once:

Demon’s convince untrained and unprotected teenagers it is cool to drink a bunch of toxic alcohol (which is literally poison in the body); then to vomit up it upon themselves. And then go to have sex with a person you don’t know, don’t care about, and don’t want to see in the morning, or even want to look at. Yet, they have impregnated that person with another eternal person made in the image of God. A child was conceived in their drunken delusion, but they feel no remorse, and take no responsibility for their actions, because they have this ignorant excuse:

          “Everybody is Doing it!”     

On top of that, they get an incurable sexually transmitted disease, and blame that on God. On top of that, chances are high that in nine months, or sooner, they will likely have contributed to the murder of one of God’s Holy Children, One who sees the face of His Holy Angels (Matthew 18:10-11). And they will call this fun? And want to repeat the same scenario in another week or so.

Forgive me for being Angry here: But too many souls, fools, and knaves, believe this is fun and “cool” for the rest of their lives. And yes, if you are like me, you know what I am talking about.             “Party on!”

 

• Where does one ever get such a perverse idea? 
• Who would teach such activities as being fun? Only One Person.

John 10:10 (KJV)
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

1. What does he come for to Steal? Our virginity. Our Innocence. Our holiness. Our purity. Our godliness. Our loveliness. (How many virgins you know who made it to their marriage bed, both men and women? Did you know this is the only plan God has for marriage?)
2. What does he come to Kill? God’s Children, both inside and outside the womb. (70 billion+ since Roe v. Wade)
3. What does he come to destroy? Our souls spiritual beings that will burn forever in the Lake of Fire.
4. How successful is he in fulfilling his objectives?
   I hate to ask that question …

As you can see the Word of God is not unclear. It holds no deception about what the evil one is about, and why he wants his thoughts and his ways to be reproduced in the lives of those who will follow him, those who will be made into his image.

He wants their final destruction. Thankfully, Jesus came to destroy the devil’s work. (I John 3:8) But only those who will listen to Jesus, will overcome their enemy, Satan.

These same devils can also reproduce their proud thoughts and proud ways into the mindsets of the children of God: to any and all who have not protected themselves by Not Entering into the Reasonings of God. That is a scary thought.

If you doubt this, answer this question: Why is the divorce and pornography statistics almost the same inside the Church, as they are outside the Church? 

If it walks like a duck …

 

Because of the Devil’s success, I believe it is:

The duty and imperative responsibility for every child of God to be fully trained and discipled in learning the Word of God (not the word of a preacher, not the word of an evangelist, not the word of a university professor, not the word of a self-help guru in the pulpit of a church, but the very Word of God.)

Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:4 (KJV)

Those who follow the above earnest directive will always remain protected, but every stray sheep who wanders from God’s Word, to the degree that they wander, will be the degree that they will remain unprotected, and vulnerable to enemy attack.

The Word of God proclaims this is the state of affairs in the large majority of people on the earth (of those who have not been pierced by the word of God), they have wandered away from God’s Word.

The Word of God proclaims this mindset comes from “the wide road” that leads us to destruction. Anyone following the wide road is actually following the Leader of the people and demons who are also in agreement following the wide road:

Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV)
13 Enter ye in at the strait  gate [narrow gate]: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait [narrow] is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Did you catch that? This statement is most alarming. Millions and Billions of people are walking the wide road. How many do you know are truly, daily, hourly, following the narrow road? Few there be that find it!

In other words, many are hounded by the hounds of hell, though they know it not, because they walk in agreement with them.

If that is not a scary thought,
I don’t know what is.

And that is actually the plan of the enemy, to keep them unprotected from the Word of God, walking in agreement with the devil’s of hell.

People think it only natural that they should reject the Word of God (it feels natural, good, and right to them). It feels best to disregard God’s Word and blaspheme his name, mock his Son, scoff at his servants, and hate his Law.

Note: Even though many proclaim, they don’t even believe in God, yet they still blaspheme His Name. Why is that?

 

[Day Six]

How does Blasphemy
even make sense?

Unbelievers blaspheming God’s Name would make no sense at all, apart from understanding that this is coming from the mindset of the number one blasphemer himself, the Lord and Ruler over all the demons (and all those humans who walk in agreement with him, who willingly carry his image into the world): Satan himself.

Those who walk in agreement with the kingdom of darkness, share the mindset of that darkness. And they prove it by the words they use, everyday, sometimes every hour of the day. (How many people do you know that are like that? Can you picture their faces before you right now?)

Think about that …
Have you ever used God’s Name in Vain?

If you have … that is a devastating symptom … of an even greater problem that needs to be addressed, and will be addressed as you continue reading.

Those who blaspheme God’s Name, share the verbiage, the attitudes, the language and the vocabulary of that evil mindset.

One of the clearest indicators of that mindset is  the spirit of blasphemy.

 

[Day Seven]

Where does evil
verbiage come from?

It comes from the heart. How did it get there? Through walking in agreement with the darkness.

Matthew 12:34-37 (KJV)
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.  A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

God’s blasphemers cannot be bothered with honoring God’s Rules or God’s Ways, God’s Word or God’s Name that was designed to protect them. Why? Because they are too busy walking in agreement with the Evil One. How sad it that? How wrong is that? 

How detrimental will that be in your life right now? How unbelievably destructive will in be in your eternal future?

The fact that you use God’s Holy Name as a curse word, is proof that your heart has been impregnated with the demon seed (the lies, attitude and mindset of the devil). Those who walk in darkness listen to the enemy’s voice. And after listening to his voice, a person will demonstrate it by his actions. He will follow in his footsteps. He will obey his counsel, and follow his direction. The proof? It comes right out of his own mouth.

You can easily identify this by the curses a person speaks. and the attitudes one holds in his conversation. What one speaks, will quickly identify what fills his mind.

If the seeds of darkness have taken root, they will grow up like noxious weeds. These seeds are flourishing and reproducing, all over the world, all around us, and inside of us. Just exactly as God’s Word so accurately proclaims.

How can we know the demon seeds have sprouted, taken root, and grown up into our lives, our mindsets, our behaviors? By the words that come out of our mouths.

The evil fruits are easy to spot if you have entered into the Reasonings of God, you can spot them in a New York minute:

The actions (sins), the attitudes (mocking, scoffing),  the bondages (addictions), are all perfectly laid out and identified  in the Word of God. But only one with a humble and pierced heart will have the eyes to see this. (Do you see this?) 

• • To the depth you have humbled yourself and submitted yourself to the Word and Kingdom of God, that will be the degree you will have discernment, understanding, knowledge, and wisdom from above.
  • To the degree you have embraced the teachings of man and devils (who resolutely reject the Word of God), to that degree you will walk in deception, compromise, corruption, evil, disobedience, sin, decadence, selfishness, and will not carry the light of God in its full brightness, nor will you carry out the fruitful works that God has commanded his followers to produce and reproduce over and over and over. Even one sin will dramatically hinder, if not fully block your ways, and your words, and your fruits and your works in God.

This is just the simple truth of the matter.

1. 1. No Sin = abundant faith, power, and fruit. (Soil that produces an abundant harvest, some 100, 60, 30 times what was sown. ~Matthew 13:23)
   2. One sin = greatly diminishes if not fully blocks our ability to perform the works of God. Double mindedness, excuses, self justifications, lies, duplicity, enter in to the empty space that was dedicated to the joy of obeying Jesus and doing the Will of the Father, from the heart. (“He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”
      ~Matthew 13:22)
   3. Multiple sins = seriously compromised seed, destroys integrity, opens the door to multiple deceptions, multiple character flaws, and all kinds of foolishness and false spirituality, false worship, false fellowship, evil decadence, hypocrisy, and much worse. “If your eye be bad, your whole body will be filled with darkness. And how great will that darkness be.”

Romans 6:20-22 (KJV)
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Can you see that everything that comes our of the mouth, comes from the heart which is either based in sin, or in righteousness? There is little middle ground.

 

[End of Week One]

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Also, asking for donations, on your website, for me, is something akin to begging for money on a street corner,.

Personally, this is something that to me, is not honoring and glorifying to God. The Servant of God who is a beggar is not a good Witness to the Glory, Honor, and Majesty of God.

Therefore I request, that you: Please don’t add this article to any website that has a Donation (begging button) on their website. I hope you can be sensitive and see the point and importance of not associating with those who want to make a profit off the Gospel of God, that was freely given to us. 

If Jesus came today, I have a picture of Him cleaning up the internet, like he cleaned out the Temple in the first century.

 

Also, Mark this down: Asking for donations is like begging for money on a street corner, and the Servant of God who is a beggar is not a good Witness to the Glory, Honor, and Majesty of God. Please don’t add this article to any website that has a Donation begging button, link, or service on their website, especially if they include the remark: “God will bless you for your giving,”  or anything close to it. That is selling the Gospel for a profit (Like Simon the Sorcerer wanted to do, Acts 8:18-24). That begging spirit has crossed the line into salesmanship. That begging and profiteering spirit is all a part of the anti-Christ kingdom. Anyone claiming to be a follower of Jesus Christ, Our Heavenly Messiah and seeking to profit off the Gospel is Not Serving Jesus, but serving Mammon, the ruler of the Evil World. The two could not be farther apart from one another, please do not make the mistake of not recognizing the Difference between the two. 

God commands you to run from the one, but to cling to the other. Please don’t ever reverse these two things: It will be for your own destruction.

 

Matthew 6:24-34 (KJV) 24 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. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?