Filled with the knowledge of HIS WILL

Col 1:7  As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
Col 1:8  Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
Col 1:9  For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Desire that you might be FILLED with the KNOWLEDGE of HIS WILL-  in ALL WISDOM and SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING.

Dan 4:35  And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth ACCORDING TO HIS WILL in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

He does according to HIS WILL- where? IN THE ARMY OF HEAVEN and AMONG the INHABITANTS of the EARTH.

NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND, or say unto Him,  WHAT DOEST THOU?

God's will - WILL be done. God's will is done in HEAVEN. God's will is done here on earth.

We have a part in all this because we can choose to FIGHT against God's will or desire God's will be done in our lives.  God's will cannot be stopped- but we choose whether or not to accept His will or our own.

Joh 7:17  If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Joh 9:31  Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

Those who choose to not accept God as their Creator, their Redeemer, cannot expect God to hear them. Will He? Often times God does hear the cry of a sinner who is in a position to believe in Him and choose His will. But the sinner than wants NOTHING to do with God, let alone chooses to worship Him or do God's will, has NO reason to believe God will hear Him.

God will hear the voice of those who worship Him and seek to do His will. Does this mean everything they ask for will be given? Yes. It means they are trusting in God to know the end from the beginning and to know what His followers, His worshipers need. They will receive everything they ask for when they ask ultimately for GOD'S WILL to be DONE and not their own.

Act 22:14  And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

Eph 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Eph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of HIS WILL,
Eph 1:6  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Eph 1:7  In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Eph 1:8  Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Eph 1:9  Having made known unto us the mystery of HIS WILL, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Eph 1:10  That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him

Heb 13:21  Make you perfect in every good work to do HIS WILL, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1Jn 5:14  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to HIS WILL, he heareth us

Psa 143:10  TEACH ME TO DO THY WILL, for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Rom 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, WILL OF GOD.

Eph 5:17  Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the WILL OF THE LORD IS.

Heb 10:36  For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done THE WILL OF GOD, ye might receive the promise.

1Jn 2:17  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that DOETH THE WILL OF GOD  abideth for ever.

Desire that you might be FILLED with the KNOWLEDGE of HIS WILL-  in ALL WISDOM and SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING.

Is it any wonder the men of God DESIRE that others that are seeking Christ be FILLED with the KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL? 

Being filled with the knowledge of His will in ALL WISDOM, and in ALL SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING. This gift is amazing. To be filled with the knowledge of HIS WILL. How often we desire to know the WILL of God. We falter, we worry, we wonder and but we can KNOW the will of God. The problem is not many want to know the will of God because it is contrary to their own will. They say they want God's will but when it interferes with their own selfish will they change their minds pretty quickly.

To be filled with the knowledge of God's WILL in all wisdom and spiritual understanding is the ultimate gift.

This is a gift to be prayed for, we all need to this, all of us! Less of our will more of God's- in fact - ALL God's will!

In His LOVE always!

Love the TRUTH

2Th 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2Th 2:5  Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6  And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

They received NOT the LOVE of the TRUTH that they might be SAVED.

LOVE of the TRUTH.

Damned who believed NOT the TRUTH.

Truth. In a world filled with lie upon lie the truth still exists and will always exist even if it's only in a few people who believe in that truth.

You can call lies- truth and believe them as your truth, but that will not make them truth, but deception. People will be allowed to believe their lies as if they are truths because this is what their heart truly desires.

Are your truths really lies? How do you know? Deception is called deception because you are fooled into believing something that isn't true. Sometimes it's because people perfect the art of deception and use their skilled art of deceiving to truly make you believe something that isn't real. Other times there is a choice you make to ALLOW yourself to be deceived. You overlook inconsistencies in a story told. You look the other way when you realize something isn't quite right because you'd rather not face what that could mean. It might only be a flicker of knowledge, a tiny suspicion that is easily squashed, but it's enough for you to be a willing participant in the deception.

God will present the truth to all. That's right, to EVERYONE who lives the truth will be presented. Along with that truth a lot of lies will be offered by another source. Even though the lies will be swimming around us by the millions and the truth will be there alone by itself, it is unique enough to stand out to everyone if only for a moment- long enough to prick the conscience giving people time to either embrace or reject the truth.

You wouldn't think if fair would you? You'd call it a sham, the game is rigged so to speak. You're immersed in  a tank of fake 100 dollar bills and only one real 100 dollar bill is among the many and it's your job to snatch the real 100 dollar bill. In truth the real hundred dollar bill is larger, it's real color is infinitely brighter than the false ones, it stands out brilliantly so that you do have a fighting chance to grab the real one. When the game is up and you are allowed to see the real placed next to the false you can't believe you didn't recognize the real one- it really is LARGER by two times- double the size. It really is the real color of a dollar while all the others are a much faded color barely recognizable as that green dollar bill hue. So how did you miss the mark? How did you not recognize the true dollar? Were you caught up in the belief that it was going to be extremely hard to pick out the single bill? Did you allow yourself to believe that it would be so incredibly difficult that you didn't really look?

The TRUTH will stand out for EVERYONE to either receive or reject. No one will be able to say they were NOT given a chance to know the truth. In fact there will come a moment in time when everyone will be able to witness their rejection of the truth, and a lot of people will be shown how they rejected it time and time again, not just once. They will not be able to accuse God of not giving them ample opportunity to know the truth.

Love of the truth.

People love to say that the truth is subjective, that my truth might not be your truth, and that other person might still have another kind of truth.  We can believe that if we want to, but that goes along the same vein as this saying I've been caught up preaching myself in the past-  'As long as their hearts are in the right place it doesn't matter what they believe. God knows they're good people, He knows and won't fault them for not outright believing as the Bible teaches.'  Yes, I've said that and I've meant it, but then after being blessed with a 'prodigal son' experience I could no longer say that. I wanted to believe it because the friends I had were pagans, witches, and the like and they were super nice, loving, kind people. I couldn't for the life of me believe that God would condemn that sweet pagan who would lay down her life for a friend if need be. But in the end the TRUTH is the TRUTH and there are sweet, loving, and self-sacrificing devil worshipers- and that devil worship keeps them from the TRUTH in CHRIST JESUS the ONLY SAVIOR! Being mean and nasty isn't a prerequisite towards being deceived, towards being lost, towards being an enemy of God's. We'd love if that were true, it'd make things easier for us wouldn't it, to be able to point to all the evil people and say - see, they're not God's they're blatantly bad.  But there will be many people who we believe are brilliantly good people without a stain upon them because they never ceased to do good for others, but they will not have surrendered their hearts, their lives to their SAVIOR, Jesus Christ. Those amazing good people who appear to be better than a lot of so called Christ followers are truly serving themselves- the good they do will be done in their own names, not God's. The praise they received they'll award to themselves, not God. The humility they show will be a humble selfishness as they absorb the praise and use it to give themselves self-worth, not God-worth.  So while they might appear to be truly, honestly, wonderfully amazing people their hearts are not God's.

Can we judge ANYONE'S eternal life? NO! I'll say it again, NO!  We can only judge actions not the end results of those actions. The blatant sinner might be a secret confessor- repenting and asking forgiveness for their outward sins- something we never see. We might be witness to a struggling Christian engaged in a fierce battle with Satan while we sit back and judge wrongly. We CAN'T know the things God knows. While we can judge right and wrong actions- whether or not they'll result in condemnation is NOT within our realm of knowledge- it can't be!  We can ONLY hope and pray those we believe are far from Christ will come to know His saving grace before it's too late, and that we will NOT judge them, but leave that judging to GOD.

Let's read those verses above again--

2Th 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4  Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2Th 2:5  Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6  And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7  For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH or we will be lost, completely and utterly lost.

If we choose NOT to believe in the truth we will be deceived there is NO getting around this fact, none. Without a love of the truth there is NO SALVATION. Without a love for the truth there is only a life of delusion, a life believing in lies, a damnation, as pleasure is taken in that which is unrighteous.

WE HAVE TO LOVE THE TRUTH!

We will live in a world rife with deception, delusions, lies and even as we live in this world we must love the TRUTH, knowing the TRUTH isn't of this world, but found in our SAVIOR!

BY HIS GRACE!

Joh 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hope in TRUTH

Col 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ BY THE WILL OF GOD, and Timotheus our brother,
Col 1:2  To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Col 1:3  We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
Col 1:4  Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

Col 1:5  FOR THE HOPE WHICH IS LAID UP FOR YOU IN HEAVEN, WHEREOF YE HEARD BEFORE IN THE WORD OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL
Col 1:6  WHICH IS COME UNTO YOU AS IT IS IN ALL THE WORLD AND BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT AS IT DOTH ALSO IN YOU SINCE THE DAY YE HEARD OF IT AND KNEW THE GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH

This same hope is LAID up for US in heaven, isn't it? The FAITH in CHRIST JESUS. The LOVE which we have to all.

The HOPE we find in the WORD of the TRUTH of the GOSPEL.

The TRUTH.

Too many refuse outright to believe in truth stubbornly imagining they have truth in themselves by their mere existence. They exist therefore they are truth. They take it all the way back to the beginning- agreeing that there must have been a beginning of some sort- and that beginning was a big bang - the chance happenstance of elements uniting that would eventually produce us. Because they just happened and were NOT created, they are free to believe  they are truth. They know that history reveals our past, generation after generation attesting to the fact we came from others like us. Counting backwards I know my mother, and I knew her father, and I knew her father's mother, but I never knew her father's mother's mother or father the trail ends there for me holding tangible proof seen by me. However I know she had a mother and father because she exists and to exist you must have a father and mother- a seed and an egg to unite. At one point my mother's father's mother most likely knew tangibly her mother's father's mother, most certainly my mother knew further back than I did, and so it goes. But after a few generations those before are forgotten for the most part. We know they existed but by mere tales and pictures, possibly certificates and other documents their names might have been written upon- in fact I have a copy of the document dating back to the census taken in the 1800's with my ancestor's signatures.  I've seen pictures of gravestones where those relatives have been buried. I know they existed because I exist. We can go back and back and back, and the meticulous record keeping of those who first started record keeping might have ancestors dating back thousands and thousands of years. In fact… we do have a genealogy that is widely known.

The Bible.

Non-fiction if you please.

Details the FIRST man all the way to JESUS CHRIST.

Genealogy of Jesus according to Luke

1. God
2. Adam
3. Seth
4. Enosh
5. Kenan
6. Mahalalel
7. Jared
8. Enoch
9. Methuselah
10. Lamech
11. Noah
12. Shem
13. Arphaxad
14. Cainan
15. Shelah
16. Eber
17. Peleg
18. Reu
19. Serug
20. Nahor
21. Terah
22. Abraham
23. Isaac
24. Jacob
25. Judah
26. Perez
27. Hezron
28. Ram
29. Amminadab
30. Nahshon
31. Salmon
32. Boaz
33. Obed
34. Jesse
35. David
36. Nathan
37. Mattatha
38. Menna
39. Melea
40. Eliakim
41. Jonam
42. Joseph
43. Judah
44. Simeon
45. Levi
46. Matthat
47. Jorim
48. Eliezer
49. Joshua
50. Er
51. Elmadam
52. Cosam
53. Addi
54. Melchi
55. Neri
56. Shealtiel
57. Zerubbabel
58. Rhesa
59. Joanan
60. Joda
61. Josech
62. Semein
63. Mattathias
64. Mahath
65. Naggai
66. Hesli
67. Nahum
68. Amos
69. Mattathias
70. Joseph
71. Jannai
72. Melchi
73. Levi
74. Matthat
75. Heli
76. Joseph

77. Jesus

This genealogy exists and many do not believe it, preferring if you will, to believe in 'primordial ooze' as their descendant in common with all other people.

If we are going to believe in the TRUTH- we have to comprehend that we are not truth in and of ourselves and way too many do not want to believe they are not truth- it upsets their way of thinking.

They would rather believe that we -often times despicable, vile creatures- are truth. It stands to reason if a person believes they are truth in and of themselves then all others are their own truth as well- even the most evil among them.

Truth isn't found in ourselves. We cannot find truth in ourselves.

What we find in ourselves is that we are part of a collection of beings that exist- very defective beings far from every single ones highest idea of perfection. At best a collection of human beings that find it hard to even be loving towards other human beings like themselves. In fact it is extremely hard for us to imagine that we are truly all the same- human beings. We value our uniqueness so much we've all but done away with the fact we are in the end ALL just human beings- we ALL have that in common. We'd much rather do away with our commonalities and tout our uniqueness. Yet is it our commonality that allows us to feel compassion towards one another. The richest, the prettiest, the smartest person alive is merely human- they live, they die - every single one.

The Truth.

Col 1:5  FOR THE HOPE WHICH IS LAID UP FOR YOU IN HEAVEN, WHEREOF YE HEARD BEFORE IN THE WORD OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL
Col 1:6  WHICH IS COME UNTO YOU AS IT IS IN ALL THE WORLD AND BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT AS IT DOTH ALSO IN YOU SINCE THE DAY YE HEARD OF IT AND KNEW THE GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH

The word of the truth of the gospel. The word of truth- CHRIST- the gospel. The gospel of the kingdom the eternity with CHRIST. Eternity begins in heaven. Knowing the GRACE of GOD in TRUTH.

TRUTH is found outside of ourselves and in CHRIST.

Our beginning, our end, our eternity all found in CHRIST JESUS our LORD, our SAVIOR, our CREATOR.

We will never be satisfied in the belief that we are the truth, never. Deep down in the most staunch among atheists and the like they know aren't satisfied with life as they know it, their short existence. So many scientists seek that ever elusive key to eternal life knowing that as a finite being their hope lies in being able to come up with a way to turn the finite being into an infinite being with quality of life. That ever elusive fountain of life, the heavenly being guarded Tree of Life, these are their hope only they seek it in among cures created by fallible beings, who are truly NOT creators, but rather reproducers.

Knowing the grace of GOD in truth.
Knowing the truth of the gospel.
Knowing that the truth is out there to be known, and not instinctively within ourselves, this is fact, logical fact when you realize how imperfect we are.

We have a HOPE laid up in HEAVEN.
We have a SAVIOR!  This is all the truth we must proclaim! We can be SAVED! We are NOT doomed to this existence there  really, truly is something more, much, much more than we can even imagine.

By the mercy and grace of our God may we seek TRUTH always.

In HIS LOVE!

Unto HIM that is able to KEEP you from falling

Jud 1:24  Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Jud 1:25  To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

To HIM that is able to keep you from falling.

There is only ONE who is able to keep us from falling.
There is only ONE who can present us faultless.

The thing is we WILL fall if He doesn't KEEP us from falling.

We will be taken over by sin if we don't cling to Him who can save us from sin. Without our Savior we have no hope. Too many believe that they can in fact save themselves. They believe if they do not act too badly that they deserve salvation. Satan has come up with this deceptive plot and has taken many captive with it, many.  Those who believe they can be good enough haven't comprehended the fact that they cannot ever be sinless in and of themselves. Any sin they've committed needs to be forgiven or the filth of that sin remains upon them, staining them. They could go and never commit a single other sin but the stain of that one would remain unless they go to the ONLY ONE who can present us faultless before the Presence of His Glory.

We MUST be kept from falling. We must be presented faultless before God. Our Savior is the ONLY One who can do this and NONE other.

We've studied the book of Jude and we've seen that God will PUNISH the sinners. It isn't a fake tale made up to scare people into behaving as best they can. This is so incredibly serious yet so few actually take it that way. It's much more easy for them to simply live their lives any ol' way and let come what may.

The belief that everyone will move on right after death, no matter what, pervades the entire world. They'll move on in some spirit form and maybe they'll suffer a little but in the end everything will be just fine. Some do believe they'll face a torturous hell environment with fire and brimstone, pain, agony unlike anything they've ever felt and they'll have to feel it forever, but it's not real to them, only here and now is real and therefore if they have to suffer something later well that's what will happen and they'll worry about it then.  Others who do their best to live sinless for fear of eternal everlasting pain and suffering, are missing the point of God's love. Is it fear God wants us to live in, or love?  Did Jesus come and expound on pain and suffering, or did He preach on love?  Some will say both and that's the truth- but his main message was of the LOVE of God and revealing the FATHER'S LOVE to us, not the FATHER'S hatred. His love, His longsuffering.

Sin will destroy us if we allow it to.  And we will allow it if we don't go to the ONLY ONE who is able to KEEP US from falling.

We are warned, we aren't left clueless, our God would NEVER leave us clueless. We will ALL have the chance to know the TRUTH, plainly.

We will ALL be able to be KEPT from FALLING by our SAVIOR but we have to ALLOW Him to KEEP us.

To HIM that is able to keep us from falling.

Please LORD keep us from falling! Without you we are HELPLESS!

Keep yourselves in the love of God

Jud 1:20  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jud 1:21  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jud 1:22  And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jud 1:23  And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Those who are NOT caught up in living for their senses, being deemed sensual over spiritual must receive instruction. We must, because do to otherwise is to leave ourselves wide open for deception. We are told to BUILD UP OURSELVES and do that on our MOST HOLY FAITH- PRAYING in the HOLY GHOST. We are told to KEEP OURSELVES in the LOVE OF GOD. We are told to LOOK FOR the MERCY of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE. We are told to have COMPASSION. We are told to SAVE with FEAR- PULLING others out of the FIRE- what fire? The fire that is eternal- the fire that destroys to the uttermost- the fire that burns to ashes never to rise up again in any way, in any form- the fire that takes the whole being the living soul- the spirit and the flesh.  SAVE from the fire. We are told to HATE even the garment spotted by the FLESH- the sensual. 

The garment spotted by the flesh.

Hate the garment.

Why would you hate a garment? Hate something that clothes you? Or rather when would you hate a garment?  You wouldn't like to wear a filthy garment would you? Most people would MUCH rather have on clean garments than dirty ones, right? What would you think about someone giving you a garment that is filthy with all manner of filth? Seriously? A garment spotted with all the filthy flesh diseases is held out to you- what would you do? Would you reach to take it or would you shrink away from it, doing all you can to keep it away from you? The answer should be yes, you'd run far, far away from it and in fact you'd hope someone would burn up that filthy garment so no one could ever be infected by it, not ever!

The garment spotted by the flesh is that filthy garment. It's the flesh traits that people wear, that people reveal in themselves. We are NOT supposed to encourage the flesh traits, the carnal nature, that which would kill the spirit in favor of the flesh. We are NOT supposed to love those flesh garments draped over others or those we unfortunately all too often don ourselves. We are supposed to HATE the flesh spotted garments. We are supposed to seek the clean garments of CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS! We are supposed to desire the filthy garments to be removed…

Zec 3:3  Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Zec 3:4  And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

TAKE AWAY the filthy garments!

Please TAKE AWAY our filthy garments!

Let our iniquity pass from us, clothe us with a change of raiment, clothe us with CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS!

Rom 13:14  But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

By the grace of our God we must put on HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS and truly hate the garments that are spotted by the flesh, the filthy garments filled with flesh and no spirit.

We have to build ourselves up on our most holy FAITH, praying in the HOLY GHOST.
We must keep ourselves in the love of GOD.
We must look for the mercy of our LORD JESUS CHRIST- unto eternal life.

Our lives must reflect our faith! And that faith is reflected in our lives so others may see and by the grace of God may they be inspired by the SPIRIT to seek God, to seek living in the SPIRIT and not the flesh.

All by our GOD'S LOVE!

Senses or Spirit

Jud 1:17  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Jud 1:18  How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
Jud 1:19  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

Mockers.
Walking after their own lusts.
Separate themselves.
Sensual.
Not having the Spirit.

Mockers are scoffers and just what are they mocking and scoffing at?

2Pe 3:3  Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4  And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Scoffing against our LORD and the promises He made to us. Mocking the promises we LIVE by when we choose to follow our Savior. Promises so many don't really believe at all. Promises so many have twisted to fit their own agendas or the agendas of those they choose to follow instead of following our Lord and Savior.

Do people walk after their own lusts?

We've been talking about this a lot because it NEEDS talking about. When we live for SELF we've lost Christ. Yet we've been raised to do this from our youth. Raised to seek fulfillment in getting what we want. If we want something we have to seek it- through presents as children, through jobs as we get older. And if people think just because they've worked for the things they desire that there is no lust involved, they're wrong. Some people spend their entire lives working and spending to gain the lusts they have and they think it's fine and dandy because they didn't take a handout to get what they want, they didn't steal the things they want, they worked hard for them. If you work hard for the wrong things does it make them right because of your hard work? No. Even murders, liars, thieves can work hard at their jobs- it doesn't make them a good thing.  Lusts are lusts and when we walk after our own lusts we are NOT following our Savior, no matter how we try to fix it so it seems fine. We do that a lot. We make internal excuses for ourselves so we can continue serving our own lusts in disguise- disguises of our own designing.

Walking after their own lusts.  This is something we HAVE to study because of the deceptive power Satan uses indoctrinating us from our youth to live for our own self satisfaction, to live to fulfill the lusts, any lusts we have.

The Definition of lust- 1. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain.

Lust doesn't have to mean sexual desires, you can lust after anything.

Separating themselves- keeping themselves from the SPIRIT.

We NEED the HOLY SPIRIT!

If we remain only sensual - living for our senses and not for our spirit- we are LOST. 

There is a part in ALL of us that is given to us that LONGS for God, that can ONLY be fulfilled by GOD through the HOLY SPIRIT.

You can deny it if you want. You can scoff if you like, no one forces anyone to believe, but it is TRUTH.

If we live only for our senses - that which we can see, hear, taste, touch, smell- then we are lost.

Ask yourself if you live for your senses. Take stock of yourself. Examine yourself and realize just how much you do live for your senses.

Do you live for the HOLY SPIRIT? Do you live for our SAVIOR? Do you live for GOD?  When you do, you are NOT living for your senses.

Jud 1:17  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Jud 1:18  How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
Jud 1:19  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

Remember.

In the LAST TIME.

Those who follow God will encounter a world filled with these people, and we have to know this. We have to understand the truth that is before us. We are told to remember and we have to do this because if we don't we will be in danger of being deceived.

Please Lord, please help us do YOUR WILL! Help us NOT be deceived, help us NOT to seek to live for our senses, but wholly for YOU.

True happiness is choosing eternal life

Jas 4:4  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God

Enemy of God.

Jas 2:23  And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

Friend of God.

We can choose to be enemies of God or friends of God. It's a choice we make.

If we choose the world because it's so much easier to do that than to choose to live for God- then we have to accept that we have made our choice and our eternal fate is of our own choosing. 

It is easier to choose the world. Why? Because the world loves its own. The world does not love those who are God's. The world puts on a great show of pretense towards accepting God, and some of even loving God, but underneath that show there is a lot of corruption. When the corruption seeps out into the open the world is eager to point fingers at the supposed lovers of God and accuse them of their false religion. The world is eager to paint God in a bad light. The world is more willing to doubt than to believe as if their doubt gives them an edge in life. It's easier to live for self and self contentment, self satisfaction, self love than it is to live denying self. When we are called to deny self we feel that deprivation, the world shouts that we are being deprived of something that is owed to us by the mere fact that we were born. Being born entitles us to self happiness, or at least the world wants us to believe that. What being born entitles us to is a chance for eternal life, this is a very special, special gift we are entitled to and yet how many are raised to comprehend that this is our real entitlement- not happiness here and now, not pleasure here and now.  No, I'm not saying we have to live our lives in severe deprivation as some monasteries and such promote, but we are called to deny our selves and we do this as we make the choice to put others first, others before our own wants, our own happiness, our own desires, our own needs.  Is it any wonder that it is so much easier to be a friend of the world?  Is it any wonder that being a friend of the world means being an enemy of God's?

We can comprehend this, our God will help us to comprehend this if we really choose to do so. If not, Satan will gladly skew our understanding and warp it to the point we are deceived.

Joh 15:13  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Joh 15:14  Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Joh 15:15  Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

A servant is not told what his master is thinking- they are just ordered to serve with no explanation and they must obey. A servant is not entitled to know the reasoning behind their master's requests, they aren't allowed to know the innermost thoughts of the one they are serving.  When Jesus ministered He revealed the Father to us through that ministry. We were allowed to know the innermost thoughts, we were told the reasoning, we were given explanations, the Father God was REVEALED to us.  Because of this revelation given to us by the Son of God, we can be called the friends of God. We can choose to study, to know, to allow the Holy Spirit to guide our lives teaching us to live as a friend of God and not a friend of the world.

We must ask ourselves if we are a friend of God's or a friend of the world's. This question has to be asked. Take stock of your life and truly seek the real answer. It's super easy to just spout off what you want to believe, but not so easy to really examine your life and ask the question.  If the answer turns out to be that you are a friend of the world's then you need to ask for forgiveness and pray for the Holy Spirit to guide you towards friendship with God, a true friendship with God where He does come first and you don't, where others come first and you don't.

We must remember the world is run by Satan and he'll use every trick he has to ensnare all those he possibly can. If you believe in God, you have to believe in Him and you have to believe that he truly has power in this world to deceive. Our God is greater than Satan, and the Holy Spirit will guide us and keep us in Christ, we must choose to allow our entitlement of life not be our happiness here and now but the choice of eternal life and the happiness found in knowing we are God's -that and that alone is true happiness.

All in Him, all by Him, all through Him.

His mercy, His grace, His love!

Always.