The apostle Paul, anointed by the Holy Spirit, penned these words to the church in Galatia. He was deeply concerned that so many of them were deserting the gospel of their salvation, and were accepting a different gospel which was not the gospel of Christ. For they were listening to the Judaizers of their day who were convincing them that they had to be more like Jews, and that they had to follow some of the Old Covenant liturgical, ceremonial, circumcision, dietary and Sabbath laws, thus adding on to the gospel.

And we have Judaizers yet today who are trying to convince Christians that they need to be more like Jews, and that they need to adhere to some of the Old Covenant laws and Jewish customs and rituals, and that it will enhance their relationship with God. And some of them (or many of them) are painting the Jewish nation as God’s chosen people still in this generation, even though the Scriptures deny that notion, and they teach that all who reject Jesus Christ are the antichrist, and not part of God’s holy nation.

There is a massive movement in the USA today to convince Christians that they are somehow inferior to the Jews and that they should treat the Jewish people almost like they are gods, in a worshipful kind of way, to where they raise them up above all other people, and they believe that they are to give them their undying loyalty, devotion, and support, praying for God’s blessings upon them, and even opposing all who do not support them. But that is antibiblical, for all who do not believe in Jesus Christ are not of God.

And the Scriptures make it clear that just because someone is physically descended from Israel, and they are physical offspring of Abraham, it does not automatically make them children of God. For all who reject Jesus Christ reject God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So all Jews who reject Christ reject the God of their ancestors in favor of the gods of this world. And so they are not the children of promise, the promise given to Abraham and to his seed, Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:16).

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:1-6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13;1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]

But this isn’t just about Jew worship and treating the Jewish nation as though they are somehow superior to the rest of us, even though, as a nation, they are the antichrist. This is about those who alter and distort the gospel of our salvation which was taught by Jesus and by his New Testament apostles, and in order to deceive the people into following Satan’s lies. For the devil is behind all of this worship of a false god and the false gospels being taught in place of the gospel taught by Jesus and by his apostles.

For Satan wants people believing that their “faith” in Jesus Christ, by lip service only, secures them heaven as their eternal destiny, and forgiveness of all sins, none of which can be taken away from them, even if they totally ignore Jesus Christ and his teachings, and so they continue in deliberate and habitual sin against God and in walks of disobedience to his commands. But Jesus and his New Testament apostles taught the opposite of that. They taught that how we live matters as to where we will spend eternity.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

So, don’t be fooled by Satan’s lies. Read all these Scriptures noted above. Read them in their full and correct biblical context. And let the Holy Spirit guide you into all truth. And do not give your worship and undying devotion to any human being or people group, but give all your worship and devotion to God alone, to Jesus Christ who is the one who gave his life up for us on that cross so that, by God-persuaded faith in him, we will now die to sin and obey our Lord and his commands in practice, and have eternal life with God.

Mary, Did You Know?

Songwriters: Greene Lee Rufus / Lowry Mark Alan

Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy
Has come to make you new?
This child that you delivered, will soon deliver you

Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
Would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy
Is heaven's perfect Lamb?
That sleeping child you're
Holding is the great, I Am

Mary, did you know?

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There are Some People Disturbing You
An Original Work / December 15, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

I do freestyle poems that aren't poems. I'm making this thread just to have a collection of my journey to actually knowing what I'm doing.

Apostolic Succession

The Cross of God has the Scripture
To have the Holiness explained
A Blessing of the Crucifix
To listen and Love within
The Godly and Ordained
This Beautiful love of Life
Spoken in the time of Christ

Christ Jesus praise

As You encompass Light
Your Skies They enlighten my love of Life
This journey brightly put as the Horizon to my Soul
Our Hero is the Prominence of our Whole
For our Faith and Belief in Christ
We have come to live by Life

Time's running out


How long do we belong?
To a world of the passing?
Our belongings rot
Our earthly desires fade
No longer alive
Will come to this day
And when our ego is on fire
What should we say?
The curtain has closed

Doesn't the women's face veiling unveils some kind of morale male mediocrity, or some fatalism before this phenomenon ? And subsequently, does this veiling help them to mobilize to tackle this (*)?
If no (*), is it God's will men don't try and convert themselves to sacrify pulsion towards women, from a true love and respect for the body God gives them ?

My questions are open, for i'm truly looking for a moral motive to veil, but have failed, up to now

The globe is not all bad it's just a sphere that has been over inflated & set in motion to orbit our golden sun & wonders lonely as a cloud through dark murky fields of blackness through the infinity of space.

And God said 'Let there be light'.



To believe or not to believe that is the question.

This one priest gives a homily at the Vigil Mass and then in the morning Mass he practically gives the same verbatim homily, but he's not reading from anything - he is reciting out of his mouth (while "walking around"). It's no small homily either, yet the words seem practically identical to the one the evening before. I find that puzzling, how he can achieve that.

We need to pray and write our politicians. Taking away freedom of speech, saying parts of the Bible are hate speech, will not be able to post scripture..
Bill C-9 represents an unacceptable assault on free expression in Canada. (it is especially targeting religious groups) use link provided to send a message to your member of parliament, this link is good for all over Canada.
This bill would give the government the power to criminally prosecute Canadians for their opinions, lower the bar for what legally constitutes “hate,” and strip away vital safeguards that keep authorities from weaponizing laws against dissidents. It risks turning controversial memes into crimes and silencing open debate through fear of prosecution.

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Apparently Reiner and his wife Michele were discovered stabbed to death inside their Brentwood, California mansion earlier today. Unsubstantiated reports from other sources are saying that one of their sons is the chief suspect.

Breaking story; stay tuned for further updates.

Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds

Rob Reiner -- the legendary director -- and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have died ... TMZ has confirmed.

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Allegedly a 78yr-old man and a lady were found dead at his home, but they won't give any victims names. They only say it was a Robbery-Homicide.
Weiner is 78yrs-old.

Please add info if you know whats the deal. Thanks...

My son Jakeb has a doctor appointment tomorrow. He is not doing well mentally at all. Please pray for God's healing love and to protect him. Please pray that God keeps him safe tonight. Calms his mind and no bad thoughts please. A mother's greatest fear is to lose her child. Please pray that won't happen. That God will get him through this and guide us and his doctors. Please ask God to give him some joy and keep him safe. He's crying. Please Dear God give him some happiness. I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you.

Hello everyone

John told the difference between his own baptism, in water, and this of Jesus in spirit and fire

I make the hypothesis part of Jesus's consists in admitting the powerful Messiah could be defeated, and his life depend on men's good will.

According to this hypothesis, the first Jesus baptized would have been John the Baptist, when the latter, after opposition, finally consents to baptize Jesus. Then, the Holy spirit appears, a voice is heard, from God, and John is made able to bear testimony to Jesus.

Indeed,
JB thought and told it was him, JB, that was in need of the christian baptism, and not Jesus of his.
May be was JB in search of a Messiah that wouldn't be in need of him, JB
Because, actually, a Messiah in need of men wasn't fitted to be a Messiah, they thought.

Yes, may be, but
what do they think of a Messiah that'd let men think He is, or He's got the solution of their problems ?

However unbearable might be the question, i wonder yet whether such a Messiah wouldn't mean conforting men into demobilizing themselves ?


It's a deed JB will not follow Jesus, nor will the latter let JB follow him : After Jesus' baptism, JB still looks mobilized with his baptizings in water. Nothing new for him : An ordinary man, diminishing as he himself foretold ; Still no miracle happens through him ; as first baptized and convert (according to my hypothesis), the so called greater of prophets by Jesus will end up preceeding Jesus in death, beheaded, escaping to fall in oblivion in Herod 's prison thanks to Jesus' resurrection. The latter king whose name is only famous thanks to him, John..

Similarly to JB's unwillingness, they could analyse Simon's reproaches to Jesus as Jesus announces his death on the cross, and go on with this analyse up to the coming of the Holy Spirit in the Acts, that looks a bit like the coming of the Holy Spirit at Jesus baptism.


Finally, to conclude
the valuable questions of this thread are :

Is admitting one's oblivion by the world the mark they are true christians (see the anonymous diminishing of JB, from his not following Jesus up to Herod's prison ; see also the pagan share of Jesus' last stuff (his clothes), through their gambling, anonymous as well) ?

Might it be as well, the mark of a frustration of the world ? (chatgpt's answer admitted )

Hi there,

Revelation 12:11
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

I am interested in comments on what is meant by "the word of their testimony"

Also - who exactly is being referred to - who is 'they' ???

I am the Lord, the God of history and of tomorrow.
I do not change, though nations rise and fall before Me.
What you see unfolding in your time, I have already written in former days
not to frighten you, but to teach you.

Have I not shown you this before?

I Saw This at Babel​

When men gathered to make a name for themselves apart from Me,
I scattered them, not because unity was evil,
but because unity without truth becomes tyranny.
So now you see the same desire:
one voice, one system, one power,
yet without reverence for Me.
Confusion follows where I am rejected.

I Saw This in Sodom​

When a people loved pleasure more than righteousness,
when injustice cried louder than repentance,
I listened to the outcry of the innocent.
So now you see societies calling evil good and good evil.
Know this: I am patient, but I am not blind.

I Saw This in Egypt​

Pharaoh hardened his heart against Me and against My people.
He trusted in his strength, his army, his gods.
I warned him again and again.
Deliverance came for My people,
and collapse came for the system that refused to let them worship Me.
So it is still:
oppression does not endure forever.

I Saw This in the Days of the Judges​

When My people rejected My ways,
each did what was right in their own eyes.
Chaos followed.
Division followed.
So now you see nations fractured, truth contested,
because I am no longer their reference point.

I Spoke Through My Prophets​

I warned kings and nations:
Do not worship power.
Do not exploit the poor.
Do not silence truth.
They mocked My messengers
until what I spoke came to pass.
I am still speaking, though many no longer listen.

I Revealed Babylon​

I showed you a system clothed in luxury,
drunk on power,
seducing the nations.
Babylon is not only a city, it is a spirit.
You see it again:
markets without mercy,
culture without conscience,
influence without wisdom.

I Built My Church in Persecution​

When rulers tried to silence My name,
My Word spread faster.
When they imprisoned My servants,
My Spirit moved freely.
Do not fear hostility,
I grow My kingdom in opposition.

I Remembered Noah​

When violence filled the earth,
I preserved righteousness.
Judgment came, but so did rescue.
I always make a way through the storm for those who walk with Me.

I Showed You the End From the Beginning​

I told you the world would shake.
I told you deception would increase.
I told you kingdoms would rise and fall.
But I also told you this:

The kingdoms of this world will become the kingdom of My Christ.

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Do not be afraid when systems fail.
Do not be shaken when darkness speaks loudly.
I am still seated on the throne.

I am not losing control.
I am revealing hearts.

Therefore​

Return to Me.
Stand in truth.
Love righteousness.
Care for the broken.
Proclaim My Son.


What you are witnessing is not the end of hope,
it is the unveiling of what cannot last.


I have shown you these things before.
And just as before,

I will be faithful again.

This is from an article published in Adventist Today. Many in the SDA church are realizing that their present state of doctrinal requirements, such as strict adherence to the sabbath, following the dietary laws, and life style requirements, are quite legalistic so the focus is on strict adherence to the 28 fundamental beliefs. This article speaks to this tension.


An uncomfortable tension

The Adventist Church has put itself in a bind. By codifying belief into a creed, it has essentially turned from the radical trust in Jesus that both Scripture and Ellen White proclaimed, and has shackled itself to a legalistic structure that cannot bring life. If it continues down this road, the church risks losing its soul even while clinging to its shell.

In practice, enforcement varies. In some parts of Europe and North America, pastors emphasize commitment to Christ and community more than box-checking all 28 beliefs. But in South America, Africa, and conservative regions of the U.S., enforcement is strict, and a member or employee who questions a belief risks discipline or dismissal. What Ellen White warned against has become official policy, though not always universally applied.

It leaves us with an uncomfortable tension. The prophet who declared “The Bible, and the Bible alone, is our creed” has been made the prophet of a denomination that demands assent to a creed. Depending on where you live, you may feel those iron bands more or less tightly.

A possible solution

What can save the Church from itself? The General Conference could begin by retiring the language of “28 Fundamental Beliefs” as a test of fellowship, and instead present them as a dynamic, growing “Statement of Faith in Progress,” open to re-examination in light of Scripture and the Spirit’s leading. Baptismal vows could be rewritten to center on faith in Christ alone, not assent to a creed. The Church Manual could be revised to explicitly affirm that no creed other than the Bible itself binds the conscience.

Such steps wouldn’t destroy Adventism’s identity—they would rescue it. They would return the movement to its original DNA, when early Adventists rejected creeds as “the mark of the beast” and proclaimed the Bible as sufficient for salvation. Unless Adventism rediscovers this heartbeat, it may survive as an institution—but not as a Spirit-filled movement.

The church stands at a crossroads. One road leads deeper into legalism, where creeds harden, enforcement grows harsher, and grace is eclipsed by intellectual conformity. The other leads back to its origins: a bold trust in the love of Christ, righteousness by faith, and the Bible alone as the rule of faith and practice.

A return to righteousness by faith is the church’s only salvation. By it we preach the true Gospel to all the world and prepare for the return of Jesus Christ.


Has the SDA fallen into legalism as the article implies?

St. John the Baptist, despite his continued imprisonment, had heard about the works Jesus was doing and sent two of his disciples to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” John was no pushover, not some reed swayed by the wind, but from this question we can gather that while John sat in Herod’s prison some doubt arose about whether Jesus was their long-awaited Messiah.

Notice how Jesus reacts to the question. He does not lose his temper or condemn them for asking. He gives them a helpful response: “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.” In other words: “Report to John my mighty works for these show that I am the Messiah of whom Isaiah wrote (e.g., ‘Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing.’) How I accomplish my purposes may appear strange, but remember that a person who takes no offense at me is blessed.” Jesus was patient with people who asked him questions in good faith.

Nicodemus did not want to be seen in public with Jesus. That’s why Nicodemus approached him at night. But Jesus still engaged with his questions. The Samaritan woman at the well may have first thought the man speaking to her was weird, but Jesus invited her probing questions. And the rich young man who asked Jesus about the way to eternal life wasn’t quite ready to fully commit to following Christ, but Jesus looked at him, loved him, and gave personalized responses. Despite their flaws, they asked Jesus questions in good faith and Jesus answered them. What Jesus does not like is questions asked in bad faith.

Continued below.

Now, for those of us who live in the USA, which may be true of other countries, as well, the requirement to be circumcised in the flesh (which God no longer requires), in order to prove faith, is not the issue, although it still could be for some people. But using this discussion as a “spring board,” i.e. as a starting point, I will be looking today at several parallel situations we are being faced with in the USA (and perhaps in other countries, as well).

So, what are people of faith, or of prospective faith, being compelled to do today in order to demonstrate faith in Jesus Christ, i.e. that which is not required of God? Well, some of them are being compelled to be more like Jews and to take on some of the Old Covenant liturgical and ceremonial laws and customs in order to be more like Jews. And they are being strong armed into supporting the physical nation called “Israel,” which is mostly pagan. But that is not of God, but is of human flesh, and contrary to God’s will.

[Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19; John 8:18-19,38-47; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans 11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 3:1-6; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13;1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:22; Jude 1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9]

Also, the people of my nation are being compelled to accept a diluted and altered gospel message which is not of God, but of human flesh, which removes God’s requirements of us to die to sin and to walk in obedience to his commands, in the power of God, by his grace, and in daily practice. So they teach the Scriptures out of context, and they twist them to teach lies in order to convince the masses that all that is required is lip service only, i.e. a profession of faith in Jesus absent of true repentance and obedience to God.

And then there are the legalists who add on to the gospel what is not of God, but which is of man, which is what the Judaizers were doing, too. And so they make requirements about certain days of the week or about food and drink and clothing and religious formalities and customs, but while some of them are living hypocritical lives, while they are “straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel.” For they obsess over tiny insignificant details while they ignore larger problems involving moral purity, sin, and disobedience to God.

So, why do they do this? Partly it has to do with control over the people, to get them to do what they require or desire, because they are obsessed with power. And so they want us to be like minions, all following the same false gods, believing the lies they tell us so that they have control. And then there is the issue of greed, either for money and/or for positions of power and control. And then it has to do with pride, with them looking good to the people to make a good showing so that they will be praised and worshiped.

But then there are those who are the charlatans (fakes, swindlers, con artists and pretenders) and the “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ in order to deceive the masses, but who are truly out to kill, to steal, and to destroy the sheep of Jesus’ pasture by getting us to believe their lies and to put them into practice. Their goal is to get us to reject God’s commands of obedience and death to sin, and to convince us that we can keep on in our sin and still have salvation from sin.

But Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Seek the Lord

Based off Isaiah 55
An Original Work / July 20, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Musical Instrumentation by Mark Bradley

“Come to Me all you who thirst; come to waters.
Listen to Me, and eat what’s good today,
And your soul will delight in richest of fare.
Give ear to Me, and you will live.
I have made an eternal covenant with you.
Wash in the blood of the Lamb.”

Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him.
Let the wicked forsake his way, in truth.
Let him turn to the Lord, and he will receive mercy.
Freely, God pardons him.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,”
declares the Lord, our God.

“My word that goes out of My mouth is truthful.
It will not return to Me unfulfilled.
My word will accomplish all that I desire,
And achieve the goal I intend.
You will go in joy and be led forth in peace.
The mountains will burst into song… before you,
And all of the trees clap their hands.”

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They Try to Compel You
An Original Work / December 14, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

How petty can a person be! It hurts his image??

Did this really happen? Clint Eastwood rebukes Joel Osteen? Or is this AI?

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Here I combined some of my charts together. To make one over view chart of things to take place during the 7 year 70th week of Daniel 9:27. The chart is in my next post below.

Shouldn't all Christians be fundamentalist?

These days the powers that be seem to be pretty good at redefining terms and words to advance their cause. This is how I see it.

There was an influx of liberalism being injected into the Christian churches at the turn of the century, that being the eighteen hundreds into the nineteen hundreds. So the dry theologians all got together and created a fundamental set of doctrines to protect against the false teachings that were encroaching. These were the fundamental set of doctrines that were considered essential doctrines. As we see today, they had good reason to be concerned.

I believe in the fundamental doctrines. I'm a Christian fundamentalist.

Has anyone seen it yet? I watched it. Season one, anyways. It was actually made by Christians. They admit that they took some liberties in the story telling, but from what I see, they only elaborated on the relationships to make it more of a movie and less a documentary. I thought that it was pretty good. Thoughts?


I'm going to wait on season two until it's finished and binge watch it.

Dave

Peace in Christ.

It all starts with us professing ourselves as “wise”....and then we become fools. We must see ourselves first as fools instead so that we may be wise.

We are own worst enemy as we think ourselves as “wise” to go to a man-based church where they are keeping and serving their external church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas rather than keeping and serving God’s commandments that are written internally upon our hearts.

Rom 1:22-24 KJV
(22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

We exchange the glory of God (of which we are supposed to shine to the outside world) for an “image” made like corruptible man….the people of the outside world. The nations around us have their self-governing and self-judging handwritings…their “constitutions,” etc…and do not know God nor keep His commandments.

The nations around us that have their “images”…their governing documents that they rule by…are comparable to the animal kingdom as they only go after earthly things.

We must not go after the nations in this thing. We must not also have handwritings established ( a “molten image”) in our church gatherings to self-govern ourselves by. The outside nations do this…and we must not copy them and do likewise.

(23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

We must not attend a man-based church. Just by sitting together with them we are defiled. We think ourselves as "wise" in going to their gatherings. But we are sinning against our own mortal bodies as we become "one flesh" with them in their mortal destruction.

(24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

His people change their glory (as we are to shine forth His glory to the outside world) into a likeness of an ox that eats grass.

Why an ox that eats grass? Because all FLESH is as grass. We mortally perish when we keep and serve a man’s handwriting rather than His writing which is upon our hearts.

To “eat” = 'âkal - A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively): - X at all, burn up, consume, devour (-er, up), dine, eat (-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in . . . wise (-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.

They “burn” us up in God’s wrath when we keep and serve them. -They eat up our mortal flesh as we perish away to the grave for keeping and serving them.

Psa 106:19-20 KJV
(19) They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
(20) Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

His laws are in our minds and they are written in our hearts. Why are we subjecting ourselves to man’s external church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas?

Heb 8:10-12 KJV
(10) For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
(11) And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
(12) For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

In vain though do we worship Him where they are teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. We set aside His commandments in order to keep the transmissions of men...their handwritings which are passed down from one generation to another for them to keep also.

Mat 15:8-9 KJV
(8) This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
(9) But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

We are dead with Christ from the “rudiments”…the founding principles …of the world.

The outside world has their handwritings…such as constitutions…to self-govern and self-judge themselves by. They are basic fundamental principles contain in their handwritings. We must not copy the outside nations in this thing. “Learn not the way of the nations” by having a man’s handwriting at the core of our church gathering.

Jer 10:1-5 KJV
(1) Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
(2) Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

The statutes of the people are empty. They are dead…just as a tree that is cut out of a living forest. Their handwritings are the work of the hands of a workman…a writer…a church scribe.

(3) For the customs (STATUTES) of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

They make it precious in the eyes of many. They are a source of funds also. They fasten it with nails and with hammers …that is, they repeatedly preach words/teachings by their “wise men” to support their handwritings…hammering it in the ears of their listeners so that they do not move out of their churches. It becomes established in their gatherings.

(4) They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

They are upright as the palm tree. Church handwritings of ordinances look righteous to those who keep them but they have no life in them. They do nothing for our mortal bodies to keep it alive. They have to be carried from one generation to another. They are not a living being like our God is.

(5) They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

Why would we have these things (statements of faith, church constitutions, church by-laws, etc, etc, etc) in our church gatherings? Why go to a man-based church where they are keeping and serving their external handwritings? Why go and subject yourself to their commandments of men contained in their handwritings when we have His “handwriting” written upon our hearts already?

Col 2:20-22 KJV
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;

Church handwritings are devoted to destruction….and we perish along with them when we go and keep and serve them. All are to PERISH with the using up of them….the using of the commandments and doctrines of men in their man-based churches.

(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

Church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas are “devoted for destruction”. We must not bring this abomination into our house…our church house….or we also become designated for destruction like it.

Deuteronomy 7:26
And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become designated for destruction, like it; you are to utterly detest it, and you are to utterly loathe it, for it is something devoted for destruction.

We need to KEEP AWAY from the things devoted to destruction. The handwriting of church ordinances are devoted to destruction …and we perish along with them when we keep and serve them rather than keeping and serving our God’s commandments which are written upon our hearts.

Joshua 6:18
But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

The “elements” …the founding principles that are contained in church handwritings…burn. These “works” burn us up…we mortally perish… when we keep and serve them.

Every man’s work shall be revealed by fire. If a man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be saved..yet as by fire. He shall suffer the loss of his flesh…his mortal body.

When we keep and serve the works of man’s handwritings of ordinances, we perish along with them. We become devoted to destruction along with the thing that is devoted for destruction. We mortally perish under the wrath of God when we keep the commandments of men rather than His commandments.

1Co 3:12-20 KJV
(12) Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
(13) Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
(14) If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
(15) If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

The works of the hands of a church scribe burn us up. The works burn…..and so do our mortal bodies which are the temple of God as the Spirit of God dwells in us.

If we defile the temple of God (through the keeping and serving of the thing devoted to destruction), God destroys us. Our spirits are saved but as through the fire of His wrath upon us.

(16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
(17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Let us not profess ourselves as “wise” in this world and become fools. We must first see ourselves as fools so that we may be wise.

(18) Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

The wisdom of this world that is contained in man’s handwritings is foolishness with God. He takes the wise in their own craftiness.

Many think that it is “wise” to go to a man-based church and keep and serve their doctrines and commandments of men. But they perish with the using up of them. They burn us up in His wrath. God takes the wise in their own craftiness. They see themselves as “wise” and so get caught in man-made church where they become fools.

(19) For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
(20) And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

He takes the “wise” …as many think it is “wise” to keep and serve the church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas. It has a “show of wisdom” in will worship and false humility. Many are falling for their show of wisdom in their participation in their man-based churches. They appear “wise”…so they think of themselves.

Col 2:21-23 KJV
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Our church rulers…our learned preachers…do not understand the Scriptures as their “vision of all” has become as the words of a book that is sealed. They cannot “read” it for it is sealed so that they cannot understand it.

Isa 29:10-13 KJV
(10) For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
(11) And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

The lay person….the unlearned… also cannot understand it.

(12) And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

In the man-based churches, they are preaching…keeping and serving…. their church handwritings of ordinances/dogmas rather than God’s laws which are written upon our hearts. Their hearts are far from Him.

The heart is where His laws are written.

If our hearts are far from Him, then we are not keeping and serving His commandments that are written there when we are keeping man’s handwriting of church ordinances/dogmas instead. Their fear towards Him is taught by the precept of men.

(13) Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Do you have a politically obsessed friend? You know, the person who always brings up politics? Is it a political obsession disorder? Read on for some great suggestions on what to do

I have a friend who is the person who always brings up politics. And, i bet we all know someone who has an unhealthy obsession with politics. Its such a manic love, I’m beginning to think we have a new world with political obsession disorder (if there is such a thing). So what do we do about your politically obsessed friend?

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
E. O. Wilson

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Update: Since I first wrote this article, I have fielded many questions, been confronted with many more politically obsessed people, and forced to return to this piece. I have spoken to many of you who described a family member with an unhealthy obsession with politics. And lots of conversations started with “my friend is obsessed with politics, what should I do?” As a result of these many conversations, I spent more time trying to grasp this topic better. As a result, I have added some material to clarify and better help you understand and navigate these complex relationships. Let’s see if we can give you some tools for how to deal with someone who is obsessed with politics. Further, check out my recent piece on four questions that change the way I decide how to spend my time and where to engage here: Four Questions That Decide What Deserves My Time (And Why You Need a System Too)

You have run into people who are obsessed with politics. Right?

They can be pretty annoying, and after a few attempts at a logical argument, you probably shifted to trying to avoid getting them started on their political views.

But what do you do when it is a close friend?

Do you have a politically obsessed friend?

If you are wondering how to deal with someone who is obsessed with politics, read on.


No matter which position of the political spectrum you are on, you doubtless have a friend on the opposite side and attached to their position.

It’s natural to become passionate about a political issue or another. But what happens when your friend becomes so consumed by a position they have taken and becomes obsessed? What happens when they are blinded to logic, unable to engage in ordinary discourse, and are even obnoxious to others?

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God help us!!! It's scary The Canadian C9 bill amendment that Attacks Freedom of Religious Expression passed in Canada's House of Commons:
Please pray that by some miracle it does Not become law:

Leftists, Muslims and Nazis all seem to be teaming up against Jews right now.

The attack at Bondi is symptomatic of this larger trend.

What can be done to address the haters and overthrow their agenda?

'Grown Ups' actor, podcaster warns of rising 'anti-Christian feel' in US

Comedian and podcaster David Spade says he’s getting tired of the rising “anti–Christian feel” over Christmas.

The 61-year-old SNL alum and “Grown Ups” actor called out a local mall for "consciously" omitting any mention of Christianity during a recent Christmas tree-lighting ceremony.

“I will say that Christmas is taking a little bit of a beating lately,” said Spade in theDec. 7 episode of the "Fly on the Wall" podcast with fellow former SNL alum, Dana Carvey. “... I saw the other day, there was a tree-lighting ceremony for the Christmas tree in some dopey mall, but it said tree-lighting ceremony, and they were careful not to say the word ‘Christmas' during the whole ceremony.”

During the podcast, both Spade and Carvey acknowledged that even non-Christians have traditionally enjoyed Christmas tree-lighting ceremonies, “I’ve never met someone from another religious faith that was upset about a Christmas tree,” added Carvey.

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