(11)Give us this day our daily bread.

We need our daily bread to deny ourselves; our daily bread is Christ. We must read the Word of God daily. The Bible says, “I am that bread of life.” (John 6:48).  Christ is the true bread from heaven that giveth life unto the world (John 6:32-33).  John 6:35 says, “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst”. In order to eat of His daily bread, we must COME to Him.  God is NOT going to give sinners the Bread of Life, the TREE of life to live forever!!!!  Genesis 3:22 says, “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”.  God cannot pardon us in our sin.  Prayer is a continuance of repentance-faithfulness of repentance.  No SINNER or REBEL can take of the tree of life-we must turn away from our sins and see a revelation of God.  Any rebellious person will not!  In other words, when we see the Holiness of the high and lifted up Lord, we will not see the difference between the holy and the unholy.  We must choose life, hate sin, and repent without excuses.  Repentance is a gift as well as forgiveness (Acts 5:31).  It’s not enough to just change our actions-OUR HEART MUST COME TO HIM-must repent.  WE MUST APPROACH (COME TO) REPENTANCE.  

God provides Israel with manna and faith.  Manna seems new to them; as revelations appear new to us.  Christ, the pot of manna (Exodus 16:32), appears new; therefore, we try to take control of the word ourselves.  We need our daily bread, our daily manna. “And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat” (Exodus 16:14-15).  We eat of His daily bread, not the stones and the stony heart turned into bread and money (Matthew 4).  We are not following OUR daily routine.  We are dying to ourselves, denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following Him.  We are CRUCIFIED with Christ.  We get unnerved, bored, and restless when we only see manna.  As a result of repentance and the hearing & hearing of the Word of God, we receive revelations of Jesus Christ.  Like Israel, we gather too much manna with prayerlessness and we end up despising God.  WE become stink with pride at trying to claim it for ourselves.  WE reject and depart from the Word at times. The rest of the manna breeds worms.  The excess of drunkenness and riotous living breeds worms.  When we eat the “manna” or the living bread, we live forever as we remain in covenant with Him through absolute obedience, repentance, and self-denial.  We do not eat Christ physically because this is cannibalism.  We eat His bread and drink His blood SPIRITUALLY in REMEMBRANCE of Him.  The difference between eating the physical manna is that many are physically dead now.  Eating of HIS living bread will cause us to live forever.  This DOES not mean that once saved we are always saved.  “When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.” (Ezekiel 33:18-19).   We are denying ourselves, taking up our crosses and following Him.  Not only will the crosses be taken up but we are to BE ON THE CROSS.  We are crucified with Him.  Since the covenant with us is to take away our sins (Romans 11), the flesh is crucified with the prideful affections and lusts for the world and self.  We are divorced and crucified from the cross.  God only loves those who love HIM and keeps His commandments.  We are to abide in Jesus Christ because He cannot crucify the flesh with its affections and pride.  Since God is a covenant keeping God, the problem is not if HE loves us but if WE LOVE HIM!  We love Him if we keep His commandments!

1.     Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

2.     John 14:21   He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

3.     John 14:23   Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.  We can become a habitation as we are on the foundation of Jesus Christ, the prophets and Christ’s apostles.  We must continue in His Love.

4.     John 15:10  As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

5.     John 16:27   For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me [by keeping and obeying His commandments], and have believed that I came out from God.

John 6:51-59 (King James Version)

(51)I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

 (52)The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

 (53)Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

 (54)Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

 (55)For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

 (56)He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

 (57)As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

 (58)This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Galatians 5:24
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Galatians 6:14
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

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(12)And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

We beg the Lord for pardon, not to be angry at us. “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all” (James 2:10).When we offend God at one point of the law or the Ten Commandments and the 2 commandments in the New Testament, we are guilty of breaking ALL of them. When we read Luke 7:47, we see that we are to confess ALL of our sins.  If we do not, we will only think that we are forgiven a little!  We hate Him when we think that we hardly sin and we see Him as a little God on our level.   Luke 7:47 says, “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little”.  God COMMANDS us to love Him with ALL of our heart, soul, mind, might and strength.  There is no such thing as “little” and “big” love, which makes it a divers weight or an abomination. God commands us to be perfect as HE is in heaven and He is perfecting our Love inside of us.   Unfortunately, many say, “Forgive me Lord” but we do not confess our sins.  We make it seem as HE IS WRONG and we are right. We think that God just wants to give excuses for our sin and bring us into heaven.  We think that God is not angry at us anymore which are why we positively speak such things and convince many that we will go to heaven. We think that being longsuffering is God’s forgiveness for everything.  We OWE God because of our sins.  He NEEDS to receive the reward of HIS suffering.  Before He can even forgive us, we must confess and turn away from those sins.  Our mind and conduct SHOULD change.  The cross is not a sign of forgiveness because He says “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).  In fact, His goodness or kindness leads to repentance.  We think that learning and our ignorance is an excuse for God to forgive us.  We must repent as if we are being saved for the first time, loving Him for the first time.  When Christ REBUKES us or spanks us with His words, we CAN weep or cry a bitter cry over our sin.  We hate and feel ashamed of our sins. We are devastated! Micah 1:8 says, “Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.” The Bible says that we are not to stop even for much crying!  We need some of this anguish for the church!

Although we are to turn our cheek when we are persecuted for HIS SAKE and to forgive other who wrong us, God DOES NOT forgive without repentance or confession of sins.  We love to pray to God, “Forgive us for our sins”, but have we repented and seen the terrible nature of our crimes against God?  We make it seem as if it’s GOD’s FAULT, when it is NOT His fault. It is our fault and we think that this is ABUSE.  Hebrews 10:25 says “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,” If there is no sacrifice, there is no bloodshed.  Without bloodshed upon the cross or CHRIST, there remain no remissions or FORGIVENESS of sins.  We MAY THINK that we have repented of sin but in because we think that He just forgives-we do not truly repent! He DID NOT DIE to FORGIVE our sins; HE CAME TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS!  John the Baptist “preach[es] the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins” (Mark 1:4).  Secondly, being longsuffering is not going along with everything. Mark 6:11 says, “And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city”.  After we give the gospel of Jesus Christ and pray for them, we are to dust off the feet from under our feet or leave them alone.  We are not staying with the unsaved or the backslidden forever.  We are to fellowship with believers patiently and exhort each other not to turn back to the sins or let God makes us holy.

Instead of studying and giving ourselves wholly to God, we try to predict the future.  We think that by thinking creatively and prophesying to ourselves, we can create our own world and get what we want.  We worry about tomorrow and what it brings.  “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” (Matthew 6:30).

Luke 12:16-20 (King James Version)

(16)And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

(17)And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

(18)And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

(19)And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

(20)But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

            Specifically, the man who choose mammon (i.e. riches) prospers in the worldly area, nations, and ministries. His lack of fear for God is the beginning of the devil’s wisdom.   Therefore, the man needs more power for his plans and he “thought within himself”.  This rich man does trust in himself, sets his own standard, and believes in his thoughts. Colossians 2:8 says, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ”.  Like many people today, he is spoiled by all of his own deceit and philosophies. He is being ruined and destroyed by his beliefs, carnal commandments, and the ancient unclean spirits.  He is being carried away with every wind of strange doctrines, and divers doctrines of devils.   Also, like many today, he is caught up with the basics and what is important to this world NOT following after Christ. The only philosophy or belief we should follow is JESUS CHRIST (HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS). He believes that his destiny is in the power of the mind and that he can create his surroundings and the presence of Jesus with our mouth.  In other words, if he tells himself that his soul will prosper, he will create a world of richness and prosperity around him. If he tells himself that he is good (calling himself a god), he will create a world around him that will have blessings.  If he speaks positively and prophesies to himself of a “glorious” future and complete holiness, what he says will come to pass.  He draws people or things together to build greater barns.  He tears away the Word of God by adding and taking away.  In the midst of carnal relations, the word of God is brought down to man’s level and gains much money and wealth.  He or she tears down others to be built up. Even in abusing children or woman, barns are being pulled down so that there can be a greater army of only men and more popularity.  All of these things are down to bestow fruits; therefore, it is spiritualized and Christianized. The emphasis is giving. There is an emphasis on wealth and his mind/thoughts.  Interestingly enough, the rich man prophesies to himself as the unclean spirit does.  “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished”. [Matthew 12:42-44 (King James Version)].  Both are prophesying and foretelling future events, which God tells us not to worry about.  The rich man is being trained here.  Surely, this man who choose mammon (death) is not being trained by God. He is being trained by demons that walks through dry places and seeks rest.

           Not only does he worry for tomorrow AND refuses to give to God, we bless (prophesy) to our souls that we have done enough so we can rest because we are complete or perfected already.  He believes that anything his mind believes can be achieved.  He believes that he can be richer and that he deserves the special right to rest, drink, and be happy.  He is not thirsting after righteousness.  “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” (James 4:14). We think that we are to enjoy our lives in this earth when we are to HATE our lives in this world.  This rich man creates his own world or reality by thinking.  This man thinks positively of his future.  He pretends that he wants to give of his time, word, and life to others.  He just wants to enlarge his territory and he does everything for gain.  He is ever learning, but never comes to the knowledge of the Truth, of a revelation of God.  He tears down those that are truly seeking God to build self-esteem, large buildings, planes, cars, land areas, and farming areas.  Like Cain, we bring of the fruit of the ground because it seems plentiful.  He finds shelter and refuge in his riches, standard of righteousness, and lies.  He puts much effort in saving goods. All such things are made into LAW or God’s divine will to control others.  God says to this rich man: “Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”  It does not matter how much he supports others, He has nothing!  All of HIS fruit that he has given others will be destroyed eventually!  He had NO room for Jesus Christ.  The man already forgives himself by convincing himself of an un-angry God and a merry life without rebuke.  In his mind, he has already reached repentance and forgiven himself. He makes excuses; therefore, we must repent without excuses! We do not blame ourselves; we blame others! He pardons himself of sin that GOD did not pardon him from. Since we are NOT mediators, we cannot forgive ourselves. Luke 5:20 says, “And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee”.  God forgives those who have faith.  He THINKS he does not need to be convicted or rebuked anymore.  WE have redefined forgiveness to make us happy as the rich man, the rich FOOL.  Of the 10 virgins, the rich man can be one of the foolish virgins.  “So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God”.  God is not just going to bow to the rich man and say that he can get whatever he “peacefully/positively” confesses with scripture to himself. He does not believe in GOD; He believes in HIMSELF and FAITH! Or at least what the rich man think is faith. He does not lay up a good foundation of Jesus Christ, prophets, and apostles (Ephesians 2:20).  We try to possess the abundance of things. The barn is a temple without prayer but profit for self. 

           We do the same thing!  We boast about our soulish, carnal “love”. We should not be puffed up with opinions, imaginations, friends, wealth, and knowledge. We have false hopes in human’s knowledge, which brings destruction.  Since the Bible does not say that the brain has no value, God gives us a gift to discern and judge ourselves.  The problem is that the mind is corrupting and abused.  Since God is not for entertainment, He calls us to, “Come now, and let us reason together”(Isaiah 1:18). The problem is people start to worship their mind, revelations, understanding, and the products of their thoughts. People are “wise in their own eyes” and finish the thoughts as being right.  We believe that our thoughts are enough and that’s it, although his thoughts and ways are higher than our thoughts and ways (Isaiah 55:9).  We think that we are wonderful and deify ourselves.  This work of the flesh is condemned by the Word of God.  There is no value or best thing in our mind.  The devil tempts the man and woman that God limits us and wants to stop us from experience/understand the knowledge of good and evil. We think that if we can control ourselves in doing what is right or wrong-we would not need God anymore. We try to define what “right” and “wrong” means in OUR OWN WAY LIKE CAIN!  We think that God wants to stop us from being equal with God. 

                        Other people say that sensual experiences will make us happy NOT the ability to rule over another. He wants sin sensualized and satan deceives people into thinking that they are sons of God. People think belief is strength.  Also, many spend time trying to make experiences and gifts to share testimonies that people eat of.  As Eve, he glorifies the selfish stony heart of Eve, and strengthens the hand of the evildoers.  We want people to eat the Bible of our experiences, testimonies, and life stories for the love of money (i.e. compliments…) The Grace of God is turned into lasciviousness or in other words, everything is sensualized, based on feelings, or sexualized.  This selfish praise parties denies the Lord and does NOT deny self. ”That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:5-16 (King James Version)).  When we believe in God, it should not be by man’s wisdom but by HIS power.  We THINK that we know a lot about the Holy Spirit based on man’s wisdom.  When it comes down to it, we know nothing.  We are to speak HIS wisdom, which still does not bring a huge difference between the way that we preach to the saved and the unsaved.  EVERYONE must repent.  How can the unsaved understand if they are not taught and trained?  His wisdom IS hidden; it’s not always seen clearly. THEREFORE, IT MUST BE EXPLAINED. The preaching of the cross is foolishness to those that perish.  Those that are unrepentant are perishing.  To ONLY preach what we think should go to the “perfect” is to be like the rich man who builds barns.  We think that since we have laid up goods or reached a place of perfection that we are to “take ease, eat, drink, and be merry”.  In other words, we forgive and bless ourselves.  Jesus Christ preached repentance.  Any person that seeks God for himself and fails to preach repentance (rebuke so that sinners can see the holiness of God) is a false shepherd.  The preaching to others is NOT right and there is bound to be peace and safety teachings in our own life.  That man, woman, or child of accountability is not holy because we are still sinning.  Just like the demons told a worldly man who calls himself a Christian, the devils deceive us into thinking that we have reached another level in the kingdom of heaven and that we are NOW at a place to receive special revelation.  That’s a cult!  The unsaved and the saved need the WHOLE counsel of the gospel of Jesus Christ-HOW WILL THE SINNERS BE SAVED?  What are half-messages going to do but doom the sinners to hell?  This will just fill us with pride as if we are so special!  Then all that happens is changing from “lower” knowledge to “higher” knowledge, from a smaller self to a bigger self!  This is creating gods.  The serpent deceives Eve into thinking that she was receiving higher knowledge as gods. Although we are saints of God, God has to rebuke and chastise us much!       

 “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace” (James 3:13-18).  A person with soulish knowledge rush to receive a quick word by using positive mind power.  Instead of being still and knowing that He is God, we use our feelings, and thoughts to control our actions.  We think that showing many emotions shows our spiritual depth or relationship.  We look upon movements and leaders today as being spiritual because of such soulishness.  However, this wisdom and person is earthly, carnal, sensual, and devilish.  We call all of our pride in a certain culture and music as spirituality-it’s not spirituality.  We will WILLINGLY sell our soul to the devil and his sensual, soulish wisdom so that we can know what’s next in the cards.  We want to find some way to gain wealth or success.  We pity all of the testimonies and persecutions that the people, movements, and individuals seem to experience.  We think that we should have our own will, thoughts, feelings… We just call envying, confusion, strife, and every evil work as spirituality or spiritual warfare.  However, GOD”S WISDOM is from above because it brings us into peace with Him.  The soulish wisdom makes us an enemy of God.  His Word is gentle, not a respecter of persons, and lacks hypocrisy. We should withdraw from those that are divisive and speaks contrary to His gospel.

                   Romans 1:21-25 shows exactly what we have done, “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 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. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”  We should “mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.  Be not wise in your own conceitsI” (Romans 12:16).  We should be of the same mind and not striving after high estates. We should not trust in our own ideas, thoughts of the brain, feeling good about self, and thinking that we are enough.   When we are wise in our own ideas, pride, self-satisfaction, self-help, and self-importance, we end up saying that the gospel is “foolish”.  In other words, we say that the preaching of the cross does not have God in it.  Many soulish people will separate oneself from others.  “How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” (Jude 1:18-21 (King James Version)).  People who do this do not have the Spirit of God and walk after ungodly lusts for the world. 

WHY DOES GOD WARN AGAINST BEING WISE IN OUR OWN EYES?

            The Lord condemns the Pharisees (as us) because we think that we are right, doing perfect works, and being wise.  Pharisees “trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:” (Luke 18:9) The Pharisees are the standard of richness of holiness, religion, and physical possessions that they do not need Jesus Christ. The pride in mind is trouble as the rich man in Luke 13:19-31.   The rich man is so rich and increased in knowledge that he does not see the need for salvation or repentance.  The rich man in Luke 12 “This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.  And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.  But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?  21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. ” (Luke 12:18-21).  Pride leads man to gather as much and build greater buildings without truly studying the Word of God.

            We have pride of our mind when we glory in our mind and understanding/mental power.  Solomon fell for this very thing because he glories in the understating of the mind and uses it against God. Here God makes us in HIS OWN IMAGE!  In the Bible, God gives, “And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.” (I Kings 4:29).  Also, God, “put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.” (Ezekiel 36:1) and “And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:” (Isaiah 11:2-3).

          Secondly, we believe in the lie that we are careful, prudent and very wise.  We are intensely prideful of ourselves and feel superior to everyone-even the KJV Bible, Jesus Christ, the prophets, and apostles.   That is why we eliminate these holy men of God from our sermons and activities.  Just to think that we will do greater in understanding and works than Christ is PRIDE!  Fools glory in the little ideas that we do have; whereas, people who have knowledge realize what they do not know.  “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good” (Psalm 14:1).  There are those that call themselves Christian and unbelievers that are fools.  We think that our “common sense” and our thoughts show just how smart we are.  The world is always trying to convince us to “think for ourselves” as if we are enough to move on.  We are convinced to be self-governing and place everything in computers or images.  FOOLS (who are prudent and wise in our own sight) walk in a lie because our words condemn us.  God knows why He condemns us when we walk after the flesh. If we are not right with Christ, He must refine us, circumcise our hearts, and wash our eyes with eye salve based upon our willingness. We must have confidence in God not in our looks, knowledge, power, money, wealth, authority, or knowledge. We must OBEY God and His commandments because obedience is better than sacrifice (1 John 3:19-22 (King James Version)). It does not matter how much knowledge we gather-only if we can do it and live through every word of God and through Christ ONLY.  

          Matthew 16:26 says, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world  [of wealth, riches, fame, attention, fashion, and of knowledge],, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”  The terrible warning is also this, “For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?” (Job 27:8).  There is no hope for the hypocrite who always thinks we’re right and do not need of salvation.  Those that are wise in their own conceits are caught up in sin (such as sodomy, divorce, lies, drunk).  If God cannot trust us, it does not matter how much we gain knowledge if we do not live it. We deceive ourselves as we brag about our understanding.  It is a bunch of noise, but the ideas that we are without sin (already righteous and perfect) shows that the love of God is not in us. Being wise in our own eyes pushes us to speak positively all the time, improve on our sufferings, and prophesy great things for others. We replace God and His Word, when it is already there.  We have failed.

          Third, we lead to destruction because of pride.   Pride is a sin that is celebrated as spirituality and un-discerned.  We actually despise the prophets, apostles, and Jesus Christ with our lies and disobedience.  The Bible and books need to be updated because it is too old, and we get rid of old books.  We think that our preaching, books, words, thoughts, and deeds are better and improved.   Self-confidence is absolutely terrible and leads to rebellion against God.  When we think that God is trying to keep us down, we begin to hate God.  We go higher based on our own self-esteem.  When we do this-we are saying that we do NOT need God and we got it for ourselves.  That is why we HARDLY pray.  If we are already perfect, why do we need God?  If we can manage our churches well, we are complete and advance, and our lives well, why do we need God? Due to our money and riches, our ACTIONS show that we do not need God.  Carnality is rebellion against God for “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” (Romans 8:7).  We truly go against God instead of living a holy life.  We equate love with wanting and eating of the forbidden fruit, instead of pure, holy lives.  WE think that the law is legalism and we want to commit sin as much as we want to and call it pure, holy, good, and Love.  This is all pleasing “self” and feeding our own lust.  These things truly kick out the conviction of the Holy Spirit.  Our thinking or “wise in our own eyes” becomes the idea that we should be happy and we are higher than others.  We think that we are being holy which is why we “professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:22).  God can give people up to the lust of their hearts because these are “good” people who went astray.  These do not have His power and end up going to hell.

            Finally, pride in “mental powers/positive mental attitude” and self-confidence in our understanding makes people reject God’s Way of salvation.  People try to organize their programs, increase media & technology, make the system more convenient, and so on.  People refuse it because we think that we have already finished, perfected, and completed it.  We think that freedom means we can do anything.  We think that we can save ourselves.  Even Christians laugh and spit upon the cross.  Many think that we must believe if we understand.  Unfortunately, those who call themselves Christians and unbelievers love darkness of the world more than God (John 3:16-19). We praise and be merry because we think that everything has gotten so much better.  Unfortunately, our soul is REQUIRED of us.  What will we do when we choose to gain the world and lose our soul?  We will go straight to hell in our deceit.  We have nothing despite physical possessions. The Word of God shows what will happen to such places and people that remain in sin.  INSTEAD OF WEEPING FOR SINS, the blind fools “[18And] cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. 20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.” (Revelation 18:18-21).  We must reach the place where we must be as a little child that knows NOTHING.  As Jeremiah and Moses, we must say, “Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child (Jeremiah 1:6). I thought I had some knowledge but “we are but of yesterday, and know nothing”. I am drunk on my own thoughts, and mental power. I KNOW NOTHING of the world, myself, and I fail at trying to control myself. I am a fool and I KNOW NOTHING." "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3).” 

          The sinner that truly repents will be forgiven!  The one that DOES not repent or walks in their own ways will be AVENGED “seventy and sevenfold” (seventy times seven).  Genesis 4:24 says, “If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold”. Matthew 18:21-22 says, “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven”.  The rich man, like many today, create their own Bible filled with their experiences, babblings, and opinions.    

“Hallowed be thy name.”

            “Hallow” refers to the holiness, sacred, reverenced and consecration of God.  His name is GREAT, and we must glorify His name.  We must have great respect or reverence for God not persons.  Although we do not need to make Him holy, we have to see that difference between holy and unholy. The names of god are Elohim (God), Jehovah or Yahweh (Lord), and Adonai (Lord, Master).  His name must be hallowed in us.  We would change our minds toward your Father.  His name should not be a curse words or a “derogatory term to get someone (something) for SELF.  We ought to be in subjection unto Christ.  As His name is increased, our name is decreased.  He would be completely glorified, not just in saying “Thank yous” like the Pharisees tag unto the beginning of a prayer void of repentance or words.  Not only do we choose Him only, first and last, we must die to ourselves, deny ourselves, and take up our crosses and follow Him.  Although God is only one God, there are many Hebrew names.  For instance, Jehovah Jireh means God our Provider, which DOES not mean that God is used to help ourselves.  We end up going to the god that “best” helps our needs or make us “better”.  Then, we do not look upon the wholeness of GOD-that is our source.  He is our inheritance.  The KJV bible says, that “For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage but are as the angels which are in heaven” (Mark 12:15). We are possibilities to eventually go to heaven where we will be as the angels in heaven; we are not guaranteed upon saying a sinner’s prayer.  The angels did not ONLY spend time yelling, and praising God.  Isaiah 6:3 says, “And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory”.  We must see the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, which is a revelation of God and His holiness.  Therefore, we do not find it fitting to reach our end of gaining happiness, careers, … with using the gospel of Jesus Christ as our means.  His name is so sacred to shortened, spoken, or abbreviated.  What happens is that we do several things: (1) we use spiritual means (Jesus) and end spiritually with the Word of God, repentance, and prayer; and (2) We use spiritual means to reach a physical ends (lay up treasures).  When people say that we need to raise money and unify to reach an end of souls, there is something wrong.  We need PRAYER, the Word (Jesus Christ), and repentance to reach an end of souls.  What happens when we emphasize gaining money to do what God has to do, we seek the blessings, not the Blesser.

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(10)Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

            We ought to pray for his kingdom to come so that God will fully and powerfully reign.  Isaiah 64:1 says, “Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,”.Jesus Christ is the Mediator between God and man ().  We pray for God to come into our life.  We are to be as children in faith.  We do not pray that His end is turned away unless His word inidicates.  We are willing to do all that links to His Will.  This shows that the end of OUR reign and kingdom is at hand, as we pray, “Thy Kingdom Come,”.  We pray the Word of God, the judgments and mercies of God. 

Jeremiah 18:21-23 (King James Version)

(21)Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

(22)Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

(23)Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

Jeremiah prays for death to come to those that commit sin and for God NOT to forgive sin when we sin willfully or do away with the cross of Jesus Christ. Speaking “positive” peace words deters that as well.  Jeremiah 14:11 says, “Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.”  God will rejoice to destroy us, as he rejoices when he does good to those that obey Him.  The King James Bible says, “Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves” (Psalm 140:8).  Our hearts are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; therefore, our every desire ought not to be granted. 

When we are in earth, we have flesh and spirit as true Christians.  Therefore, we should have a heavenly mind and fleshly bodies.  John 14:15 says, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from evil.”  We ought to pray that God’s will is done in us, on earth and in the heavens.  His will IS BEING done in the heavens.  Matthew 18:18 says, “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on this earth shall be loosed in heaven.”  Bind our hearts to your heart, unite our hearts to your heart, and bind us unto your cross. Before Jesus Christ went on the cross, Matthew 26:42 says, “He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, Oh my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.” He obeyed His will to drink of His cup of wrath for His will be done.  His will is godly sorrow, dying to ourselves, and His Word.  John 8:31-32 says, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.  And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”  We walk with Him according to His will when we are disciplined in the faithfulness of repentance.  It may take awhile but it is worth it for God in the end. It may take awhile but it is worth it in the end.  Not our end but His glory and Jesus Christ presenting a chaste virgin without spot or blemish.  We believe that His will be done by faith.  “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 12:1).  God provides us with the substance of God’s will and the emptiness/hunger within to do ALL of His will.  His will is the salvation of those who receive the Spirit of adoption (Romans 8).  We must hope for his will and even hope for His rebuke and the unseen things of His will.  We need the will of God in everything-in preaching, working, praying, enduring unto death, being obedient unto death, fulfilling His commands.  We need to know WHAT we need to do.  We see the reality of suffering.  We must give ourselves up to the Father’s will and power.  Repentance, forgiveness, and conviction are not always seen.  We hope for resurrection, coming return of Jesus Christ and the saints’ glorification.  The unseen things are repentance and forgiveness of sins.  “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 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.” (Romans 12:1-2).  God will help us know Him and the mystery of His will (Ephesians 1:9).  We are not to carnally know ourselves or others in following our own will-the Bible calls it “will worship” (Colossians 2:23). God commands us to follow His will, His wishes, His desires.  Proverbs 16:4 say that the Lord hath made everything for Himself-our mind, thoughts, life, will, and relationships.  Will-worship is worshipping the devil, and calling ourselves gods.  Matthew 18:19-20 declares, “Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them”.   Will-worship will change all of this around to help ourselves.  We use Jesus Christ as our means to get a husband or wife, a friend, brother or sister, or ministry. 

The worldly way of friendships, relationships, ministries and marriages is sin.  It brings worldly sorrow, which brings death. Just like Saul, we do not want to truly let it be known that we have sinned.  We would rather cover up our sins, make excuses, and say, “I’m sorry” many times.  The relationship is continued with him/herself with sin.  If we are ashamed of the gospel of Christ that takes away our sins, we are ashamed of Him.  We must be willingly to be ashamed of our sins.  This is worldly sorrow from hell.  In Luke 16, the rich man does not TRULY repent.  He still wants to look good and is not truly confessing his sin here.  He wants God to go back on His word to bring him to earth, receive a second chance, and then go to heaven.  He himself was not convicted of Jesus Christ that rose from the dead to preach of hell, salvation, and repentance.  Why would his brothers believe?  This is an excuse to go back and continue in sin. When we truly repent, we will be very open not stingy.  This does not mean being stingy with money.  We want to become Christians without giving everything even our reputation like the rich young ruler.  We do not want to speak of it; though, in some sort of revival, we appear teachable.  People repent of their repentance when they turn back.  These get excited in the crows of repentance but do not truly turn away from gods and turn to one and only true living God.  What we may think is godly sorrow is actually worldly sorrow.  This worldly sorrow is very short-lived even its changed behavior.  There is no new heart and mind. When we keep going back to old sins, this is only worldly sorrow. This does not only mean that a drug addict who got saved returns back to drugs.  Old sins also refers to offending one point of the law, we break all of it. We have committed EVERY sin possible.  When we do NOT truly repent, we still remain the same; we just say a sinner’s prayer. When we love something, we love it still when we still commit the sin.  When we truly repent, we go and sin NO MORE.  John 5:14 declares, “Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee”. When God commands us to do something, it is joyful and rewarding instead of a burden.  When people do repent, they forcibly repent in this selfish fear.  The fear is what is going to happen to SELF rather than realizing that God is right and God is holy. Isaiah 6 shows this, “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory” (3) and “Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts” (5).These do not really repent because they want to but because they have to.  We fear that we will lose the hope of a husband, friend, boyfriend, or career.  We may fear the loss of our soul.  When we see that something is contrary to His Word, we stop it because we realize that it will separate US from the love of GOD, not God from keeping the covenant.  When we truly repent of sin, we do not need some sort of prophetic word from a prophet to stop doing it. 

 Two people should agree on earth touching anything-it must be for GOD.  Unfortunately, two or three people agree as touching anything is carnal and worldly.  The agreement begins with the sin of adultery.  “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (Matthew 5:27-28).  Instead of agreeing with the will of God, we agree based on what we want or desire.  In media, the first look or agreement is glorified-selfishness is glorified.  Woman can refer to children and men.  Man can lust after woman.  Woman can lust after children; men can lust after man and ministries.  What people who call themselves Christians and saved do is spiritualized or Christianize our lust.  We call it a call from God or being “meant to be”.  We call it some sort of great mission in our lustful agreements.  Adultery begins at the look and continues at the agreement of death because it is not spiritual.  This relationship, ministry and friendship are being cultivated by the flesh and sins.  At first, we approach the relationship as if we do have a hatred for sin and changed views of hell, sin, God and His will. We come to repentance to Jesus Christ; we come together with others.  However, changed behavior and actions do not happen.  The mind is changed and convicted; however, the relationship, ministry or relationship does not show the fruits of true repentance for the 2, 3 or more individuals.  First of all, there would not e excessive touching physically or for our own use.  There would be more fellowship between girls and girls, guys and guys. Touching each other excessively on the body or in life is the sin of lust.  We make an unholy alliance, team, or friendship carnally.  WE are being unfaithful to God with choosing life or death.  We either spend time with GOD or with the gods of women or people CARNALLY.  In other words, we would not be building or self-esteem or predict some great future for man when we cannot put ANY confidence in our flesh.  We will fail.  In fact, there would be much prayer not selfish discussions about SELF and our desires, wishes, and destinies.  Among many people, there would be a house of prayer and repentance.  Among couples with goals of seeking God separately and marrying, there would be GROUP prayers like Ruth and Boaz.  These would NOT spend excessive time together alone in a group of 2 (in groups either but it will be a bit more).  Secondly, there would be as Sodom and Gomorrah, lying with each other-LIE (Romans). “Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” The blind leads to blind.  What is a sinner? Genesis 13:13 says, “But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.” “Leviticus 18:22 says, “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination”. If we look at the word, “lie”, “lie” means a false statement made, a situation based on deception or a false impression, to give a false impression, to say something that is not true in a conscious effort to deceive somebody, to be positioned on and supported by a horizontal surface, to be located in a particular place, to stretch out on a surface that is slanted or horizontal. We love to pick on the lesbians and homosexuals when we are DOING THE SAME THING.   A sinner is someone who commits sin.  A person that tells a lie is a liar/abominable and a person that commits adultery is an adulterer.  In Sodom and Gomorrah, those in that city are full of sinners. 

There is also a spiritual Sodom.  Since the foundation is of the prophets, apostles, and Jesus Christ, let us look at the prophet, Isaiah: Isaiah 1:10 says to Israel, “Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah”. He calls HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE, ISRAEL, rulers of Sodom and people of Gomorrah!  The people who are calling themselves Christians and saved by grace ARE LYINNG!  Not only are they physically lying with each other in dating, and sodomy.  WE ARE LYING SPIRITUALLY with our words, thoughts, and deeds in our ministries, conversations, and life!  We ARE telling lies to each other and changing the TRUTH OF GOD into a lie!  The physical, Sodom and Gomorrah, was destroyed by fire.  Since the standard of grace as RISEN, God includes BOTH the physical and the spiritual!  Proverbs 12:22 says, “Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.” THE ABOMINABLE SHALL CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE!  WE should only rejoice in His truth and delight in HIM. People who call themselves “Christians” can be a sinner. This is NOT an excuse.  We are to be perfect and holy as God is in heaven (Matthew 5)! God calls us and Israel: the sinful nations, a people laden with iniquities, the rulers of Sodom and people Gomorrah, seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters!  Sodom and Gomorrah was DESTROYED with FIRE!  Many people WILL truly go to hell in the church despite a prior decision and confession at the altar! We MUST LET GOD refine us with His Fire or FIRE will fall down to consume us in our sins!  The hypocrites WILL go to hell for speaking false doctrines and saying that the God loves people unconditionally.  These are LIES!  A hypocrite goes to hell when he dies in his sin!  Overall, when we call ourselves a Christian, we can be as the young and old in Sodom and Gomorrah, who lie with one another.  The men can also represent the women and children. If we look at the word Lot cries out to them to listen to the chaste virgin, which can represent the spirit of prophecy, Jesus Christ or the TRUTH!  Third, the lack of true repentance is PERILOUS (dangerous of hell)!  THESE ARE PERILOUS DAYS because people are prideful now! 

2 Timothy 3:1-7

(1)This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

(2)For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

(3)Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

(4)Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

(5)Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

(6)For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

(7)Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

The above shows the character and fruits of the unrepentant, the sinners.   How can anyone be saved without being exhorted or commanded to repent, believe the gospel, and turn to Jesus Christ?  Even people who call themselves Christians can go STRAIGHT TO HELL!  The Holy Ghost, God and Jesus Christ are ENOUGH to pray with as the 2 or 3 gathered in His name (look below at the Trinity).  God speaks of all things holy and heavenly before He mentions “IN earth”.  His name, His will of God, the kingdom of heaven is all things holy.  God wants to have His will done IN earth-in what dust-created person is willing; what remnant is willing to hold on until He blesses.  We are worthless dust created (Genesis 2).  Matthew 6:33 says, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all those things shall be added unto you.”  We are not to be seeking for heaven and earth to be one; nor are we to seek for our kingdom to be done in the earth (dominion and reign).  When our will is contrary to the will of God (without the prophets, apostles, repentance, prayer, God, Israel, the wrath of God, hell, and Jesus Christ), we are making sure that our will is done in the earth. We seek that He is glorified and reigning not just through blessing His name but seeing the glory of God-a revelation of HIS HOLINESS.  We are to have a VISION of hell! This also means actually feeling that because of our sin we will go to hell because we are separated from Him!

Pray without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

(9)After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

(10)Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

(11)Give us this day our daily bread.

(12)And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

(13)And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Prayer is one of the most important things in our fellowship and communication with God; in fact, it is a law. “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14). We must HUMBLE ourselves (change our minds toward sin) and PRAY. We must humble ourselves before 1) God; 2) others; and 3) self. We deny ourselves, take up our crosses and follow Christ. WE would question our salvation and examine ourselves according to the righteous judgment of the Word of God. He is the One that judges us. We should forsake our sins, confess our sins, and devote ourselves to Him. True worshippers will worship Him in spirit and in truth. Also, we should hold unto to His covenant promise to TAKE away our sins and watch God revive contrite and humble hearts. While standing on the holy ground of His Word completely, we must be chaste living sacrifices in prayer and a clean victim that is holy and acceptable to God (Romans 12:1-2). Also, we are to turn away from our wicked ways and our many idols instead of hiding it among the trees (i.e. people) of the gardens.  Along with studying the Truth, and filled with faith, we must love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, spirit and might. We must travail before GOD with fervent prayer.  The Bible commands men, women, and children “always to pray, and not to faint”.  Isaiah 40:31 says, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint