Finally, all of you be of one mind. 1 Peter 3:8
This is the point, be of one mind. The problem in this world is we have multiple minds, everyone their own mind to figure as they want. This is the free will of God that he does not demand we do it his way, he gives choice. But many believe this free choice and living according to our own will can also end with salvation, but it does not. If we want to be right with God and feel his true freedom, we must choose to give up this right to think for ourselves and have one mind in Yeshua.
Yeshua said “I only do what the Father tells me to do, so he also was completely surrendered to the Father. And we must surrender to the son in the same way, because the Son did his life in the way pleasing to the Father and “all authority was given to him on heaven and earth.” He is now our Lord and King. That is IF you hear and obey him.
This morning the Lord continued his teaching based on the one yesterday called “Do you know him?” It spoke of the tree and branches and how we go off on different branches and most never find the narrow branch in the middle of the tree which is the only one leading to heaven. And what he showed me has been shown before and written, but if you ever read the bible, you will see the Lord states the same thing over and over and over, driving the point home. And so he does when he teaches you as well. It is part driving the point home and part because the truth way and light of God is really a pretty simple thing, so it is not something that requires years of study and new teachings. Also our minds are such like a computer that whatever the last things in are what we focus on, so if you are not constantly focused on the things of God and keeping the things of this world out, you will be pulled away from God.
So here is the thing that keeps you from the Lord’s peace. The devil is tricky, as shown yesterday he keeps pushing you from one branch to the other, giving you new ideas if you are seeking them. He distracts you with worldly things, worldly people. The elite in this world have done the same, but then you also are going to be like your teacher. So if you learn from the world and satan, so you will be like him. But if you learn from God you will be like him. As well if you learn religious things about God from a worldly teacher, then you will be like your man teacher. But the only way you can be like God is to hear God and obey him, making him your teacher, your Lord, your King, your savior. And in this process he will then be your friend.
This morning, as with most mornings, my son came out and we were talking. And because of the message the Lord was showing me he made a point with our conversation, which was how we have this relationship, my son hears me and I hear him. My son obeys me (mostly) and is like me in many ways because he learns from me. He also learns from my wife and his sisters, so he is a bit like us all. But the point is we spend time together, I do not just write things like this and give it to my kids to read and tell them to imitate it. I want to teach them myself both as an example as to how to live, but also teaching them the truth and righteousness in Yeshua in hopes they follow him from the beginning and do not learn the hard way I learned because of my disobedience.
A quick message on grace, because no one taught me what I know know. If someone would have told me to spend quiet time in my inner lock up room with God. listening to him and then do as he says. And explained to me this is his free will, that you have a choice to do so or not, but if you do not do it you will not have his freedom, peace and salvation. And that his ways he tells you to live will be much better than your own ways and decisions. So if you do listen and obey, you will have it all. I would have made the choice to hear and obey, giving up the right to my own decisions. But no one ever told me that, the religions are a part of the satanic system, telling some truths of God but keeping you from knowing the savior which keeps you in your sin. And the way you know this is the fruit you bear, is it good fruit or bad? When you decide to do it the Lord Yeshua’s way, then the true grace of God comes in. He forgives you for your past way of living in the sin, because he also knows no one ever told you a different way. Or if someone did, like maybe you are reading this, but thinking this guy is crazy, it is not like that. But some day in the future something happens and then you come to find out I was right (not me but what the Lord shows me and tells me to tell anyone who will listen). Then the same thing, the race of GOd will be upon him.
God knows the power this world and satan has. He knows the lies being told by satan and his people. He knows how they divide us, making us to follow politics, religions, sports… Anything except the Lord Yeshua. And in this division it brings hatred, more and more. The republicans hate the democrats and vice versa. The Islams hate christians. In sports many people hate other people because they like a different sports team. Or maybe you are part of a gang or cartel and hate the other gang or cartel? The point is there is division and options all of which keep us from the true love of God which is only in him. That is hearing him and obeying him. Because then you find out there is no truth in either the republicans or democrats. And really following a sports team is not going to get you into heaven.
Hopefully you can see the point, these are all distractions to keep you from the truth, way and light in Yeshua. And we all follow these things, thinking we are good with God because we read our bible today and or went to church on sunday and we did not kill anyone, did not steal anything. We base our salvation on our own ideas based on what a man preacher tells us, and not on what Yeshua tells us. And the funny thing is the entire salvation comes down to this one thing, did you hear and obey the Lord, or did you get distracted by the world, its politics, religions, sports, happy hour, parties, holidays… All these things as good as they seem are distractions. They keep you from God, and at the same time they make themselves like they are God. This is why it is written “satan clothes himself in light.” He makes us believe under our own free will to decide what is right and wrong, to believe in the wrong things as being the right things.
For example most everyone who is christian believes Christmas is a sacred thing and of God. But if you really know the origins of Christmas you would know it is not. It has nothing to do with the Son’s real birthdate, nor did the Son ever celebrate his birthday. But December 25th was the birthdate of a pagan man made god who was just a man who made himself to be a god.
This is a perfect example of how satan gets us to think we are doing something of God when we are doing the opposite and remaining distracted and following the ways of satan. satan does not talk to us directly and tell us about these choices, showing himself as cunning and evil. Instead he hides himself and whispers into your ear, making it seem like it was your own thoughts, and then getting many people to agree to a similar doctrine. He is the best at lies, and getting people to believe the lies. And he does not care which lie you follow or believe in as long as he has you following one of his lies, again off on one of the branches and not on the one in the middle, going through the narrow gate and walking on the narrow path. satan and his demons guard this path fiercely. They use fear and intimidation and lies to keep you from it. But if you ever find it through the truth in Yeshua, you will also find his tactics are no match for the Lord Yeshua, and he must submit to Yeshua and you will be able to pass from death to life on this narrow path. You will literally find yourself passing through the shadow of the valley of death to get to the narrow path. At least I did.
But to sum up once again the main point. It is all distractions. In the end the only way to the Father is through the son, which requires you to hear him and obey him unto righteousness and get rid of all the distractions in your life.
As a side note, those distractions also keep you financially poor. When you come to understand what is going on in this world with finances, recessions, depressions, commodities like silver and gold and not fake fiat money like the dollar. How taxes and stocks and bonds and real estate work. You begin to see how the extreme wealthy do things much different than the normal people, and they are stealing your wealth legally. But you have to decide to obey their system or do what they do. If you choose to go to school including college, they indoctrinate you and you become a slave to them, doing things exactly how they want you to do them. They are getting extremely rich from your effort while you struggle to make ends meet. The politicians promise to throw you a bone now and then to keep you content. And or they create other enemies which are not the problem. Basically they use the same tactics as their lord satan to keep you working for them as a slave without you knowing you are a slave. We all know about the black slaves brought into this country, and think I am not like that. But the system they created is worse because it takes a lot of money to keep a slave, where if they give you an income and send you home to come back by free will the next day, then pay all your money out in taxes and living expenses, even most of you renting homes they own. Giving you the illusion you are free, it is better for them. And most of you caught up in this system argue against men like me that you are not a slave and it is the way to do things, because again you believe the lies.
Feel free to keep believing them if you wish, but it will not get you freedom like I know nor salvation.