Do not love the world or the things of the world. If someone loves the world, then love for the Father is not in him; because all the things of the world — the desires of the old nature, the desires of the eyes, and the pretensions of life — are not from the Father but from the world. 1 John 2:15-16
The Lord said, “I did not come to take you out of the world but to keep you in the world.” But what exactly does that mean? Like everything else in “christianity” you ask these questions to 10 people and you would get 10 different answers. But this is what the Lord has shown me, again using life experiences. The Lord does not just explain things to you, he puts you in situations where you live them, and do so in him. In other words when he says to do something and you have no idea why, but do it anyway. More and more wisdom of God comes to you through obedience.
My biggest growth in wisdom and understanding has always come through my toughest trials. At first I had no idea why I was going through them, or what was the purpose. The religious world tells a different story, a story of no one should go through anything tough in God. And if you are, it is of the devil.
The devil is a mean, tricky, lying SOB, but we blame him for much more than what we should. Much of our suffering is because of us and our decisions, not because the devil did it or made you do it. The devil cannot make you do anything, he can have you in bondage and it seems the same, but if you truly cry out to God and the Lord sets you free, then satan cannot make you do anything. It is your decision to obey the flesh and satan, or to fight the good fight and do it the way of the Lord.
So this teaching is really good, and involves an ongoing discussion on facebook. The people arguing with me are pushing socialism, which is not of God. And the funny thing is we all want the same thing, the ability to earn a decent living. Which socialism will never give. Yes you can point to certain countries or states which are fairly socilistic in their governmental approach. And they perform well for a time. But eventually it all falls in.
In fairness, so does any political system when the wrong people are in power and spend too much, more than what they bring in. Same with families who overspend, eventually it catches up with you and something has to give. Eventually the creditors say we will not lend to you any more, and the party stops. I know, because in my past life I lived like that and it stopped.
To one of the guys I said, “Look, we all want the same thing, fair wages and a somewhat level playing field.” What is the best way to make that happen? And tried to make the point that the bigger the governments get with more and more laws and rules and taxes to cover them. The harder it gets for the normal businessman to stay in business and be able to pay that fair wage.
And at the same time the extremely rich people simply get richer, but how or why?
Because they play with a different set of rules than the rest of us. They know how to manipulate taxes legally, and many of the most wealthy live in places like the City of London, which if you look it up is a 4 mile square area in London which is a separate country. In this country they do not pay taxes. And if you transfer wealth from one corp to another into this country then no taxes on those earnings. These same people also are behind the federal reserve system and make billions and maybe trillions of dollars yearly from the creation of money from thin air, charging interest on it and other fees. They own the governments of the world.
This story is much more in detail than this, but the main point is no matter what your country is, socialist or communist or capitalistic. These people’s games never change. The game changes for the poor and middle class, they do not want a middle class, they want the poor and them. This is all biblical by the way as explained in the end of times prophecy. I see it playing out in front of my eyes.
So what these people believe is the answer is actually going to make it worse for them and for those of us in the middle class. Really anyone who is not in their group is going to lose it all and suffer. So the real secret is to have small government and responsible fiscal spending (meaning do not spend more than you bring in). And let the business world do what it is supposed to do.
One thing to keep in mind also, in the times of Yeshua and earlier, there were no major corporations dominating entire industries, like banks and car companies do today as examples. It is more difficult to open up your own store or business these days, because for example if you want to be in the grocery store business, Walmart is a real problem for you. They get their merchandise at lower cost and have a much larger selection than you will have. So unless there are enough people in your neighborhood who are like me, and prefer to shop with the little guy and not give my money to the big retail stores, no matter how much more it costs me. Then that store will not make it.
A second guy cursed me out and said are f___ing stupid? What drugs are you on? To which I replied, “I do not nor have ever done drugs.” And I told him something along the lines of people who curse are normally blue collar type workers, and those who depend on the government. So I guess the question becomes, who is the stupid one? The one who works hard and is disciplined to save money instead of spending foolishly, building up wealth so they are not dependent on the government or anyone else? Or the one who is digging their own grave by living the way everyone else does (worldly). And then expecting the government to pick up the tab for them and give them all kinds of free stuff? Not really understanding that someone has to pay that bill. It seems most people think the governments can just print money for free and give it away without negative results.
Someone like this guy I could never even begin to explain inflation to this guy, and how when the governments turn up the printing press it destroys your purchasing power. The last 5 years after the covid lock downs and other things these elites did to us, the inflation jumped big time, more than doubling in this time frame, even though their reporting shows it as much more mild because of smoke and mirrors.
I can give hundreds or maybe thousands of examples and stories like these conversations. But this is the simple point or teaching of Yeshua and why the verses above.
This world we live in is so corrupt and with so many lies. Everything these days is a lie. The church system lies about who God is and what he wants and expects, which is the biggest lie and problem, because it is the main source. You either have Yahweh or satan as your God. When satan speaks and does things he is a liar of liars, the father of them. He lies in everything from the church system to the political system, to how we should raise our family and live, to how business should be… He rules this world and does so with lies, and the men who are a part of this system learned it from him.
On the other hand you have guys like me who learned from the Lord himself, by hearing him and then obeying what he says. He is the TRUTH and his ways are the only WAY to the Father. You get better results doing it his way than even doing it satans, although the way of satan rewards you financially and worldly in bigger ways than the Lords.
However, I have peace along with a very good living in this world. I am not of the world because I do it the WAY of Yeshua. But I live in this world. And I show my works to anyone who wants to see them, that they are done in the Lord or the LIGHT. I do not need to control the world like these elites want. Nor do I need their money, I have plenty on my own. Inflating my bank account is not my goal, my goal is to be pleasing to the Lord, to do my works in the light of Yeshua. The money and security financially is a by-product of obedience to Yeshua. You cannot do your works in the light and obey him and not grow your assets. It is really not possible.
Yes, Yeshua said we will always have the poor amongst us, and yes we are to give when we are told to give to whom the Lord wants us to give to. But I can tell you two things. Are the poor saved? Yes Lazerus the beggar who was crippled was said to be in the lap of Abraham, where the rich man was in hell. But also Yeshua taught about the talents and how the one given one who wasted it was thrown into the fire.
Most of the “christians” will not be saved. The only ones who will are those who like me came to know Yeshua and truly repented of their sins and walked in his light, hearing and obeying him, like I do. Most of the poor will be judged because of them being poor. The reason being because they refused the light. The judgment is not because they were poor or rich, because most of the rich also will be in hell for the opposite reason, yet the same. They also did not hear and obey Yeshua.
I have been both poor and rich, somehow always being able to jump back up and push again. I made all of my money in about 10 years, enough to not have to work anymore. And it is not a secret as to how, yet all these people do not do it, and instead are expecting the government to take care of them, similar to the followers of Yeshua whom he fed one day and commented about him being the bread of life the next. Which then chased them all away. People do not want a strong, good leader who will build them up and make them successful, while reacquiring them to do things above what they want to do or give. People want a leader who will tell them what they want to hear, and take care of them.
And this is your judgment, did you hear and obey Yeshua, the light, or remain in the dark? Yeshua instructs you to do things in a way that builds you up and makes you stronger and better and wiser. In a way where you will prosper through good ways, not evil cunning ways. He builds up confidence, but not self confidence, instead Godly confidence as Paul wrote it. You cannot understand the difference until you understand and let Yeshua show it to you. I have been both self confident (out right cocky). And then after losing it all, defeated and broke. Broke both financially and mentally. That is the part which made me seek the Lord in a different way. Not a way to get what I wanted out of life, but to have some peace and understanding. And then the one day he spoke to me, and has ever since. But then I listen and obey. Some people hear him once or twice and that’s about it, most never hear him. The reason is because of the condition of your ears of your heart. It has to be changed to hear the Lord, just like changing a radio station to hear the kind of music you want to hear.
But this is the point summed up. The Lord wants to bless you, but if you are trained and taught by the world, in their school systems especially college. Then you will remain in the world. To do things the Lord’s way, he is to be your teacher. You do not need college to make money the way I have made money in my life. Any of the things I have done could have been done without my degree. There is a certain amount of understanding you need to have based on the world, so listening to others who know more than you is good. But the Lord will show you in ways that are above the ways of men. And the peace he puts in you makes people trust you more and want to do business with you instead of the competition. Yeshua will also show you how this world is, and what the people are doing around you so you have a good understanding. And it is with this understanding that you see the system is rigged and evil. And how to play in it without participating as they do in an evil way. He will show you the things the normal person cannot see and how to work around it and in it without participating.
I know the tax laws very well, and have even come to understand them well in Mexico. I have learned how to make money and many times pay little to no taxes on the money earned. There are chapters in this book to explain some of the ways I have done this, so I will let them explain it the most. But a simple example both in the US and Mexico, which is if you sell a home it is possible to do so with exemptions because of home ownership. Our last home sold we had $163,000 into it and sold it for $323,000 or double without a penny of tax because of legal exemptions.
The normal guy calling guys like me f___ing idiots, and expecting the government to take care of them do not know these things nor take advantage of them. We have built and flipped a few homes and have kept a few also for rentals. There can be very good tax advantages to rentals also, especially in the US.
I learned these things from other men in this world, but the Lord has also done things in my life to understand them at an even higher level than most, and not in just one country like most people.
Which brings up another point, the Lord is the one who told me to move here to Baja, a place where a guy can actually make a very good living. He also showed me how to keep the cost of living down, and in many ways most would think I am crazy.
For example we have not had health insurance for over 10 years. With the cost in the US at $2,000 a month (unless you are subsidized by obama care, again relying on the government). That is $24,000 a year or $240,000 over 10 years we saved.
Now you may argue I am lucky because we never got sick or injured. But I will argue back, not really because when you know Yeshua, and obey him, he shows you what you should eat and not eat, and how to live a clean and sane life. Plus most bankruptcies in the US are because of health related issues even with health insurance, it really does not protect you, especially obama care.
I can give many examples like this of serious money we have saved over the 10 years, and the end result is that what we have saved is basically what we are worth. Driving older cars which we pay cash for and not the newest most expensive ones. Buying clothes and furniture and other items in the swap meets instead of the big chain box retailers.
I can list a lot of things, but the simple point is if you want a life of comfort and peace, you must sacrifice things to get it. My peace is in God, and the WAY he shows me to do things. And the results speak for themselves, when you have no debt so no bills to pay other than putting food on the table, and you make over 6 figures, the lack of worrying about how we are going to pay for that brand new SUV parked in front of our multi million dollar home we make payments on both. Does not exist. And the funny thing is our cars get us from point a to point b the same as the expensive fancy cars with a BIG car payment.
In our homes we tend to be more open to spending on the best. Simply because it will reward us accordingly. One of the reasons we can flip a home and double our money is because we bought land in the right development and built a higher end home, one that people with money will want. If you bought a cheap piece of land and built a cheap home, you will have a hard time finding a buyer, and if you do, the sales price will be about what you have in it, if not a loss. Plus I prefer to live well. Our first home we got for little money, had a loan with the owners directly and paid it off in less than 3 years. We added on to it and still own it. It is worth probably 3 times what we have in it. All our other homes we built with cash. Either from the proceeds of a sale on a home, or cash flow from sales, or a combination of both.
Here is the point, listen to Yeshua and Obey him. Do not do as the world teaches because they will never teach you to do what we have done. The world actually teaches the opposite. And it is designed by satan and his followers and is designed to keep you broke and ignorant of how this world really works. I grew my assets by having the light show me how this world works and how to live in it and prosper from it while not being a part of it. How to use the laws these men made up to my advantage.
Anyone can do this, it does not take a masters degree, as a matter of fact a masters degree even in business and or economics will lead you astray and directly into the world. This is why people argue with men like me about politics like socialism being a good thing, that is what they have been told. Yet they ignore the results which show you it does not work.
If you want the kind of life I live, you have to do the things I have done. If you want a different life then do things differently so you get that life. Sell your soul to the devil or to the world if you want, because that is how it will be different than how I do it.
Or come to know the Lord and let him give you amazing wisdom and do things right and proper as well as work out your salvation in fear and trembling.