Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:2…5
The elect, this is the hard part about it all. The ones who are not elected will not understand anything. Their minds are darkened by the god of this world and his manipulation of the truth. For example with a verse like this, they take it to mean what they preach, that once you get to Heaven, then you will be incorruptible. But in this world you are by faith alone (which to them is what Jesus did on the cross, not faith in the hearing and doing of what he tells you to do). But the truth is you cannot be sanctified by the Spirit and obey, if you do not hear the Spirit. People talk about different people who they think are saints, which they are not.
The catholic church for example has a set of criteria to be named a saint, none of which has anything to do with what a true saint is. Yet a catholic follower is much more likely to believe the pope than a man like me, even though I have received the Spirit and the pope for obvious reasons has not.
For the past few weeks the Lord has been taking me back in time, showing me my transformation and sanctification process. How he was there with every step I took, even in the dark times where I was still sinning. And little by little leading me out of it, only at a pace I could handle and understand. So many lessons learned, most the hard way. But those lessons from the school of hard knocks, put into me a new man, a very different man. A man who now does not really care what the Lord puts me through anymore, because I know what I learn through the trials and the outcome is always excellent for me.
As with the story of Job, my second half of my life is much better than the first. I look at where and how we live as compared to back in Iowa and I am amazed. Then I also remember how I did not want to move here when God told me to move. And it was a real act of faith in obedience to the voice of the Lord to obey and move. He did not tell me how great it would be and give me visions of how it is now. He just said move, letting me to believe I would be some sort of poor missionary the rest of my life. But I did as he said, again in what is real faith, obeying his voice.
In the same way I became born again and sanctified, I see it happening in my wife, something I have tried to convince her of, but she never listened. So I started praying and fasting at times. Trying to get her to stop going to church, which she did stop. And now I am seeing a difference in her, a BIG difference. She still has things to work on, things to learn. Even the most mature saint in the Lord does. But I do not see her sinning anymore or rarely these days. Her attitude used to be always aggressive, with me and the kids. The only two who escaped it for the most part are her two sons, they both are very laid back and easy going. Most of the time they simply say “OK mom.” She likes that instead of being asked why or told why I should not do it like that (like her husband).
But now she is sooooo much easier to get along with, more laid back herself and not always on edge. A deeper peace in her. She no longer has the church people consoling her with the things she has to deal with about me and whoever. The church system is very good at supporting people in their dysfunction instead of confronting it and dealing with it. And one of the main reasons why no one changes. But the main thing or most import thing the church system does is make the preacher the focus. They say tis the Lord and Spirit, but they never say a word about spending time alone in the inner room with the door locked listening to the Holy Spirit so he can lead you into all righteousness. Instead they say the bible is the word, so read your bible and try to duplicate what it says. But we cannot, it is not possible.
However through the Son it is possible, more than possible. But it also requires obeying when it makes no sense, which requires you to listen to his voice and obey. The son can do what studying the bible and trying to do what it says cannot do in your life.
Latter Peter writes in verse 13-16 “rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Yeshua; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
Note the context in which Peter uses grace. He states clearly the grace by revelation of Yeshua. You have to know the person to have them revel something to you. It is not some mystery how you receive it, like magic. The whole premise of the church gathering is to share what revelations the Lord gave you during your time alone with the Lord and what he showed you. We do not do that anymore, we instead have a man get up and tell what another man reveled to him while in seminar school. And with each man on down the line the story changes more and more to the bad.
This is why the gathering of the church in the church system is worthless, and actually hurting your chances at finding truth in Yeshua. It is a grand delusion, the lie, the deception that they believe in the end of times. As said many times this current lie in the church originated only about 150 years ago, and is a different doctrine than what was given to Peter, Paul, John… and the other disciples. And these church people argue with their bible knowledge based on what other men taught them about it.
So here is the deal, stop thinking first of all, that everything you hear from men with big degrees is all truth, not only in the church system but in every system. Yesterday I wrote by the revelation of Yeshua about Babylon and who or what it is. Which it is the financial system they invented and made almost to the point where you cannot live without it. The other day I saw a guy who did a video about homesteading and being off grid. His comment was we are mostly off it but it is not possible to be completely off it. We certainly live in it.
The secret is to not completely be out of it, because it is very difficult. But to be where it has no power over you. Remove yourself as much as possible from it, because when the end comes and Babylon the great falls, and all the businessmen weep because they will make no more money from it. And they have no way to make money anymore. While they still have all their debt and expenses, then what?
If on the other hand you have a place set up, off grid, so not utilities, creating food, hunting, fishing, gathering. Then you can be pout of the Babylon system.
We also need to set ourselves free from the government system. I have discussed what God showed me about guys like Charlie Kirk, and yes he did some good things, but the problem is this. And it is the main message if you go back and read it. Those who are not one of the elect will never understand what you say. Nor did Charlie really understand because as much as he had what seemed to be a godly spirit, he lacked the power of God, and of such Paul wrote “stay away!”
The funny thing I see in trying to get people to be a disciple is the more they know about God from reading their bibles and going to men teachers, the harder it is to get them to repent and turn to the Lord to let him teach them. Where the worst people, who know they are evil are much more likely to be the ones called. Every man and woman who followed Yeshua was some of the worst, but none were Pharisees (except Paul latter on).
The simple point is we must get rid of all we think is truth, because God does not build on anything you have, he instead tears it all down, strips you bear. He did it to me, and I rejoice in that trial more than anything in my life. It hurt like hell at the time and I wanted to die, and I did die unto myself to be born again. I had no idea what was happening because no one told me how it works with God mostly because no one in the church system knows Yeshua and what he expects, they only know their religion. This is what grace is about, the fact you were ignorant and needed to be trained by Yeshua in order to be the man he expects you to be and work out what he works in for your salvation and good life.
Which brings us back to one of the first comments, the good life I live because of Yeshua. Nothing like \i thought he would give to me when I moved here, a misconception mostly because of the church system and what they tell us, pushing us to do a mission of some sort. Which as a side note, one the first things he showed me when I moved here was how much of a waste a mission is. I see firsthand people coming down here, giving homes, money and other things to the poor. They all get together and say a prayer, the missionaries leave and the people who got the stuff or money go back to the same evil ways as before, drinking and smoking and doing drugs. Nothing changes for anyone, but what seems like a good work, actually ends up bad, because the people receiving the free stuff do not learn anything about God. And it makes it where they do not have to repent, because they have men to take care of their needs.
For me, God was the only one left to help me, I seeked him above all things and found him. He set me free from all my evil ways of thinking and gave me truth. It is crazy to me how backwards it all is, where the people we think are holy and going to heaven, are the last ones who have a chance to get in. And it happens over and over and no one sees the patern, which is of satan. For example I see all these tributes to Charlie and he never once lead a person to listening to the Lord and obeying him, which is what a disciple does. He just flexed his muscle sort of speak regarding his opinions, which if the people followed, it would give them a better life than the one they had. But it will NEVER give them this amazing life in Yeshua and salvation, never.
To sum it up today, as I sit on my deck looking over the ocean with a 71 degree temp and all kinds of sunlight and this is in October when there are parts of the Us getting snow already. And instead of having a really nasty wife yelling and screaming at me, trying to manipulate me and control me. Sitting in the cold, maybe watching the sunset over the corn field. But probably sitting at a football game in the cold. I sit her instead, watching the sunset over the ocean in shorts and no shirt, with no stress or yelling. Enjoying the family God gave me, because I did tell him to bring me my wife, whoever was best for me, and he did. She is the best for me from the beginning because many of the tough things I had to learn (or unlearn in some cases) came from issues between us. But now those issues are mostly behind us and we both have grown into the most amazing relationship I know of. Then he had us adopt two girls and then gave us my promised son, of my own flesh and blood. Kids bring test also, but they also bring a lot of joy. As I write this, I sit alone and it is boring without them around. Which makes me rejoice in having kids in my older age, thinking how boring life would be without them!
Finally, the photo is from my deck looking at the sunset. Every night is a different sunset and all amazing. Npot many people in this world live like we do, I am truly blessed and amazed. Goid has givewn me all the best, but I also had to work for it all. Keeping his commands to me, and dealing with the difficult times, letting him frow me