Lie
The big lies
In 2 Thessalonians[3] people are unable to even receive the truth because they preferred the lie rather than give up the reward of unrighteousness.
- "My child, don't be a liar, since a lie leads to theft. Don't love money or seek glory, for these things lead to thievery." The Didache 3:5
What is the big lie?
Well the first lie was that you can decide what is good and evil if you eat of the tree of knowledge.
Not only can a lie put us at a disadvantage concerning the misinformation contained in the lie it can make it difficult if not impossible to see other things clearly.
The more lies we accept as true the less likely we will beable to see or detect the truth and we will not be able to prevent the building of one lie upon another.
Humility will be the essential virtue in the battle to overcome lies which imprison our minds and strangle hope.
"... it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it." Patrick Henry.
Why they see not the lie
The only argument presented by Jesus at what to be his trial in a court of Rome which was occupying Judea as an international peacekeeper was that Jesus' kingdom or government, which He had taken from the Pharisees,[4] was not apart of the "world of Pontius Pilate" which was the constitutional world order of Rome.
As Pontius Pilate was about to sit in the judgment seat of that constitutional order and system of Rome is when Jesus made the statement that His kingdom was not of his "constitutional order" of Rome.
Pilate stops the proceedings at Jesus' words, washed his hands of the case, and refers to Jesus from then on as the "king of the Jews", but Modern Christians do not seem to get the significance of this simple fact. Peter knew how important this was because it allowed him to do contrary to the decrees of Caesar.[5]
This all took place in a government setting and court, with the review of government issues concerning who was the rightful king, with the out come that Jesus is called the "King of the Jews" from that point on officially by the Roman government representative Pontius Pilate who asked Jesus[6] "What is the truth?"[7]
What was wrong with the government of Herod and the Pharisees?
What was wrong with their Corban?
What was the truth about the Christian conflict with Rome?
The first thing, was their Corban which had become a form of legal charity. And then there was their Leaven which together made the word of God to no effect.
If we do not know what that leaven was in the beginning, we will not know what Christ meant. We will not know it was that it was the cruelty of the covetousness of systems of legal charity, which do not bear fruit, and was a snare.[2]
Still ignorant
Many Modern Christians still do not see the truth that "there is another king one Jesus" who is not of the world of Rome or any other government of the world.
Why?
Because they want to think they see already, or they are believers, or are born again.
Modern Christians can only accept what makes sense to the "false teachings" they have already accepted as true but is a lie.[8]
They really never answer the question as to the morality of a Christian to apply for benefits from 'men who call themselves Benefactors but exercise authority[1] one over the other'. Such covetous practices corrupts and pollutes their practice of pure Religion.
This was fundamental to early Christian conflict with Rome where they died rather than apply for benefits from Caesar or his government temples and welfare state providing free bread.
Modern idolatry
Modern Christians apply for those benefits all the time but want to claim that Jesus is their king.
They also practice false religion because they do not want to set the table of the Lord like the early Church who had a daily ministration that took care of all social welfare without any aid from Caesar.
Modern Christians are the new Pharisees of today, who despite their claim have "no king but Caesar".
They eat at his table, which we should know is a snare. Through their covetous practices and public religion they have been entangled again in the yoke of the bondage of the world and pollutes by it because they do not practice pure Religion.[9]
The truth is that such system of legal charity are a form of idolatry.[10]
When Peter said there "is another king, one Jesus" and did "contrary to the decrees of Caesar" he was not subject to those "decrees".[11] The same word we see as "decrees" we get from the word "ordinances" in Colossians 2:20.
The sloth and ignorance and often covetous practices of Modern Christians has also cursed their children with the same debt for which they have become surety.
They are under a strong delusion. http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Strong_delusion
Inflection point
An Inflection point in mathematics is a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs. We have seen people making changes in society to flatten the curve.
In business, an inflection point is a time of significant change in a situation; a turning point. The same would be true in a political society. The invention (by Intel) of the microprocessor was an inflection point, but many of these inflection points can be punctuated with a lie. To recognize the lie or deception which produces an inflection point in society and the governments of the world, we will need to have eyes to see and ears to hear the whole truth and provide for it.
Deception
Deception is defined as the " The use of deceit." or "The fact or state of being deceived."
There may be a division of blame in every deception on the part of the deceiver and the deceived.
Nothing makes us more deceivable than eating of the tree of knowledge which was a choice that has governed many of we think has been subsequent choices. There continues to be consequences for the lie of the serpent but also for the part that the lie and denial of Adam and Eve and their descendance. We have all played our own part in numerous ongoing deceptions where we lie to one another and deceive ourselves.
There are the deceitful meats of rulers which the slothful and those greedy for gain have chosen over the love and charity of The Way of Christ which has always been a snare and a trap that brings mankind back into captivity because he chose the wages of unrighteousness over the endowed dominion of God because he gives up the power of choice in exchange for the benefits of men who exercise authority one over the other.
From the book The Higher Liberty
Deception
Caesar was right, mankind is governed by names and their definitions. This was the definition of democracy in 1928:
“DEMOCRACY: A government of the masses. Authority derived through mass meeting or any form of direct expression. Results in mobocracy. Attitude toward property is communistic - negating property rights. Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it is based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard for consequences. Results in demagogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.” 1
By June 1952, the following definition was altering the understanding and attitude of the American nation:
“Meaning of democracy: Because the United States is a democracy, the majority of the people decide how our government will be organized and run - and that includes the Army, Navy and Air Force. The people do this by electing representatives, and these men and women carry out the wishes of the people.” 2
Changing definitions deceives the people. “The multitude of those who err is no protection for error.”3
“If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy... with great increase of the public expenditure. You will in due season have wars entered into from passion and not from reason; and you will in due season submit to peace ignominiously sought and ignominiously obtained, which will diminish your authority and perhaps endanger your independence. You will in due season find your property is less valuable, and your freedom less complete.”4
Ben Franklin advised that “A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Those rights depend upon us valuing our neighbors’ rights as much as we value our own, which is virtue.
Nothing is beyond re-examination. In a constitutional republic, you might have some safeguards but Patrick Henry argued against the Constitution of the United States because he saw that “When evil men take office, the whole gang will be in collusion! They will keep the people in utter ignorance and steal their liberty by ambuscade!”
Do we understand those flaws, and are we prepared to guard against them? It was not the Constitution5 that made this nation great, but the noble individuals who rose up every day, worked in the fields and factories, cared for their families, and provided for the honest needs of their community.
James Russell Lowell said “Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor” and he begins the process by oppressing his neighbor.6 “Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God?7 That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?”8
Democracy has no inherent right to the rights of others. We relinquish right by consent for mutual benefits. “I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and courts. These are false hopes, believe me; these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women;9 when it dies there, no Constitution, no law, no court can save it.”10
God “let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” but not over his fellow man. The Cains of this world gain power over you by first offering you power over your neighbor.
Footnotes:
11928 U.S. Army Training Manual
2Army Field Manual Soldier’s Guide,1952.
3Multitudo errantium non parit errori patroeinium. 11Coke, 73.
4Benjamin Disraeli(1804-1881), British Prime Minister
5Covenants, Constitutions, and Contracts
http://www.hisholychurch.info/study/covenants/ccc.php
6Ex. 23:9 “Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger... seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”
Lev. 25:17 “Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.”
7Psalms 119:45 “And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.”
8Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XVIII, 1782. ME 2:227
9James 1:25 “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”
10Judge Learned Hand , Spirit of Liberty 189
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Table of Contents
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- Romans 13
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 1
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/Romans13.php
- Social Contracts
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 2
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/SocialContracts.php
- Higher Power
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 3
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/higherpower.php
- Terms of the Times
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 4
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/termsofthetimes.php
- Koine Debate
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 6
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/koinedebate.php
- Usage of Scholars
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 7
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/usageofsxholars.php
- No King but Caesar
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 9
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/nokingbutcaesar.php
- Republics
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 12
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/republics.php
- A Pure Republic
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 13
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/purrepublic.php
- Democracy
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 14
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/democracy.php
- Deception
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 16
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/deception.php
- Church and State
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 18
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/churchstate.php
- Separation of Church and State
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 20
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/separation.php
- A Kingdom not of this world
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 22
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/notoftheworld.php
- Rulers
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 23
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/rulers.php
- The Natural Law
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 25
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/naturallaw.php
- These Cometh of Evil?
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 26
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/comethevil.php
- The Rule of Right
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 28
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/ruleofright.php
- One form of Government
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 29
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/oneform.php
- The Natural Error
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 32
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/naturalerror.php
- Consent thou Not
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 34
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/consentnot.php
- The Curse and the Contract
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 36
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/thecurse.php
- The Price of Surety
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 37
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/theprice.php
- Elements of the World and the Kingdom
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 38
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/elements.php
- Mammons
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 39
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/mammons.php
- Religion of the People
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 40
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/religions.php
- Mighty Hunters
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 41
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/mightyhunters.php
- The Covetous Prayers
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 42
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/thecovetous.php
- The Gospel of Love
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 43
- The Gospel of the Freedom
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 44
- For Conscience Sake
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 45
- Daily Bread
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 46
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/dailybread.php
- Fathers upon the earth
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 47
- Modern Christians
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 48
- The gods Many
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 49
- Sacrificed to Idols
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 50
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/sacrificeidols.php
- Denying the Kingdom at Hand
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 52
- Supreme, Higher, Better, Excellence
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 56
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/supreme.php
- Unheard Cries
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 58
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/cries.php
- Titus 3:1
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 59
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/titus.php
- Obey Magistrates
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 60
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/obeymagistrate.php
- Be the Magistrate
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 61
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/bemagistrate.php
- Public Servants
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 62
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/publicservant.php
- Elders
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 63
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/elders.php
- The Office of Diakonos
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 64
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/diakonus.php
- Deaconus of Tens
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 65
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/deaconus.php
- Union and Discipline
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 66
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/discipline.php
- Executive Officers
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 67
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/executive.php
- The Apostolic Church
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 68
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/apostolic.php
- Public Minister, Servants of a State
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 70
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/public.php
- Christian Welfare
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 71
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/welfare.php
- The Iniquity
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 72
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/iniquity.php
- Leaven of the State
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 73
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/levenstate.php
- Seven Men
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 74
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/sevenmen.php
- Choose Your Seven
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 76
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/chooseseven.php
- Seven Adversaries
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 77
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/sevenadversaries.php
- Baptism
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 78
- Two Disciples
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 79
- Foolish Virgins
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 80
- Tithing In Conscience
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 81
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/tithing.php
- Service that Serves
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 82
- Things Change
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 83
- Flesh Pots of Micah
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 84
- It Shall Not Be So
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 85
- Bread and Pottage
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 86
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/breadpottage.php
- A Knife to Thy Throat
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 89
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/knifethroat.php
- Fathers and Children
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 91
- Disputation, Polemics, and Apologetics
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 92
- Nicolaitan and Balaam
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 94
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/nicolaitanbal.php
- A Plan that Worked
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 95
- A Holy Different Society
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 97
- FEMA
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 98
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/fema.php
- Phase One, the Foundation
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 100
- The Purpose of Production
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 102
- Security and Strategic Support
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 103
- Phase Two, National Growth
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 104
- Free Exercise
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 106
- Governments May Tempt
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 109
- Compelling Interest
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 110
- Temporal and Extratemporal
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 111
- The Realm of Religion
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 112
- Self-determination
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 113
- In Those Days and These
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 114
- The King of His Citizens
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 115
- Two Forms of National Government
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 116
- Them that Rule over you
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 118
- Mystery Babylon
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 119
- The Beloved Anarchist
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 120
- Integral Church
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 121
- Crying Out
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 122
- Redemption
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 123
- Professing Christ
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 124
- Logos
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 125
- The Logos, the Letter.
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 127
- The Person of Christ
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 128
- Community Rules
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 130
- No Logos
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 132
- White Stones
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 134
- The Spiritual Journey to the Kingdom
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 138
- The Past
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 140
- The Future
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 141
- Resist Not Evil
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 142
- Good and Bad News
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 143
- The Kingdom of God
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 144
- Appendix 1. Exousia
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 145
- http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/Appendix1.php
- Appendix 2. Diakonos
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 153
- Appendix 3. Leitourgos
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 155
- Appendix 4. Huperetes
- From the book The Higher Liberty, Sec. 156
- About the Author 166
- About the Cover 166
- About this Book 167
Many Deceived
According to 2 John 1:7 there are "many deceivers" in the world. Are there also many who will be deceived?[12]
In Luke 21:8 we are told that many shall come in name of Christ, but they are not of Him who was the Christ, the Anointed. In Matthew 24:5, Matthew 24:11 and Mark 13:6 we are told that they shall "deceive many".[12]
The Bible tells us in Revelation 12:9 that the whole world would be in danger of being deceived. In Matthew 24:24 we are told that "false Christs, and false prophets" would arise deceiving almost everyone with "great signs and wonders". Their deception would be so great that they would even deceive the "very elect" if it were possible.
In Matthew 7:22 Jesus says that "Many will say" they believe in the Lord Jesus and claim to prophesy in His name and do many wonderful works but Jesus will claim that He never knew them and call them the workers of iniquity.
Certainly we are not deceived? Certainly we have faith? We say we believe, and we are told by some that is all we need to do ...right?
But what do Peter, Paul, James and John actually tell us?
Peter, Paul, James, and John Warned
Peter[13], Paul[14], James[15] and John[16]all 'warned the New Covenant Church that what they were doing and not doing would reveal the truth of their claim to faith in God and His Holy Spirit. Paul warned people to test their faith[17] to make sure they were not deceived or reprobates[18].
Even John warns that we need to walk according to what Jesus showed us and confess our sins if we are to be cleansed of unrighteousness.[19] John even gives the keeping of the commandments as the rod by which we measure the truth of our faith.[20] And those who do not keep the commandments are a liar and Christ is not in them.[21] Over and over John repeats that he that "doeth not righteousness" is not born again of Christ and the Father.[22] And John warns us that we may not only be deceived but may deceive ourselves [23] warning us of the many false teachers who are "out in the world".[24]
Jude 1:16 "These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage."
We are told that we are told in Jude 1:21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh."
The Bible from the beginning warns[25] and continues those warnings throughout the New Testament that many will be decieved thinking they are believers while in truth they are workers of iniquity.[26] Because these warnings are ignored by the modern Church, the welfare of a foolish[27] society has become a snare.
- “It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.”[28]
I hear lots of people claiming Jesus as their Lord but Jesus said it was not those who say "Lord, Lord" but those who doeth the will of the Father. I do not see protestants nor Catholics doing what early Christians were doing nor what Christ told them to do. I actually see them doing a lot of things Jesus said not to do and condemned the Pharisees for doing. If the people eat at the table of Caesar who exercises authority to provide them their free bread, then it is Caesar who is their Lord. If the people eat at the table of Caesar who exercises authority to provide them their free bread, then it is Caesar who is their Lord.
Where is the Eucharist of our Father who art in heaven who gives us our daily bread?
Beware of gifts
- "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21
There are gifts of God and man.
- Plutarch said “The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.”
But Proverbs 19:6 tells us the same thing, "Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts."
- Polybius said "The masses continue with an appetite for benefits and the habit of receiving them by way of a rule of force and violence. The people, having grown accustomed to feed at the expense of others and to depend for their livelihood on the property of others... institute the rule of violence; and now uniting their forces massacre, banish, and plunder, until they degenerate again into perfect savages and find once more a master and monarch."
This rule of violence and plunder is the same we hear about in Matthew 11:12 "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force." and in Luke 16:16 "The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it." The Repentance associated with the act of Baptism was turning away from these Covetous systems of the Welfare of the World and going back to The Way of Fervent Charity with the Eucharist of Christ.
"He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live." Proverbs 15:27
The wages of unrighteousness offered by men brings the rights and liberty of man[30] given by God to nothing[31] and their right to judge to confusion.[32]
The gifts of God which set men free[33] come to those who will walk the Way of God.[34]
The Paul the Apostle wrote to a number of Early Christian communities in Galatia, "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another." Galatians 5:13-15
When Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 8:9 "But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak." the word "liberty" is the same word exousia Paul uses in Romans 13.
The same word we see as power in Romans 13 is translated right in Hebrews 13:10[35] and Revelation 22:14.[36] and also in Revelation 18[37] concerning the fall of Babylon and the merchants of the earth who are the merchants of men who together with the kings of the earth have committed fornication. Rulers of the world of men not only have sought to take man's endowed dominion from him but have conspired to make all men take the Mark of the Beast which is a badge of servitude that makes them merchandise.
Have we lost that liberty granted by God by neglecting our natural and moral responsibility that is correlative to those God given rights?
Eyes full of adultery
Peter made it clear in 2 Peter 2:3, "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."
Peter not only warned us that desiring benefits at the expense of others would make us human resources what he calls merchandise but he warned us in 2 Peter 2:14 about those covetous practices entangling them back in the yoke of bondage and cursing our children:
- "Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:" 2 Peter 2:14
He tells us that the debt of those Divers lust for the benefits of the world at the expense of others would curse our children.
David warned us in Psalms 69:22, "Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap."
And Paul reminded us again in Romans 11:9 that "... David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:"
This stumblingblock was that we would learn to eat at tables set with the bounty of the compelled sacrifices of institutions made by men who called themselves Benefactors that ruled over the people with and exercising authority and is explained in Revelation 2:14 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication."
Proverbs 23 warns us about the table of men who exercise authority one over the other "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."
If the ruler is your Benefactor he will only give you what he takes from others. To desire the Benefits is to Covet and that will change.
What are these benefits today?
Those benefits include everything from Public Schools to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards which is an electronic system that allows state welfare departments to issue benefits via a magnetically encoded payment card, used in the United States and the United Kingdom like Rome did with their Tesserae of the Beast of Revelation?
Warned
We were told by God in Exodus 20:17 "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s."
Jesus warned us of the evil of covetousness and where it comes from in Mark 7:20-23, "...That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
These are the things he called us to repent of in Matthew 4:17 when he first "... began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." and in Mark 1:15 when He said "... The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." but warned us in Luke 13:3 that "... except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
He warned the ministers that systems of Corban like the one they created for their social welfare made the word of God to none effect.
Jesus told us not to look to Benefactors who exercise authority one over the other.
He told us not to pray to Fathers of the earth, but only our Father who is in Heaven.
He told us to keep the commandments including the one about not coveting anything that is our neighbors if we want Eternal life. And when 1 John 2 talked about the "propitiation for our sins", he reminded us that "... hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."
Real Christians would not desire the benefits of men who call themselves Benefactors nor pray to the Fathers of the earth like Modern Christians do. They would be led to gather together in a living Network that provided a Daily ministration of Charity for one another according to the Perfect law of liberty. They would strive to keep His commandments by being Doers of His word in a Living Network of Love.
Israel in the Bondage of Egypt were literally employed by the Pharaoh who provided free bread like the Romans in the form of Public Welfare which was Public religion. They had to pay their tale of bricks to the Pharaoh but learn to glean in the field at night to obtain their benefits. This is why God hardened the heart of the Pharaoh during the plagues so they could learn The Way of God. So it was not enough to stop taking the benefits, but they needed to learn to provide them by faith, hope and charity through a system of Corban that made the word of God to effect.
Jesus said nothing different to the early Church. When he said give to Caesar what is Caesar and to God what is God's he was saying pay your tale of bricks. He even warned to be friends with the unrighteous Mammon explaining that it would fail. Those who cheat one master you will likely cheat the next.[38]
We are in bondage because of Covetous Practices and Slothfulness. We are devoured because we or our natural parents took bites out of one another in these Covetous Practices which made us a Surety for debt in an unrighteous Mammon... We must Repent and seek the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.
- Where and what is true Christian fellowship?
- Where and what is the true Eucharist of Christ?
- Where and what is the Living Network of the faithful?
- Where and what is the Communion of Saints?
- Where and how do the people practice Pure Religion?
- Where and who are the people that attend to the Weightier matters?
Greek Seduction
There were many ideas from the Hellenistic influences that deceived many Jews and have crept into the modern Church. Once one generation is deceived the next is cunningly coerced by the former generation because they believe what they were taught was true, but was not. Many of the Jews were already deceived because they were Hellenized by the Greeks or Judaized by the Pharisees.
While the Jews said they believed in Moses and God the Father they did not have the humility to change the way they thought and accept Jesus as the Christ who was in agreement with Moses and one with the Father. Because they did not have the humility to admit that they were deceived and under a strong delusion they remained blind.
The Greek word πλανάω planao commonly translated deceived shows up 39 times in the New testament.[39] It is from the Greek noun πλάνη plane translated error 7 times, but also to deceive, deceit, and delusion. [40] It is like the Greek word planos πλάνος which references deceivers who seduce people by misleading people or leading them into error. [41]
But there is also the words ἀπατάω apatao[42] in several forms like ἐξαπατάω exapatao, [43] ἀπάτη apate[44] and φρεναπάτης~ phrenapates[45] who is a deceiver.
πλάνος planos
- Matthew 27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver <4108> said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- 2 Corinthians 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers <4108>, and yet true;
- 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing <4108> spirits, and doctrines of devils;
- 2 John 1:7 For many deceivers <4108> are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver <4108> and an antichrist.
πλανάω planao
- Matthew 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray <4105>, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray <4105>?
- Matthew 18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went <4105> not astray <4105>.
- Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err <4105>, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive<4105 > you. Matthew 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive <4105> many.
- Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive <4105> many.
- Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive <4105> the very elect.
- Mark 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye <4105> not therefore err <4105>, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
- Mark 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do <4105> greatly err <4105>.
- Mark 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive <4105> you:
Mark 13:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive <4105> many.
- Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be <4105> not deceived <4105>: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
- John 7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth <4105> the people.
- John 7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are <4105> ye also deceived <4105>?
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be <4105> not deceived <4105>: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Be <4105> not deceived <4105>: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- Galatians 6:7 Be <4105> not deceived <4105>; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- 2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving <4105>, and being deceived <4105>.
- Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived <4105>, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
- Hebrews 3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do <4105> alway err <4105> in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
- Hebrews 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way <4105>; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
- Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered <4105> in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
- James 1:16 Do <4105> not err <4105>, my beloved brethren.
- James 5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err <4105> from the truth, and one convert him;
- 1 Peter 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray <4105>; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- 2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray <4105>, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive <4105> ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce <4105> you.
- 1 John 3:7 Little children, let <4105> no man deceive <4105> you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- Revelation 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce <4105> my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Revelation 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce <4105> my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
- Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth <4105> the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- Revelation 13:14 And deceiveth <4105> them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
- Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were <4105> all nations deceived <4105>.
- Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived <4105> them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- Revelation 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive <4105> the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
- Revelation 20:8 And shall go out to deceive <4105> the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived <4105> them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
πλάνη plane
- Matthew 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error <4106> shall be worse than the first.
- Romans 1:27 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 <4106> which was meet.
- Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive <4106>;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit <4106>, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion <4106>, that they should believe a lie:
- James 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error <4106> of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
- 2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error <4106>.
- 2 Peter 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error <4106> of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
- 1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error <4106>.
- Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error <4106> of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
ἀπατάω apatao
- Ephesians 5:6 Let <538> no man deceive <538> you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- 1 Timothy 2:14 And Adam was <538> not deceived <538>, but the woman being deceived <538> was in the transgression.
- James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth <538> his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- Romans 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived <1818> me, and by it slew me.
- Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive <1818> the hearts of the simple.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18 Let <1818> no man deceive <1818> himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled <1818> Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let <1818> no man deceive <1818> you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
- Matthew 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness <539> of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
- Mark 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness <539> of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
- Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful <539> lusts;
- Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit <539>, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness <539> of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
- Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness <539> of sin.
- 2 Peter 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings <539> while they feast with you;
Titus 1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers <5423>, specially they of the circumcision:
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Not exercise authority
- Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
- Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
- Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Table as a snare
- Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”
- Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
- Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."
- Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."
- Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"
- Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
- Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
- Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
- Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not
- Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
- 1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
- "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?" Isaiah 40:21 is about the message of John the Baptist who was "The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God" Isaiah 40:3 to avoid the "snare" of the legal charity of the welfare state which which makes the word of God to none effect bringing man back into captivity as human resources.
- ↑ 2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- ↑ Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
- ↑ Acts 17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.
- ↑ John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault [at all].
- ↑ No truth
- Proverbs 14:22 "Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.: John 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?"
- 1 John 2:4 "He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."
- 1 John 1:6 "If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;"
- 1 John 4:6 "We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."
- John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
- John 14:17 " that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you."
- 1 John 3:6 "No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him."
- 2 Timothy 2:25 "with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,"
- Romans 1:18 "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,"
- Romans 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
- ↑ 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
- ↑
- James 1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
- 2 Peter 2:20 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."
- Galatians 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
- Colossians 2:8 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.
- Colossians 2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
- ↑ Covetousness is idolatry
- Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
- Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
- 1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
- For it is written that the tables of dainties provided by rulers of the world are a snare because they cause the masses to bite one another through government systems of legal charity which are covetous practices which are a form of fornication or adultery where the people are devoured as merchandise, curse children and are "entangled again in the yoke of bondage" with the aid of the false religion of the whore who rides the beast.
- ↑ Acts 17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Many deceived
- Matthew 24:5 "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many... 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
- Mark 13:6 "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many."
- Luke 21:8 "And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them."
- 2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
- 2 Peter 2:2 "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."
- ↑ “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:10, 11
- 2 Peter 2:14 "Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; curse children:"
- 2 Peter 2:3 "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not."
- ↑ 2 Timothy 3:1 ¶ 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. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 10 ¶ But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 5:1 ¶ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 3 ¶ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Galatians 5:1 Galatians 5:15 "But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another."
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- ↑ James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- James 5:12 ¶ But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
- ↑ 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
- 1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- 1 John 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
- 2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
- 2 John 1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
- 3 John 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth... 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
- ↑ 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?(The word reprobate is from adokimos meaning not standing the test, not approved) But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
- ↑ 96 ~ἀδόκιμος~ adokimos \@ad-ok’-ee-mos\@ from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1384; adj AV-reprobate 6, castaway 1, rejected 1; 8
- 1) not standing the test, not approved (See warnings)
- 1a) properly used of metals and coins
- 2) that which does not prove itself such as it ought
- 2a) unfit for, unproved, spurious, reprobate
- 1) not standing the test, not approved (See warnings)
- ↑ 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- ↑ 1 John 2:3 ¶ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- ↑ 1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- ↑ 1 John 2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
- 1 John 3:7 "Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
- 1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
- ↑ 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
- ↑ 1 John 4:1 ¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
- ↑ Exodus 23:32, 34:12-15, 20:1-17, Deuteronomy 13:8, 17:16, Judges 2:2, 1 Samuel 8; 13:13, Proverbs 1:10-19, Proverbs 23, Psalms 69:22. See also Ezekiel 11:3-11, Micah 3:3; Exodus 16:3.
- ↑ 1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
- Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
- Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
- Matthew 6:9, 23:9, 5:34... 20:25, Mark 10:42, Luke 4:18, 22:25, 1 Corinthians 7:21, 2 Corinthians 6:16, James 5:12, 1 Peter 2:16, Romans 7:7, 13:9, 11:9, Colossians 3:5, Hebrews 13:5, 2 Peter 2:3-14, 2 Peter 2:19, 2 Timothy 2:26,1:1, 9
- ↑ 1 Samuel 13:13
- ↑ Frederic Bastiat, 1801 – 1850, French theorist, political economist.
- ↑ Samuel Adams, Our Sacred Honor, Bennett, 217, 1779 - letter to James Warren.
- ↑ Isaiah 1:23 Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- ↑ Traditions
- Matthew 15:2 "Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition <3862> of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition <3862>?"
- Matthew 15:6 "And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition <3862>."
- Mark 7:3 "For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition <3862> of the elders."
- Mark 7:5 "Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition <3862> of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?"
- Mark 7:8 "For laying aside the commandmentof God, ye hold the tradition <3862> of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition <3862>. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is] Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; [he shall be free]. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition <3862>, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye."
- 1 Corinthians 11:1 "Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances <3862>, as I delivered [them] to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God."
- Galatians 1:14 "And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions <3862> of my fathers."
- Colossians 2:8 "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition <3862> of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15 "Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions <3862> which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle."
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 "Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition <3862> which he received of us."
- Psalms 33:10 "The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices <מַחְשְׁב֥וֹת 04284 maḥšəḇōṯ> of the people of none effect."
- ↑ Isaiah 40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- ↑ Ephesians 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men....Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
- ↑ Isaiah 40:27 "Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength."
- ↑ "We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
- ↑ "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
- ↑ Revelation 18:1 ¶ And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
- ↑ Luke 16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
- ↑ 4105 ~πλανάω~ planao \@plan-ah’-o\@ from 4106; v AV-deceive 24, err 6, go astray 5, seduce 2, wander 1, be out of the way 1; 39
- 1) to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the right way
- 1a) to go astray, wander, roam about
- 2) metaph.
- 2a) to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive
- 2b) to be led into error
- 2c) to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin
- 2d) to sever or fall away from the truth
- 2d1) of heretics
- 2e) to be led away into error and sin
- 1) to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the right way
- ↑ 4106 ~πλάνη~ plane \@plan’-ay\@ from 4108 planos (as abstractly); n f AV-error 7, to deceive 1, deceit 1, delusion 1; 10
- 1) a wandering, a straying about
- 1a) one led astray from the right way, roams hither and thither
- 2) metaphor
- 2a) mental straying
- 2a1) error, wrong opinion relative to morals or religion
- 2b) error which shows itself in action, a wrong mode of acting
- 2c) error, that which leads into error, deceit or fraud
- 2a) mental straying
- 1) a wandering, a straying about
- ↑ 4108 ~πλάνος~ planos \@plan’-os\@ of uncertain affinity; adj AV-deceiver 4, seducing 1; 5
- 1) wandering, roving
- 2) misleading, leading into error
- 2a) a vagabond, "tramp," imposter
- 2b) corrupter, deceiver
- ↑ 538 ~ἀπατάω~ apatao \@ap-at-ah’-o\@ of uncertain derivation; v AV-deceive 4; 4
- 1) to cheat, beguile, deceive
- ↑ 1818 ~ἐξαπατάω~ exapatao \@ex-ap-at-ah’-o\@ from 1537 and 538; v AV-deceive 4, beguile 1; 5
- 1) to deceive
- ↑ 539 ~ἀπάτη~ apate \@ap-at’-ay\@ from 538; TDNT-1:385,65; {See TDNT 82} n f AV-deceitfulness 3, deceitful 1, deceit 1, deceivableness 1, deceivings 1; 7
- 1) deceit, deceitfulness
- ↑ 5423 ~φρεναπάτης~ phrenapates \@fren-ap-at’-ace\@ from 5424 and 539; ; n m AV-deceiver 1; 1
- 1) a mind deceiver, a seducer