I NEED AN EDUCATED TEACHERIsaiah 8:20 Matthew 7:15 Matthew 23:27 Matthew 24:4 Luke 21:8 Luke 21:8
1 Corinthians 2:13-14 1 Thessalonians 5:21 2 Timothy 3:5While we're cracking bones of those 'mere humans' who are so easily deceived or being the great deceivers, remember, most if not all of us were there before.
All that you wrote is true, thank you Horseman.
But, I must stress that what I wrote is directed solely against
those who fleece their flock and
those who blaspheme the Name (the very character) of
GOD ALMIGHTY. Not against their respected flocks, for we also came out of this same babylon. My phrase "mere humans" was referring to
those so-called "faith leaders" only; and by "mere humans" I am contradicting their self-projected mantles of "wise and mighty".
Those men and woman have a sick, and seared conscience: they intentionally exploit the faith, or hardship of others for their own selfish gain. I believe we are to speak boldly against
all antichrists———we should follow the example of our Creator and Lord
JESUS CHRIST———and drive
them all out of the temple!
(John 2:15)Never say never.
So true! We don't know if we are meant to fall away....
whether for a season or not, but there is an enormous chasm between this "never say never" and
those "having the appearance of godliness", but in actuality it's a facade; they make their living by taking the Lord's Name in vain:
"Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord." (1Co 11:27) ...Therefore, it's of the utmost importance to discourage anyone from being taught by
those bearing that (spiritual) mark of guilt!
Sometimes, I wonder, maybe all
those filthy rich, egotistical megalomaniac "
faith leaders" are really just atheist pantomiming religion......
they must be!......they go far beyond being the "sincere, but sincerely wrong".
Those god jockeys can't
truly be believers, while at the same time hustling "the least of these" !
(Matthew 25:35-40) Especially, if they have any real confidence in
GOD'S WORD:
"Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;" (James 3:1)
Enlightenment is all around us my friend.
God tells us in Genesis who the wisest of all the animals is and that view is basically identical to most of the older religions from which it came. The serpent is used as that icon.
Think esoteric and Kundalini.
Regards
DL
Esoteric yes. Kundalini, no!
"And be not configuring yourselves unto this age, but be transforming yourselves by the renewing of your mind, to the end ye may be proving what is the thing willed by God—the good and acceptable and perfect." (Romans 12:2)All eastern "isms" direct a person inward, towards themselves to do "a work": by leading a person away from
WHO they should be solely focused on. We are not to attempt a metaphysical "journey to god". We are to "cease our work" (sabbath) and be transformed by
CHRIST and accept HIS will. The single-handed, most foundational truth that a
follower of
JESUS CHRIST can
first be enlightened on is:
"I can of mine own self do nothing" (
John 5:30)While it's true that many a creation is likened to something (aka: satan being likened to a serpent); it's also true that the serpent represents certain spiritual attributes (i.e., cunning, cleverness, etc). Satan is also very much a real spiritual entity, fulfilling the purpose he was created to fulfill. Nothing more, nothing less.
"nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director -- the Christ." (Matthew 23:10 - Young's Literal Translation)