Have you told the Lord, you can do anything you want with me; I surrender all that I have and all that I am? Have you ever asked God to rid you of any unclean thing at whatever cost?If you have, I know that you have been captured by the beauty of Jesus on the deepest level and thus have a desire only to be the spotless glowing bride worthy of God's Precious Son. Such was King David when, captured by Christ' loveliness, pined , "Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee!"
Eliyah came to Joian and myself a few months ago and the first time I ever visited with Eliyah on the phone I had tears in my eyes as she told me how she often cries out to the Father to make her ready for her betrothal and full union with His beloved Son. How rare a find is such a surrendered soul as this dear sister, and what a gift to our lives she has been in the short time we have had to know her.
We invited her some months ago to share what ever is on her heart with us on the blog and tonight she shares. We pray Eliyah's message causes you to better understand God and increases your loving desire for His Glorious Son, Yeshua.
John and Joian
Eliyah came to Joian and myself a few months ago and the first time I ever visited with Eliyah on the phone I had tears in my eyes as she told me how she often cries out to the Father to make her ready for her betrothal and full union with His beloved Son. How rare a find is such a surrendered soul as this dear sister, and what a gift to our lives she has been in the short time we have had to know her.
We invited her some months ago to share what ever is on her heart with us on the blog and tonight she shares. We pray Eliyah's message causes you to better understand God and increases your loving desire for His Glorious Son, Yeshua.
John and Joian
(Eliyah calls me by my formal name "John"
and uses Yeshua and Jesus, equally.
We love it.)
Have you left your heart too?
A couple of days ago someone said to me rather proudly that they along with others have heard the call within themselves to ‘walk away from the law’......and this made me sad, not only for this person but I was grieved for my Lord.
I felt the kick in the gut like one feels when they hear the news that their spouse has fallen ‘out of love’ with them and have found another that is their SOUL(ish) mate.
Honestly, I still feel sick about it....for He has allowed me to feel HIS HEART......for His law has been WRITTEN upon my very heart.
Today so many that call themselves ‘christians’ and even some that call themselves ‘sons’ have been won over by another man .....the MAN OF LAWLESSNESS. They have chosen to be SEDUCED by all kinds of New Age thought...from Oprah’s guru to Spirit Guides, allowing themselves to be fed from every detestable spirit found within the pages of KING REASON and Prince Tolerance.
For those that might not take the bait of the New Age seducers, they might let their guard down for the Macho-men of the Apostles & Prophets. These Man-Made Kings love to tell you just WHO THEY ARE in the Lord’s kingdom....and they have the business card to prove it! Yes, there are many seducers that come after the Lords children, and this is why He has His CHAMBERLAINS that guard the BRIDE that he so cherishes.
These seducers are all different but are in actuality the SAME MAN just wearing a different form.
Who is this man that has seduced the flock of God....what is his name you may ask?
The second book of Thessalonians tells us.....
“ Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God....
The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. (2Thess 2 :3-4: 9-12).”
Now this man of lawlessness gets around......he has many notches on his bedpost, and what I find most interesting is how all that have chosen to fornicate with him continue to make excuses for him even though they have lost their very HEART due to him.
To each and every conquest that Mr. Lawlessness has HAD comes the seductive whisper .....”Jesus actually doesn’t mind having a three-some.... Jesus has actually approved of this extra-marital affair.”
No!!?? You say this can’t be..... how does he do this, how does he get away with it???
This is how......he tells them that Christ himself has given permission and decreed that the Law is CURSED, so thus Mr. Lawlessness is now made welcome into the bed chamber. For those that still are not quite sure if their beloved Christ has given such an invitation to Mr. Lawlessness the wicked LIAR quickly leads them to Galatians 3:13 and twists the meaning in the eyes of the deceived to read as .......”I have been redeemed from the CURSED LAW”......instead of what it actually says ....” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us”. What was the CURSE that their TRUE LOVE redeemed them from......the very first curse ever spoken was the curse of DEATH! Gen 2:17.
This beautiful husband redeemed His bride from the curse of death and he actually DIED so that she might NOW live...... makes me weep every time......“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
“We were not saved to be lawless; we were saved to become slaves of righteousness and slaves of God through Jesus Christ. Those who understand this will no longer continue in sin, viewing the law as a religious artifact from a by-gone age. They will see the law as a revelation of God, full of life and possessing prophetic meaning that has yet to be fully understood.”( Stephen Jones.)
Mr. Jones continues by saying.....
”The purpose of the divine law is to set the standard for right and wrong. In other words, the law defines sin. It was never meant to save or justify anyone except those who are sinless. Since “all have sinned” (Rom. 3:23), it is plain that the law cannot be used for purposes of salvation. Yet it still retains its usefulness in informing us of what God thinks sin is. “By the law is the knowledge of sin,” Paul says in Rom. 3:20.
When God gave the law to Moses and to the Israelites, He began with the Ten Commandments. These Commands were to be obeyed, and so they represented the test of obedience. That is, no Israelite could claim to be obedient to God if he worshipped other gods, dishonored his parent, stole from his neighbor, or committed adultery. These laws were the first written revelation of the character of God and what He expected from man.”
What I have become increasingly grieved over is just how much Mr. Lawlessness has infected the children of God. He is a molester too. The children of God have listened to this molester repeatedly tell them that the “law has been done away with’ and so whenever a person brings THE TRUTH to the child of God using the old testament or the new testament....the child cringes thinking he is about to receive a spanking, when in reality the truth would bring healing, deliverance and restoration to the child.
I personally noticed this the other day in my conversation with a woman who said she left the law a long time ago and would never follow THE WAY of one pointing their finger in her face telling her what to do. I explained to the CHILD that the very word TORAH (cringe was her response...ouch...)meant ‘instructions, as to POINT THE FINGER giving directions..and yes it does mean that....but I also want to share what Stephen Jones explains as to the meaning of the word Torah.....it truly is EYE OPENING and beautiful.....and for ALL THE SONS.....a clear picture of our pattern!
“The Hebrew word for law is Torah. In Hebrew it is spelled tav - vav - resh - hey. Tav literally means “a mark or sign (of the cross). It was originally written as a cross, although the modern Hebrew letter is different, because it is actually Aramaic and was adopted from Babylon during the 70-year captivity.
The vav literally means “a nail or peg.” The resh literally means “a head, or leader.” The hey, when positioned at the end of a word, means “what comes from.”
Hence, the Hebrew word, Torah, literally means “what comes from the Leader nailed to the Cross.” In other words, the Lawgiver was Jesus Christ, the Leader who was nailed to the Cross.
When Jesus gave His so-called “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 5-7, He was not overruling the law, nor was He destroying or replacing it. He was disputing the Pharisaical interpretation of the law. “You have heard it was said,” Jesus explained, “but I say unto you...” In other words, you have heard it was taught that the law means such-and-so, but I tell you that they have misunderstood the law. Here is what it really means.
Take it from the Lawgiver. He was the one who dictated it to Moses. Rabbinical interpretations of the law, based upon the Jewish Talmud, is not a revelation of the mind of God (Jesus Christ). One must study the law from Jesus' perspective, or, as some would put it, from a New Testament perspective. If the rabbis had understood the law, Jesus would never have had to correct them. In fact, Jesus said of them in Matt. 15:6-9,
6... and thus you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me. 9 But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.
The law is good, if a man use it lawfully (1 Tim. 1:8). The traditions of the elders—their interpretations of the law—were based upon their carnal understanding of the law. Their traditions were not only wrong, they made void the law (Matt. 15:1-9). The same has occurred with Church traditions. Men's interpretations have caused men to cast aside the law and tell many that God now approves the violation of certain laws—such as charging interest on monetary loans or homosexual relations. “ Stephen Jones.
The book of Malachi tells us that before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes something will happen.....
He will send the Spirit of Elijah......and what will Elijah do? Elijah will remind the disobedient children to REMEMBER MOSES and the laws that were given to him at Mt. Horeb. “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.” Mal 4:4
Why do the children need to remember Moses (representing the law)??....b/c they have now become disobedient in the last days and have listened to the man of lawlessness and allowed every evil spirit that deceives into their very temple. In the Lord’s MERCY he sends Elijah to TURN the hearts of the children to the FATHERS.
“See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.” Mal 4:5
Who are these fathers? Those of the fatherhood realm.....found in Yahweh’s saints throughout the ages that have learned OBEDIENCE through the things they have suffered as did the FIRST SON, Jesus. For me, these fathers are not only Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.....but also include saints like Jane Leade, J. Preston Eby, and Ray Prinzing and many others that have BEEN MADE PRIESTS and KINGS. For one first has to become a SON (But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name–John 1:12) in order to BE MADE a priest (and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father...Rev1:6).
What is the Lord’s purpose in sending Elijah? We see that it is to TURN THE HEARTS.....of both fathers to children and children to fathers. This is a PROMISE of OUR FATHER, that He will turn the hearts. “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” What a beautiful, glorious picture of our Father’s mercy! What a promise!
What are the consequences for those that choose to not heed to the Lord’s ANOINTED? That he will strike the land with a curse. The ultimate curse will be that you will not enter into your ‘promised LAND’ of the glorified body and will not be part of the first resurrection.
Stephen Jones writes....
.”1 John 3:4 says, “sin is lawlessness.” The Greek word that he uses is anomia. The Greek word for law is nomos. The “a” at the beginning of the word is a negative, so the word literally means “no law” or “lawlessness.” Strong's Concordance says that it means “illegality, i.e., violation of law, or (gen.) wickedness.
We ought also to make a distinction between God's law and Jewish law. Jewish laws are the traditions of men found in the Talmud, which are their uninspired interpretations of the divine law. They have volumes of minutiae on every subject, which put Jews into great bondage, which God never intended. In contrast to Jewish law is the divine law that Jesus (in the form of Yahweh) gave to Moses. “
Jones further explains....
”Jesus again spoke of lawlessness in Matt. 13:41, saying,
A couple of days ago someone said to me rather proudly that they along with others have heard the call within themselves to ‘walk away from the law’......and this made me sad, not only for this person but I was grieved for my Lord.
I felt the kick in the gut like one feels when they hear the news that their spouse has fallen ‘out of love’ with them and have found another that is their SOUL(ish) mate.
Honestly, I still feel sick about it....for He has allowed me to feel HIS HEART......for His law has been WRITTEN upon my very heart.
Today so many that call themselves ‘christians’ and even some that call themselves ‘sons’ have been won over by another man .....the MAN OF LAWLESSNESS. They have chosen to be SEDUCED by all kinds of New Age thought...from Oprah’s guru to Spirit Guides, allowing themselves to be fed from every detestable spirit found within the pages of KING REASON and Prince Tolerance.
For those that might not take the bait of the New Age seducers, they might let their guard down for the Macho-men of the Apostles & Prophets. These Man-Made Kings love to tell you just WHO THEY ARE in the Lord’s kingdom....and they have the business card to prove it! Yes, there are many seducers that come after the Lords children, and this is why He has His CHAMBERLAINS that guard the BRIDE that he so cherishes.
These seducers are all different but are in actuality the SAME MAN just wearing a different form.
Who is this man that has seduced the flock of God....what is his name you may ask?
The second book of Thessalonians tells us.....
“ Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God....
The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. (2Thess 2 :3-4: 9-12).”
Now this man of lawlessness gets around......he has many notches on his bedpost, and what I find most interesting is how all that have chosen to fornicate with him continue to make excuses for him even though they have lost their very HEART due to him.
To each and every conquest that Mr. Lawlessness has HAD comes the seductive whisper .....”Jesus actually doesn’t mind having a three-some.... Jesus has actually approved of this extra-marital affair.”
No!!?? You say this can’t be..... how does he do this, how does he get away with it???
This is how......he tells them that Christ himself has given permission and decreed that the Law is CURSED, so thus Mr. Lawlessness is now made welcome into the bed chamber. For those that still are not quite sure if their beloved Christ has given such an invitation to Mr. Lawlessness the wicked LIAR quickly leads them to Galatians 3:13 and twists the meaning in the eyes of the deceived to read as .......”I have been redeemed from the CURSED LAW”......instead of what it actually says ....” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us”. What was the CURSE that their TRUE LOVE redeemed them from......the very first curse ever spoken was the curse of DEATH! Gen 2:17.
This beautiful husband redeemed His bride from the curse of death and he actually DIED so that she might NOW live...... makes me weep every time......“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
“We were not saved to be lawless; we were saved to become slaves of righteousness and slaves of God through Jesus Christ. Those who understand this will no longer continue in sin, viewing the law as a religious artifact from a by-gone age. They will see the law as a revelation of God, full of life and possessing prophetic meaning that has yet to be fully understood.”( Stephen Jones.)
Mr. Jones continues by saying.....
”The purpose of the divine law is to set the standard for right and wrong. In other words, the law defines sin. It was never meant to save or justify anyone except those who are sinless. Since “all have sinned” (Rom. 3:23), it is plain that the law cannot be used for purposes of salvation. Yet it still retains its usefulness in informing us of what God thinks sin is. “By the law is the knowledge of sin,” Paul says in Rom. 3:20.
When God gave the law to Moses and to the Israelites, He began with the Ten Commandments. These Commands were to be obeyed, and so they represented the test of obedience. That is, no Israelite could claim to be obedient to God if he worshipped other gods, dishonored his parent, stole from his neighbor, or committed adultery. These laws were the first written revelation of the character of God and what He expected from man.”
What I have become increasingly grieved over is just how much Mr. Lawlessness has infected the children of God. He is a molester too. The children of God have listened to this molester repeatedly tell them that the “law has been done away with’ and so whenever a person brings THE TRUTH to the child of God using the old testament or the new testament....the child cringes thinking he is about to receive a spanking, when in reality the truth would bring healing, deliverance and restoration to the child.
I personally noticed this the other day in my conversation with a woman who said she left the law a long time ago and would never follow THE WAY of one pointing their finger in her face telling her what to do. I explained to the CHILD that the very word TORAH (cringe was her response...ouch...)meant ‘instructions, as to POINT THE FINGER giving directions..and yes it does mean that....but I also want to share what Stephen Jones explains as to the meaning of the word Torah.....it truly is EYE OPENING and beautiful.....and for ALL THE SONS.....a clear picture of our pattern!
“The Hebrew word for law is Torah. In Hebrew it is spelled tav - vav - resh - hey. Tav literally means “a mark or sign (of the cross). It was originally written as a cross, although the modern Hebrew letter is different, because it is actually Aramaic and was adopted from Babylon during the 70-year captivity.
The vav literally means “a nail or peg.” The resh literally means “a head, or leader.” The hey, when positioned at the end of a word, means “what comes from.”
Hence, the Hebrew word, Torah, literally means “what comes from the Leader nailed to the Cross.” In other words, the Lawgiver was Jesus Christ, the Leader who was nailed to the Cross.
When Jesus gave His so-called “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 5-7, He was not overruling the law, nor was He destroying or replacing it. He was disputing the Pharisaical interpretation of the law. “You have heard it was said,” Jesus explained, “but I say unto you...” In other words, you have heard it was taught that the law means such-and-so, but I tell you that they have misunderstood the law. Here is what it really means.
Take it from the Lawgiver. He was the one who dictated it to Moses. Rabbinical interpretations of the law, based upon the Jewish Talmud, is not a revelation of the mind of God (Jesus Christ). One must study the law from Jesus' perspective, or, as some would put it, from a New Testament perspective. If the rabbis had understood the law, Jesus would never have had to correct them. In fact, Jesus said of them in Matt. 15:6-9,
6... and thus you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me. 9 But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.
The law is good, if a man use it lawfully (1 Tim. 1:8). The traditions of the elders—their interpretations of the law—were based upon their carnal understanding of the law. Their traditions were not only wrong, they made void the law (Matt. 15:1-9). The same has occurred with Church traditions. Men's interpretations have caused men to cast aside the law and tell many that God now approves the violation of certain laws—such as charging interest on monetary loans or homosexual relations. “ Stephen Jones.
The book of Malachi tells us that before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes something will happen.....
He will send the Spirit of Elijah......and what will Elijah do? Elijah will remind the disobedient children to REMEMBER MOSES and the laws that were given to him at Mt. Horeb. “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.” Mal 4:4
Why do the children need to remember Moses (representing the law)??....b/c they have now become disobedient in the last days and have listened to the man of lawlessness and allowed every evil spirit that deceives into their very temple. In the Lord’s MERCY he sends Elijah to TURN the hearts of the children to the FATHERS.
“See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.” Mal 4:5
Who are these fathers? Those of the fatherhood realm.....found in Yahweh’s saints throughout the ages that have learned OBEDIENCE through the things they have suffered as did the FIRST SON, Jesus. For me, these fathers are not only Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.....but also include saints like Jane Leade, J. Preston Eby, and Ray Prinzing and many others that have BEEN MADE PRIESTS and KINGS. For one first has to become a SON (But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name–John 1:12) in order to BE MADE a priest (and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father...Rev1:6).
What is the Lord’s purpose in sending Elijah? We see that it is to TURN THE HEARTS.....of both fathers to children and children to fathers. This is a PROMISE of OUR FATHER, that He will turn the hearts. “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.” What a beautiful, glorious picture of our Father’s mercy! What a promise!
What are the consequences for those that choose to not heed to the Lord’s ANOINTED? That he will strike the land with a curse. The ultimate curse will be that you will not enter into your ‘promised LAND’ of the glorified body and will not be part of the first resurrection.
Stephen Jones writes....
.”1 John 3:4 says, “sin is lawlessness.” The Greek word that he uses is anomia. The Greek word for law is nomos. The “a” at the beginning of the word is a negative, so the word literally means “no law” or “lawlessness.” Strong's Concordance says that it means “illegality, i.e., violation of law, or (gen.) wickedness.
We ought also to make a distinction between God's law and Jewish law. Jewish laws are the traditions of men found in the Talmud, which are their uninspired interpretations of the divine law. They have volumes of minutiae on every subject, which put Jews into great bondage, which God never intended. In contrast to Jewish law is the divine law that Jesus (in the form of Yahweh) gave to Moses. “
Jones further explains....
”Jesus again spoke of lawlessness in Matt. 13:41, saying,
41 The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks and those who commit lawlessness [anomia].
Since this was Jesus' explanation of the parable of the tares in the wheat, it is plain that He was equating the tares with “those who commit lawlessness,” or those who deliberately violate the divine law, thinking they are now privileged to do so under grace. The fact that this was a parable about the end of the age brings the problem of lawlessness to our own doorsteps of the Church today. In fact, in Matt. 24:12, Jesus said about the Church in our day,
12 And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
In Acts 2:23 Peter says in his pentecostal sermon that it was by the hands of lawless men that the Messiah was put to death. The word Peter uses is anomia.
The Apostle Paul quotes Ps. 32:1, 2 in his letter to the Romans, writing in Rom. 4:7
7 Blessed are those whose lawless deeds [anomiai] have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.
He says again in Rom. 6:19,
19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness [anomia], resulting in further lawlessness [anomia], so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
Paul was well aware of the problem of lawlessness and how it would affect the Church as time progressed. Moses knew the same thing would happen with Israel after his death (Deut. 31:29). So Paul warned the Church in 2 Thess. 2:7,
7 For the mystery of lawlessness [anomia] is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 And then that lawless [anomos] one will be revealed [exposed] whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming.
We see, then, that both Jesus and the Apostle Paul prophesied of great lawlessness at the end of the pentecostal age, and Paul said that this already—in his day—had begun to manifest. In my own early life in the Church, I was taught not to be lawless, but somehow that word never focused upon the divine law that Jesus Christ had given to Moses. Rather, it was defined more in terms of what our Church was teaching in regard to right and wrong. How ironic that our Church would support America 's prison system, instead of teaching the people that those who steal ought to pay restitution—and yet they never once thought of themselves as lawless.
Other churches see nothing wrong with homosexual behavior, as long it is done out of “love.” Such churches are also lawless, for Jesus Christ told Moses very clearly in Lev. 18:22,
22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
Remember what Jesus said about those who are lawless. Even if they have done many wonderful works in the name of Jesus, in the end He will say to them, “Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matt. 7:23).
This does not mean that the lawless ones will lose their salvation. It means simply that they will not inherit the first resurrection, but will have to await the general resurrection at the end of the thousand years. The first resurrection includes only believers who are called to rule and reign with Christ a thousand years (Rev. 20:4-6). One cannot rule if one cannot discern right from wrong and, as a judge, correct injustices. In other words, one must know the law and be led by the Spirit in order to correctly apply the law by the mind of Christ.” (Stephen Jones end quote).
As I stated at the beginning of this blog, I was grieved to hear someone that says that they love Christ to now have heard along with others the call to .......
(Eliyah's message cont. on next blog)
.
Since this was Jesus' explanation of the parable of the tares in the wheat, it is plain that He was equating the tares with “those who commit lawlessness,” or those who deliberately violate the divine law, thinking they are now privileged to do so under grace. The fact that this was a parable about the end of the age brings the problem of lawlessness to our own doorsteps of the Church today. In fact, in Matt. 24:12, Jesus said about the Church in our day,
12 And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
In Acts 2:23 Peter says in his pentecostal sermon that it was by the hands of lawless men that the Messiah was put to death. The word Peter uses is anomia.
The Apostle Paul quotes Ps. 32:1, 2 in his letter to the Romans, writing in Rom. 4:7
7 Blessed are those whose lawless deeds [anomiai] have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.
He says again in Rom. 6:19,
19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness [anomia], resulting in further lawlessness [anomia], so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
Paul was well aware of the problem of lawlessness and how it would affect the Church as time progressed. Moses knew the same thing would happen with Israel after his death (Deut. 31:29). So Paul warned the Church in 2 Thess. 2:7,
7 For the mystery of lawlessness [anomia] is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 And then that lawless [anomos] one will be revealed [exposed] whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming.
We see, then, that both Jesus and the Apostle Paul prophesied of great lawlessness at the end of the pentecostal age, and Paul said that this already—in his day—had begun to manifest. In my own early life in the Church, I was taught not to be lawless, but somehow that word never focused upon the divine law that Jesus Christ had given to Moses. Rather, it was defined more in terms of what our Church was teaching in regard to right and wrong. How ironic that our Church would support America 's prison system, instead of teaching the people that those who steal ought to pay restitution—and yet they never once thought of themselves as lawless.
Other churches see nothing wrong with homosexual behavior, as long it is done out of “love.” Such churches are also lawless, for Jesus Christ told Moses very clearly in Lev. 18:22,
22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
Remember what Jesus said about those who are lawless. Even if they have done many wonderful works in the name of Jesus, in the end He will say to them, “Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matt. 7:23).
This does not mean that the lawless ones will lose their salvation. It means simply that they will not inherit the first resurrection, but will have to await the general resurrection at the end of the thousand years. The first resurrection includes only believers who are called to rule and reign with Christ a thousand years (Rev. 20:4-6). One cannot rule if one cannot discern right from wrong and, as a judge, correct injustices. In other words, one must know the law and be led by the Spirit in order to correctly apply the law by the mind of Christ.” (Stephen Jones end quote).
As I stated at the beginning of this blog, I was grieved to hear someone that says that they love Christ to now have heard along with others the call to .......
(Eliyah's message cont. on next blog)
.
