Dare To Believe

By J. Dean

Wanted:TRUE BELIEVERS,

Call Yahweh NOW!

John 14: 12-15
"12 Truly, truly I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father.

13 And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If you shall ask anything in my name, I will, do it.

15 If you love me keep my commandments."


When you look at the above quotes perhaps the MOST PRESSING question that may arise in your minds is this: "What "works" DONE BY MESSIAH, will be repeated or SURPASSED by those who BELIEVE?" It is clearly promised here, that not only will the BELIEVERS DO the SAME works that Messiah did, but EVEN GREATER works.


"GREATER MIRACLES THAN THE CREATOR?"


If Yahshua Messiah was speaking as God HIMSELF, then the above verses mean that we could do GREATER WORKS than the creator of the UNIVERSE! Since we know that certaintly no one can do greater works than God Himself, we, therefore can only conclude that Yahshua was NOT SPEAKING as the CREATOR when he told us that we would do GREATER WORKS than HIM.? We'd have to COMPLETELY IGNORE the above verses, if Yahshua was speaking here as GOD HIMSELF, come down to earth in fleshly form, because, that would make him PERFECT by (godly) nature, performing miracles BECAUSE it was in his POWER (and not through faith in God). Furthermore how could our faith in Yahweh EVER be as STRONG as God's faith in HIMSELF? If Yahshua NEEDED NO FAITH to do miracles (since he, as CREATOR, knew for a fact what HE could do), how is it EVER going to be possible for US to REPEAT HIS WORKS, much less SURPASS THEM seeing that our ability to do the miracles is HINGED on FAITH? Finally, Yahweh (God) is the CREATOR! How in the WORLD are you going to TOP THAT ?

The knowledge that it's possible to surpass the Messiah in "any" kind of works makes it CLEAR there is something WRONG with the idea that Yahshua was here speaking as the PERSON of God in fleshly form! (Unless you truly believe you can EVER surpass the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE in WORKS! Good luck to you on that one)! THERE HAS TO BE something WRONG with believing Yahshua was speaking as the PERSON of GOD! The "student is NOT greater than the Master" (John 13:16).

We HAVE TO ADMIT that YAHSHUA WAS NOT SPEAKING AS GOD, because NO ONE can do GREATER MIRACLES that the ONE WHO CREATED THE MIRACLES to begin with!

Consider this, Messiah was given miracle power, BECAUSE he obeyed the FATHER!

John 15: 10
"If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love."


If Yahshua was speaking as GOD HIMSELF how can we EVER HOPE to abide in the LOVE OF Yahshua to the SAME DEGREE as he abode in the Father's love, seeing that we'd have to be equal with a GOD IN FLESHLY FORM! (No one could abide in God's love to an equal degree as God HIMSELF, come down to earth in fleshly form could)! It is PURE LOGIC! Yahshua tells us to "abide in HIS love to the same DEGREE as he ABIDES in the Father's love," clearly that would be IMPOSSIBLE, if Yahshua WAS speaking as GOD, seeing that WE would have to be "God in fleshly form," to be able to abide in the love of God to the SAME DEGREE as "God in fleshly form," did!



GREATER MIRACLES WITHOUT EQUAL OBEDIENCE?


Seeing that Yahshua was SINLESS, and that his ability to do miracles was based on his "love" of the Father, (which brings obedience), how could WE expect to be given even greater miracle power WITHOUT obeying the Father at least as MUCH as Messiah DID? If we were to do those same miracles as him (WITHOUT OBEYING) that would mean we are MORE POWERFUL than him, because HE told us he COULDN'T DO those miracles without OBEYING the FATHER FIRST!

If Yahshua promised we would do "greater works" than him, it becomes clear that it MUST be at least POSSIBLE to live without SIN in this life. How do I draw this conclusion? Again, pure logic! When he says "greater works," is Yahshua talking about HIS WORKING OF MIRACLES ONLY, and saying that those who believe will DO GREATER MIRACLES than HIM? Considering Yahshua (through Yahweh's Power) raised and will yet raise people from the DEAD, it's hard to fathom as to what could be GREATER works than that.

" The works" referred to in these passages are NOT ONLY talking about miracles alone, but WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, too! Since Yahshua lived in TOTAL OBEDIENCE to God, and was PERFECT, (tempted in all ways as us, yet without sin- Hebrews 4:15) is it POSSIBLE for ANYONE TO SURPASS HIS MIRACLE WORKING POWER WITHOUT BEING AS OBEDIENT AS HE WAS? Think about it! If I (as a True Believer) believe that I, through faith, am able to do MESSIAH'S MIRACLES, then why wouldn't my FAITH BE JUST AS STRONG in the areas of BEHAVIOR and GOOD CONSCIENCE? How could I have MESSIAH'S LEVEL OF FAITH to move mountains, and yet NOT have HIS LEVEL OF FAITH to CEASE from wickedness?If I have the SAME LEVEL of faith as Messiah, that FAITH IS GOING TO WORK THE SAME THINGS in my ENTIRE PERSON. Faith is not just going to give me miracle working power WITHOUT THE RIGHTEOUS POWER (of the Holy Spirit, of love) TO GO WITH IT ! Especially when you consider that Yahshua's POWER to do the WORKS OF THE FATHER was granted to Him BECAUSE He obeyed the Father!


"WORKS ARE WORKS"


It has to be that Messiah was talking NOT JUST ABOUT MIRACLES, but about works of righteousness as well, for, when we, as believers, step forward in HIS authority, through OBEDIENCE to the FATHER, only THEN is it possible for us to DO HIS WORKS, and EVEN GREATER! It becomes clear, in knowing this, that Messiah was speaking here as a MAN and NOT AS GOD, or else there's NO WAY we could SURPASS ANY OF HIS WORKS (be they miracles, or good deeds)!


FINDING FAVOR WITH GOD

Grace actually means " favor." In the tanakh, (Old Testament), the ONLY ONES who "found favor" with God were the ones who believed God, and OBEYED Him out of that belief, and they were the same ones doing ALL THE MIRACLES! We have no reason to believe that this has changed! There's no evidence that the requirement of obedience to "find favor" with God was done away with from the days Messiah walked the earth until now. In other words, Yahshua HIMSELF, also had to FIND FAVOR with God, first, before he would be able to perform ANY miracles (and so do his followers). The only way to find favor with God, is to believe GOD and let that belief cause you to walk in obedience. Again, there is no PROOF that requirement was changed in the time of Yahshua (and in fact no proof that obedience requirement has EVER been changed). If Messiah HAD TO OBEY THE FATHER in order to DO THE WORKS that he did, then the SAME requirement falls on US too! It HAS TO! Therefore, our ability to do the MIRACLES, demonstrated by Messiah, MUST be IN DIRECT PROPORTION to HOW MUCH WE OBEY (or Love) THE FATHER, and therefore, since it is PROMISED that we will DO THE SAME WORKS as MESSIAH, it is also expected that we can be JUST AS OBEDIENT as MESSIAH was to the FATHER! And how on EARTH would that EVER be possible if Yahshua was speaking as GOD HIMSELF? How can you obey GOD as well as GOD CAN OBEY HIMSELF?

Am I teaching that salvation is by WORKS, then, and not by GRACE? Not at all! We are definately saved by GRACE and NOT WORKS! Does this sound contradictory?

You don't have to remain forever in your sins in order to be "saved by Grace." Consider this, how about being BOTH, "saved by GRACE AND GET RID OF SIN?" If I am saved by GRACE and I STOP SINNING, am I no longer saved by grace? Lets entertain the notion for a moment, the possibility of being saved by Grace, and yet living without sin.

What about 1 John 1:9?


1 John 1: 8
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."


Indeed, this verse, BY ITSELF, does appear to say that anyone who EVER SAYS "I HAVE NO SIN," is a liar. However, when you take the verse in it's context you realize it's talking about those who claim "I have never sinned," and it's talking about when I DO SIN, I shouldn't try to DENY it and say "I didn't sin!" Let's read the context.


1 John 1: 8-10
"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.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.


As you can see it's clearly talking about those who would try to claim they NEVER sinned, and those who would try to DENY their sins even EXIST (or they deny that God SEES their sin, which is the same thing as saying "I have no sin!") Nothing in this verse even REMOTELY says we are trapped in SIN FOREVER! In fact, if you read the next 7 verses after this it says quite to the contrary!


1 John 2: 1-7
"1 My little children, I write these things unto you so that you sin not. And if any man sins we have an advocate with the Father, Yahshua Messiah, the righteous;

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not just for ours only, but also for the whole world.

3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

4 He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5 But whoever keeps his word, in him is the love of God perfected: that's how we know that we are in him.

6 He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

7 Brethren, I do not write a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which you have heard from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning."


Is John wasting his breath when he writes to us so that we "don't sin?" He is IF we can NEVER stop sinning! That's just common sense! Chapter 2 of 1 John comes right out and says that someone who "knows" Yahshua will keep his commandments! You see, it's not that we don't have forgiveness if we sin! Of course we do! It's God's DESIRE that we are perfected in LOVE to the point that we are JUST LIKE Yahshua! If you would read the book of 1 John in this light you begin to see that John was teaching a SINLESS LIFE is within your grasp IF YOU DARE TO BELIEVE IT!

Brothers and sisters, it's not that God EXPECTS US to be PERFECT, but rather that Yahweh has OFFERED US THE MEANS to be perfect, it's entirely up to US to receive it, and believe it, and he GRANTS US EVEN MORE FAITH as we begin to operate in HIS POWER, so that we grow MORE AND MORE LIKE UNTO THE IMAGE OF YAHSHUA! Certainly, if any man SIN we have an advocate with the Father, even Yahshua Messiah, who is the propitiation of our sins! Yahweh, however, and indeed the world as well, looks at our good WORKS for the PROOF of our FAITH, for if we have FAITH TO MOVE MOUNTAINS then we certainly should have faith to CONQUER THE DAILY TEMPTATIONS OF LIFE in the FLESH! Isn't this LOGICAL?

God is beginning a move (reawakening) of the Holy Spirit like no other in HISTORY. The CHARACTERISTICS of a TRUE BELIEVER, that I am about to outline here, were probably the VERY CHARACTERISTICS that Messiah saw in HIS DISCIPLES, and why he sought them out and CHOSE them!

God is LOOKING FOR a very special type of person, ONE WHO WILL TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD and one who will DARE TO BELIEVE!

ASK, AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE
&
KNOCK AND THE DOOR SHALL OPENED

In the Gospel of John, chapter 14 the Messiah states plainly that ANYTHING we ask, (according to the will of the Father, of course) will be GRANTED! It doesn't say, "might be" granted, it says WILL BE granted. I can think of no better thing to ASK of the FATHER than to BE FREE from SIN! Literally! To actually LIVE without SINNING! To hunger and thirst for righteousness sake, to WALK as Messiah walked, and "to be tempted in all ways, yet without SIN!" This should be our NUMBER ONE DESIRE in life! Personally, I want it MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE!

According to the words of Messiah, stated not only here in John, chapter 14, but in ALL FOUR GOSPELS, if we ask ANYTHING of the Father, according to HIS WILL, and BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS we shall receive it, the FATHER IN HEAVEN will grant it! Who can argue with the NOTION that it is GOD'S WILL for us NOT TO SIN? If you think it's God's will for us to LIVE IN SIN, you just HAVEN'T READ THE BIBLE! God wants us to be WHOLE! He wants us to have the MOST ABUNDANT LIFE POSSIBLE, and SIN reduces the QUALITY OF OUR LIVES and the QUALITY OF LIFE of those AROUND US who have to DEAL with the PAIN caused by our DAILY SINS! Let me assure you, it's GOD'S WILL that we RID OURSELVES OF SIN! !

Since we KNOW that God wants us to stop SINNING, and we know Messiah taught that ANYTHING we ASK the FATHER according to HIS DESIRE, HE WILL GRANT IT, Spiritual discernment and logic, therefore, dictate that IF we EARNESTLY ASK the FATHER for a LIFE FREE FROM SIN, and ask Him for the ABILITY to be PLEASING TO HIM, and if we ask this BELIEVING IN OUR HEART THAT WE WILL RECEIVE IT, then sooner or later, according to the words of Yahweh, and the words of Messiah, WE WILL BE GRANTED OUR REQUEST!

REFUSING TO ASK!

Because of the FALSE notion that "FAITH STANDS ALONE WITHOUT WORKS" and the "attitude," that somehow living WITHOUT SIN will CANCEL OUT grace, we have not ASKED for a SINLESS LIFE! For this reason we can NEVER HOPE to live IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, and we can NEVER HOPE TO EXPERIENCE PERFECT LOVE in our lifetimes. We must change our VIEW on this, or we WILL NEVER ASK FOR IT. Never mind that we WON'T BELIEVE IT; we won't even ASK (thinking erroneously that such a request is OUTRAGEOUS, and not an "option")!

Just like ANYTHING ELSE we WANT, first we must humble ourselves enough to ASK FOR IT, then IN TIME, as our FAITH grows stronger, we start to BELIEVE IT! We have to ask, which is the very FIRST STEP! It's assumed that if you DON'T ASK for something YOU DON'T REALLY WANT IT, and perhaps that's our REAL PROBLEM, we want to KEEP OUR SIN, and we don't want to GET RID OF IT, otherwise, why wouldn't we ASK for it? The epistle of James describes in PERFECT DETAIL this VERY DILEMMA!

James 4:1-8
"1 From where came wars and fightings (contentions) among you? Don't they come from your lusts that war in your members?

2 You lust, and do not have: you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: you fight and war, and yet you have not BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT !

3 You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts.

4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

5 Do you think that the scripture says in vain the spirit that dwells in man lusts to envy?

6 But he gives more grace. Wherefore, he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded."

These verses say quite a mouthful! Let's take each verse ONE AT A TIME!

VERSE 1 says that envy and strife come forth from LUST, which, by the way, is the EXACT OPPOSITE of LOVE.

VERSE 2 states clearly that ALL OF YOUR LUSTS, and the EVIL that results from it comes from the VERY FACT that you DO NOT ASK GOD for the LOVE that will CLEANSE YOU of this LUST!

VERSE 3 says that EVEN WHEN YOU ASK, you DO NOT RECEIVE, because your HEART IS NOT PURE, and your motives for ASKING for GOD'S LOVE is so that you can SHOW THE WORLD how loved by God you are, and PROVE TO EVERYONE (with whom you are CONTENDING) how much BETTER, how much more PIOUS than they, you are!

VERSE 4 then CONDEMNS those who ONLY WANT TO IMPRESS THE WORLD WITH THEIR SOCIAL PIETY OR SOCIAL POWER, saying that to be friends with the WORLD makes you AN ENEMY of GOD!

VERSE 5 quotes the "Tanakh" to prove that all lust and envy comes from the SPIRIT OF MEN'S WISDOM AND WORLDLY DESIRES rather than the Spirit of God.

VERSE 6 says that GOD GIVES GRACE to the HUMBLE! In other words, the GIFT OF GRACE that brings SALVATION is NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PROUD!

VERSE 7 states clearly that when you are TEMPTED TO SIN, all you have to do is SUBMIT to GOD and RESIST the DEVIL, and HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. This verse is describing the WAY to overcome SIN! When we DARE TO BELIEVE GOD, and SUBMIT TO HIS SPIRIT, we can then have the POWER TO RESIST SIN (which is TRUE LOVE)!

VERSE 8 says that the nearer you draw to GOD the nearer he draws to you. Then admonishes us to CLEANSE OUR HANDS of SIN (evil works), and PURIFY OUR HEARTS of LUST, which leads to ENVY, STRIVINGS, and ultimately to MURDER among the double minded (Those who want their Spiritual Cake and consume evil too)!


God (Yahweh) is seeking those who will DARE to believe (LIKE) HIS SON, when HIS SON SAYS to ASK GOD for ANYTHING, and it will be GIVEN YOU! People want to ask GOD for all kinds of things, EXCEPT RIGHTEOUSNESS! They don't want to ASK FOR A SINLESS LIFE AT ALL! I've heard (so called) GREAT FAITH TEACHERS, who come on television and RADIO, and teach that WE CAN NAME AND CLAIM ANYTHING, and if we have enough FAITH, God will give it to us. They promise us WEALTH, PROSPERITY, PERFECT HEALTH, CARS, JEWELRY, NEW HOUSES, and all kinds of worldly stuff!VERY FEW OF THEM tell us to NAME AND CLAIM PERFECTION THROUGH LOVE! They don't teach us to name and claim RIGHTEOUSNESS, and a SINLESS EXISTENCE! In fact, they teach that such things ARE IMPOSSIBLE, because we must remain a sinner to be "saved by GRACE!" Yet Yahshua told us plainly to:

"Seek you FIRST the kingdom of God AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, and all these things shall be ADDED unto you!"

Matthew 6: 31-34
"31 Therefore, take not thought, saying, what shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, with what will we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the heathen seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

33 But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and (then) all these things shall be added to you.

34 Take, therefore, no thought for tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. It's sufficient for today is the EVIL of the day."

We MUST not get our priorities mixed up here. The FIRST THING for which we should be ASKING, and BELIEVING, is RIGHTEOUSNESS, because there's enough EVIL in our DAILY LIVES to OCCUPY the ENTIRE DAY in PRAYER! The Father is NOT going to let "True Believers" starve, or go hungry, or walk around NAKED, IF and I mean IF we DO ASK and SEEK the KINGDOM and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS FIRST ! It's very sad when we think RIGHTEOUSNESS is NOT EVEN AVAILABLE TO us. Actually, what we appear to think is that we ALREADY HAVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, even though we maintain your self-imposed level of SIN (double mindedness). We seem to think that the ATONEMENT gives us the righteousness of JESUS. HOWEVER, common sense should dictate that IF THIS WERE TRUE, and we therefore already HAVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS of JESUS, then we WON'T HAVE TO SEEK IT ! In that case, MESSIAH'S WORDS are POINTLESS!

The FALSE notion that we DON'T HAVE TO SEEK HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS after we BELIEVE is what causes us NOT to SEEK IT, OR ASK FOR IT ! Why should we ASK for and SEEK something that we believe we ALREADY HAVE, and what is amazing about all of this is, we believe we HAVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, even though we are walking around FILLED WITH ALL MANNER OF SIN! This error completely NULLIFIES Messiah's admonishment that we SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; and equates Yahweh's Righteousness with Sin!

GOOD GIFTS FROM THE FATHER

God WANTS to GIVE US the righteousness of Yahshua! It's HIS GREATEST DESIRE to see us CARING FOR EACH OTHER in the PERFECT LOVE OF YAHSHUA! This is THE GREATEST GIFT being offered to us FROM THE FATHER. What a TRAGEDY that we don't even WANT IT, and CLING to FALSE ideas that KEEP us FROM ASKING for it!

Matthew 7: 7-11
"7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you:

8 for every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son asks for bread, will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?

11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father, which is in Heaven, give good things to them that ask Him?"


If we ASK GOD to HELP US live without SIN, and to help us to be able to "Walk the Walk" perfectly, even as Messiah did, IS YAHWEH GOING TO SAY NO? Is He INSTEAD going to DISOWN US, say "you're not my son anymore, (you've fallen from Grace)," and turn HIS BACK ON US? I do NOT think so! Yet, we convince ourselves that is EXACTLY what God will do. When we say we are SAVED BY GRACE, and illogically conclude that, GOD WANTS US IN OUR SIN, so that we can't BOAST; then this is what we believe!

In all actually Yahweh wants us to REMEMBER from whence CAME the GIFT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and THUS we shall NEVER BE ABLE TO BOAST, for, even if at some future date we become PERFECT, we will KNOW that it was GOD'S GIFT that made us that way!

Many have told me flat out that I'm a DREAMER if I believe I can PRAY for PERFECTION and expect to receive it (even though I'm told that anything I ask of the Father will be granted to me). Then, as (so called) proof of this they would sarcastically demand to KNOW WHY I haven't received PERFECTION yet, since I've been praying for it all these years.

Could the problem that many of us have with the "Power of Prayer" have ANYTHING TO DO with this NEGATIVITY that says we can NEVER BE RIGHTOUES? It is highly likely! ... DOUBT ... Satan has used LIES, disguised as TRUTH to sew the seeds of DOUBT. The DOUBT that the DEVIL has sown into minds of us and our children is so STRONG that it's like a continual WEIGHT around OUR NECKS! I nevertheless BELIEVE at least this much, that this POWER to OVERCOME SIN is at least POSSIBLE and AVAILABLE to THOSE WHO DARE TO BELIEVE IT, and that SOME DAY for "True Believers" it will COME TO PASS!!

Friends in Messiah Yahshua, praying for perfection from sins, and believing that through the power of Yahweh's Holy Spirit perfection can be achieved is not legalism!

DENYING THE POWER
OF GOD


When you think about it, to say it's IMPOSSIBLE to be SINLESS and HOLY is to DENY the POWER of God, and DENIES the WORDS OF MESSIAH! We shipwreck our own faith when we say that GOD KNOWS we can NEVER STOP SINNING, and that's why HE GIVES US GRACE! (Which is TRUE in a way, because without GRACE AND FAITH WE CAN'T STOP SINNING, however, for the believer that point is MOOT because we HAVE FAITH and WE HAVE GRACE)! If we think we will NEVER STOP SINNING, EVER, we make Yahshua a LIAR, when he said that, ANYTHING WE ASK FOR IN PRAYER, the FATHER will GIVE IT! Not only that, when we say that we can't PRAY for righteousness and RECEIVE it, we are actually saying that GOD CANNOT OR WILL NOT GRANT THIS REQUEST, that it's beyond HIS POWER or HIS DESIRE to do so!


Philippians 4: 13
"I can do ALL THINGS through MESSIAH who strengthens me."

The above quoted verse does NOT say, "I can do all things, EXCEPT STOP SINNING." If we say that YOU CAN'T STOP SINNING we are calling the writer of THIS EPISTLE a LIAR, and we are DENYING the power of "MESSIAH who strengthens me," WHICH IN TURN denies the POWER OF YAHWEH's HOLY SPIRIT to work in us! I'm telling you now, "THAT IS NOT BELIEVING!" That is UNBELIEF, and that is why, in a way, if we SAY we can NEVER STOP SINNING, we are correct; GOD WILL NOT make someone who says such a thing SINLESS! God is looking for people who will DARE to BELIEVE in THE POWER OF HIS LOVE (Holy Spirit), and DARE to BELIEVE that they can ASK FOR AND RECEIVE this power UNTO SINLESS RIGHTEOUSNESS!

We are living in the FINAL END, when those who REFUSE to BELIEVE will BE SO OBVIOUS in their UNBELIEF they will be easy to SPOT! In 2nd. Timothy we find the UNBELIEVER (Son of Perdition) DESCRIBED in GREAT DETAIL!


2 Timothy 3:1-7
"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, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, DESPISERS OF THEM THAT ARE GOOD

4 Traitors, heady, high minded, 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 strange lusts.

7 Ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."


The above verses are NOT talking about THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN RELIGION, because verse 5 says clearly that they "have a form of godliness but deny the POWER, thereof." These verses are DESCRIBING THE unbelievers who, while living a RELIGIOUS LIFE, and teaching FAITH, are walking around in all manner of evil behavior, bringing shame to the God they CLAIM to follow, love, and obey!

Let's not be one who teaches you can never obey the LAW! It tells us to TURN AWAY from such!

There are UNBELIEVERS who go to CHURCH! They GO TO BIBLE STUDY! They go to SYNAGOGUE! They follow the BIBLE, and the TANAKH, and KEEP THE TORAH, they are ALWAYS studying the BIBLE, they are EVER LEARNING the scriptures and the texts, yet they are NEVER ABLE TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH! Why? Because they have NO TRUE DESIRE to LET GO of their SIN, or they are UNABLE TO because they have NO FAITH AT ALL IN YAHSHUA. If we WON'T ASK for the POWER our consciences are "seared with a hot iron." I am NOT ATTACKING ANYONE! I am TRYING to HELP people understand what it means to DARE TO BELIEVE! God knows our hearts! He knows if we are ONE OF THOSE WHO WILL DARE TO BELIEVE! I pray that those of you who have stuck to this article to the very end turn out to be one of those BELIEVERS!

Yahweh bless and keep you, IN HIS LOVE.


Shalom

J. Dean


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