The Mystery:
To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God!

Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every Spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ; according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in Love, having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been Loved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace, which He caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and understanding; having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, for an administration of the fullness of times, to head up all things in Christ, both the things in Heaven, and the things on earth, even in Him, in whom also we have been chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will, for us to be to the praise of His glory, who previously had trusted in Christ; in whom also you, hearing the Word of Truth, the gospel of our salvation, in whom also believing, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. | Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery, having been unvoiced during eternal times; but now has been made plain, and by the prophetic Scriptures, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith; to God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen. | But, we speak wisdom among those who are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, that come to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, which God has hidden, predetermining it before the world for our glory; which none of the rulers of this world knew (for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory). But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. | For this cause, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles {non-Jews}, if you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given to me toward you, that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I wrote before in few words, by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the nations should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partaker of His promise in Christ through the gospel. Of this gospel I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of His power. This grace is given to me (who am less than the least of all saints) to preach the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ among the nations, and to bring to light what is the fellowship of the mystery which from eternity has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ; so that now to the rulers and powers in the heavenlies might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God! (Ephesians 1 | Romans 16 | 1st Corin. 2 | Eph. 3)

The mystery of times-past, was Jesus Christ Himself. He has already been revealed to the world. The mystery of all time, was to understand the Spiritual realm as opposed to the physical realm; the corporeal and the non-corporeal; the three-dimensional versus the multi-dimensional! Understanding a God that is exempt of time and space and matter; to comprehend the vastness of Gods very creation, from the micro to the macro; from the expanse of the universe to the details of the sub-atomic world; these are heavily complex issues that have both fascinated, and stumbled, the Theologians and the scientists alike! This is why the issue of the Trinity is so confusing to so many people, as they try to reckon Scripture and the physical world along with these complexities. But the mysteries are not esoteric; they are not exclusive; they're not for sale! They are not a thing, in and of themselves. A mystery is something we do not fully understand. And it works like this: Without the Indwelling Holy Spirit, who turns on the light of the human Soul, the human is in darkness, even until now. Even for me to say this to the unregenerate "Christian", is too mysterious to them: Its ghost-like! They cannot recognize nor separate the Spiritual from the physical. This is why religion becomes a works righteousness. They do not live in the Spiritual (via the Indwelling), and so, they have only the word of God and the rituals of their descendents. In fact, the Godless-religious invest heavily in the thoughts, actions and directives of past humans. Those of the Indwelling, look to and follow, only the Lord Jesus Christ. But the knowledge God wants to convey, is not a secret, except to those who are perishing, be it the Godless or the Godless-religious (the Religionists)! Those who have not decided to sell all and give it to the poor; to sacrifice this life and follow Christ, are not yet Indwelled by God. Jesus required a certain sacrifice on our part, and the Gospels spell it out for us. But the Religionists seek to be as the Pharisees; they jump to the Epistles to justify their (Taker) lifestyles of laziness, affluence and fatness. They have the mammon, they want to continue to get the mammon, and they will not relinquish the mammon-life, and trust in God to bring them food from the Earth, by the sweat of their own brow. But the people who have the mammon, are the world; the worldly (the Caesars), and so, the Religionists must adapt their faith to fit into the mammon-world! This is what had already occurred to the Pharisees when Jesus came onto the scene!

If I need mammon to buy my food and shelter, I am a dependent of that resource. Without the mammon, I either steal or die. I must do and say and go along with, whatever it takes to keep that mammon coming into my pocket (bank account). I have no options, I'm a slave to the mammon; it is my master, and I will do whatever it takes to attain it! What choice do I have? Begging? Stealing? Starving? Humiliation? These are unacceptable outcomes to the human ego. But if I volition to live a very simple life; if I do not care to impress other humans, then all I will really need, is food, clothing and shelter. If I take what God has already provided us all, I can make all those things with my own hands; I do not have to be a dependent of the mammon! I can even grow more food than I eat, and trade/barter it for things that I have no talent to make, like good shoes, or tools, or glass, things like that! I can build more than I need and trade/barter those things as well. The options for living simple and mammon-free, are grand indeed. If the government expects mammon to participate in their temples or their society, I will just sell of my excesses, and give that mammon to them. Why? Because I do not want to fight their police or their military; that's not why I am on Earth.

Humans are either dependent, or independent. An individual or a group of individuals, either live autonomously from the world, or, they are yoked with unbelievers in (and because of) their dependency. The independent person is not truly independent, he/she is fully dependent on God, to provide for us, as Jesus instructed. This means that their food comes from the seeds they plant and harvest; it means that they build their own structures; this means that they make much of their own necessities straight from the creation, as much as that is in their power to do. Jesus discouraged the very handling of mammon; it is called the root of all evil; it is not of God (back then, it was Caesars). Even when Paul was dealing with those enslaved to human masters, he said that if your a slave (and can't be freed), to be a Christian and a slave. I other words, our life, is not this life; our fate in the here & now is of little consequence to the bigger picture of life-universal; of life-eternal! We may not prefer the cards dealt to us in this life, and we should (within limits) try to improve that lot, but our main focus is to live Christ, where we are and when we are, and not get too caught up in the consequences of the hand dealt us, be it good or bad. Now, if we (as a Fellowship of Believers) grow our own food, we build our own homes and other buildings, furnishings and implements; we even make some of our own clothing, then we need little mammon; we only need the mammon demanded of us from Caesar, or whatever Taker's yoke we are under. There was always the taxing/tithing Takers with their Godless lazy hands-in-the-pie; this will always be; injustice will prevail until the Second Advent. If another business group or government demands a cut of your things, surrender those things to them. Paul instructed those still under Roman Imperialism, not to try to fight these Takers; not to try to make them just men (not to try to teach them justice). We live Christ unto anyone and everyone, and the chosen of God will recognize who we are, and (at some point in time) seek to join us; they will want to enter into the labor fields with us. But, for those who are Takers, they look at other humans and see a resource, one that keeps them out of the labor fields; that keeps the mammon coming in (which in turn, empowers them). In our time/culture, humans have been normalized by the Industrialization of Gods creation, and to the point that they see it as normal; even Godly. Now we are beginning to touch on the mysteries.

The Curse of Capitalism!

Those who are mammon-dependent, must be right about their views; their products; their theology. They are forced to make the mammon, and so, whatever it takes to make it, dominates their life, and even to the point that they are unconscious of the many compromises they make to attain it! It really does not matter what is being sold; what they're peddling, those who risk loosing mammon to another, must oppose those others; they are competition for dollars. Look at global warming; those who prosper from the continued burning of fossil fuels (multiple-millions of people), have no option but to oppose the very notion of global warming. This is the curse of Capitalism! I will give you one example (I could give you thousands!): Say, I find a natural herb that's tinctured, and when consumed, it basically lives on cancer cells; it eats them! It's like the cancer itself; it cannot survive on anything but the cancer itself, and so, it eats (any/all) cancer cells like food, and the off-gases of this consumption are expelled from the body in defecation, urine or sweat. This is the total cure for cancer, and for a few hundred dollars! Now, do you realize that this would put the US economy into a recession, or worse? Do you understand that both industry and government, would have to make sure that such a discovery, never be shared, mass-produced or distributed?! The amount of monies to prevent its public exposure would have to include murdering those who know about it. This is not conspiratory, it is simple economics! When a crack cocaine dealer has done all he can do to the cocaine to maximize profits (like cutting it), he needs more customers; he needs more people addicted to his product, to maximize profits! This is the curse of Capitalism! Its a grow or die economy, and the natural world is but one of its victims! Capitalism is the product of Godlessness (it is an end-consequence of hatred toward God/creation). The sin of Sodom takes out the masses; the majority, and even from those few whom God allows to be spared, some will look back at its magnetic attraction. The early Gnostics were teaching that the material world was evil; that we should deny the flesh to the point that we have nothing at all; that we eat and that is all! They lived in caves and had no material things at all, which means that they had no mammon to give to the Takers! Now, they went too far with this belief (over time), soon denying that God could have anything at all to do with corporeality, and therefore, God would not come to Earth in the flesh (that is, Jesus Christ). The Orthodoxy pounced all over this, to call them heretics, keeping others from following their teachings of material-free living. The Orthodox Church wanted tithe givers; the Roman Empire wanted tax givers! And so, the Takers have always collaborated to keep people addicted to mammon, so they could take a cut for themselves; so they could keep the food producers obligated to sharing their harvest with the Takers! What choice do they have?

Motives for what people say, or teach, or proclaim, all filters through their socio-cultural status of dependency or independency. If I am a professional religionist, I must oppose any message; any theology; any ideal, that will threaten my mammon income. What choice do I have? Farming and building and laboring with my softened hands? That's my choice (and that's not happening). Since I see myself as "above" or "beyond" such petty living, I will not humble myself in such a way. I am lazy, and besides, God blessed me with "other" gifts, and so I should remain on the stage, cleaned, pressed and fattened, and I'll talk to you with great swelling words, and you feed me for doing so. This is the life I have chosen; it is my "calling"; its what I want to do. Therefore, since I will not labor, I will still need lots of food and fancy clothing (I dress to impress ;-).. I will also need other status symbols indicative of my time/culture, after all, I must woo the crowds, so that, while in their emotional trance, I ask them for a handout, to buy all my needed and wanted things. I will sell them on predecessor successes of tithing and taxation. This is the way of the Godless Taker, and is has been historically successful. I'm a career man; I am special; I am above the workmen and the laborer. I have the "gift of teaching". If you don't believe me, just ask me; ask those whom I woo and milk; they will vouch for me!

With the Indwelling Holy Spirit within us, we are Enlightened; we are made alive; we are One with God! We become painfully conscientious; we indeed, have the very inspiration of the Authors of Scripture, abiding within us, as well. The Indwelling Holy Spirit was the inspiration of the holy Scriptures, and we too, can have that Indwelling once we have made the same life-surrendering commitment to serve Christ, as did those who spent their entire existence on Earth, in the service of God. Following Christ is not a weekend gig, it is a life-long endeavor; we cannot buy our way into this Union. Without the Indwelling, showing us the big-picture of Life-eternal, the word of God is not the canvas of Corporeality; it is not the word-picture of inspiration that was the guide to Bible writers; it is instead, a complex array of words that must be broken down into tiny bits and chewed on for years and even decades. What God could teach you in seconds, the Godless-religious end up spending lifetimes studying and mulling over the word, trying to gleam what God is communicating in a true, child-like fashion! There are multitudes of children who die, knowing the fullness of the simple character, nature and purpose of God; of Life; of eternity! They may not have the complex language to share it with the complex adults, buy they know it intrinsically, because God is with them in that moment of transition. The adults that are not chosen; they are not ever going to understand, no mater how much reading they do; no matter how much religion they invest in, or get involved with. They made the decision to follow the mammon; they dedicated their existence to serving mammon, to compromise for the mammon, and those who use religion and God to serve it, are the most blind of all.

Matthew 6:19-25 | Luke 16:9-15 Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up treasures in Heaven for yourselves, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? | And I say to you, Make friends by the mammon of unrighteousness for yourselves, so that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. He who is faithful in the least is also faithful in much. And he who is unjust in the least is also unjust in much. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust the true riches to you? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. And being mammon-lovers, all the Pharisees also heard all these things. And they derided Him. And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men ($$) is an abomination in the sight of God.

The mystery of this age, is the Indwelling Holy Spirit. It's like an oxymoron; that is, when the Holy Spirit does in fact, dwell in you, then you just know it; there is no magic or mystery. But when there is no Indwelling, this is a mystery that seems too supernatural; like believing in ghosts! But ghosts don't really exist; the non-corporeal is in no way, connected to the corporeal. The imagination of the human mind is convincing in these instances, but without solid, tangible proof, most logical thinking people do not believe in Casper, beyond the cartoons (one I used to like as a child)! I am a logical, intelligent person and I do not believe in ghosts. And yet, I know without a doubt the Indwelling Holy Spirit is in me! How? Well, its not just because I want it to be so; it's not wish-fulfillment. What has happened to me, Spiritually, emotionally and then, physically, is overwhelming. I have an abiding peace about not only this life, but life-eternal. But its more than all of that. In fact, it is just so big, that it often takes my (149 IQ) brain some time to actually catch up with what the Spirit within, is relaying to me. What happens after the Holy Spirit bonds or yokes with our (formally dormant) Soul (if you will), is truly transformational; it's epochal. When Jesus was describing "born again" (John 3), those who was listening tried to translate it back to the physical; the corporeal: But you can't! I suppose it is like anything that a human experiences, that is, its experiential! And so, it creates a rift between those who profess to BE Christian, and those who are born again: Indwelled! For those who believe that they are Christian, and yet, do not have the Indwelling, they look upon those who do, with great skepticism. This is why I use the term: "Godless-religious"! To be involved in the religion of Christianity, and to read the bible and pray, participate in church functions and the entire package, and yet, not be Indwelled by God! Therefore, skepticism is understandable. Without the Indwelling, humans follow other humans, and not the clear promptings of God-in-them. It is truly the blind leading the blind, and the pit they all end up in together, is a witness against them. Sadly, it is a witness they, themselves, never see.

Look at the Pentecostal movement itself. It was a Denomination sect/cult born out of the need to be Saved; to be "Christian", but without the actual Indwelling occurring, and thus the fruits of a radically transformed life (and lifestyle). The Pentecostal theology is a copy of its culture: Capitalism, materialism; wealth and prosperity; Bling! Consequently, they did/do just as the fellowships in Corinth were doing; trying to find a way to "be Spiritual", but without the Indwelling Holy Spirit. I call this "brain-religion", or more accurately, "emotion-religion"! Without the Indwelling radically transforming the Soul, and then the mind, the carnal man is left to the devises of the human brain, and it is ill equipped to deal with true Spirituality. This is why they thought that if they just fake the speaking of some unknown language, they could use this as proof; the barometer that proves they have the Spirit of God dwelling in them. This is why the Protestants are so divided on so many issues. Now keep I mind; they may indeed, have a spirit in them, I cannot be sure, but one thing I do know, its not the Holy Spirit! This is why I see the new Pentecostal movement, something even darker than the average cult; they are not just the Godless-religious, they are possibly demonic. Any time you hear of some twisted act in a church, or you hear of some warped interpretation of Scripture, all such roads lead back to the Pentecostal movement (Jim Jones was Pentecostal)! The only people that believe there are modern-day Apostles, or people speaking in unknown tongues, are Pentecostals, Catholics and Mormons! The prosperity doctrine was/is a logical extension of a Capitalist culture. If I wanted to build a successful church in the City of Sodom, I would go there preaching the gospel of Gods loving acceptance of homosexuality and sexual freedom: My pews would be filled! When you are trying to build a business, you need to sell what the masses are buying. If you are a Yak patty salesman, you would do well in Mongolia, but not in Michigan! You have to know your market!

When religion is just a selection off of the "religion menu", selecting Christianity will lead to the same place that any other religious selection will lead. This is why there is the New age Movement; why the idea of spiritualism is only emotional at its core. Emotions and feelings become the only barometer of spirituality, and within that box, many strange things happen. All religions have some form or fashion of "spirituality"; since it is not the Indwelling Holy Spirit, is can only be emotional awareness (to tune-in better on ones own emotions), which is simply an improvement on/of self-awareness. You have heard that all roads lead to God; this is a fact: As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God." So then each one of us will give account concerning himself to God. Those who are conquered and controlled by the Indwelling, simply live the Gospels; following the model set for by our Master Yahshua; the Lord Jesus Christ! Those of the Indwelling live simple upon the Earth, and always replace more than they take. They/we avoid mammon, worldliness, the worldly, and materialism in general. The Godless-religious try to use words as their proof of salvation; the evidence of their faith. The Protestants teach that faith alone, is all you need. The Catholics conclude that all those who are members of their church, are the chosen ones. It is about rituals and/or words, but no mention of surrendering religion altogether. This is what the Pharisees were doing; living lifestyles that were contrary to their talk, but because they said so much truth in their words, they tricked the majority of listeners into believing they were men of God, based on what came out of their mouth, and not their life (their lifestyle)! Excess talking is how the con artists con people. They mask the true self witnessed in how they live on the earth, with words and convincing arguments: smokescreens!

Because humans want to be identified as Christian, but, they do not have the Indwelling Holy Spirit within, they need (therefore) to make up that impartation; to give it a life! One or two brands of the many Protestant divisions, deny that any sort of Indwelling occurs: Many Protestants and Catholics, do not believe that the Holy Spirit Indwells humans at all! Nevertheless, in the absence of faith, signs are required. But they do not understand that the true signs are a changed life; a different lifestyle; a transformed mind. They are simpletons and thus, they think that the proof must be some miracle that will draw attention to them: This is the way all children (and immature adults) think! If there is no Indwelling, then faking such an installation, makes the difference between being true or false. It becomes a challenge; a competition! However, not knowing what it's like to actually be Indwelled, the Godless-religious seek Scripture for proofs, or evidence, of that (wanted) Indwelling. This is where the Pentecostal theology was born. This is why they act out physically, things like the speaking in unknown tongues; it requires no proof. In other words, the Biblical accounts of speaking in tongues, was not some garble or noise, it was humans speaking in other-human languages that they had no training in. If, for example, I suddenly started quoting Scripture in Chinese, and there were Chinese speaking listeners, they could confirm that I was, in fact, preaching the gospel to them in their own language. If however, I just make up a language, then no one can understand, and therefore, it requires no evidence what I was saying. This same thing is true with all the acts of healing that took place during the Apostolic Age; they were obvious; profound, not superficial, questionable and unprovable.

The Apostles received their commission directly from Jesus; these eye-witnesses of the Savior after His resurrection, exercised a special inspiration and expounded on or wrote Scripture; (John 14:26; 16:13; Gal.1:11-12); and exercised supreme authority (John 20:22-23; 2nd Corn.10:8). The badge of their authority was the power to work real miracles (Mark 6:13; Luke 9:1-2; Acts 2:43); were given a universal commission to found churches (2nd Corn.11:28). Supernatural powers such as these, are not given to or invested in men today (See ApologeticsPress.org). Peter and Paul were healing men who had not walked all their lives, and suddenly they got up and walked, from that moment on. Those born blind could see normally. Today, this never happens, and so they find people with ailments like arthritis, and "cure" them so that they can move better than they moved before; things like that. They have never once healed blindness or plegia. All their "miracles" are hidden from view; invalidated; coincidence? Not! They put on little stage-shows of healing, to trick the gullible and take monies to avoid labor; and then, if you do not believe them, they will apply circular reasoning, and say that you don't have enough faith; that, if you do not believe what they do is real, it is because you do not believe in the power of God. In short, you have to believe in them, or, you do not believe in God! But these people do not live simple lives; they're not living as Jesus nor the Apostles. They live like the Pharisees! And so we of the Indwelling, do as our Lord did, and call them hypocrites and frauds, publicly and openly.

Romans 16:17-18 And I exhort you, brothers, to watch those making divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them. For they who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple.
Ephesians 5:6-13 Let no man deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), proving what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

Humans invest heavily in keeping their "dark rooms", well, dark! Hidden! The dark room is a psychological concept of a person who hides their true self, not only from other humans, but from themselves as well. Humans hide the deeds of the past; they hide their dark thoughts; their true self, in these dark rooms of their mind. Women, for example, who copulate with many men, will have to either move from town to town, or live in big cities, so that no one person will know that they sleep around. This is especially true of promiscuous women living in small towns. Once she has slept with most of the young men in the town, she develops a "reputation", and typically moves to a larger city, to basically have sex in the city! Eventually this woman finds a great job, a group of friends, and even meets Mr. Right and decides to settle down (this usually occurs in the late 20's, early 30's, when promiscuity becomes tiresome). Now, what if someone were to come along at that time, and begin to tell everyone she now knows, about her promiscuous past, even showing photos of all her past copulation-conquests (all 100 of them)! What do you think she is going to feel about this person? Yep; absolute distain, utter hatred; she is wanting this truth-expos� dead, and now: After all, her life is being ruined by this exposition. She has been living the life of a prostitute, and yet has been presenting herself to the outside world, as a "good person"! Women do not openly confess to every new man they meet, that he is penile incursion number 101, and will not likely be her last. This may be what she does, but it is surely not what she confesses to others, nor herself. She does not see herself as a slut or a whore, she is just another victim of poor mate selection. All men are pigs, right? And almost all women would support her on this perspective. And yet, here is someone bringing proof of who she is by what she does, and no matter how much time, money and effort was expended to hide that person from the outside world, and even from her own self-perception, the truth (the physical evidence) cannot lie. She has been living her life, with her past and her actions (her true character) hidden in her dark room, and now, without warning and suddenly, someone enters that dark room and just flips on the bright light. She is livid, and the responses to that light-flipper is anything from rage to cunning deceit; her enemy has been identified, and her goal in life now, is to destroy this light-bringer. Jesus Christ was a light-flipper. He went about regularly flipping on the lights; the Pharisees (especially) and other religious professionals; the woman at the well; even Judas Iscariot. When Jesus came across those who were humbled because of the consequences of their sin-lifestyle, He showed mercy, but when He confronted those sill trying to keep he dark room dark; those still trying to project themselves to others positively, Jesus did not let them get away with this; He just flipped on the light of truth, exposing to all (and when there were many others to see and hear that exposition), who/what they really were. Now, this deeply angered those who invested heavily in their "good person" self-portrait. And especially the religious leaders who made their living off of their performance unto the public eye.

Mark 8:15 And He charged them, saying, Take heed! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1 In the meantime, when there had gathered together an innumerable crowd of people, so as to trample on one another, He began to say to His disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven. Therefore when you do your merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. But when you do merciful deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly. And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. Matthew 6:1-5

Hypocrisy: c.1225, from O.Fr. ypocrisie, from L.L. hypocrisis, from Gk. hypokrisis "acting on the stage, pretense," from hypokrinesthai "play a part, pretend," also "answer," from hypo- "under" + middle voice of krinein "to sift, decide" (see crisis). The sense evolution is from "separate gradually" to "answer" to "answer a fellow actor on stage" to "play a part." Thus hypocrite (c.1225) is ult. Gk. hypokrites "actor on the stage, pretender." (Source: www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hypocrisy)

(Note: The teachings of Jesus Christ on hypocrisy covers much of the Gospels; far too voluminous to post here.) The Pharisees and others, would perform on the stages of their towns; Jesus would show up in these cities, effectively, turning on the lights! He was showing this hypocrisy to His disciples, so that they could learn to discern! Jesus warned them, and now us, that those who make a living by their projections of the self, as with religious leaders and with politicians, are always distortions of truth, and therefore, do not trust these kind; Ever: Jesus said pay attention; listen; beware! If a person just grows their own food, builds their own home, and basically takes care of all their base-needs from the gardens of God (the natural world), they will not need to look to other humans to survive on the earth. But once a human has learned to take from other humans (and especially the hand-in-the-pie takers: taxes/tithes), they have no option but to say and do whatever it takes, to Take! The only other option is to become a beggar, or just die, and so, the need to be a great performer and secure the resources of another, is literally a matter of life and death! The human is a very lazy creature, and though this is fact, our original sin (Genesis) sentenced us to a life of labor and travail. But laziness drives many to prostitution, thievery, murder and all sorts of sin and evil, just to avoid planting, growing, laboring and toiling. God can provide all that we need, from the ground: Rocks and trees will provide homes and other structures/buildings; the soil will provide most of our food needs, supplemented with animals (wild or domestic). This is more than enough for the contented humans, but for those who are never content, more and ever-more is an obsession, and who gets hurt in the pursuit of more, is inconsequential. THe health of Earth bears witness to this fact! And so, the blood-trail of the Godless humans that have dominated Earth, is what we today, call History. Jesus Christ was God-Corporeal, He knew that future-humans would use even the Bible, to make merchandise of other humans. He knew that His word would be exploited and distorted by the Godless-religious. His disciples asked Him why He always spoke in parables, and He told them that it was so that the truth of the inner man could be exposed, to those with (Spiritual) eyes to see, and ears to hear. This is why Jesus often said TAKE HEED; BEWARE! Was He paranoid? Or did He know something that we need to know? You must realize the power of this fact; Jesus Christ was sought after to be put to death, and through deception and guile, the religious leaders finally trapped Him, and had Him sentenced to death as a criminal, where the government executed/crucified Him. The lengths and the depths that humans will go, to keep their secrets, secret, is profound indeed; life-altering, or in this case, the greatest single act of the human condition, forever.

Anyone who makes money from Gods word, rather than Gods creation, are very dangerous people, and those who are Called; Chosen; Elect; they will know the truth, from the distortions, but not by the way the word of God is read or taught, but rather, by the lifestyle of the one speaking, preaching or teaching! Jesus never condemned a religious professional for heresy, but for hypocrisy! They may have voiced Gods words, correctly, buy why they were doing it, was what Jesus was addressing; their motives, and the subsequent lifestyles that they lived in secret. The need to take from other humans, rather than just taking from Gods creation, leads to all human suffering, directly or indirectly. This is why the love of mammon is the root of all evil. It effectively cuts God out of the equation, because mammon is the tool of the Takers. If I get all I need from God (food and shelter), and I'm fully content with that, then, what you think of me, is of no consequence to my survival, because I get nothing from you anyway; you cannot cut me off, because God feeds me from the soil! I will eat and have a home for myself and my family, no matter what you think of me. Therefore, I have no motive to lie to you; to trick you; to deceive you. I want nothing that you have! Because I trust only in God, and not in man, my relationships with other's are pure; they are not tainted with the possibility of what I can gain, or lose, through the relationship! Owe no man anything, but to Love one another!

Mark 9:23-27 Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. And immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief. And seeing that a crowd is running together, Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter no more into him! And the spirit cried out, throwing him into convulsions, and came out of him. And he was like one dead, so that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

Now, was Jesus saying this to suggest that all our problems center on our thoughts (they're purely psychological)? If we just believe, all things are possible? Well, for the modern-day Capitalists trying to find an edge in prospering financially, the answer is Yes! But Jesus told us to completely surrender our material things and pick up our cross daily, and follow Him; follow His ways. Contradiction? NO! But again and again, the enemy wants to take the 99.5% truth, and then toss in just a pinch of leaven, so that, when you hear it, it sounds right; tastes great, less filling!

Memory and the Emotion-Tag:

Now of course, God made the human brain, as well as consciousness. But we all must understand that everything that God made for good, the enemies of the Cross (Satan, demons, evil humans) will try to imitate for evil ends; they will try to distort the truth subtly: leaven! Jesus was very "psychological", and so to try to suggest that psychology is not biblical, is to expose ones own ignorance. But again, what Jesus was doing, and what Godless humans try to do (w/Psychology), are always distortions of one another. Ultimately, Jesus Christ was only (and ultimately) concerned with the Human Soul; He was teaching us that the content of our mind; our psyche, is the expression of the character, which is a reflection of the Soul. In other words, who we truly are, is found only in our dark room. We humans try to hide our true self, and then present a false image (even a negative or opposing image), via our personalities; our words and our attitudes. We can sidetrack other humans from discovering our darkness, by presenting ourselves as positive, outgoing, caring and funny. And so, we gloss over our true self with the fake person that we present to others with our personality. But the personality is a ruse; a facade, an act on a stage. We become as an actor playing a role in public, of a person that we are not. We put on a performance on the stage of life, hoping that everyone will buy into our act. This is superficial, and all other superficial people chime in. We have entire cultures of human all playing one role or another, to each other, in an attempt to keep our dark rooms hidden from view.

The late Dr. Joseph Murphy "saw the subconscious mind as a darkroom within which we develop the images that are to be lived out in real life. While the conscious mind sees an event, takes a picture of it and remembers it, the subconscious mind works backwards. The subconscious responds to habit and habitual thinking. Being totally neutral in a moral sense, it is happy to adopt any habit as �normal� - good or bad. While there are some things that will happen to us that we had no role in creating, these are in fact rare. Mostly, the bad that happens, is in us already, waiting for the light of day. Understanding your subconscious mind as a photographic mechanism removes the emotion and struggle from changing your life, because if it is simply a matter of replacing existing mental images with new ones, you begin to see the ease with which you may change" {self-image}. Dr. Murphy was not Saved, nor were those he examined; he would not have understood the mystery of the Indwelling Holy Spirit, and the certain healing power of that Installation. He just said what he saw!

I can tell you about the first time the Holy Spirit spoke through me, and I can remember the details of what happened, but I do not honestly remember exactly what I said. I was a young Christian, and I was still attending one of the businesses of religion; a Protestant church-business! I was praying with a man who was having marital problems. I can recall that much, and, that during our prayer together, the Lord was putting something in my mind to say, and all I can recall, was not wanting to say it. As he prayed, I had this powerful thought come into my mind, much like all thought comes to mind. What stands out in my memory of the event, was that I kept telling myself to just not say it. Just don't say it; don't say it...and then...I just said it. This man wailed out, much like you hear at the funerals of certain cultures, where people moan in grief. Because we were praying together (and in the middle of the sanctuary), our heads were bowed, but when he wailed out, I was startled a little; I recall looking out of the corner of my eye to see if anyone noticed; everyone was looking at us! We finished praying and he thanked me over and again, saying that this payer really ministered to him. It only made me think that I need to stop going down front at the end of services and offering to pray with people! Many years later, as I was telling of this event, I remember the first question asked of me was; "what did you say?" It was not until that moment, that I fully realized that this was the Holy Spirit speaking thru me. I drew a blank; I did not recall what I said: I still cannot! Now, not remembering is not the proof, it is the summation of the entire event, that's the proof. Did I speak a word of prophecy? Did I speak in tongues? No, and No! But when asked what I said, what I replied with instead was a Scripture: Speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour, for it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit. Now I know, this was a Scripture in reference to those who would be condemned by the government for their faith (Mark 13), but the same connection between us and the Indwelling Holy Spirit, still applies. As the Amish say; sermons are not memorized, they are first lived and then shared!

Great Swelling Words!

The Godless-religious "leaders" need two things: One is mammon; they are not going to support their ministries with their labors, they're going to let their ministries support them, to avoid the labor part! Two, and the most important: they need an audience to express their egos upon. They are on their stage, and the need for listeners is paramount, even beyond the money aspect. Without the Indwelling Holy Spirit, the human is brain-centric; that is, there is no healing; there is no purity; there is no obedience, and so, there is only the flesh; the carnal man. The Godless have damaged egos; perforated and leaky egos, and as such, they need assurances; they need encouragement; they need to be supplemented by other humans: religious leaders operating church-businesses. With the Indwelling, we have everything; the Living Water that cures our thirst; the Bread of Life that fills our every hunger! The hireling is there to appease; to tickle the ear. "Please, just come into my church; occupy that empty chair; throw-in a little change in the offering, and I will tell you whatever you need to hear, to return next week! If those who would fill up my empty seats, are homosexuals, then I will tell you that being homosexual is OK with God! Indeed, everyone is welcomed into my church."

The mystery today, therefore, is the gross misunderstanding of God, and Scripture and prophesy, that exits the brains/mouths of the Godless-religious. Without the Indwelling Holy Spirit to teach us personally, what those written words mean, it is necessary for the reader to see the Scriptures as infallible, and thus, cut them up into organized pieces for easy absorption. If the Godless-religious were convinced that the Bible, as we have it today, were missing books or were fabrications of imposters along the way, their faith would crumble, and if not their faith, certainly their theologies. But we must understand that Jesus Himself, said that He spoke in parables, exclusively to sidetrack those who had no intentions of surrendering all, picking up their cross and following Him. The cost of Discipleship is too high for most people; they want the Bible to be a talisman to the gold and silver of this life. They want God to be there for them when they want or need Him. But like JFK said: ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. This is the mantra of all Indwelled followers of our Lord. I am not looking for what God can do for me, for I have already been paid; I am a child of Almighty God; I am written in the Lambs book of Life! I need nor want anything more from God, except for the honor to serve Him wherever I am, with whatever I have, for however long I have! If God does not want me to have another dollar, then I do not ant another dollar; if God does not want to give me another day to live, then I only want to go home to be with Him. The mystery is not so complicated, once the Author of Life (and the Bible itself) abides in you. But without that guide, things are going to get confusing, and division, profiteering, strife and heartbreak, are the only things left behind. We do not share our faith, we share our life. We do not point someone to Christ, we walk with them. If any one is in Christ, that one is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new! But one thing has not changed in this Laodicean Age; the need for humans to draw the lines in the theological sand; to create elements of division, and then trap those who, in like manner, seek a side to battle upon. But that battle is with other Christians; it is a theological war and the enemies of the Cross love watching it. And while they claim that this divisionism is a stand for truth; they are blind to what truth is. They are blinded by the need to be superior to others, even within the context of religion.

1st Corinthians 2:10-16 God has revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, and the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man that is in him? Even so the things of God, no man knows, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit, which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.

1st Corinthians 4:1-5 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man is found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. 13:1-2 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Ephesians 5:22-33 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the savoir of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, Love your wives, even as Christ also Loved the church, and gave Himself for it: That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to Love their wives as their own bodies. He that Loves his wife Loves himself. For no man ever yet, hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so Love his wife even as himself, and the wife see, that she reverence her husband.

Colossians 1:16-29 For by Him were all things created; that are in Heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. And He is the head of the Body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell: And, having made peace through the blood of His Cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they are things in earth, or things in Heaven. And you, that were sometimes alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled, in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and unable to be blamed or reproved in His sight: If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul, am made a minister; who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind, of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body's sake, which is the church: Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, Even the mystery that has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints: To whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labor, striving according to His working, which works in me mightily. 2:1-4 For I would that you knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh: That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in Love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 4:1-6 Masters give unto your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man.

2nd Thessalonians 2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him, that you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive 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; who oppose and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he, as God, sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Don't you remember when I was yet with you, that I told you these things? And now you know what withholds, that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only He who now lets will let, until he is taken out of the way. {let: allow} And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth; that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto He called you by our Gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions that you have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which has loved us, and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace: Comfort your hearts, and establish yourself in every good word and work.

1st Timothy 3:1-16 This is a true saying: If a man desires the office of a bishop he desires a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; {filthy lucre: unearned money} One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity, (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them that are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. These things write I unto you, hoping to come unto you shortly: But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. And without controversy great is the mystery of Godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Iniquity!

Copyrighted Excerpts from Author Paul Andrew Anderson!
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