My dear fellow brethren. The message that has been put upon me to deliver to you today is one that I also must admit a conviction to. And on that matter, it behooves me to also impart to you that of every message previously delivered unto you, I myself am guilty, not blameless, and of great conviction to improve myself, to learn of mine own shortcomings and folly, to discern and discover of these wisdoms, teachings, and revelations as one also among you, not above you, or beyond reproach. I, too, am found in dire need of correction on every and all fronts, which would include every lesson and correction to be found among these Holy teachings and deliverances from the Holy Spirit. And not least of which is the conviction and the message I impart to the Body of Christ today. As always, the Holy Spirit is proved through the absolute and living power of the Holy Word and Scriptures of God, for Jesus Christ is the Lord. Amen.
1 Peter 5:2-4 King James Version (KJV):
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being examples to the flock.
One cannot be an example to the flock if they be not of the flock, and so, we must all strive to be as one body, and where one member miss the mark, we all partake of that same failing, either through similar action, or seeing of this failing, and yet, still failing again, to rebuke, correct, or remind the other members. And one cannot correct a wayward member unless they first examine themselves, of whether they be guilty of the same offense.
Matthew 7:3-5 King James Version (KJV):
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
And so, dear brethren, know accordingly that I do learn along with you, even as I am given these teachings. These Wisdoms of the Holy Spirit humble me with awe, amazement, and wonder at the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, for He truly is the all in all, the Almighty Lord of lords and King of kings, the Holy Lamb of God. Amen.
And I submit myself as a servant unto the Lord, and I confess with my tongue (and now write to view of my fellow brethrens' eyes), that I am guilty of every same offense that I would to deliver these teachings upon, or do learn of these revelations even the same as the rest of you, my dear, beautiful, and sacred Body of Christ. I walk with you all, I fall, I stand up again, and I straighten my gait, as I hope and pray you all do as well, with the guiding of the Holy Spirit. I am a messenger of the Lord, but not above the very messages I deliver, and this be my confession, for my brethren to know and understand before the next teaching; first and foremost, that I always stand with you, and we all, praise God Almighty, we all stand as one body in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for all stand in Christ, for Christ, and because of Christ. I travel this journey with you. And so, to today’s teaching and message, of which, as all the others, I do take part in the learning and correction.
Matthew 15:1-11 King James Version (KJV):
15 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
And yet, a slight aside; for all non-believers do focus on Scripture that they do misinterpret, to see what they wish to see, to ignore Truth and continue living inside their own moral code, separate from God’s. For there would be those who say, “But what of this supposed saying of your ‘good’ and ‘all-loving’, and your ‘kind’ God?” But see that it does not mean what they would presume (and secretly wish) for it to mean:
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
See that this is not our Father in Heaven saying that if you dishonor your father or mother, you should be put to death! See the meaning through yet further Wisdom and Scripture of the Living Word of God:
Matthew 26:52 King James Version (KJV):
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
And yet more Wisdom of the Lord, but of the same end of knowing and understanding:
Romans 6:23 King James Version (KJV):
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
And do you see, now, brethren, the Truth?
Proverbs 18:6-8 (KJV):
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
So to answer those who would presume Wisdom of their own accord, and not the Lord’s, He does not say that one who curseth father or mother should be put to death, but of the same way that one who lives by the sword shall surely die by the sword, one who curseth father or mother shall be guilty and convicted to suffer as victim of yet the same sin, and so: let he who curseth their father or mother die the death means to suffer the same sin (which is ‘the death’) that shall surely be visited upon them by being cursed by their own children in turn when they become a father or mother. And anyone who has suffered as being cursed by their own child knows that it be an anguish like unto death; and this only of the side of the coin of being cursed, for truly, the other side of equal payment comes in the form of guilt upon understanding that how much anguish your heart does now feel, of this same anguish know you now that you did inflict once upon thine own father or mother, and so: to live by the sword, one will surely die by the sword; and let those who act as fools, who do not heed the guidance and warnings of God in which how to live a good and proper life walking in the Lord and of God; let those who curse father or mother die the death, that is to say, suffer the same fate.
And now to deliver the rest of today’s teaching, for once again, and yet, further:
Matthew 15:10-11 & 16-20 (KJV):
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
And so, dear brethren, curse not your fellow Christian, nor even the non-believers, nor your enemies, or even the enemies of God, yet, have sympathy for them, for every one you meet who lacks faith is a lost soul, and we should not to wish the fate of Great Tribulation upon any, even the most vile of human beings that we would to assume would be deserving. See also that these vile do not need forgiveness of ourselves, for forgiveness is not ours to give. For of what offense should we be deemed able to forgive the unsaved, unless we first have deigned to reserve judgment of these same? Let no one judge the hearts of the vile and wicked as such, save for the Holy One who is truly the one and only just judge of the sins of mankind.
And this I tell you so that you may see how all be connected to each our own folly and shortcomings, that we have not overcome all that we may to presume we have. For I say to you that God would that we would not curse at all, for, to curse is to reveal that we do still hold darkness, anger, vileness, hate, and judgment towards others within our very hearts. For no curse ever escapes the tongue of any that live that does not carry with it anger, hate, and ill-feeling towards another person, even ourselves.
See that even as you curse in anger, it is most assuredly directed towards another soul outside yourself, yet, it does come from within your own heart, which is the revealing of darkness that still resides within our very hearts and minds. For all sins of the flesh first originate in sinful thoughts of the mind, and sinful desires that foment within our hearts. And if we curse not a person, but something that does not live, we curse our very selves for either foolish or simply ignorant actions; but God would not that we curse ourselves either! If we be of the Body of Christ, and we curse ourselves, even, then we curse yet still each other. We must to not curse ourselves, each other, or anyone, for any reason, but only love one another, and ourselves, as we love the Body of Christ (and so ourselves and each other), as we love Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Take heed, also, of the deceiving nature of the world around you, of the evil that hides in plain sight, that tries to teach ways of which are contrary to the Holy Scriptures of our Lord. Satan, thy lies are crafty, and they come in modern forms, with words seemingly acceptable, and forms, such as ‘polls’, and ‘new studies show’, and scientific and psychological discoveries.
Those bent more towards sinful ways will tell you that the more you curse, the smarter you are. Dark lies lurk around every corner, and on every channel of the television, and every ‘news’ article you read ‘online’, convincing you that your intelligence quotient (IQ) is now scientifically proven to be higher if curse words come from your mouth, and the more and more frequently, of how high an intelligence you are! So see now how darkness, vileness, wickedness, deceit, and the very lies of that old devil squirm and crawl upon thy belly even to this day, living amongst us, ever beguiling, even to deceive (yea, as Jesus verily warned us all) the very elect, into believing that curses we utter from our mouths and off our tongues hold no harm, while also serving to boost our egos and pride, our vanity and boasting.
And I, as countless others, have fallen for these beguiling lies. Filthy words and curses fall from my mouth daily, and upon conviction and examination, as this message delivered unto me renders me not immune, to see that these curses are indeed from within my heart, where is yet still reserved anger and judgment, darkness, coldness, and all unpleasant feelings that are as sludge upon my soul, sewage within my veins; for I reserve not sympathy, nor compassion, or understanding for my fellow human being. Whether they be of the Body of Christ or no, I would strive to only love them and wish them peace, happiness, divine intervention, and the saving Grace and Salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ. I would to be so good of heart as to never feel anger well up again to open my mouth and unfurl off my tongue a wave of filthy and vile cursing; ugly words that only foster growing rage, as opposed to quelling the darkness of sin that resides within me, as within us all, in our sinful human nature.
We must all strive to perfect ourselves, even in thoughts, which do manifest themselves in our speech. Let us all pray, work, and seek to perfect our tongues to words of rejoicing and praise only. And if further words need be uttered of the seeming condemned, for truly only God can know and judge those hearts, we can merely hope upon and pray for the Salvation of all those around us, in the world, on television, in the news, in our own neighborhoods and communities, whether known, or simply known of.
We must strive to follow the commandment of our First Love which is Jesus Christ; to forgive those who wrong us (forgiving their wrong, which is to truly love our neighbor, and our enemy, free of judgment), to turn the other cheek, to set the proper example of what those who would profane ‘Christian behavior’ would believe so to be. Yea, we must correct ourselves to behave as true Christian followers of Christ, of which the world, on the largest whole, has not yet seen in larger abundance to the shortcomings of which seem broadcast (by that old devil, of no doubt), more often than the good examples are wrought.
See that in this manner, we cannot afford even one more ‘bad’ example, for this corrupts and muddies the clear waters. We do block the shining light of our Lord Jesus when we heed not His words and live not the behaviors and actions He would that we should show the world. We do our Lord and Saviour a great disservice and much dishonor when we do not live by His teaching and guidance. We cannot harm Christ without harming ourselves, for we and Christ live as one body, and we harm the Body of Christ when the Body of Christ be turned into a mockery, as does happen when we, even in smaller numbers, become poor examples that, in this day and modern world are quickly spread for the multitude to see and replay time and again, while the stories of Good Samaritans, the saintly, and the truly kind hearts are hidden away by evil means. Do not attribute help to this evil.
And, for Heaven’s sake, make amends this very day to not condone, nor listen to any other that would justify the utterance of filthy language, vile words, and curses from your mouth! Pray to the Lord for help, as always, in earnest, to lend you strength to overcome this. I must confess that this teaching convicts me of great guilt, for I do myself struggle with this very weakness every day. Of much have I overcome in the way of filthy habits, temptations, and wayward living, but of cursing and swearing freely from my own mouth, I have failed utterly to this very day that I deliver this teaching to you.
Every one of us has our particular weaknesses and battles, and of this one, I fight more, perhaps, than any other, save for keeping a strong and steady faith, of which, perhaps, is the only greater struggle I face, and so, there I have delivered yet another confession; that I do struggle, even as the apostle Thomas did, in his doubts, and I struggle daily. But this be part of our very journey together, all, and none are alone. We are with Christ, and He is with us, and we are all together with one another. And so, we ought also to pray for one another, that we each charge to the fight, be brave in our battles, and overcome each of us our own weaknesses. For we all have perpetual struggles and each of our own personal design. Let us pray for all the Body of Christ, that we all shrink not away from, nor remain ignorant of our own lessons to be learned, or weaknesses to be overcome, but know them fully and fight them head-on, diverse as they may be, one from another. It all remains the same fight, for it all be to the same end.
And so, my fellow Christians, I leave you with the best teaching that I can to end today’s message, and as always, that be the very words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the living and breathing, Holy Word of God our Father in Heaven:
John 8:7-8 (KJV):
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
Romans 3:23 King James Version (KJV):
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Matthew 5:38-48 King James Version (KJV):
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Love your Christian brethren, but also love the rest, who, in good time, and with much hope, praise God, should turn to Him and believe. And as such, all Christians, I beseech you to be as Jesus commanded in the will of His Father, and love all, yea, love all in the world:
John 3:16 King James Version (KJV):
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Know and understand the commandments concerning curses from our mouths, and believe not deceivers who tell lies that cursing is a good or intelligent thing:
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 (KJV):
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
And now see how this message is yet intertwined with the previous message concerning Baptism and the Body of Christ. See that all of these teachings are interwoven; a tapestry of teaching to prepare us all to be found yet more perfect and worthy of the arrival of Jesus Christ. And as our full redemption draws ever more close, He is making the way for not only our delivery with Him to the Kingdom of God our Father in Heaven, but also that we may still overcome, and be found all the more pleasing to the Lord, so that we may partake of even greater rewards upon our arrival home:
1 Peter 2:1-12 (KJV):
2 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
I pray that those who have not turned to Christ yet will do so, even if it be in Great Tribulation. For Great Tribulation is the time allotted (do you not see?) for the gathering of the lost sheep. We be of the ninety and nine, and He goeth after the one. Praise be to God, to hasten those days, so His final work may be done. Amen.
Until the next message (of which there is to come, of this is already laid upon my charge soon enough), as Paul reported to his son Timothy, and is fitting to leave off with, as it does and will pertain to the next teaching:
2 Timothy 4:7-8 King James Version (KJV):
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
†Jesus is Lord. Amen.†
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