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Did Jesus say he was doing away with the sabbath? Nope. He was a rabbi, and kept the sabbath. He is God. He wrote the 10 commandments in stone. Meaning, the commandments are forever. Read the Decalogue!

The Levitical laws were done away with. The sacrificial system was done away with.

"Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast." KJV Isaiah 26:20

Mark 1:15] And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

The apostle Paul knew what it was to follow after Jesus. Paul could not literally follow Jesus in the flesh as most churches are preaching in vain and teaching as if Jesus is still walking the face of the earth. The apostle Paul said this:

1st Cor 11:1] Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

This is not the only instance in the bible Paul said such a thing, there are other places.

1st Cor 4:16] Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Philippians 3:17] Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

1st Thess 1:[6] And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Amen, Jesus never preached to follow after him, he preached to follow after his words and not his person as his words are spirit and life John 6:63. We follow after Jesus' words as Jesus is no longer around to be followed in person.

2nd Cor 5:16] Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

[17] Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The apostle Paul knew that he could not follow Jesus in person but had to follow after that voice from heaven that gave him words to preach. The apostle Paul never met Jesus in person, he did hear his voice and seen a light and that was it. The apostle Paul knew he had to follow after new directives from the Holy Ghost. We see many people trying to find Jesus or try to follow him and it is in vain as Jesus is not around to be followed, he has to be in you, and that is from his words by faith as faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God Romans 10:17.

Repent, and believe the Gospel of Christ's words Romans 1:16-17.

Thank for your reply to me Chris , I do appreciate it . Isaiah Ch 12 of course does literally speak of the end of the Babylonian empire but it's also a prophecy of the future and of the end of spiritual Babylon . The same Babylon of Revelation . Indeed its speaking of the last days , the days that we are in now . As we watch the refugee crisis unfold in the middle east we see all this in V 13-16 all this is happening now in Israel/ Gaza . This most precious man , there really isn't anyone else it can be is there ? I can just about see your point in Colossians Ch 3 V 10 , I can see why you and others might think that but to me it speaks of God's creation of us in the image of His Son . The image of him ( Christ is the image of God ,the Bible says so ) after the image of him (God ,God created Christ ) . So the first 'him' is God and the second is Christ . This is so clear and obvious to me . I can't concieve of it being anything else . And my interpretations are backed up by scripture elsewhere and to me , yours are not . I'm not trying to be argumentative , honestly I'm not , just trying to explain how things are to my mind . There's no contrivance , it just seems blatantly obvious to me that that's what those two scriptures say , that is what they say to me . If there was loads of other scriptures , clearly backing up your interpretations then I might waver in my opinion , but I just don't see that there are . I hope we can politely agree to disagree on this . I can't keep saying the same thing over and over so I don't really relish the idea of a big debate . I can respect others views and hope mine are respected also . Thanks again for your time and effort and patience .

Matt.2:1 "Itinerary of The Wise Men"

"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,"

Here we shall discuss the itinerary of three, the wisemen, Herod and Joseph, the father of Jesus. The three wisemen could not have undertook their travel without taking reasonable care and reason guided their steps as much as their readings from the sky."For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him." Their reason failed to think the future king shall be found in a palace and in Jerusalem, the city of peace. Is this not similar to the manner the churches have missed the truth about the Son since their understanding is from the context of tricky article such as reason? Jesus said categorically,"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Instead we have the Evangelicals take up the political cause of others and scatter away their ministry into chaff. Where the word of God has already settled New Jerusalem these foolish ministers would harp on literal Jerusalem since official line of Capitol Hill is Pro-Israel.

The Magi were mistaken in consulting Herod with regards to the future king. It would result in needless bloodshed which was foretold by Prophet Jeremiah.

The wise men from the east erred by relying on reason but the star did not. "And, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was./When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy".

They were to report back to King Herod. "And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way."(2:12) . We may be sure that they did not return as the went out. When Jesus began to preach "And to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up." (4:16-17"They had a hand in it.

Hi Carleton.

Thanks, but this has something to do with "scripture" within the Church and more in line with Jude 1:3-4.

Jude was expressing his love and concern for the Church.

Life in Christ is not a flesh given effort to copy Christ.

It's a Spirit controlled life given by Christ barring fruit.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Here's one of those scriptures in context- John 10:12

"But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep."

The Shepherd laid down his life for the sheep!!

We as ambassadors and as sheep can atleast scream wolf.

Here's another.

Mathew 7:13-16.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Do we just present scriptures of the Love of Christ and yet not present the scriptures that warns the ones we Love?

God bless.

Thank you for your reply to me , it was an excellent post , however , where does it say in the Bible that my soul is immortal ? Also please note that I don't deny the existence of heaven or hell . Heaven is where God lives and hell , to me means the grave , death , non existance , not a place ruled over by demons in a torture chamber . Your post was clear and concise but it lacked scriptural foundation , it didn't convince me :) . I'm sorry . Please note , I do not deny the existence of heaven or hell .

You will find the genealogy of Mary in Luke 3:23-38. However, when considering this genealogy, you will see that in verse 23, that 'Jesus was the son of Joseph (as he was so considered by the people - but not biologically connected to him) & Joseph was the son of Heli'. Whereas in Matthew 1:16, we see that Joseph is given as the son of Jacob. Therefore, it is understood that Joseph was the 'son-in-law' of Heli, Mary's father (however, some believe that Heli & Jacob were the same person). If then we accept that Luke's genealogical account of Jesus is through Mary, then when we get closer to King David, we note that this lineage is taken from David through his son Nathan ( Luke 3:31), whereas in Matthew 1:6, it is through David's other son, Solomon, through to Joseph. So both Joseph & Mary are connected to King David.

Ok Jema, I will venture to answer your two questions as simply as I can.

a. Isaiah 13:12: "I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir." As you no doubt have read through Isaiah & now here from chapter 13, Isaiah prophesies against various nations (chapters 13 to 23). Here in chapter 13, it is against Babylon, where the promise is that God will call His 'separated' ones, His 'mighty' ones to "destroy the whole land"; and this happened when the Medes/Persians overthrew Babylon in 539 BC (also in Daniel 5:30,31). This army came from a far country (over 500 miles east of Babylon). As in the destruction of Babylon, so will it be in the Day of the LORD where the intensity of the destruction is described in Revelation 6:12,13. In both scenarios, the loss of mankind will be so great, God says, "I will make man more precious than fine gold...". This verse speaks of the scarcity of men (including women), that to find even one during those days (of Babylon's destruction & the Lord's coming vengeance) would be of greater discovery & value than finding gold.

b. Colossians 3:10: "And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." I think your question is centered on the last part of this verse. The apostle had just written about 'putting off the old man with his deeds'. But having 'put it off', we must now "put on the new man". The two cannot happily co-exist - it's one or tother before God. And this activity is not a one time act - it is on-going. Here, this renewing is through knowledge (see Ephesians 4:24, where God creates this new man "in righteousness and true holiness"). As we grow in knowledge of God & His blessed Son, we become more like Him (His Image), just as ADAM was CREATED in God's Image. After the fall, that Image was severely marred. But "in Christ" & the Spirit's Work in us, that Image is being gradually restored - if we let His Work continue in us.

Hello brother Spencer, Good evening! Thinking of doctrine, the Church practice of

giving and taking reproof by love maybe is part of what you are thinking? Church discipline and restoration?

God bless the walk.

Micah 7:7

King James Version

7Therefore I will look unto theLord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

SALVA'TION, n.L. salvo, to save.

1. The act of saving; preservation from destruction, danger or great calamity.

2. Appropriately in theology, the redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him everlasting happiness. This is the great salvation.

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2Cor. 7.

3. Deliverance from enemies; victory. Ex. 14.

4. Remission of sins, or saving graces. Luke 19.

5. The author of man's salvation. Ps. 27.

6. A term of praise or benediction. Rev. 19.

I hear and see this scripture alot in my life and thank God to have the free gift of salvation not to boast in the Lord not to take for granted for the privilege for nothing to come against me to have what I'm saying or want and excel. So I have faith and believe in every current day that nothing will come against me and if so about it will be removed and erased.

This reminds me of the song You are God-Vincent Tharpe & Kenosis ft. Michelle Prather. Yeah I like to feel like God and I have God in me .God word has to happen in my life exceeding and abundantly.

John 9:31] Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

Christianity all around the world believe for the most part God loves them and they are saved by grace and yet they still sin. This is not what the bible says at all in John 9:31. The blind man was kicked out of church for preaching the truth. This is something that was known and not some new doctrine or directive issued by the church council or church meetings that God does not hear the prayer of sinners. The ex-blind man who went to church all his life never read the book of the law as brail was not invented yet for people to read. Yet, he heard something from behind the pulpit that stood out in his mind, unlike any other verse or scripture. I believe Isaiah 59:1-2 was reinforced into his mind over and over again in order for the ex-blind man to come up with the truth.

Isaiah 59:1] Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

[2] But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

The ex-blind man was excommunicated from his church for preaching the truth. You go down and preach what the ex-blind man in John 9 preached and you will be out in the street. Churches don't want to hear God does not hear the prayers of sinners. Churches want to indulge in their riot with their ungodly events and way of living for the devil up to their neck in sin and unrighteousness. To get churches to go back to the old ways of revival like Jeremiah 6:16 will never happen, as they have tasted too much of the world and the devil's delights and are not interested in engaging with the words of Jesus Christ which are spirit and life John 6:63. All sin is of the devil 1st John 3:8. Tge wages or payment is called hellfire and brimstone Romans 6:23. I am an ex-sinner saved by grace, an ex-sinner is a righteous person Romans 6:18.

Wages of sin are death; The body (flesh) is sinful it will die.

Now Spiritual : When The body dies.

If we reject Jesus as our savior there is no salvation. When we die in our sin and unrepentants, our soul is separated from him, and cast into Hell. This is the 2nd Death.

If we accept him , that he truly is the Son of God, he will come in to us and dwell with us by his Holy Spirit . Therefore as he died on the cross we died with him. (towards our flesh), becoming a new creation by the Holy Spirit.

Walk in the Spirit, talk in the Spirit and Pray in the Spirit.

Now with christ we have everlasting life. (Heaven)(Spiritual) To be with him for eternity in his presence.

When our sinful mortal flesh dies our soul returns to the Father to be rewarded. And you Will not be hurt of the 2nd death.

By rejecting him you have death (Death) (Hell) (Grave)

Your mortal sinful flesh dies and because you rejected him he will reject you. Therefore you will spend eternity separated from his presence and the love of God. Where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(2nd death)

There is a mortal death and a spiritual death.

Fleshly is (mortal) We all have a human fleshly body.

Spiritually is (immortal) We all have a Soul ,Immortal.

Know this, all will face Judgment. as to weather we will be with our Lord and Savior Jesus or cast from him, we will spend eternity in one of these places.

This is in Scripture.

No one can read scriptures and continue to think that there is no Heaven and no Hell.

Then for what cause would we need salvation and from what?

Jesus said everlasting life! (Infinite) I am the way the truth and the (life)

(Death is the separation from life). Our mortal bodies will die and be separated from this mortal world and all that is in it.The 2nd death is spiritual will we live forever with Christ ? Or be (separated /death)from him . Cast into outer darkness. Hell.where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.

One of the most discussed topics in Christendom is the idea of eternal salvation. Many noted Christian leaders in our day support the notion of eternal salvation that is not derived from scripture. God doesn't have a number of spiritual states one can be in and still serve Him. Some do try and 'straddle the fence', so to speak. Jesus plainly states in Revelation 3:15-16 that anyone considering themselves Christians and not do those things Christ commanded, have no part in His inheritance or kingdom. I note that in that same chapter of Revelation, He states in His message to the Sardis church of believers (mind you) that they who overcome, meaning obeying Him despite obstacles, sufferings or inconveniences, He will not blot their name out of the book of life. When an individual comes to Christ, that doesn't negate his or her ability to choose whether to continue in His service. Your free moral agency or freedom to choose is still there. Don't think so, consider King Saul. In 1 Samuel 10:9-11, God gives Saul a new heart and His spirit is given to him. Then in chapter 16 and verse 14, we read that God took His spirit away from Saul or departed from him. Why? DISOBEDIENCE, plain and simple. The apostle Paul had the same problem when Demas departed from him ( 2 Tim. 4:10) because of his love of this present world. Christ had a number of followers who departed from Him and followed Him no more ( John 6:66). Jesus cannot be anyone's Savior unless He's their Lord also.

I have a friend - Mike Salerno in Nashville TN -who is newly married, 2 yr old son, and recently born again. He was suddenly and unexpectantly diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in his brain and thyroid, with a terminal prognosis of just a couple of months to live. I know the impossible is where God shines! I ask for healing prayer and that God's glory is seen by all who are surrounding Mike, and that many will come to know Jesus as a result.

Hello Richard.

I know what you mean.

Everyone is different, though. For some catching a chat with a church member before service may just make someone's day when otherwise, the busyness of the work week doesn't allow people to meet up.

For me, I have always liked to come and find a seat and open my Bible to read a bit, and pray a bit, preparing for service. This always helps me.

I do notice how quickly people leave after church. It is only a matter of 5-10 minutes before the parking lot is empty. So, People don't linger long after worship. I wish there was more reason for people to linger a bit and fellowship. After an early service, people may leave quickly to get to a Sunday School class. But during the later morning service there is not Sunday School.

For me, I would love to be part of a church that has both services, Sunday School in between and a potluck lunch after second service so that there can be time for fellowshipping.

But I doubt I will find such a situation in my living area that teaches sound doctrine, and works at keeping worldliness out of the Sunday time of worship and fellowship. It is just the times we live in, I guess.

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.

1 Timothy 3:16.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:16.

When "ALL" scripture is Allegorized or interpreted mystically it is NOT able to be profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

There is the difference.

One is just so happen to be correct.

Christ sheep does not leave the back door open for the wolves to come in because they hate the sheep fold.

God bless.

Thanks brother. I understood what you meant in your first response to me.

Oops, Brother Chris.

I meant The unfortunate thing about this type of hyper way of interpreting "All" scripture (spiritualizing or Allegorically) can cause confusion when one run across a portion of scripture that is actually an allegory or a type.

God bless and God night Brother.

Prayer in the church

I am convinced that one of the most commonly used and successful tactics the enemy uses to combat prayer is the cacophony of conversation that occurs prior to many church services while people grab a cup of coffee and a pastry. There is ALWAYS five or ten minutes when most church members and regular attenders are hanging out chatting about their relatives; friends; sports; work or other such stuff. It is sad to say that in the last three weeks I have heard NOTHING discussed about scripture or the Lord for that matter.

This is; admittedly me griping on the subject but this has happened repeatedly in my exprience in other houses of worship and I am sure others can relate. I have found that with some effort you can flesh out something meaningful; sometimes profound about someone's background in ministry or current personal struggles. It is harder; again from what I have observed to be able to steal a minute or two with someone to pray about something. This morning I had several folks who I told that I would pray for (one whose husband is ill which I heard about in Sunday school; another who told me he was out of work with migranes).

In all this I would be remiss not mentioning that there are more than one parishioner there praying DAILY for my situation living at home with unbelieving parents. Those who are in a prayerful mindset often speak little in these settings; as they do not wish to be part of meaningless chatter; I would suspect.

2 Corinthians 4:7 talks of treasure in earthen vessels; but also that the power is of God and NOT of us. There is a time and place for all types of discussion; but corporate worship should be focused on the Lord. There are more; it seems who boast of their store of deadly weapons than who wield the spiritual ones (at least in conservative circles). If we do not learn how to effectively use a weapon it becomes useless. Let us therefore guard our hearts ( Prov. 4:23). Also read Ephesians 6.

Dearest Lord God Almighty Father,

May you bless, protect, and safeguard everyone and everything connected to myself, Nick, and the entire world since the day we came to see the light on earth. This I humbly request you through the intercession of our Holy Mother Mary. Amen!

Our Heavenly Father (gave) and then (sent) his son Jesus, to be the propition for our sins. Praise God the Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for his mercy and grace.

Amen Brother Chris.

The unfortunate thing about this type of hyper way of interpreting scripture ( spiritualizing or Allegorically) "All" the scripture can cause confusion when one run across a portion of scripture that is an allegory or a type.

This extreme way of interpreting scripture can get in the way of deeper meaning and growth.

This is also why there is so much division in the Church concerning Israel and the Church and end time prophecy.

I believe this is very sinister especially when you see someone ask for prayer and this false teacher offer them a confusing message instead.

Some of these tares is obvious and for the most part I don't engage with them unless I see someone that is beginning in their growth and take hold of this false deceiver for help.

This is not like a disagreement on the Trinity or whether there's a hell or not but a completely restructure of doctrine.

Thanks and God bless you brother.

Matt.2:1-2 "The sign"

"For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him."

The story of three kings is all too familiar and no Christmas Season is complete without it. The Spirit warns of the danger of misreading the power and majesty of his word so literal approach makes his eternal word into some silly tradition. Like names Caspar, Melchior are as farfetched and have become the accepted norm photoshoping the deity of Jesus Christ to make him a merchandise or to be be acceptable for the masses makes the sacred narrative into fables. "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. (2 Pe.1:16)

God commanded lights in the firmament of the heaven "and let them be for signs," and it is what set the "wise men from the east to Jerusalem." Like the jot and the tittle they are marks set by God so the eternal word forever settled in heaven makes them eternal portent warning people. The Spirit tells from where they set out. What is the significance of the east. Ever since the fall of man all migrations have been set in context of Eden. The Garden was placed in the east and after the great flood the nations are said to gravitate 'as they journeyed from the east' and the outer darkness in spiritual terms where the presence of God is inert. Cain went thither and Jesus was sure where the children of the kingdom for their disbelief would end up. (8:12) The Magi must have been occupied with stargazing, the jot and tittle strewn across the face of heaven. In understanding it in terms of the glory of the knowledge in the face of Jesus Christ they would embark on a journey hard but worth their while. They heard the call in their generation. Starlight of supernova reach us and millions of light years may have elapsed. It was thus with them. They set out in faith and a star led them forth.

Did GOD send his son or did GOD give his son?

Just watched a lovely old English film called Whistle Down the Wind , give it a go .

Thank you very much Richard , I appreciate your reply and prayers .

I assume you are in England. This is sad; and haunting seeing where a little over 100 years ago England fought at least in part to oppose the Ottomon Empire's last stand for a Caliphate in regard to the Turks. Armenia is threatening a repeat of what happened then. It is ironic with the left seemingly leaning as far as they can it isn't enough as far as Palestinian rights are concerned.

Looking back I would suppose this is judgment; at least in part to the basically dead churches in England; who used to be a bastion of righteousness a couple hundred years ago with the great reformers and preachers and revivals in Europe that spread to the USA. There is a remnant which you are part of who truly believe. There are some who are reaching out to the youth today; and truly they will have to have a vision of their own to have any real impact on their generation. Antichrist is coming surely; to fill in the power vacuum that has existed since the end of World War two; basically. The governments are losing out to these mobs; as most who carefully worked to formulate one world government will be trampled by the results. The end result; of course is the false peace of the first seal which everyone claims to want followed by the 2nd seal which rather than being organized warfare is going to be mortal hand to hand combat most likely. The other wars come later as Israel becomes the focus of anger.

I tend to think that Israel will increase its territorial lands through conquering all their neighbors first ( Psalm 83 and at some point Isaiah 17). This will allow them at some point to have a respite where they sign the Daniel 9:27 pact. It is not until they are feeling secure in unwalled villages that Ezekiel 38 indicates the rest of the outer nations will launch a coordinated attack. For now casualties haven't mounted in these demonstrations as any one of them could be catastrophic.

I'll keep you in prayer and your family.

Rich P.

It is written "and he will safe his people from their sin". So Jesus came for his people! - not every one followed Jesus cause they were not interested in the way of life Jesus Christ lived and promoted. Jesus is spirit as God is spirit who is the Father and both made their dwelling in them who is called of God. God has not rejected everyone - only those that hear Him and is not willing to become his Children and obey the Father in their words and deeds. God established his body "Christ" where in He dwells and he instructed them to go and preach the Gospel unto them which seeks to walk the way of Life set by him.

An example is where the disciples said to Jesus that they stopped the people on the other side of Jordan to heal the people in His "Jesus" name - and Jesus said they not to do that as they are doing good works. God also called his body away from those that prefer to do evil. God has not stopped requiting followers but they Can only come to God thru the ones anointed by Christ and whom Jesus Christ had given authority to do so. There are ONLY one connection to God (whether it is something I like to hear or not - the end is God had made it so and no man will change it) and you need to be actively part off the Body of Christ Gods Church.

Jesus even warned his followers saying their will be many that will come in my name and mislead many if possible.

Amen, it is not money that is the root of all evil; it is the love of it 1st Timothy 6:10. Everyday we see this, churches going all out for big banquets, bigger churches, bigger sports attendees and equipment, bigger this and that more this and more that and nothing for the saving of the soul. Sports athletes on drugs, Hollywood movie actors on their 5th wife, divorce/adultery/fornication, etc. Big drug cartels shooting each other, terrorism everybody killing each other, etc. All because of the love of money. It is all corruption.

Preachers on their 3rd wife and writing perverted books and no bible just preaching their theology and philosophy for your pocketbook to fund more corruption. "Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." 2nd Timothy 3:7. There is no end to their books and vain deceit which is corruption. I was in a ministry for 13 years the preacher was using money to finance his granddaughter's lifestyle as he preached we are not to be entangled with the world and everybody had to live like hermits while he was driving Cadillacs, funding his granddaughter's acting career, and involved with the holidays of the world that he preached against to his congregation. He used the money from the offerings to make CDs and tapes of his sermons and resell them to people for $10.00 each. Preached on radio, TV, etc how people are supposed to live with just barely a dime and give your money to him. I finally woke up to this after 13 years and saw that his love was money and he was corrupting his whole family and using deceit to cover up his tracks. No brotherly love was found d in his churches as he did not believe in it, it was always the wrath of God this and that. Whenever somebody got too close to the truth he used to fire off out-of-context scriptures, as it was his way of saying "back off" he was in love with his money and would rather kick people out of his church than being exposed. Just like 3rd John 1:9-10. Just like Galatians 4:17.