--- Show love for others! ---

Hello everyone. Do you ever feel real pain because you can't figure out what to say or do to help someone you love? I'm Murray Cummings and welcome to JustBibleTruth.com. Today, I want to talk about how we can be helpful to other people, and, about a potential danger in trying to do so. Based on scriptures we will consider, I will end the talk with a one sentence summarization of what we must do to receive God's gift of eternal life. Attempting to keep the video as brief as possible, it is geared toward people who have begun the process encouraged in Rev 7:13-17 of washing their robes white in the blood of the lamb. Put in other words, I hope my viewers are people following Paul's encouragement at Hebrews chapter 5 verses 11-14, and have their mental powers trained to distinguish right from wrong. The thoughts presented here are not milk for new Christians. They are large thoughts from Christ and it will help you know they come from the Bible if you have previously seen the need for Jesus in your life. Put plainly, it will help if you have already been training and organizing your mind by listening to the words Jesus spoke. If you're looking for a preacher as entertainment, someone who will extol your righteousness, or you're looking to hook on to a religious group who's members are "nice people" and will approve you and assure you you're pleasing God, this might not be the best fit. If you come sincerely searching for what the true God sent Jesus to teach, however, you need to hear this. [John 7:16-18] To be succinct, then, I will not read all the cited scriptures. Even as I attempt to keep the video brief, you should remain noble-minded by proving everything I say does come from the Bible. [Acts 17:10-11] If you would like to read all the scriptures I cite, or consider additional referenced scriptures, they are linked and easily reviewed by simply reading the transcript of the video.
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If you are a Christian, new or mature, [Heb 5:11-6:2] you know the best gift you can give is to help another person really hear what Jesus taught. Having experienced the light in Christ, [1 Peter 2:1-3] you are left to wonder why everyone isn't anxious to hear? Lovers of Christ are driven to help others know him, in part, because you recognize that is how you follow Jesus's command at John 13:34-35 to demonstrate love. This video is my attempt to make all people aware, and to awaken the righteous from the living dead. The Bible is alive with the spirit of God, and is powerful to help each one of us make the changes necessary to accept God's gift of eternal life; by simply resting our hope in Christ. [Heb 4:12-13]

If you are like me, as Paul said it would be in 1 Cor 2:14-16, you are happy to be gaining the mind of Christ. For those who choose to discern his message, [Mat 13:10-17; Rom 1:23-27] Jesus's teachings about living forever provide an exhilarating hope. [John 6:51; John 6:58; Job 33:24-25] It is just as James wrote in chapter 1, verse 25, there is true happiness in knowing and following Jesus. Almost everyone desires to do good and to live a life that has value. [Psalm 49:11] Everyone also wants to be happy. The teachings of Jesus can help us actually do those things. As for myself, I must acknowledge that while I want to do good, I also want to be loved and accepted by other people. [Rom 7:19-25] That means, in the back of my mind, I must wonder with some uncertainty about how much I truly love God and want to help others, and how much I just want everybody to like me or to think I'm special. [Mat 23:5-12] [There are many zealous religious people (Ecc 7:16; Rom 10:3; Rom 14:10; Luke 18:9; Isa 65:5; 2 Cor 11:5) who openly judge I am a bad person and lost to God and truth.] As Paul explained to the Romans in Chapter 2 verses 15-16, a diligent self-examination is common among sincere people: ~~Do I really love...~~ We must each know our own heart [Jer 17:9-10] as to whether we really desire to do and be good, or just want to have everyone praise us as being good? That's the only way we can make certain we're not like the religious people Jesus warned about in Mat 23:5. Learning the truth about ourselves, about what we truly are in our heart, is the same battle we all face. As James explained it in Chapter 1 verses 22-25, through the act of actually reading the words of Christ, we are holding up a mirror reflecting what we really are. That allows everyone who loves God and wants life [1 Pet 3:10-12; Psa 34:12] to make corrections in response to what we learn. This video is an open and live expression of my personal effort to do that.

In the final analysis, based on what Jesus said in Mat 7:23, what you do is, or defines, who you are. Being kind to everyone will be harder because many people will not be kind to you. Even so, Jesus said in Mat 5:43-48 CEV 'You know that you have been taught, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." [Ex. 21:24 ; Lev. 24:20 ; Deut. 19:21] (39) But I tell you not to try to get even with a person who has done something to you. When someone slaps your right cheek, turn and let that person slap your other cheek. (40) If someone sues you for your shirt, give up your coat as well. (41) If a soldier forces you to carry his pack one mile, carry it two miles. (42) When people ask you for something, give it to them. When they want to borrow money, lend it to them. (43) You have heard people say, "Love your neighbors and hate your enemies." [Lev. 19:18] (44) But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. (45) Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong. (46) If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for that? Even tax collectors love their friends. (47) If you greet only your friends, what's so great about that? Don't even unbelievers do that? (48) But you must always act like your Father in heaven.'

Sharing what he learned from Jesus about loving all people, Paul wrote under inspiration in Romans chapter 12, verses 17 and 18: NWT Return evil for evil to no one. Provide fine things in the sight of all men. 18 If possible, as far as it depends upon YOU, be peaceable with all men.
Did you notice Paul said "if possible," be peaceable with all men. Some people are just wicked and will always fight against peace. Peace is against their own nature or disposition [John 8:44] and the wicked can never have any peace! [Luke 2:13-14] Sharing the words of Christ will only irritate bad persons [and some ignorant ones as well].

To gain life, you must always protect your heart by remembering Jesus's warning in Mat 7:15-16 about false prophets who would come pretending to be Christians. In Mat 7:21-23, Jesus said he would reject "many" people, even though they pretended or even believed they were his followers. [Some of them apparently did believe they were Christians, but the fact they remained "workers of lawlessness" demonstrated they had not really been listening to Jesus.] So, then, forced to realize from Jesus's warning about false prophets that fake Christians are all around us, mixed right among the righteous, [Acts 20:29-30] how can we still do our best to be loving and kind? What, for example, would being kind dictate we pray in their behalf. Jesus actually explained what loving kindness we can safely extend to all people. As he said in Luke 10:5-6: BBE And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house. (6) And if a son (or friend) of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

You need to be cautious what you pray in behalf of other people because, as James tells us at chapter 5, verse 16, a righteous persons prayers have great force. [That scripture does also tell us we can pray for God to help those who confess their sins as they work to overcome them.] What we pray in behalf of others is also important because, as Paul wrote to the Ephesians in chapter 6 verse 12, we are at war with the enemies of Christ: We are at war with those false prophets Jesus warned about in Mat 7:15-16 as well as people who's intentions are good but teach lies from ignorance. That some hide themselves as false prophets means they use our lord's own name to deceive people away from his teachings. They seek only followers for themselves. [Mat 24:23-25; Acts 20:29-30] False prophets want you to believe they are stand-ins for Christ and that you must listen to them instead of reading the words of God's son for yourself (from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). They teach you must accept their explanation of what the teachings of Christ mean. Please... Jesus said precisely what he meant!

We also see our need to be cautious about what we pray for others from the example of some of God's friends [James 2:23] of the Old Testament (OT). Some of those men awarded gifts in the form of blessings to individuals only to later regret doing so. [Genesis 27] Those ancient friends of God spoke with his spirit. Once their blessing was given, it could not be taken back. If you are a friend of God [James 2:23; Gal 3:26-29] through your faith in the teachings of his son, God listens to your prayers and you must be careful what you pray for others to have. [James 5:16] If someone is only pretending to be a Christian, and you give them your blessing from God, what situation does that leave you in? Could you be found, as Gamaliel warned in Acts 5:38-39, "fighting actually against God"? The blessing of peace, however, is always safe to extend to everyone [who claims to be looking for God], because, as Jesus said in Luke chapter 10, verses 5 and 6, that blessing is contingent on who and what they are. As the angels said in Luke 2:13-14, peace is for "men of goodwill." Your extension of peace is not conditional in your giving it, mind you, but in their receiving or being able to make use of it. You can wish peace with your whole heart and know you are safe in doing so because the recipient must be a person seeking peace for it to stick. The point is, it might be unwise to pray for people to have good health or wealth, or any other good gift from God besides peace. Anyway... Peace is, perhaps, the most wonderful gift we can extend. Peace gives satisfaction in what we have [1 Tim 6:3-8] and nothing brings happiness without it. [Ecc 5:10; Psalm 23] Again, though, we must first be people seeking peace to receive it. You can wisely, and safely, then, pray peace upon every person who appears to be seeking our Creator.

There is another thing about peace that makes it a safe blessing to convey: The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 9:5 the dead are conscious of nothing at all. [Psalm 146:4; Ecc 9:10] Speaking of Lazarus after he had been dead several days, Jesus said in John 11:11-13 Lazarus was sleeping. He also said in Mat 9:18 & 23-25 a young girl who had died was asleep. The Bible then tells us in Romans 6:7, "he that has died has been acquitted of sin." So... There is peace in being asleep. There is peace also in death. Wishing someone peace is always safe because, if they are secretly an enemy of God, as Isaiah 48:22 says, being unconscious in death is the only peace they can ever have. [Isaiah 57:20-21] That peace in death, then, is what your loving wish of peace will prove to be upon those who are wicked. You don't have to judge it, or even know. It just happens because it is God's arrangement. You take advantage of it by simply obeying God's son. [Mat 17:5] As Proverb 21:18 and Isaiah 43:4 brings out: Some of the wicked may even die in place of you, or because of what they have done to you.

If you are not careful to protect your heart, [1 Thes 5:8] being forced awake to the knowledge we live in a world with liars and cheats mixed right among sincere followers of Jesus can be discouraging. If you allow it, that awakening, though absolutely necessary, can tarnish your pristine hope in Christianity. Don't let it! Christ actually foretold there would be enemies among his followers in Mat 13:24-30 when he used the parable about God's enemy sewing weeds in among his good seed. Remember too, Jesus said in Mat 24:37-39 we live in days similar to those of Noah. That means we live in a day of salvation. This time, rather than an ark lifting us from among those being killed, it is our personal faith in the words of Christ that will save us. That is the only thing that can!

The scriptures considered should help you begin seeing humanity for what it really is: It is a world of the living dead! Paul stated that to be the case in Ephesians 2:1-3: ESV And you were dead in the trespasses and sins (2) in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- (3) among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Until they turn to Christ, then, each person remains among the spiritually dead who make up society; and, they are deserving of God's wrath. Those silly zombie movies provide a pretty good illustration of the spiritual condition of this world. The spiritually dead lumber about pretending to be alive, and even to worship God, [Luke 22:53] but they are only driven by their own desires. Those desires change day to day based on the people they are influenced (sustained) by; as their course is dependent on, and defined by, what other humans say to or about them. If you have something the living dead want, they will lie and/or do their best to take it. [Pro 23:1-2] Many of them don't care if they harm you in doing so. As Jesus taught in John 5:24, we must absorb or consume or feed on his words to escape from a living death into life. [John 6:53] There are other scriptures that mention the spiritually dead condition of this world. In Mat 8:21-22, Jesus warned we should not expend our life's energies on the activities of the dead, or worry about what they believe is important. Then Paul wrote in Romans 6:13: MKJV Do not yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God, as one alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
From birth, then, the whole world goes about pretending to be alive and even to love other people. It all remains a facade, however, until they are drawn to Christ by God. [John 6:44] The tricky part can be, many of the people who are spiritually dead don't know! They have been learning all their life it is satisfying their own fleshly desires that makes them alive and happy, and so, they believe they are real boys and girls; many even imagine following their chosen sectarian religious doctrine makes them children of God. John 8:37-41; Rom 10:2-4

Please hear and understand this simple truth: You must join yourself to Christ to awaken to eternal life and health. [1 Cor 11:30-31] As Jesus put it in John 5:24: Darby Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
That scripture makes clear we must believe God sent Jesus, and only Jesus, to teach us what He wants us to know. [Mark 9:7] Having faith that is true, we must then listen and be obedient.

How can you identify people who are dead? You are responsible, of course, to define that for yourself using the words of Christ. You are also responsible to realize you can't really judge who is alive and who isn't. [1 Cor 4:5] You must understand that is what Christ is deciding by extending to every single person the opportunity to choose life. Even while avoiding being judgmental... We can easily see sectarian division is one thing that keeps much of this world in the spiritual darkness of the dead: One whole race, for example, claims and believes they remain God's chosen nation; even after rejecting the Christ. [Acts 3:13-15; Gal 3:26-29; Rom 2:6-11; Rom 10:12] Each race actually has members who believe they are God's chosen race. Some groups judge they know which race is cursed with the mark of Cain. [Gen 4:8-15] Most all races cry and moan about how they have been abused by the other races now or in the past. Some believe those who just keep talking about the abuse of their ancestors, or of themselves, are just racists trying to take advantage or get special and undeserved benefits. Fanning the flames of hate from all such racial "beliefs," there is the multitude of religious groups who each one believe, or at least want you to believe, they are God's only true servants. Many wear special attire or engage in practices that they believe identify them to you as "God's true servants." [Mat 23:1-13] They also judge people who won't accept their sect's doctrine, and thus receive their approval, to be enemies of God. Can you think of any way they could be more hateful? [Hateful Religionists and politicians can get kind person Andy, to kill kind person Bill, if they can get Andy to believe Bill is an enemy of God! They have been doing it for centuries. Their days of deceiving and misleading are over. (Dan 8:23-26; Dan 2:44)] If you are giving support to any religious group, as Rev 18:4-8 brings out, you should immediately abandon them and run to Christ! All sectarian religion is under attack by God to first expose, and to finally destroy, the unrepentant individuals among them.

The tribulation is having what I believe the Bible teaches is one good effect. It is subdividing all the people of the earth into one of two categories. The first group sincerely wants to help other people and extend kindness. Those who are righteous are the ones God is selecting to preserve alive. The second group is stealing truck loads of toilet paper, or in some other way continuing to try and take advantage of and do harm to others, even in the face of what we see happening all around us. They are the ones Jesus said will die in their sins. [John 8:23-24] Such wicked people no doubt justify themselves because they see the wealthy legally trade off millions in stock just before the market looses a large percentage of its value. God has no respect for such logic. Being wicked because they see others be wicked is not a defense. Separating the righteous from the wicked is precisely what Jesus said he would do in Mat 25:31-34. What a privilege to be alive!

Then, trying to oversee and control all the hate producing activities of the living dead, there are the soothsayer politicians and those who fight to support them. Most politicians seem to have lost all respect for integrity. Having the majority of people actually know a politician is a liar, and yet still vote for him, is a new phenomenon among what is sometimes referred to as "the free world." [Many people say the U.S. has been protected by God because the nation has loved and protected the Bible. What does the nation's new morality say about that?] Our modern world's lack of integrity speaks to the morality of mankind as a whole: To what they have become. God did foreknow! [Dan 8:23-25; Dan 2:44] Not only did God foretell through the Bible where mankind's course against his direction would lead, He sent Jesus to warn you. Don't be deceived to take sides in the foolish arguments and activities [Mat 24:37-39] of this spiritually dead world. [Gal 3:26-29; Gal 3:7-14] Most dangerous is this dead world's religion. Offering myself as example: Until only a few years ago I was religious and judgmental and arrogant and ignorant. [1 Cor 15:9-10] I was spiritually dead while remaining self-righteously ignorant of my condition. I didn't believe I was ignorant or that I picked fights, of course, but I was convinced I was right. I constantly asked my family, friends, neighbors and acquaintances what I had heard others refer to as "viewpoint questions." The purpose of my questions was to get someone to express a viewpoint that went against my doctrine so I could correct them. My desire was to help and I was convinced I was. Since I was right beyond all question or reason in my own mind, [Luke 18:9; Isa 65:5] it meant I had to correct those people who picked a fight with me by not agreeing with me and my Bible understanding. That ignorance and hostility was brought about by spending most of my life in one religious group after another. While my intent had been to find other Bible students to help me learn what the Bible taught, I was deceived. Each church or religious group, in reality, had a doctrine of beliefs which is actually a doctrine of allegiance to their sect... Finally, it dawned on me I should stop trying to please men and I started to actually read and hear the words of Christ. With that decision, I awoke to life. [John 5:24-25] My allegiance is now to Christ Jesus and I don't have to make myself a Doeg by defending or promoting any person or religious sectarian dogma. I simply do my best to share what Jesus taught, including his loving reminder we are each one judging ourselves by our response to his words. [John 12:48] Directing people to listen to Christ is resting from my own works: [Heb 4:9-13] My works had been those of declaring myself righteous by following and demanding allegiance to the doctrinal laws of some sect of men. It is far better to let the dead bury their dead, as they go about bickering and debating which one of them is greatest, of even right. For my part, my work now is taking in God's spirit by listening to the words of Christ, while I stand still to see the salvation by God. [2 Chron 20:17] The only scriptural requirement falling to me, or to anyone, is to refer people to listen for themselves to what Christ really is saying out of the Gospels. What they do with his message is their choice, of course, the same as it is mine; and yours. [1 Cor 10:12, Deu 30:16-20] Rest assured, as Jesus said in Mat 6:1-2, those living only for personal satisfaction, or to be praised by other humans, are receiving their reward in full. To gain the real life, you must listen to Christ and share his words with anyone who will listen. That will set you free of being judgmental [John 8:31-32] as you work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. [Philippians 2:12] Even if you know something Jesus said that contradicts someone, you still can't judge them. As God says in Romans 12:19, you have no right to judge! Even when you tell a self-righteous person what Jesus said, most just say they understand more about the Bible than you, and you need to submit yourself to them. Not to worry: By justifying themselves using Jesus's name, they take responsibility. The nice thing about knowing for yourself what Jesus really did teach is, as 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 brings out, you don't have to worry about pleasing other humans; or the judgments they unscripturally embolden themselves to render against you. While realizing all the people surrounding us are imperfect and some are even bad, you can always have peace knowing the solution Jesus brought, the solution you are invited to be part of, is perfect: You don't need to judge other people at all. You don't have to worry about whether they are sincere Christians or just "false prophets" lumbering about among the living dead. While you must be aware that even those in your intimate acquaintance may secretly be liars or thieves or greedy persons, or practicers of any of the other sins mentioned in 1 Cor 6:9-11, you never need to judge who among them are faithful. Just remember, as Jesus said in John 12:47-48, they are judging themselves by rejecting his counsel. Failing to hear and heed the words of Christ is the act of choosing to remain a worker of lawlessness, and brings only eternal death. [Mat 7:23] That remains true whether sinners admit it, or deny it and try to hide the truth even from themselves. [Jer 17:9-10] Keep in mind Paul's words at 1 Corinthians 6 verse 11, where he warned about badness even while speaking about those who had become sincere Christians. Paul said: Practicers of badness "is what some of you were, but YOU have been sanctified, but YOU have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God."
Those Christians had made, and all Christians must make, necessary changes to abandon practices condemned in God's word; doing so by washing their robes white in the blood of the lamb. [Rev 16:15; Rev 7:13-17] Christians know and understand cleaning themselves up, by learning and living by what Christ taught, grants them freedom and peace and happiness. [James 1:25] That is the real and eternal life! [John 6:63b]

As bad as we are forced to recognize this world to be, we live in what I believe is the most wondrous time since Adam and Eve were created. The Book of Job promises in chapter 33, verses 16-30, a time when the righteous among mankind will regain their youthful strength and vigor and live forever. That time is now. Your faith in Christ is your ticket into paradise. Those who are fake Christians are just people to be pitied [Luke 23:33-34] as they throw their life away chasing what ever they have been deceived to believe will make them happy. Most of this world see religion as a source of entertainment; seeking only someone to make them feel good about what they are, rather than to help them become better. This is not that! This is for sincere people who are looking for the true knowledge of God. Christ's thoughts should become your thoughts. [1 Cor 2:16] Religionist groups haven't found the real happiness of resting their hope in Christ. [2 Chron 20:17a; James 1:22-25] If Religionists continue practicing, or approving, the things Paul warned against in 1 Cor 6:9-11, they don't really know Christ at all. They will each die in their sins. [John 8:23-24] I do seriously consider that applies to me as well as you. You should realize and truly understand, if God kills someone, you wouldn't want them around anyway. [Pro 21:18] If you don't believe that, you don't know God! [1 Sam 2:2-10] [Our day is the fulfillment of Jeremiah 16:1-12. Ancient Judah, and Jerusalem with God's temple, represented his connection with humankind. Today, God's connection to us is through Christ Jesus. Those who pretend Christianity, while remaining workers of lawlessness, will soon reap their just reward. Mat 7:21-23]

The scriptures we have considered give the answer to the question about how we can help the people we care about; help all people really. The Bible should also help you realize your limits. We must remember it is God's work we are blessed to help with! He is and will continue doing it with or without our help. As Acts 4:12 brings out, the one and only way we can help others is to direct them to the words of Christ.

Our awakening from death into life might be thumb nail sketched into 4 simple steps:

  •  Step 1. It first depends on who we are in our heart. The Bible tells us in 2 Chron 16:9 God is looking for every person in all the earth who is looking for him; and will, therefore, listen to what He says.
  •  Step 2. God himself then commanded us in Mat 17:5 to listen to his son.
  •  Step 3. Not only did 2 Chron 16:9 promise God is searching the earth for every righteous person, it also lets us know He is anxious to show his power in our behalf. Jesus then tells us how that happens in John 6:44, as he says no one can come to him unless they are first being drawn by his father. God is showing his power in behalf of the righteous by using his spirit to draw them to the teachings of his son.
  •  Step 4. Jesus then said in John 6:63, the words he spoke to us are spirit and are life. We take in the spirit of life from God, and become part of Christ's family, as Mark 3:31-35 teaches, by seating ourselves at the feet of Jesus as we read his words and thus pattern our mind over his thoughts.

Please try and really hear what I am saying: The only way we can awaken to the real life is by taking in God's spirit by reading (or hearing) the words of his Christ (meaning: Anointed One). Helping other people understand that wondrous truth is the only way you can help them. Isn't that really just so simple? Aren't you shocked you haven't heard that before? Hiding the simplicity and beauty of Christianity is what religion has done throughout the dark ages of mankind's history. Don't remain religious. About 1500 years before Jesus was born as a child of the Jewish nation, the ancient world power of Egypt enslaved those Hebrew servants of the true God. If left unchecked, the Egyptians would have interfered with God's purpose in using the Jews to produce Jesus as the promised savior for all mankind. When God struck that wicked nation for refusing to recognize His Sovereignty, he used their own false gods against them. Each of the 10 plagues He brought used something they worshipped. The Pharaoh was their living God, so God finally destroyed the son of Pharaoh and then the Pharaoh himself (along with his army). [Exo 14:26-28] Modern day religions have for many years assaulted sincere individuals; by turning righteous people away from Christ to one of their sectarian doctrines. [Mat 23:13-15] Instead of sharing God's warning from Rom 1:20-32 or 1 Cor 6:9-11 or 1 Tim 1:8-11 against immorality and greed and homosexuality... Religious leaders have tolerated or even condoned wicked practices. [Isa 5:20-23] Instead of simply telling people to read he words of Christ, they tell them they need to read their own organizations writings. The God of our creation will not be mocked. [Gal 6:7-10; Mat 17:5] The Coronavirus seems the current plague making up the tribulation Jesus warned about in Mat 24:3-31. There have been lots of plagues and wars and troubles in the last few years, killing millions of people. This pandemic wave of the tribulation is different in that the whole world is impacted. Wealth or power can't protect anyone. So, no sensible person is ignoring this one. (No one even knows if it will come back every year like the flu.) We note politicians actually telling people to pray to God. Lots of people who had not done so in the past are praying now. The wise among them are evaluating to be certain they are not praying to one of the lifeless Gods of men's imagination. [1 Kings 18:25-40] It is sensible to compare the religious sects of this modern world with those of ancient Egypt. In such a comparison, we note it is religion that has been most decimated by the Coronavirus pandemic. The news displays one religious site after another with before pictures of throngs of people gathered for this form of worship or that pilgrimage, followed by after pictures of those same (so called) "holy places" now left desolate. Some of the churches are trying to move their worship "on-line" but that probably won't accomplish their real goal and purpose to gather wealth from their "sheep." If their real goal was to share the message of Christ, they would be telling their "sheep" to read the Gospels, just like JustBibleTruth.com is telling you. The tribulation happening to our world is exposing the false prophets Jesus warned about [Mat 7:15-23] as the "man of lawlessness" [2 Thes 2:3-12] or the "antichrist." [1 John 2:18-21] Woe for you if you are one of the sectarian religious leaders who has been reading JustBibleTruth.com, but then using what you learn to continue to fleece your sheep, while failing to direct people to the site or to actually read the words of Christ! [Mat 23:13-15] God is striking those who work in vain to hide the truth. [Rom 1:18] The true followers of Christ, who's form of worship is little affected by the tribulation, are continuing to sit at the feet of Jesus by reading their Gospels. Become a Christian! Help God in this grand work He is doing by directing everyone to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John! Direct them to: JustBibleTruth.com

I leave you to consider the purpose of this video through words by Christ that might be the most important you have ever heard. Please be warned: Group worship has ended! If you are part of some religious sect, or have hooked on to some preacher and believe your salvation is in any way dependant on your association with, or your approval by that person or sect, you have been deceived. If you have been led to believe you will be blessed by sending them money, or by doing the works they prescribe, you are in peril of life. [Acts 8:18-22] Jesus warned against our following any group in John chapter 4 when he spoke with the woman at the well. Her name is not given as the message she received is for each of us. He began their conversation by performing a miracle so she could know he was sent by God. [John 8:28] He also told her she needed to accept life giving water from him. She properly understood accepting water from him meant she needed to live on what Jesus taught. [John 4:10...26] She was obviously an outstanding woman and a lover of God, because, after she realized Jesus was sent by God, the first words out of her mouth was to ask him which form of worship was proper, his Jewish ways or her Samaritan people's worship. Jesus said his worship was correct because God had used the Jews to produce the Messiah; the savior of the world. Jesus being a Jew and the promised Messiah also meant he was the fulfillment of the Jewish purpose. [Gal 3:7-14; Rom 8:1-11] To demonstrate he was fulfilling and bringing an end of the Jewish form of worship, Jesus went on tell the woman the day was coming and had arrived when neither his people's Jewish ways, nor her Samaritan form of worship, would be acceptable to God. Jesus made clear God was and is looking for individuals to worship him in spirit and truth. Group worship thus ended when Judaism was fulfilled or swallowed up in the birth of Christianity. [Mat 23:38; Gal 5:14; Rom 13:10] Christians might form groups to learn from the Gospels, but they worship as individuals through their own personal faith in the words of Christ. Each Christian individually knows it has to be that way because of those false prophets Jesus warned about. [Mat 7:15-20] Christians understnd offering group worship, with false prophets mixed in the group, would be polluted worship and would defile them if they took part. [1 Chron 2:7; Jos 7:1; Jos 7:4-26] Beginning with the understanding of Jesus's instructions to the woman at the well, sincere Christians worship as individuals in spirit and truth. They worship in spirit because, as Jesus explained in John 6:44, everyone who comes to him must first be drawn by his Father's spirit. Christians then worship in truth because their form of worship is the act of following the words of truth brought by Jesus. John recorded in chapter 1 verse 14, that Jesus was "full of undeserved kindness and truth," or, as one translation words it, through Jesus "the truth of God has come down to us." [Eph 4:21] As Jesus also cautioned in Mat 24:23-28, if someone has deceived you to believe Christ is in their midst, you are in danger. Christ is alive in the Gospels and his light of truth is shining out through all the earth. You must come into that light by joining those who sat at his feet almost 2000 years ago; by reading his words for yourself. [Mark 3:31-35] In case you have failed to grasp it all the times it has already been said: "Reading the words of Christ is the act of taking in God's spirit." [John 6:63b] No membership among men can grant you that spirit! No matter how much they assure you he is, Christ is not in the midst of any religious group. [Mat 24:23-28] If someone you love has been swallowed up by one of the terrible religious sects of this world, and are surrounded by members proclaiming Christ is in their midst, just encourage your loved one to really listen and hear Christ's words for themselves. If they are truly seeking God, they will recognize our lord's voice [John 10:24-29] and Christ's words will set them free of their religious overlords. [John 8:31-32]

If you are a friend of peace, you can look forward to God's protection and blessings. If you refuse your opportunity to know Christ, you can expect only God's judgment; likely measured by what harm you have caused. [Rom 2:5-6; Gal 6:7-10; Rev 6:16-17] It really is just that simple. [John 3:16-21; John 12:46-50]
Direct everyone you know to the words of Christ.
Direct them to JustBibleTruth.com.
So... In the midst of the tribulation of this dying world, now that you know what I know, or rather I pray, now that you have really heard what Jesus was sent by his Father to teach, the same question and choice of fate devolves to each of us: Do we have faith to the preserving alive of our souls, [Heb 10:38-39] or will we follow the throngs of the living dead as they lumber off into dust? Everything the dead do is not bad, of course. Jesus mentioned they plan marriages, for example. [Luke 17:26-30] What decides for life is which mark we have in our forehead. [Eze 9:4-6] What marks us is simple: Is sitting at the feet of Jesus, by reading the Gospels, the most important thing to you (is that in the center of your forehead)? Or, is Jesus an afterthought as you accept the mark of the beast (the number of a man) by using your right hand (of power) supporting the group form of worship established by some group of men and women? [Rev 13:18] Have you elevated religion to tell you what is right and wrong? Have you been deceived to believe all religious people are followers of Christ?
Please know Jesus said the tribulation will get worse. [Mat 24:21-22] Also understand, I don't tell you that to make you afraid but to give you peace and joy: The tribulation is bringing salvation to the righteous by destroying the wicked. [Luke 21:28] My knowing or talking about it didn't bring it. [Luke 17:22-30] Whether you believe in why it is happening, or even believe in God, has no bearing. As to knowing it is happening, however, the tribulation we have caused has been tolerated by God, at least in part, so everyone will know. [Isa 45:22-24] Pray there is still time for you to heed God's counsel to listen to his son and to build faith for salvation. [John 5:19-24] You must take in spirit of life from God to save yourself. [Mark 4:35-41 & 11:22-23 & 3:31-35; Luke 11:9-13; John 6:63] As for what I say, all I can know is what I read from the Bible. Do realize, however, what they read from the Bible is all anyone can know about what is happening to mankind. You alone must decide what you really believe: What your faith is! Whether you choose to realize or not, your actions are your decision. My prayer is I can and will continue my study of the words of Christ, so as to take in the spirit of God. [John 4:10-11 & 14-15 & 25-26] I want to continue feeding on the words of Christ, as he in turn ate the words of his Father. [John 4:34 & Mat 4:4 & John 5:30] I must admit, even to myself, I didn't choose that course because I am a good person. It is the only course bringing a scriptural hope of continuing alive... Forever. [Job 33:16-30] I hope you have a heart allowing you to conceive and understand what Jesus has brought! [John 10:29; 2 Cor 4:3-6] It is not complicated and it is not steeped in religious magic. You only need to read and believe what Jesus is teaching.
Awaken to life!
I stated early on I was sharing large thoughts from Christ. Most of the scriptures I cite or reference convey principles. In speaking about God, we can convey large thoughts by communicating using those scriptural principles. Learning Bible principles is the change to a new language, the pure language of life! [Zep 3:8-9]
If the scriptures we have considered are true, if taking in Jesus teachings means eating his flesh and drinking his blood, [John 6:52-59] and if Jesus's words are the spirit of life from God, [John 6:63b] won't that spirit help you fight off the viruses and bacterium, and all the other plagues of this tribulation? [Psalm 91:9-10; 1 Cor 11:27-31] You must realize you have judged (or are judging) yourself: Your judgment is you either believe these words of Christ, or you don't. [John 12:46-48; Deu 11:26-28] If you do, you are spending much of your time reading from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as you pray to receive God's spirit. [John 6:63b] You should also be directing people to Christ and to JustBibleTruth.com. [Rom 10:8-10]
What do you ~~really believe~~ have faith your future holds? [Mat 8:13] Do you see yourself having a part in what God is doing? [Isa 53:1-12] Doesn't that require you first know what God is doing? [Isa 11:1-12; Psalm 37:29] Read what Christ taught in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Truly depending on the words of Christ is the only way to fully understand the scriptures. [Luke 24:45; John 6:52-58]
You should take some comfort, actually, if you feel distress at being unable to help some people. Your pain should help you know our Heavenly Father better, because you are able to appreciate a little of what He feels when people refuse to listen to his son. He finds joy in helping us, and it is too sad to think about what is thrown away by those who refuse his gift of life. [Pro 27:11; Pro 10:1-3]
To summarize:
It is time to really "hear" the words of Christ,
thereby drawing on God's spirit,
and so, to live forever!
[John 6:3 Plus; Luke 23:39-43]
I hope to see you in paradise!

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