HYPOCRISY OBVIOUSLY DISTORTS OUR HEARTS We need an operational conscience that works. If we live under a mask to deceive others, it will eventually confuse our own conscience, weakening one's ability for self evaluation. This is a mortal wound to a believer. 2 Corinthians 13:5, "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith.…
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Why Does God Hate Hypocrisy So Much? Part One
HYPOCRISY IS ONE THE DEVIL'S MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS God clearly wants sons that will be different from Satan. A characteristic, bad or good, is developed over time. Hypocrisy is pretending to be someone that you are not. The Bible states that Satan wants to be worshiped like God and wants to be thought of as…
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THE CAUSES OF ANTISEMITISM, ARE THEY PRIMARILY DEMONIC OR HUMAN? (Part Two)
WHY THE HATRED, AND IS IT RATIONAL? Can we understand and analyze hatred for the Jews using the normal reasons for human bias and ethnic xenophobia? What are those normal reasons? ECONOMIC REASONS FOR HATRED. They are accused of being more financially successful and influential than the others in the land. However, the Jews of…
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The Causes of Antisemitism, Are They Primarily Demonic or Human ?
GOD'S WORD CONDEMNS ANY FORM OF HATRED AND VIOLENT VENGEANCE A baseline in any analysis of the causes of Antisemitism is the wishes of God. He does not support any form of hatred, no matter the political slights, great or small. Leviticus 19:16-19, “You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor…
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What Was the Attitude Toward the Sabbath Among Early Believers and Christ?
THE SABBATH WAS UNQUESTIONABLY ACCEPTED BY EVERYONE The Seventh Day Sabbath was universally accepted by all Jewish sects. Why? They all knew that breaking this law was a major reason for their nation to be taken into captivity. All Jews, including the sect which worshiped Jesus of Nazareth, kept the Sabbath. They all knew…
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Pentecost: Believers Are the First-Fruits, Ripening in the Dangerous Age of Deception and Evil
PENTECOST IS ALL ABOUT BELIEVERS –- WE ARE THE FIRST-FRUITS Jesus is the first of the “first-fruits” and we, his disciples, are the first-fruits to God. Therefore, the Holy Day triggered by the wave-sheaf offering is all about us. It is clear in both the OT and the NT. Note what the Apostle James states:…
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Is This the Only Day of Salvation and is God Too Harsh? (Part Two)
IF THIS IS THE ONLY DAY OF SALVATION- THEN SATAN IS WINNING A loving God is not turning over to Satan all the billions of people who were never saved for eternal torture in Dante's Inferno, hell. It is comforting to know that all our relatives that have passed away are asleep and awaiting their…
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Is This the Only Day of Salvation and is God Too Harsh? (Part One)
IS THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT HARSH AND LACKING KINDNESS? This is the line of human reasoning, especially of those who wish to undermine religion and or the Laws of God which are given in the Old Testament –– GODLY LOVE. Critics of the Bible do not understand the plans of God nor the…
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The Tenth Commandment: Beware of Dangerous Thoughts
THE ONLY COMMANDMENT THAT IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AGAINST THOUGHTS God’s commands are to help us live an abundant and happy life. Some thoughts undermine this happiness. Some thoughts HARM contentment. We should never indulge them. Violation of this commandment is the fountain from which almost all other evils spring. Excessive desires for what others…
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Why Is There Divine Protection for Israel, America and Britain For Now?
ABRAHAM'S PROTECTION AND BLESSINGS ARE UPON ISRAEL Abraham was a special friend of God and His blessings fall upon the descendants of this Father of the faithful. One thing is clear –– certain nations have experienced MIRACULOUS BLESSINGS and protection. THE WAR against Israel is not about land for peace. No, it is about…
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