THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY

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14, 2015

A study by Jose Alberto Muñoz

Matt 5:27 "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou 

shalt not commit adultery"
Jesus is referring to the physical law; Exod 20:14 "Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

Lev 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife,
[even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and
the adulteress shall surely be put to death.”

Matt 5:28 "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after
her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

Jesus is saying, that it’s not the obedience to the physical law He is so concerned with, that
law is not designed to lead us to salvation, justification, sanctification, glorification or
anything , but to show us our sinful nature, Rom 7:7 "What
shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by
the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.”

So, what law is HE concerned with? The spiritual law, Rom 7:14 "For we know that the
law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.” That is the law He wants us to
submit to, Rom 3:27 "Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of
works? Nay: but by the law of faith.”

Moreover, Jesus is saying that in our heart and mind (carnal, physical), we will lust after the woman and we are always going to commit adultery. You might say, oh! Not me, I can look

at a woman and not lust after her. I would say that you are either lying or may be God is

restraining that particular lust from you so that you’re able not to lust after the woman so

you can be an eunuch, but the Bible guarantees, you will lust after other things and would

be found lacking or coming short of fulfilling the law, or being holy and righteous which is

the measure; (Mat 5:48) "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect".

You see, that is good because God wants to close us in, or better said, He wants to hedge our
flesh in, so that it cannot escape the fact that it is guilty all the time and can never glory in
itself, so that God would get all the glory, “God be true, but every man a liar”.

Now, if you think that because God gave us a new heart, we do not have a fleshly heart, and therefore we now have a “pure”, “holy” heart, then you are not understanding the work of
Grace. We don’t have to go too far to prove this because sin is still living in us, is it not? We
still lust after sin, don’t we? So, the new heart is not the sinful flesh is it? No, it’s not because
we still got it and we need to learn to separate the fleshly things and the spiritual things in
order to be holy and without blemish.

Ezek 36:26 "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within
you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you
an heart of flesh."

God has worked with His people throughout history fulfilling His Will with measures of
“faith” in each generation completing His appointed times up to these last days. In the last
days He will finally give His full measure of faith (Christ’s Work) to bring the elect unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ to the point of Perfection, (the end of the age),
where He would finish that work, manifesting the Sons of God.

Eph 5:27 "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

But while He was working with His church, forgiving her sins, Jer 3:14 "Turn, O
backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will
take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:”
Working with her with the promise that at the end He would bring her to Zion, over and
over, it would always go back to sin, hardening its heart again and again, 1Sam 6:6
"Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
hardened their hearts?”

It is interesting to see that even though it is true that they would hardened their heart, it was
God who hardened their hearts so He could soften it again; Isa 63:17 "O LORD, why hast
thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear?
Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.”

This is all part of the work of God through national Israel and the church age, but there is a

time, which is now, when the whole body of the church, fellowship, religion, of the world

would harden their hearts;

(1Jn 5:19) "... and the whole world lieth in wickedness". And follow after the beast, their

own stinking "good works". Their idol!

When God says; Ps 95:7
"For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,Ps 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:Ps 95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw
my work.Ps 95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation,
and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not
known my ways:Ps 95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they
should not enter into my rest.”

Today is the day of Perfection, where God is saying that we must enter into His rest. Heb 4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first

preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Heb 4:7 "Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.” Today is that day, no more works of the flesh, it is a time of pure holiness, so “That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”  Eph. 5:2

So, if you can hear His voice today .... 

LET’S GET BACK TO MATTHEW 5

You see, Jesus is not, restricting the example to just adultery, that is only an example, He is
talking about the whole law, and we break it in our hearts even before we break it in the
physical, Matt 15:19 "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”

But the thing is we are so occupied with the manifestation of the sins, the actions or
behavior simply because we are still in our fleshly or carnal bodies and we still think fleshly
or carnal minded. And all those that are occupied with the manifestations or the “outside”
are carnal Christians, just like the Pharisees.

Matt 23:25 "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.Matt 23:26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.Matt 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.Matt 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity".

So, what is Jesus trying to teach us when He said, “That whosoever looketh on a
woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” That you can try not to commit adultery, or lie, steal, drink alcohol, smoke or whatever and be a
good outward Christian, but still you’re going to be found guilty of breaking the law and condemned because those sins are already in the flesh, they live there.

Matt 15:19 "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:Matt 15:20 These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man".

You see, these things are already in our hearts, and that is what defiles a man, it is not the manifestation of them, or the outward doing of them that defiles a man, the man (the
natural man which is our flesh). It’s already defile and has not been redeemed, it is still
defiled even though you might be saved and have a new spirit, the flesh is still defiled, but
no worries my dear brothers and sister for, Rom 8:3 "For what the law could not do,
in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh".

You might say, oh yes I believe that BUT I have to obey the physical law as much as I can,
I have to “flee from evil” as much as I can, I have to do this and I have to do that, then
you are a carnal Christian just like any other church goer or any other religion in the world,
no difference, that is what they are being taught in the churches, is it not? And that is what
they are trying to be in the churches, “living the good Christian life” are they not, all in the
flesh. True Christian don’t try to do or to be anything, we just let God do whatever He
wants to do with us and pray He will not lead us into temptation;
Matt 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”

Now, don’t make prayer a work either, (Mat 6:6) "But thou, when thou prayest, enter
into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is
in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly".

Rom 8:26 "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the

Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be

uttered".”

God does not “motivate” us, energize us, or empower us, to do good like all this religions
(including "Christianity") say. Tha lead us back into works and that is an idol.

God is good, and God is Spirit so the flesh cannot do anything spiritually (good). God does HIS
WILL in all His creation, whether they would do “good” or “evil” and the end we’ll see that everything of God is Good and Just and Righteous.
If God is interested in having us do good works He would cause His children to do HIS
WILL, in fact He causes everybody to do His will, like Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar
had no choice but to come against God’s people when God caused him to do it, and then God destroyed him because he (Nebuchadnezzar), came against His people.
He did the same with Paul, Daniel, me or you. The only exception is if you are a born again
child of God you will not face the penalty of death for what God causes you to do. In the
same matter He causes all people, saved and unsaved to do “good” fleshly things but the
good that they and they do comes from our flesh and it has an evil root,

Rom 7:21 "I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.” So, the "good" that we do is evil. filthy rags.

We always have to keep in mind that Gal 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God ..." Gal 2:21 "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” Because if I do that (try to obtain any kind of righteousness, justification, sanctification, etc.)
then I would frustrate the grace of God, that simple.

The flesh is rotten, wicked above all measure and cannot do good ever, because sin dwells in it, Rom 7:18  

"For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth  no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.Rom 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me".

This is the Apostle Paul, a child of God saying that he cannot do good (ever), because sin
dwells in him, which is showing us that what the spirit does in him or doesn’t do is not the
focus. He is only concerned with his sinful nature and how it behaves, bear in mind that he
is full of the Holy Spirit and has a new heart. Why is that so important? Because if you
don’t get this right you are going to rob Jesus of His glory thinking that it is you doing all
this “good works”, being so “obedient”, so “holy”, etc. And end up being a Pharisee!

Paul is not saying that he sometimes does good and sometimes he does evil,
does he?

The problem is that we as Christians think that we sometimes behave in the flesh and
sometimes behave in the spirit, that is not so, you cannot separate yourself from that flesh
to way you can be Holy as He is Holy or Perfect as He is Perfect one moment and the next
moment you can be sinful as the devil. So, you can keep trying in the flesh, but all you can accomplish is to be a Carnal Christian, and don’t be fooled into thinking that because you
have been saved now you don’t have that fleshly heart, that wicked and stony heart, because
it is there and only God can restrain you from not manifesting some or all of those sins that
already dwell in you and me.

Again, the manifestation of the sins can come at any time when ever God takes the restrain
from it because they are already dwelling in the heart, and is always going to be there until
the flesh is redeemed.

Let’s continue with Matthew 5.

Matt 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
[that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.

If we think about this we can conclude two things, first: I can do something to be save or to
escape being thrown into hell like cutting some of my physical members, which we know is impossible, or we look at it spiritually, so let’s see what the Bible says;

Matt 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy
whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be
full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is]
that darkness!”

The eye is the light of the body, so the eye is the spirit that is in you, therefore if that spirit is
the Truth, then you have the Light. But if the spirit that is in you is the Lie, then you are in Darkness, so if the eye that is in you is the Lie then you must pluck it out or you will be cast
into hell. And how can we do that? WE CAN’T. If Christ has done it then you are saved
but if, Christ has not done it you will prove to be reprobate.

Glory to GOD’s Holy Word!

IN HIM WE LIVE, AND MOVE, AND HAVE OUR BEING

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ACTS 17

By Jose Alberto Muñoz on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 8:04pm

In this account, God is showing us His Plurality or Oneness through the apostle Paul, so let’s take a look at it; Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

 The word superstitious is G1174 “more religious” and is only used in this verse. So we gather that he is talking to people interested in the mystic, zealous for the religious things but void of the truth.

Acts 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

So we have to know the true character of God to rightly worship Him, and one of the main things about His character is His Oneness, or His Plurality.

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

The first thing we notice is that He is not necessarily in the “temples” as if we could put Him in a box. I said necessarily because He’s also in the temples for He is everywhere, He does not have a physical dwelling place, but yet He compasses all the physical for He dwells in the spirit; 

Psa 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 
Psa 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psa 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psa 139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psa 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psa 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Now, Paul is saying that because he notice that they do just that, put God in a box and go “visit” Him whenever they feel like or whenever they need Him. That actually is the whole problem of mankind, through sin we have separated ourselves from God believing we are gods, a separate entity. 

That is why Paul was preaching, 2Co 5:18 "And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;” 
knowing that it is only in our wicked mind that we have separate ourselves from God for in actuality that is not possible, so we missed the Oneness of Almighty God YAHWAH, the One and only ETERNAL God who is Plural because He is everywhere and Infinity.

Acts 17:25 "Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things"

Again, he’s trying them to see that God is not physical like men but a Spirit and must be; Joh 4:24 "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face ofthe earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

It is a little hilarious how Paul puts it right here, I picture in my mind a blind man feeling things, like in a dark room, feeling the wall searching for the light-switch, but Paul is saying that there is no need to do that because God is not out there, He is inside as well as outside, so He is not far FROM US.

Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Now, this is the bombshell, IN HIM WE LIVE, AND MOVE, AND HAVE OUR BEING. Wow! Is He saying that all things that exist in the physical realm as well as the spiritual are IN HIM, there’s nothing outside of Him? Yes that is what he is saying, which means that we are really ONE with God, we cannot come out of Him and be a separate entity as our carnal mind wants to think. Now I can understand the Lord’s prayer in John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.  

No wonder David said; Psa 139:8 "If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there".

I would just add, thou are in heaven, in hell, in the light, in the dark, in me, in them, everywhere; For in him we live, and move, and have our being.

THOU ART INEXCUSABLE, O MAN

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By Jose Alberto Muñoz on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 10:34pm

Before we start this study, I would like to say that I do not claim to be sinless, nor perfect in the flesh. On the contrary I acknowledge that sin dwells in me and I cannot escape its claws. Rom 7:18  "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.” 

But the fact that I am sinful is good, because it leaves me no room but to look up to the Mercy and Grace of God and have nothing to boast about; (Eph 2:9) "Not of works, lest any man should boast".

Furthermore, I find that He indeed is Merciful and Gracious to me and condemned sin in the flesh for me so that I might be free from it and its condemnation.

Rom 8:3 “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:” 

God starts Romans chapter 2 talking to the natural man (that is the human side of us). He addresses it as O man! Or “O wretched man that I am!” Rom. 7:24.

Rom 2:1 “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for where in thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.”  

I used to think this was talking to “them”, not to me.  So I was going around judging others based on their actions, because I was “not doing the same things”, after all did not Paul judged a man in I Corinthians 5 for   fornication, but now I am not sure if it was indeed an act of physical fornication or spiritual fornication that was being committed in Corinthians, but that is another subject. The thing is Jesus said it plainly in;

Matt.7:1-5
“Judge not, that ye be not judged.  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?   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? 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.” 

We excuse ourselves when we judge others saying that we have to “correct” our brother from his folly or that we are just making “righteous judgements”.

Most definitely, I will not judge any man´s actions, in relation to their spirituality, the only thing I am to judge is the words that come out of their mouth, to see whether they be true or lie.

Romans 2:2 “But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.”

That is what God means when He says “judge righteous judgment.” John 7:24.

The judgment of God is according to truth. You either have it or you don’t.  And you can judge if somebody else has it or not, nothing to do with the flesh.

Rom 2:3 “And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?”

We might think, well I do not do those things, but God says you do the same. He means you also break the physical law, so we are law breakers just like them.  That is why Jesus said, in Mat 7:5 "...but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”  He  excluded us all from judging another person's behaviour.

We have a beam in our eye! Wow, that is our sinful nature, the sin that dwells in us, the torn in the flesh that we cannot get rid of, and it does not matter what kind of sin it is we commit, it is enough to condemn us, there is no difference to God, we are all law breakers, and I repeat that is good because;

Rom 3:19 "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”

Therefore, we acknowledge our condition and have no place to look but to God for help and Mercy.

Now, God is painting a spiritual picture for us when He says, “thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God”.

He’s talking to the “Called out” or “Called to be saints” chapter 1 verses 6-7, most likely the church people who usually have good outward behavior, especially the elders, teachers, deacons, ministers at the church, people like the Pharisees.  It is like Jesus is saying to them, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”.

Why is God talking like that to them? Is it because they’re out there stealing, getting drunk, killing or doing things? No, the Pharisees are ethical, well behave.  Yes you might have one here or there that is caught doing something outside the ordinary but most of them are“clean on the outside”, their problem is with the inside. Mat 23:25 “…. for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess”.  

They might be judging somebody for some outwardly sin but spiritually they are killing everybody else with their spiritual lies.

Eze 34:3 “Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock”. That is what these lying pastors do with their flock, so God is saying to them that they kill the flock.  

We break the physical law, at least I do, so we are law breakers just like them, “thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?”  Therefore, whether we are spiritual or physical we are not to judge their actions period, or we will not escape the judgment of God.

Rom 2:4 “Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”

Repentance is G3341 and G3340, “METANOIA” from metamorphosis, a transformation of the mind, to think differently, to have the mind of Christ.   Salvation, the new birth!  All because of His goodness, nothing to do with my actions.  Obviously having the mind of Christ changes my behavior but does not bring perfection in the flesh so that I would still be subjected to sin so that even my good actions are dung and worthless in the eyes of God; (Php 3:8) "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ"

 Said another way “but I am carnal, sold under sin.” Rom. 7:14, “but sin that dwelleth in me.” Rom.7:17, “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.” Rom. 7:18.

Rom 2:5 “But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;”

No comment! Very plain, no repentance, judgment and condemnation.

Rom 2:6 “Who will render to every man according to his deeds:”

It sounds like we will get paid for every little thing that we do, every action or thought, but we will see in the next verses that we either do good or we do evil, we are either wheat or tare.

Rom 2:7 “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:”

In verse 10 it says, 'to every man that worketh good,' here it says in well doing, but the Bible says that “there is none that doeth good, no, not one.” Only God is good; (Luk 18:19)  "And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God".

Rom 2:8 “But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,”

How do I obey the truth, if the truth is Christ, a Spirit? And “I am carnal, sold under sin”.

Only as I am born again I obey the truth. In 1 John 1:6 it says that we do the truth, “If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:"

I do the truth or I don’t do the truth, it is spiritual, it does not have anything to do with my "works" or my behaviour because we ALL do evil even when we do "good" (Rom 7:21) "I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me".

But when we get born again of the Spirit “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” I John 3:9.

This is when I obey the truth and sin not, in fact I cannot sin, because I am born of God.

Rom 2:9  “Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;”  

We all do evil, “For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” Rom. 7:19. God is talking about the SOUL not the flesh, “the soul that sinneth, it shall die.” Ezekiel 18:4.

The sin is spiritual, no believing God, calling Him a liar, that is doing evil.

Rom 2:10  “But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:”

Again, I can not work good, only Jesus can do that, “[there is] none good but one, [that is], God:” Matt. 19:17

Rom2:11  “For there is no respect of persons with God.”

God is not respecter of persons, He saves blacks, whites, child, old, Colombians, Americans, rich, poor, men and women as He pleases.

Rom2:12  “For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;”

Those without the law are the Non-Christians. We know this because verse 14 calls them Gentiles, so they do not have the law but sin and will perish, and those that are in the law are the “Christians” that are under the law, living by the law, they will also perish because they are judged by the law and come short of fulfilling it, therefore are found guilty.   Their sentence is; “And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matt. 7:23

Rom 2:13 “(For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.”

The doers of the law, that is a big statement, because fleshly we can not keep the law unto justification, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.” Romans 3:20

So who are the doers of the law? The children of God, because they are born of God. For the law is Spiritual.  Only the spirit can do the spiritual law! Rom 7:14 "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.”

Rom 2:14 “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:”

The Gentiles, Non-Christians, do not have the law, are a law unto themselves.  I would say they are not a law unto God but unto themselves.

 “For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise” II Cor. 10-12

Rom 2:15 “Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another”

The works of the law are the same works of the flesh.

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness….” Gal. 5:19

If I am under the law, I will produce this kind of fruit, which is spiritual, fleshly fruit but if I am not under the law then I must be under the Spirit and the Spirit of God will produce its own fruits, which by the way are not visible because they are spiritual and are not mine for they are His, (of the Spirit).

This is what is written in 'their 'hearts and the Bible says that, “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”Matt. 15:19

Rom 2:16 “In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. “

“The word secret, is “cowd,” H5475 in Amos 3:7 and is also found in: Proverbs 11:13 “A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.”

“Cowd,”H5475 is translated “assembly,” in Psalm 89:7 “God is greatly to be feared in the assembly [H5474] of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.” The word “secret,” could fit here and the way in which it is used in:

Ezekiel 13:9 “And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly [H5475] of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD.”

The word is also translated as “counsel,” in Proverbs 15:22 “Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.”

“Counselors" and “Secrets” are equivalent with God’s Word. His hidden Word that can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit to His servants the prophets. Just as the word, “nothing,” in Amos 3:7 is the Hebrew word “dabar,” translated, “word” 807 times in the Old Testament.

Jeremiah 23:18 “For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard [it]?”

Jeremiah 23:22 “But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.”

We see here the relationship with “counsel.” and God’s Word, the “secret”.

Rom 2:17 “Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,”

Now the Gentiles are the Non-Christians, so the Jews are the “Carnal Christians”. They rest in the law, obedience to the law, they do not rest in the Sovereignty of God and the work of Jesus, but boast of being a child of God. This is sad, because you can not tell them otherwise, they think they know better, blind leaders of the blind.

Rom 2:18 “And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;”

Being instructed out of the law? This is what they teach in the churches, you should do this and you should not do that, all obedience to the law.

Rom 2:19 “And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,”

No need for explanation!

Rom 2:20 “An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.”

Teachers, preachers, etc,. they have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. They are very “wise”, but God says in I Cor. 1:19-21

“For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.   Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”

Rom 2:21 “Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?”

Now this is where we must be very careful because if we do not see the difference between the spiritual law and the physical law we can be falling into the same trap, remember “For we know that the law is spiritual:” Rom. 7:14.

Of course we should not steal physically but we can not steal the truth and be a child of God. God is not talking about robbing a bank or physically stealing something that is not yours. Rather, they are pictures of spiritually taking something that has not been given to you.

So what is stealing to God?

Jer. 23:30 “Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.”

When the word of God is used and twisted, we are stealing from what the hearer should be hearing. Truth is being stolen, because it is turned into a lie.

Jesus said in John 10:1 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.”

Likewise, when a man tries to enter the kingdom of heaven by a door other than the one Jesus provides, he is a thief. God gives the kingdom to whom He wills. Others are trying to spiritually steal what has not been given to them. They are trying to enter by a different doorway.   Jesus is the door of the sheepfold.

 John 10:9 “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:” 

The thief is the devil and his children steal and rob.

“Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” Rev.9:21

All spiritual, don't be mislead into thinking God is talking about physical stuff.

Rom 2:22 “Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?”

Same thing.  all spiritual.

Rom 2:23 “Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?”

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy,and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.” Matt. 23:23.

That sums it up.

Rom 2:24 “For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.”

The result of a Gospel of Salvation or Justification based on the obedience to physical law is that the name of God is blasphemed.

Rom 2:25 “For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.” Again, if we are going to live by the law we must keep the whole thing or it profits nothing.

Rom 2:26 “Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?”

True, if the spiritual, born again, keeps the law in Christ Jesus, his uncircumcision (physical) be counted for circumcision.

Rom 2:27 “And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?”

“Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?” I Cor. 6:2

Rom 2:28 “For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:”

That is why God says “Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” 

John 7:24.

The appearance is the behavior, the actions,we are not to judge by that but by the words that come out of his mouth, either true or lie. I must make an observation at this point, the true child of God, who has the truth living in his heart, would live like a true child of God (resting in His Mercy), but living right does not make you a child of God.

Rom 2:29 “But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.” Amen!

TO GOD BE THE GLORY

TIME OF THE INGATHERING/TABERNACLE

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Mark 13:27 “And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.”

This is speaking of the last Ingathering/Harvest of GOD’s elect! And that took place on October 7th 2015, John 7:37 “In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”.  Jesus is talking about the Last Day of the Feast of Tabernacles and He said, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink”, that is after the Feast of Tabernacles is over or in the last day of it, some of us are going to thirst and that means we’re still going to be here on earth.

Rev 7:15-17 “Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” 

We can see clearly that this has a time reference of day and night, meaning it is happening here on earth, they shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore, but they are going to be feed and are going to be lead unto living waters.  That is because He shall dwell among them, like it says regarding the new covenant, where He says not only that He will be our God but that He will dwell with us;

Exo 29:45 “And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.”  He is dwelling or (tabernacle) with us, fulfilling the Feast of Tabernacles spiritually.
Rev 21:3 “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.” 

Many have thought that God would ‘rapture the elect’ before the Great Tribulation (pre-trib), and some others have thought it would be in the middle of the great tribulation (mid-trib) , and few thought it would be before the “Day of Judgment” (post-trib) came upon the world.  Only after judgment began May 21, 2011, GOD revealed from HIS Word that He would have HIS elect on earth during judgment.  And now that we have past October 7th 2015 we are beginning to see the scriptures showing God’s elect on earth after they are gathered together from the utter most parts of the earth and heaven to be perfected!

In fact, this is how we are starting to see God’s chronology concerning the marriage feast:

Mat 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,”

This marriage is to fully happen at the end of the world but spiritually is been happening through the whole history of men as we are born again, we get married to Christ, Rom 7:4 “Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead,” 
But, at the end of the world there will be a marriage ceremony and a feast, Eph 5:27 “That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

And again, Rev 19:7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.”  
This is here on earth, after the final ingathering of October 7th 2015.

Not until the harvest is over, the wheat has become perfectly ripe and has been gather in and when the bride has been made perfect would He marry her, and then we would have the feast or the supper of the Lamb.  Which is what we’re looking to happen now.  Furthermore, we believe the harvest is now over, as October 7th 2015 at the Last Feast of Ingathering, where God fulfill, spiritually the feast of tabernacles and He comes and dwell among and in His people or He tabernacles with us.  Soon the children of God are going to be manifest to the world and they are going to know God.

Mat 22:3 “And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.” 


They would not come.  This is during the church age, including the great tribulation and judgment day as it says,

Mat 22:4 “Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.”


Eze 33:3 “If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;” 

After the church age is over, He sends again the watchmen to warn them to come but what did they do? “… They made light of it, and went their ways” and “the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them” as it says in the next verses.


Mat 22:5 “But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7  But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.”
It sounds like May 21, 2011, but it is not, this is when the church is given over to Satan.

Mat 22:8 “Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
9 “Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.”


This is the transition from the church to the world, the call is now going through out all the world.

Mat 22:10 “So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.”


This is May 21, 2011 where the guests were all in, but there were some good and some bad, they were still mixed, wheat and tears,

Mat 22:11 “And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:”


Now the separation begins, the wheat from the tares. Judgment Day

Co 3:13 “man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is”.    
The fire begins to do its job.

Mat 22:12 “And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.”
13 “Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Mat 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

When judgment began upon the whole earth, GOD uses HIS Word to bring about a separation of His elect children from the non-elect of the world, year unto year.

“And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.  And it shall be, [that] whoso will not come up of [all] the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.  And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that [have] no [rain]; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.”
[Zech 14:16-19]   

When the final harvest is reaped (the elect and non-elect), then the ‘scattered wheat (sheep)’ are gathered into His barn and the ‘tares (goats)’ are bundled together to be burned at the end of the world.

“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” [Matt 13:30] “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.” [Deut 30:3] Matt 25:32-33 “And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.”   .
 “And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.”
[Isaiah 42:16] 

In the days, after the harvest, the perfecting of the saints is taking place, in which God does not allow the wicked to come among the elect or pass through, perfecting His church so He would Manifest the Sons of God to the world.

“Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.” [Nah 1:15]

“And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].” [Isa 35:8] .
 “And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
[Isaiah 2:2-3]

And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:” [Isaiah 4:3]

“Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. [Zechariah 14:21]
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“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” [Isaiah 30:21]

“So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her anymore.” [Joel 3:17]  . 

If all the information that God has given us from HIS Word, since May 21, 2011 was leading up to the final harvest that October 7th 2015 was indeed the ‘last day’ of the final separation of the elect from the non-elect, then He will be causing the manifestation of the “sons of God”, the manifestation of the ‘sons of men’ and the manifestation of “His judgment”, will then become more and more evident as time passes leading up to that final “last day” OF THE WORLD.  Even all the scriptures above point to a time when all the elect are gathered together by the Work of GOD to the perfecting of His saints, which will be shown in another study (God willing) to also be the marriage ‘supper of the Lamb’ and the ‘supper of the Great GOD!’ when the bride of Christ is made ready by the gathering of all the scattered elect saved before May 21, 2011!  It was not God’s purpose to show all this leading up to October 7th 2015, but had His children to see the reaping of those under His wrath for the 1600 days, hence separating them from the elect, in the harvest.
  

Rev 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. "
“And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;” [Rev 19:17] "Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.’ [Rev 15:4]   

This same manifestation for judgment is the same word used by GOD to show that God was ‘manifest’ in the flesh!

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest [G5319] in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” [1Tim 3:16] .
“[Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
[Col 1:26]

 "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."
[Rom 8:19]

“For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.”
[2Cor 4:11]

“Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.”
[1Cor 3:13]

“Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: To God only wise, [be] glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.”
[Rom 16:25-27] “I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.” [Eccl 3:18] . 

GOD'S SOVEREIGN CONTROL

“For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, [even] I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.  I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and [in] a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
  I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.  I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. And [as for] you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
   [Seemeth it] a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?  And [as for] my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, [even] I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.  Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
   And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.   And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken [it]. And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.  And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make [them] afraid. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God [am] with them, and [that] they, [even] the house of Israel, [are] my people, saith the Lord GOD.  And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, [are] men, [and] I [am] your God, saith the Lord GOD.”
[Ezek 34:11-31]