ACTS 29 TODAY

coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH

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Jesus said in more than one place, BE NOT DECEIVED, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, MEANING THAT THERE IS AND WILL BE MANY DECEPTIONS CONCERNING JESUS AND SPIRITUAL TRUTH.

Math 24:4 Jesus said be careful that no one misleads you, deceiving you and leading you into error.

He also said that even the very elect would be deceived IF IT WERE POSSIBLE. THE DECEPTION IN THE LAST TIMES WILL BE VERY GREAT, VERY CONVINCING, AND MANY WILL BUY INTO IT …. AS REAL….WHEN IT IS NOT.

There is nothing worse than driving for hours and hours and then find out your on THE WRONG ROAD.

HOW CAN WE BE SURE WE ARE NOT BEING DECEIVED WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH DECEPTION AROUND EVERY BEND.

To me its really quit simple, so lets take a look at the greatest DECEPTION OF ALL TIME.

It occurred in the garden of Eden where GOD had placed his new creation of man, He then told that man Adam that ……………………………

he could freely eat of every tree in the garden…..but…..of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil  and blessing and calamity YOU SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU SHALL EAT OF IT…….YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.

Then god formed woman from Adams rib and we know that Adam had told Eve about not eating from the tree, because of what she said to satan later on.

Now there is a lot that could be said about all of this, but I want to keep it simple and easily understood because of the supreme importance of it.

Adam had GODS word, he passed it on to Eve, she had GODS word, this word is TRUTH AND THIS IS THE WAY, THE KEY, AND THE KNOWLEDGE WE NEED TO BE………..

NOT DECEIVED

THIS IS IT…..GOD SAID, GOD SAID, GOD SAID…………………………………

SO sATAN COMES TO EVE ONE DAY (IN THE FORM OF A SERPENT) AND SAID TO THE WOMEN……..

CAN IT BE THAT GOD HAS REALLY SAID

THAT YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN? (THIS IS A LIE )

AND THE WOMAN SAID TO THE SERPENT, WE MAY EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN ( TRUTH) EXCEPT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL FOR IN THE DAY THAT EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE. (TRUTH)

THE SERPENT SAID……..

YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE

THIS WAS A COMPLETE LIE, A COMPLETE COUNTER-DICTION, THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD HAD SAID.

BUT THE SERPENT DID NOT STOP THERE HE WENT RIGHT ON TO SAY….BEFORE SHE COULD EVEN SAY ANYTHING, THAT…..FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT…..YOU EYES WILL BE OPENED..……..

AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD

KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL AND BLESSING AND CALAMITY.

EVE SAW THAT THE THE TREE WAS GOOD AND PLEASANT FOR FOOD AND A TREE TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE AND GAVE SOME TO HER HUSBAND (ADAM COULD HAVE SAVED THE DAY HERE BUT DID NOT) AND DID EAT ALSO.

NOW THEY HAD BOTH BEEN DECEIVED, THE GREATEST DECEPTION THE dEVIL EVER PULLED OFF.

1.  CAN IT BE???? THAT GOD HAS REALLY SAID???? IT STARTS WITH QUESTIONING GODS WORD…..CAN IT BE THAT GOD HAS REALLY SAID???
2. THEN THEY MISQUOTE WHAT GOD HAS SAID, YOU SHALL NOT EAT FROM….EVERY…TREE THAT’S IN THE GARDEN.
3. THEN THEY SAY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD HAS SAID.
4. AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH THE REASON THAT ITS NOT WHAT GOD SAID OR MEANT.

THE REASON THAT THE ELECT WILL NOT BE DECEIVED IN THE LAST DAYS IS BECAUSE THEY WILL KNOW. AND OBEY.

WHAT GOD HAS REALLY SAID…..THEY WILL KNOW THE WORD…..THE TRUTH.

WHEN THE WORD IS MISQUOTED, CHANGED, OR MANIPULATED.

WHEN THE OPPOSITE OF GODS WORD IS BEING SOWN.

AND NO REASONING OR ARGUMENT WILL EVER CHANGE THEIR MINDS OR HEARTS.

DECEPTION COMES WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING BETTER IS BEING OFFERED AND THERE IS A LOT OF THAT AROUND TODAY, THERE IS A WAY TO NOT EVER BE DECEIVED BY THE d EVIL IN THESE LAST TIMES.

EVE KNEW THE WORD OF GOD, BUT THAT DID NOT SAVE THE DAY, SHE LISTENED AND SAW AND WANTED TO BE LIKE GOD AND BE WISER, THE SAME THING THAT BROUGHT sATIN DOWN, WANTING TO BE LIKE GOD AND ASCEND HIS THRONE HIGHER THAN GODS….PRIDE. SHE KNEW THE WORD BUT DID NOT OBEY THE WORD.

GOD HELP US TO KNOW THE TRUTH, OBEY THEY TRUTH, LIVE THE TRUTH, EAT THE TRUTH, MEDITATE THE TRUTH.

AND NOT BE DECEIVED

AND REMEMBER ITS NOT ABOUT YOUR BEST LIFE NOW….ITS ABOUT YOUR BEST LIFE LATER….FOR THIS PRESENT MOMENTARY AFFLICTION IS WORKING IN US A FAR GREATER REWARD OF GLORY THAT CANNOT BE EVEN BE PUT INTO WORDS.

UNTIL NEXT TIME:)

AMBASSADOR / SERVANT

LARRY

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ACTS 29 TODAY

coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH

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Education has to do with…..BEING INFORMED.

At an early age I wanted to become a pilot, flying was my dream, and by the age of 13 or so I got some books from Cessna and was learning about all the instruments and flight controls.

Some nights I would use my pillow as the instrument panel and would pretend to be flying with my student Manuel in front of me.

At 16 I joined the civil air patrol and took my first fight ever in a stagger wing beach craft small plane, I was hooked with flight and was determined to get my pilots license one day.

Question….was I a pilot yet just because I was talking and dreaming about becoming one?

NO

I was in the Navy and was on the USS RANGER and KITTY HAWK and stationed at NAS Mirimar San Diego CA working with F-4 phantom fighters during the Vietnam war.

After getting out I used my GI bill money to go to flight school and become a pilot. The first step was to go to ground school, and get an EDUCATION ABOUT FLIGHT, WEATHER, AND MANEUVERS. After about 40 hours I graduated from ground school and was educated.

Question…just because I graduated from ground school (educated), was I a pilot?

NO

Then I got my knee pad holder to put my equipment in, my charts, and all of the things that I would use while flying the airplane, and learned how to use them all, and now I was being FORMED (EQUIPPED).

Question…just because I was EQUIPPED AND FORMED, WAS I A PILOT?

NO

THEN THE DAY CAME WHEN I WENT TO A REAL AIRPLANE AND PRE FLIGHTED IT, GOT INTO IT AND SAT ON THE LEFT SIDE CAPTAINS SEAT, STARTED THE ENGINE AND TAXIED OUT TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY (WITH MY INSTRUCTOR), AND I FLEW THE PLANE OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE AIR (WOW AMAZING).

After about 8 hours or so of training we taxied out to the runway one day and just before I was going to take off the instructor said wait a minute, and got out of the plane and said this is your time to SOLO, do 3 take off and landing to a full stop.

It was a little scary being by myself, but I did the 3 take offs and landings and passed my solo test.

Question….just because I passed my solo test did that make me a pilot?

NO

After 40 hours of flight training (TRANSFORMATION) the day came for me to take my PRIVATE PILOTS TEST FLIGHT, and thankfully I passed it the first time, and I now had a PRIVATE PILOTS LICENSE (TRANSFORMED) AND WAS LEGAL TO FLY BY MYSELF (I DID HAVE TO HAVE SOME ADDED HOURS TO BE OK TO FLY WITH PASSENGERS).

Question….just because I was now a licensed private pilot (TRANSFORMED), was I now a pilot?

YES

Now after that I went on to get an instrument rating (so I could fly under instrument rules in the clouds), a commercial rating (could fly for hire), a multi engine rating (more than one engine), and some instructor ratings.

After this I went to work for a small airline and flew professionally for a while, and that also included flying MT SAINT HELEN’S scenic tours after the eruption in 1980.

The point is…………….in the institutional church, it has been 99% about EDUCATION……BEING INFORMED. TEACHING, PREACHING, AND INFORMING, OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

BUT VERY LITTLE IF ANY…EQUIPPING…..FORMING, AND SO THE PEOPLE JUST STAY CHILDREN SPIRITUALLY DEPENDING ON THE PASTOR FOR EVERYTHING AND NEVER COMING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.

BECAUSE THE SUNDAY MORNING INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH SERVICE IS NOT BIBLICAL OR SCRIPTURAL, DISCIPLES ARE NOT BEING MADE THERE.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT BEING A DISCIPLE, DREAM ABOUT BEING A DISCIPLE, AND TRAIN TO BECOME A DISCIPLE.

YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE EDUCATION AND BE INFORMED, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND BE FORMED TO DO THE JOB.

BUT UNTIL YOU….LIVE BY THE INDWELLING LIFE OF CHRIST (THRU MANY TRIALS, TESTS, FAILURES, TEMPTATIONS, FEARS, ETC, ETC).

IN THE NAME OF JESUS RISE UP AND WALK

UNTIL YOU CAST OUT DEMONS, LAY HANDS ON THE SICK AND SEE THEM RECOVER, SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES, DRINK ANYTHING DEADLY AND NOT BE HARMED, PICK UP SERPENTS (DEAL WITH SPIRITUAL DARKNESS, NOT PICK UP RATTLE SNAKES).

UNTIL WE ARE …. TRANSFORMED.… BY THE ACTUAL DOING, EXPERIENCING, IN REAL LIFE, WHAT BEING A DISCIPLE MEANS (GODS DEFINITION, NOT MANS) WE ARE JUST STUCK IN AN ENDLESS LOOP OF BEING EDUCATED AND INFORMED, EQUIPPED AND FORMED.

is it over yet

BUT …. NEVER… EVER GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL AIRPLANE AND FLYING IT

TRANSFORMATION

JESUS TAUGHT AND EDUCATED AND INFORMED HIS DISCIPLES

JESUS EQUIPPED AND FORMED HIS DISCIPLES

BUT HE DID NOT STOP THERE…….HE ALSO AFTER ALL OF THAT…….HE

SENT THEM …OUT TO DO IT ALL THEMSELVES.

AS THE FATHER HAS SENT ME...SO SEND I YOU, HOW WAS JESUS SENT?

BY THE WORD/WILL OF THE FATHER, BY THE POWER OF THE FATHER, BY THE INDWELLING PRESENCE AND GUIDANCE OF THE FATHER.

NOW JESUS THRU THE SPIRIT IS TO YOU WHAT THE FATHER WAS TO JESUS WHEN HE WAS ON THE EARTH, NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE, I ONLY SAY WHAT I HEAR THE FATHER SAYING AND ONLY DO WHAT I SEE THE FATHER DOING.

THE HARVEST IS TRULY PLENTIFUL, BUT THE LABOR’S ARE FEW, PRAY THE LORD OF THE HARVEST WILL….THRUST….OUT LABOR’S INTO THE FIELDS.

WHY ARE THE WORKERS FEW? BECAUSE THEY ARE SITTING IN A PEE EW EVERY SUNDAY MORNING THINKING THIS IS ALL THERE IS TO BEING A DISCIPLE……….when in truth it is not even close…………………………………

REMEMBER DECEPTION IS POWERLESS AND MEANS NOTHING UNTIL SOMEONE BELIEVES IT.

AMBASSADOR / SERVANT

LARRY

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