Fruit can appear good, but that does not mean it is.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes,
and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat,
and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis 3:6

Jesus can tell, but how can we tell?

I know of a whole congregation of church goers who thought that
because these Evangelists brought a message of healing to their church, that that was good fruit.
They said it was powerful and people got healed. Is that fruit?
Not necessarily.
It is not good fruit without Jesus. Jesus was mentioned, but not exalted. The healing was exalted.

The fruit has to match how the Word of God describes good fruit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23

Without Jesus there is no fruit. We cannot bear fruit for Him without Him. Impossible.
I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman. 
Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit,
He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 
Abide in Me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine;
no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. 
I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing. 
If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered;
and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. John 15:1-6

I know some Pharisees who think they have and produce all the good fruit.
They have the bible dissected and can argue their points with the bible. That is not good fruit either.
Their fruit might match some of the bible, but not all. They are well-versed in the law, in legalism,
but do not see the Spirit of God moving and Jesus is not exalted, but rather, their doctrine.

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah:
their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. Deuteronomy 32:31-33

Without love, there is no fruit.
Bitterness taints the fruit.
Hatred and strife chokes the fruit.
Pride will grow distorted fruit.
The only way to produce fruit that is pleasing to God is to abide in Jesus.

We have TV series which bring another gospel to us, one not biblically based and inspired by false doctrine.
We have Pharisaical teachings and doctrines of men that are meant to create a following
and guidelines that have some tenets of true Christianity in the mix.
Where is Jesus? To many Jesus is a nice guy, the one who taught us to love others and help the poor.

This new church that is being formed is being set up and in more than one location it is being built.
The late Pope Francis was part of this scheme.

The Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. The Three Religions represented are Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

There is also one in the United States of America. The Abrahamic House in Los Angeles. This one includes Baha’i.

The House of One in Germany is yet another combined church project.
While peace and harmony sound good, the Bible is clear that Jesus is the Only way to the Father.
To dismiss this is to join with the world.
The world thinks there are many ways to God and Jesus is just one of the many.
Jesus Christ is the Messiah and the soon coming King.
Those who do not choose Him as their Lord and love the truth of His word will find themselves greatly deceived

Deception is on its way and is already here.
Some churches have already stopped preaching the word, they change Who He is, the Son of God, the risen Savior.
Some worship material things, some worship people,
They do not choose to worship Jesus the Christ.
They want to keep Jesus as God out of the equation.
Jesus is the Only way to the Father. The only way.
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father but by Me.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. John 14:6

They are wrong if they tell you another way. Jesus is the only way. He is God.
He is the only One who can cleanse sin.
He is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

A One World church may not have overt messages about the deception.
Unless you know the Word of God, you might not recognize the error.
Deception + Truth = Error

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1 Timothy 4:1

Keep following Jesus and listen to the Holy Spirit who will lead you into all truth.

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not,
neither knoweth him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. John 14:17

Jesus is there to help us recognize the truth and the deception.
We will need to remain close to Him and continue to be humble before Him and His word
as we enter the new coming church, that will have its core in the wicked one
but will not be obvious in its antichrist efforts.
They will be subtle and will take away what we know to be good little by little.
Keep Jesus elevated and those who are not in the truth, will become uncomfortable with Jesus having the preeminence
and will expose themselves by focusing on other attributes of godliness.

It is Easter Sunday today. The Conversations started on Good Friday.
Many posts for Jesus and many comments against Him.
People from all over the world chime in.
This guy was from Michigan, Gay and a hater of the truth.
I sought the Lord as I was conversing with him.
He might’ve liked Jesus if he could follow Him on his own terms.
He has made up his mind and there is nothing I can do to change that.
There seems to be a sadness still in him that wants to be near God,
but he is not willing to let go of his idolatries.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

What good works?
People get confused about good works.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work. John 4:34
The work is God’s work and it glorifies God.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest Me to do. John 17L4

And Whose light?
Those things we do to honor the Father and Jesus Christ His Son.
The works of God have a spiritual significance.
They might be a physical need for someone, for example, feeding the poor.
Feeding the poor because you know it pleases Jesus is spiritually significant.
We do God’s work but we are not to boast about it.
God is glorified through what we do for Him.

The gospel is about Gods love and goodness, His forgiveness and acceptance is a message to be spread.

Jesus’ ways excel and breathe life into us so He can help us make it to the other side.
 I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course; I have kept the faith.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord,
the righteous Judge, shall give me on that Day, and not to me only,
but unto all those also who love His appearing. 2 Timothy 4:7-8
His richness and grace upon humankind are for us to learn,
then for us to extend what we have learned about Him so others may be gathered to Him and HIs ways.

There is a Fountain Filled with Blood

I was distraught about a situation.
It is very cumbersome and has the fingerprints of Satan all over it.
The people involved are who I was praying for.
I was thinking of how I wasn’t elevating God in that moment.
But I was.
I was bringing before His throne this convoluted mess of a situation
and I was more than bothered.
God in His kindness and mercy showed me how much He loves those people,
even the ones doing the despicable things.
The things nightmares are made of.
The cruelest type of human you have heard about.

Sometimes we forget what we know.
We forget what the Lord has taught us and what His word says even when we know it.
We get caught in the emotion of what we see in front of us.
it’s a good thing the Holy Spirit is always there for us, to remind us of the Word of God.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:
for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John 4:20

Without love, we are clanging cymbals and noisy gongs.
We need to keep our love warm.
To be like the Good Samaritan, loving and caring for others.
And do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, not for any other honor or recognition, then, He will be pleased.

And Jesus will say to us whether our deeds be good or evil:
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:40

I’d like to think that I have only done goodness and mercy toward others with God’s love,
but I know I have failed the Lord many times and not loved others as He would have preferred me to.

Onward.

When the Holy Spirit shares His heart and gives you a burden
and encourages you to pray to perform God’s will, that is God’s heart.
While it may touch your heart, it is God who sees and cares and does His will when we pray.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer;
and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Isaiah 65:24

God knows and sees and exposes things to us sometimes so that we can pray according to His will.
Jesus will crush the head of the serpent when he stands in the way of God’s word.

The devil works his works.
He is crafty and he lies and destroys.
His efforts are against God and His purpose of abundant life in Him.
He is also a pipsqueak in the sight of God, but since he lies, he boasts of his power and authority,
which he does have in this world.
He can make himself sound powerful. He can make himself be powerful.
It is very important that we understand that when we pray,
we must join with God and be sensitive to His Spirit who will lead us and guide us.
We cannot just pray what we think of is best, we have to pray according to His will,
which is found in His Word.

And this is the confidence that we have in Him,
that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us:
And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him. 1 John 5:14-15

The Holy Spirit is and should be our only teacher.
That means, we remain open to Him and His truth as He reflects the Word
and bears witness of Jesus, constantly.

But the Comforter, who is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in My name,
He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26

Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth:
for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:
and He will shew you things to come. John 16:13

It does matter whether or not we love the truth.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21

This is what happens when people do not love the truth:
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth,
but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
God Himself will send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie.
If we do not love the truth, this is promised to us.
it is imperative that we love the truth and always keep His word above our own foolish thoughts.
His word should be bowed down to and exalted in our lives.
Otherwise, we are open to deception.

Be careful when clinging to man’s doctrine.
So many teachers have elaborate ideas of what God’s word says.
They spend hours or even days, months and years trying to figure out the timing of biblical events.
They may or may not be right.
Hold those teachings loosely.
There are many good biblical teachers out there.
This does not mean you should not learn from them.
What it means is the Holy Spirit should always be welcome in that teaching, in your thoughts
so that you can learn from Him, who is the perfect teacher.
He will often have more to add or He will solidify what is Truth to you.
It’s very important to always let Him teach you, even when you are learning from others.
Make sure in your heart and mind that you are checking with the Holy Spirit
and that you are open to them being wrong or mistaken.
Always allow the Holy Spirit to clarify and bring Truth
into what you have accepted as truth in your mortal thinking.
How do you think of such teachings?
Have you elevated them to the same level as the Word of God?
Or have you given them a lesser position in your heart and mind where there is room for the Holy Spirit to bring the Truth to you?
Man’s doctrine is not solid.
The teachings of humans comes without perfection.
Jesus warned us of the leaven of the Pharisees.
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and Life.

Keep others’ thoughts out of your adoration that belongs to God and His Word.
Be open to the correction and guidance of the Holy Spirit, even when you are 99.99% sure.
We cannot trust our own hearts and minds
and we need to always be willing to submit to the Lord Jesus and His Word.
If you have been deceived,
you will never know if you have been deceived unless and until you learn the Truth.
Always love the Truth and seek the Truth.

This is from Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance.
The Greek meaning of this portion of John 1:18 is as follows:

I hate the doctrine of John Calvin.
It twists the truth and it is difficult to explain to those who are caught in it how it is false
because it contains elements of truth.

I visited a church once which sang several songs about Jesus being our brother.
Their songs did not ring with the truth that Jesus was the Only Son of God,
that He was God in the flesh, that He has been given a name and a place above all other names.
Jesus is not our brother.
It is not like God the Father has all these little children
and Jesus is one of them and we are Jesus’ brothers and sisters.
Jesus is God’s One and Only Son and He is begotten of the Father.
Jesus was not created. He is one substance with the Father.

For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him,
and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. 
And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things He might have the preeminence. 
For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell; 
And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself;
by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Colossians 1:16-20

Galatians 4:6 explains it. We are His sons. We have been adopted.
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
We are given the Spirit of Christ, who is One with God who sent His Spirit into our hearts
that we may call on God the Father as our Father.
it is not the same as saying Jesus is our brother and we are siblings, God’s sons and daughters.
He is begotten, we are created beings.
He has accepted us and we are given a place in His kingdom, in His family.
We remain created beings.
Jesus is God and God is Jesus. There is no separating them. I and the Father are One. John 10:30
He remains Christ, the Son of God and He gives us the ability to be joined with God the Father
as He is joined with God the Father as He is God. Jesus is Lord. He came to reconcile us to the Father.

While this should be elementary, some teachers teach that as children of God,
we are siblings with Jesus.
Jesus was always here. He was not a created being.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

We are not at the same level with Jesus because we are children of God.
That is an honorary term. God does love us and has adopted us.
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. John 17:21
As always, we must remain humble and in the fear of God as He bestows His pleasure toward us.
We do not become equal with Jesus, ever. He remains Lord of Heaven and Earth.

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