Before you read this study understand that we do not teach, we share and then ask all who read the following take it to God and verify it with Him. We believe a lot of the world is misled by the church of the world and religion vs the one true church. And to know the truth can only come from knowing, not just knowing of God, John 14:26, I John 2:27, Rev 3:19-22.
Many are called but few are chosen because many are misled by false teachers Matthew 7:13-15 so we help all who wants to know the truth how to find and know the truth of and by God and not of and by man.



Pharisees or Pastor

Pastor J. R. Wilhite, author   Close Window

Are you a modern day Pharisee?
We have to be careful that we never judge others; even Jesus did not come to judge or condemn us. He did say our words would judge us and that our judging others would judge us.

Matthew 7
1. Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

John 3
16. 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.
17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

 Jesus warned the Pharisees of His day to beware, or as it is stated woe unto them for their being of a class of people who had the best seats, the best clothes, and basically of their fame and fortune. In that day the followers would attend services at least once a week to hear from the man of God, give of their tithes, offerings, and time & talents. Today we do the same. Jesus came to reunite us, each and every one, with God, so there would not have to be a man or woman of God to intervene on our behalf, but we all would be children of God, hearing, following and obeying Him not a man.

1 John 2
27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

 Here in lies the rub; how can the congregations that follow such be judged by their words or actions due to being led wrongly? Easy, they can read the Bible and in doing so, should find verses like John 14:26 and I John 2:27 and realize they should be hearing from God.

There are those who are 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 years and older who have spent their whole life in church and because of that they are considered to have wisdom or at least more knowledge. Wrong! If you are led wrong for 10, 20, 30 or more years and you never, in all that time, find out that God wants a relationship one on one with you, then you are wrong.

Agreed, at first it is the leader you follow, but in time all should have gotten to the point in reading the word to understand the truth and follow it. So why does this happen? Laziness; people who are content where they are, depending on a man to teach them and never or very seldom open the Bible outside of church.

Religion is not good; you can be religious to a TV show. Being of Christ means having God's spirit in, on, and through you, and that you are hearing from Him and following Him. If you do so, then you can not be wrong. What is amazing is how many agree on the word and what it says when they listen to Him vs. man. It is only in man's way of interpreting the word that there arise differences.

The word denomination means to divide and Jesus said a kingdom divided will not stand. So Satan has done his job well, convincing us we are right in our interpretation of the word, to divide us, and keep us from listening to God to understand the truth.

There are many "Babies in Christ", and a lot would be offended to be called babies. They believe that after attending church every Sunday for 30, 40 or more years they are mature. What makes us mature is the leading of the Holy Spirit and how much we allow it to lead and control our lives vs. the flesh. You may see someone who should be way up there as far as God is concerned doing things that are not of God. This is because they are of the world more than the word, and this is due to listening to man, not God.

There are different areas of growth. First salvation; there are those who are saved and know they are saved, but nothing more. They are dangerous! It is like giving a bomb to a terrorist, the only difference is they do not realize they can destroy or damage. How can they? If you listen and follow God, He will always direct you to whom He wants you to witness and not until you (and they) are ready. Paul took many years before he went out. Where do we get the idea that overnight we can be and do better than Paul. When someone who is not hearing from God goes out, they might end up watering where watering is already happening and may over water that person.

No, the fruit of a person is not their works, but the fruit of the spirit of God.

Matthew 7
16. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Galatians 5
22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

 Second, there are those who have been in man's religion so long they will read one of my studies and state he is part right or wrong, when all they had to do was ask God to verify it. If they did that instead they would realize I do not speak of my own words, but just those given to me by God. They could learn to do the same themselves. I understand when I get emails and people state this, it is based on what they were taught of man, more than of God. If they are totally honest with themselves they would know what I am saying is true and it is only meant to help and bless them.

God Bless You as you hear His words and follow His leading.




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