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.



What Must I Do?


Pastor J. R. Wilhite, author   Close Window

We must learn to overcome to be of Christ. We must take up our cross and follow after Him. We must learn that God's Grace is more than sufficient for our needs in this world. As with baptized, overcome relates to many things. We are to be baptized in the name of the Lord, knowledge of Him, the death and resurrection, etc. Much of the Bible in English loses a lot of meaning when translated from Greek and Hebrew to English. Baptize in English means to immerse, so we are to be immersed in the name of the Lord, of course that is our salvation. We are to be immersed into knowledge of Him; if we are not then we can fall away due to a lack of knowledge, etc. We are to overcome sin, the lies, the world, Satan, demons, lust, etc. But most of all we are to overcome sin and the lie.

John 8

10. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

11. She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Jesus would never tell anyone to do anything that they were not ABLE not do. Here we read that He told a woman to go and sin no more who, under the law, was to be stoned to death for committing adultery. So if she, being of the law and not Grace, could go and sin no more, how much more should we be able to do it since we are of Grace?

Revelation 3

20. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Jesus said, "I stand at the door and knock." So why do we not hear Him? He says, "If any man hear my voice," not read my word, but actually hear His voice. We do not hear for many reasons mainly because we are too busy with life in general and too busy talking to Him to listen. Of course then there are those who say we can not hear Him, that it is ok to talk to God as long as He does not talk back. But in John 14:26 and I John 2:27 as well as above we read that we are to hear and be taught all things by God, and not by man. So why would anyone say the opposite? Why would any be against someone who is telling people do not listen to man but to God and God only? One reason is that they need to justify their salvation by what they do and not what is required by faith.

Matthew 23

13. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Another reason is that we have our own modern day Pharisees–those who need to be seen, heard, at the front in the special seating, etc.

Mostly we do not hear, because we do not listen. Ok, I agree a part of it is because we are not taught to listen, but that does not excuse us totally. We can read for ourselves and grow on our own.

In John 3:16 it states that God so loved the world, not just a part but the entire world that He sent His only begotten Son to die so we could be saved. Now I know He did not do that hoping for just a few, but expected all, knowing all would not be saved. God's intention was to save us all. So if that was His intention and will for us how, can Jesus say in Matthew 7 that many (which means most) will be on the path to destruction?

Mat 7:13 Go in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are the ones entering in through it.

Mat 7:14 For narrow is the gate, and constricted is the way that leads away into life, and few are the ones finding it.

(Amplified Bible)

The word many in this verse means most. So how can most end up on the path to destruction when it is the will of God that we are all saved? Because He gave us free will and He wants us to choose Him, not force us to choose, but of free will. So He will deal with the many that do not make it for the few that will.

Mat 7:15 But beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are plundering wolves.

Mat 7:16 From their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Mat 7:20 Then surely from their fruits you shall know them.

(Amplified Bible)

False prophets, false Christs (Matthew 24), and false teachers, leaders, etc deceive the many. Jesus said we would know them by their fruit. He was not referring to the fruit of their labors or hands that anyone can produce, but by a fruit that can only come from God and not the world.

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.

Mat 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of Heaven, but the ones who do the will of My Father in Heaven.

Mat 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many works of power?

Mat 7:23 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; "depart from Me, those working lawlessness (iniquity)!" Psa. 6:8

(Amplified Bible)

The dictionary definition of iniquity is:

Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness.

A grossly immoral act; a sin.

The Bible's definition of iniquity is:

Strong's Ref. # 458

Romanized anomia

Pronounced an-om-ee'-ah

from GSN0459; illegality, i.e. violation of law or (genitive case) wickedness:

KJV--iniquity, X transgress(-ion of) the law, unrighteousness.

Even though their works will appear to many as works of men/women of God and the fruit of those of God, Jesus calls them works of iniquity.

It really amazes me that people do not notice the one theme that runs throughout the New Testament. That is how many (most) are not saved and will not make it to Heaven. What I did when I realized it was to look for what the many did and where. From what I learned, I made a complete 180° turn in my thinking. I read Revelation 1-3 where Jesus addressed the seven churches (there are many more than seven and He knew this so why did He address Seven only?) and stated only one of seven was of Him. When you look at the map of the world you will see seven continents of which only six are where people live. The seventh has very few people that visit for scientific study only and that is Antarctica. In so many words the church of this world does not have a clue and is not of Him and His church occasionally gets a visitor from time to time.

Who do you think is the most resistant to teaching or getting the message to stop, be quiet, and listen to God, those who are lost or those who are saved? Of course it is the saved because they have all those walls of religion whereas the lost do not.

There are many that justify their salvation by what they can do and not what is the truth. No one can go to the Father but by Jesus (John 14:6), but there is a common belief we can not be saved unless we are baptized with water. If this were true then Jesus would never have had to come to the earth or died on the cross. That is not what John the Baptist said. He said that the One who was to come was preferred over him (John) and that the One to come would baptize with the Holy Ghost and fire.

Matthew 3

11. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

John 1

15. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

They will take scripture out of text and even out of the verse to prove their point.

Mark 16

16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved


The verse above is what they will use, but when you read the entire verse you notice that in the last part there is nothing about baptism, "but he that believeth not shall be damned."

Mark 16

16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Of course you have to be baptized, but not to be saved, and not with water, but with the Spirit. The Spirit is also needed in order for us to grow so that we do not fall back into the ways of the flesh. Water can not do this for you only the Spirit can.

There are two types of walls in us, those of the world and those of religion. I use the word religion in a negative fashion because anyone can be religious to anything, i.e.—television, games, Internet, alcohol, sex, etc, but not just anyone can be of Christ. Actually there is a lot more to being of Christ and reaching that point than I have time no to get into here. What we need to know is—to overcome we must be strong at all times:

Luke 11

21. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

22. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Strong where, how, when, how do we become strong? How do we know the difference between being strong or weak?

To be strong in God is to be weak within our innermost being.

2 Corinthians 12

9. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Paul was talking about a thorn in his flesh, how Satan had sent a messenger to torment with him. Every time (3 times) that Paul asked God for help God responded with, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." As we let go of the ideas of this world and give into the spirit in us that to which it is connected becomes strong. It is not of our own ability, but of that which resides in and on us.

How do we overcome in order to be of Jesus?

Romans 13

21. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

2 Corinthians 10

3. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Verse 5 above is one of the main keys and may be the main one overall to overcoming sin, the lie, the walls in us, and so forth.


We are to take every imagination (thought, imagination, etc) that goes, in any way shape of form, against the knowledge of God and cast them down. We are to get rid of them and not keep them nor dwell on them. For example the net is contributing to the addiction of porno by exposing those who would not even dream of visiting sites like that. They send their images out to casual web surfers via Pop-Ups that contain pornographic images. The person who never even dreamed something like that was available, might click on the image (to get rid of it) and be taken to the site via an imbedded hyperlink where they are bombarded with more and more pictures. The problem is pornography can be addictive if one keeps thinking about what they saw and it consumes their waking thoughts—if they would have, in the beginning, just said NO it never would have become a problem. Every time they get an idea, image, thought, or whatever about pornography they should say, "No—I am not accepting that!" and cast it down, rebuke it and the devil that sent it.

This can be done many ways: (1) just say no (2) get your mind on another subject (3) get up and leave the area where it came up (4) do something like ride a bike, take a walk, or clean house (5) the best one would be read the Bible.

John 16

33. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Jesus has already overcome the world and we just need to follow Him. Do you understand what He meant when He said, "Anyone who does not pick up their own cross and follow Him is not worthy of Him?" The cross is where He died, but it’s also where He took all sin from the world on Him, and due to Him, His resurrection we have forgiveness of sin. So taking up our cross is doing to sin as He did Do not sin, and constantly work on overcoming it daily. We’re not to be a saint and a sinner as some teach, but daily getting closer to being sin free. Jesus was a man and He was tempted, but He never succumbed. He used scripture to confound Satan. You can, too.

What we must do is listen to God and allow Him, not man, to teach us all things. We must cast down all that is against what we know of Him. Take what is left into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

How Satan has gotten so many on the path to destruction is based on lies only.

Here are the top ten lies:

  1. There is no Satan.
  2. Jesus saves and you need to be saved, but not today. Live your life then get saved.
  3. Are you crazy? You can not hear from God and even if you could He is too busy to waste His time on you.
  4. The spirit and faith were needed in the first century, but now all we need is to do as we are told by those who know better than we do.
  5. Jesus did not come in the flesh (I John 4:1-3).
  6. Jesus is not the only way to God.
  7. You do not have to forgive to be forgiven. Forgiveness is divine. To err is human.
  8. I am saved by baptism of water.
  9. Once saved always saved.
  10. Hearing from the wrong source

Understand that Satan forces his thoughts on us, not always directly. Most of the time he will find those that he can use that will reach the most people. He will teach us through these we look up to in the present and from the past to get us to believe the lie, to deceive us as Eve was deceived.

Once we realize Satan forces his thoughts, and that we have to seek those of God, we are on the right path, then we have to stay consistent in controlling our thoughts. All the while we should be seeking God's thoughts. This can only be done if we shut up and listen to Him instead of constantly talking to Him. We must take the time daily, dedicate it, and find a place that is free of distractions and that is quiet. We must then sit there for at least 30 minutes a day and do this for as long as it takes, weeks, months (average is 6 months). At the beginning we will have to re-train the body not to fall asleep from sitting that long quietly. Then when we hear we have to ask a question to be sure whom we are hearing from is not Satan but is God.

1 John 4

1. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

3. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

I have run surveys and polls on line since 1998. What I have discovered is that, out of those who say they are of Christ, about 50% do not believe Jesus came in the flesh, that Jesus is not the only way to God, and that we do not have to forgive to be forgiven.

John 1

14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 14

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

We are not just to be taught by God about things of God, but all things. I say God and the verse below says Holy Ghost—read John 4:24—Jesus states that God is a Spirit (Ghost).

John 14

26. But the Comforter, which 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.

Christ translated to English is the anointed one and His anointing. Jesus said in Luke 4:18 that He was anointed with the Spirit of God.

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.

Since He is the Christ and we are of Him we are to be of the anointing. Imagine a sponge dripping water, it is anointed with water. That is how we are to be with the Spirit of God when we are of Christ.

OVERVIEW

God created all. Adam sinned but he did not die in the flesh; he did die in the spirit. Adam gave all dominion over the earth to Satan. God had given it to Adam to do with as he wished. Over the next four thousand + years Satan worked hard at sowing his lies into mankind while God sowed His word into the earth. So one day one woman could, by faith, agree with Him and bring Jesus into this earth.

Luke 1

38. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Then Jesus came to bridge the gap between God and mankind that was the result of sin. Jesus died for us so we could live. Over the next two thousand years Satan kept on with his lies, deceptions, and other manipulations.

What was it that Adam lost or died due to his disobedience? He lost the connection to God in the Spirit, His spiritual life. Since Jesus came to correct or fix what Adam broke, then He came not for a physical kingdom and to rule as the Jews expected, but to reunite us with God in the Spirit.

As time marched on, due to good intentions on the part of some, and flat out misleading, the church of this world got off course and on the path to destruction.

If any objected, over time, to the church and its ways there were those who would handle it, best shown in the inquisition. Even as the church leaders found out the church was off course and tried to correct it they were exiled, excommunicated, and some times killed.

The real shame is that most believe everything they read in the Bible. I am not saying the Bible in its original form is wrong, just the translations into English are not understood properly. There is so much we can not of on our own, and that, in itself, is enough reason to prove that we need to listen to God. Mostly we should try to hear His Voice because He wants it and we should too.

Here are some examples of the problems between languages.

Present day English:

UK word lift would be elevator in US. A lift in the US is a ride in a car or truck.

UK word solicitor would be lawyer US. In the US solicitor means a door to door salesman.

UK word car boot would be car trunk in the US.

In the US one might say they are going to landscape the yard, but in the UK yard has a negative connotation. In the UK they might say they were going to landscape the garden.

Those are some pretty big differences and there are many more, but you should get the idea. Then add to the mix that out of all the English translations the King James is the closest to being correct. Mainly the problem is language used. In 1612 AD the King James was read and understood different than it is today. For example, here is a verse many pastors have used to justify teaching that God tests us:

Job 1

8. And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

We read the verse above that God was pointing out Job to Satan, so Satan would test Job.

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|7854| Satan,

|7760| Have you set

|3824| your heart

|5650| on My servant

|0347| Job?

|3588| For

|0369| not is {any}

|0000| like him

|0776| in the earth,

|0376| a man

|8535| perfect

|3477| and upright,

|3373| revering

|0430| God

|5186| and turning away

|7451| from evil.

But when you read the literal you discover that God was not pointing Job out to Satan to be tested, but God was questioning Satan about what his intentions were for Job. Now if you re-read the verse you can see it, but in 1612 they saw it the first time.

The other big problem is not just the difference in English in different countries or the time difference but how much of the Greek and Hebrew is lost in translation.

If you hear from God, take your time, do not listen to anyone else, and read the Bible a verse at a time you will understand better than those who read it in Greek and Hebrew who do not listen to God.

Let me throw another problem in the mix—how much of the history of the people and era when Jesus walked the earth do you understand? Here is an example how we miss things:

Mark 10

25. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

When Jesus referred to the eye of the needle He was referring to the small (man sized) door in the huge doors of the wall of the city. It was not impossible for the camel to pass through the "eye of the needle", but it had to be completely unloaded of its burden and urged to crawl though on its knees.

There are more like "you will not know the day or the hour" is referring to the last day of the feast of trumpets. Which by the way is the only feast Jesus did not fulfill because it deals with His return.

So as you think about all of this, understand that when you read the Bible without God’s explaining it to you, you are interpreting His word not understanding it. Without God to help all we get is the length and part of the width of each word. With God explaining everything we get the full length, width and, most of all, the depth of His word.

It is like this—two men read a book and both got different meanings. One day they met the author and asked Him which was right and they discovered they both were wrong. Until they asked the author they were misunderstanding a false belief and passing it on.

In the fifth century due to good intention Constantine, the ruler of Rome, passed a law intending to get everyone to believe in Jesus. Instead, in time, it placed unbelievers in power in the church. From that we have the dark ages, the black plague, 13 failed attempts at taking Jerusalem back from the Arabs (Crusades), and the inquisition.

So we had a church that was forming very much in the flesh and not the spirit. Then in the sixteen century when there was a split from the Catholic Church and others started to form, all used some form of the model for worship service and the church in general for their practices.

In so many words we had a church and those of it perpetuating a lie. Then those who broke away based theirs in most part on the same, the lie. Since none to date had bothered to seek the author on it, in time, they could not even teach talking to and hearing from God for fear of losing their place in the community. Somewhere along the line they had problems in the church with casting out demons. The public was wondering why they did not do as Jesus did, tell it be gone and it would leave. So they added a verse:

Matthew 17

21. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

How we know it is added is in most versions they left a space after it signaling it had been added. In the original literal that has not been updated to be able to read easier it is not even in it. Plus there are no other verses in Luke, Mark or John to back it up and it is so out of place it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Matthew 17

20. And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

21. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

After saying if you had the faith of a mustard seed you could tell a mountain be removed and it would, why would Jesus then turn around and say that this requires fasting and prayer? Actually it was added to justify exorcisms and to explain why the church could not cast demons out immediately. I believe today the church in general is thrilled with science that deals with explaining the mind such as psychology and psychiatry so they no longer have to deal with demons or a person being possessed by demons. I am not saying all are possessed by, demons but more than likely there are many that are.

As you should be seeing by now we have a lot to overcome. What if I told you that every time you watched television, movies, or played games on the Internet, etc that more than likely you are getting a lie sown into you and do not even realize it.

So, for each lie there is a wall in us being built on that lie to divide us from God and keep us from Him. This is why it takes time to hear from God and grow. There are a lot of walls to overcome in us. The main area of overcoming is not outward but inward. We must overcome the walls built by years or even decades of lies, deceit, and manipulation by Satan and the world. For each is a sin or a sin in the making. God is truth, the lie is Satan and the world. Which do you think you honestly have more of? If you are honest you will not say God, because the lie, Satan, and world are everywhere around us and have been since we were born.

Do not listen to man, but God and God alone.

Get control of your thoughts.

Listen to and hear what God has to say.

Be obedient and you will become one of the few not many—based not on any man, but based on God and His word.

My prayer for you is:

3 John 1
2.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth

Remember to show faith when you pray, then praise and give thanks.

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




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