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.



One Accord

Pastor Jerry Wilhite, author

As I learn, I share and as I share, I get more. I have done this since 1992 and actually I did it as far back as the mid-seventies. If you read the early studies I wrote and jumped to the later studies you would see a big change. If you read them all you will do as I did, grow a little at a time. We can only handle so much at one time or else we miss some and we should do all we can to avoid missing any.

I am the first to admit when I had been wrong in a teaching such as Mark 4:20. I used to teach that fold in that verse meant many times over again. I did this because I was taught it and I read it but as soon as I got to that verse in the Greek I found the word fold is actually percent. There is a huge difference between the two definitions and that is the problem with just accepting what we are taught by others no matter how well know or admired as Christians they are. There is only One who can look into their hearts and know if they are of Christ or misleading us or being misled themselves.

Matthew 7

20. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

First of all, in verse 20, Jesus says you will know them by their fruits and most take that to be whatever we do in the name of the Lord is our works, but that is a lie. Fruits is a reference to the fruit of the spirit. If it had meant "what we did" then, in the next three verses, Jesus would not have criticized those who appeared to be of Him in every way and had the works (or fruits) to prove it. It is not referring to anything of the physical that He looks for; it is always of the Spiritual. So it is the fruit of the Spirit because we can not produce that on our own.

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.

You can not be 100% sure of what I am saying even if you can verify it by the Word; that is not enough. Look again at the fruit by which HE said that they would be known.

Matthew 7

13. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

In Matthew 7:20-23 and 13-14 "many" means "most". Most are on the path to destruction and few on the path to life. Read Revelation 1-3 and you will find that Jesus only finds one of seven churches is truly of Him. Do you realize what the odds are that you are not of the six that are not of Him as compared to the one that is? This should shock all those who read it. I do not mean shocked at what I write, but shocked at what is found in the scriptures. So why do most not see it? Because most are following after man and not God, thinking they are of God, believing what a man says because he attended a school to make him a pastor or teacher. What school did Paul attend? He wrote the majority of the New Testament that we live by. It is not from schools of man that we should be seeking knowledge but only from the source.

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.

Since most are taught by schools of man where the teachers do not know it either, it is as Jesus said, "the blind leading the blind."

Matthew 15

14. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch

Then you have those who literally close off the knowledge of God and keep it from us.

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.

If you ask some about the above verse they will give answers like, "Well, Jesus was addressing those of His day, not us today" and that would be a lie. We either accept it all or nothing for ourselves; there are no shades of gray here as some will want you to believe.

Acts 2

1. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

It was when they were of one accord, one mind with God, not just with each other, which meant also that they were one mind with each other. It was not that they were of one mind and one accord with others here, but with God and God only.

Mark 4

12. That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

13. And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

14. The sower soweth the word.

15. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17. And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

18. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

19. And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Above Jesus gives many reasons why people lose what little they get from Him.

Notice it is stated straight out that Satan, not things of this life or world steals it from the first group. They do not keep it long enough to get even a taste.

"cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things"

"no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended"

The only other group other than the first that He does not mention something of this world stealing what they got is the group that keeps it all.

You either know of or have heard of those to whom all that matters is their work no matter if it is to save lives, souls, etc. they are misled and miss what matters. Now to help you understand my point I will use those and their relationships with spouses and children. One day they are divorced and alone and their children do not visit them. They do not know their children and their children do not know them. All they have is their work. What good was that in the end? The same goes for us in our relationship with God. We use all kinds of excuses to explain why it is not there or better, but the same will be in the end with Him and us since He is our Father and we are His children.

Matthew 7

22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

All who do not have a personal relationship with God where they can verify who is talking and what is true will be misled. Actually we already know by Jesus own works in Matthew 7, 24, Luke 21 and Revelation 1-3 (just to name a few) that most will be misled to destruction by the false prophets, teachers, Christ, etc.

The only way we can be sure we are of the few who are on the path to life and not the most that are on the path to destruction is by the source–God–by seeking His knowledge, righteousness and guidance and not man’s. This leads us to another group that misleads us. They are the ones that state they hear and by their knowledge and lifestyle appear to hear. Their problem is they do not verify whom they are hearing from. Thus they are being misled themselves and in turn misleading many.

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.

Acts 2

1.

|2532| And

|1722| in

|3588| the

|4845| fulfilling

|3588| of the

|2250| Day

|4005| of Pentecost,

|2258| they were

|0537| all

|3661| with one mind

|1909| in

|3588| the

|0846| same place.

Strong's Ref. # 3661

Romanized homothumadon

Pronounced hom-oth-oo-mad-on'

adverb from a compound of the base of GSN3674 and GSN2372; unanimously:

KJV--with one accord (mind).

Strong's Ref. # 846

Romanized autos

Pronounced ow-tos'

from the particle au [perhaps akin to the base of GSN0109 through the idea of a baffling wind] (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative GSN1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:

KJV--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, ([self-], the) same, ([him-, my-, thy- ])self, [your-]selves, she, that, their(-s), them([-selves]), there[-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with], they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare GSN0848.

Acts 1

14. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

If it had meant one accord just with each other, the Spirit would have come upon them here in Acts.

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