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Amen, the Lord doesn't force His word and will on us. That would not produce spiritual fruit, only artificial fruit.

I think I agree with the rest if I'm understanding what you are saying. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil pertains to the subtle and deceiving serpent and the carnal mind, which is enmity with God....the natural man cannot perceive the things of God.......while the Tree of Life pertains to Christ and the spiritual mind of Christ.
And you watch what this will mean to those who embrace it .
IF the LORD dont force HIS word on us , WE ought not to force the word on anyone . AKA known as shutting down TRUE EVANGELISM .
I BET from the bottom dollar to the top , they have even heard reminders similiar to that .
GOD DONT FORCE , SO WE DONT FORCE .
the only problem is , Warning , reminding , doing all to warn and to remind , IS NOT FORCING . BUT it will be sold as though it is forcing .
YOU think i am wrong . But i bet they have been already teaching this mindset . we been INFILTRATED sister .
EVER REALM . THERE IS NO INSTIUTION , no denomination of man , THAT IS INFALLIBLE and cannot fall .
But sheeples and NOT SHEEP seem to just heed the words out of the mouths of their men .
 
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the devil knows how to seduce and to decieve.
Soon enough we will hear any kind of correction
any kind of speaking of the dire necessity to repent and to believe on CHRIST
is FORCING and is not RELIGOIUS FREEDOM . YOU WATCH .
sorry , but even the adventists have been taken over from within . EVERY GROUP HAS .
the question now is , what the heck we gonna do about it . KEEP ON with the flow
or start exposing the direction that so very many now seem to be headed into .
 
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Specifically discuss a biblical truth that is being twisted by false teachers/doctrines.
Example...Jesus taught us to pray to the Father but there are churches who believe it is OK to pray and ask other saints of the Bible to hear their prayer..... Now there is no specified denomination in my statement. And includes all churches that teach this.
Prophetic passages require more than just identification of false teachers/doctrines, but also identification of the system from which these imminate.

I can't think of a more egregious example of an "exercise in futility" than the absolutely asinine practice of attempting to identify the Mark of the Beast without first identifying the Beast...

...like trying to identify a person's signature on a guest list without first knowing the name of the person.
 

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Religious freedom is essential for true worship. Worship any other way is coerced or forced, and ceases to be worship.

Religious freedom is not what is essential to worship GOD .

LOOK at the langague again

Now i know most every adventists is not gonna believe or even want to dare to beleive
that even their organization has been infiltrated

OH i know in part what is said by brakelite would be true . BUT i know how this delusion works .

IT SPEAKS in part . ALWAYS blending and always mixing .
I would like to answer amigo's not so subtle insinuations, (although I think if he had any real insight into who I am, and the context in which I write, he would perhaps venture to be more specific in his objections to my and my church's stand on religious freedom). Perhaps unbeknown to him, the adventist Church for over 130 years have been the strongest advocates for real religious freedom both in the United States, and around the world, through magazines, lawyers, appeals to the courts, and even at times before congress, Adventists have defended religious freedom for all, and protested the abuse thereof from government, corporations, and churches alike. Without exception.
 

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I would like to answer amigo's not so subtle insinuations, (although I think if he had any real insight into who I am, and the context in which I write, he would perhaps venture to be more specific in his objections to my and my church's stand on religious freedom). Perhaps unbeknown to him, the adventist Church for over 130 years have been the strongest advocates for real religious freedom both in the United States, and around the world, through magazines, lawyers, appeals to the courts, and even at times before congress, Adventists have defended religious freedom for all, and protested the abuse thereof from government, corporations, and churches alike. Without exception.
does the adventist church align itself with the abraham peace accords and religious tolerance act .
IF SO you alinged with WHO it came from .
NOW dont think it came from trump , IT CAME OF THE VATICAN ITSELF friend .
Places have been infiltrated my friend . now what says you about the abraham peace accords .
 

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Religious freedom is not what is essential to worship GOD .
Look , i know i am about to sound like a broken record yet again .
LOOK at the langague again . there is a massive false movement amongst all and that do mean ALL the denominations .
What is the big movement centered on with the evangelical camp .
WHAT TWO words do you hear a lot . RELIGIOUS FREEDOM . i am afraid its but another version
that has come to seduce that certain last man standing camp to fall .
Now i know most every adventists is not gonna believe or even want to dare to beleive
that even their organization has been infiltrated .
While GOD DONT FORCE , HE SURE DO WARN
dont HE .
GOD simply giveth free will . CHOOSE YE THIS DAY and CHOOSE wisely whom we shall serve .
OH i know in part what is said by brakelite would be true . BUT i know how this delusion works .
IT SPEAKS in part . ALWAYS blending and always mixing .
RELIGOIUS FREEDOM . Did paul go around preaching that , or did he go around warning some folks .
I gurantee you that even the adventist realm has been infiltrated . EVERY realm has .
WHILE this might not mean every one within HAS BEEN INFILTRATED , IT DO MEAN the Denomination has been .
I dont like the message i am seeing getting preached today and it focuses on what
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND TOLERANCE . ANY Guesses on why that is .
And why IS IT all seem to be under that influence . when i say all i mean the group , not indiviudual .
KEEP that in mind . I promise every group within mainstream has been infiltrated .
IT dont , however mean that every group within said party HAS been .
Folks have no idea what is occuring . FORCE .
how much you bet , in time even that word will be used against the preaching of the gospel . DONT FORCE YOUR RE:LIG:OIN
on us . RELIGOIUS FREEDOM is A DECEPTOIN SISTER . though it do contain truths and it will use them to seduce .
HOW much you bet even those groups are gonna hear words like YOUR FORCING your beliefs
YOUR FORCING your beliefs . USED TO SHUT DOWN THE GOSPEL , USED TO SHUT DOWN CORRECTION .
The adventist camp has been infiltratred as well as every known denomination .
My advice is we focus more on biblical doctrine and less on thoughts .
If anyone is twisting or using an idea in a wrong way, that is on them. But I don't know if we're talking apples and oranges here. I'm thinking in terms of individuals not in a macro or political sense....certainly not in any way as to try and shut down or discourage correction and speaking the truth. The truth is for "whosoever will". Like the old saying, you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink. Jesus didn't try to dominate or insist people believe Him, He spoke what He spoke, and sometimes He was speaking hard truths, and then He moved on and left them to God. He didn't try to play God (even though He was God) but set us an example of remaining UNDER God..

Jesus told His disciples they were not to exercise authority upon people like pagan rulers do. Because we're not wrestling with flesh and blood but this is a spiritual war. Nobody should be parking and abdicating their free agency at the door anywhere, I'm sure you would agree. That is what is leading astray....people blindly believing church leaders just because they are leaders and stand in a pulpit and have a church or a platform or a TV show. THAT is antichrist....pastors and leaders standing in place of Christ/God in the minds and hearts of the people. The fruit of that eventually ripens and rots...and I believe THAT is what we are seeing happening now, and it is what scripture foresees, foretells and warns us against.....an antichrist principle, and it is the default tendency and temptation of uncrucified flesh, which eventually comes to the full and must be judged, and which we all as individual souls before God need to resist and guard against.

It doesn't look to me as though antichrists and the Antichrist allow people too much "religious freedom", in spite of what people may be saying.
 
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If anyone is twisting or using an idea in a wrong way, that is on them. But I don't know if we're talking apples and oranges here. I'm thinking in terms of individuals not in a macro or political sense....certainly not in any way as to try and shut down or discourage correction and speaking the truth. The truth is for "whosoever will". Like the old saying, you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink. Jesus didn't try to dominate or insist people believe Him, He spoke what He spoke, and sometimes He was speaking hard truths, and then He moved on and left them to God. He didn't try to play God (even though He was God) but set us an example of remaining UNDER God..

Jesus told His disciples they were not to exercise authority upon people like pagan rulers do. Because we're not wrestling with flesh and blood but this is a spiritual war. Nobody should be parking and abdicating their free agency at the door anywhere, I'm sure you would agree. That is what is leading astray....people blindly believing church leaders just because they are leaders and stand in a pulpit and have a church or a platform or a TV show. THAT is antichrist....pastors and leaders standing in place of Christ/God in the minds and hearts of the people. The fruit of that eventually ripens and rots...and I believe THAT is what we are seeing happening now, and it is what scripture foresees, foretells and warns us against.....an antichrist principle, and it is the default tendency and temptation of uncrucified flesh, which eventually comes to the full and must be judged, and which we all as individual souls before God need to resist and guard against.

It doesn't look to me as though antichrists and the Antichrist allow people too much "religious freedom", in spite of what people may be saying.
Very good dear sister , but there is one tiny part i do want to correct .
You said JESUS did not insist people believe on HIM . OH YES HE DID actaully .
Its just HE didnt FORCE THEM TOO . Oh but he surely warned what would come upon all who did not beleive on Him .
and man he sure did rebuke sharply those who had not repented to beleive on HIM . IT will be worse for you than ever it was for sodom .
As far as forcing one too . NO HE DID NOT FORCE . But man Did HE warn . ALL who are not WITH ME
are AGAINST ME and all that are against me shall scatter . Oh HE deeply insisited and big time implied the dire necessity
to believe on HIM . I guess by insist you might have been meaning FORCED .
Even paul wrote , Knowing the TERROR of GOD we ..................persaude men . And if we look at what paul
told those who rejected Christ JESUS , phew wee he did not leave them in doubt as to what would come upon them .
But i know you know this sister . It is good to remind though .
 
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If anyone is twisting or using an idea in a wrong way, that is on them. But I don't know if we're talking apples and oranges here. I'm thinking in terms of individuals not in a macro or political sense....certainly not in any way as to try and shut down or discourage correction and speaking the truth. The truth is for "whosoever will". Like the old saying, you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink. Jesus didn't try to dominate or insist people believe Him, He spoke what He spoke, and sometimes He was speaking hard truths, and then He moved on and left them to God. He didn't try to play God (even though He was God) but set us an example of remaining UNDER God..

Jesus told His disciples they were not to exercise authority upon people like pagan rulers do. Because we're not wrestling with flesh and blood but this is a spiritual war. Nobody should be parking and abdicating their free agency at the door anywhere, I'm sure you would agree. That is what is leading astray....people blindly believing church leaders just because they are leaders and stand in a pulpit and have a church or a platform or a TV show. THAT is antichrist....pastors and leaders standing in place of Christ/God in the minds and hearts of the people. The fruit of that eventually ripens and rots...and I believe THAT is what we are seeing happening now, and it is what scripture foresees, foretells and warns us against.....an antichrist principle, and it is the default tendency and temptation of uncrucified flesh, which eventually comes to the full and must be judged, and which we all as individual souls before God need to resist and guard against.

It doesn't look to me as though antichrists and the Antichrist allow people too much "religious freedom", in spite of what people may be saying.
look at your last sentence and lets make a small adjustment to this truth you just said .
You wrote that antichrists and the anti christ wont allow people too much religious freedom . IF you mean BIBLICAL TRUTH
you are correct , but man it sure allows people to beleive their religious SIN ACCEPTING FREEDOM .
Look real closely at the diverse tolerance intefaith love message .
SEE what it allows , see what it wont TOLERATE ONE BIT .
THIS whole thing cometh of anti christ .
FOR it allows sins , false beliefs , but it sure dont seem to tolerate biblical truth that exposes such behavoirs and thoughts and beliefs .
IT seems like a freedom fighter to those who suport sins , but it sure seems like a TRYANT against any who would
dare hold a bible and speak truth .
 

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Very good dear sister , but there is one tiny part i do want to correct .
You said JESUS did not insist people believe on HIM . OH YES HE DID actaully .
Its just HE didnt FORCE THEM TOO . Oh but he surely warned what would come upon all who did not beleive on Him .
and man he sure did rebuke sharply those who had not repented to beleive on HIM . IT will be worse for you than ever it was for sodom .
As far as forcing one too . NO HE DID NOT FORCE . But man Did HE warn . ALL who are not WITH ME
are AGAINST ME and all that are against me shall scatter . Oh HE deeply insisited and big time implied the dire necessity
to believe on HIM . I guess by insist you might have been meaning FORCED .
Even paul wrote , Knowing the TERROR of GOD we ..................persaude men . And if we look at what paul
told those who rejected Christ JESUS , phew wee he did not leave them in doubt as to what would come upon them .
But i know you know this sister . It is good to remind though .


Yes, force and being forceful is what I had in mind. I think there may be different nuances and usages of that word but this is the meaning that I was thinking in terms of:

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demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal.

demand forcefully to have something.

Could we say that there were things that Jesus insisted was the truth, but not that He exercised insistence upon people....? As far as I understand it. He left them free to receive or not receive. I don't get the sense that He was being pushy with folks, that to me would not have been of the spirit. We need to allow God room to work, and allow people space in their own integrity to receive or not receive, otherwise we in our flesh can be standing in His way or even standing in His place so to speak. I guess it's a fine line sometimes.
 
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look at your last sentence and lets make a small adjustment to this truth you just said .
You wrote that antichrists and the anti christ wont allow people too much religious freedom . IF you mean BIBLICAL TRUTH
you are correct , but man it sure allows people to beleive their religious SIN ACCEPTING FREEDOM .
Look real closely at the diverse tolerance intefaith love message .
SEE what it allows , see what it wont TOLERATE ONE BIT .
THIS whole thing cometh of anti christ .
FOR it allows sins , false beliefs , but it sure dont seem to tolerate biblical truth that exposes such behavoirs and thoughts and beliefs .
IT seems like a freedom fighter to those who suport sins , but it sure seems like a TRYANT against any who would
dare hold a bible and speak truth .
If the beast is killing people for not worshiping and going along with him, and not allowing them to buy or sell if they don't take his mark etc, that is not freedom and free will. That is force and intimidation. But of course I agree with what you're saying..........I don't think we have an argument here.
 
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You mean like today were you can't buy or sell anything without your government numbers there is no freedom left in the world you must follow the construct of humanity in this fallen world or you will be removed or jailed.Freedom left this world along time ago all that is left today is the choice between two evils.Yes they are both evil the sooner you see that the better.The only choice is who is the lesser evil.The world is evil and selfish and that will not change until the end. All evil is done by humans we are the fallen ones the broken ones and at this minute and within this minute the evil going on is incredible evil on a scale never seen before all done by humanity.The only thing missing is the antichrist and he will come.Who is listening to God its all about money and finding happiness is materialism.Go to the store and purchase your happiness and then do the same thing tomorrow thats what the world is taught that where the world claims happiness can be found.But its fleeting and fading in this fallen world and can never bring everlasting Joy.All will be lost here you can only find moments and they only exist in you memory fading and dying as quickly as they were put there you can't stay in the joy of what this world offers.The construct comes first before God in most peoples life.
 
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Yes, force and being forceful is what I had in mind. I think there may be different nuances and usages of that word but this is the meaning that I was thinking in terms of:

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in·sist

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demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal.

demand forcefully to have something.

Could we say that there were things that Jesus insisted was the truth, but not that He exercised insistence upon people....? As far as I understand it. He left them free to receive or not receive. I don't get the sense that He was being pushy with folks, that to me would not have been of the spirit. We need to allow God room to work, and allow people space in their own integrity to receive or not receive, otherwise we in our flesh can be standing in His way or even standing in His place so to speak. I guess it's a fine line sometimes.
exactly . and when i do warn and remind folks its not being pushy either . ITs simply warning and reminding as DID JESUS
as did the apostels .
We can ill afford to be taken into a web of deception .
This generation is under the guise of the most wisest , most clever of all beings created . notice i said created .
Not wiser than the CREATOR . satan is slick sister and he knows how to pander to the flesh and turn even christendom
against CHRIST . Its not pushy , its not forceful , to remind any and all of the absolute and dire necessity of having to believe on JESUS the CHRIST . and by golly it had better be JESUS THE CHRIST and not some other jesus either .
Lets give some examples so as we can make this a bit clearer to the people .
Because if paul , if CHRIST HIMSELF , if the apostels and true lambs stood before this generation i am telling ya
most of christendom itself would believe they were beholding literal monsters , literal haters , judgers .
This generation if JESUS were to return in the flesh as a man and walk amongst the vast majority of CHRISTENDOM itself
that majority would KICK HIM RIGHT OUT of the CHURCH . yelling to him , you hater , you judger
you dont know LOVE , you dont know GOD , YOU NEED JESUS . well their version of jesus . SISTER
i am in total fear for this generation of christendom .
I can easily prove this .
If i were to say half of what JESUS did and later the apostels did , to the lost , this generation of christendom itself
in large would say , YOU JUDGMENTAL , YOU Are forcing your beliefs , you are not being loving
Heck at the very best most of this generation would tell an unbeliever , EVEN IF they did bother to preach
to them , IF , cause most dont , but even IF they did tell someone about believing on JESUS
and the person they told this too said , I DONT believe . THE very best response , which is a dung response ,
they would give would be , OH HE BELIEVES IN YOU crap . That would be the best response . and yet what a crock even that is .
Paul, when the jews rejected JESUS , didnt say OH so you dont beleive , ITS OKAY HE BELIEVES IN YOU .
what a crock this generation got sold on how to evangelize . and that aint even close to the worst of it
most folks now believe GOD is okay with other religoins . Cause it just keeps getting worse .
 
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If the beast is killing people for not worshiping and going along with him, and not allowing them to buy or sell if they don't take his mark etc, that is not freedom and free will. That is force and intimidation. But of course I agree with what you're saying..........I don't think we have an argument here.
Yes we do agree sister . but todays generation thinks that its folks like me
who are being the tryant and forcing belief , being pushy , being judgemental .
NO mam its the false all inclusive satans version of love group that is the TRYANT .
and if that seems hard to believe let me give us a real simple example .
cause you sure dont see me going into the business of gays and demanding they bake a cake that says
homosexuality is sin , BUT YOU DO SEE them going into CHRSITAIN places and demanding they bake a cake
for their wedding and if one dont comply , WELL DONT EXPECT TOLERANCE .
this applies to our churches too . THEY holler love all day , they tolerate sin , heck even worse they are even
accepting sin . And when gays lead their churches and teach , NO ONE says SQUAT .
but if one even dares to to try and correct it , LOOK THE HECK OUT cause love and lovely words are not
coming for that person . TEETH and railings come for those .
SO MUCH FOR FAKE LOVE SORRY SATANIC junk that most now follow . led them RIGHT TO TOTAL rebellion against GOD .
oh dear i just said that , so i guess that makes me the monster to this generation . we been DUPED sister .
WELL i am gonna expose it from the root to the fruit and every leaf in between . IT its false it gets exposed on my watch .
 
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the problem with the overwhelming majority of even Christendom
is this , they allowed SOCIETY to dictate to them how they should DO , what they should do and what they should not do .
I DONT HEED that crap . IF JESUS said it , if the apostels said it
DO IT and if they said not to do , DONT do . that is what i am sticking too . EVERY WORD OF GOD
as TRUTH and every man to be tested against that .
 

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exactly . and when i do warn and remind folks its not being pushy either . ITs simply warning and reminding as DID JESUS
as did the apostels .
We can ill afford to be taken into a web of deception .
This generation is under the guise of the most wisest , most clever of all beings created . notice i said created .
Not wiser than the CREATOR . satan is slick sister and he knows how to pander to the flesh and turn even christendom
against CHRIST . Its not pushy , its not forceful , to remind any and all of the absolute and dire necessity of having to believe on JESUS the CHRIST . and by golly it had better be JESUS THE CHRIST and not some other jesus either .
Lets give some examples so as we can make this a bit clearer to the people .
Because if paul , if CHRIST HIMSELF , if the apostels and true lambs stood before this generation i am telling ya
most of christendom itself would believe they were beholding literal monsters , literal haters , judgers .
This generation if JESUS were to return in the flesh as a man and walk amongst the vast majority of CHRISTENDOM itself
that majority would KICK HIM RIGHT OUT of the CHURCH . yelling to him , you hater , you judger
you dont know LOVE , you dont know GOD , YOU NEED JESUS . well their version of jesus . SISTER
i am in total fear for this generation of christendom .
I can easily prove this .
If i were to say half of what JESUS did and later the apostels did , to the lost , this generation of christendom itself
in large would say , YOU JUDGMENTAL , YOU Are forcing your beliefs , you are not being loving
Heck at the very best most of this generation would tell an unbeliever , EVEN IF they did bother to preach
to them , IF , cause most dont , but even IF they did tell someone about believing on JESUS
and the person they told this too said , I DONT believe . THE very best response , which is a dung response ,
they would give would be , OH HE BELIEVES IN YOU crap . That would be the best response . and yet what a crock even that is .
Paul, when the jews rejected JESUS , didnt say OH so you dont beleive , ITS OKAY HE BELIEVES IN YOU .
what a crock this generation got sold on how to evangelize . and that aint even close to the worst of it
most folks now believe GOD is okay with other religoins . Cause it just keeps getting worse .
I agree brother. Unfortunately we are faced with a thin-skinned, snowflake form of Christianity these days that cannot "endure sound doctrine". Many are "tolerating" and enduring everything but the truth. And so proud of their "tolerance" which is from self-righteousness, not the righteousness of Christ.....just like in Corinthians when Paul had to set them straight. The word of God needs to be preached and taught, some will receive it and others won't. No the Lord is not ok with other religions and idolatry and sin because those things lead to death.

Still I know He is sovereign over this world and the church and the souls in it, whether in good times or bad. It does appear that we are in the end of days and these things have been foretold and ultimately the Lord is watching over His word to perform it. As it was in the days of Noah, and also Sodom....only a remnant will be saved.
 

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I would like to answer amigo's not so subtle insinuations, (although I think if he had any real insight into who I am, and the context in which I write, he would perhaps venture to be more specific in his objections to my and my church's stand on religious freedom). Perhaps unbeknown to him, the adventist Church for over 130 years have been the strongest advocates for real religious freedom both in the United States, and around the world, through magazines, lawyers, appeals to the courts, and even at times before congress, Adventists have defended religious freedom for all, and protested the abuse thereof from government, corporations, and churches alike. Without exception.
My observation and experience with SDA folks is that they idolize their church. In thinking their church organization is the one true church they fall into the same error as the RCC, making their church their god over them. Which in addition to violating the commandment of God, it makes it cultish. Where is humility and the fear of God in assuming one's church is "it" and all good with God? It's no different than individual believers assuming the same attitude about ourselves and judging ourselves worthy instead of working out our salvation in humility and the fear of the Lord. And like the RCC, there doesn't seem to be whole lot of holiness going on, the people I've come across, and one of them is a family member. These are just my honest observations and discernment, I'm not condemning any persons. Like the RCC they can do some good....but foundationally at bottom something is wrong.

To start with, the true church of Jesus Christ is not any man-made organization........it cometh not with observation that we may say lo here it is or there, but is within/among His people. His Body, His church is in spirit.
 
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Amen, so right. And the way of the world is not God's way.
The way , the love of the world is not of the Father . he who loves the world is at enmity with GOD .
The worlds version of how it sees , IS NOT at all as how a lamb sees .
And i should know i was once OF the world and saw what i seen as truth n love through that lens .
It was but death leading only to the second death .
If any man love the world the LOVE of the FATHER is not in them .
But as usual much of christendom does try and blend the two .
We cannot serve the love that cometh of the world and the LOVE OF GOD .
He whose love is of the world hates the truth
but HE whose love cometh of GOD LOVETH TRUTH and shall rejoice IN TRUTH and not inquity , not a lie .
 

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He whose love cometh of GOD shall rejoice in TRUTH . charity rejoices IN TRUTH .
He whose love is of the world does not rejoice in TRUTH but rather loveth a lie .
He whose love cometh of GOD rejoices in the ONE TRUE GOSPEL
but he whose love is of the world rejoices in a broad path sin accepting unbelief accepting gospel , IN A LIE .
The love that cometh of the world rejects the truth of GOD and rather desires
a god who promises life but offers that which pleases their flesh .
The love of the world makes the path to GOD very broad , very diverse , and it will
honor that which GOD does not , for it honors sins .
IT will honor that which the carnal heart and mind of man does honor .
The carnal mind is enmity with GOD and cannot be subject unto the things of GOD .
YE MUST be born again .
Those whose faith be in CHRIST JESUS and they love and embrace His words , are THE BORN again of GOD .
The rest , who twist scrips , omit the docrtrine of GOD , omit the gospel of GOD
have a delusion as their meat . For they rejected the love of the truth whereby they could have been saved .
Beware lest that come upon you which was written
Behold ye despisers , I WORK a work in your day ,a work that ye shall in no wise BELIEVE though it be declared unto you .
Harden not your hearts .