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If a Widow Can Cast in a Mite, Then What About You?

Luke 20:46-47
46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 47 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

Luke 21:1-4
1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance
cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.


Have you ever looked at how much time you spend doing nothing or how much money you spend trying to gain time? What it all boils down to is do you realize the time you’ve wasted and the money spent doing it? Did you ever think about what would have happened in your life if you only had put your time and money into your spiritual growth, instead of your fleshly growth?

Mark 8:35-37
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

I know, its hard sometimes to let go of your soul, and your heart, and your money and your time.

Luke 14:28
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

What would we say if our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said to the Father that the cost was too great for us and the time was to much? What could we say? If God paid the ultimate sacrifice by giving us His only begotten Son Jesus Christ and didn’t think twice, how much more are we to do?

Shall we rob God as in the book of Malachi 3:8-18:
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Galatians 6:7-10 says:
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

For extra reading: Matthew 25:14-30. Amen.

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Are You Willing to Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk No Matter the Cost in Jesus Christ?

Some may ask, what is the cost? Well I’ll ask you how long do you want to live and where would you want to live? We sometimes start out with a surety of heart and mind but later when the winds of life blow, our surety slowly becomes obscurity. Only having lead us to doubt, fear and apprehensiveness, it seems at times the very thing that is good for us is
so heard to obtain.

Luke 14:28 says, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”

Lets take look at a few things to try figuring out what might have went wrong with us. There is 6 important things that you might have forgotten to count.

  1. Faithfulness
  2. Patience
  3. Will power
  4. Dedication
  5. Vision
  6. Emotions

In life, people usually fail at things, due to one or more of these 6 things, but of the 6 things listed, patience would be most most significant hindrance of them all. One may think faith, although faith is very high on the list, but faith needs patience to grow.

James 1:3-4 says, “Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

If we cross reference the different failed situations in our lives, we’ll see that one or maybe all of these 6 characteristics pop up in some form or another. Success in life means having a health mind, soul and body. Some may call a successful life as P.M.S. (power, money, sex ). Even though P.M.S. is the key to a form of success but it only to your flesh and is only short lived. You might get all of the P.M.S. but the out come of it is death.

James 4:1-3 says, “From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”

Know that in this world we’re in a constant struggle, trying to gain a sense of normalcy. But don’t dismay because in the Word of God says in 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.”

In My conclusion take a look at Matthew 11:28-30:
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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Its Time to Come Clean

Come clean with your life and walk.

I believe that this idea of keeping secret has lead us to a time where men have enslaved other men. Keeping secret has lead to an indifference between mankind and womankind, in so much that today’s generation is having gender identity problems. Whereas some men are confused of what gender they are, and women are in the same quandary of what sex they are. Society isn’t any better, teaching that it is alright to choose either sex, because its all about one thing: you. That is serious. Because its all about loving the one you want to be with and have a family with. This is a secret that a lot keep in the proverbial closet. Others may say swept under the carpet, out of the sight of normal thinking.

When most kids at a younger age go through an identity crisis, and ask their parents whether they are a girl or boy, no one corrects that issue right then and there in their lives. You don’t let that thing go unchecked and unanswered. Instead of sitting the child down and talking to them, you overlook it, and say things like “they’ll grow out of it,” or “they’ll get over it.” An unattended wound will become seriously infected causing trauma to the body. If you don’t give the individual a good truthful and sound understanding of what their concerns are, they will seek advice from an unwarranted source such as friends, family, peer groups—-and if that doesn’t work, they seek the advice of society. If society is already skewed, then they will cater to what you love. A skewed society will tell you that is according to Biblical principles, but they don’t live by the Bible. Or it may be by the latest fad, clothing, shoes, or what is presented on social media. Why are so many people on Facebook? They want to be seen, heard, and pull out information for their lives that may pertain to them. Facebook is a good and bad thing. It can bring all the bad people together, and they will cause a movement and cause other people to listen to what they’re saying.

If you have certain sexual desires after the same gender you are, and you know that is not productive, why do you seek advice from the same people? People will heap to themselves teachers after their flesh. I’ll go around people who talk about the mess that I want to stay in. But the Lord came to set the captives free, but they don’t even know what freedom is. You cannot go about as a Child of God thinking you’re one thing, and living the life of another, because you’re living a lie. The Lord sees what is going on in your walk. Its time to come clean.

Another secret people tend to keep undercover are diseases and sickness in their family. Another secret is traditionalism. The is on such tradition that allows the father of the groom to consummate his son’s marriage before the son does. Another secret is ritualism in taking the lives of other people to become a part of a family. The Bible says don’t be unequally yoked.

In this year of 2019, the Lord has given me a concern and warning to the people of God.

2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.


Luke 12:2-5

The leaders and followers of Jesus Christ are leading a double life. This is the time of revealing of your Christian life, if you’re not laid before His feet. We are Christians, and as such, followers of Christ. If we don’t take the time to get the mess in our lives worked out, it will be revealed in public, and those who look for the validation of people will be devastated. If you are 60, 70 years old, you’ve had enough time to get mess right in your life. Many Pastors and leadership have mess in their lives, and have been keeping it hid, and the Lord has given them every opportunity to clear it up. Since they did not, the Lord is going to put their junk on front street, and they will be ran over. He’s said so in His word. Its really scary because people like hiding mess—–keeping secrets. You have the little groups in the Church that whisper, and the Lord is saying all that mess that is in your groups, it will be known out publicly before everyone, and you’ll reap the fruits of your labour of that. The Lord says enough is enough, and He is tired of it. He has leaders who are braggadocios about getting money from offerings, elevating themselves and not giving glory to Christ. The Lord is tired of that! Its those hidden things that we say are ok, and we walk around and say we are Christian; adulterers against our own lovers. Some are holding onto secrets because they fear for their lives. The Lord says don’t fear the one who can kill our body, but at the end not only our bodies will die, but our souls will burn in hell. Not for 4 days, not for 2 years, but for an eternity. Don’t fear people because of what they may say about you because you’re not keeping up with them and going under their auspices.

8 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.


Luke 8:1-21

Your brother is not just anyone in the world, but those who hear the Word of God are. This is how some people in the Church are. They talk a good game of Christianity, but they don’t belong to Jesus. If you are talking about Jesus and salvation, and not walking it, then it will be uncovered. Everyone talks about Jesus this or Jesus that…but are they real. Everyone wants to be a Christian when its the thing to do. This year, revealing is going to happen big time. As the Lord said, everyone is not your brother and sister in Christ. In the last days, many will come to Him and say they’ve done wonderful works for Him; fed the poor, fought the wicked, healed the sick. But it was all for their own glory, none of it went to Him. He will say depart from Me.

32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.


Luke 11:32-39

If the fire of God is in your life, do you not go about to show it because you’re afraid of what people will think of you? A lot of people talk a good game, but they can’t play it. By their fruits you shall know them. You try to clean yourself up on the outside, but on the inside, you’re jacked up. The Pharisees hearts were cold as ice, but they were willing to sacrifice. Ones hands can be washed, but can your soul be washed—– from the bitterness and evil you’re in? We all need to clean up all the loose ends in our life and walk upright. Even those things we keep secret around others before its too late, and God exposes them all.

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Follow Peace with All Men

Romans 12:18

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

People are watching us each and every day. They are use to people saying “I go to Church,” or my parents my mother, sister or father went to church.” That is fine but is the Church in you or are you in the Church? There are people who are in the Church, but He wants the Church to be in us. Its not a facility or edifice, the Church is the people of God, filled with the Holy Ghost, inside of us where the Holy of Holies resides. We are the example this world needs in this day, in this unconscious world of sin. People are doing things today with no retribution, not caring if it hurts others. We are doing things that are not conducive to being Children of God. We all say that we love the Lord. We sing songs of accolades and of love but we don’t mean them. People here us singing those songs, but then we walk out in violence. We are very negative. Do Christianity and negativity go together? No. So why are we so negative?

Y’all know when people get on your nerves and then they say they’re just playing. We can’t allow ourselves to fall in the traps of this world. People draw you in. Satan has been doing it for years. If he can’t get you physically he’ll get you financially, so you can’t do anything you want to do. You can’t even go out a buy a hot dog. I can’t go out and buy a bag of chips. You go around saying I can’t. Satan knows how to reach you by how you’re effected in your walk. In decisions. If you’re habitual. That is why some of us can’t take drugs. You shouldn’t take drugs in the first place. We can’t smoke weed because we’ll be hooked. They say it calms their nerves. We make up every excuse.

Live: To exist; to be; to aspire. To live through an amount of time.

You should exist peaceably. To exist to be understood. To exist to live in harmony with one’s self and ones God. To live to be; to exist to be. You think about the emotions; to be caught up in a quiet emotion. To look at the Hebrew word Shalom: completeness. You look at the word welfare. If you’ve ever been around Hebrews or Muslims they say Shalom. Peace be with you, and they return the peace back to you. To make peace and shalom; to be complete and sound; to be perfect. Is everyone perfect and complete? Is everyone’s heart where it should be? Are you all clear with your focus where it should be? Is it foggy or misty? The Lord tells us He keeps those in perfect peace whose mind is set on Him. If you are not focused on the things and situations in your life, then you won’t stay in peace, because these folks will drive you up the wall.

What do bill collectors do? They collect your money, caring nothing about the bills. Now think about this, when you make a bill with someone they ask for your name, address, phone number. Why? So if you’re negligent with your bill they can reach you. You can’t live in peace if someone is blowing up your phone about a missed payment every week. It doesn’t feel good when you miss a payment does it? Because they add up. You miss this month, then another month. You’re jacked up because you’re worried about what you will do next. Now your unstable because it has rattled your foundation of peace. All the while you are building up with stress. You’re not happy. Now you have family members that will bug you to no end. “Can you give me some money… can I come to your house?” If you have a relationship, they’re bugging you. Are we going out tomorrow…are we going to meet…because you said we were going to meet? You have the bill collector, your family, your spouse…they you say Lord deliver me. Its just too much on me I’m stressed. Then the Pastor says, I need you to go out and witness with this group today. Are you at peace? You’re mad with the people who keep calling you, then you’re mad with your cousin, you’re mad with your spouse, then you’re mad with the Pastor and they’ve done nothing. No one likes when someone else is coming after you. So people say they’ll turn it all over to God. But we don’t do that. We’re Indian givers; give things, then take them right back. This is the same thing we do to the Lord. “Lord take all my burdens, I surrender all,” we say. As soon as we give them to Him, we go back home, sit at the table and lament over our issues. We take them right back from the Lord. We ask the Lord to heal us. If we pray and the Lord doesn’t answer right away, we start going through saying it didn’t happen. Are you feeling at peace? We’re stressed as stressed can be. We can’t even think about helping anybody in the Lord when we are stressed.

The Lord wants us to know one thing, He’ll keep you in perfect peace, even when you cause mess in your life. How many people know that if something costs $900 and you only have $200 to your name, you don’t purchase it? You don’t go get a loan to make up the rest of it. Some of us haven’t learned that yet, knowing we get $200 a month, why make a $900 loan that will collect interest? It will take you how many months just to get $900? We should know better. Why should you buy a brand new car when you can’t even afford a used one? People stress you so you’ll make the wrong decision, but by that time you’re caught. Now we’re pressured, we make decisions, have relationships, make deals and bargains, out of stress, and in the process of it, peace is tip toeing out the door. We don’t realize it. When we enter into contracts or deals, makes sure its not of stress, not of duress, but rather looking at the future of that same thing.

We look at relationship. Being in relationships isn’t free, every time I pick them up, I have to spend money for gas. They’ve got to eat so I have to feed them. They’ll want a gift so I have to buy them something. You ever heard the term “we can live on love?” You can’t pay with love when you are trying to buy a happy meal at McDonald’s. It costs money. The Bible says that no one should take something upon themselves without counting the cost. How many can repair a car, or rocket engine, or electronics? So why would you buy a car that has a rocket engine or radio? So when it doesn’t work anymore, there it stays because you can’t fix it. What will it cost me to maintain something. You have to count the cost in your life. Its always good to understand if you want to succeed in something, count the cost first. Everyone is always saying go ahead and do what pleases you, and they don’t have a dime to help you keep it. You have all their weights on your life, tons and tons of weights on your life. Why are the bill collectors constantly calling? Because you wanted something that someone else had and you can’t afford it. You know there are some people who will buy a game system before they buy food or clothes? We’re stressed to the max, we can’t be at peace. When you are stressed are you peaceable with all men? No, you’re upset and you speak to them firmly.

We can’t walk peaceable with all men because of all the stress. We begin to act attitudinal with people. If we go back to the word Shalom. Peace. You go to some place and a person overcharged you and you don’t realize until 2 days later. You can’t go back because too much time has lapsed. Then you become stressed about that. Love of money is the root of all evil. Under stress in life is unnecessary. You don’t need the stress in your life. Follow peace.

When you allow your soul to be caught up with the thoughts and emotions of your physical man, there can be no peace of joy in the Holy Ghost in your life. Satan come to steal, kill and destroy you. Who cares about you better than you? When you get into a situation and your life is at stake, we think about our immediate things. When I was sick in the hospital, I was thinking about how I would pay the hospital bill. This society has groomed us to be worry warts. If you allow your soul to be caught up with what your flesh is doing, you cannot, you cannot live a holy life. It will keep you from finding out who Jesus is. Its not about you.

We get it confused saying that our lives are all about us and what we can get out of it. Our lives are about being available for God to use us.

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What You Don’t See, is What You’re Going to Get

Part One of the Series: Don’t Turn Your Head Away, Someone’s Soul Might be Lost Today

Title: What You Don’t see, is What You’re Going to Get!
Passage: Gal.6:5-10

Our life and walk in our lord Yahshua (Jesus) today has drastically changed. We are walking by sight and not by faith, and the word says in 2 Corinthians 5:6,7 “Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)!”

The Word of God says in Ephesians 5:10-16
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. { now the word reprove means to reprimand, rebuke, reproach scold,criticize }12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

The word EVIL means {cruel harmful, crime, extreme moral wickedness }. There is a face of evil, and that is Satan!!  So let’s go a little deeper!

As you daily walk in your christian life, there are things that will CAPTIVATE you. Now this word means (enchant, fascinate, beguile, delight, allure, bewitch) and all of us have had a tendency to fall for whatever those things were or are! I always say “you are what you eat” whether it’s Natural food, Mental food or even Spiritual food. For instance, you can eat organic natural foods like corn, beans, wheat, rice, kale or greens, straight from clean, healthy soil of this earth with no harmful chemicals or heavy metals. Or you can buy these same products from some of your local grocers, supermarkets or super store food that contain, GMO’s which are (genetically modified organisms which are living organisms) whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory or other unhealthy substance. Aluminum is another widely used element and this too is found in a some baking products an other products as well. On the periodic table, it is and element of the boron group { a non-metallic solid). Phosphate which is (a inorganic chemical that is used as a fertilizer, and in some of your flavored drinks. And other man made chemicals that are not mentioned that also makes sick or make you cripple even cause death. You are what you eat.

Now as for Mental food, some might call it wisdom, knowledge whether good or bad. Either way you look at it, it gets into your mind; it will effect you. Whether emotionally, or by studying, physically by your conscious or through your subconscious; And that why big business uses advertisements and graphics today. People are so influenced by the media today that some even live by it. To some, it has even become the deciding factor in living their lives or possibly you might say there god. So whoever controls any form of the media have the potential too control that a person or people. Even people’s political involvement  for example: whether your views of politics  are either democrat or republican, there is no difference in parties.  The powers that want to be, try to control this world by positioning certain individuals in place, who they control and use them to manipulate the hearts and minds of people in society of this world. They can care less whether you choose either democrat or republican and it is just to give you a false sense control over your future . The news is also control by the same powers that want to be. Its a tool to manipulate and control people as well. Even television programing has been use by these individuals to control what you think,say,eat,even wear. Down through history affluent people in this world, has always tried to control people and nations through P.M.S.  (Power,Money,Sex) !

Spiritual food : which is the unadulterated Word of God.
But people have a tendency to manipulate words, writings, and philosophy, to define who or what they are and their sense of being. This type understanding contributes to your mind and spirit being compromised to false doctrine and demonic influence; which leads you to having a misinterpretation of the truth or the real meaning of somethings. Which bring you to a double mindedness state. One thing that is leading believers and nonbelievers to have a misunderstanding of the Word of God, are the hundreds if not thousands of versions of the KJV (King James Version) which is the original book of the Spirit inspired Words of God. You do understand  that in the multitude of words the truth can be hidden and through misinformation the meaning of a book will be lost! In KJV Bible in James 1:6-8 the Word says
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

It is your responsibility to find out the truth about you and where you fit in God and this world and your purpose.

In Gal.6:5-10 it reads:
5 For every man shall bear his own burden. 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing:for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Conclusion:
1 John 2:15-17
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

In these hallowed Words of God they beckon true Believer to stand and live for holiness and to love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Hebrew (Yahshua) with all our heart, mind and soul, and not to attach your soul to this world or the things of this world! To know Him is to love Him and love Him is to serve Him!