TITUS' INSTRUCTION AND CORRECTION FROM PAUL
My Dear Precious Child,
My instructions and corrections to certain men in the churches which Paul had established sounded to outsiders like rules and regulations much like the Mosaic Law, but there is a huge difference. The Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes and religious leaders used the Mosaic Law, at the direction of the devil, in order to judge and condemn My children because of their failures, their mistakes, their transgressions and their iniquities; in other words, their sins. I forgive sins. I do not condemn My children because of their sins.
My instructions and corrections from My Holy Spirit through Paul are for an effective purpose, to aid My children in avoiding the works of the devil, which was My original reason for giving the Law through Moses. Because of the misappropriation of the Law by the religious and political leaders, it became necessary for Me to effectuate My mystery that was hidden from the foundation of the world, which is My new covenant of the Holy Spirit. The mystery is Christ in you, the hope of glory where I would come to live inside of My children in the person of the Holy Spirit, and I would write My words on their own minds and in their hearts, and then I could open up My new covenant to the pagans as well as the Jews, inviting all people to have a personal, one-on-one relationship with Me so that they will have the spiritual power of My Holy Spirit to avoid the works of the devil and also to defeat his works.
In Paul's leading address in his letter to Titus, he proclaimed his close relationship with Christ Jesus and that he was an apostle who was chosen by Me to have faith and the knowledge of Truth that leads to true religion, which is having a personal relationship with Me, which is not through required obedience to any Laws. Paul confessed that at the appointed time that I revealed My mystery and then he was commissioned by Me to proclaim it to the pagans.(Titus 1:1-4)
Then Paul wrote in his letter that he left Titus behind to appoint elders in every church in every town. He had told him to make sure of these things:
That each man was of irreproachable character;
That he must have been married only once;
That his children must be believers;
That his children must not be uncontrollable and liable to be charged with disorderly conduct;
Paul added these:
That the elder, as My representative, must be irreproachable;
That he must not be a heavy drinker or violent;
That he must not be arrogant or hot tempered.
That he must not be out to make money;
That he must be hospitable;
That he must be a friend of all that is good;
That he must be sensible, moral, devout and self-controlled.
That he must be wise in the unchanging message of Christ Jesus;
That he must expound sound doctrine;
That he must be able to refute people who argue against the truth of the Good News. (Titus 1:5-9)
Those were the administrative requirements of Paul when he was sent to prison and left Titus in charge of the churches in different towns, telling him which men would be sound converts who would not divert from the Good News.
However, the demonic enemy of the Gospel had done an effective job of subverting My plans of having churches which were embracing the ministry of My Holy Spirit in teaching My children until they were conformed into My image in the earth. Paul wrote to Titus that many people in the church needed to be disciplined, especially those people who talk nonsense and try to make other people believe their nonsense. He said that he was talking about the converts among the Circumcision, the Jews who had been born of My Spirit and baptized with My Holy Spirit yet had returned to the Mosaic Law and enticed others who had found freedom from the Law to again become in bondage to the religious Law.
Paul wrote that those men need to be silenced, that they pollute all families by teaching things they should not teach, and doing it with the purpose of making money. He told Titus that he needed to be severe in correcting them so that they would return to the faith and stop taking notice of Jewish myths which produced their doing things that they should not do as they were told by people who are no longer interested in the Truth. (Titus 1:10-14)
In his revelation and insight Paul wrote that to those who are pure themselves, everything is pure; but to those who have been corrupted and lack faith, nothing is pure because the corruption is in their own minds and in their own consciences. He wrote that although they claim to have a knowledge of the Truth, they are outrageously rebellious and incapable of doing good. (Titus 1;15-16)
If you will notice, Paul's suggested requirements for the elders in the churches are that they actually display the fruit of My Holy Spirit's presence in their lives of love, peace, goodness, kindness, mercy, joy, patience and self control. The constant display of those characteristics are an outward sign of the inward grace that I had done in them by the tutoring of My Holy Spirit. Without those constant characteristics, there is no transformation being accomplished in them by My Holy Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23; Romans 12:2) Everything that is produced by the transforming of your mind is My nature and the nature of Christ Jesus. It is the transforming power that transforms the world. Those characteristics are what the enemy tried to destroy in his works among the converts to Christ Jesus in the first churches and they were successful in polluting My children in many instances by sucking them back into loyalty to Mosaic Law, thus making the sacrifice of Christ Jesus of no effect.
You are watchmen over your own minds. Run from false teachings that either water down or divert you from the Truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He warned you about the polluters just like My Spirit did through Paul to the churches. Listen to the gift of discerning of spirits which gives you an uneasy feeling in your spirit. Run from the polluters. They want to captivate your mind and rob you of the gift of salvation and your inheriting the blessings that I have for you.
Your Father of Gentle Corrections
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
PAUL'S FINAL CHANNENGE TO TIMOTHY
My Dear Precious Child,
Paul closed his second letter to Timothy with firm challenges for him. He began by saying that, viewed by Me and viewed by Christ Jesus, that he was giving a duty to Timothy in the name of Christ's appearing in his kingdom. The duty was that Timothy must proclaim the message of Good News, whether to people who welcomed it or didn't welcome it, saying that Timothy must also on occasion insist on giving the message of salvation, just like Paul had been doing, because they were convinced that Christ Jesus was coming back immediately.
Then Paul challenged Timothy under the circumstance to do these things:
To refute falsehoods;
To correct errors; and
To call the followers into obedience to the guidance of My Holy Spirit if they want to stay free from the works of the devil.
Paul said that those things must be done with patience and with the attitude of teaching the believers. He felt that the time was soon coming when people would not be content with sound teaching but would have a desire for novelties, seeking something new, so they would collect for themselves many different teachers according to their own tastes in belief. Instead of listening to truths, certain people in the church had turned to myths and man-made fictions.
He encouraged Timothy with these challenges also;
To always be careful to choose the right course:
To be brave in trials;
To make preaching the Good News his life's work; and
To do the works of the ministry fully and with a good attitude.
Paul knew that the end of his life was approaching and that the time for him to leave the earth was near. He knew he had fought the good fight of faith to the end, that he had run the race to the finish and the only thing left for him was to receive the crown of righteousness that was reserved for him. Paul was confident that Christ would give a crown of righteousness not only to him but to the other people who were expecting it because they had also fought the good fight of faith under trying circumstances.
It was necessary for Paul to caution Timothy about certain people. He said that the convert named Demas had deserted him for love of the earthly life and had gone to another city, that others had also deserted him, and that only Luke remained with him. He said that the silversmith had also done him great harm but Paul took comfort that Christ would repay the silversmith. Paul warned Timothy to be on guard against the silversmith because he had been bitterly contesting everything that Paul and Timothy taught. In the legal forum, even though Paul had presented a logical defense to the words of the silversmith, he lamented that there was not a single witness to support Paul. Ever though every one of his supporters had deserted him, he asked that I not hold it against them. He asked Timothy to bring Mark to see him. Paul knew that I had been on his side, that I stood by him and gave him power so that through Paul all of the pagans would hear the Good News. He wrote that I rescued him from the lion's mouth. He was convinced that I would continue to rescue him from all evil attempts on his life and take him safely into My heavenly kingdom. He glorified Me even in the face of danger and rejection. Paul was persuaded that I would receive him into My heavenly home when the time came.
Through the experiences of Paul, you must learn that there are demonic forces that do not want you to succeed in your life on earth, and so they send people to reject your testimonies, your witness and your Truth. Yet, you have a spiritual cloud of witnesses in support of you. I am in that cloud of witnesses, also Jesus, plus the entire angelic hosts, and the holy people who had been raised from the dead in Christ's resurrection, and the saints who had been made whole, and the blood of Jesus. (Hebrews 12:1 and 22-25) You have an entire spiritual nation surrounding you in the spiritual dimension. My entire kingdom of heaven is in you in the person of the Holy Spirit and My kingdom also surrounds you.
You are never alone. I am in you and you are in Me. Be conscious of that fact constantly, especially when you intercede along with My Holy Spirit in His prayer language which creates solutions for all the problems of My children and brings My blessings flooding into your lives.
Your Loving Father of Infinite Spiritual Power
Paul closed his second letter to Timothy with firm challenges for him. He began by saying that, viewed by Me and viewed by Christ Jesus, that he was giving a duty to Timothy in the name of Christ's appearing in his kingdom. The duty was that Timothy must proclaim the message of Good News, whether to people who welcomed it or didn't welcome it, saying that Timothy must also on occasion insist on giving the message of salvation, just like Paul had been doing, because they were convinced that Christ Jesus was coming back immediately.
Then Paul challenged Timothy under the circumstance to do these things:
To refute falsehoods;
To correct errors; and
To call the followers into obedience to the guidance of My Holy Spirit if they want to stay free from the works of the devil.
Paul said that those things must be done with patience and with the attitude of teaching the believers. He felt that the time was soon coming when people would not be content with sound teaching but would have a desire for novelties, seeking something new, so they would collect for themselves many different teachers according to their own tastes in belief. Instead of listening to truths, certain people in the church had turned to myths and man-made fictions.
He encouraged Timothy with these challenges also;
To always be careful to choose the right course:
To be brave in trials;
To make preaching the Good News his life's work; and
To do the works of the ministry fully and with a good attitude.
Paul knew that the end of his life was approaching and that the time for him to leave the earth was near. He knew he had fought the good fight of faith to the end, that he had run the race to the finish and the only thing left for him was to receive the crown of righteousness that was reserved for him. Paul was confident that Christ would give a crown of righteousness not only to him but to the other people who were expecting it because they had also fought the good fight of faith under trying circumstances.
It was necessary for Paul to caution Timothy about certain people. He said that the convert named Demas had deserted him for love of the earthly life and had gone to another city, that others had also deserted him, and that only Luke remained with him. He said that the silversmith had also done him great harm but Paul took comfort that Christ would repay the silversmith. Paul warned Timothy to be on guard against the silversmith because he had been bitterly contesting everything that Paul and Timothy taught. In the legal forum, even though Paul had presented a logical defense to the words of the silversmith, he lamented that there was not a single witness to support Paul. Ever though every one of his supporters had deserted him, he asked that I not hold it against them. He asked Timothy to bring Mark to see him. Paul knew that I had been on his side, that I stood by him and gave him power so that through Paul all of the pagans would hear the Good News. He wrote that I rescued him from the lion's mouth. He was convinced that I would continue to rescue him from all evil attempts on his life and take him safely into My heavenly kingdom. He glorified Me even in the face of danger and rejection. Paul was persuaded that I would receive him into My heavenly home when the time came.
Through the experiences of Paul, you must learn that there are demonic forces that do not want you to succeed in your life on earth, and so they send people to reject your testimonies, your witness and your Truth. Yet, you have a spiritual cloud of witnesses in support of you. I am in that cloud of witnesses, also Jesus, plus the entire angelic hosts, and the holy people who had been raised from the dead in Christ's resurrection, and the saints who had been made whole, and the blood of Jesus. (Hebrews 12:1 and 22-25) You have an entire spiritual nation surrounding you in the spiritual dimension. My entire kingdom of heaven is in you in the person of the Holy Spirit and My kingdom also surrounds you.
You are never alone. I am in you and you are in Me. Be conscious of that fact constantly, especially when you intercede along with My Holy Spirit in His prayer language which creates solutions for all the problems of My children and brings My blessings flooding into your lives.
Your Loving Father of Infinite Spiritual Power
Monday, April 8, 2019
MORE WARNING ABOUT FALSE TEACHERS
My Dear Precious Child,
Paul was so concerned about the false teachers who sowed different gospels than what he preached and so he warned Timothy several times to tell the converts of Christ Jesus not to listen to any arguments about words because all that produces is destruction in the people who hear the spiritually powerless arguments. Timothy was to present himself to the converts as a man who had, by the power of My Holy Spirit, come successfully through trials and he was a man who was not ashamed of his life's work. Timothy had kept a straight course with the message of Truth and he had no reason to be fearful or ashamed. Paul said that talk like that of the false teachers was like gangrene, taught by men who had wandered away from the Truth and claimed that there was only one resurrection and that it had taken place when Christ Jesus rose from the dead. Those men had taught that the followers of Christ would not be resurrected at the death of their bodies. Paul knew that other people in the church did not have faith enough to stand up to them so he wanted Timothy to act like My child and speak the truth to them in love.
He talked about dishes in a large house being not only made of gold and silver but that some are made of wood or earthenware; some were for special occasions and some were for ordinary purposes. He said that the way to become made for spiritual special occasions is to avoid the faults of the people he had been warning against, the false prophets. He wanted Timothy and the other converts of Christ to become fit for Christ himself to use, kept fit for any and all good works.
Paul also warned Timothy again about not giving in to his impulses like other young men, but instead he must focus his attention on holiness, faith, love and peace in union with all who call on Me with a pure mind. Part of that involves avoiding futile and silly speculations, knowing that that only causes quarrels. He wrote that My children are not to engage in quarrels, but they must be kind to everyone, being a good teacher and always being patient. He must be gentle when he corrects people who dispute his Gospel. He must never forget that I always give people chances to change their mind so that they recognize Truth and come to their senses when they are finally out of the trap where the devil caught them and where he kept them enslaved to him in doing his will.
He reminded Timothy that Christ had said that in the days of the last covenant of the Holy Spirit that there would be difficult times, that people would be self centered, boastful, arrogant, rude, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, nonspiritual, heartless, never satisfied; and that they would be slanderers, savages, prone to self indulgence and enemies of everything that is good. He added that they would be treacherous, reckless, demented by pride and prefer their own pleasures to the blessing of My kingdom of heaven. He warned that they would keep up the outward appearances of religion but would deny the power of it.
Paul didn't stop there. He added that in the days of My covenant of the Holy Spirit that there would be false teachers who would be favorable to families in order to influence silly women who are obsessed with their sins and follow one new craze after another in an attempt to educate themselves but they never come to a knowledge of the Truth. He identified the false teachers as men who defy the Truth, whose minds are corrupt and their faith is fake. Paul was assured that their foolishness would become obvious to everybody.
In defense of the true Good News, Paul reminded Timothy of what he had taught and how he had lived, what his aim had been which was to intimately know Me. (I Corinthians 2:2) Paul reminded Timothy of his own faith, his constancy and the persecutions and hardships which he had endured from which I had rescued him every time. Paul did not sugarcoat the fact that anyone who is called to live in devotion to Christ will certainly be attacked while the imposters, the false teachers, will go on from bad to worse deceiving others as well as themselves. He wrote that Timothy must be true to what he had been taught, remembering who his teachers were, and the fact that he had known the scriptures since he was a child which led to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Paul proclaimed that all scripture is inspired by Me and is profitable for teaching, for correcting error, for instruction and for training in righteousness. My Holy Spirit takes the scripture and makes it alive and powerful in the minds of My children, just as Christ Jesus prophesied. (John 16:12-16) By the power of My Holy Spirit the veil is removed from your mind and the revelation power of My Holy Spirit causes My Words to become flesh in you. When My Words become flesh in you, then you are being transformed into My image in the world, drawing all people to Me because of My glory that is revealed in you. (Romans 12:2; Hebrews 13:20-21)
I put Paul's letters to Timothy in My Instruction Book in order for you to be educated in the ways of your enemy, the devil, and thus you would be able to recognize the false teachers and prophets when they appear in your life. They appear in your midst in order to divert you from the true Good News that Christ Jesus rose from the dead and then sent My Holy Spirit into you and My other children of promise in order to establish My new covenant with My creation. When My new covenant is established, the old is null and void. My children who continue to rely on the old covenant as a means for their salvation make the sacrifice of Christ Jesus of no effect in their lives because faith completely disappears when the Law is elevated in the minds of My children as a means of salvation. Solomon prophesied that it's like a dog returning to eat its own vomit. (Proverbs 26:11) Peter confirmed it. (II Peter 2:22)
Faith in the Lord Christ Jesus set you free from the Law of sin and death. Stand fast in your freedom and don't become entangled again in the yoke of bondage to an ineffective Law which only brings sin and death. (Galatians 5:1)
Your Father of Transforming Power
Paul was so concerned about the false teachers who sowed different gospels than what he preached and so he warned Timothy several times to tell the converts of Christ Jesus not to listen to any arguments about words because all that produces is destruction in the people who hear the spiritually powerless arguments. Timothy was to present himself to the converts as a man who had, by the power of My Holy Spirit, come successfully through trials and he was a man who was not ashamed of his life's work. Timothy had kept a straight course with the message of Truth and he had no reason to be fearful or ashamed. Paul said that talk like that of the false teachers was like gangrene, taught by men who had wandered away from the Truth and claimed that there was only one resurrection and that it had taken place when Christ Jesus rose from the dead. Those men had taught that the followers of Christ would not be resurrected at the death of their bodies. Paul knew that other people in the church did not have faith enough to stand up to them so he wanted Timothy to act like My child and speak the truth to them in love.
He talked about dishes in a large house being not only made of gold and silver but that some are made of wood or earthenware; some were for special occasions and some were for ordinary purposes. He said that the way to become made for spiritual special occasions is to avoid the faults of the people he had been warning against, the false prophets. He wanted Timothy and the other converts of Christ to become fit for Christ himself to use, kept fit for any and all good works.
Paul also warned Timothy again about not giving in to his impulses like other young men, but instead he must focus his attention on holiness, faith, love and peace in union with all who call on Me with a pure mind. Part of that involves avoiding futile and silly speculations, knowing that that only causes quarrels. He wrote that My children are not to engage in quarrels, but they must be kind to everyone, being a good teacher and always being patient. He must be gentle when he corrects people who dispute his Gospel. He must never forget that I always give people chances to change their mind so that they recognize Truth and come to their senses when they are finally out of the trap where the devil caught them and where he kept them enslaved to him in doing his will.
He reminded Timothy that Christ had said that in the days of the last covenant of the Holy Spirit that there would be difficult times, that people would be self centered, boastful, arrogant, rude, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, nonspiritual, heartless, never satisfied; and that they would be slanderers, savages, prone to self indulgence and enemies of everything that is good. He added that they would be treacherous, reckless, demented by pride and prefer their own pleasures to the blessing of My kingdom of heaven. He warned that they would keep up the outward appearances of religion but would deny the power of it.
Paul didn't stop there. He added that in the days of My covenant of the Holy Spirit that there would be false teachers who would be favorable to families in order to influence silly women who are obsessed with their sins and follow one new craze after another in an attempt to educate themselves but they never come to a knowledge of the Truth. He identified the false teachers as men who defy the Truth, whose minds are corrupt and their faith is fake. Paul was assured that their foolishness would become obvious to everybody.
In defense of the true Good News, Paul reminded Timothy of what he had taught and how he had lived, what his aim had been which was to intimately know Me. (I Corinthians 2:2) Paul reminded Timothy of his own faith, his constancy and the persecutions and hardships which he had endured from which I had rescued him every time. Paul did not sugarcoat the fact that anyone who is called to live in devotion to Christ will certainly be attacked while the imposters, the false teachers, will go on from bad to worse deceiving others as well as themselves. He wrote that Timothy must be true to what he had been taught, remembering who his teachers were, and the fact that he had known the scriptures since he was a child which led to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Paul proclaimed that all scripture is inspired by Me and is profitable for teaching, for correcting error, for instruction and for training in righteousness. My Holy Spirit takes the scripture and makes it alive and powerful in the minds of My children, just as Christ Jesus prophesied. (John 16:12-16) By the power of My Holy Spirit the veil is removed from your mind and the revelation power of My Holy Spirit causes My Words to become flesh in you. When My Words become flesh in you, then you are being transformed into My image in the world, drawing all people to Me because of My glory that is revealed in you. (Romans 12:2; Hebrews 13:20-21)
I put Paul's letters to Timothy in My Instruction Book in order for you to be educated in the ways of your enemy, the devil, and thus you would be able to recognize the false teachers and prophets when they appear in your life. They appear in your midst in order to divert you from the true Good News that Christ Jesus rose from the dead and then sent My Holy Spirit into you and My other children of promise in order to establish My new covenant with My creation. When My new covenant is established, the old is null and void. My children who continue to rely on the old covenant as a means for their salvation make the sacrifice of Christ Jesus of no effect in their lives because faith completely disappears when the Law is elevated in the minds of My children as a means of salvation. Solomon prophesied that it's like a dog returning to eat its own vomit. (Proverbs 26:11) Peter confirmed it. (II Peter 2:22)
Faith in the Lord Christ Jesus set you free from the Law of sin and death. Stand fast in your freedom and don't become entangled again in the yoke of bondage to an ineffective Law which only brings sin and death. (Galatians 5:1)
Your Father of Transforming Power
Sunday, April 7, 2019
TRUE TEACHERS AND FALSE TEACHERS
My Dear Precious Child,
In commenting about the workplace, Paul wrote to Timothy that workers must have respect for their bosses so that the name of God and Paul's teachings are not brought into disrepute. The bosses who are believers are not to think any less of the workers because they are brothers; on the contrary they should treat the workers even better since those people who are the bosses are believers and dear to Me. Paul was concerned about his image because of the harassment from the believing Jews in Jerusalem who questioned his being an anointed apostle by Me. (I Timothy 6:1-2) He didn't want any worker to be a bad reflection on himself or on Me by being rebellious, lazy or inefficient in his duties.
Paul wrote that that directive is what Timothy was to teach the people to believe and persuade them to do. He said that anyone who teaches differently and does not keep that sound teaching which is of the Lord Jesus Christ in accordance with true religion, that person is ignorant and full of self-conceit with a motivation of questioning everything and arguing about words. All that can come of that is jealousy, contention, abuse and wicked mistrust of one another. He also predicted that disputes among believers would arise by some people who are neither rational nor informed and they imagine that religion is a way of making a profit. (I Timothy 6:5-6) Paul knew that he and Gentile believers who were brought to a knowledge of Me through Christ Jesus were being spied upon even by the newly believing Jews who were threatened by the freedom of the Gentiles from the rules and regulations of the Law.(Galatians 2:1-5)
Pertaining to profiting financially from the Gospel, Paul also clarified himself and said that My kingdom of heaven does bring large profits to everyone, but only to those who are content with what they have. His philosophy was that My children don't bring anything into the world and they will take nothing out of it. He advised Timothy to tell the believers that as long as they have food and clothing that they should be content. In that same theme, Paul cautioned Timothy to tell the believers that they must not long to be rich as a result of using the Gospel because when they do they become prey to temptations and get trapped into foolish and dangerous ambitions which will plunge them into ruin and destruction. The apostle quoted your Savior Christ Jesus that the root of all evil is the love of money and that there are some people, even believers, who pursue money and wander away from the faith and so have given their own souls any number of fatal wounds which lead to death.(I Timothy 6:7-10)
As a warning, Paul told Timothy that he was a man dedicated to Me and so he must avoid everything that had to do with the love of money. He wrote that he must aim to be saintly and spiritual, filled with faith, love, patience and gentleness. He told his student Timothy to fight the good fight of faith and win for himself the eternal life to which he was called when he made his profession of faith and spoke up for the Truth in front of witnesses. He asked Timothy to do everything which he had been told, with no faults or failures, until Christ Jesus came to be completely revealed to him by My Holy Spirit. He proclaimed that I am the Blessed and only
Ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords who alone is immortal, whose home is inaccessible light and whom no man has ever seen or is able to physically see, and Paul said that in Me is all honor and everlasting power. Amen.(I Timothy 6:11-16)
In a postscript Paul repeated some of his letter, warning again about loving money, saying that anyone who is rich in the goods of the world should not look down on other people. He reiterated his former writing by saying that they should never set their sights on money, which is untrustworthy and unstable. He wrote that all believers should set their sights on Me who, out of My riches, gives you all that you need for happiness. He told Timothy to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share; for in cheerfully sharing with others you build up a good capital sum for your future if you want to make sure of the only life that is real and lasting.(I Timothy 6:17-19)
The postscript included another warning to Timothy, that he should have nothing to do with pointless philosophical discussions and antagonistic beliefs of "knowledge" which is not really knowledge at all, because by adopting those beliefs some believers had gone astray from the faith. He was speaking about the Jewish believers who were manipulated into returning to Mosaic Law as a means to salvation, having been bewitched by false prophets. (I Timothy 6;10-21; Galatians 3:1-4)
Paul had left young Timothy in charge of the entire church of believers in Ephesus, so his detailed practical and spiritual suggestions were important so that Timothy would be able to pastor the church, settle differences between people, counsel people and still continue to preach and teach. Timothy was young compared to the apostles who had walked and talked with Jesus Christ. He had to be administrator, teacher, preacher, counselor and guide until the believers could hear personal guidance from My Holy Spirit, who is also your personal Administrator, Teacher, Preacher, Counselor and Guide of all of My children. (John 14:23-26; John 16:4-15)
Many of My children fall prey to false prophets because they do not discern the voice of My Holy Spirit who lives inside of them. I am constantly speaking to all of My children. You just need to learn the difference between the voices of the devil's temptations in your thoughts and My guidance from My Holy Spirit. The temptations lead to death and destruction and My voice leads to the abundant life in this world and in the next. I do not have favorites. I speak constantly to all of My children. That's what good Fathers do.
Your Good Father of All Wisdom
In commenting about the workplace, Paul wrote to Timothy that workers must have respect for their bosses so that the name of God and Paul's teachings are not brought into disrepute. The bosses who are believers are not to think any less of the workers because they are brothers; on the contrary they should treat the workers even better since those people who are the bosses are believers and dear to Me. Paul was concerned about his image because of the harassment from the believing Jews in Jerusalem who questioned his being an anointed apostle by Me. (I Timothy 6:1-2) He didn't want any worker to be a bad reflection on himself or on Me by being rebellious, lazy or inefficient in his duties.
Paul wrote that that directive is what Timothy was to teach the people to believe and persuade them to do. He said that anyone who teaches differently and does not keep that sound teaching which is of the Lord Jesus Christ in accordance with true religion, that person is ignorant and full of self-conceit with a motivation of questioning everything and arguing about words. All that can come of that is jealousy, contention, abuse and wicked mistrust of one another. He also predicted that disputes among believers would arise by some people who are neither rational nor informed and they imagine that religion is a way of making a profit. (I Timothy 6:5-6) Paul knew that he and Gentile believers who were brought to a knowledge of Me through Christ Jesus were being spied upon even by the newly believing Jews who were threatened by the freedom of the Gentiles from the rules and regulations of the Law.(Galatians 2:1-5)
Pertaining to profiting financially from the Gospel, Paul also clarified himself and said that My kingdom of heaven does bring large profits to everyone, but only to those who are content with what they have. His philosophy was that My children don't bring anything into the world and they will take nothing out of it. He advised Timothy to tell the believers that as long as they have food and clothing that they should be content. In that same theme, Paul cautioned Timothy to tell the believers that they must not long to be rich as a result of using the Gospel because when they do they become prey to temptations and get trapped into foolish and dangerous ambitions which will plunge them into ruin and destruction. The apostle quoted your Savior Christ Jesus that the root of all evil is the love of money and that there are some people, even believers, who pursue money and wander away from the faith and so have given their own souls any number of fatal wounds which lead to death.(I Timothy 6:7-10)
As a warning, Paul told Timothy that he was a man dedicated to Me and so he must avoid everything that had to do with the love of money. He wrote that he must aim to be saintly and spiritual, filled with faith, love, patience and gentleness. He told his student Timothy to fight the good fight of faith and win for himself the eternal life to which he was called when he made his profession of faith and spoke up for the Truth in front of witnesses. He asked Timothy to do everything which he had been told, with no faults or failures, until Christ Jesus came to be completely revealed to him by My Holy Spirit. He proclaimed that I am the Blessed and only
Ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords who alone is immortal, whose home is inaccessible light and whom no man has ever seen or is able to physically see, and Paul said that in Me is all honor and everlasting power. Amen.(I Timothy 6:11-16)
In a postscript Paul repeated some of his letter, warning again about loving money, saying that anyone who is rich in the goods of the world should not look down on other people. He reiterated his former writing by saying that they should never set their sights on money, which is untrustworthy and unstable. He wrote that all believers should set their sights on Me who, out of My riches, gives you all that you need for happiness. He told Timothy to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share; for in cheerfully sharing with others you build up a good capital sum for your future if you want to make sure of the only life that is real and lasting.(I Timothy 6:17-19)
The postscript included another warning to Timothy, that he should have nothing to do with pointless philosophical discussions and antagonistic beliefs of "knowledge" which is not really knowledge at all, because by adopting those beliefs some believers had gone astray from the faith. He was speaking about the Jewish believers who were manipulated into returning to Mosaic Law as a means to salvation, having been bewitched by false prophets. (I Timothy 6;10-21; Galatians 3:1-4)
Paul had left young Timothy in charge of the entire church of believers in Ephesus, so his detailed practical and spiritual suggestions were important so that Timothy would be able to pastor the church, settle differences between people, counsel people and still continue to preach and teach. Timothy was young compared to the apostles who had walked and talked with Jesus Christ. He had to be administrator, teacher, preacher, counselor and guide until the believers could hear personal guidance from My Holy Spirit, who is also your personal Administrator, Teacher, Preacher, Counselor and Guide of all of My children. (John 14:23-26; John 16:4-15)
Many of My children fall prey to false prophets because they do not discern the voice of My Holy Spirit who lives inside of them. I am constantly speaking to all of My children. You just need to learn the difference between the voices of the devil's temptations in your thoughts and My guidance from My Holy Spirit. The temptations lead to death and destruction and My voice leads to the abundant life in this world and in the next. I do not have favorites. I speak constantly to all of My children. That's what good Fathers do.
Your Good Father of All Wisdom
Saturday, April 6, 2019
TRUE TEACHERS AND FALSE TEACHERS
My Dear Precious Child,
In commenting about the workplace, Paul wrote to Timothy that bond servants who are hired to work must have respect for their bosses so that the name of God and Paul's teachings are not brought into disrepute. The bosses who are believers are not to think any less of the workers because they are brothers; on the contrary they should serve the bosses even better since those people who are the bosses are believers and dear to Me. Paul was concerned about his image because of the harassment from the believing Jews in Jerusalem who questioned his being an anointed apostle by Me. (I Timothy 6:1-2)
Paul wrote that that directive is what Timothy was to teach the people to believe and persuade them to do. He said that anyone who teaches differently, and does not keep that sound teaching which is of the Lord Jesus Christ in accordance with true religion, is ignorant and full of self-conceit with a motivation of questioning everything and arguing about words. All that can come of that is jealousy, contention, abuse and wicked mistrust of one another. He also predicted that disputes among believers would arise by some people who are neither rational nor informed and they imagine that religion is a way of making a profit. (I Timothy 6:5-6)
Paul also clarified himself and said that My kingdom of heaven does bring large profits to everyone, but only to those who are content with what they have. His philosophy was that My children don't bring anything into the world and they will take nothing out of it. He advised Timothy to tell the believers that as long as they have food and clothing that they should be content. In that same theme, Paul cautioned Timothy to tell the believers that they must not long to be rich because when they do they become prey to temptations and get trapped into foolish and dangerous ambitions which will plunge them into ruin and destruction. The apostle quoted your Savior Christ Jesus that the root of all evil is the love of money and that there are some people, even believers, who pursue money and wander away from the faith and so have given their own souls any number of fatal wounds which lead to death.(I Timothy 6:7-10)
As a warning, Paul told Timothy that he was a man dedicated to Me and so he must avoid everything that has to do with the love of money. He wrote that he must aim to be saintly and spiritual, filled with faith, love, patience and gentleness. He told his student Timothy to fight the good fight of faith and win for himself the eternal life to which he was called when he made his profession of faith and spoke up for the Truth in front of witnesses. He asked Timothy to do everything which he had been told, with no faults or failures, until Christ Jesus came to be completely revealed to him by My Holy Spirit. He proclaimed that I am the blessed and only
Ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords who alone is immortal, whose home is inaccessible light and whom no man has ever seen or is able to physically see, and Paul said that I have all honor and everlasting power. Amen.(I Timothy 6:11-16)
In a postscript Paul repeated some of his letter, warning again about loving money, saying that anyone who is rich in the goods of the world should not look down on other people. He reiterated his former writing by saying that they should never set their sights on money, which is untrustworthy. He wrote that all believers should set their sights on Me who, out of his riches, gives you all that you need for happiness. He told Timothy to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share; for in cheerfully sharing you build up a good capital sum for your future if you want to make sure of the only life that is real.(I Timothy 6:17-19)
The postscript included another warning to Timothy, that he should have nothing to do with pointless philosophical discussions and antagonistic beliefs of "knowledge" which is not really knowledge at all, because by adopting those beliefs some believers had gone astray from the faith, speaking about the Jewish believers who were manipulated into returning to Mosaic Law as a means to salvation, having been bewitched by false prophets. (I Timothy 6;10-21)
Paul had left young Timothy in charge of the entire church of believers in Ephesus, so his detailed practical and spiritual suggestions were important so that Timothy would be able to pastor the church, settle differences, counsel people and still continue to preach and teach. Timothy was young compared to the apostles who had walked and talked with Jesus Christ. He had to be administrator, teacher, preacher, counselor and guide until the believers could hear personal guidance from My Holy Spirit, who is your personal Administrator, Teacher, Preacher, Counselor and Guide of all of My children. (John 14:23-26; John 16:4-15)
Many of My children fall prey to false prophets because they do not discern the voice of My Holy Spirit who lives inside of them. I am constantly speaking to all of My children. You just need to learn the difference between the voices of the devil's temptations in your thoughts and My guidance from My Holy Spirit. The temptations lead to death and destruction and My voice leads to the abundant life in this world and in the next. I do not have favorites. I speak constantly to all of My children. That's what good Fathers do.
Your Good Father
In commenting about the workplace, Paul wrote to Timothy that bond servants who are hired to work must have respect for their bosses so that the name of God and Paul's teachings are not brought into disrepute. The bosses who are believers are not to think any less of the workers because they are brothers; on the contrary they should serve the bosses even better since those people who are the bosses are believers and dear to Me. Paul was concerned about his image because of the harassment from the believing Jews in Jerusalem who questioned his being an anointed apostle by Me. (I Timothy 6:1-2)
Paul wrote that that directive is what Timothy was to teach the people to believe and persuade them to do. He said that anyone who teaches differently, and does not keep that sound teaching which is of the Lord Jesus Christ in accordance with true religion, is ignorant and full of self-conceit with a motivation of questioning everything and arguing about words. All that can come of that is jealousy, contention, abuse and wicked mistrust of one another. He also predicted that disputes among believers would arise by some people who are neither rational nor informed and they imagine that religion is a way of making a profit. (I Timothy 6:5-6)
Paul also clarified himself and said that My kingdom of heaven does bring large profits to everyone, but only to those who are content with what they have. His philosophy was that My children don't bring anything into the world and they will take nothing out of it. He advised Timothy to tell the believers that as long as they have food and clothing that they should be content. In that same theme, Paul cautioned Timothy to tell the believers that they must not long to be rich because when they do they become prey to temptations and get trapped into foolish and dangerous ambitions which will plunge them into ruin and destruction. The apostle quoted your Savior Christ Jesus that the root of all evil is the love of money and that there are some people, even believers, who pursue money and wander away from the faith and so have given their own souls any number of fatal wounds which lead to death.(I Timothy 6:7-10)
As a warning, Paul told Timothy that he was a man dedicated to Me and so he must avoid everything that has to do with the love of money. He wrote that he must aim to be saintly and spiritual, filled with faith, love, patience and gentleness. He told his student Timothy to fight the good fight of faith and win for himself the eternal life to which he was called when he made his profession of faith and spoke up for the Truth in front of witnesses. He asked Timothy to do everything which he had been told, with no faults or failures, until Christ Jesus came to be completely revealed to him by My Holy Spirit. He proclaimed that I am the blessed and only
Ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords who alone is immortal, whose home is inaccessible light and whom no man has ever seen or is able to physically see, and Paul said that I have all honor and everlasting power. Amen.(I Timothy 6:11-16)
In a postscript Paul repeated some of his letter, warning again about loving money, saying that anyone who is rich in the goods of the world should not look down on other people. He reiterated his former writing by saying that they should never set their sights on money, which is untrustworthy. He wrote that all believers should set their sights on Me who, out of his riches, gives you all that you need for happiness. He told Timothy to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share; for in cheerfully sharing you build up a good capital sum for your future if you want to make sure of the only life that is real.(I Timothy 6:17-19)
The postscript included another warning to Timothy, that he should have nothing to do with pointless philosophical discussions and antagonistic beliefs of "knowledge" which is not really knowledge at all, because by adopting those beliefs some believers had gone astray from the faith, speaking about the Jewish believers who were manipulated into returning to Mosaic Law as a means to salvation, having been bewitched by false prophets. (I Timothy 6;10-21)
Paul had left young Timothy in charge of the entire church of believers in Ephesus, so his detailed practical and spiritual suggestions were important so that Timothy would be able to pastor the church, settle differences, counsel people and still continue to preach and teach. Timothy was young compared to the apostles who had walked and talked with Jesus Christ. He had to be administrator, teacher, preacher, counselor and guide until the believers could hear personal guidance from My Holy Spirit, who is your personal Administrator, Teacher, Preacher, Counselor and Guide of all of My children. (John 14:23-26; John 16:4-15)
Many of My children fall prey to false prophets because they do not discern the voice of My Holy Spirit who lives inside of them. I am constantly speaking to all of My children. You just need to learn the difference between the voices of the devil's temptations in your thoughts and My guidance from My Holy Spirit. The temptations lead to death and destruction and My voice leads to the abundant life in this world and in the next. I do not have favorites. I speak constantly to all of My children. That's what good Fathers do.
Your Good Father
Friday, April 5, 2019
PAUL'S FATHERLY ADVICE TO TIMOTHY
My Dear Precious Child,
After Paul reinforced to Timothy the importance of praying in the Holy Spirit, he launched into some practical suggestions or instructions on how to make sure that Timothy's witness for Christ was not impeded by some bad behavior. The first thing that he wrote was to tell Timothy not to speak harshly to an older person but instead Paul advised him to speak to them as if he were speaking to his own parents. Also, Paul advised Timothy to treat younger people as his brothers and to treat young women with propriety, as if they were his sisters. (I Timothy 5:1-2) In addition he advised his student Timothy to be considerate of widows, stressing that he meant those who are truly widows. He wrote that a woman who is a widow and is left without anybody can consecrate all of her days and nights to intercessory prayers and petitions. He mentioned that a person who thinks only of pleasures is dead already while the person is still alive. So he instructed Timothy to remind single people of this also, so that their lives might be blameless. He wrote that anyone who does not look after his own relative who lives with him or her has rejected his own faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (I Timothy 5:3-8)
Paul told Timothy how to discern whether a woman is a qualifying widow or not for help from the church. He wrote that a woman must be 60 years old and has only had one husband, that she must be known for her good works and that she has raised her children to be reputable, that she has helped people who are in trouble and been active in every manner of good works. Then Paul explained about his writing that the age of acceptance for a widow to be helped was 60. He wrote that the church must not accept a young widow because her natural desires might get stronger than her dedication to Me and she will want to marry again. Then people would condemn her for being unfaithful toward her original promise. He said the young widows would probably become idle and go from house to house learning to be gossipers and meddlers in the affairs of other people and to chatter when they should be keeping quiet. He wrote even more of his own opinions, for instance that it is best for a young widow to marry again, have children, have a home to keep and not give the devil a chance to raise a scandal about her. Paul wrote that there were some women who had already left the congregation to follow satan. In conclusion on his opinion of women, Paul said that if a Christian woman has widowed relatives, that she should support them and not make the church become the burden bearer for her but instead the church would be able to support the older women who were true widows. (I Timothy 5:9-16)
Paul had left behind elders in the church who were to take care of specific duties. He wanted them to be given double consideration, especially if they are dedicated to preaching and teaching. In dealing with problems in the congregation, Paul told Timothy never to accept an accusation against an elder unless the accusation is supported by two or three witnesses. He said if an elder is at fault, that Timothy should bring him before the congregation and reprimand them publicly, as a warning to the rest of the people. Paul wrote that it was before Me, before Christ Jesus and the angels that he put these rules impartially to Timothy, telling him never to be partial to anyone. He advised Timothy not to lay hands on anyone too quickly so as to never make himself a partaker in the sins of anyone. He emphasized to Timothy to keep himself pure. The devil was using the Pharisees, the political leaders and the religious leaders to spy on the freedom that My children of promise were enjoying, plus they were jealous of their joy, their love and their faith. Paul was warning Timothy not to just vicariously ordain a man who was young in spiritual matters or his youth would bring shame upon the body of Christ. (I Timothy 5:17-22)
The instructions from Paul to Timothy were not claimed by him to come directly from Me. Many of them were more practical instead of spiritual and came from Paul's experience. However, the instruction about do not neglect to pray in the Holy Spirit came directly from Me through the Holy Spirit as a way to bring My blessings into his life, and for you into your life (I Timothy 4:14-15)
Timothy had a problem with digestion so Paul told him to stop drinking only water and instead to drink a little wine for his stomach ailments. (I Timothy 5:23)
Paul wrote that the faults that some people do are obvious long before anyone has a complaint about them, while the faults of other people are discovered long after their actions. He said it's the same way with the good that people do, it can be known to other people at the time; but if not, then the good cannot be hidden forever. He was encouraging Timothy to always choose to do good actions toward people. He wanted Timothy to know that he could either bring glory to Me or he could bring shame to Me by his actions.
There are death and destruction as rewards from the devil when people do his works in the world. There are rewards from Me and My kingdom of heaven when a person does loving, kind, considerate and merciful actions toward others. (Hebrews 11:6) Making the right choice is always important. It's the difference between having heaven or hell while you live in the earth.
Your Father of Multitudes of Blessings
After Paul reinforced to Timothy the importance of praying in the Holy Spirit, he launched into some practical suggestions or instructions on how to make sure that Timothy's witness for Christ was not impeded by some bad behavior. The first thing that he wrote was to tell Timothy not to speak harshly to an older person but instead Paul advised him to speak to them as if he were speaking to his own parents. Also, Paul advised Timothy to treat younger people as his brothers and to treat young women with propriety, as if they were his sisters. (I Timothy 5:1-2) In addition he advised his student Timothy to be considerate of widows, stressing that he meant those who are truly widows. He wrote that a woman who is a widow and is left without anybody can consecrate all of her days and nights to intercessory prayers and petitions. He mentioned that a person who thinks only of pleasures is dead already while the person is still alive. So he instructed Timothy to remind single people of this also, so that their lives might be blameless. He wrote that anyone who does not look after his own relative who lives with him or her has rejected his own faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (I Timothy 5:3-8)
Paul told Timothy how to discern whether a woman is a qualifying widow or not for help from the church. He wrote that a woman must be 60 years old and has only had one husband, that she must be known for her good works and that she has raised her children to be reputable, that she has helped people who are in trouble and been active in every manner of good works. Then Paul explained about his writing that the age of acceptance for a widow to be helped was 60. He wrote that the church must not accept a young widow because her natural desires might get stronger than her dedication to Me and she will want to marry again. Then people would condemn her for being unfaithful toward her original promise. He said the young widows would probably become idle and go from house to house learning to be gossipers and meddlers in the affairs of other people and to chatter when they should be keeping quiet. He wrote even more of his own opinions, for instance that it is best for a young widow to marry again, have children, have a home to keep and not give the devil a chance to raise a scandal about her. Paul wrote that there were some women who had already left the congregation to follow satan. In conclusion on his opinion of women, Paul said that if a Christian woman has widowed relatives, that she should support them and not make the church become the burden bearer for her but instead the church would be able to support the older women who were true widows. (I Timothy 5:9-16)
Paul had left behind elders in the church who were to take care of specific duties. He wanted them to be given double consideration, especially if they are dedicated to preaching and teaching. In dealing with problems in the congregation, Paul told Timothy never to accept an accusation against an elder unless the accusation is supported by two or three witnesses. He said if an elder is at fault, that Timothy should bring him before the congregation and reprimand them publicly, as a warning to the rest of the people. Paul wrote that it was before Me, before Christ Jesus and the angels that he put these rules impartially to Timothy, telling him never to be partial to anyone. He advised Timothy not to lay hands on anyone too quickly so as to never make himself a partaker in the sins of anyone. He emphasized to Timothy to keep himself pure. The devil was using the Pharisees, the political leaders and the religious leaders to spy on the freedom that My children of promise were enjoying, plus they were jealous of their joy, their love and their faith. Paul was warning Timothy not to just vicariously ordain a man who was young in spiritual matters or his youth would bring shame upon the body of Christ. (I Timothy 5:17-22)
The instructions from Paul to Timothy were not claimed by him to come directly from Me. Many of them were more practical instead of spiritual and came from Paul's experience. However, the instruction about do not neglect to pray in the Holy Spirit came directly from Me through the Holy Spirit as a way to bring My blessings into his life, and for you into your life (I Timothy 4:14-15)
Timothy had a problem with digestion so Paul told him to stop drinking only water and instead to drink a little wine for his stomach ailments. (I Timothy 5:23)
Paul wrote that the faults that some people do are obvious long before anyone has a complaint about them, while the faults of other people are discovered long after their actions. He said it's the same way with the good that people do, it can be known to other people at the time; but if not, then the good cannot be hidden forever. He was encouraging Timothy to always choose to do good actions toward people. He wanted Timothy to know that he could either bring glory to Me or he could bring shame to Me by his actions.
There are death and destruction as rewards from the devil when people do his works in the world. There are rewards from Me and My kingdom of heaven when a person does loving, kind, considerate and merciful actions toward others. (Hebrews 11:6) Making the right choice is always important. It's the difference between having heaven or hell while you live in the earth.
Your Father of Multitudes of Blessings
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
TRIBULATIONS OF THE NEW COVENANT
My Dear Precious Child,
Jesus Christ warned His disciples and followers that they would have tribulations when My kingdom came into the lives of My children after My new covenant of the Holy Spirit came to earth to live inside of My children, which happened for the first time on the day of Pentecost for them. (John 16:33) They were later scattered because of persecutions from the Jews but Christ had told them that they should not be worried because He had overcome tribulations. He knew that with the power of My Holy Spirit living inside of them that they would also have the power to overcome the tribulations that came upon them from the Jews and eventually the pagans, all instituted by the devil.
Paul mirrored the prophesies of Christ Jesus when he reminded Timothy in his letter that the Holy Spirit had definitely said that during the times of My new covenant of the Holy Spirit with the Jews and the Gentile pagans that there would be many people who would desert the faith, that they would choose to listen to deceitful spirits and doctrines that originated with devils. He said that the cause of the falling away from faith is because of lies told by hypocrites whose consciences had been seared as like with a red hot iron. He quoted the prophesy by writing that the hypocrites would teach that marriage is forbidden, and they will lay down rules encouraging people to stop eating food which I had declared was clean and should be accepted and eaten with thanksgiving by everyone who knows the truth.(I Timothy 4:1-4)
Paul's reasoning about eating all foods is based on his revelation that everything that I created is good, that no food should be rejected after saying grace for it, and he emphasized that My words and the prayers make the food holy. There was strict instruction for Timothy to tell the same truth to the other brothers of faith and then that he would be a good servant of Christ Jesus and show that Timothy had really digested Paul's teachings on faith and good doctrine. He emphasized that they were not to listen to godless myths and old wives' tales. Instead, Paul told Timothy to train himself spiritually and to keep himself spiritually fit. He wrote that physical exercise is a little useful, but spiritual training in godliness is of great value and is unlimited since it has great rewards of life here and now, and in the future life as well. (I Timothy 4:4-8) He even emphasized it by saying that his last comment is reliable and that nobody should ever doubt it. (I Timothy 4:9) He also assured Timothy that all of the toiling and and battling the devil was because they had put their faith in Me and that I am the savior of the whole human race, and especially the believers. Paul told Timothy to enforce that truth in his teachings. (I Timothy 4:10-11)
Because Timothy was young, Paul cautioned him not to let people disregard him because of his being so young. He cautioned Timothy to be an example to all believers in the way that he spoke and behaved, in his love, his faith and his purity. Paul wanted Timothy to read scriptures to the people, to preach and to teach. He wrote that his main emphasis was that Timothy must not neglect his spiritual gift which was inside of him, the Holy Spirit. Paul told Timothy that he should not let the gift of the Holy Spirit go unused. He encouraged young Timothy to think hard about the last words written by himself and to always put praying in the Holy Spirit into practice and everyone would see how he was speedily advancing. He was talking in relation to praying, because Jude had said that praying in the Holy Spirit would build the faith of the person praying. (Jude 20; I Timothy 4:12-15)
Paul had learned that he had to be careful about what he did and what he taught, so he cautioned Timothy that he also needed to take the same precautions and be careful what he did and what he taught. He even told Timothy that when he was cautious about his actions and his teachings that he would save both himself and the people who listened to him, saving them from the temptations of the devil.
My children must listen to Paul's teachings to the Romans and to Timothy. There is great wisdom contained in his teachings. My Spirit will magnify the revelations and cause you to inherit all of My blessings while you live in the earth and in My heaven. Treasure My Holy Spirit that I sent to be your tutor and your revealer of truth. My wisdom flows from Him constantly and it is available to all of My children who seek Me, My kingdom and My righteousness.
Your Father of Enduring Promises
Jesus Christ warned His disciples and followers that they would have tribulations when My kingdom came into the lives of My children after My new covenant of the Holy Spirit came to earth to live inside of My children, which happened for the first time on the day of Pentecost for them. (John 16:33) They were later scattered because of persecutions from the Jews but Christ had told them that they should not be worried because He had overcome tribulations. He knew that with the power of My Holy Spirit living inside of them that they would also have the power to overcome the tribulations that came upon them from the Jews and eventually the pagans, all instituted by the devil.
Paul mirrored the prophesies of Christ Jesus when he reminded Timothy in his letter that the Holy Spirit had definitely said that during the times of My new covenant of the Holy Spirit with the Jews and the Gentile pagans that there would be many people who would desert the faith, that they would choose to listen to deceitful spirits and doctrines that originated with devils. He said that the cause of the falling away from faith is because of lies told by hypocrites whose consciences had been seared as like with a red hot iron. He quoted the prophesy by writing that the hypocrites would teach that marriage is forbidden, and they will lay down rules encouraging people to stop eating food which I had declared was clean and should be accepted and eaten with thanksgiving by everyone who knows the truth.(I Timothy 4:1-4)
Paul's reasoning about eating all foods is based on his revelation that everything that I created is good, that no food should be rejected after saying grace for it, and he emphasized that My words and the prayers make the food holy. There was strict instruction for Timothy to tell the same truth to the other brothers of faith and then that he would be a good servant of Christ Jesus and show that Timothy had really digested Paul's teachings on faith and good doctrine. He emphasized that they were not to listen to godless myths and old wives' tales. Instead, Paul told Timothy to train himself spiritually and to keep himself spiritually fit. He wrote that physical exercise is a little useful, but spiritual training in godliness is of great value and is unlimited since it has great rewards of life here and now, and in the future life as well. (I Timothy 4:4-8) He even emphasized it by saying that his last comment is reliable and that nobody should ever doubt it. (I Timothy 4:9) He also assured Timothy that all of the toiling and and battling the devil was because they had put their faith in Me and that I am the savior of the whole human race, and especially the believers. Paul told Timothy to enforce that truth in his teachings. (I Timothy 4:10-11)
Because Timothy was young, Paul cautioned him not to let people disregard him because of his being so young. He cautioned Timothy to be an example to all believers in the way that he spoke and behaved, in his love, his faith and his purity. Paul wanted Timothy to read scriptures to the people, to preach and to teach. He wrote that his main emphasis was that Timothy must not neglect his spiritual gift which was inside of him, the Holy Spirit. Paul told Timothy that he should not let the gift of the Holy Spirit go unused. He encouraged young Timothy to think hard about the last words written by himself and to always put praying in the Holy Spirit into practice and everyone would see how he was speedily advancing. He was talking in relation to praying, because Jude had said that praying in the Holy Spirit would build the faith of the person praying. (Jude 20; I Timothy 4:12-15)
Paul had learned that he had to be careful about what he did and what he taught, so he cautioned Timothy that he also needed to take the same precautions and be careful what he did and what he taught. He even told Timothy that when he was cautious about his actions and his teachings that he would save both himself and the people who listened to him, saving them from the temptations of the devil.
My children must listen to Paul's teachings to the Romans and to Timothy. There is great wisdom contained in his teachings. My Spirit will magnify the revelations and cause you to inherit all of My blessings while you live in the earth and in My heaven. Treasure My Holy Spirit that I sent to be your tutor and your revealer of truth. My wisdom flows from Him constantly and it is available to all of My children who seek Me, My kingdom and My righteousness.
Your Father of Enduring Promises
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