Past the Surface

This is another one of those powerful overwhelming understandings God drops into your spirit. It is absolutely amazing of how much God loves us and how close He wants us to be to Him. We know Jesus died on the cross for our sins and his innocent, pure, and holy blood that is inside his name washes away all our sins. We know when we are baptized in Jesus name that we are baptized into his death that was meant for us, into his tomb buried with him in water baptism, and into his resurrection when he rose from the grave. All that power is placed upon us through the name of Jesus. Praise be to the Almighty God, but there is much much more.

The focus of this understanding is being “baptized into“. If we follow the scriptures in the way of God more perfectly the discovery will be that we are on the inside of Jesus Christ with God. What does that mean – on the inside? Our repenting, being submerged in water baptism in Jesus name applying the forgiveness of sins by the blood in Jesus name, and coming up out of the water like unto the resurrection of Jesus is one powerful part fulfilling the born again of the water. There is another half to this salvation of not water only.

Born again of the Spirit is the other half of salvation. We are inside the protective body of Jesus Christ, but this is only part of this joining into oneness with God. We are washed clean before God, but our spirit needs to be born again. ^{Jn. 3:6} “…that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost is the completion of being “baptized into” the body of Jesus Christ. ^{1 Cor. 12:13} “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.“

Let me take you with me on the journey of understanding God took me of seeing what it means to be “baptized into” Jesus Christ and the One True God.

^{Gen. 1:1} “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ^{Jn. 1:1} “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” ^v2 “The same was in the beginning with God.” ^v3 “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” ^v14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.“

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Okay, the Word was there in the beginning and the Word was God. God and the Word is the same Spirit just two aspects of God. All things were made by the Word/God; and without the Word/God was not any thing made that was made. God, the Father is the All Present, everywhere at once Spirit. The Word part of God was the centralized location all creation could come and visit. I hope this example will help. If God were the air on earth where would you go to visit Him face to face? You couldn’t because you would looking into the air in all directions, but if God made His air form a transparent cloud like spot we would have a location and something to go to visit Him face to face.

The Word is God’s Spirit form transparent spot for angels and all creation to come to visit Him face to face. This is why the scripture says, ^v3 “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” All things include the angels and anything else created before the earth. The Word was God Himself creating a place within His All Present Spirit to interact with His creations. He made His Word a place of His Knowledge, Power, and Presence would be recognized instead of looking into the air trying to guess where is He and what does He look like. To us, we could now see Him and He could show us His Godhead in one location. This is why we read in the beginning God created through this Word port of Himself all creations.

You see the Word and God are the same Spirit. One part is everywhere and the other is s single communication port for creation to speak with. Now, back to where God Himself came to us in a fleshly port. ^{Heb. 2:14} “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;” The Word was made flesh. The same Spirit of God that created heaven and earth came in the flesh to save us. Satan corrupted all of mankind in the garden of Eden, but he cannot corrupt God in the flesh.

One key focus is “…the Word was God.” and the next key focus is “And the Word was made flesh…“. The next simple thought of understanding that means God was made flesh. The word “made” is also translated as “became“. The Word became flesh is the same as God became flesh. The Word is God’s focal point of Himself to all physical things created. This is why He said, “…and without him was NOT any thing made that was made.” This is all for if the All Present Spirit of God were to be of a solid form. God chose the pattern of physical form if He were solid and the creations that solid form would walk among.

No single creature can pull into their eyes an All Present Spirit God. Can our eyes see all of the air? The everywhere God made a centralized form of Himself if He were to interact with other physical beings called the Word, which was the go through of Himself to created all physical creations. It is extremely important for you to see the Word is the One True All Powerful God. This is something that comes to you ONLY like Peter when the Father reveals to you who He truly is.

God is a Spirit and therefore His Word is Spirit ^{Jn. 4:24} “God is a Spirit…” and ³⁹ “…a spirit hath not flesh and bones…” God and His focal point Word is His one Spirit. To all creation God made this place of Himself to be where we would see the combinations of His All Knowing, All Power, and All Present Godhead. If God did not have this place of Himself for creation to come to we would all be looking into open air or space wondering where is He. The Word is His fellowshipping point to all creation.

When you are talking about the “Word” you are talking about “God” and this is the focal point of God’s Spirit to mediate to all creation from His everywhere present Spirit. Remember when I asked, If the air on the earth was God where would you go to meet Him face to face? This is how Adam and Eve could hear God walking in the cool of the day. ^{Gen. 3:8} “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day…” God’s centralized Spirit Word form mediating with physical creations could be heard walking, but not fleshly physical at this time.

This is where God/Word decided to create something that would be like Him as offspring, children of Himself if He were to be of a true physical form. God made Adam with two basic sides like Himself with spirit and a centralized point of communication. God made Adam with a spirit side and a physical side like God if He were to be of a solid form – a Spirit side and a physical side. Adam on the spirit side was given knowledge, power over the earth, and a centralized presence to mediate with anything inside the earth – an ‘Adamhead‘ if you will like unto a “Godhead“.

When Adam and Eve sinned against God death was placed upon all of mankind and separated us from God. This is where God put into motion on saving us from death, hell, and the grave. God’s plan was He could sacrifice the body to death, but would not sacrifice the soul of mankind. The body could die, but the eternal soul needed a regenerating eternal change along with a new body. God could do this through His Word port that He used for all the plans of creation if He were to be of a solid form. God wanted to save us.

God through His Word mediator put a seed of His Word into the birth canal of mankind to be born in the future to implement this salvation plan. This is where “And the Word was made flesh…“came from. This is powerful when you see the All Present, One True God that created the heavens and the earth put All of His Spirit representative mediator, the Word, inside the man Jesus to save us. The body of Jesus Christ had man’s original plan of God and the spiritual plan of God that He called Himself as the Word.

This understanding totally explains ^{Jn. 17:3} “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” If you want to know eternal life then asking, seeking, and knocking on God’s Spirit Word mediator door and God’s new mediator body in Christ then He will give it to you, allow you to find it, and open it freely revealing to you the All Knowledge, All Power, and All Present purpose of God’s divine Godhead. The God of the universe you can see.

We are still under the attack by Satan twisting God’s words (like he did to Eve) from us seeing the One True God and Jesus Christ. ^{Jam. 2:19} “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.” The One True God put Himself inside Jesus the man for the purpose of saving us, His children. Do you realize what is inside the Jesus the man and why the devils trembles at the name of Jesus? We all have had a warning about the devil doing this. ^{Col. 2:8} “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” ^v9 “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” ^v10 “And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:” If you want to see God you must go past philosophy, church traditions, and the things of the world.

The Word, the Spirit of God, was made flesh. ^{2 Cor. 5:19} “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.” God placed His Word of promise on the man Jesus and placed Himself inside the man Jesus to help him fulfill the promises of redemption. The Word mediator and the man mediator became One. The Word mediator and the man mediator became One. We join this undefeatable body and Spirit in salvation.

When Peter said, ^{Acts 2:38} “…Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Peter set into motion the Only Plan of Salvation that applies the Word mediator and the man mediator as One into our lives. You may want to re-read this past sentences slowly for the impact of revelation because ^{Acts 4:12} “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” This is where philosophy, church traditions, and deceptions of the world are put into the scales against the scriptures with you choosing which one you will believe. Is God’s Word above all or is the devil ^{Gen. 3:4} “…Ye shall not surely die:” your choice?

Jesus said we must ^{Jn. 3:3} “…be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Remember, this is the Word, God Himself made flesh, speaking through Jesus. This is not an earthly natural rebirth, but to ^v5 “…be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” This is non negotiable with no other options if you want to see or enter into the kingdom of God. ^v7 “…must be born again.” This is the Almighty God Word mediator and the man mediator as One talking to you and me.

What Apostle Peter said in Acts 2:38 is above the authority of people’s interpretation of Matthew 28:19. God Himself inside Jesus told Peter after Peter said this to Jesus ^{Mtt. 16:16} “…Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” for this reason Jesus/God ^v17 “…said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.” The All Present God was able to connect with Peter directly through His Word mediator. Peter at this moment opened his mind, heart, and soul seeing God, the Word mediator and the son, fleshly man, mediator as Christ that directly connecting to God Himself. Would you like to directly connect with the everywhere Present God and allow His Word to reveal things that earthly flesh and blood could never receive?

Almighty God Himself and Jesus Christ the savior gave All Power for the reason ^v18 “…That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” – NOT Matthew. Peter was not just responsible for building Christian church in the future, but God gave him this ^v19 “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” God Himself and Jesus Christ gave Peter the Acts 2:38 keys to seeing and entering into the kingdom of heaven to all of mankind until Jesus Christ returns. ^{Acts 2:39} “For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” This plan of salvation never ended. Philosophy, church traditions, and worldly deceptions has stepped on Peter’s words in Acts 2:38 and gave their belief of All Power to Matthew 28:19 and other pieced together scriptures.

Matthew obeyed Acts 2:38. He was there when Peter spoke of repentance, baptism in Jesus name and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. ^{Acts 1:13} “And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James..” After Peter preached ^{Acts 2:41} “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized…” ^v42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.“

Matthew was baptized in Jesus name that honored the the All Present God the Father Word mediator, the fleshly Son mediator, and Holy Ghost regenerating mediator. These are the three stages of the One True God forming a single location for all of creation to interact with Him throughout all of eternity. In the beginning was the Word/God creating the heaven and earth and the Word was made flesh. Satan is scared for you to see the One True God and trembles when his doctrine of three separate gods melting away when the Father speaks past your flesh and blood like He did Peter.

This is what the Word/God mediator and Jesus the man mediator said to do in teaching speaking of the future and not at this moment of this scripture. ^{Mtt. 28:19} “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations…” Jesus is talking to his disciples, which means Peter is sitting right there. Peter heard Jesus say, “…baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Do you really think Peter disobeyed God and Jesus by baptizing people in the name of Jesus? If Peter contradicted Jesus words that Matthew wrote down then the Bible is fallible and cannot be completely believed. Was Matthew the one chosen to start the church or Peter?

Baptizing in the name of the Father and Peter was there to know what is the name of the Father. Peter and Matthew was there when Jesus said, ^{Jn. 5:43} “I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not…” Are you not receiving that Jesus is the name of the Father? The Father’s full Godhead the Word mediator was inside Jesus. Jesus said, ^{Jn. 10:30} “I and my Father are one.” Peter and Matthew were there when Jesus told Phillip ^{Jn. 14:9} “…Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?” The name of the Father is Jesus.

Baptizing in the name of the Son should be without argument what his name is due to the scriptures clearly point out it is Jesus. Son is not really a name anyways. It is a title to a status definition. None of the apostles or disciples would argue what the son’s name is. Baptizing in the name of the Holy Ghost, which is the born again of the Spirit side of salvation only comes to us in the name of Jesus. Jesus was explaining to Peter, Matthew and others about the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, ^{Jn. 14:26} “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” There is a oneness here that only can be seen through God revealing it to us.

In Matthew 28:19 Jesus was speaking of the future when the Christian Church would come into existence upon the rock of Apostle Peter and his words of binding salvation in Acts 2:38. Jesus was revealing that in the beginning was the Word and that Word was God, the Father of All creations, was inside him and his name – Jesus. The Word/God promised a Son of redemption for mankind and the Holy Ghost to bring back to life your eternal soul. Jesus revealed the three stages of the One True God that has come for His children. The name of Jesus completely honors all things God wanted to accomplish with mankind. God and the man Jesus are one.

If you have been baptized in Jesus name, which is the ONLY way the blood of forgiveness can applied, and filled with the power of the Holy Ghost speaking in a language God gives you then you are baptized into the Word. This is where it truly becomes a mind blower. You and I are baptized inside the body of Jesus with the Word inside of us. This explains why Jesus said, ^{Jn. 14:12} “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

We have been baptized into the direct presence of the Word that created all things due to the protection of the blood of Jesus Christ. Our spirit can walk and talk with the Almighty God. Our faith can give us unlimited understandings and perceptions if simply walk with God as Jesus did. Studying His word and praying/fellowship everyday will be God’s chance to show us all truth. We can see into His glory if we truly open ourselves to the God that said, let there be light.

We are baptized into the oneness of the Word mediator and the man mediator with our single point of communication. I hope you are feeling the power of His oneness upon your life. This connection with Him almost makes your spirit feel free and above your fleshly body’s control. There are not words to explain or express the glorious infilling of God’s Holy Spirit. Please search the scriptures and pray. Mankind has changed things that were never meant to be changed by God. God bless and may you never be the same as you were.

^{Ps. 23:1} “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” ^{Mtt. 6:10} “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.“

The Lord is our shepherd standing over us with His power and authority. When we are tired, stressed, and frustrated if we let go of the ‘I want‘ converting it to “…I shall not want…” He will tell us where to lie down and when to lie down knowing everything around us. At this point if we accept “…I shall not want…” then we need to come to the surrendering point of “…Thy will be done…“.

When “…I shall not want…” meets “…Thy will be done…” this opens the time for Him to refresh our soul and lead us in the directions of doing right in honor of His name of being our Shepherd. We are in a place within ourselves to follow instead of looking around at our storms, loosing eye contact with Him, and starting to sink under the waves of our fears. He will take care of us feeding us a daily bread of hope, faith, and love.

When “…I shall not want…” meets “…Thy will be done…” no matter how high the dark canyon walls of death loom over us He will stand before them with His rod and staff bringing us comfort and taking away the torments of fear. When we reject our fleshly wants and apply the “…I shall not want…” merging in our mind, heart, and soul “…Thy will be done…” the realization will take over causing us to see the He’s got the whole world in His hands bringing us sweet release of our troubles.

When “…I shall not want…” meets “…Thy will be done…” the sitting still and waiting upon the Lord gives Him a chance to setup a table right in front of those who hate us and wish evil upon us no matter if it is of flesh or of demon. As we sit there at His table calmly we don’t have to think of what we need to say because He will anoint us with the words that need to be spoken. The world may never forgive us, but He has forgiven us and now we need to forgive them seeing the overflowing drink of life overrun the cup in front of us into their life. The miracles will come leading us to safety from evil temptations when “…I shall not want…” meets “…Thy will be done…” delivering us from evil.

When “…I shall not want…” meets “…Thy will be done…” it will be without a doubt His goodness and mercy will be with us daily wherever we may go. The “…I shall not want…” will put the desire in us to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. We will not want to go anywhere else and realize there is no where else to go to hear the words of eternal life. causing the desire of our heart to be “…Thy will be done…“.

The final conclusion inside ourselves when we merge “…I shall not want…” with “…Thy will be done…” we will become one with the purpose that it is for His kingdom, His power, and to His glory forever. Amen. “…I shall not want…” and “…Thy will be done…” should release us from stressing out over our jobs, our bosses, our families, and our tomorrows. May we always let God bless us and thank Him for every good thing that comes our way.

OUR SHEPHERD

^{Ps. 23:1} “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” ² “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” ³ “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” ⁴ “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” ⁵ “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” ⁶ “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.“

LORD’S PRAYER

^{Mtt. 6:9} “… Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” ¹⁰ “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” ¹¹ “Give us this day our daily bread.” ¹² “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” ¹³ “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.“

KEEP WORKING

^{Mtt. 6:30} “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?” ³¹ “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” ³² “(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.” ³³ “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” ³⁴ “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.“

If you love something with a true and pure heart of love you want the best for that something. This is a love that does not have any less percentage than one hundred percent. All of us have emotions that we could say is measured in percentages. You may be able to say you love your job, but more than likely it will be a percentage of love. Eighty percent maybe the measure of your love while twenty percent is reservations of the different aspects of your job, but not one hundred percent.

True love for something in your heart makes them higher than your own happiness. True love for something else is a price you would pay above your own desires. As I was praying to God this morning I had a question. It is always beautiful in a relationship with God that you know He will answer you. One of my favorite acronyms is ASK. ^{Mtt. 7:7} “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” The other side to ASK is it shall be given, you shall find, and it shall be opened unto you.

As I was talking with God, sounding out the things that were upon my mind with Him, it hit me about who out of all of creation stayed with You? “If You Love Something ” you would want someone to love them and take care of them the same as you would do and more. It is almost like a cry of the heart for someone please love them more than I can. God, in all of creation who stayed with you?

The question drove my thoughts into researching all of the Biblical creation. My thoughts quickly gave up the search and saw the depressing image of mankind that turned away from God and corrupted this beautiful world He created just for us. I looked to the heaven recorded history and a third of the angels turned their backs on God choosing evil over Him. Who has stayed by Your side, God? Who has never stopped loving You? My heart began to ache. What creation has loved You so much that they never left You?

God dropped into my mind as reminder that only a third of the angels left Him. The greatest of all that stayed by His side was Jesus the man created inside the womb of the virgin Mary. My heart was still breaking that so many had left Him and the wish welled up in my soul with a wish that I was one of them. We all fall so short of pleasing God. Why did you do it, Adam and Eve? Why? Did you leave God?

I was driving to work and I try not to allow my broken heart to flow with tears for my failures because of the co-workers would see the red eyes and wonder what was up. This was a time of feeling a failure for something I love so much a little stream of tears began to trickle out of each eye onto my cheek slowly rolling down my face. It could not be stopped because the love was so deep and the sadness.

I want to be one of the angels that did not leave God and His goodness. I wanted to be like Jesus the man and never let Him down or betray Him. The reality of my weaknesses broke my heart for the something I love so dear. Adam and Eve left Him. A part of the angels left Him. Why? How could you give up being with someone so wonderful? There was no pain and sorrow.

In my brokenness and wiping away the little streams of tears as a deep soul would cry of God help me not to betray You or leave You. My thoughts came back to the question, is there anyone else who did not betray You? No one else came to my mind. Most of the angels and Jesus the man never left God’s side. No one else had the love of ^{Mtt. 6:9} “…Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” ^v10 “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.“

I am still tearful inside behind my eyes thinking about did anyone else stay with God. I have found God to be a loving, caring, and a forgiving God when I absolutely did not deserve it. I have seen enough evil in my life and around my life to this present day that I do not want anything to do with that side of evil. I want to be totally on the side of God’s goodness and not fail Him.

The comfort of God came to me in my down trodden state of mind, heart, and soul. God took my thoughts of “If You Love Something” to Jesus the man. Even though God Almighty was inside the fleshly body of Jesus ^{Col. 2:9} “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.“, the man Jesus had a free will choice. We have a free will choice to choose whom we love one hundred percent.

Jesus the man lived a daily life of ^{Mtt. 6:9} “…Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” ^v10 “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Jesus the man constantly pointed out that he was only doing the things he was doing because God showed him what to do. ^{Jn. 5:19} “…The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do…” Jesus the man was tempted with all the things we are tempted with, but overcame them staying by God’s side. ^{Heb. 4:15} “…but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.“

Jesus the man stayed by God’s side the whole time because he realized the value and importance of God’s goodness. ^{Jn. 5:30} “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge… because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” Jesus the man chose to stay by God’s side no matter what. Jesus the man knowing his death was near said, ⁴² “…not my will, but thine, be done.” In my weaknesses, I wish I could be more like Jesus and constantly stay by God’s side and will.

As I had that thought, God stepped in dropping His word into my spirit that ^{Phil. 4:13} “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Totally relying upon Jesus to help me maintain a life of living on the side of something that I love – being with God. We all walk in a world filled with evil and the devil’s plans unfolding before our eyes pushing the end time prophesies fulfillment.

I want to be like Jesus and be among the few that stays by God’s side through out all of eternity. I am glad I was water baptized, fully immersed, in the only name that represents never leaving God’s side and has the blood of forgiveness inside that only name that carries the power to wash away my sins in Jesus name.

I am glad I prayed to God about receiving the promise and the power of His Holy Spirit in the same way the apostles did. If He wanted me to have it then I wanted it. If you love something you are willing to surrender your will to the “Thy will be done.” The power of the Holy Spirit came upon me with such overpowering divine love and changing power my words of English praise was converted into a language only the Holy Spirit of God could give. The words of praise to God went beyond a mortal man speaking to a heavenly worship that no earthly joy could explain.

“If You Love Something“, Jesus is ^{Jn. 14:6} “…the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” and you will have in your life beyond mankind and traditions. The ^{Mtt. 6:9} “…Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” ^v10 “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” will be your entire theme and purpose of life.

My love for God and His word superseded the traditions I was raised in and my obedience went directly to what God said in His word. That is why I got re-baptized from the traditional way of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost to being baptized in Jesus name. God put everything in the name of Jesus for us. Jesus the man did not fail God nor did the Apostles fail God in preaching the plan of salvation, which was:

^{Acts 2:38} “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” I want to stick with God and His word. What do you want to do? Join the angels and Jesus the man who stayed with God or follow everyone else who did their own thing rejecting God?

^v39 “For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” This salvation is an unchanging promise to you, your children, and to ALL that are afar off. Do you hear the Spirit of God calling you? “If You Love Something” with all your mind, heart, and soul; you will be willing to follow Him when everyone else chooses not to go. Apply ASK acronym.

There are two types of creation that stayed with God – angels and the man Jesus. We are not of heaven to be angels, but we are of the earth and can be like the man Jesus through His strength and Spirit. Turn your failure into victory, get saved in Jesus name, and live a daily life with the goal of loving God to the very end. Be among the few here on earth. All the goodness you could ever receive there is nothing greater than receiving God Himself. He is the greatest of all good. Help us God not to fail you! “If You Love Something” more than yourself.

Voices are free to speak is a God given freedom. God spoke creation into existence. ^{Gen. 1:3} “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” God watched Adam freely speak names for the animals. ^{Gen. 2:19} “…God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them…” Adam freely named the animals will God watched as a loving Father.

In the garden of Eden God freely spoke guidelines to follow and what will happen if you freely go outside those guidelines. Those guidelines were free to obey and free to disobey. To obey God’s words was without sacrifice, but to disobey God’s words had a sacrifice with eternal consequences.

^{Gen. 2:16} “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:” ^v17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” God made it simple and clear. All trees in the garden are good to eat from, except one tree. The one tree will bring death – 99 good, 1 bad.

Freedom of speech does not take away your right to be deceived. “You Have the Right to be Deceived“, but the words of truth from God was a warning of what will happen if you freely accept the deception or freely choose the disobedience. God did not stop the words coming out of the devil’s mouth. God spoke freely. Adam and Eve spoke freely. The devil spoke freely. Freedom can be good or do evil.

^{Gen. 3:1} “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast… And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall NOT eat of every tree of the garden?” The devil twisted and mixed God’s two sentences of “…every tree of the garden…” and “…thou shalt not eat…“. The devil made the good trees one with the evil tree just like his present state. The devil was once an all good angel and then he took in evil eternally corrupting himself. He wanted the same evil end result for the children made in God’s image. Eve corrected him on the dying part is only with that one tree.

^v4 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall NOT surely die:” The woman stayed with God that you will die and the devil said from his own corrupt self you won’t die. The words you believe determine your destiny. This is where God pointed my thoughts towards mankind of “You Have the Right to be Deceived“. It is totally a freedom of choice. The devil added the word “not” in front of “surely die“. God did not say this things, the devil did. We all have the right to be deceived or search for truth, but no one has the right to escape the results and accountability of those choices. Did the devil get by with his corruption?

⁵ “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” The devil just out right lied without mixing and adding words. God said none of this, but the devil is saying this on his own implying this is what God knows. The devil is speaking for God. Be careful when anyone speaks for God. Do your research and pray. There are only two main beings at this moment that have the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. What is the status of these two beings? What is their present condition?

God is still God and has not changed. He has the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. Why do you think God warned Adam and Eve of the consequences of mixing their good knowledge with evil knowledge? God is the ONLY ONE who can handle the knowledge of evil and with the power to keep it separated, contained, and controlled. God is still good and the knowledge of evil has no control over Him. God never intended for any of His creations to be mixed with the knowledge of evil.

The devil was once an angel of good known as Lucifer, son of the morning. What happened to him after mixing good with evil that he was offering to Adam and Eve? Lucifer was cut down to the ground losing his angelic status to complete eternal devil. All because he freely thought he could go to heaven, exalt himself above the stars of God, sit on the mount in front of everyone, and keep going above the tops of the clouds making himself the Most High. ^{Is. 14:12-16} It is simple, don’t try to be something else than what God created you for. It will bring nothing, but evil and corrupt results.

The devil’s status and condition was cut down as fast as lightning. ^{Luke 10:18} “And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Lucifer went from being an angel of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect beauty to disgrace, banishment, corruption, and a spectacle to all ^{Ezk. 28:12-17}. He was consumed with lusts, murder, not staying in truth, and all truth was lost to him. ^{Jn. 8:44} “…When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Knowledge of evil kills your soul and this is what the devil in the garden was selling to Adam and Eve.

The devil was the one who was using the freedom of speech on Adam and Eve. He was the source implying “not every tree“, “not surely die“, and you “shall be as gods“. Does this look familiar to you? His speech was promoting do as he did and eat from the tree God said not to, you won’t die, and you will even be like God Himself. Does the devil really look like a god from his free choices? Does he seem to be a reliable source? Are you buying what he is selling? “You Have the Right to be Deceived“, but no one has the right to escape the results and accountability of those choices.

God allows the freedom of speech because He is looking to what you will do after that freedom of speech has entered your ears. You may want to read that sentence again. Adam and Eve were in no danger while talking. The devil had no power. He could talk all he wanted. Adam and Eve had all the power over the earth. The danger came after the talking was done, all words were spoken, and their freedom of choice taking action dictated the outcome. “You Have the Right to be Deceived” or in Adam’s case wanted to be something else than what God created him.

Eve accepted the deception and Adam was not deceived, therefore it leads you to believe Adam wanted the knowledge of evil mixed in with his God given knowledge of good for a reason. ^{1 Tim. 2:14} “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived…” ^{2 Cor. 11:3} “…as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty…” Maybe, Adam in this moment was like Lucifer wanting something God had that He did not share with others?

I believe there is perfect reason why God did not originally create anything with the knowledge of evil in them because God knew He was the only one who could totally control, contain, and keep separate the knowledge of evil. Only the One True God could keep it in its place. This explains why God Himself had to come inside of Jesus the man to pay the eternal debt mankind owed to sin. Eternal debt for eternal payment through temporary flesh to restore eternal life once again for mankind, His children.

We all have the right to be deceived from the freedom of speech, but the choice after hearing the freedom of speech is what condemns us or sets us free. After the freedom of speech comes the next God given right is the freedom of choice. Eve’s choice was accepting the words of the devil on face value. Adam’s choice was from still knowing the truth, but wanting something else. They both ended up with the same judgment of eternal death, hell, and the grave for all of mankind.

Freedom of speech can come from anyone good, evil, or a mixture of both, which is still evil. “You Have the Right to be Deceived” like Eve or a clear mind to choose like Adam. It is the freedom of choice you make that determines the end result for your life and those you influence. We have a ton of people speaking today and it is up to our choice to accept or to research verifying if it is the truth.

I have seen in what few years I have existed in this world the results of the choices Adam and Eve had made. I have seen the results of what the devil was selling to Adam and Eve. I have come to the conclusion that I don’t want what Adam and Eve chose or what the devil was selling and is selling to a lot of people today. I want to go back with what God wanted originally with mankind before sin entered the world. What God was selling was a far better deal than what the devil was selling.

How do we get what God is handing out? Obviously, the world is filled and mixed with the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. There is pure good, complete evil, and the twisted part of good mixed with part evil all around us in this world. The only way for pure good is to do what God says without compromise unlike Adam and Eve compromising God’s word bringing all the evil into the world.

God told Adam and Eve what it would take to live in the garden of Eden. God has given mankind a second chance to re-enter a life like as the garden of Eden. The only difference is the one evil tree surrounded with good trees in the garden of Eden back then is the opposite today. Born again people are surrounded with evil and there is only one good tree we can eat from that God has provided.

What is that one good tree God has provided? In the garden of Eden there was a tree called the tree of life. It was the opposite of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you ate of the tree of life you would live forever in whatever state you were in. If you ate of the tree of life then the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you would be in a death state forever like the devil. Simple understanding of the two trees is one you would be feeling great and the other you would be in never ending suffereing.

It is too late for us to get to the tree of life in the garden of Eden because God closed off access to the garden of Eden and placed an angelic security around the tree of life. ^{Gen. 3:22, 24} Here is the good news that we don’t have to try to find the garden of Eden and attempt fighting angelic security to get to the tree of life. God has provided another freedom along with speech and choice to get to the tree of life.

Adam and Eve chose the tree of the knowledge of good and evil condemning all of mankind to an eternal death of torment originally only meant for the fallen angels. ^{Rom. 3:23} “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” We all fall short of making it to the tree of life. God has made up the difference.

Here is where the tree of life is waiting for us: ^{Rev. 2:7} “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” You just said we all have sinned and come short and now you are saying “…to him that overcometh…“? All you and I need is the “…him that overcometh…“. God provided a “him” for us to go through to get to the tree of life.

We can make it through the “him“, Jesus Christ that God sent to overcome where we all fell short. Through Jesus we can ^{Rev. 22:1, 2} walk down by the river of the water of life that is clear as crystal flowing out from the throne the man Jesus and the Creator God sit upon. ^{Phil. 4:13} “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” All things are possible through Jesus.

The question is how do we go through Jesus and be that “…him that overcometh…“? Apostle Paul reminded the Roman Christian church on which they were founded that when we are ^{Rom. 6:3} “…baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death.” ^v4 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Submerged water baptism puts us inside Jesus Christ applying his death to us by his name.

If you want to on the inside Jesus there are three elements of being born again, which places you inside Jesus, the body of him that overcometh. The way is through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We have to experience these three things without physically dying, being physically buried, and we don’t have the physical power of resurrection, but Jesus does.

Jesus died on the cross physically taking all of mankind’s sins into his fleshly body. This takes care of the falling short of the glory of God for us. He was buried in a tomb and on the third day he arose again alive with a new body. The born again of the water and of the Spirit is how we go through the death, burial, and resurrection with him.

For us to experience death is where we make the freedom of choice to repent, dying out to sin, and turn our backs on all wicked ways. For us to be buried with him is us being submerged completely under water saying in name of Jesus Christ over us, which symbolizes being buried with him, though ours is a watery grave and his was in a tomb. At that moment of saying the name of Jesus Christ over us in the water it applies his powerful blood of forgiveness while washing away our sins. Coming up out of the water is how we experience the resurrection along with receiving the power of his Holy Spirit creating a new creature of Christ in us.

Apostle Peter preached the steps of salvation in ^{Acts 2:38} “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Obeying this scripture puts you on the path of the tree of life. This one scripture is like it was with Adam and Eve, but only in reverse. We all have the condemnation of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and this scripture is the one tree among all the other trees to bring us eternal life and set us free.

You and I are standing before this world with them revealing to us that “You Have the Right to be Deceived” and the truth is we can choose to stay with God’s word. Adam and Eve chose to NOT follow God’s word with the horrible results we see today. You can choose churches today that do NOT follow exactly what God’s word says selling you bits and pieces, adding and taking away God’s word to fit their desires. Sounds similar what the devil did. Accepting anything as the plan of salvation may not show you the results here on earth until it is too late when you go there before God in His judgment seat. Do you want to gamble like Adam and Eve, taking that chance with your eternal soul?

I don’t want what Adam and Eve chose, nor do I want what the devil or mankind is selling. I only want the one way, the one truth, and the one life that will get me back to the Father. ^{Jn. 14:6} “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” I encourage you to walk everyday in the fellowship of Jesus Christ and God’s Spirit. Now, is the time to hear the voice of God freely flowing in the oneness of choice living an overcoming life and to hear Him finally call you His good and faithful servant.