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The new Apple AirPods with instant voice translation bring a world closer to one where language barriers could disappear completely. While technologically impressive, this raises serious biblical questions. In Genesis 11, God confused humanity’s language to curb human pride, preventing people from uniting their abilities to achieve anything they imagined. By removing language barriers through technology, humanity could be subtly returning to the “single voice” of Babel. Scripture warns that unity without God often leads to rebellion. Universal communication could make global unity more feasible the kind described in Revelation, where all nations follow a single leader and share one economic system. A shared language, or instantaneous translation, also makes global control and deception more plausible. Jesus warned that in the last days, knowledge would increase and nations would be more interconnected than ever (Matthew 24). Are Apple AirPods and similar instant translation tools simply neutral innovations, or could they become a factor paving the way for worldwide unity that facilitates deception and control as described in the Apocalypse? Could the elimination of language barriers be considered a possible sign of the end times?
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Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.(2 Corinthians 10 : 5~6)
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.(2 Peter 3 : 16~17)
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.(Isaiah 9 : 14~16)
Even without your grand interpretations, the truth is that—unbeknownst to you—the judgment and the two witnesses have already come to this earth, and a book titled The Day of Judgment, concerning the soon-to-begin Day of Judgment, has begun to be spread in order to fulfill the Word. Because people only listen to pastors’ sermons that are distorted and worldly, or else interpret the Scriptures in a biased and exaggerated way, they have all become like the blind leading the blind. As a result, they do not even recognize that God’s messenger, Moses, has come to save them. Just as in the past there were Israelites who claimed to wait for Christ but in reality did not believe or expect Him with pure faith, so now there is not a single person waiting faithfully; instead, there are only religious people so decayed that every kind of stench of corruption fills the air.
In other words, because humanity lives enslaved to evil habits, endlessly repeating sin throughout their lives, the world is overrun with religious people bound for judgment, while there is not even one true Christian who does not commit sin. All have swerved into excessive interpretations, arguments born of self-interest, and explanations tailored to their own desires. These have turned into layers of lies upon lies, distortions upon distortions, heresies upon heresies, until the form of all Christians and all religious people has so rotted that it reeks with every kind of stench. It is a world overflowing with sin and wickedness, so much so that the cries of heaven rise to the very throne. Behind the pretense and titles of love, mercy, and peace, there are only corruption, depravity, falsehood, and evil deeds. Thus, in reality, there is no true example or model of Christ’s love that shines beautifully like the light and the salt of the earth.
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.(Galatians 1 : 6~7)
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.(2 Peter 3 : 16~17)
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.(Jeremiah 23 : 30~32)
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.(Psalms 17 : 9~10)
Some wicked evildoer asks: Is this right? Is that right? Is the way of truth on the right side or the left side? When the answer to such questions is neither this nor that, neither right nor left, it becomes nothing more than the blind leading the blind. This foolish evildoer, not even realizing that his claims are false, interprets everything according to his own desires, taking pride and boasting in himself. Such is the very form of today’s pastors, who stand on the rock of arrogance, exalting their own teachings of words and theories, and such is also the form of the congregants who receive everything according to their own liking.
The result of this is human-centered humanism, founded on personal claims, judgments, and standards—an outcome of failing to put to death the evil habits and members of the body that endlessly repeat sin. Though they speak as if placing God and the divine first, in reality their sermons place only their own words and theories in front, teaching and receiving according to their own preferences, while regarding these as if they were the Word and faith itself. For this reason, they never overcome the limits of humanity, but only learn and teach human lessons and inspirations, blind as they are, forever repeating vain repentance, awakening, resolutions, and determinations, while only adding sin upon sin.
Because their fleshly faith pursues nothing more than desires for their own happiness, success, and blessings, driven by the lusts of the body, they have become the greatest adversaries before God and the greatest enemies before Christ. From the beginning in Genesis, the greatest enemies and adversaries of God have always been religious people who exalt man-made religions.
So I ask you: Are you a religious person who serves God along with the world and material things? Or are you a true Christian who lives with the goal of Christ’s hope, following the love of the cross that gives even one’s life? Whether you are a religious person who pursues worldly lusts that lead to judgment and repeats sin, or a true Christian who pursues the love of Christ that leads to salvation, freed from sin and no longer committing it—this is what will determine your spirit and your life.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.(Matthew 12 : 17~21)
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.(Isaiah 42 : 1~7)
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifer of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.(Malachi 3 : 1~3)
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.(Isaiah 19 : 20)
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.(Acts 7 : 37)
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.(Revelation 15 : 3)
Consider and ponder why, in the last days, those who survive will sing the Song of Moses. I only hope you remember that, for all who treat the words of Scripture as nothing more than old tales and regard salvation as a matter of their own opinion, the punitive judgment set before them will be a continuum of unimaginable terror, anxiety, and fear for mankind. Anything that bears no witness in Scripture is, before God, an adversary, an enemy, and an antichrist.
That judgment is at the door is something anyone can sense by observing the course of the world. But regarding how the Word of God will work in the world, remember carefully that it will be fulfilled exactly as Scripture itself declares. Your salvation depends on your choice.
I ask you this: if the Word of God above does not appear, then would there be any reason for us to look at the Scriptures at all? Will you believe and follow the content of the Scripture above? Or, even after seeing these Scriptures, will you persist in your own claims and refuse to follow them? Is your faith grounded in the authority of the Bible, or is it grounded in your own opinion? It is a world where pride reigns—where people exalt their own claims above the Word, set up their own standards as supreme, and act as though they themselves were God. Instead of humbly examining themselves in the light of Scripture, they interpret as they please, explain according to their own desires, and judge by their own opinions. Their personal standards have become absolutized and deified, so that they themselves become the very subjects of arrogance, as if they were God.
Thus, the faith of today’s Christians, built upon such pride, has already become an enemy before God and an adversary before Christ. It is a faith that cannot escape the path of sinners, forced to repeat sin until death, while only increasing the habit of making excuses for their own sins. They are becoming monsters, and this is the grim reality of modern Christians, bound for judgment. These are faiths in which personal claims, standards, and judgments are central—faiths blind to the fact that they are absolutizing and deifying themselves.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.(2 Thessalonians 2 : 3~12)
It seems you do not truly know whether you are a genuine Christian who does not commit sin, or merely a Christian who repeats sin, since you put only your own knowledge, theories, and wisdom at the forefront. If you are not an object of salvation but rather of judgment, cast into the fires of hell, then all the value of your theories will mean nothing. What you need first is the wisdom to examine carefully whether you are truly a Christian who is an object of salvation. Christians who, far from being examples of light and salt, only repeat sin, are not in the form of true Christians who live the life of Christ. In other words, the attitude of pretending to learn or know God merely through human study, theory, knowledge, and wisdom of the mind and intellect is not the same as following the sacrifice and love of the cross that gives even one’s life. Such a person is neither a child of God who does not commit sin (1 John 5:18–20; 1 John 3:5–10), nor a true Christian who is freed from sin (Romans 6:20–23; Romans 8:19–21).
As the Word of God says, instead of bearing fruit, evidence, and results, they remain slaves to evil habits—unable to depart from the sinner’s path of repeating sin throughout their entire lives, no different from worldly people. In other words, their faith is fleshly faith for the sake of the flesh, no different from the faith of people who live for the world. Because they do not live the life of Christ, yet act as if they were true Christians, they have turned the love of the cross—which even laid down His life—into a laughingstock across the whole earth.
All religions are made by man. Therefore, no matter what religion one follows or what kind of religious person one is, one can never escape the limits of humanity. Unlike the children of love who follow the will of God and remain in His love, those enslaved to man-made religion spend their lives repeating sin, enslaved to emotional stirrings and lessons of words, bound by zeal’s awakenings, resolutions, and determinations—forever repeating sin until death. The long-standing form of Christianity (including Catholicism) shows believers enslaved to evil bodies and habits, repeating sin endlessly.
Such Christians, without exception, reveal themselves in the duplicity of being one way inside the church and another way outside it, with speech and actions that do not match, with outward appearances that do not match inward reality. Their faith is nothing more than a hypocritical faith full of cunning duplicity: skilled in false postures of holiness, kindness, humility, and goodness, but in truth nothing more than a deceitful tactics of outward conduct.
The truth of God is the power of God revealed in His love. The truth is that God’s love is poured into our hearts, leading us to obtain the divine power by which evil human habits—habits that no amount of awakening, resolution, or determination can overcome—are put to death. The power of God that sets us free from sin and leads us to be born again is love. Within love is power, within love is wisdom, and within love is truth. Therefore, it is not the human knowledge, study, learning, and theories gained by human intellect and head, as men pursue (Colossians 2:2–23; Galatians 4:9–11; Isaiah 28:10–13; Proverbs 19:27–29).
Those who continue to repeat sin prove that they belong to the world, and the Word of Scripture already testifies that such are the children of the devil. You, too, are not a Christian, and thus you have come to today’s outcome. Here I set forth the only way to escape from that. Persevere to the end—unto new birth—and you will see the path of life. Continue to read again and again until the end, and you will see the path of life. If you go to the site ‘The Altered and Deleted Bible’ and look at the content below, you will find every answer you have been seeking, and you will also be shown how you must now live.
And because their faith is that of lifelong listeners who seek only their own happiness, success, ideals, and prosperity—instead of the beautiful sacrificial love of Christ and the holy will of God—even the social service, kindness, and charity that anyone in the world can do are paraded as if they were the love of the cross that lays down one’s life; thus Christians have become a laughingstock to the devotees of every false religion. Most such Christians act one way inside the church and another outside; their outward show and inner reality differ; their words and deeds do not match. They perfect only a duplicitous craft that pretends to be holy, kind, courteous, humble, and good. These are Christians who cannot escape the human limit of repeating sin until death. This is because neither all religions nor Christianity was made by God; they were made by humans for their lusts—therefore, within Christianity, not even a mustard-seed of faith, evidence, or fruit appears. Most faiths are nothing more than the blind leading the blind — people who don’t even realize that their prayers and beliefs are delusive, having been led astray by spirits that masquerade as God, Christ, and angels.
…Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.(Ezekiel 14 : 4~11)
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things hath mine hand made, and those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.(Isaiah 66 : 1~4)
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.(1 Corinthians 12 : 1~2)
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.(Jeremiah 13 : 10)
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.(1 John 4 : 1~8)
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;(1 Timothy 4 : 1~2)
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things hath mine hand made, and those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.(Isaiah 66 : 1~4)
Because people serve God together with the world and with material things, they end up teaching and learning every kind of corruption, heresy, and falsehood, and thus all kinds of deceiving spirits are at work. To those who seek the world, the god of the world works; to those who seek material things, the god of material things works; to those who seek lust, the god of lust works; and to those who seek carnal desire, the god of carnal desire works—disguising themselves as if they were God or Christ. All human beings, from a very young age, are inevitably raised indiscriminately under these seven hidden emotional sins.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.(Luke 11 : 24~26)(Matthew 12 : 43)
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.(Mark 16 : 9~11)(Luke 8 : 2~3)
The spirit of envy works in those who envy, the spirit of jealousy in those who are jealous, the spirit of hatred in those who hate, the spirit of pride in those who are proud, the spirit of lust in those who harbor lust, the spirit of anger in those who harbor wrath, and the spirit of falsehood in those who practice lies. In other words, it is the same seven demons that once worked in Mary Magdalene. Those who possess the abominable seven emotions of man have neither received the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Truth), nor received power, nor received gifts. Everything they claim is nothing but the working of demons, identical to the shamans who serve false spirits.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.(Proverbs 26 : 24~28)
Therefore, as the above passage declares, even if one awakens, resolves, and makes determinations hundreds or even thousands of times, following the inspiration and teachings of words that only lead one to keep repeating sin until death, one can never be born again nor be set free from sin. No matter how moving a human sermon may seem, if it merely stirs emotions and arouses feelings, it is the deceptive work of the devil, deceiving with teachings and inspirations that do not impart the Holy Spirit, taught by those who possess the abominable seven corrupt emotions; thus you must not believe them. In other words, do not follow the teachings and inspirations that arise only from human awakenings, resolutions, and determinations given by those with the seven evil emotions, for such things merely cause believers to repeat sin throughout their lifetime. The inspiration and teaching in which the divine power of God’s love does not work is not the truth of God. Moreover, those who harbor the seven emotions are not those who have the power of God—that is, the Holy Spirit—that proceeds from God’s love; therefore, you must not believe their sermons.
Those who have not even a mustard seed of faith, who cannot help but repeat sin until death, are children of the devil. Yet they claim themselves to be children of God, true Christians, shepherds of God, receivers of the Holy Spirit, speakers in tongues, workers of power, prophets, or witnesses. They rationalize the signs and wonders of demons—the very phenomena found among shamans and false religions who serve other spirits, never found in the Scriptures—as though they were from God, as though from Christ, as though from the Holy Spirit. Within Christianity, they teach communion with spirits as though it were receiving the Holy Spirit; they call incantations and sorcery that summon spirits “tongues”; they call fortune-telling and divination “prophecy”; they call every kind of demonic wonder “the miracles of God.” And because they serve God together with the world and material wealth, their prayers—being for nothing but worldly ideals, hopes, happiness, blessings—are prayers for lust in which demons must inevitably work. Thus those who seek the world receive the god of this world; those who seek wealth receive the god of wealth; those who seek lust receive the god of lust; those who seek carnal passion receive carnal passion—as if such were God, or Christ, or an angel, disguised and masquerading.
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.(Matthew 17 : 20)
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.(John 15 : 7)(Mark 9 : 23)
For over two thousand years, no power, evidence, or fruit of faith as small as a mustard seed has appeared, Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, (1 John 3 : 21~24) because this is a fleshly faith that serves God together with the world and with material things, inevitably pursuing every kind of lust, corruption, heresy, and falsehood. Since it is a faith of the flesh that cannot but repeat sin until death, they remain sinners who cannot but be reproved before God until the very end, and thus no miracle, no power, no evidence, nor fruit as small as a mustard seed has ever been revealed. The children of God and true Christians are known by their fruit. The fruit of the flesh, in which sin is repeated, is nothing but sin.
A faith that is not measured by Scripture but believes by one’s own thoughts, claims, standards, and judgments is, in effect, saying that the self is the Word, the Christ, and God. Repentance is begin by bringing our lives—bound to repeat sin until death—into the light of the Word to expose what is wrong. Repentance that still repeats sin is worthless. The very purpose of repentance is the repentance of new birth, in which one no longer commits sin. Therefore, whoever goes on repeating sin, whoever they may be, is not a true Christian. A true Christian does not commit sin; the children of God, having been set free from sin, do not sin. (Romans 6 : 17~23)
To lead people to receive the love of God is the work of a true shepherd of God, and that is the truth. The Word declares that the love of God comes and supplies us with love. Yet today, there is not a single Christian who truly lives according to such a Word. In other words, what they call the Word, the Spirit, prophecy, tongues, and truth, comes from those who do not have even the evidence, the power, or the fruit of faith as small as a mustard seed. Do not follow the teachings of man that exalt only the inspiration of words, without the evidence appearing as the Scripture says. Instead, follow the true shepherd who leads so that the evidence and the fruit described below will surely appear.
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.(Ephesians 4 : 15~16)
hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.(Romans 5 : 4~5)
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.(Colossians 2 : 18~19)
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works…(Titus 2 : 11~15)
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(Titus 3 : 3~7)
The love of God comes into our hearts and nurtures us. If there is a Christian who does not understand this meaning, then depart quickly from that church and from that pastor. For God is love. Any spirit, gift, power, tongues, or prophecy that does not abide in this love of God is 100% the spirit of Satan—it is the work of demons, pretense, falsehood, corruption, and heresy. “For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.” (2 Corinthians 13:4) Just as this Word declares, to lead believers to receive the gift of power by which love is supplied is the work of God’s shepherd, the truth of God, and the gift of God. Faith and belief that do not show even the power, the fruit, or the evidence of a mustard seed are nothing but dead faith, the faith of the adversary, and the fleshly faith that stands as an enemy against love.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.(1 John 4 : 7~21)
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.(2 Timothy 3 : 16~17)
All the words of God, His ideals, His power, and His truth exist in order to make us children of love, resembling God who is the source of love. It is not by the will or zeal of man born of the flesh, but by pursuing the love of God and receiving the supply of the power of His love, that He leads us to fully do good works. Therefore, a true Christian neither lives nor dies for himself.
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.(1 Timothy 4 : 6)
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.(Romans 14 : 7)
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.(Romans 13 : 8~10)
Do not follow the teachings of man that, failing to lead you to receive the love of God in which the power of God works, only stir up awakenings, resolutions, and determinations by relying on oneself through the inspiration of words throughout a lifetime. The teachings of man, which endlessly repeat awakenings, resolutions, and determinations but can never go beyond the limits of man, only puff up the hearts of believers like leaven that soon dies out when one turns away. They are nothing but intellectual, academic, theoretical, and emotional values that twist and falsify the interpretation of the Scriptures. By such means, one can never escape the limits of the flesh, and no matter how much one learns, hears, perceives, or knows, whoever follows the teachings of man is nothing but a child of the devil who only repeats sin.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.(2 Corinthians 10 : 3~6)
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.(2 Peter 3 : 16~17)
Whoever continues to repeat sin, no matter who they are, is nothing but a child of the devil. Remember that He came to call sinners. Repent, as He commanded: Repent! Receive the power of God’s love that puts to death the evil habits of man that can only lead to the repetition of sin. Please, read the Scriptures. The Word of God testifies to this: “My people, blinded by sin, are a people who have eyes but cannot see, ears but cannot hear—they are ignorant and senseless.”
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.(1 John 3 : 8)
What matters most is for what purpose you believe. In short, everything is determined by whether your faith is a carnal faith that, serving God together with the world and material things, seeks only blessings, happiness, success, and prosperity according to the desires of the flesh, or whether the goal of your life is the hope of Christ—following the love of Christ that denies even one’s own life and sacrifices everything—and thus living the life of a true Christian. Those who ask only for worldly concerns—such as problems of family, business, work, love, children, and health—are those who belong to the flesh, which leads to judgment and death. But the children of love, who follow the love of Christ and abide in the love of God, receive the gift of divine power: to be led into the love that supplies the strength of God, which surpasses the human limitation of endlessly repeating sin despite a lifetime of awakening, determination, and resolve. It is the shepherd of God who leads people to obtain this power of God that transcends human limitation. Sermons of pastors that stir only emotion, determination, and resolve—while still leaving people bound to endlessly repeat sin—are not the truth itself.
It is now time for you to soberly reflect and discern before God: for what have you lived, and what must you now do? God calls the weak and the shameful sinners.
It is love that leads those who follow God’s true shepherd to receive the evidence, the signs, and the fruits of God’s power. The unshakable love of God’s truth becomes our strength, guiding us to obtain the authority of God that delivers us from the evil habits of man and the path of sinners, where sin can only be repeated. The truth of love is the very beauty of abundant liberality, overflowing gratitude, and praise within the love of God. A shepherd is therefore needed so that these fruits and evidences may be borne.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works…(Titus 2 : 11~15)
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.(Romans 6 : 16~18)
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.(1 Peter 4 : 1~2)
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.(1 Timothy 4 : 6)
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.(Ephesians 4 : 15~16)
The shepherd of God is the power, the might, and the authority that, through the truth which enables one to obtain the power of God, leads them out of the path of sinners and into the path of the righteous, guiding them to practice the unshaken love of God. It is not service or charity born of man’s frail will, swayed by circumstances, by moods, or by feelings. Rather, the divine power that follows the love of God—where the power of love is at work—comes forth from obedience that follows love, a love that sacrifices everything of oneself, adding patience to patience and temperance to temperance. (Matthew 5:46–48) (Luke 6:32–33) (Matthew 6:16–17)
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.(Romans 10 : 3)
The charity, almsgiving, and service of religious people or Christians that arise from human will are but human righteousness, for which no heavenly reward can exist. But the charity, service, and love that follow the divine power manifested in the love of God are called the righteousness of God. The righteousness that receives salvation as a reward in heaven is only the charity, service, and love that follow the divine power revealed in the unshaken love of God.
The love of Christ is not the social charity or religious service that springs from man’s own will, from momentary emotion, from changing circumstances, from moods, from interests, or from responsibilities, nor is it the kind that seeks to boast of oneself or advertise oneself. Such charity and service, which are mere pretense and hypocrisy, promoting and advertising one’s religion, church, or self, are no different from the charity and service of worldly corporations, which anyone can do. Rather, such works only disgrace the love of the cross of Christ, who gave even His life.
But the charity and service of love that follow Christ’s unshaken love, where the power of God is at work, are treasures stored in heaven that become merit leading to salvation. The righteousness that builds the beautiful character of God through the goodness and righteousness that follow the love of God is the way, the truth, and the life that lead all people to heaven and salvation.
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.(Ephesians 4 : 15~16)
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.(Jeremiah 23 : 21~22)
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.(James 5 : 19~20)
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.(1 Peter 4 : 1~2)
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.(Daniel 12 : 3)
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.(Malachi 2 : 5~6)
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.(Titus 2 : 11~14)
The true shepherd of Christ is a shepherd of love who leads souls away from the path of sin and onto the right path.
The kingdom of God is a kingdom of love, and only those who possess the love of God can enter it.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:(Colossians 1 : 13~14)
Whoever, by the beautiful love of God being poured out, cannot lead others to obtain the divine power that transcends the limits within the evil human habits by which one can only go on repeating sin—whoever they may be—is not a shepherd sent by God. God’s shepherd comes only in accordance with what is written in the Word of Scripture. Teaching and learning that put forward the human mind and intellect, founded on words, theories, knowledge, and scholarship, do not have the power of God at work; therefore, one can never depart from the sinner’s path on which sin is only repeated throughout a lifetime.