This is the year. For those who follow Jesus to walk the talk. And walk the Walk. And then Talk the Walk.
This is the year for you to learn. That God is bringing victory and justice, not a politician, not black robed judges, not a soldier, or any government body.
This is the year to see. That while God handles our enemies, the Body of Christ has many good works to do on and off the front lines, but we're ALL in this battle.
This is the year to accept, once and for all and completely, the Truth, that you put your faith in God alone. This means you trust no one and nothing that you cannot personally verify in the Word of God.
Realize the sad fact that the ecclesia has allowed Satan to sow Tares into ALL earthly religions. And now it's upon us to remove them. We tend to His garden.
For the path ahead gets very narrow. And we must eventually form a single file line on this path that Jesus has made for us.
This comes by purification which comes by the Word. Not just in part but in whole. Whether you've realized it or not, you've been conditioned to starve yourself of the Word. You can even starve to death.
As with nutrients in food, you cannot get a wholesome feeding, by consuming the same milk, not even everyday, but once in a while.
What I'm getting at is, the Way forward requires the shedding of worldly fat and chaos like a diversity mob; it's a narrow path. And the Body is bloated and wandering all sorts of directions. Time to prepare as a bride for the wedding.
We must understand that by censoring the scripture, Satan has been able to keep us divided while he sows his Tares with false doctrines, pagan infusions, even false saviors. Face it, we've had bad shepherds ignoring the Good.
Time to restore every shred of scripture we can find and TEST. "test everything, hold fast what is good, avoid the evil". That does not allow you to throw away a book because of finding an error. Throw away the error and keep the Truth. Otherwise you should throw out several or even many more books you say that you trust.
The path is narrow and the map is incomplete. We need to realize our true identities in Christ, and work together to find the rest of the map. Jesus lights and shows the Way. Holy Spirit guides. Jesus is the Word. He expects you to KNOW who you're following and that comes by consuming the whole Word of God.
My husband and I started reading the Bible together each morning about 7-8 months ago. I’m so thankful for that precious time we have together in the Word.
That's beautiful.
I prayed the week before we started for God to show us a way to read the Word together. Within that time I found a little calendar that had Scripture for each day. Some from the OT, a psalm, a proverb, and some from the NT.
We’ve been doing it ever since.
The Father hears the deepest prayers of our hearts.
May your hunger for that Bread grow.
And let it take the veil away. Let it light your lamp.
Well said. Storm clouds are gathering...
Wow. Thank you for sharing this. I think many will relate to your struggle.
I am zealous about the Word because as I've processed all the insanity going on in the world, what never fails to make sense of it all is what was written thousands of years ago. That fascinates me.
For example I came across Isaiah 2:6..., and got goose bumps. Then Daniel 11:32. Whoa. And I fell in love with prophecies. And God made me a pattern noticer. So I start reading Hosea and realize (what's this about corn, wine and oil that keeps showing up?), we can know what's ahead because He gave us his Word. The wilderness is ahead. We're in (spiritual) Egypt and Sodom.
Then I would share exciting things with other Christians. And discovered that the Body is in a coma, just like we're admonished not to be in Theolonians 5. Even my church doesn't pay much attention to prophecy.
Joel 2 is awesome. And there's this theme throughout the scripture about knowing Him. And there is just no substitute for reading His Word.
And I discovered a big reason the churches are sleeping or headed away from the kingdom is... No surprise, Satan's war on information plus bad shepherds. But this was also an awesome realization that there's so much more of Him to read. I dove into Enoch and Jubilees. And found great teachings on YouTube. I recommend "The God Culture" and "Parable of the Vineyard".
Neither seems to have every interpretation just right of course. We still must read and test. But so much more of the veil has been ripped away.
Then I discovered present day prophets. On Rumble "Elijah Streams".
I still love going to church of course, but my walk has become a daily adventure. I should also mention "the Bible project". Their short animated videos explaining every book of the Bible is a treasure.
I suggest you look for a Sabbath and biblical Feast observing congregation. Because there you'll find doctrine and gospel that is much less corrupted by Rome or Jewry. More aligned with what you read.
May God bless you and keep you. May his face shine upon you and give you peace.