For They Loved the Praise of Men More Than the Praise of God Is GOD your King? Is GOD your teacher? Is JESUS your pastor? Is the Holy Spirit of GOD leading and guiding you into all the truth of JESUS? Have you come to know GOD by the revelation knowledge of CHRIST JESUS for yourself? Have you yet to become the true sons and daughters of GOD through revelation knowledge? Is your church buildings apart of the true church of JESUS CHRIST, and does it resemble the true church of JESUS CHRIST which JESUS left his disciples in the book of Acts? Or are you still chasing after men making mere men your kings, your gods, and your pastor, because you lack the revelation knowledge of GOD in CHRIST JESUS for yourself? Are you like the children of Israel who chose men to be their kings, and their gods, instead of GOD Almighty? Brothers and sisters, In the Old Testament GOD was the peoples KING, and the ruler of their lives, and GOD chose the men who were to be prophets, priests, and judges over the people! And it was GODS desire for all the people to be prophets, for the people to hear the voice of GOD themselves, and to have a personal relationship with GOD themselves! But every time GOD wanted to exalt the people, elevate them, and promote them, that they might become a chosen prophetic nation of people unto GOD, the people always chose a man to rule over them, instead of GOD ruling over them! When GOD wanted to talk to Israel at Mount Sinai, the people chose to hear the voice of Moses instead of hearing the voice of GOD for themselves, and GOD wanted to make all the people of Israel PROPHETS LIKE MOSES, but the people made a choice not to hear GOD for themselves, that they might have their own personal relationship with GOD, that they might all become the sons and daughters of GOD..............Sad!~ (Exodus 20:18-26) And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, You Speak with us, and we will hear you: but do not let God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you do not sin. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. You shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make unto you gods of gold. An altar of earth you shalt make unto me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto you, and I will bless you. (Deuteronomy 18:15-19) The LORD your God will raise up unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto him you shall hearken; According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. Brothers and sisters, This has happened many times in the Old Testament, and it is happening today among many of you so called Christians, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Hebrew Israelites, church folks, and religious folks, because you choose men over the revelation knowledge of GOD in CHRIST JESUS!~ (1 Samuel 8:4-22) Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to the prophet Samuel at Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto you. Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants. And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go you every man unto his city. (1 Samuel 10:17-19) And Samuel the prophet called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; And said unto the children of Israel, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. (John 12:42-43) Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on JESUS; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess JESUS, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Brothers and sisters, the duty of every man or woman who ministers the word of GOD is to tell you the absolute truth of GODS word/JESUS, so you can seek the truth of GODS word for yourself, that you might have a real intimate personal relationship with GOD through the revelation knowledge of GOD in CHRIST JESUS, that you might become the true sons and daughters of GOD!~ That you might have a real intimate personal relationship with JESUS, so JESUS can reveal GOD to you in himself, by teaching you his word! But still the questions remains, “WHO IS YOUR KING? WHO IS YOUR TEACHER? WHO IS YOUR PASTOR? WHO IS YOUR GOD? (John 14:6-7) JESUS SAYS, I AM THE WAY, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me. IF YOU HAD KNOWN ME, YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MY FATHER ALSO: AND FROM HENCEFORTH YOU KNOW HIM, AND HAVE SEEN HIM. (John 6:44-45) JESUS SAYS, No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him to me: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, AND THEY SHALL BE ALL TAUGHT OF GOD. EVERY MAN THEREFORE THAT HAS HEARD, AND HAS LEARNED OF THE FATHER, COMES UNTO ME. (John 10:14-16) JESUS SAYS, I am the good PASTOR, AND I KNOW MY SHEEP, AND MY SHEEP KNOW ME. As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this sheepfold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one sheepfold, and one PASTOR. (John 10:27-30) JESUS SAYS, MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand. I and my Father are one. (1 John 2:26-27 ) These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing which you have received of JESUS abides in you, and You do not need that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in JESUS. (Galatians 1:11-12 ) But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 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Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:45:29 +0000