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 Messiah.

This solemn warning was given by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Colossians. This was sound advice then and it is even more critical that we take heed to what he was saying today. Obviously Paul was addressing this letter to the members of the church of Colosse specifically and not to the lost person in particular. The very contents of the statement in Col.2:8 make it clear, that he is referring to them as fruit that is good and acceptable. If they were in a worthless or deteriorated state they would not have been in danger of being spoiled; they would have been spoiled already. Read More →

There are so many diverse currents of wind that blow through our lives and through the ecclesia (church). All of them have a goal to accomplish, either divine in purpose or evil. There is a wind that started blowing shortly after the birth of the ecclesia. This wind is much different than the winds we have talked about previously. The effects of this wind’s destructive power is visible both short and long term.

Paul encountered resistance from the breeze of seduction as soon as he started establishing the ecclesia of Yahveh. This is made obvious in the letter to the Galatians;

Gal 3:1 NKJV O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched (fascinated) you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? Paul was saying who has distracted you from the true Gospel? Who has seduced you to leave what you knew to be truth and follow after another?

As stated in a previous paragraph this wind is much different than the ones we discussed in the first two chapters of this book. The winds of seduction are very gentle, and many times soothing to the flesh. The horrible truth about these winds is just because they feel good does not mean they are good. Read More →

[Orig Sermon on October 26, 2003]

I appreciated what Brother Tom said this morning that he decided to do away with those anti-depressants. Either he was better … whatever – he just decided he didn’t need them any more. Sometimes – and brother, there is no condemnation for having to take those things – but sometimes we have to take them to realize we have a choice. We shouldn’t ever have gotten there, but we’re there. Read More →

Genesis 9:6 says: “Whosoever sheds a man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of Yahveh He made man.” I want us to spend some time this morning pondering on this. I believe one of our greatest transgressions is that we don’t deal with each other like we are dealing with the image of Yahveh.

For you see, I can’t come to you, Sister Suzie, and get in your face and get ugly without insulting the Father, because you are created in His image. So what I am doing whenever I abuse you or mistreat you or in any way insult you? I am insulting the image of Yahveh. I am debasing and abusing the image of Yahveh. Now that’s potent. That ought to change the way you deal with one another. If we can just think about that before we open this “fire trap”– our mouth, it ought to change the way we talk, hadn’t it; and it ought to change the way we react to other people. Read More →

[Orig. Sermon posted January 18, 2004]

Let’s go to 2 John, 4th to 6th verses. “I rejoiced greatly that I found of they children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, that, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk.” Read More →