Increasingly, more and more Christians believe that we are in very significant times in Biblical prophecy. As the Covid19 pandemic has challenged the scientific community with over 5,406,153 cases in the United States and 21,274,766 global infections, worldwide. [1]

HALF-TRUTHS ARE LIES

On Friday, August 14, 2020, 04:27:07 PM CDT, Bishop Demetrics Roscoe <demetrics@aol.com> wrote:

Editor; Val Gunter (VeeGee)Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!

While the first wave of the pandemic is still here, we are now experiencing a second wave following Covid19 – a financial crisis. Millions of people were affected by unemployment due to the nation’s historic number of company lay-offs. Multi-levels of the fallout from Covid19 are causing citizens to become delinquent in their rental payments. According to Ted Jenkin, CEO oXYGen Financial, forty percent of forty million Americans are making partial payments. Nine hundred sixty-three thousand filed for unemployment benefits for their first time. President Trump’s Protective Care Act ended in July 2020. Therefore, people who cannot pay their full rent by August 24th are at risk of being evicted since there is no more coverage.

Jenkin offered the following suggestions:

1. Your landlord does not want to lose your business. Make payment arrangements earlier rather than later.
2. Some contracts may have a hardship clause. See if you qualify.
3. Businesses would prefer to settle with you than to evict.
4. Because of fewer employees, most companies are only manufacturing their best selling products. Slower selling products are no longer produced.
5. Negotiate. Negotiate. Negotiate.

When the liar’s truth serves as a means of trainspotting fabrications, the same is a misleading liar.

An example of partial truth is when only one side of the Gospel (Grace and Mercy) repentance and new birth, the message becomes “fallacy”.

1 Timothy 4:1
Apostasy
​¹ 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; (CWSB)

Faith

4102. πίστις pístis; gen. písteōs, fem. noun from peíthō (G3982), to win over, persuade. Faith. Subjectively meaning firm persuasion, conviction, belief in the truth, veracity, reality, or faithfulness (though rare). Objectively meaning that which is believed, doctrine, the received articles of faith. As a technical term indicative of the means of appropriating what God in Christ has for man, resulting in the transformation of man’s character and way of life. Such can be termed gospel or Christian faith (Rom. 3:22ff.). (Complete Word Study Bible Dictionary)

The Gospel of Christ is both hard sayings as well as grace and mercy. The Church is in spiritual warfare. And the Kingdom of Darkness loves it when we deviate from the written Word. In the last days, there will be deadly plagues. The eschatological plagues won’t be local, they will be Pandemics. A Pandemics that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world. People most know to repent for their sins, with a change of heart. Then return to the Messiah’s protection.

However, the Book of Relation are signs of the return of the Lord.

The half-lie today is Salvation is free and you don’t have to do anything on your part to be saved. The way this gets interpreted is “One does not have to observe scriptures such as Matthew 5:27.

Matthew 5:27-29
²⁷ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
²⁸ But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
²⁹ And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. (CWSB)

Some say because Christ uses a Hyperbole of plucking out an eye makes this a metaphor or after Yeshua died on the cross He took care of all human responsibility of human faithfulness, which is a half-truth.

1 Peter 1:15
¹⁵ But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
(CWSB)

Revelation 9:20
²⁰ And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
(CWSB)

Ephesians 6:13
¹³ Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
(CWSB)

Here is an important fact, while Yeshua was on the earth, His very steps were preannounced by the written Word of GOD. Jesus became a Living Oracle, a living epistle.

Oracle               

 3051. λόγιον lógion; gen. logíou, neut. noun of lógios (G3052) an orator. Sentence, declaration, especially the utterance of the oracles of the gods, equivalent to chrēsmós. 

In Acts 7:38; Rom. 3:2; Heb. 5:12; 1 Pet. 4:11, the expression, tá lógia, in the neut. pl., means the declarations of God, and differs from ho lógos, the Word of God, i.e., that which God has to say. The neut. pl. tá lógia denotes rather the historical manifestations of this Word of God. 

 In 1 Pet. 4:11, it does not say the Word (lógon) of God, but lógia Theoú, the object being to give prominence to the contrast between the word and the mere subjectivity of the speaker. (CWSB Dictionary)

Therefore, Yeshua was the “WHAT ADONAI HAS TO SAY.” His life was God speaking to man. “WHAT ADONAI HAS TO SAY,” was who He was.

When “”WHAT ADONAI HAS TO SAY,” walked before mankind, He was ógia Theoú, A-MAN. 

John called “That which was from the Beginning.

1 John 1:1 – 2:6

 JOHN

2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

 “Walk in the Light”

5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

In our last AVINU blog (avinu.info), we used crucial evidence from within the Bible that supports the Messiah’s first mission was to recruit sinners for ADONAI’S army. The Jewish Messiah was anointed to interpret the Law of Moses into a real-life human being, one who satisfied the Law, dotting every “i” and crossing every “t.” 

Yet, coming to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the same as renovating one’s cognizance. However, it is difficult to replace an old nature when the old nature refuses to shut down. 

It’s hard to uninstall the old nature while the old nature is still running. Enjoying the Devil’s rewards, leaves one to death, both natural and spiritual. Spiritually speaking, to live without Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah is the same as a dead man walking, without any hope for redemption.

Ephesians 2:1-3

 1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the Devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else. (NLT)

Adonai hates sin; iniquity is the result of Satan’s rebellion formed in our hearts, and every chance the Devil gets, he throws the idea in ADONAI’S face, the number of souls entering Hell because God’s Church is on sabbatical (vacation).

  Throughout Yeshua’s entire life span, just one sin would have ended his qualification for being the vicarious offering for sinful man.

1 John 2:1

 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

 The Believer’s Assurance

3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (Complete Word Study Bible)

Matthew 3:1-2

1 In those days there appeared John the Baptist, preaching in the Wilderness (Desert) of Judea

2 And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (AMPC)

Matthew 3:2

2 His message was simple and austere (severe), like his desert surroundings: “Change your life. God’s kingdom is here.” (MSG)

Matthew 3:7-10

7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?

8 Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. 

9 Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. 

10 Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire. (NLT)

Many will say, Salvation is free. You can’t do anything to buy it.

1 John 3:7-10

7 Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous. 

8 But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the Devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the Devil. 

9 Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. 

10 So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the Devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God. (NLT)

Doctrine of Devils

Titus 1:15-16

15 Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good. (NLT)

Titus 1:15-16

15 To all who are themselves pure, everything is pure. But to those who are defiled and without trust, nothing is pure—even their minds and consciences have been defiled. 16 They claim to know God, but with their actions they deny him. They are detestable and disobedient; they have proved themselves unfit to do anything good. (CJB)

So then, we see that the only weapon a believer displays is their character, and this is why we preach. We are not to preach how good God is because He forgives our sins, every weekend. We love him because Yeshua has given us Pastors, who teach us how to stand.

Ephesians 6:13-15

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (CWSB)

The weapons we use to wage war are not worldly, they are not the weapons of aggressive hot-temperedness Sha’ul’s old nature would be tempted to use; rather, they are the “equipment of war that God provides” (Ep 6:13)-truth, righteousness, the Good News, trust, Salvation, the Spirit and the Word of God (Ep 6:14-17). These have God’s power for demolishing demonic forces and the schemes which unredeemed human nature dreams up to prevent people from coming to a genuine knowledge of God; with these spiritual weapons we take every thought captive, even the most antagonistic and worldly, and make it obey the Messiah, forcing even anti-God ideas to “work for good” (Ro 8:28). (Jewish New Testament Commentary)

2 Corinthians 10:3

-5 Verse 3 is, literally, “For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh,” that is, for although we do live in the world, in the body, in the flesh, and we do still have our “old nature” to contend with, nevertheless we do not wage war in a worldly way, the way unbelievers wage war, the way our “old nature” would wage war. See the similar declaration by David to Goliath at 1 Samuel 17:45.

First of all, the object of our warfare is different; as Ep 6:12-13 puts it, “We are not struggling against human beings, but against the rulers, authorities and cosmic powers governing this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm,” what Sha’ul here calls strongholds and every arrogance.

Strongholds, fortifications, fortresses, refuges, 

Fortifications, Entrenchment, Strengthening

Fortresses, A fortified defensive structure, citadels, fort 

Refuges, sanctuaries, retreats, or a Hideout

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