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Hi everyone, I’ve been stuck on something lately, does anyone else feel this too? When I pray, it feels like I’m just talking to myself, like no one’s listening. I know God is there, but it doesn’t feel that way. I just wanna feel closer to God, like, really connect with Him deep down like other people do, but I don’t know how. I’ve tried music and reading my Bible but nothing works. Do you ever feel like God is really there when you pray? What do you do to make prayer feel more real? Thanks for any help!
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Today, the countless testimonies within Christianity—people claiming that they received an answer from God or had a conversation with Him—share a common characteristic: they are those who, even while repenting, turn back and fall again into sin, living their entire lives bound to the evil habit of endlessly repeating sin. In today’s Christianity, without exception, all supposed works of God, Christ, and angels consist of 100% absurd contents that are not found in Scripture but instead stand in direct opposition to it. These so-called “answers from God” are nothing but the work of deceiving spirits—Satan and demons disguising themselves as though they were God or Christ. This is because such faith is 100% according to the flesh. Christians who repeat sin until the day they die are not true followers of Christ. Being carried away by the habit of sinning, repenting, and turning back again into sin, while serving God together with the world and material things, they inevitably pursue every kind of corruption, heresy, and falsehood.
Human beings, though they sin, regret, and reflect, cannot escape from the evil habit of turning back and committing sin again. The inspirations and lessons of religions, which only stir awakenings, resolutions, and determinations that turn back again to commit sin, are meaningful only at the moment they are heard. As soon as one turns back, sin is repeated again. This double life—behavior inside and outside the church being different—is precisely why many people dislike Christianity and leave it.
In the endless repetition of sin, no matter how much one regrets or awakens, the limits of pastors’ teachings and inspirations are not the truth in which the power of God works to lead beyond the limit of turning back again to sin. Therefore, people inevitably develop the habit of taking their sins lightly, and along with this, many pastors and believers grow increasingly bold and shameless in their sins, no longer even feeling the pangs of conscience. Moreover, among today’s pastors and believers who fail to be examples of light and salt, within a lifetime of teachings that rely only on words and a lifetime of faith that only listens, there are in fact very few who has conscience-driven faith struggling and floundering within their own limitation of endlessly repeating sin.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.(Romans 1 : 28~32)
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 : 24~25)
Anyone with a conscience will realize that by human awakenings, determinations, and resolutions, one can never escape the evil habit of repeating sin. Yet all religions, through their teachings and inspirations, try to awaken, to determine, to boast of change, as if people could be born again, transformed, or renewed. But in the forms of all these religions, which put forward only words, theories, inspirations, and lessons, we have never seen religious people who pursue the love of God that truly becomes the example of light and salt.
Anyone with a conscience will recognize that by human awakening, resolve, or determination alone, one can never escape from the evil habit of repeating sin. Yet all religions, through their teachings of moral lessons and emotional inspiration, try to awaken, strengthen resolve, and give confidence, as if such efforts could lead to being born again, changed, or transformed. But in all these forms of religion that exalt only words, theories, emotions, and teachings, I have never once seen Christians who, like the light and the salt, live as true examples and models by following the love of God. The testimonies of those who spend their whole lives repeating sin are, without exception, filled with contents that stand in opposition to the Word of God. Claims of having heard God’s voice, of receiving an answer, of seeing the image of Christ, of dancing with angels, of visiting heaven and hell, or of encountering winged angels—all these are either human inventions or deceptions wrought by Satan and demons. Not one of them is grounded in Scripture; rather, they are entirely contrary to it and are instead identical to, or in the same form as, the testimonies of shamans and idol-worshippers of false spirits. The only difference is that the name used is “God” or “Christ.”
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 : 9~17)
All Christians who follow after the world and the flesh are worked according to what they desire and seek—by the god of the world, or the god of the flesh, or the god of lust, or the god of greed, or the god of covetousness, or the god of blood and kin, or the god of ancestors, or the god of carnal passion, or the god of wealth, or the god of affection, or the god of sexual desire, or the god of love (human love), or the god of pleasure, or the god of moral teaching, or the god of sorrow, or the god of emotion, or the god of zeal, or the god of temper, or the god of inspiration, or the god of theory, or the god of knowledge, or the god of wisdom, or the god of delusion—appearing as though they were God, or Christ, or angels, to the vast majority of Christians who believe only in outward form and appearance. Christians who repeat sin until the day they die, whose sins pile up until their consciences are seared, are being transformed into monsters who cannot even feel the pangs of conscience. As they increasingly take their sins lightly, they grow ever bolder in their sins, until they become shameless and brazen, and this disgraceful faith is the fruit and testimony of all Christians today.
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)
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. 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.(Ezekiel 14 : 3~9)
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)
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.(Jeremiah 16 : 11~13)
All religions on earth were created by man—specifically as instruments of rule by the greatest rulers and kings of their time. They were not born out of pure love, compassion, and peace, as religions claim, but were instead exploited for their unique power: absolute obedience and supreme authority. Using the pretext of an almighty god, military regimes turned religion into a means of control. In other words, from the beginning of creation onward, kings and authorities have always exploited the unique characteristic of religion—absolute obedience and absolute power—as a tool of governance. Religious rule is nothing more than wielding unrestricted power under the name of God. Those who held kingship and authority, by means of religious control, either posed as the representatives of God or deified themselves, enslaving the people through religion. Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism, and Islam alike were all established by royal houses and ruling powers. All human civilizations testify to this, showing clearly that they ruled their people by exalting religion and the altar as instruments of governance. Today’s artifacts and ruins of civilizations bear witness: altars and religious relics found in the remains of the Yellow River civilization, Egyptian civilization, Incan civilization, Persian civilization, Mesopotamian civilization, Greek civilization, and Islamic civilization all prove that mankind has always created religions and altars in the name of gods, using them as tools of rule.
The worship of today’s Christianity, instead of feeding the poor, caring for the weak, sharing, and spreading God’s love across the earth by serving one another, has become a system of stealing tithes and offerings and using religion as a means of governance, as though they were God’s representatives. For this reason, biblical passages that threatened their rule were secretly altered and deleted through the scholar Eusebius and many others. Indeed, in Eusebius’s Apology, it is recorded that Emperor Constantine altered and deleted much of the Scriptures (see the preface of the King James Bible). How can those who corrupted and erased the Word of God possibly receive Christ in purity? Let those with a conscience consider this carefully! He is the God of Israel, and the Scriptures are for Israel—then how could they possibly have been recorded in the Greek tongue of Rome, a nation that served false gods? O ignorant and foolish people! You who have eyes but do not see, and ears but do not hear!
Even the Old and New Testaments now in the hands of all humanity were altered and deleted by Emperor Constantine—from Genesis 1:1 in the Old Testament to Revelation in the New. In order to establish the New Testament, alteration of the Old was necessary, and so the original Old Testament Scriptures—nearly equivalent to the true originals—were completely destroyed under the pretext of being “books of witchcraft.” In other words, even the Old Testament we have today is one that was corrupted and altered under Constantine. The proof of this will soon be revealed in the upcoming book The Altered and Deleted Bible, through which humanity will witness the astonishing providence and mystery of God.
How can the powers of the world, who live by the flesh, suddenly abandon their lives to follow the gospel of Christ, which is founded on the love of the cross—a love that sacrifices even one’s life? Can those who are accustomed only to pursuing their own happiness, blessings, ideals, and prosperity ever become Christians who deny themselves, renounce all their wealth, ideals, and life itself, and follow Christ in the way of the cross? Here lies the true path of salvation—consider it deeply with your conscience! Can Emperor Constantine of Rome, who dared to corrupt and erase the Word of God, ever truly be called a true Christian?
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 : 24~25)
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 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. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.(Matthew 12 : 45)
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.(Mark 16 : 9)
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)
All people who live according to the instincts of the flesh, pursuing the world and the desires of the body, possess seven abominable emotions. Envy, jealousy, wrath, lust, pride, falsehood, and hatred are sins worthy of death. Yet today, there are hardly any pastors who teach this grave truth—that the seven abominable emotions harbored in the heart are sins deserving of death—and there are also very few believers who hear and learn it.
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.(1 John 3 : 14)
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.(3 John 1 : 11)
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.(James 4 : 16~17)
The words above say that even if you see a poor and needy person yet simply pass by, that too is counted as sin. The scope of sin is far greater than what is taught in the doctrines of Christianity, for the inner sins of the seven emotions of man—which do not outwardly appear—grow unchecked and unguarded, and thus become even greater sins. This is why it is written that He came to call sinners. In the vicious cycle where people sin, repent, and reflect, yet turn back and commit sin again, sin is inevitably repeated. Whether one is a believer or an unbeliever, whatever religion one belongs to, all remain bound within the same pattern and limitation, repeating sin until death. Yet all religions, all Christians, and even those who claim to have reached the heights of enlightenment and virtue, fail to teach the fundamental reason why sin is inevitably repeated and the power that could overcome it. Instead, they pursue only worldly sermons of inspiration and emotional lessons, leading believers to rely on themselves, endlessly repeating human awakenings, resolutions, and determinations. Because they do not clearly teach the fundamental reason and problem of why sin inevitably repeats, believers likewise cannot help but continue repeating sin.
1. The Fundamental Reason Why Sin Cannot Help but Arise Endlessly
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.(1 John 2 : 15~16)
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.(James 4 : 3~4)
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.(Ecclesiastes 11 : 9~10)
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.(Ecclesiastes 11 : 8)
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.(Matthew 6 : 24)
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.(1 Timothy 6 : 9~10)
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.(Proverbs 23 : 4)(Ecclesiastes 5 : 10)
Today, the fundamental reason why all religious people and all who live in the world alike cannot help but repeat sin is because they live according to the instincts of the flesh, following after the desires of the body. In other words, sin arises because they pursue the lusts and covetousness of the flesh—the cravings for their own happiness, blessings, success, and prosperity. What human beings call happiness and blessing is in fact nothing more than momentary joy and fleeting pleasure without true satisfaction. It is the passing delight of eating and drinking, the pleasure of seeing and hearing, the enjoyment of something tastier, more entertaining, more enjoyable, more convenient, or the satisfaction of doing as one pleases, according to one’s own will, desire, and plan. But the pleasure of man, which can never be enough, is only a momentary joy. Human joy without contentment is transient and vanishes; such fleeting pleasures are mere indulgence. And within those passing moments of joy and pleasure, the so-called happiness of man inevitably conceives sin, because unsatisfied desires continually stir up covetousness. The hopes, dreams, and ideals of men for their own happiness and success may appear just and beautiful by the standards of the world, but in reality they are happiness, blessings, and hopes born of lust and fashioned by greed. For this reason, all human beings, until the day they die, cannot help but repeat sin.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.(James 1 : 14~15)
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.(Romans 7 : 22~25)
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.(Romans 7 : 14)
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.(Romans 8 : 5~14)
He who continues to repeat sin is a child of the devil, belonging to the flesh that has not been born again. The Word clearly declares that the children of God do not commit sin.
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)
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.(John 8 : 34)
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 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 : 5~8)
2. The Faith of Religionists That Cannot Help but Repeat Sin Until Death(Catholics and Christians)
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.(Hebrews 12 : 16~17)
Today, the great majority of Christians serve God while at the same time pursuing the world and material things, and thus they teach and learn all manner of corruption, heresy, and falsehood. In other words, because they only teach and learn the inspirations and lessons of words and theories, the awakenings, resolutions, and determinations of man cannot go beyond human limits. For this reason, they cannot escape from evil habits, but must endlessly repeat sin until the day they die. Within their repeated resolutions, zeal, pride, and awakenings, sin is always bound up in self-interest and personal gain, producing nothing more than futile repentance. Yet repentance exists for the purpose of no longer committing sin. Therefore, the repentance of Christians, who have lost the very reason to repent, is not the beautiful repentance of Christ that leads to being born again, transformed, and set free from sin.
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.(2 Corinthians 7 : 9~11)
…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 : 7~14)
The truth of God is this: it is not the emotional inspiration of words, nor the awakenings, resolves, and determinations that arise from one’s own will—those things which merely cause people to repeat themselves until death—but it is that which leads beyond the limits of man, to obtain the power of God. This is truth. Because pastors who teach only with words all their lives, and believers who only listen all their lives, can never obtain it, what has instead been produced is arrogance mixed with compulsion and falsehood, a pride that no longer even feels the pangs of conscience, for their own assertions have been elevated into the Word, into truth, into God Himself. Not knowing the fundamental reason why sin must be repeated, the faiths that struggle in vain against their recurring sins are ignorant and blind, and so even the teachers themselves spend their entire lives piling up sins, like the blind leading the blind.
Thus, it is teaching that one cannot escape from the human limitation of only being able to repeat sin throughout their lifetime, bound to words alone—the teachings and emotions of man—that inevitably lead to nothing but the continual repetition of sin. This is because it is not the Spirit of truth, which leads one to receive the power of God that works in His love. Rather, they teach only through learning, theory, knowledge, human reason, and human wisdom, and therefore cannot teach the wisdom of God, the power of God, and the love of God, which transcend human limits. For they are not those who possess the Spirit of God that leads so that one may not sin, but those who possess the spirit of the world and of the flesh. Thus their teachings and learning are packaged as moral dramas, happiness dramas, and success dramas that only stir up the hearts of worldly believers. And because this is nothing other than a faith for one’s own worldly lusts, it becomes a carnal faith that must repeat sin until death. This is the limitation of man, and the limitation of religion. For every religion on this earth was created by man, exploiting the name of God, and therefore none can escape the limitation of man.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(1 Peter 1 : 5)
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.(1 Corinthians 2 : 5)
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.(1 Corinthians 4 : 20)
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.(2 Corinthians 12 : 9)
Like the pastors of Christianity today, the inspiration of words that can never bring about being born again, change, or transformation is nothing but the teaching of man—it is the leaven of the Pharisees. In other words, just as with all forms of religion, the so-called path of enlightenment that only repeats awakenings, resolutions, and determinations born of human thought and self-reliance, while ignorant of the limits of man, is neither the truth of Christ nor the wisdom of God. To this very day, all believers have been deceived by this.
The truth of God is that which leads one to obtain the power of God that surpasses human limitations, beyond what man could ever accomplish by his own strength. Yet I have never seen even a single pastor who truly leads believers to receive the power of God that transcends human limits. In other words, those who teach as though they were shepherds or the Holy Spirit, though they have not even the power, the evidence, or the fruit of a mustard seed, are people who cannot even recognize their own sins. Because they do not feel the pangs of conscience (spirit), they are becoming monsters. More and more, pastors and believers alike take their sins lightly, grow increasingly bold in their sins, shameless and brazen in their sins—worse than beasts. This is why there are no beautiful Christians who truly shine as light and serve as salt, as examples to the world. Those who do not have even the power of a mustard seed are the very ones who, in the height of arrogance, all claim that they have received the Holy Spirit—the arrogance of it pierces the heavens. It is utter tragedy itself.
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)(Mark 9 : 23)(Philippians 4 : 13)
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.(1 John 3 : 21~24)
That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:(1 Timothy 6 : 14)
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others….(Ephesians 2 : 3~7)
Today, the reason why not even the power, the evidence, or the fruit of a mustard seed appears is because sinners, who cannot but be reproved before God for their repeated sins, fail to bring forth fruits worthy of repentance. The very purpose for which they believe in God is nothing other than faith for their own worldly happiness, success, blessing, and prosperity. In other words, the purpose of their faith in God is to live well in this life and, along with it, to enter heaven—a faith driven by lust. It is not the life of a true Christian who aims for the hope of Christ, pursuing the love of the cross that gives even one’s own life. Rather, it is a corrupted, heretical, and false faith that seeks to serve God while at the same time clinging to the world and to material things. It is faith that chases after the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes—worldly and fleshly dreams, hopes, ideals, and desires for one’s own happiness, blessings, success, and prosperity.
Thus it is a faith that relies only on words and theories for a lifetime, and a faith that only listens for a lifetime. It is faith that must inevitably deny the life of Christ, the life of the Spirit, that follows after the love of Christ. Therefore, the faith of the flesh, lived out in the world and rooted in the flesh, can only offer vain prayers. As the Word says, “the sorrow of the world worketh death,” so until death they seek nothing but solutions for their own happiness, success, and ideals—the problems of family, of business, of workplace, of relationships, of children, of health. Such faiths are nothing but faiths that end in the judgment of death, seeking only their own worldly sorrows throughout their lives.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.(2 Corinthians 7 : 10)
4. The Hope of Christ, Pursued in the Life of Christ That Can Be Born Again, Changed, and Transformed
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.(1 John 3 : 3~4)
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:(Psalms 146 : 5)
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, 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. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.(Romans 5 : 2~10)
Only those who live the life of Christ with the hope of Christ as their goal receive the grace by which love is poured into our hearts. For God is love. In this love, one can be born again and be changed. Therefore, today’s Christians, who serve God while at the same time clinging to the world and to material things, all live by a fleshly faith that seeks only their own success, ideals, happiness, blessings, and prosperity. Because they live a fleshly life driven by the fundamental instincts and lusts of the body, which inevitably repeat sin, they can never bring forth fruits worthy of repentance.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;(Ephesians 4 : 1~4)
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;(Titus 1 : 1~3)(Hebrews 6 : 17~20)(Colossians 1 : 5~12)(1 Timothy 4 :7~16)(Titus 2 : 7~8)(Ezekiel 18 : 30~32)(Hebrews 10 : 22~29)
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:(Colossians 1 : 23~27)
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.(Hebrews 6 : 11~12)
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,(1 Peter 1 : 2~4)
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.(Romans 15 : 12~13)(Titus 3 : 3~7)(1 Peter 1 : 20~25)
God is love. Whoever abides in love does not commit sin. Therefore, the very truth is to teach the power of God that leads one not to sin. The power of God’s love works as the power that restrains the members and habits of man which otherwise could only repeat sin. However, today’s Christians pursue heresy, falsehood, and corruption that seek to combine fleshly faith—bound to the world and rooted in the flesh, inevitably repeating sin—with the love of God, and for this reason the power of God does not work among them. A Christian is not a true Christian. They are those who, together with the world, seek only their own happiness and blessing, asking only for worldly sorrows. All their lives they pray only for family problems, business problems, workplace problems, relationship problems, children’s problems, and health problems—faiths of the flesh that will lead to the judgment of death.
5. The Repentance of Christ That Brings New Birth Is the Repentance in Which the Power of Love Appears and One Is Surely Set Free from Sin.
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. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6 : 17~23)
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.(Romans 8 : 19~21)
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)
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. Truly, though you have eyes you do not see, and though you have ears you do not hear—you are blind guides.
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)
It is by the love of God, pursued through the hope of Christ, and by the wisdom of God’s power, that one is born again, transformed, and set free from sin. All religions, and Christianity that teaches only with words throughout a lifetime and listens only throughout a lifetime, can never obtain the salvation in which the power of God truly works. This is not the good works that arise from human will or effort, but the good and righteousness that appear within the love of God—this is the wisdom of God, in which the power of God is at work.
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.(Romans 8 : 24~28)
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)
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.(Romans 6 : 20~23)
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)
A true shepherd of God is the authority that guides into the way of Christ by leading people to obtain the power of God that springs from His love, so that they may fully practice the good and the righteousness that flow from love. For God would have them set free from sin and become servants of righteousness; this is to make them a people who follow God’s goodness and righteousness. Therefore, a true shepherd of God leads them to receive the power of God at work in the hope of Christ—in the love of Christ that denies even one’s own life for freedom from sin—so that they devote themselves wholeheartedly to good works. Thus, the one who leads people off the sinner’s path—which can only keep repeating sin until death—and into the path of the righteous is the true shepherd. Therefore, leave churches and pastors who teach only the inspiration and lessons of words that can only lead to the repetition of sin, and seek a shepherd of truth who leads you to obtain the power of God that guides you into the way of the righteous. This alone is the way of salvation.
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)
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)
Whoever continues to repeat sin—no matter who they are or what religion they follow—is nothing but a child of the devil. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 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. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.(1 John 3 : 3~10)
The power of God’s love that removes the evil habits of man, by which he must be set free from sin.
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. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6 : 17~23)
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.(Romans 8 : 19~21)
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)
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)
Many people exalt religion and the buildings of churches in order to justify and excuse their fleshly lives. Because they cannot even discern whether they believe in religion or in God, they fail to become examples of light and salt. What you believe for is what matters most. In short, everything is determined by this: whether one serves God while clinging to the world and to material things—faith of the flesh that seeks only blessings, happiness, success, and prosperity born of the desires of the body—or whether one makes the love of Christ, the hope of Christ, and the life of Christ the goal of life, sacrificing all and even denying one’s own life.
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.(Hebrews 12 : 16~17)
How could God possibly work, answer, bear witness, and reveal and manifest Himself to Christians who—like Esau of old—shed tears that seek only their own blessing, tears of the world and of the flesh; who have even missed the opportunity for repentance; and who, trapped in futile repentance, can only go on heaping up sin and repeating it until the day they die?
Whether it is faith of the flesh or faith of the Spirit is revealed by what one seeks. Those who ask only for worldly sorrows—family problems, business problems, workplace problems, relationship problems, children’s problems, health problems—are fleshly, for such worldly sorrows end in judgment and death. But the children of love who abide in God’s love, following the love of Christ, receive the gift of God’s power: the power that supplies love which leads them beyond the human limitation of endlessly repeating sin, even though they may awaken, resolve, and determine all their lives. To lead believers to obtain this divine power that surpasses human limits is the work of a true shepherd of God. Sermons of pastors that only stir awakenings, resolutions, and determinations, chasing the inspiration of words while leaving believers bound to repeating sin, are not the truth itself. For more, ask your questions in Moses’ Burning Bush(https://mosesbush.com). God calls the weak and shameful sinners like you. The experiences and testimonies of today’s Christians are 100% the work of Satan and the devil; they are not matters to be envied or desired. Be more cautious in how you read the Scriptures, and do not believe any spirit, miracle, power, or testimony that departs from the Word of God. First, go to the Moses’ Burning Bush website and examine each of the contents. Every single piece of writing is centered upon dozens of passages of Scripture.