SPEAK/DEAL/LIVE

(Ephesians 4:15-15) We are instructed to lovingly follow the truth at all times, that we may speak, deal, and live truly.  Becoming more like our FATHER who rules over the church.  Under HIS leadership, being fitted together with other parts, playing our part, to keep the body healthy, growing, and full of love.

 

In the world, calling a liar, a “liar”, is the worst offense one can carry out against their kingdom.  They are liars, and like their father, are enraged when we call them by their father’s name, “liar”!  If we are able to call them by their father’s name, they must not be good little liars, because we see through them.  Part of the job description for being employed by the father of lies, is being good at deception.  Not just good at strange wrist-hand motions, while pacing back and forth in front of their congregations.

 

There is a song that say’s, “Who let the dogs out?”  It is often chanted in large gatherings.  In these days of false teachings, people are wondering, “Who let the devil in?”  There shall be no consummation of matrimony between the devil and the church through his false prophets.  We are no longer like children, tossed to and fro, carried with every wind of doctrine spoken by cunning men of trickery.  Truth shall win in the end.  Out of our set backs will come our most profitable years.

 

We are thankful for pastors who teach God’s Word, chapter-by-chapter, verse-by-verse.  Standing still, feet planted, while delivering the Word of God without excessive, emotional, dramatic behavior.  Being only attached to God and HIS purpose, not people, organizations, or places.  Preaching in a manner that allows God’s truth to be absorbed and sealed in the foreheads of HIS congregation. (Revelation 9:4)

 

The body of Christ, the church, must understand that when a false prophet is exposed, he will be the one who yells the loudest.  Our words come from high, because rain is a source of growth for flowers, not thunder.  The false prophet will accuse his challengers of stalking him with truth.  He operates under the authority of lies, and will double down in deception when God’s grace and mercy surrounds him.  The church must pray for the deliverance of false prophets, so that they recognize, God’s grace never fails.  No man can deceive the body of Christ; we have the Truth of God as a mark on our foreheads. (Revelation 7:1-4) We are the watchmen who stand on the rooftop and alert the people, because false prophets have gone down to raid the church house.  The children of God will not be harvested out of season.  We are the 144,000 out of all twelve tribes of Israel: [Judah-12,000 Reuben-12,000 Gad-12,000 Asher-12,000 Naphtali-12,000 Manasseh-12,000 Simeon-12,000 Levi-12,000 Issachar-12,000 Zebulun-12,000 Joseph-12,000 Benjamin-12,000]

The liars and their father are an abomination and must be rooted out.

 

We are truth taught and have no fear of the enemy.  With the knowledge of truth, no man can deceive us.  It is by our genuine intentions, gentle souls, and hearts of gold, that we are recognized.

 

Ephesians 4:14-15
New International Version

14 “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.”

Ephesians 4:14-15
King James Version

14 “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”

Ephesians 4:14-16
Living Bible

14 “Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth. 15-16 Instead, we will lovingly follow the truth at all times—speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly[a]—and so become more and more in every way like Christ who is the Head of his body, the Church. Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly, and each part in its own special way helps the other parts, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.”

 

Matthew 24:17
New International Version

17 “Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.”

Matthew 24:17
King James Version

17 “Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:”

Matthew 24:17
Living Bible

17 “Those on their porches must not even go inside to pack before they flee.”

 

Revelation 9:4
New International Version

4 “They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.”

Revelation 9:4
King James Version

4 “And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.”

Revelation 9:4
Living Bible

4 “They were told not to hurt the grass or plants or trees, but to attack those people who did not have the mark of God on their foreheads.”

 

Revelation 7:1-4
New International Version
144,000 Sealed

7 “After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.”

Revelation 7:1-4
King James Version

7 “And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.”

Revelation 7:1-4
Living Bible

7 “Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds from blowing so that not a leaf rustled in the trees, and the ocean became as smooth as glass. And I saw another angel coming from the east, carrying the Great Seal of the Living God. And he shouted out to those four angels who had been given power to injure earth and sea, “Wait! Don’t do anything yet—hurt neither earth nor sea nor trees—until we have placed the Seal of God upon the foreheads of his servants.” ”