The Partial Deception
How do some religious professionals deceive people?
Some religious professionals are sincere in all of their efforts, even if they are not always right about everything. However, other religious professionals are purposely deceptive in what they do.
These religious professionals are not just making human errors, but are purposely teaching the Doctrine of Lies. One way that they do this, is by considering only a part of a passage in the Book of Truth (The Bible) in an incomplete way.
For example, consider some of the various deceptive teachings that people have taught, by doing this with the Sermon on the Mount. They usually consider only one section of the Sermon of the Mount - and do not even consider that part in a complete way. Only a really skewed view of the meaning of the Sermon of the Mount can come from a view, that only considers a part of the Sermon of the Mount in an incomplete way.
For example, a very modern view is the one used by Celebrate Recovery. This view says that their Twelve Step program is found in the Sermon on the Mount, specifically the section called The Blessings (aka The Beatitudes) (Matthew 5:3-12). They offer the following explanation of this:
“Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 TEV, NIV
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. (Step 3)
“Happy are the meek.” Matthew 5:5a TEV
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. (Steps 4 and 5)
“Happy are the pure in heart.” Matthew 5:8a TEV
Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. (Steps 6 and 7)
“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires” Matthew 5:6a TEV
Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others when possible, except when to do so would harm them or others. (Steps 8 and 9)
“Happy are the merciful.” Matthew 5:7a TEV; “Happy are the peacemakers” Matthew 5:9 TEV
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will. (Steps 10 and 11)
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words. (Step 12)
“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” Matthew 5:10 TEV
There are at least eight problems with their mapping of the Celebrate Recovery eight principles to the Sermon on the Mount.
1) Even a casual observation would show that they are only considering a small part of the Sermon on the Mount known as the Blessings. However, there are other problems as well.
2) Only the first "E" (#2) principle includes the entire verse of their version of The Blessings. The rest of the verses of The Blessings used for the Acrostic (#1, #3-#6, #8) are all missing the reasons that people are blessed for the conditions listed in them. In all of these cases, people are blessed because of a future reward that will come when the Kingdom of the Father of Truth is established on the Earth (Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:5-10).
3) The NIV translation for the Beatitude is referenced for the first "E" (#2) of the acrostic, instead of the TEV translation as co-listed. In fact, the NIV is only used in this one instance, for the TEV translation of the verse indicates a future fulfillment by the Father of Truth in the second part, like all of the verses where the second part is ignored (Matthew 5:4).
4) The second verse of the second "E" (#6) and "Y" (#8) principles in the acrostic do not even indicate that they are only including the first part of their verses with an "a", like the other verses that are only including the first part of their verse.
5) There is no corresponding Beatitude for the second "R" (#7) in the principles acrostic. This means that The Blessings only cover seven of their eight recovery principles. It also means that The Blessings do not apply to steps ten and eleven of their Twelve Step program.
6) Their abbreviated version of The Blessings does not include the last two verses of The Blessings, which promise reward with the Prophets of Truth from the Original Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament) in the future Kingdom, for suffering persecution while following the Man of Truth in this world (Matthew 5:11-12).
7) Only questionable "thought for thought" translations are used for their abbreviated version of The Blessings. The one disturbing sentence is found in these translations, but not in any ancient manuscripts used to make these translations. Can translations by people, who literally edited the Word of Truth, be trusted?
8) The TEV (aka GNT) translation they used includes some of the so-called missing books of the Bible used by the False Church of Rome to preach another gospel that was given by another spirit and tells about another Jesus, who is not the Man of Truth found in the Book of Truth.
So, this is a really skewed vision of the Sermon on the Mount. All of the obviously future references to the Kingdom of the Father of Truth are purposely ignored, and questionable translations are used to try to force Scriptural authority for the Twelve Step program of Celebrate Recovery from The Blessings. This is part of an effort to provide a false alternative to The One Step Program. This is an extreme case of scripture being taken out of context .
However, this is hardly an isolated incident by one group for one reason, but rather a common practice by many different groups for a variety of reasons. There are examples for each section of the Sermon on the Mount.
The next section is about being Salt and Light in this world (Matthew 5:13-16). It is frequently twisted to say the very opposite of the actual words in it.
There are entire denominations that deny that the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) can be cast out for not being fit for the Kingdom, by ceasing to produce good works as plainly stated in this section.
Many others define the good works in this section by a definition other than the one given by the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) in other sections of the Sermon on the Mount. Some of them will even define these good works to only be acts of social justice, in order to preach a Social Gospel.
None of this is surprising, considering that many denominations and religious professionals completely ignore the next section that tells people to Obey The Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) And Believe the Prophets of Truth (Matthew 5:17-20).
Yet, other religious professionals consider only parts of this next section, and ignore the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. They teach obedience to the Law of Truth according to the teachings and practices of the scribes and Pharisees, which is the basis for Rabbinic Judaism.
Since many denominations and religious professionals completely ignore Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, they mistakenly call the next section The Antitheses, instead of the Contrasted Teachings (Matthew 5:21-48).
They claim, that the Man of Truth is contrasting what the Law of Truth says is right, with what he says is right. They then go on to explain how people can ignore everything that the Law of Truth commands. This ranges from deciding what is for dinner to people living like they were married in Sodom.
However, it is obvious if you look at everything the section says, and consider the entire Sermon on the Mount, that the Man of Truth is contrasting what the scribes and Pharisees teach about how to obey the Law of Truth, with what he teaches about how to obey the Law of Truth. He is in no way contradicting what he taught in Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth in the very next section!
Also, those who teach obedience to the Law of Truth according to the teachings of the scribes and Pharisees, completely ignore this section. They seek to deceive the Children of Truth with Rabbinic Distort.
In like manner, many of these same people do not recognize that the next section is The Contrasted Practices (Matthew 6:1-18).
They do not consider this section as a whole, or that it needs to be understood in the context of everything else in the Sermon of the Mount. They cannot see that this section is a contrast between how the scribes and Pharisees put into practice the commands of the Law of Truth concerning alms, prayer, and fasting, with how the Man of Truth put these same commands into practice.
So, they have turned the model of how to structure a prayer that the Man of Truth taught, into a ritual of just repeating words from what is commonly called the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13).
Also, those who teach obedience to the Law of Truth according to the practices of the scribes and Pharisees, completely ignore this section. They seek to spread these practices that came from the source of Jewish trouble.
Also, many religious professionals abuse The Call to Righteousness (Matthew 6:19-24).
Since they do not consider this call in the context of the whole Sermon on the Mount, then they cannot discern, that the way people are to answer this call and store up treasure in Heaven, is by obeying the Law of Truth according to the teachings and practices of the Man of Truth. Instead, they ignore parts of this section to twist the first two verses in it to teach that people store up treasure in Heaven by giving money to their "ministry".
They completely ignore the warning at the end of this section, that no one can both pursue the Father of Truth and accumulating wealth. Instead, they teach people that they need to be endlessly pursuing bigger, better, newer things, as proof that they are experiencing the blessing of the Father of Truth. They do this, so people will be giving to get stuff, instead of giving to expand His Kingdom. Of course, this giving is to directed to their "ministry".
In like manner, they abuse The Promise of Provision (Matthew 6:25-34).
Again, the rest of the Sermon on the Mount, and parts of this section, are ignored to mislead people.
Many religious professionals use only one verse as "proof" to people, that the Father of Truth will give them whatever they decide that they need, if they will seek His kingdom first, usually by giving money to their "ministry". It is easy to see by looking at the entire section, that the Father of Truth is only promising to always provide for their basic needs like food and clothing, if they will seek His kingdom first.
Other religious professionals completely ignore this section in order to create FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) to sell Tribulation survival kits. They do not want their people to believe that the Father of Truth will always feed and clothe them during the Tribulation, if they will seek after His Kingdom first during the Tribulation. This is as bad for business as people knowing that they can avoid the entire Tribulation by heeding the warning of "People Get Ready".
Many religious professionals completely twist the Command To Rebuke (Matthew 7:1-6).
They ignore everything after the first two verses, along with the rest of the Sermon on the Mount, to let people continue in every kind of evil without feeling any condemnation. Their feel-good-about-yourself message completely ignores the command to rebuke others for sin, after repenting of sin yourself. They ignore the warnings of the Prophets of Truth and the Man of Truth, that people cannot enter the Kingdom, unless they repent of their rebellion against the King. They deceive people with feelings of love and acceptance, but in reality they hate these people with the worst kind of hatred.
Others likewise twist what it means to Seek With Confidence (Matthew 7:7-12).
They ignore the verses that specify that there are three different levels of efforts in the seeking, and focus on only the easiest one, that of asking. They ignore the warning at the end, that ties this section to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth.
They make this section about the Father of Truth giving people the things that they think are good, instead of trusting the Father of Truth to give them the things that He thinks are good.
So this section is twisted, so that it is no longer be about seeking the Father of Truth for good things in order to build up His kingdom. They ignore that they are to treat people with goodness as an act of love, because love is the most important thing. They ignore that the point of this section is to bring people into the Kingdom of the Father of Truth, because that is all that really matters.
The last section of the Sermon on the Mount is The Contrasted Destinies (Matthew 7:13-27)
This might be the section that denominations and religious professionals misrepresent the most. This section can be misrepresented in so many ways, if the rest of the Sermon on the Mount is ignored. There are countless ways that people are deceived by others using only parts of this section.
The deceptions start with the first two verses that speak of the broad way to destruction and the narrow way to life (Matthew 7:13-14).
Some will try to define the broad and narrow ways in terms of something other than Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth. Typically, they define the narrow way that leads to life as becoming a member of their denomination, organization, or "ministry". They then claim, everyone who does not, is on the broad way that leads to death. They manage to say this with a straight face, knowing that their "narrow way" did not even exist, until almost two thousand years after the Man of Truth gave the Sermon on the Mount.
Some will completely twist these verses to say, that the narrow way is defined by the path taken by the few, who were predestined to eternal life. This is the exact opposite of what these verses actually say. The narrow way is predestined in this section, and the few, who come to eternal life, are defined by finding it. This agrees with the rest of this section and the rest of the Sermon on the Mount.
Since some will try to define the broad and narrow ways in terms of something other than Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, these verses are followed by a warning against the Prophets of Lies (Matthew 7:15). Those who seek to redefine these verses, either leave this warning off, or try to apply it to anyone, who questions their twisted definition of the narrow way.
These Prophets of Lies might appear to be kind and grandfatherly, but they are preying upon the Children of Truth. Some of these Prophets of Lies frequently play on the fears of the Children of Truth to sell them things like Tribulation Survival Kits, or other materials to "prepare" them for the latest approaching crisis - that will never materialize.
These Prophets of Lies want to drag the Children of Truth into the Stupid Zone. They are part of the Grand Conspiracy to keep people from discovering the truth.
Some of these Prophets of Lies will even tell people something like, "Jesus never told people to be fruit inspectors". In reality, the Man of Truth literally told people in the very next verses after this warning, to inspect the fruit of others to determine if they are Prophets of Lies (Matthew 7:16-20). So, whenever someone tells people to not inspect the fruit of their lives, it is a sure indicator that their fruit is not good.
Other denominations and religious professionals will try to get people to inspect the fruit of the lives of others, using a standard other than Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, to determine if their fruit is good. This alternative standard will always be one that makes their fruit appear to be good.
Some of them will use miraculous signs that they have performed in the name of the Man of Truth as that standard. They will not bring up the next few verses, which plainly state, that this does not mean that their fruit was good (Matthew 7:21-23).
In fact, the Man of Truth will tell these people that they never knew him, because their fruit was not good by the standard of doing the will of the Father of Truth. The will of the Father of Truth is to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, in the manner taught and practiced by the Man of Truth.
Still, others will teach, that the standard of doing the will of the Father of Truth means to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, in the manner taught and practiced by the Rabbis, who came from the scribes and Pharisees. They seek to cause others to miss the point of the Law of Truth.
In like manner, many denominations and religious professionals will ignore the point of the closing parable of this final section of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:24-27). They do this to deceive people into a false sense of eternal security, that is independent of their actions.
They do not tell people, that their destiny of salvation or destruction is determined solely by their actions. They do not tell people that they must be living to please the King to be saved. They do not tell people, that their destiny is determined by whether or not they do what the Man of Truth taught and practiced as the right way to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth.
So, many different groups have used parts of the Sermon on the Mount in an incomplete way to justify a variety of teachings and practices.
They have not only used this technique of the partial deception on the Sermon on the Mount, but on all parts of the Book of Truth. These religious professionals have been able to use this technique to justify just about any teaching or practice that they want. They have used this technique to skillfully guide people to any conclusion that they want.
Some of them do this out of tradition, to lead the Children of Truth in obey the Law of Truth in a Rabbinic manner, that is contrary to the manner taught by the Man of Truth (1 Timothy 1:3-7). Some of them do this out of a desire to be popular, so they never rebuke others for sin, but instead tell the Children of Truth a fable - that the Father of Truth will not judged them according to their obedience to the Man of Truth (2 Timothy 4:1-4). Some of them do this out of greed, to make merchandise of the Children of Truth (2 Peter 2:1-3).
These religious professionals operate right in the midst of the Children of Truth like a snake in the leaves. They are the hidden danger that the Apostles of Truth warned about. They have corrupted the American Spirit. They are the reason that many of the Children of Truth feel like they are drowning in a lukewarm sea.
The Children of Truth should not be alarmed by this, for it is one of the signs of the times, that the Man of Truth will soon be returning to reward them in the Kingdom of His Father.
These religious professionals must cause many to leave the House of Truth, so the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast) can rise to power (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). The Children of Truth must be taken off of this Earth first, for they are preventing this from happening (2 Thessalonians 2:5-7). Only after this, can the Man of Truth back come to the Earth with the Children of Truth to destroy the wicked from the face of the Earth (2 Thessalonians 2:8-10).
However, the Children of Truth must remain on guard against these religious professionals, as they were warned in the Sermon on the Mount.
The Children of Truth must learn how to put the principles of rightly dividing the Word of Truth into practice, so they will not be deceived by the partial deception. They must strive to always be walking in truth, so that they cannot be lead away from the truth. They must learn how to stay in the House of Truth, so they will be saved from the wrath of the Father of Truth. They must learn how to fully carry out the Great Commission, so they will do the will of the Father of Truth.
The Children of Truth must help people become part of His Forever Family. They must not forget the simplicity of the Gospel. They must do what they can to rescue those living a burning house. They must tell people about the deal offered by the Father of Truth. They must lead people into the House of Truth.
They must tell people, that they must repent completely of their sins, to come into the House of Truth (Matthew 4:17). They must tell people, that they must surrender control of their lives to the Man of Truth, because they believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead, to come into the House of Truth (Romans 10:9). They must tell people, that there is no salvation without repentance - and there is no repentance without total surrender (2 Corinthians 7:9-10).
Come into the House of Truth!
Some religious professionals are sincere in all of their efforts, even if they are not always right about everything. However, other religious professionals are purposely deceptive in what they do.
These religious professionals are not just making human errors, but are purposely teaching the Doctrine of Lies. One way that they do this, is by considering only a part of a passage in the Book of Truth (The Bible) in an incomplete way.
For example, consider some of the various deceptive teachings that people have taught, by doing this with the Sermon on the Mount. They usually consider only one section of the Sermon of the Mount - and do not even consider that part in a complete way. Only a really skewed view of the meaning of the Sermon of the Mount can come from a view, that only considers a part of the Sermon of the Mount in an incomplete way.
For example, a very modern view is the one used by Celebrate Recovery. This view says that their Twelve Step program is found in the Sermon on the Mount, specifically the section called The Blessings (aka The Beatitudes) (Matthew 5:3-12). They offer the following explanation of this:
Celebrate Recovery's Eight Recovery Principles
The Road to Recovery Based on the Beatitudes
Realize I’m not God; I
admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing
and that my life is unmanageable. (Step 1)
“Happy are those who know that they are spiritually poor.” Matthew 5:3a TEV
Earnestly believe that God exists, that I matter to Him and that He has the power to help me recover. (Step 2)“Happy are those who know that they are spiritually poor.” Matthew 5:3a TEV
“Happy are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 TEV, NIV
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control. (Step 3)
“Happy are the meek.” Matthew 5:5a TEV
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust. (Steps 4 and 5)
“Happy are the pure in heart.” Matthew 5:8a TEV
Voluntarily submit to any and all changes God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects. (Steps 6 and 7)
“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires” Matthew 5:6a TEV
Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others when possible, except when to do so would harm them or others. (Steps 8 and 9)
“Happy are the merciful.” Matthew 5:7a TEV; “Happy are the peacemakers” Matthew 5:9 TEV
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will. (Steps 10 and 11)
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good News to others, both by my example and my words. (Step 12)
“Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires.” Matthew 5:10 TEV
There are at least eight problems with their mapping of the Celebrate Recovery eight principles to the Sermon on the Mount.
1) Even a casual observation would show that they are only considering a small part of the Sermon on the Mount known as the Blessings. However, there are other problems as well.
2) Only the first "E" (#2) principle includes the entire verse of their version of The Blessings. The rest of the verses of The Blessings used for the Acrostic (#1, #3-#6, #8) are all missing the reasons that people are blessed for the conditions listed in them. In all of these cases, people are blessed because of a future reward that will come when the Kingdom of the Father of Truth is established on the Earth (Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:5-10).
3) The NIV translation for the Beatitude is referenced for the first "E" (#2) of the acrostic, instead of the TEV translation as co-listed. In fact, the NIV is only used in this one instance, for the TEV translation of the verse indicates a future fulfillment by the Father of Truth in the second part, like all of the verses where the second part is ignored (Matthew 5:4).
4) The second verse of the second "E" (#6) and "Y" (#8) principles in the acrostic do not even indicate that they are only including the first part of their verses with an "a", like the other verses that are only including the first part of their verse.
5) There is no corresponding Beatitude for the second "R" (#7) in the principles acrostic. This means that The Blessings only cover seven of their eight recovery principles. It also means that The Blessings do not apply to steps ten and eleven of their Twelve Step program.
6) Their abbreviated version of The Blessings does not include the last two verses of The Blessings, which promise reward with the Prophets of Truth from the Original Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament) in the future Kingdom, for suffering persecution while following the Man of Truth in this world (Matthew 5:11-12).
7) Only questionable "thought for thought" translations are used for their abbreviated version of The Blessings. The one disturbing sentence is found in these translations, but not in any ancient manuscripts used to make these translations. Can translations by people, who literally edited the Word of Truth, be trusted?
8) The TEV (aka GNT) translation they used includes some of the so-called missing books of the Bible used by the False Church of Rome to preach another gospel that was given by another spirit and tells about another Jesus, who is not the Man of Truth found in the Book of Truth.
So, this is a really skewed vision of the Sermon on the Mount. All of the obviously future references to the Kingdom of the Father of Truth are purposely ignored, and questionable translations are used to try to force Scriptural authority for the Twelve Step program of Celebrate Recovery from The Blessings. This is part of an effort to provide a false alternative to The One Step Program. This is an extreme case of scripture being taken out of context .
However, this is hardly an isolated incident by one group for one reason, but rather a common practice by many different groups for a variety of reasons. There are examples for each section of the Sermon on the Mount.
The next section is about being Salt and Light in this world (Matthew 5:13-16). It is frequently twisted to say the very opposite of the actual words in it.
There are entire denominations that deny that the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) can be cast out for not being fit for the Kingdom, by ceasing to produce good works as plainly stated in this section.
Many others define the good works in this section by a definition other than the one given by the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) in other sections of the Sermon on the Mount. Some of them will even define these good works to only be acts of social justice, in order to preach a Social Gospel.
None of this is surprising, considering that many denominations and religious professionals completely ignore the next section that tells people to Obey The Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) And Believe the Prophets of Truth (Matthew 5:17-20).
Yet, other religious professionals consider only parts of this next section, and ignore the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. They teach obedience to the Law of Truth according to the teachings and practices of the scribes and Pharisees, which is the basis for Rabbinic Judaism.
Since many denominations and religious professionals completely ignore Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, they mistakenly call the next section The Antitheses, instead of the Contrasted Teachings (Matthew 5:21-48).
They claim, that the Man of Truth is contrasting what the Law of Truth says is right, with what he says is right. They then go on to explain how people can ignore everything that the Law of Truth commands. This ranges from deciding what is for dinner to people living like they were married in Sodom.
However, it is obvious if you look at everything the section says, and consider the entire Sermon on the Mount, that the Man of Truth is contrasting what the scribes and Pharisees teach about how to obey the Law of Truth, with what he teaches about how to obey the Law of Truth. He is in no way contradicting what he taught in Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth in the very next section!
Also, those who teach obedience to the Law of Truth according to the teachings of the scribes and Pharisees, completely ignore this section. They seek to deceive the Children of Truth with Rabbinic Distort.
In like manner, many of these same people do not recognize that the next section is The Contrasted Practices (Matthew 6:1-18).
They do not consider this section as a whole, or that it needs to be understood in the context of everything else in the Sermon of the Mount. They cannot see that this section is a contrast between how the scribes and Pharisees put into practice the commands of the Law of Truth concerning alms, prayer, and fasting, with how the Man of Truth put these same commands into practice.
So, they have turned the model of how to structure a prayer that the Man of Truth taught, into a ritual of just repeating words from what is commonly called the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13).
Also, those who teach obedience to the Law of Truth according to the practices of the scribes and Pharisees, completely ignore this section. They seek to spread these practices that came from the source of Jewish trouble.
Also, many religious professionals abuse The Call to Righteousness (Matthew 6:19-24).
Since they do not consider this call in the context of the whole Sermon on the Mount, then they cannot discern, that the way people are to answer this call and store up treasure in Heaven, is by obeying the Law of Truth according to the teachings and practices of the Man of Truth. Instead, they ignore parts of this section to twist the first two verses in it to teach that people store up treasure in Heaven by giving money to their "ministry".
They completely ignore the warning at the end of this section, that no one can both pursue the Father of Truth and accumulating wealth. Instead, they teach people that they need to be endlessly pursuing bigger, better, newer things, as proof that they are experiencing the blessing of the Father of Truth. They do this, so people will be giving to get stuff, instead of giving to expand His Kingdom. Of course, this giving is to directed to their "ministry".
In like manner, they abuse The Promise of Provision (Matthew 6:25-34).
Again, the rest of the Sermon on the Mount, and parts of this section, are ignored to mislead people.
Many religious professionals use only one verse as "proof" to people, that the Father of Truth will give them whatever they decide that they need, if they will seek His kingdom first, usually by giving money to their "ministry". It is easy to see by looking at the entire section, that the Father of Truth is only promising to always provide for their basic needs like food and clothing, if they will seek His kingdom first.
Other religious professionals completely ignore this section in order to create FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) to sell Tribulation survival kits. They do not want their people to believe that the Father of Truth will always feed and clothe them during the Tribulation, if they will seek after His Kingdom first during the Tribulation. This is as bad for business as people knowing that they can avoid the entire Tribulation by heeding the warning of "People Get Ready".
Many religious professionals completely twist the Command To Rebuke (Matthew 7:1-6).
They ignore everything after the first two verses, along with the rest of the Sermon on the Mount, to let people continue in every kind of evil without feeling any condemnation. Their feel-good-about-yourself message completely ignores the command to rebuke others for sin, after repenting of sin yourself. They ignore the warnings of the Prophets of Truth and the Man of Truth, that people cannot enter the Kingdom, unless they repent of their rebellion against the King. They deceive people with feelings of love and acceptance, but in reality they hate these people with the worst kind of hatred.
Others likewise twist what it means to Seek With Confidence (Matthew 7:7-12).
They ignore the verses that specify that there are three different levels of efforts in the seeking, and focus on only the easiest one, that of asking. They ignore the warning at the end, that ties this section to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth.
They make this section about the Father of Truth giving people the things that they think are good, instead of trusting the Father of Truth to give them the things that He thinks are good.
So this section is twisted, so that it is no longer be about seeking the Father of Truth for good things in order to build up His kingdom. They ignore that they are to treat people with goodness as an act of love, because love is the most important thing. They ignore that the point of this section is to bring people into the Kingdom of the Father of Truth, because that is all that really matters.
The last section of the Sermon on the Mount is The Contrasted Destinies (Matthew 7:13-27)
This might be the section that denominations and religious professionals misrepresent the most. This section can be misrepresented in so many ways, if the rest of the Sermon on the Mount is ignored. There are countless ways that people are deceived by others using only parts of this section.
The deceptions start with the first two verses that speak of the broad way to destruction and the narrow way to life (Matthew 7:13-14).
Some will try to define the broad and narrow ways in terms of something other than Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth. Typically, they define the narrow way that leads to life as becoming a member of their denomination, organization, or "ministry". They then claim, everyone who does not, is on the broad way that leads to death. They manage to say this with a straight face, knowing that their "narrow way" did not even exist, until almost two thousand years after the Man of Truth gave the Sermon on the Mount.
Some will completely twist these verses to say, that the narrow way is defined by the path taken by the few, who were predestined to eternal life. This is the exact opposite of what these verses actually say. The narrow way is predestined in this section, and the few, who come to eternal life, are defined by finding it. This agrees with the rest of this section and the rest of the Sermon on the Mount.
Since some will try to define the broad and narrow ways in terms of something other than Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, these verses are followed by a warning against the Prophets of Lies (Matthew 7:15). Those who seek to redefine these verses, either leave this warning off, or try to apply it to anyone, who questions their twisted definition of the narrow way.
These Prophets of Lies might appear to be kind and grandfatherly, but they are preying upon the Children of Truth. Some of these Prophets of Lies frequently play on the fears of the Children of Truth to sell them things like Tribulation Survival Kits, or other materials to "prepare" them for the latest approaching crisis - that will never materialize.
These Prophets of Lies want to drag the Children of Truth into the Stupid Zone. They are part of the Grand Conspiracy to keep people from discovering the truth.
Some of these Prophets of Lies will even tell people something like, "Jesus never told people to be fruit inspectors". In reality, the Man of Truth literally told people in the very next verses after this warning, to inspect the fruit of others to determine if they are Prophets of Lies (Matthew 7:16-20). So, whenever someone tells people to not inspect the fruit of their lives, it is a sure indicator that their fruit is not good.
Other denominations and religious professionals will try to get people to inspect the fruit of the lives of others, using a standard other than Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, to determine if their fruit is good. This alternative standard will always be one that makes their fruit appear to be good.
Some of them will use miraculous signs that they have performed in the name of the Man of Truth as that standard. They will not bring up the next few verses, which plainly state, that this does not mean that their fruit was good (Matthew 7:21-23).
In fact, the Man of Truth will tell these people that they never knew him, because their fruit was not good by the standard of doing the will of the Father of Truth. The will of the Father of Truth is to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, in the manner taught and practiced by the Man of Truth.
Still, others will teach, that the standard of doing the will of the Father of Truth means to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth, in the manner taught and practiced by the Rabbis, who came from the scribes and Pharisees. They seek to cause others to miss the point of the Law of Truth.
In like manner, many denominations and religious professionals will ignore the point of the closing parable of this final section of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:24-27). They do this to deceive people into a false sense of eternal security, that is independent of their actions.
They do not tell people, that their destiny of salvation or destruction is determined solely by their actions. They do not tell people that they must be living to please the King to be saved. They do not tell people, that their destiny is determined by whether or not they do what the Man of Truth taught and practiced as the right way to Obey The Law of Truth And Believe The Prophets of Truth.
So, many different groups have used parts of the Sermon on the Mount in an incomplete way to justify a variety of teachings and practices.
They have not only used this technique of the partial deception on the Sermon on the Mount, but on all parts of the Book of Truth. These religious professionals have been able to use this technique to justify just about any teaching or practice that they want. They have used this technique to skillfully guide people to any conclusion that they want.
Some of them do this out of tradition, to lead the Children of Truth in obey the Law of Truth in a Rabbinic manner, that is contrary to the manner taught by the Man of Truth (1 Timothy 1:3-7). Some of them do this out of a desire to be popular, so they never rebuke others for sin, but instead tell the Children of Truth a fable - that the Father of Truth will not judged them according to their obedience to the Man of Truth (2 Timothy 4:1-4). Some of them do this out of greed, to make merchandise of the Children of Truth (2 Peter 2:1-3).
These religious professionals operate right in the midst of the Children of Truth like a snake in the leaves. They are the hidden danger that the Apostles of Truth warned about. They have corrupted the American Spirit. They are the reason that many of the Children of Truth feel like they are drowning in a lukewarm sea.
The Children of Truth should not be alarmed by this, for it is one of the signs of the times, that the Man of Truth will soon be returning to reward them in the Kingdom of His Father.
These religious professionals must cause many to leave the House of Truth, so the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast) can rise to power (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). The Children of Truth must be taken off of this Earth first, for they are preventing this from happening (2 Thessalonians 2:5-7). Only after this, can the Man of Truth back come to the Earth with the Children of Truth to destroy the wicked from the face of the Earth (2 Thessalonians 2:8-10).
However, the Children of Truth must remain on guard against these religious professionals, as they were warned in the Sermon on the Mount.
The Children of Truth must learn how to put the principles of rightly dividing the Word of Truth into practice, so they will not be deceived by the partial deception. They must strive to always be walking in truth, so that they cannot be lead away from the truth. They must learn how to stay in the House of Truth, so they will be saved from the wrath of the Father of Truth. They must learn how to fully carry out the Great Commission, so they will do the will of the Father of Truth.
The Children of Truth must help people become part of His Forever Family. They must not forget the simplicity of the Gospel. They must do what they can to rescue those living a burning house. They must tell people about the deal offered by the Father of Truth. They must lead people into the House of Truth.
They must tell people, that they must repent completely of their sins, to come into the House of Truth (Matthew 4:17). They must tell people, that they must surrender control of their lives to the Man of Truth, because they believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead, to come into the House of Truth (Romans 10:9). They must tell people, that there is no salvation without repentance - and there is no repentance without total surrender (2 Corinthians 7:9-10).
Come into the House of Truth!
Labels: Celebrate Recovery, Coveting, Deception, Doctrine, End Times, Eternal Security, Greed, Predestination
posted by The House Of Truth @ June 29, 2018
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