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:

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 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!

Bigger, Better, Newer

What is the most common sin among church goers in America?

During the late 1990s there was a tremendous demand for programmers due to the Y2K problem.  The Y2K problem was that dates were stored with only two digits for the year so that when the year 2000 rolled over computers all over the world would treat year "00" as 1900 instead of 2000.  This was a serious problem because in tests where the date was rolled forward to see what exactly would happen all kinds of things went wrong.  What are some examples of things that seriously went wrong in these tests?

The engines of semis would not start because the computers that ensured they had mandatory maintenance would show that the last maintenance had been done 99 years earlier if the maintenance had been done in 1999.  In some cases, the engines of commercial aircraft would shutdown while running for the same reason.  The air traffic control systems in like manner would shut down as well.  Every large corporation and government organization ran tests, looked at the results and came to the same conclusion - if the Y2K problem was not fixed when the year 2000 (Y2K) began then everything in the world that was relied on computers was going to shutdown. Why did companies and governments insist on using two digit years if it would eventually cause such problems?

The first computer had been invented in America by Herman Hollerith in 1889.  He found a company in New York that would later be known as IBM.  From that time until late 1990s computer storage was very expensive.  In fact, when I got ram in the early 1990s at $25 per megabyte (MB) people were impressed with my negotiating skills.  This is why dates kept being stored with two digit years.  Yet everyone who worked in IT (Information Technology) knew that this was a ticking time bomb that would have to be defused before the year 2000.  So why did companies wait until two years before 2000 to start defusing this time bomb?

Even though their own tests and studies showed that the longer companies waited to fix the Y2K problem the harder it would be to fix and the more it would cost, for the most part they just put it off year after year in the 1990s so it would not impact their earnings for that year.  Then suddenly every company started desperately trying to fix it at the same time.  This drove up the wages of those of us with the right skills to unheard of levels.  I was stopped in the middle of my interview and asked when I could start because I had those skills.  I was offered more money per hour than any other time in my life and I could work all the hours that I could stand. The company that was interviewing me was desperate and wanted to be sure that they got my services before someone else did.  Suddenly, like most companies, this problem that they had been warned about for years but had ignored was now being treated as a matter of life and death for the company.

What caused all of these companies to suddenly treat Y2K as a life threatening crisis?  Was it the fact that airplanes full of passengers could fall out of the sky?  Was it the prospect of rolling blackouts that would shutdown the power grid in the northeast corridor of the US that serviced 60 million people in the dead of winter?  Was it the certainty that the semis which carried food to cities across the US would come to a grinding halt and possibly cause food shortages?  Was it the prospect of people dying in hospitals due to medical equipment ceasing to operate?

No, it was due what happened to a power company in western Oregon that also serviced part of northwest California and southwest Washington.  This company had a complete shutdown in 1997 due to a Y2K problem from its predictive systems showing that certain vital equipment was 97 years old and overdue for replacement.  The power company was sued by all three states for their neglect in causing so many people to be without power.  This lawsuit not only went against the company but also against all of the officers from the CEO all the way down to the director level.  The company lost and all of the officers suffered severe financial punishment as a result. 

A legal magazine picked up the story and stated that the legal industry stood to make one trillion dollars off of the Y2K problem because it was not being fixed.  When those in charge of other corporations realized that they could personally be sued then it was suddenly a matter of life and death.   They were suddenly willing drain the coffers of their companies to protect their own personal assets.  Nothing was as important to them as protecting their endless pursuit of getting bigger, better, newer things.

I must be quick to point out that the officers of these companies really did not act any different than most Americans.  Most Americans are on a hamster wheel of pursing bigger, better, newer things instead of taking care of other people.  America has a long history of putting the acquisition of bigger, better, newer things in front of pretty much everything else most of the time.  After all, the word "America" comes from two Spanish words that mean "lover of riches".

This is why America tends to ignore the judgment of the Father of Truth (Yahoveh aka Yahweh aka God aka The Lord) for its sins when those judgments come in the form of natural disasters like hurricanes, huge wars like WWI and plagues like the flu outbreak of 1918-1919 that killed close to a million Americans.  It was only when He stopped their acquisition of bigger, better, newer things with the stock market crash of 1929 that Americans took notice and began to repent of their sins in the 1930s.

This is not to say that Americans have a monopoly on greed.  Among the many inventions of the Americans, like the computer, greed cannot be included. People were placing the pursuit of bigger, better, newer things over the welfare of other people long before Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.

There has never been a country that did not have part of its population infected with greed.  There have always been people that place the pursuit of bigger, better, newer things over the welfare of other people.

Most Americans, like many people who live in other countries, are in constant pursuit of bigger, better, newer things that they do not really need.  This endless pursuit of bigger, better, newer things is driven by the desire to have things at just because their neighbors have them.  Americans refer to it as "keeping up with the Jones".

This desire of people to have things at just because their neighbors have them has several motives.  One motive is the desire to have what belongs to their neighbor.

The Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) commands people to not desire (covet) anything that belongs to their neighbor (Exodus 20:17).  In fact, this is the last of the Ten Commandments that The Father of Truth personally spoke to the Children of Israel at Mount Sinai (Deuteronomy 5:21-22).  The Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament) also calls this desire to have things that belong to your neighbor  a sin (Romans 7:7).  This should be no surprise because the Renewed Covenant defines sin as transgressing the Law of Truth (1 John 3:4).

So the most commonly broken commandment in the Ten Commandments in America is probably the least understood of all of the commandments by the average church goer in America.  Many American church goers might be wondering what is so wrong with endlessly desiring bigger, better, newer stuff?

Well, for one thing people are tempted to look for ways to gain more money unjustly so they can continue to acquire bigger, better, newer things.  Unjust gain is any financial gain that comes from breaking any commandment of the Law of Truth because those commandments are holy, just, and good (Romans 7:12).  Those that love other people do not break those commandments in order to get bigger, better, newer things (Galatians 5:14).

These commandments include things like charging each other fair prices for goods and services (Leviticus 25:14).  The Renewed Covenant says the same things.  People are to charge no more than the true value of their services (Luke 3:12-13).  They are not use violence or say anything false to gain wealth but are to be content with the wages they agreed to work for (Luke 3:14).

The Law of Truth says many other things that are not just to gain from.  It says that it is not just to gain by working seven days a week (Exodus 20:9-10).  It says that it is not just to gain by neglecting to take care of your parents (Exodus 20:12).  It says that it is not just to gain by stealing (Exodus 20:15).  It says that it is not just to gain by lying about other people (Exodus 20:16).  It says that it is not just to gain by holding on to every last thing that is produced through your efforts for yourself (Leviticus 19:9-10).  It says that it is not just to gain by dealing or swearing falsely (Leviticus 19:11-12).  It says that it is not just to gain by taking advantage of the foreigner that works for you in any manner including pay (Leviticus 19:33-34).  It says that it is not just to gain by not measuring what is sold fairly and accurately (Leviticus 19:35-36).  It says that it is not just to gain by not paying tithes to take care of His ministers (Numbers 18:26-28).  It says that it is not just to gain by taking the means of production from someone else (Deuteronomy 24:6).

In short, unjust gain comes from breaking the royal law of the Book of Truth - loving your neighbor as yourself (James 2:8).

Greed, coveting and unjust gain are so intertwined that the same Hebrew root word is usually used for all three of these words.  In fact, often where it is translated as some form of covet or greed it would be more clear if it had been translated as unjust gain.  Greed and coveting are the motivations that cause people to pursue unjust gain.
 
Those that acquire unjust gain find that their endless pursuit of bigger, better, newer stuff is draining the very life out of them (Proverbs 1:19).  They seem clueless that this pursuit of bigger, better, newer stuff is destroying their home life (Proverbs 15:27).  They look to casinos and lotteries as a replacement for hard work and ingenuity to get bigger, better, newer stuff instead of providing honest work to obtain wealth so they can take care of others (Proverbs 21:25-26).  They cannot see the poverty that their get-rich-quick schemes will bring (Proverbs 28:22).  They do not foresee the loneliness that their pursuit will bring (Ecclesiastes 4:8).  They can never have enough stuff to satisfy the emptiness in their souls (Ecclesiastes 5:10).  Their pursuit of bigger, better, newer things leaves them no time to actually enjoy what they already own (Ecclesiastes 5:11).  They are robbed of sleep from concern over keeping up in the race to obtain bigger, better, newer stuff (Ecclesiastes 5:12).   They do not understand that they can never be satisfied with bigger, better, newer stuff for good times do not last forever (Isaiah 56:10-12).  The endless desire for bigger, better, newer stuff causes them to oppress others with violence (Jeremiah 22:17).  They do not understand that the pursuit of bigger, better, newer stuff will destroy them because the love of money is the root cause of all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:9-10).

The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) says that coveting comes from an evil heart (Mark 7:21-23).  This evil heart that covets comes from ignoring the Father of Truth when making decisions (Romans 1:28-29).   Those with this evil heart that desires bigger, better, newer stuff just because their neighbors have it do not know the His ways (Ephesians 4:17-19).

Those with this evil heart persecute the poor to get bigger, better, newer stuff because they do not consider the Father of Truth when they make their decisions (Psalm 10:2-4).  They commit every kind of evil to get bigger, better, newer stuff because they have forgotten the Father of Truth (Ezekiel 22:12).  

Those with this evil heart do not consider that the Father of Truth will smite those that pursue bigger, better, newer stuff instead of love (Isaiah 57:17).  They consider not that no one will escape the judgment of the Father of Truth against those that do such things (Micah 2:1-3).  They have deluded themselves into believing that all of this bigger, better, newer stuff will save them from His wrath (Habakkuk 2:9).  They act like the Father of Truth will not judge them for oppressing the foreign worker or those in dire circumstances by paying them less than the regular wage for their work (Malachi 3:5).   They do not understand that all who want bigger, better, newer stuff just because their neighbors have it will not inherit His Kingdom (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

How can so many church goers in America be so trapped in the pursuit of bigger, better, newer stuff?

They are trapped because so many of them attend congregations where the religious professionals are Ministers of Lies. 

The Ministers of Lies do not warn their congregations to not spend their lives in pursuit of bigger, better, newer stuff because they are doing the same thing (Jeremiah 6:13).  They do not heed what the warning in the Book of Truth (the Bible) of judgment for pursuing bigger, better, newer stuff instead of love but will instead tell their congregations the lie that the Father of Truth will not judge anyone (Jeremiah 8:9-11).  The Ministers of Lies lead their congregations in hearing His Word and singing His praises while also leading them to not do what He says because they earnestly desire bigger, better, newer stuff just because their neighbors have it (Ezekiel 33:30-32).  They mock the Ministers of Truth who tell people, that they cannot serve the desire for bigger, better, newer stuff, and the desires of the Father of Truth, at the same time (Luke 16:13-15).  These Ministers of Lies do not warn others that those who desire bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbors have it, will not have an inheritance in the Kingdom of the Man of Truth and His Father, because they are engaged in idolatry (Ephesians 5:5).  Since they will not submit to the Man of Truth in every area of their lives, then they reject the truth, and instead teach that the blessing of the Father of Truth can be measured in the accumulation of bigger, better, newer stuff (1 Timothy 6:3-5).  They earnestly desire bigger, better, newer stuff, and they are just putting on a religious show, while denying that the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) demonstrates power in the congregations of the Children of Truth (those that obey the Father of Truth because they love Him) today (2 Timothy 3:2-5).  They teach lies, instead of the truth, in order to obtain unjust gain (Titus 1:10-11).  These Teachers of Lies will speak against the Children of Truth, and lie to their congregations, because they want to sell merchandise to their congregations, to feed their own desire for bigger, better, newer stuff (2 Peter 2:1-3).  They have drank their own kool-aid, and do not understand, that they too will perish under the judgment of the Father of Truth for pursuing bigger, better, newer stuff, instead of love (2 Peter 2:12-14).  They will meet the same end as previous rebels against the Father of Truth (Jude 1:10-12).

However, the Children of Truth have a different heart, that loves people more than bigger, better, newer stuff.

The heart that loves people fulfills the Law of Truth (Romans 13:8).  Those who love others as themselves, do not covet what their neighbor has (Romans 13:9).  Constantly wanting bigger, better, newer stuff, just because your neighbor has it, creates ill will towards your neighbor, instead of fulfilling the Law of Truth by loving them (Romans 13:10).

That is because they know, that those that hate unjust gain, are who the Father of Truth desires to rule in His Kingdom (Exodus 18:21).  They delight in the eternal Word of Truth ,instead of  being lured away by bigger, better, newer stuff, that will eventually end up in the junk heap (Psalm 119:35-37).  They would rather have less stuff, in order to have more peace (Proverbs 17:1).   They understand that it is better to be a poor man than a liar (Proverbs 19:22).  They know that refraining from desiring bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbor has it, will improve their health and prolong their days on the Earth (Proverbs 28:16). 

The Children of Truth know, that having the same type of character as the Father of Truth, is real wealth, because none of that bigger, better, newer stuff is going to follow them into eternity (1 Timothy 6:6-7). The Children of Truth are content with whatever the Father of Truth has provided them, because He is their helper (Hebrews 13:5-6). 

The only thing that the Children of Truth are to earnestly desire, is for the Spirit of Truth to demonstrate supernatural power through them, so that they can help more in the work of saving the human race (1 Corinthians 12:28-31).  Since they know, that everything commanded in the Book of Truth, is from the Father of Truth, then they earnestly desire for the Spirit of Truth to speak through them for the good of the congregation, and do not forbid others from speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 14:38-40).  In other words, the Children of Truth are supposed to long to hear The Sound of Power.

Why do the Children of Truth earnestly desire the long term good of other people instead of getting bigger, better, newer stuff just because their neighbors have it?

The Ministers of Truth do not desire bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbors have it, but instead demonstrate how to live like the Man of Truth lived (Acts 20:33-35).  The Ministers of Truth do not tell people lies that they want to hear, as covering for their own desire to have bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbors have it (1 Thessalonians 2:4-6).  These pastors are not given to greed nor desiring bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbors have it (1 Timothy 3:2-4).  Those who help with administrating their congregations are not given to greed, because they have faith in the Man of Truth (1 Timothy 3:8-9).  These pastors do not desire unjust gain, because they love the Father of Truth, people, and the Word of Truth (Titus 1:7-9).  The elders that assist them, do so because they love the Children of Truth, instead of seeking unjust gain (1 Peter 5:1-3).

Since life is not made better by owning bigger, better, newer stuff, the Man of Truth commands the Children of Truth to avoid desiring bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbors have it (Luke 12:15).  They are not to even eat with anyone, who calls themselves a Child of Truth, but desires bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbor has it (1 Corinthians 5:11).  The Children of Truth are to no more go around desiring bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbors have it, than they are to go around committing sexual sins (Ephesians 5:3).  The Children of Truth are not to pursue bigger, better, newer stuff, just because their neighbors have it, but instead are to pursue of the will of the Father of Truth, because they know that He will judge the Children of Lies for this idolatry (Colossians 3:5-7).

It is important to note, that the Father of Truth is not against people getting bigger, better, newer stuff, through just gain, to fulfill His purposes for their lives.  The Father of Truth gives His Children the ability to gain wealth, so that His purposes can be accomplished in the Earth (Deuteronomy 8:18).  He wants the Children of Truth to be diligent in their work, so that they can prosper through just gain (Proverbs 10:4).   They are supposed to sell what they produce, so others can benefit from their labor (Proverbs 11:26).  He wants them to be diligent in their work, so He can raise them up to influence the government (Proverbs 22:29).   He wants them to be diligent in obtaining just gain, because wealth does not last forever on its own (Proverbs 27:23-27).  He says that the ideal wife is engaged in business, to take care of her family and the poor (Proverbs 31:16-24).  His Children are engaged in business, to use their just gain to take care of the Ministers of Truth (Acts 16:13-15).  The Father of Truth just does not want the pursuit of bigger, better, newer stuff to be the focus of the Children of Truth, like it is for the Children of Lies (James 4:2-4).  The Father of Truth is not against just just gain, as long as His Children recognize, that He is the source of that just gain (James 4:13-15).

The Father of Truth is not against any of the Children of Truth being rich, but it is up to Him, who He wants to make rich for His own purposes.

Some of the greatest among the Children of Truth were made very rich by Him.  Abraham (aka Abram) was very rich (Genesis 13:2).  Israel (Ya'acov aka Jacob) became very rich (Genesis 36:6-8).   Joseph became very rich (Genesis 41:39-42).  Job was very rich (Job 1:1-3).  Daniel became very rich (Daniel 2:48).  Mordecai became very rich (Esther 8:15).

Yet many others, that were the greatest among the Children of Truth, were not rich on this Earth, because riches were not needed to fulfill the purposes of the Father of Truth for their lives.

The Man of Truth sometimes did not even have a place to spend the night (Matthew 8:20).  Many of the prophets were likewise often destitute (Hebrews 11:36-38).

The Children of Truth are to serve His purposes, with whatever they have.  The blessing of the Father of Truth cannot be measured in the accumulation of bigger, better, newer stuff.

The Children of Truth are to learn to be content, whether they have a lot of stuff, or practically nothing (Philippians 4:11-12). They can do this, because the Man of Truth who lives in them, gives them the ability to do so (Philippians 4:13).  They do not have to worry about accumulating of bigger, better, newer stuff, because the Father of Truth has promised to give the Children of Truth everything, that they need to accomplish His will for their lives (Philippians 4:19-20).   The Children of Truth are to be content, if they have food to eat and clothes to wear (1 Timothy 6:8).  He will give them anything else that they need to accomplish His will, if they will ask Him (1 John 5:14-15). 

All that really matters is the Children of Truth doing their part to fulfill the plan of the Father of Truth to save the human race, whatever that part requires.

Perhaps you want to stop endlessly pursuing bigger, better, newer stuff, just because your neighbors have it.  Perhaps you are ready to get off the hamster wheel.

You see it really does you no good to be playing church, while get bigger, better, newer stuff through unjust gain (Job 27:8).  It does not matter how much bigger, better, newer stuff you get, if you lose your soul in eternity, because you do not love people more than things (Matthew 16:26).

You need to come into the House of Truth, so you can store up things that will you will be able to enjoy forever (Matthew 6:19-21).  The Father of Truth wants to give you something that is bigger, better, and newer than anything on Earth, if you will come into the House of Truth (Luke 12:32-34).  So instead of pointlessly wearing yourself out laboring for things, that you will one day either lose or leave behind, you need to come into the House of Truth (John 6:27).  None of the bigger, better, newer stuff, that you may give up to come into the House of Truth, can compare to what you will gain (Romans 8:18).  You come into the House of Truth, when you make the Man of Truth your king in every area of life, because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10). 

Come into the House of Truth.