Mark 1:27 “Then they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

How true is that statement in regards to creation? It is true that much has changed over the past 6,000 years since the world was created and at the same time, in many aspects, nothing has changed. While the world is a much different place in regards to technology, travel, food, clothing and other superficial things, it is people themselves who have barely changed at all. There are still the faithful and the rebellious, the righteous and the unrighteous, the lost and the searching. There is still good and evil.

People have really not changed so much in comparison to how they were in Christ’s day. Even in our own ministry for Father and Christ, in which we deliver the Kingdom Message of Salvation, we are met with controversy and people who immediately disbelieve because it’s something that they themselves have never heard or seen before which is for the most part due to inexperience or ignorance.

Proverbs 9:6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.

The scriptures tell us to leave inexperience behind and to pursue the way of understanding. But what is required to gain understanding if it is something you’re unfamiliar with? The answer is the Holy Spirit

In my opinion, one of the most wonderful things about our heavenly Father is that She is always there to teach us something new and help us understand – if only we ask.

Have you not noticed how NEW covenants were made in the Scriptures?

Jeremiah 31:31 [ The New Covenant ] “Look, the days are coming”—[this is] the LORD’s declaration—”when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Or a NEW way of life shown?

Matthew 14:6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.

The NEW events that were prophesied and then unfolded?

Isaiah 42:9 The past events have indeed happened. Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.”

Isaiah 48:6 You have heard it. Observe it all. Will you not acknowledge it? From now on I will announce new things to you, hidden things that you have not known.

We are even told that there will be NEW ways in the future, in Christ’s Kingdom.

Matthew 26:29 But I tell you, from this moment I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in My Father’s kingdom with you.”

And that a NEW heaven and a NEW earth will be formed.

Isaiah 65:17 [ A New Creation ] “For I will create a new heaven and a new earth; the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.”

Isaiah 43:19 Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.

How stuck are you in how God used to do it? Do you allow for change and possibilities to touch your heart with the help of the Holy Spirit; pushing aside the old to make way for the new? Are you open to learning new things so that you may grow spiritually or does new = wrong in your mind?

Matthew 18:3 “I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”.

We are also told in the scriptures, to become like children; to have the faith of a child. Children do not know the possible from the impossible or the new from the old. They only know what feels right to them in their hearts. When they see that the sky is blue, they do not think to themselves that it’s impossible, they simply ask why it is so that they can gain understanding.

Creation, in as much as it has remained the same, is always changing. There is always something new to be learned, experienced or shared. Feeling that you are wise in your own understandings of how Father works is prideful and stunts your spiritual growth. Never discount anything but instead, turn to the Holy Spirit for guidance and understanding. Do not become stuck in how God used to do it, but instead move forward, always in pursuit of understanding and the true wisdom that only comes from God.

Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is supreme – so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.

I hadn’t even begun to ponder the topic for this week’s article when I was directed to the word “sensible” in the following scripture during Bible Study last night:

Titus 2:12 – instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

I hadn’t ever really stopped to think about the word sensible, as it appears in the scriptures, but I do know that every single word written in the scriptures has significance. So, I stopped to think about it a bit and also look into what other scriptures contained the word “sensible”.

As it turned out there were more than I expected to find. A search using BibleGateway.com of the HCSB revealed 22 separate scriptures containing the word “sensible”.

Further investigation into the meaning of the word sensible revealed these results from Dictionary.com:

sen si ble

-          adjective

1.        having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment: a sensible young woman.

2.        cognizant; keenly aware: sensible of his fault

3.        significant in quantity, magnitude, etc.; considerable, appreciable: a sensible reduction in price

4.        capable of being perceived by the senses; material: the sensible universe

5.        perceptible to the mind

6.        conscious: the patient was speechless but still sensible.

I have always maintained, from the very beginning of this journey I find myself on that started in the year 2005, that what I have been taught via the nourishment that has been received has always made SENSE.

In thinking back, I specifically remember even saying to others that in all the years I attended church and in all the years that I searched elsewhere for what made sense, this was the very first time that everything I was learning really and TRULY made sense. I compared it at the time to the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle being fit together – and then I found out soon afterwards that a jigsaw puzzle is exactly what the Word is.

Now I consider myself to be a logical person. And I would say that I’m a realist. While I have my moments, I don’t spend my time with my head up in the clouds. I was also gifted with a good amount of common sense. In the time that I spent (which was literally years) searching for truth, I found bits and pieces of what at the time seemed to make sense in many different religious belief systems but nothing that I could say, “This is IT!” until Father found me and began revealing truth to me via the scriptures.

It started off with small things like the Trinity. Which, I could never understand. People had attempted to explain it using the “egg theory” or the “water, ice and steam theory”. But still it didn’t make sense.

And then there was the idea of Aliens. It didn’t say in the scriptures that Father and the Word created man, woman and a multitude of other beings on other planets. Just man and woman on earth.

And baptism. It didn’t make sense to me that a tiny child would be punished and sent to purgatory because his or her parents neglected or didn’t have a chance to baptize them before they passed over.

And then there was confession, tithing and communion… These are just a few things that didn’t make sense, but there are more. But no matter how it was explained to me, how it was twisted, or what theories or analogies were used to explain it, it still didn’t make sense because in some way shape or form it didn’t match up with what the scriptures actually say. (I should also probably stop and mention that the TRUTH to all of the subjects above and more can be found via these newsletters as well as my personal web site, www.onetruth.weebly.com)

But above and beyond all of that, what I found is that Father’s way and the way that Christ served to example for us all, makes total and complete sense. It is in short, a sensible way of living one’s life. Point in case, Father is TRUTH and the TRUTH makes sense!

Titus 1:7-9 For an overseer, as God’s manager, must be blameless, not arrogant, not quick tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money, but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled, holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

Some non-believers may argue that all God wants to do is “control us” but that couldn’t be further from the truth because we are all given free-will. What we are asked to do is nothing out-of-the-ordinary. It’s not hard, but it is a learning process and a process of shedding one’s sinful nature and moving forward in truth and righteousness. Yes, there are rules and guidelines to live by, which we do every day anyway. Only these rules and guidelines are for a greater purpose. They are for not only our own good, but also the good of others and for the good of all of creation. Not only is it the only way to obtain peace and harmony, it just…. makes sense.

If you take the time to ponder it, you’ll see.

I’ve met many people who have said about themselves, “I’m a very spiritual person but I’m not religious at all.” I suppose these people might believe me to be a very “religious” person; being that I am a minister who spends much of my free time ministering via the internet, constructing weekly ministry newsletters and attending twice-weekly Bible Study. But I truly do not consider myself to be a “religious” person at all, BUT, that is only because of the connotation it gives when I think of the word and how others perceive a religious person. When someone says the word “religious”, for me and for many others, what automatically pops to mind are visions of those extremes that exist in modern society. Like people who speak in tongues, make pilgrimages to shrines or the “Church Lady” from Saturday Night Live.

Being newly single for the past nine months and living in a new city, I will often be asked by co-workers and acquaintances that I meet and become friendly with, “What church do you go to?”  When I reply that I don’t belong to a church they immediately follow the question up with, “Oh, well you should come to my church. I bet you’d meet someone there!”

First of all, since when is church a pick-up joint?

Never mind, I digress.

I’ll be honest with you. The idea of attending any church makes me cringe inwardly and brings back childhood memories of dread because going to church once a week (and often times twice or more due to the fact I attended a parochial school) was not something I looked forward to. The thought of having to sit through an hour of the “Three R’s” - Repetition, Ritual and Routine - was my reasoning back then because my Schwinn bike with the blue flowered seat and warm clear day had more appeal. Not to mention that it was lacking in proper nutrition.

However, unlike when I was a child, my reasons are different know for not wanting to attend any church.

…Aside from the fact that the Light of Life Ministry is ordained by Yahweh and Christ and is not associated with any man-made organized religion, denomination (or non-denomination for that matter - in that isn’t a non-denomination still a denomination?) out there.

…Aside from the fact that the Light of Life Ministry is the ONLY ministry that shares the light of truth with mankind rather than the watered down versions of truth, mixed truths and falsehoods provided by other religions out there.

…Aside from these reasons I truly believe that the proper nutrition needed by each individual is provided directly by Yahweh to all who seek and who have learned how not to lean on their own understanding.

…And, aside from the fact that I really have no interest in dating right now as the life I lead is in devotion to the One to whom my life belongs.

I just simply believe that being a Christian means that Christ resides within you. And when he does, there’s no need.

I also believe that being a follower of Christ is not about Rituals, Repetition and Routine. It’s a learned lifestyle patterned after the life that Christ lead. It’s Obedience to Yahweh, Faith, Loyalty and Love. It’s cherishing The Way and Father Yahweh’s Commandments and Laws. It’s about your heart and a belief in Christ as Lord and Savior.

So…what am I then? Religious? Spiritual? A Christian?

Well, if you’re speaking of the word religious as defined by Webster’s as being scrupulously faithful and/or conscientious, then yes. I’m also religious. And, I’m also spiritual in that I am not of this world. I’m also a follower of Christ.

So I guess you could say that I’m all three.

And what does it mean? Well, it means that each day I do my very best to live a life patterned after Christ’s own life. In that aspect I am conscientious of my actions and how what I do, say or think may affect others or myself. I remain at all times, to the very best of my ability while living in this sinful world; faithful, loyal and obedient to Yahweh and Christ and do all that I can to do what would be pleasing in their eyes. I also recognize and fully admit that I am far from perfect. When I stumble, and I do daily, I pray to Father for forgiveness, who then picks me back up and dusts me off and lovingly allows me to continue on my way down the rocky, pit-filled narrow path back home to Her and Her son Christ Jesus.

What I have learned most is that it truly isn’t about whether you’re Spiritual, or Religious, what church you belong to or even whether you attend a church at all, but instead it’s a process of learning and growing closer to Father and Christ in how you lead your daily life.

In the meantime, I prefer to refer to myself as a servant of Yahweh, follower of Christ and fellow good-for-nothing slave to my brothers and sisters of Father’s Holy Family.

Probably one of the most controversial topics argued about amongst Christians and non-Christians alike, is whether or not the world was created in 7 actual 24-hour days. What might actually top that argument, is whether or not Armageddon will actually occur.

For the most part, those who are warned of the coming wrath, but that don’t believe that Armageddon will actually occur, respond by saying, “People have been saying it’s the end of the world for 2,000 years, and it hasn’t happened yet!”

Let’s take a look at this using the Scriptures.

Psalm 75:2 “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.”

I love this scripture, because it asks us to recognize that Yahweh is the keeper of time, not us. It says when I choose a time. Yahweh does all things in Her own time. She is consistent and has never at a single point in all of history not come through with something She said She would do.

The following scripture goes in to more detail:

Ecclesiastes 3
The Mystery of Time
There is an occasion for everything,
and a time for every activity under heaven:
a time to give birth and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to uproot;
a time to kill and a time to heal;
a time to tear down and a time to build;
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;
a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;
a time to search and a time to count as lost;
a time to keep and a time to throw away;
a time to tear and a time to sew;
a time to be silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.
What does the worker gain from his struggles? I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied. He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life. It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts. I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him. Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.

While this scripture is full of nutrition, there are two things I’d like to point out. One, “He has made everything appropriate in its time”. We are warned over and over again in the scriptures of Yahweh’s wrath. In fact, the word wrath is mentioned 164 times in the scriptures. For anyone to say that we have not been warned, or that Yahweh does not have a wrathful side, is purely blindness on their part.

Psalm 90:11 “Who understands the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.”

Yahweh has stored Her anger for a very long time with ultimate and perfect patience. And, just as Yahweh has said that She will display Her anger, She has also promised that once it is over she will no longer be angry. Yahweh has done this, so that we may see that following anyone else’s ways aside from Hers, specifically Satan’s, simply does not work.

Ezekiel 16:42 “So I will satisfy My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be silent and no longer angry.”

And the second portion of the Ecclesiastes verses that I’d like to point out is, “God repeats what has passed.” This can be specifically seen in the stories told in the scriptures. The books of Revelation or Daniel aren’t the only places where one can read about the coming wrath. As an example, the Great Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah and the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt are all telling the story of a judgment period and wrath that came upon large groups of mankind. They, and others, are all indicative of how Yahweh repeats what has passed.

So, to sum up this little article, everything happens in Yahweh’s own timing. Yahweh’s timing is without fault, as She knows the beginning from the end. What She has said will happen in the future has been shown to us in the past. And, because She is a loving God She has warned us in many ways but primarily through the Scriptures. She has shared volumes of guidance and given ample warnings. To assume that because it’s taken longer than we, as mere humans, have expected for Her wrath to be poured out, does not mean it will not happen. It will simply happen in Her. Own. Time.

There was once a little girl named Anne and all her life she felt different from all the other people around her. While she was only eight years old, she would walk down the busy streets of the city she lived near and peek in through the windows, her little hands leaving prints as she pressed her nose to the glass. The people inside never noticed her. They were always too busy talking amongst themselves, drinking, eating or spending money on designer clothes, jewelry and cars to notice the small girl with dirty blonde hair and green eyes.

Anne’s family never noticed her very much either unless she’d done something she wasn’t supposed to. When she was around they were always to busy to ask her what went on inside her mind. Other things seemed more important. Her older brother played video games while his bike rusted away in their garage. Her older sister talked on her cell phone and went out on dates with boys. Her mother was single and too busy with her career to pay much attention to Anne or her other children, so mostly they fended for themselves. Anne never knew her father and when she asked about him, she was told he went away.

Anne’s family attended church irregularly and it was there that she’d heard about her father and his son Jesus. Anne always wondered why she’d never met her brother…the one named Jesus. It wasn’t until one Easter Sunday that she found out he’d been nailed to a wooden cross and had died a horrible death. She cried quietly in the back seat of their mini van the whole ride home. Nobody noticed her tears.

One day, Anne decided she would look for her father. She packed her pink backpack with the belongings most important to her and left home, planning to stay away quite a while. Nobody heard the sound of the door click closed or her footsteps down the front walkway

She was halfway into the big city when from an alley she heard someone say “Anne…” She stopped and looked around, seeing no one there. Taking two more steps forward she heard it again. “Anne…” And again she stopped and looked around. This time she saw a light shining brightly at the very end of the alley. Slowly she walked towards it and as she got closer the light got much brighter, so much so that she had to shield her eyes with her hand above her brow. “Hello?” She asked in a small, quivering voice.

“Do not be afraid, Anne.”

“How do you know my name?” She asked, squinting.

“Because I’m your father.” said the voice. It was a man’s voice. He sounded very kind to Anne and she was no longer afraid.

“You’re my father?” Her brown eyes widened.

“Yes, Anne. And I love you very much.” came the voice again.

“Where have you been?” She asked.

“I’ve always been with you. From the time you were born.”

“But why haven’t I met you until now?” She asked.

“Because you never came looking for me until now.” He replied.

“Oh…” Her dark brow furrowed slightly. “But I can’t see you, Father, the light is too bright.”

“I know, child. Nobody can see me. But I am with you always in your heart. All it takes is an open heart to find me.”

“In my heart?” Anne was confused. She looked down at her little chest and back up again. “But how?”

“Because I created you. Just like I created everyone else. Just like I created every living thing on the planet.”

“You created everything?” Her eyes widened round as saucers.

“Yes.”

“You mean like the animals and the birds and plants and trees?” she asked.

“Yes.”

“Oh…wow…you’ve been busy!” She exclaimed, clapping her hands together.

Her father chuckled. “Anne, I have an important message for you to deliver and I’ve chosen you to do it for me, if you will accept.”

“You do? You chose me?” Anne was surprised to hear that. Most people never noticed her let alone chose her to perform important tasks.

“Yes. Do you think you could help me? It would mean saving many people’s lives.”

Anne smiled and nodded. “Yes, I can help you Father. What do you want me to do?”

“I want you to find my lost children. They are your brothers and sisters.”

“You mean I have more? But why are they lost?” She was excited at that prospect, thinking maybe there’d be some her own age to play with..

“Because like you, before today, they never looked for me.”

Anne nodded, understanding perfectly. “How will I find them? And when I do, what do I say to them?”

“You will tell them that my son, Jesus, will be coming soon and that they are to prepare their hearts for his return.”

“What do you mean?” She asked. “Will there be a party?”

“I mean that when you open your heart, is when you are able to find me. Just like you did today. So they must do the same.” He didn’t answer about the party, but Anne was already thinking of other things.

“But…” She was again confused. How could he come back if he had died? “Didn’t he die on the cross?”

“Yes, he did. But you must have faith and trust what I say to you, for he will come back and it will be a miracle. Do you believe in miracles Anne?”

She thought about that a moment and then decided she did. Finding her Father on the first day she went looking had to be a miracle, didn’t it? “Yes, I do.” Anne smiled brilliantly, excited. Someone had entrusted her with a very important message and she was going to help find all the lost people and bring them back to their father. The prospect elated her.

“I love you Anne. My angels will be watching over you and I will see you soon.” The light slowly faded away, until Anne found herself standing in the dark alley again, all alone.

“Wow!” She exclaimed, lowering her visored hand from above her eyes. “Angels!” Then she turned on her heel and ran back down the alley into the daylight of the sidewalk. People brushed past her, walking this way and that. She began to tug on sleeves and coat tails, walking along with them while telling them, “Jesus is coming! Jesus is coming! Open your heart!”

The people shrugged her off, or looked at her like she had three heads on her shoulders. Many were too busy talking on their cell phones, reading their papers, typing on their laptops, lugging their shopping bags and Anne found herself ignored. She couldn’t understand why these people wouldn’t be excited. Why they wouldn’t listen to her. For hours she kept on tugging and pulling, walking and following and delivering the message her Father had asked her to until a man took notice of her and waved her over to him. She was only too happy to go, because he was the first who’d paid any attention to her yet.. He was dressed in rags, had a beard and was holding a bottle wrapped in a paper bag. To Anne, he definitely looked lost even though he wasn’t a child, he was a full grown man. “What’s that you say little girl? Jesus is coming?” He asked.

“Yes! He is! And we will all get to meet our Father!” Anne replied excitedly. “He was right down that alley, right there!” She turned and pointed to where the light was and where she’s spoken to her father..

Again the man cackled with laughter than began to cough. He’d had a rough life and didn’t believe in God. When he’d recovered he nodded and smirked, saying “Alright little girl. Here’s a toast to you and your almighty Father!” Then he lifted the bottle back to his lips and drank heavily from it. It was at that moment that a policeman happened to walk by. He stopped and went up to Anne.

“Little girl, can I help you? Are you lost?”

“No sir.” Anne said, glancing at the man with the bottle. “But I think he is.” She pointed to the bum. “I was just telling this man here that Jesus is coming and we should prepare our hearts.”

The policeman laughed, thinking her quite cute and guided her away from the homeless bum on the street corner. “Is that so?”

“Yes, sir. Our Father told me. He was right down that alley.” She pointed behind them a block away.

The policeman laughed again and gently guided her away from the bum with a hand to her back. “My, my…you’re a regular miniature Aimee Simple McPherson aren’t you?”

“My name is Anne, not Aimee…”

He stopped laughing and became more serious. “Now you listen to me. That alley is narrow, dark and dangerous and you should never go down there.” He shook a finger at her. “It’s better that you stay on the sidewalk, where it’s wide and lit with street lamps for your own safety.” The policeman nodded and pursed his lower lip at her, sweeping his hand palm up to show her. “See how everyone else walks on the sidewalk? Nobody in their right mind goes down the alley and you shouldn’t either young lady. Now you run along, I’m sure that your mother would have a fit if she knew you were trying to convert bums to Christianity on the city streets.”

“Yes, sir. But really, I’m just fine. You don’t have to worry.. He said his angels would watch out for me.” This time both the policeman and the bum laughed. Anne was confused as to why they were laughing as she turned and walked away. She couldn’t help it, but she began to feel tears of frustration building up in her eyes. It seemed nobody wanted to hear what she had to say and if they bothered to listen, they didn’t believe. She wouldn’t give up though. Surely she’d find someone who believed her.

As she walked she continued to tell people the news, but nobody would listen to her still. And finally the sun began to go down and the people on the sidewalks thinned out as the stores began to close. A short, stout woman bustling by in a hurry took a look at the small girl all alone with her backpack and stopped to look at her. “Are you lost little girl?” she asked, touching Anne’s shoulder with her free hand. She held a Bible in the other.

Anne looked up and saw the Bible, then into the woman’s face and smiled. “No ma’am. Are you?” Anne replied, looking hopeful.

“Oh, Lord no, I’m on my way to services at that church, right across the street.” She pointed briefly then looked back to Anne and smiled.

Anne looked and saw the large cathedral with stained glass windows and lights shining brightly inside. “Are you looking for our Father?” Anne asked. “Because if you are, he’s not there. He’s was just down a this alley…I saw him and he spoke to me.”

The woman looked at her strangely. “I don’t think so…” She said, “I’m quite positive if He can be found anywhere it’d be in church and not down some dark, narrow, filthy alley.”

“Well, that’s not where I found him…He was in the alley.”

The woman smirked. “Trust me, dear. I’ve been attending Church my entire life. I even considered becoming a nun at one time. I do everything a good Christian should. I go to church religiously and I even give a portion of my income to ensure that when the time comes, I will meet him.” She lifted her chin, piously and looked down her thin nose at Anne. “I promise you that won’t be happening anytime soon though. Our pastor says so.”

“Well, he was…” Anne insisted. “And he gave me a message.”

The woman’s brows went up. “Oh?”

“Yes! He said that Jesus is coming soon and we should prepare our hearts.”

The woman laughed, quite amused. “And he was down an alley when he told you this?”

“Yes ma’am.” Anne nodded assuredly.

The woman snorted. “More than likely you were talking to some crazy person with nothing better to do than harass little girls and tell them silly stories. Besides, if our Father had a message for us, surely he would give it to someone like me and not you. Why, you’re just a child! Now go on home now, it’s getting late.” And with that, she hurried away with the rest of the people going to services to join the people who filled the sidewalks outside the church and filtered inside. Anne stood and watched as the doors closed behind them.

Feeling quite dejected after a very long, hard day, Anne turned slowly walked back down the street in the direction from which she’d come. When she reached the alley, she stopped and squinted her eyes in the darkness to see if she could see her Father again. “Hello?” She called. Silence. She stood there for several minutes. Nothing. So, she walked home, her head hung in disappointment and her heart heavy with sadness because she had not found a single lost brother and sister all day long. When she got home, nobody had even noticed she’d been gone. Her brother and sister were nowhere to be found and her mother had left a note on the refrigerator saying she’d be away on a business trip for the next two days. Anne removed her backpack and walked up the stairs, dragging it behind her all the way to her room where she closed her door behind her softly and went to bed.

The following morning Anne was gone. She’d been reunited at last with her heavenly Father. Along with her were also those brothers and sisters who’d looked for Him as well and who’d opened their hearts and walked down narrow dark alleyways to find Him. While Anne’s family had never paid much attention to her or cared whether she was there or not until it was too late, her Heavenly Father had always watched over her and He had missed Anne very much and now they would be together for all of eternity.

Anne spent just one day spreading the message her Father gave her to anyone and everyone she encountered. And even though those people she tried to warn didn’t listen - she would be remembered for what she did - and more hearts would be opened and lost would be found. So you see, it’s never too late to spread the good news. Even if you don’t see the immediate results of your work while in service to the Lord, it’s all part of a divine plan.

And no wonder! For Satan himself is disguised as an angel of light. — 2 Corinthians 11:14

As a minister I’ve heard many people talk about Satan disguising himself as an angel of light. Typically, it most often occurs when people hear something they either don’t like, don’t want to hear, or disagree with. Before I get into exactly what that Scripture means and for arguments sake (and the sake of an eye opening examination) let’s take a look at a handful of the most popular and influential preachers and ministers in the U.S. today. (Statistics below were obtained from Wikipedia)

One with a 30,000 person congregation has a ministry which emphasizes positive thinking, success and wealth, spent $95 Million to revamp an arena in which to hold services, and continually sells out huge arenas across the country where people must fork out $10 per ticket to see him.

Another has not only a ministry, but an enterprise and lives in 4,000 square foot home with a guest house and a three car garage. The Ministry took in approximately $40 Million dollars in 2006.

Yet another is on TBN regularly doing faith healings for which he says he needs “your love gifts”, so that he can go on preaching and for “miracles” that not a single doctor’s note has ever been produced to back up his claims. In 2006, those “love gifts” amounted to $36 million dollars.

And how about the one who is the founder of not only a non-denominational ministry, but an enterprise which is the parent organization for an international ministry as well as a record company AND magazine? Again, this is yet another preacher that focuses on “prosperity theology” that has netted him two Rolls-Royces, three private jets, a million dollar home and a $2.5 million dollar apartment in Manhattan. His message is that faithfulness will be rewarded by material wealth and also says that “Jesus didn’t come as God, he came as a man, and he did not come perfect…he grew into his perfection.”

Are the prophets for God or prophets for profit? Why are their ministries focusing on what we can have NOW rather than what we have to DO now for what we can hope to achieve later in Christ’s Kingdom? In my humble opinion, preachers such as these do more damage to Christianity than the most committed Atheist. And the list goes on and on and on…

So what do all of them have in common, you ask? Well, the answer is simple. They, like so many other shepherds out there, are preaching what the people of today want to hear. And why are they doing that? Because it brings them glory, popularity, prosperity and lines their pockets with the hard earned money of the people who come to see them. Their “prosperity theology” is exactly what people want to hear because it’s in fact what they themselves want AND it keeps them from coming under close scrutiny by their congregations because they preach that faithfulness will bring great wealth. Those looking on see a man or woman on a stage who obviously must be VERY faithful servants because they also see them wearing designer clothing, jewelry, driving Rolls Royce’s and living in multi-million dollar homes.

At John 6:22 in the Scriptures, Jesus is talking about how He is the Bread of Life and explaining all that must be done in order to obtain eternal life. At John 6:60 many of His disciples are complaining, saying, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it?” and many of them deserted Jesus.

You see, in that day and age and especially in today’s day and age, people simply cannot accept that there is much more to obtaining eternal life than simply tithing or being baptized. The fact that it takes hard work and true dedication is scary and even a turn off for many. So, if preachers like the one’s mentioned above were to preach the TRUTH as Jesus did, and followers deserted them in the same way they deserted Jesus, who would be left to line their pockets with gold? This is why they preach what people want to hear. But did Christ seek popularity and prosperity? Did he ever charge anyone a penny for the right to listen to what he had to say? No, he didn’t. He sought only to teach the Truth. He sought to educate those who would listen so that they could obtain eternal life, not make his life on earth more comfortable by obtaining material things. He sought to serve mankind.

And now back to 2 Corinthians 11:14 – “And no wonder! For Satan himself is disguised as an angel of light.”

What does it mean? Does he mean that he will physically appear as an angel of light? No, it does not. It means that Satan tickles the ears of those who will listen and tells them what they want to hear. He does the complete OPPOSITE of what Christ did. Christ did not come to preach that everything’s okay and God really isn’t mad at us and it’s going to be a quick and easy many roads to salvation in which we will all spend eternity with Him and His Father. He told the TRUTH. He warned and He prepared us for what will come. He suffered and then died a horrible death for our sins so that we too would be able to obtain eternal life. His dying for us did not automatically mean that we would definitely go to heaven. What He did was show us the way so that we could decide how to live our lives. His disciples took His example and then went on to endure long, arduous ministries and ended up dying for what they believed so that WE might have a chance. There was nothing easy or prosperous about Christ’s ministry at all. They relied on God and not the sales of tickets, tithes or donations to support their ministries. They spoke and lived by, Truth.

So whose examples are the mega-preachers of today following? Certainly not Christ’s or His disciples’. Disguised as an angel of light, Satan has done to them exactly what these preachers are in turn doing for their congregations – which is leading them down the Wide Path of destruction rather than the Narrow Path of Salvation. He tells the preachers what they want to hear and in turn they tell the congregations what they want to hear, because the truth is that they don’t want to hear the Truth because the Truth doesn’t bring wealth, power, prestige or prosperity. They don’t want to hear that it takes endurance to obtain eternal life. They don’t want to hear that the road we travel will be hard and bumpy with many tests, twists and turns that could throw us off course. They want to believe that the answer is in material things, wealth and prosperity, not hard work and endurance. They don’t want to hear that not only is an acceptance in Christ essential to obtaining entry into heaven but also the proper heart condition. They want to believe that God isn’t mad at them and the coming wrath spoken of in the Scriptures really won’t happen. They want to believe that there are many truths and not just one… because what if the truth they believe is wrong? Bottom line, for them, the truth is just simply “too hard”.

Well you know what? The Truth is a double edged sword. Jesus told us that it would not be easy to obtain eternal life. In fact He said, “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” – Matthew 19:24

Even Christ himself knew that when Satan came to tempt him during his 40 days in the wilderness. Satan tried to find an opening by searching for a weakness in Jesus via hunger, faith and greed and found none. No matter how hard it must have been for Jesus, being hungry after 40 days of fasting and emotionally and physically tired, He remained perfect and pleasing in God’s sight. He served as an example to us all that no matter how hard things get or may seem to be, that it is possible to remain pleasing in God’s sight.

Satan, disguised as an angel of light, would like for all of us to believe that entering the kingdom of God is easy, because if they think it is easy, if they think God’s wrath is not real and nobody works at changing themselves to fit the mold of what Christ has taught us in the Scriptures, they won’t succeed. And he wins. So how does he go about doing this? By first tickling the ears of the many preachers and ministers of the world by appealing to their own greed or need for approval and popularity as an opening in which to perform his evil tasks. They will then in turn mislead the people of their congregations via their ministries and in essence, Satan has then killed two birds with one stone; or 40,000 depending on the size of the congregation. If you want to know how destructive Satan has been, now multiply that number by the number of mega-preachers there are in the U.S. today and quadruple it. Then multiply that number by the number of people who are watching them on television (millions), buying their books and CD’s (more millions) and who aren’t actually members of their congregations and quadruple it. The end number you come up with is probably about a fifth of the number of people that are actually being led astray by Satan disguised as an angel of light.

Accurate knowledge joins us all together.

Colossians 2:1-3 states in part, “My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding,”

Complete understanding is to comprehend the Truth completely.

The Scripture goes on to say, “in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,” Here you are revealed that Christ is the mystery of God. Religious Leaders believe that mystery is meant to be the TRINITY, but is it?

Not according to the Scriptures that contain the Truth as a whole. The Scripture continues with, “in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” So what does that tell us? It tells us that wisdom and knowledge are hidden within Christ; and what is Christ? He is The Word. So, where is the wisdom and knowledge to be found? It is right in front of you in your Bibles. To find it, you must accurately place the pieces of the Great Jigsaw Puzzle into their proper places.

Proverbs 4:7 states, “Wisdom is supreme; therefore, get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.”

That Scripture reveals much. Wisdom alone will not give you the Truth even though it is of importance in sorting things out within your mind; therefore, you must also possess the ability to reason out what is revealed and in doing so acquire understanding. And what is understanding worth, or valued at? EVERYTHING YOU POSSESS. That’s how important understanding the Truth is.

So, what is the Truth? The Word reveals at 1 Timothy 2:3,4 “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.”

KNOWLEDGE bears the TRUTH. But why does it call “God our Savior”? Shouldn’t that be Christ? Who is the one that gave the Undeserved Kindness? It is Yahweh. It is through Yahweh’s Wisdom that we are all given the chance of Salvation.

The part Christ plays as our Savior, that is borne out in the next Scripture of the same book of 1 Timothy 2:5, 6 “For there is one God” it does not say more than one because He is the Almighty God - Yahweh. The scripture continues, “and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men - the testimony given in its proper time.” What is a mediator? It is someone that acts as a go-between. Someone who tries to settle a dispute between two other parties. The dispute is SIN. The two parties are Yahweh and Mankind. The Mediator is Christ.

So, reason it out. How can Christ mediate between his Father and Mankind if he is indeed Yahweh?

There would be no need for a Mediator if Christ was Yahweh. But he is not, and so the need exists. But what is meant by “the testimony given in its proper time.” It meant that those Chosen by Christ are in a covenant with him and his Father to spread The Word’s message of the kingdom and the Warning of Judgment to those that are of both positive and negative energy. That is what our (the ministers of the Light of Life Ministry) Stewardships from Christ are all about.

If Jesus Christ were Yahweh, would he have made this statement at John 5:16? “So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.”

It’s pretty obvious that Christ differentiated himself from his Father Yahweh in that statement, isn’t it? Why? Because he told ONLY THE TRUTH. He knew he himself was NOT God Almighty. He did not try to fool anyone into believing that he was.

Now go to Verse 18 and look at what is revealed: “For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.”

In their eyes (the Jews) they felt Jesus had made himself equal with the Creator. But had he done so? Let’s read Verse 19: “Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.”

Does that sound like he was equal to Yahweh? Or, does it sound like Jesus was in submission of his Father’s Will? At John 14:28 Jesus said, “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you. If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am.’”

If Jesus was Yahweh, he would be equal in GREATNESS; but he clearly stated that his Father is GREATER than he is. He also clearly stated that he was GOING TO HIS FATHER. That alone tells us that his Father was somewhere else, not playing the 3-headed part of a Trinity which included the personage of Jesus. It just doesn’t fit in the Jigsaw Puzzle. To believe otherwise is to believe a LIE.

In arguments for Christ being Yahweh by those that have no understanding of the “Mystery” about Christ, they often say “Jesus was the human part of God.”

If that were so, then why, if Jesus is equal to his Heavenly self as Yahweh, that (his other self portrayed as Yahweh) in Heaven knows things that Jesus, his human self, does not know?

Mark 13:32 states: “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”

Now think about that.

How could Christ NOT KNOW if he was also God Almighty serving in a third role as the Son? It is absurd and ridiculous to believe such a myth as the Trinity. However, the negative energy that bounds forth from those Satan has deceived, will often counter with this: “That’s plausible because Christ is God’s human self. That would be his nature not to understand everything.”

But, they seem to have a lapse of memory - for Christ went his way to Heaven and is stationed next to his Father (next to his other self I suppose, to their way of thinking) as pointed out at: 1 Peter 3:22 “who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand - with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.”

If Jesus was God Almighty, he would not have need of submitting “angels, authorities and powers” back to Himself - He would have already had them. It would be redundant.

It is Ludicrous to believe such a thing could be part of a “mystery” about Christ Jesus and his Father Yahweh. Since Jesus returned to his Father, and resides on the Ladder of Authority just beneath Him, he too is again Holy Spirit.

So, why would the Holy Spirit (a part of Yahweh’s Active Force) that is made up of both Yahweh and Christ, why is it that the Holy Spirit would not know all things?

Jesus went beyond being the human Son of the sacrifice. He is Spirit again, just as he was as the Word, but with “angels, authorities and powers” subjected to him. The Apostle Peter knew who Christ was. He knew he was not Yahweh. He stated at Matthew 16:16 “Simon Peter answered: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” That was in reply to Christ asking Peter who he thought he was. Peter did not say “You are Yahweh in the flesh.” He knew Christ was the Son, but did not interpret him to be God Almighty.

There are many more examples to prove the Trinity is a falsehood but the KEY ingredients are the understanding of this “Mystery” of Christ. John 1:1-3, 10 reveals the first part of the puzzle piece: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning….He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.” Let’s break the first puzzle piece down:

“In the beginning” is proven to be the Word’s beginning - not ours. Proverbs 8:22 “The Lord (speaking of Yahweh as the Word’s Lord) brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old.”

That Scripture reveals a part of the “Mystery” of how the Word came into existence. Then drop down to Verse 23 “I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began.”

Was that the Word’s beginning, or our beginning? It was his beginning. Because the other piece of the puzzle is at Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

Not created by Yahweh Himself - but through His Master worker or Craftsman, the Word. Proverbs 8:25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, before he made the earth or its fields or any dust of the world.” Why did the Word say “before he made”? Because he used his Father’s knowledge, Wisdom, and a part of the Active Force imparted to him to be able to accomplish that feat. So, it can be said Yahweh created everything. But the Scriptures reveal that the Word created all else. Colossians 1:15-17 bears that out as part of this “Mystery.”

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers, or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

To know that he created everything else aside from himself and his Father, we read Proverbs 8:30 “Then I was the craftsman at his side.”

Craftsman definition: “A worker skilled in a particular craft.”

From the definition you can see that the Word’s Father taught him his craft. It was a gift from Yahweh to his only begotten Son. Through the Word, all other things came into existence.

Back to John 1:1-3, 10 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning….He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.”

Let’s break the first puzzle piece down: “and the Word was with God,” was also answered in the Scriptures at Proverbs 20. “and the Word was God.” But does that mean he is Yahweh?

No. It means literally that the WORD was like Yahweh in every way. The EXACT IMAGE of GOD. He was created a God, but in subjection to his Father. He was also God’s spokesman to the angelic armies that he - the Word later created as part of the thrones of power that were bestowed upon the angelic forces.

The Supreme Cherubic Commander is a throne of power of the Cherubic Order. There is another for the Seraphic Order; the Powers Order; the Celestial Order; the Azmon Order; the Hammuel Order; and there are many, many more Orders of Holy Angels. All of the Holy Angels, Holy Ghosts - all authorities and powers were made subject to Christ for following through on the Creator’s Plan for the Salvation of Mankind.

Also, to reveal that the Word was indeed a craftsman, at Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…”

Yahweh was talking to the Word, His Craftsman. He was giving him directions that he wanted the first Man to be created with their qualities and their attributes. It wanted it that way so that Mankind could worship Him with holiness; for that’s what the Creator is. He is Sovereignly Holy. The Word, being in His exact image, is the same.

Isaiah 9:6 reveals Christ’s role in his Kingdom: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Those are the titles Yahweh has bestowed upon his Son Christ Jesus. Note that he is a “Mighty GOD” not Almighty. Why is that? Yahweh is Supreme in all of Creation. If Yahweh ceased to exist, so would everything else. All life comes forth from the Creator. Creation’s continuance depends upon Him.

To reveal that Christ is in submission to his Father even after the installing of Christ’s Kingdom: 1 Corinthians 15:27 “For he “has put everything under his feet.”

Now when it says “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.” That Scripture is pretty plain in dispelling that Christ is Yahweh. If Christ was Yahweh, there would be no need to reference that God was not subjected beneath Christ.

Then the next Verse 28 says: “When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.” If Jesus was Yahweh, it would not be necessary to subject something back to himself that he already had to begin with. It makes no logical sense.

At Daniel 7:9, 10, 13, 14 it states: “As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened….In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power.”

This Scripture reveals Christ ascension to the Heavenly Court before the presence of his Father Yahweh. There would have been little need to record the event if Christ was indeed Yahweh. But, he is not. He is His Son and our Savior.