TWISTED beyond measure

 Romans 3:4

King James Version

4 God forbid: 

yea, let God be true, 

but every man a liar; 

as it is written, That thou 

mightest be justified in thy sayings, 

and mightest overcome 

when thou art judged.

Today is the first day, SPIRIT actually made me look into "crime".

A set of crimes so incredible, so twisted, and so destructive.

I say a "set of crimes" for it was not just murder.

It was a family that committed "crimes" against each other.

With far-reaching consequences, which I hope they can recover from.

SPIRIT led me to this 25-minute video.

There were so many layers of evil, I gasped in unbelief.

I simply had to write about it.

You've heard of stepfathers getting involved with their stepdaughters.

And vice-versa.

All a TOTAL abomination against GOD.

Leviticus 18:17

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17 Thou shalt not uncover 

the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, 

neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, 

or her daughter's daughter, 

to uncover her nakedness; 

for they are her near kinswomen:

 it is wickedness.

But have you heard of a stepfather getting involved with his stepson?

And having a gay relationship?

With the mother encouraging her son, after she came to know about it?

With the father having other gay relationships, through his line of work?

And yet, they painted a "perfect family" picture for the world to see.

She, with her ambitions as principal in school.

He, with his real estate success.

The son, pursuing a degree.

Eventually, from all the stresses of pretense, and betrayal, a crime was committed.

Tthe son was confused about his relationship with his stepfather.

He resented the fact his stepfather betrayed him with other affairs.

In a fit of rage, the son murdered his stepfather.

Proof was presented from a tiny cam lodged in a smoke detector.

That was all the investigators needed to see.

Out came all the filth from that family.

Disturbing the peaceful little town in Colorado.

What I found most disturbing was one particular thing --

The mother encouraging her son to keep at the relationship.

That sounded contradictory.

If she was seeking higher office, why would she endanger her reputation?

Why would she encourage her son to keep at it?

What mother would do that to her son?

Now, the father was a different story.

He lusted after success, and many gay relationships.

He would mix business, and pleasure, pretty often.

All the while defiling his stepson.

And betraying his wife.

(Who, as it turned out, knew the goings-on at her home.)

James 4:1

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4 From whence come wars 

and fightings among you? 

come they not hence, 

even of your lusts 

that war in your members?

The wayward parents practically sacrificed their son to Molech.

Sure, the 21-year-old son wasn't literally sacrificed at the altar of fire.

But the parents, through their own lusts, ambition, and ignorance of GOD's law, practically handed their son to Satan.

Ensuring a life of hell for him.

And creating one for themselves.

We adults are GREATLY responsible for children.

JESUS warned us:

Matthew 18:6-7

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6 But whoso shall offend 

one of these little ones which believe in me, 

it were better for him that a millstone 

were hanged about his neck, 

and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

7 Woe unto the world because of offences! 

for it must needs be that offences come; 

but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

Being guilty of second-degree murder, the son was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with no chance of parole.

The crime occurred in 2014.

That means, the boy has been incarcerated for 10 years already.

We all know what happens to young boys in prison.

What more to someone like him who has a gay background?

This case truly horrifies me, for the ignorance, and negligence of the parents.

They had failed greatly at their job as parents.

We also know the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah.

GOD abhors perverse practices:

Leviticus 18:22

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22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, 

as with womankind: 

it is abomination.

GOD purposely made us "male" and "female".

Genesis 1:27

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27 So God created man in his own image, 

in the image of God created he him; 

male and female created he them.

He also destroyed wicked Sodom and Gomorrah.

Genesis 19:24-25

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24 Then the Lord rained 

upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah

 brimstone and fire 

from the Lord out of heaven;

25 And he overthrew those cities, 

and all the plain, 

and all the inhabitants of the cities, 

and that which grew upon the ground.

We must not be conformed to the world, no matter the seeming-popularity of perverse practices.

Romans 12:2

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2 And be not conformed to this world: 

but be ye transformed 

by the renewing of your mind, 

that ye may prove what is that good, 

and acceptable, 

and perfect, will of God.

NEVER give in to the devil.

James 4:7

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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

It is not too late for the mother, and son.

If they call upon JESUS now.

He came, for us sinners.

Luke 19:10

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10 For the Son of man is come 

to seek and to save 

that which was lost.

John 3:5-7

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5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

John 6:37

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37 All that the Father giveth me 

shall come to me; 

and him that cometh to me 

I will in no wise cast out.

Romans 10:9

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9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth 

the Lord Jesus,

 and shalt believe in thine heart 

that God hath raised him from the dead, 

thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:13

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13 For whosoever shall call 

upon the name of the Lord 

shall be saved.

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Isaiah 59:2

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2 But your iniquities have separated 

between you and your God, 

and your sins have hid his face from you, 

that he will not hear.

Man is famous for backsliding.

It's like a part of our genetic makeup.

We obey GOD's commands, for a while.

Sooner than soon, we're all back to our old ways.

Incurring GOD's wrath once more.

And on and on, the cycle goes.

Scripture describes the state of our world today.

Proverbs 30:11-14

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11 There is a generation that curseth their father, 

and doth not bless their mother.

12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, 

and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! 

and their eyelids are lifted up.

14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, 

and their jaw teeth as knives, 

to devour the poor from off the earth, 

and the needy from among men.

Sin separates us from GOD.

Sin is the state of the world today. 

Is it man's joy, to displease GOD?

Does he delight, in doing so?

It is Satan's delight, to mock GOD.

And to destroy us, in the process.

Behind every evil thought, word, or deed, is Satan's spirit.

Only by GOD's mercy are we not "consumed".

Lamentations 3:22-23

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22 It is of the Lord's mercies 

that we are not consumed, 

because his compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning: 

great is thy faithfulness.

Why do we keep testing GOD's patience?

Shall we wait for His wrath, before we return to Him?

Are not the prophecies being fulfilled?

Are not the prophecies warnings?

Are we going to wait for the last minute before we repent?

Before we even acknowledge we've sinned?

Are we going to continue listening to false prophets, and antichrists?

Are we going to continue being high, and mighty, and painfully ignorant?

What will it take to wake up?

We need to be born again, by GOD.

Being born again means we turn to Scripture.

We turn from our old ways.

We follow JESUS.

We obey the LORD's commands.

We have NO desire to sin anymore.

We want to get things right, this time around.

We listen to SPIRIT, Who teaches us about JESUS.

We live by Scripture, not man's word.

SCRIPTURE is JESUS.

It's the only way we can change the world.

If we let JESUS change us.

From within.

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What is CARNAL?

 

1 Corinthians 2:14

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14 But the natural man receiveth not 

the things of the Spirit of God: 

for they are foolishness unto him: 

neither can he know them, 

because they are spiritually discerned.

What does "carnal" mean?

Who are carnal?

What does it have to do with sin?

Dictionaries define "carnal" as having fleshly desires.

Worldly desires, even to the point of gluttony.

No wonder, in my own language, we have a word called "karne".

Meat, flesh.

How would the Bible define "carnal"?

That definition matters to the born again.

Here's what we found:

Romans 7:14-21

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14 For we know that the law is spiritual: 

but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15 For that which I do I allow not: 

for what I would, that do I not; 

but what I hate, that do I.

16 If then I do that which I would not, 

I consent unto the law that it is good.

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, 

but sin that dwelleth in me.

18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) 

dwelleth no good thing: 

for to will is present with me; 

but how to perform that which is good I find not.

19 For the good that I would I do not: 

but the evil which I would not, that I do.

20 Now if I do that I would not, 

it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, 

evil is present with me.

Romans 8:5-8

King James Version

5 For they that are after the flesh 

do mind the things of the flesh; 

but they that are after the Spirit 

the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; 

but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: 

for it is not subject to the law of God, 

neither indeed can be.

8 So then they that are in the flesh 

cannot please God.

1 Corinthians 3:3

King James Version

3 For ye are yet carnal: 

for whereas there is among you 

envying, 

and strife, 

and divisions, 

are ye not carnal, 

and walk as men?

Galatians 5:19-21

King James Version

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 

which are these; 

Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 

emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, 

drunkenness, revellings, and such like: 

of the which I tell you before, 

as I have also told you in time past, 

that they which do such things 

shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

In SUMMARY, "carnal" refers to these things:

in one's flesh, dwelleth no good thing

to be carnally minded is death

the carnal mind is enmity against God

they that are in the flesh cannot please God

envying, strife, and divisions, are carnal

those who commit works of the flesh shall not inherit the kingdom of God

How can we overcome carnal things?

How can we correct our carnal selves?

We need to be born again.

That we may be taught by SPIRIT.

That we may understand the teachings of JESUS.

That we may worship GOD alone.

That we may be pure in mind, body, and spirit.

Our bodies are the temple of the HOLY SPIRIT.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

King James Version

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, 

and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

17 If any man defile the temple of God, 

him shall God destroy; 

for the temple of God is holy, 

which temple ye are.

As such, we are to respect ourselves, and others.

We are to be in service to the LORD, and not self.

Our goal is holiness.

That we may be worthy of the LORD.

Here are important verses to guide us:

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

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3 For though we walk in the flesh, 

we do not war after the flesh:

4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, 

but mighty through God 

to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 Casting down imaginations, 

and every high thing that exalteth itself 

against the knowledge of God, 

and bringing into captivity every thought 

to the obedience of Christ;

Galatians 5:16-17

King James Version

16 This I say then, 

Walk in the Spirit, 

and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, 

and the Spirit against the flesh: 

and these are contrary the one to the other: 

so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Galatians 5:22-23

King James Version

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is 

love, joy, peace, longsuffering, 

gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 Meekness, temperance: 

against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:24

King James Version

24 And they that are Christ's 

have crucified the flesh 

with the affections and lusts.

Galatians 5:25

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25 If we live in the Spirit, 

let us also walk in the Spirit.

Galatians 5:26

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26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, 

provoking one another, 

envying one another.

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On TAKING responsibility

 

Proverbs 29:23

King James Version

23 A man's pride shall bring him low: 

but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

What does man normally do, when things go wrong?

We blame others.

No one wants to take responsibility.

We don't have the courage to own our mistakes.

And that's the first mistake.

We cannot correct self, unless we accept our mistakes.

We cannot get better, unless we are humble enough to accept we were in the wrong.

That we've been duped, because we'd been asleep at the wheel.

That we've hurt others, because we did not care, or did not care to know.

As there are billions of people, there can be billions of excuses.

Consider these stock answers:

"Where's your homework?"

"The dog ate it."

"You're late!"

"Traffic."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't have the heart to tell you."

Now, I didn't mean to laugh.

But the funniest of them all was what I found in the Bible today.

It truly reflects man's nature.

GOD asked Adam:

Genesis 3:9-11

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9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, 

and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, 

I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, 

because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, 

Who told thee that thou wast naked? 

Hast thou eaten of the tree, 

whereof I commanded thee 

that thou shouldest not eat?

(Can you imagine Adam trembling by now?)

Adam answers:

Genesis 3:12

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12 And the man said, 

The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, 

she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Then, GOD asks woman:

Genesis 3:13

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13a And the Lord God said unto the woman, 

What is this that thou hast done? 

The woman answers:

Genesis 3:13

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13b And the woman said, 

The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

It's always someone else's fault.

As if we have no control over our emotions.

As if we cannot think for ourselves.

As if we have handy scapegoats.

But I noticed something.

GOD did not question the serpent.

He did not ask: 

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"

Surely, the LORD knew the nature of the perpetrator traitor.

The once beautiful cherub fell from heaven.

Nothing good can come from him.

JESUS did tell the Pharisees :

John 8:44-45

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44 Ye are of your father the devil, 

and the lusts of your father ye will do. 

He was a murderer from the beginning, 

and abode not in the truth, 

because there is no truth in him. 

When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: 

for he is a liar, and the father of it.

That old serpent got what was coming to him.

Genesis 3:14-15

King James Version

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, 

Because thou hast done this, 

thou art cursed above all cattle, 

and above every beast of the field; 

upon thy belly shalt thou go, 

and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee 

and the woman, 

and between thy seed and her seed; 

it shall bruise thy head, 

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Man, and woman, got judgment from GOD, too.

But what about you?

What do you do when you feel you've done something wrong?

What do you do when you believe you've wronged a person?

What do you do when you've failed to do something?

Do you ask for forgiveness?

Do you try to make amends?

Do you accept your error?

Are you even aware of your errors?

Or do you do what Adam, and Eve, did?

"She dunnit."

"Serpent dunnit."

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The ORIGINAL sin

 

GOD commanded Adam:

Genesis 2:17

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17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 

thou shalt not eat of it: 

for in the day that thou eatest thereof 

thou shalt surely die.

Many don't believe in it.

Many don't want to accept it.

Many try to defy it.

But the Bible was clear.

All of us have sinned:

Romans 3:23

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23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 5:12

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12 Wherefore, as by one man 

sin entered into the world, 

and death by sin; 

and so death passed upon all men, 

for that all have sinned:

You know how that all began:

Genesis 3:1

King James Version

3 Now the serpent was more subtil 

than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. 

And he said unto the woman, 

Yea, hath God said, 

Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:2-3

King James Version

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, 

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree 

which is in the midst of the garden, 

God hath said, 

Ye shall not eat of it, 

neither shall ye touch it, 

lest ye die.

Genesis 3:4-5

King James Version

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, 

Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, 

then your eyes shall be opened, 

and ye shall be as gods, 

knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:6

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6 And when the woman saw 

that the tree was good for food, 

and that it was pleasant to the eyes, 

and a tree to be desired to make one wise, 

she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, 

and gave also unto her husband with her; 

and he did eat.

Genesis 3:7

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7 And the eyes of them both were opened, 

and they knew that they were naked; 

and they sewed fig leaves together, 

and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:8

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8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God 

walking in the garden in the cool of the day: 

and Adam and his wife hid themselves 

from the presence of the Lord God 

amongst the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9-10

King James Version

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, 

and said unto him, 

Where art thou?

10 And he said, 

I heard thy voice in the garden, 

and I was afraid, 

because I was naked; 

and I hid myself.

Genesis 3:11

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11 And he said, 

Who told thee that thou wast naked? 

Hast thou eaten of the tree, 

whereof I commanded thee 

that thou shouldest not eat?

Genesis 3:12

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12 And the man said, 

The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, 

she gave me of the tree, 

and I did eat.

Genesis 3:13

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13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, 

What is this that thou hast done? 

And the woman said, 

The serpent beguiled me, 

and I did eat.

That's what's called the ORIGINAL sin.

The sin of disobedience.

It's this sin that cause our "death".

Romans 6:23

King James Version

23 For the wages of sin is death; 

but the gift of God is eternal life 

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Only through JESUS are we saved.

But man thinks he doesn't need saving.

Worse yet, he has sinned another sin.

Next post talks about the UNFORGIVABLE sin.

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