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David Eells – 12/17/23
Backsliding of the Simple
Father, we ask for Your anointing and Your wisdom to go forth today. We love You, Lord. We run after You and all that You are. Lord, many people believe that they have arrived, and that’s a sad thing. There’s always a goal, and the goal is Christ and Christlikeness, and they don’t know it, Lord. For that reason, “the backsliding of the simple shall slay them.” Father, help us today to understand these things. We ask it in Jesus’ Name, amen.
I’d like to begin our study with the verse I just quoted. (Pro.1:32) For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them… Now when Scripture talks about “falling away” (2 Thessalonians 2:3; Jude 1:24), it’s talking about “backsliding” (Isaiah 57:17; Jeremiah 2:19; etc.) because both the Greek apostasia and the Hebrew meshubah have the same meaning. (Pro.1:32) For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
We have a problem; Our “hard drive” is infected with this world and its ways and its thinking, and it has to be renewed. I know many people believe that the beginning and the end of Christianity is to “just accept Jesus as your personal Savior,” but that cannot be found written in the Word. What is written in the Word is “repent and believe,” which means to “change your mind and believe what I say” (Matthew 21:32; Mark 1:15). Yet too many people think they’ve stepped over some magic line and now they can just sit down and rest in the flesh, but then they don’t, they can’t, bear fruit (Matthew 17:17-19; Luke 6:43). Without bearing fruit, we are not being “born from above” (John 3:3,7).
Let’s go back to verse 20 and look at Who wrote “For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them.” (Pro.1:20) Wisdom crieth aloud in the street… So we see Wisdom is the One speaking here. Scripture also says, (1Co.1:24) … Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. This is Jesus speaking; He is the Wisdom of God. And from John, we know that He’s also the Word of God. (Joh.1:1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Therefore the Word of God is the Wisdom of God, and the Word gives us very clear directions to seek Him, not just once by shaking a preacher’s hand or any such thing as that, but to seek Him and put that Wisdom into our heart. Putting that Wisdom in our heart is what will protect and deliver us from this falling away because, as the Bible warns us, (Psa.58:3) The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. There is a people who are born in their spirit but they don’t seek that fruit in their soul, which is their mind, will, and emotions.
Continuing... (Pro.1:20) Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places (That’s the broad road where the “many” are as in Matthew 7:13.); (21) She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words: (22) How long, ye simple ones (The Hebrew word there is pthiy and it means “foolish; silly, as in ‘able to be seduced’; naive.” These people are “simple” to the knowledge of God.), will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Fools hate knowledge. Do you know how we know that people hate knowledge? It’s because they don’t choose to seek it out; they choose the world and the worldly pleasures. They let someone just “tell them how it is,” instead of seeking out their own salvation (Php.2:12) …with fear and trembling. They would rather pay some preacher somewhere to give them the “truth.” Here’s the truth, (Mat.22:14) For many are called, but few chosen.
Paul said to Timothy, (2Ti.1:8) Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God; (9) who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal. “Who saved us, and called us”: You don’t get this calling until you get saved.
This “calling” is the Greek word klésis and it means “invitation.” We are being invited to partake of the things of the Kingdom of God, yet many people are not partaking of these, although it’s written in there plainly. You can show it to them, but they’ve been inoculated by dead religion to not believe what is written and that’s why many are the called and few are the chosen.
Now when you go out into a field that you have planted, which is what God has done in a parable (Genesis 49:2; Isaiah 3:14,5:7,17:10,27:2; Amos 5:11; etc.), you’re looking for the fruit. You’re going to pick the fruit. You don’t care about the plant. You plow the plant under and it goes back to the soil, just like the old body. Jesus, in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:3-8,18-23; Mark 4:2-9,13-20; Luke 8:4-15) pointed out to us four different types of people, and three of the four, when they heard the Good News, fell away, even though they were the ones, at least the last three, these were the ones who were called.
(Mar.4:14) The sower soweth the word. (15) And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them. (We have seen this with the factious and it is astounding.) (16) And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky [places], who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy; (Same here) (17) and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.
(18) And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word, (19) and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. (Like Jesus’ parables of those distracted with the world.) (20) And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. Notice after receiving the word we are to bear the fruit of it, which is “Christ in you”.
Again, three of the four types, when they heard the Good News, fell away. Only one bore fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred-fold. These are the true Kingdom people. So if you “love simplicity,” if you love the very simple lie that all you need to do is accept him as your personal savior and then sit on a pew and wait for the rapture, well, you’re one of these fools who hates knowledge. If that’s all you do, you’re hating knowledge. You need to seek out your own salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12).
(Pro.1:23-26) Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you (Many reject the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Wisdom. If we don’t seek out our own salvation, we are rejecting the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Wisdom as it was given in the book of Acts.); I will make known my words unto you. (24) Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
(25) But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: (26) I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; (27) When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you. (28) Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: (29) For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
(The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, in Proverbs 9:10), (30) They would none of my counsel, They despised all my reproof. It’s much simpler to let a preacher who is walking in the flesh tell you how easy it is to be in the Kingdom, and that you really don’t have to lose your life as Jesus said, in order to gain your life (Matthew 16:24-25; Mark 8:34-38; Luke 9:23-24; John 12:25). “You don’t really have to do that, that’s the hard way, just listen wonderful words, pay your tithes and everything will be okay.”
(Pro.1:31) Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. The “devices” that are out there now put many to sleep; “Unconditional eternal security” is a particularly deadly one. It teaches that you don’t have to do anything after receiving salvation, but but Scripture teaches differently. (Eph.2:8) For by grace have ye been saved through faith (Which is the substance of the thing hoped for while the evidence is not seen); and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; (9) not of (man’s) works, that no man should glory. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
Those who don’t have the “good works” of God are obviously not the people of God, and they will speak against “works,” although the Bible says just the opposite. The Bible says that you’re going to be judged according to your works, and it says it very clearly, over and over and over (Hebrews 11:8-30; James 2:14-26; etc.) So how do we bear the fruit of good works? First of all, we have to put goodness in our heart, because it is that Wisdom of God, the Word of God, that re-programs our hard-drive to think, walk, talk, and bear the fruit of Jesus Christ.
(Pro.1:32) For the backsliding (Again, the “backsliding” is the “falling-away” which the lost can’t do) the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. (33) But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil. Wisdom says to these simpletons in (Pro.2:1) My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; (2) So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; (3) Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding… The Bible promises that if we ask the Lord for wisdom, He will give it to us. If you ask Him for understanding, He will give it to you. Don’t be double-minded, but ask Him and seek Him as in James 1:5-8. Ask Him even to put it in your heart to desire it.
(Pro.2:4) If thou seek her (Wisdom) as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: (5) Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord (Yes, you must have the fear of the Lord. Many people hear the Scriptures, but totally ignore what they’ve heard because they don’t have the fear of the Lord.), And find the knowledge of God. (6) For the Lord giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding: (7) He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to them that walk in integrity;
(8) That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints. (9) Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea,] every good path. (10) For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; (11) Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: (12) To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; (13) Whoso forsaketh the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
(Which is what so many people do: they get saved by faith, and then continue to walk in the same way they’ve always walked, not seeking out the knowledge and wisdom of God to know even what is the Will of God.) (14) Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; (15) Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: (16) To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words. The “strange woman” is the “harlot” of Revelation 17, but that harlot is the “mother of the harlots” of the earth (Revelation 17:5).
Only the seed of Christ bears the fruit of Christ. All of those sects that came out of the mother are also called “harlots” because every one of those denominations received their own seed, the seed that wasn’t the seed of the Husband. That makes them harlots. They received their own wisdom and their own knowledge. The knowledge of the Gospel is being ignored. They’ve reduced it to nothing more than moralizing and there is no hope for moralizing. Those apostate preachers may get up and give a Scripture verse or two on Sunday morning, but the rest of the time, it’s all their knowledge and their wisdom.
Folks, there’s nothing more important than the Word of God! The Word going into your heart re-creates Jesus Christ in you. He is the Word. It’s the Word that does this; nothing else can do it. Moralizing won’t give you the knowledge of the Gospel. Moralizing won’t give you the knowledge of how you can receive, freely, the Nature of Jesus Christ. It won’t give you that confidence that this is your gift from God, that this is the reconciliation that He gave you at the Cross (Romans 5:10-11; 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Colossians 1:21-22).
He took your life, nailed it on the Cross, and gave you His Life. As Paul proclaimed, (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. In other words, “Now it’s no longer I that live, it’s Christ that lives in me.” Rejoice in this free gift and it will be received.
(Pro.2:16) To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words (Those apostate preachers will make it easy for you. They will lead you in their crooked ways and in their wayward paths that do not include the crucified life or being filled with the Spirit who leads you in truth exactly as the first disciples were and filled them with the supernatural gifts.); (17) That forsaketh the friend of her youth (That’s the One Who saved you in the beginning, Jesus, the One you loved in the beginning. Now they want to give you another “Jesus” and another “gospel” and another “spirit.”), And forgetteth the covenant of her God…
Some people don’t even get to know that Covenant before they’re led astray from the Bible by the teachings of men and their modern gospel. As Jesus said to the Pharisees of His day, (Mar.7:6) … Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. (7) But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
(8) Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men. (9) … Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition… (13) making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do. There’s no difference in the nature of man from the time Jesus said that until now. We must repent and believe what He says; this is how we are reprogrammed to walk the straight walk.
(Pro.2:18) For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead. It’s true; every one of those harlots’ houses “inclineth unto death.” (Pro.2:19) None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life: (20) That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. (21) For the upright shall dwell in the land… This is the land of God’s people, the Promised Land, and each promise that we read in the Word will become ours if we are bold to stand on it. (Deu.11:24) Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours… God is saying, “Every place you put your foot, I will give it to you.”
God has given us this “land” that we walk in, which is this flesh that comes from the earth, in order for us to conquer it. And those tribes that originally inhabited the land, the Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, and so on (Deuteronomy 7:1-3), all represent the lusts of the “old man” that had to be conquered in order to take that land for the spiritual man, Jesus Christ, Who is (Col.1:27) … Christ in you, the hope of glory. He’s growing in you like a little baby. You must feed Him; don’t feed the flesh, feed Him.
(Mat.12:46) While he (Jesus) was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. (47) And one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to thee. (48) But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? (49) And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! (50) For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. Those who do the Will of the Father are those who are bringing forth the fruit of Jesus Christ in their life.
(Pro.2:21) For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. There is a great falling-away because there is a broad road to destruction, as Jesus said. (Mat.7:13) Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. (14) For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
We don’t know the narrow road unless we study the wisdom of God, which is all through the Bible. (2Jn.1:9) Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. It’s not who starts out with you; it’s who continues. There are lots of people who think they know the teaching, but they’re getting it second, third, fourth, and fifth hand.
The only way you’re going to know the teaching and the wisdom of God is to study the Word and seek out the wisdom of God for yourself. Don’t go into a dead church and be leavened the rest of your life. People who go there don’t ever come out! They’re wasting their life, never coming to know the wisdom of God.
(Pro.2:21) For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. (“Perfect” is a word that also means “mature.” Those who come into the Image of Christ are mature.) (22) But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it. This is still talking about the same people; the wicked are the treacherous. You see, the wicked may start out with you, but they don’t finish with you.
(1Jn.2:19) They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out,] that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us. The wicked will be cut off from the land, which is the Land of Promise. They will not know the promises, they will not live by the promises. Paul exhorted God’s people to not be sons of the “handmaid,” but to be sons of the “freewoman,” because it’s going to be proven that not everyone who is a son of Abraham is chosen. Many are called, but few are chosen.
(Gal.4:22) For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. (23) Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise. The promise is what begets you again unto Jesus Christ and everything that He is and all that He does and thinks. It’s the promise that does this. It is not being moralized; it is not joining a religion. The son of the freewoman is born through promise.
Abraham so badly wanted Ishmael to be chosen by God, and I, too, have wanted people to be chosen by God, and I, too, have “sown seed” in both the “freewoman” and the “handmaid.” And when the sons of the handmaid begin to fall away, I cry for them, but they are manifesting who they are. (Gal.4:24) Which things contain an allegory: for these [women] are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar. If you’re born of “Hagar” then you’re in bondage and staying there.
Even while you’re in religion, you can be in bondage just as the Israelites were. They were in so much bondage that when Jesus came to bring them to the higher order, they couldn’t come out of bondage. (25) Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia (It was the Israelites who went to Mount Sinai and so Paul is applying this to them, because they were in bondage and they didn’t know it.) and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is (That’s the physical Jerusalem over there in the Middle East that’s in bondage.): for she is in bondage with her children.
(26) But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother. Praise the Lord! We are being born from above, first spirit, then soul, and then body. The “soul” is the mind, the will, and the emotions. Your soul has to walk after the Spirit to receive the nature of that Spirit in order for you to bear His fruit in your soul.
(Rom.8:13) For if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. (14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. When you were first saved, you received a born-again spirit, but now you have to go on to bear that fruit in your soul. Only if you bear the fruit, which is Christlikeness, will you get that new body, the born-again body, like His Body.
So how do you bear fruit? The way you bear fruit immediately is that you believe you have received. Jesus said, (Mar.11:24) … All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe ye received (The Greek word there lambanó is past tense in the original.) them, and ye shall have them. You walk by faith for them until you see them. Everything that the Lord offers will be nothing to the person who doesn’t reach out and receive the promises by faith. They will not come to pass, and Paul tells us why. (Heb.4:2) … The word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard. You see, they didn’t mix faith with the words.
(Pro.4:4) And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live. How are you going to continue to live? You continue to live by studying and keeping His commandments, delighting in His commandments and delighting in being pleasing unto Him. Jesus said, “He that loves me will keep my commandments” (John 14:21,23- 24). You don’t love Him if you’re keeping the commandments of men.
Men make it easy for the “old man” to live because they don’t want to lose their old life. (Romans 6:6; Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:8-10; etc.) They don’t like the crucified life that comes with loving the commandments of God. (Pro.4:5) Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth; Get wisdom, get understanding. (6) Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. That’s the truth, Wisdom will keep you from falling away.
(7) Wisdom is the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. … (Pro.4:20) My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. (21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. (22) For they are life…
Some people think that eternal life is something that God put in their hand and that He can’t take it back, but John tells us, (1Jn.5:11) And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (12) He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. You see, God didn’t put anything in your hand. He gave eternal life to be in the Son, and abiding in the Son is where we have eternal life.
(Pro.4:22) For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. I’ve passed up the opportunity to die many times because I knew what the Word of God said. I knew what the Covenant was and I didn’t depart from it, but I was tested. God tests us. I was tested, but I passed up my opportunities to die and continued to bear fruit. You see, if you die too soon, you don’t bear the fruit you could have borne if you had continued on.
Many people don’t even know that we’re not under the curse. They don’t know that Jesus is our Passover Lamb. They don’t know that the “destroyer” was meant to pass over us and take out the Egyptians (Exodus 12:23; Job 15:21; 1 Corinthians 10:10; etc.) So many people are passing up the calling!
(Pro.4:23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. Life comes out of your heart and if you put the Wisdom of God in there, just like in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:3-9,18-23; Mark 4:1-9,13-20; Luke 8:4-15), you will be re-programmed. Please understand that you are in danger, and the only place you have safety is in Him. If three out of every four people who hear the Gospel fall away from it, you are in danger. You need to keep on putting the Wisdom of God in your life. It will save, it will “preserve thee,” the Bible says (Proverbs 4:6).
Let’s look at the Parable of the Sower. (Mat.13:10) And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He was speaking, of course, to the Jews, who had the Covenant first. Jesus said, (Mat.15:24) … I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. But remember, (Ecc.1:9) That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Once again, a Man-child is coming to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel,” only now as Paul said, (Rom.2:28) … he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: (29) but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Now true “Israel” are the ones who seek the born-again experience, not just in spirit, but in soul, and ultimately, in body.
These are the ones who have the Covenant, these are the ones who are on the path, the narrow path, unto eternal life. And if you start in faith, since faith is accounted as righteousness (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3-22; Galatians 3:6-7; James 2:23), even when you start on that path, as long as you stay on that path, you are assured of eternal life. Not because you have manifested it, but because you are walking by faith for it.
Notice the disciples asked, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” Of course, they wanted their brethren, the Jews, to be saved. Of course, they wanted them to understand. “Make it simple for them, Jesus, like the preachers do.” (Mat.13:11) And he (Jesus) answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. My goodness! That sounds like there was a reprobation at the beginning of the Man-child Jesus’ ministry.
Today there’s a Man-child ministry coming again, only this time to the church, and once again we have the same situation. These people are not disciples. They cannot hear. They’ve been inoculated against the truth. The Man-child speaks in parables and they cannot understand, but He won’t speak to them in any other way (Psalm 78:1-72; Matthew 13:34-35). The Bible says that He took His disciples aside, privately, and explained to them all things (Matthew 13:11; Mark 4:10). A disciple is a mathetes, a “learner and a follower.” Disciples are studying the Master; they’re studying the Master to walk in His steps. (1Jn.2:6) He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
It’s not all those eminent preachers in their fancy suits; it is Jesus Who is our demonstration of true Christianity, which is to walk as He walked. It is to manifest His gifts, His works, everything. (Heb.7:25) Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost (The Greek word there is pantelés and it means “completely, forever, entirely.”) them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. But although you see that it’s a free gift from God, you have to receive by faith the promise of (Col.1:27) … Christ in you, the hope of glory.
(Mat.13:12) For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance… “Whosever hath … abundance” of what? This is speaking of “whosoever hath” understanding, “whosoever hath” fruit of what they have received. You see, if we walk in the Light, He puts more Light in our pathway. This is someone who has been given this fruit, who has been given this understanding. That is who “shall have abundance.” This is someone who is walking in Light, therefore they deserve more Light. There’s no use in putting out more Light in front of someone who’s not going to walk in the light they have; they would just be condemned that much more.
So God gives you a little Light, and if you walk in that, He gives you more Light. (Pro.4:18) … The path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (Psa.119:105) Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path. He gives you a lamp for your feet to show you where you stand because, if you know where you are, He can show you where to go. We need to know that. Some people are in total denial about where they stand. These people believe that they’ve already arrived at perfection by some magic words that they’ve spoken or something that they did.
(Mat.13:12) For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. Jesus gave the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:13-30; Luke 19:11-27) about that exact situation. Two of the three servants multiplied the talents their lord entrusted to them, but the third servant did nothing with what he was given. His Lord was angry with him and said, (Luk.19:22) … Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow; (23) then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?
(24) And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds. (25) And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds. (26) I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him. When they protested, “But he has ten!” it was because they didn’t understand God. We’re called to be disciples of Jesus Christ and to walk in His steps, but far too many people are like that third servant and they wouldn’t touch discipleship with a ten-foot pole.
They’ve never even been taught that they needed, or even had an opportunity, to become a disciple. And so, because they bear no fruit and they haven’t sought wisdom, even though God has borne with them up to that point, finally He reprobates them, or in other words, “even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.” (Mat.13:13) Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. They have physical eyes to see, but not spiritual eyes to see. How do you get spiritual eyes to see? You have to come to know the One Who wrote the Book. That’s how you get spiritual eyes to see and that’s how you get spiritual ears to hear because you’ll hear only His voice, as Jesus said. (Joh.10:27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. Sadly, many people like to leave out that last part, “they follow me.”
(Mat.13:14) And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive (Now we know what “understanding” is, and what “perceiving” is.): (15) For this people’s heart is waxed gross… He’s talking about His people, the “lost sheep of the house of Israel,” and even today, there is the “lost sheep of the house of the church” because they’ve lost the path. They don’t know the way and they don’t know that the end of that way is (Col.1:27) … Christ in you, the hope of glory. They don’t even know that the procession that leads up to that point is Christ increasingly growing in you like a baby in the womb.
(Mat.13:15) For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart… They’re afraid to know the truth. It would make them responsible to know the truth. It’s easier just to “accept Jesus as your personal Savior.” Now, I’m not saying that can’t be a beginning, if there was a true repentance involved, but otherwise, you’re just filling a church pew and your self-deception will be revealed further down the road.
(Mat.13:15) For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them. God really wants to heal us. He wants to heal us spiritually, physically, and every other way. These are the benefits of the Kingdom. It is for the called, the invited. (2Ti.1:9) Who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.
So when you get saved, you get invited. When you get saved in your spirit, you get a new spirit from God, and according to what the Scripture says, you receive a “born-again spirit” and now you are invited to partake of the benefits of the Kingdom because now you are a Kingdom person (John 3:3,5). The world doesn’t have this calling. This calling is not “Hey! Come to Jesus!” No, it’s, “Who saved them and called them.” You get saved and then you get this invitation to partake of the Kingdom. In Israel, the Israelite had the benefits of the Kingdom; the pagans did not.
(Mat.13:16) But blessed are your eyes, for they see (Here Jesus is talking to His disciples.); and your ears, for they hear. (17) For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see… That’s why it’s called the “Good News”! The Jews had to struggle to find out every jot and tittle of the Law and keep them, or else slay a lamb. Our Lamb was slain, and the Good News is that what God gives us is a free gift! Oh, praises to His Holy Name!
(Mat.13:17) For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not. (18) Hear then ye the parable of the sower. (19) When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not… Who did He just get through saying did not understand the Word?
It was His people according to the Old Covenant, but the Manchild ministry that is coming is going to renew a call to the true Gospel, which many of the people have never heard. Yet many of them will choose to stick to their religion because it’s easy: “Come and pay your tithes and you’ll just go right into the Kingdom.” Bologna!
(Mat.13:19) When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, [then] cometh the evil [one,] and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. (I’ve seen this happen when telling people what the true Good News is, and they’d rather go back to their religion because it doesn’t demand anything from them.) This is he that was sown by the way side. (No, not much of a chance to bear any fruit there.)
(20) And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it (You run across these people too; they’re happy because it really is good news.); (21) yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth. There it is! There’s the falling away. This is someone who, in the beginning, received the Good News with joy, but then they didn’t allow it to take deep root in self.
Run From The Flesh
Anonymous 5/28/23 (David’s notes in red)
I dreamed that my husband and I had a newborn baby, (bearing the fruit of Christ) and we went inside my grandparents’ house to grab something we had left behind. (The grandparents’ house represents the apostate religion we inherited. Going back for something left behind represents backsliding. Luk 17:31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife.) No one was there and my grandparents were not supposed to be back for a long time.
While we were inside, we decided to use the bathroom. (Repentance.) As I was waiting for my turn, I had a vision that demons in my grandparents knew that we were here. (Many times our grandparents dead religion gets passed down to us through our parents.) My grandparents did not know that we were here, but the demons caused them to come back quickly to catch us there. (When we backslide or go back to sinful or useless doctrines, ways, and thought patterns, When the faction are turned over to the demons they often do this. If we do this we give the demons permission to come back along with our youthful lusts. Mat 12:43-44 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.) In real life we aren’t in communication with the old physical family, and in the dream we both wanted to avoid them and not be around them.
I told my husband what I saw, so we quickly finished what we were doing so we could leave. Suddenly, my grandparents walked through the front door with a few of their friends and other family members. (45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.)
My step grandma’s hair was much longer than it is in real life and in the dream, it was very long with streaks of red, pink and different shades of brown in it. (Long hair is a sign of submission and the streaks of unnatural colors mean submission, to red- guilty of blood of the saints, pink- sexual perversion, brown- represents the Nazi like factious and is in many dreams about them.) I commented that I liked the long hair on her better than it being very short.
In real life my step grandmother (Jezebel) had been physically abusing my grandad (Ahab) and they had broken up. So, I was confused as to why they were together. (Since they obviously switch the natural roles of man and woman.)
We wanted to leave immediately, and I felt strongly to hide my baby from every person there, so I had my baby tucked inside my dress, hidden. (Fruit hidden in her dress means fruit hidden in her. This protects our fruit, the baby. Our treasure is the truth that factious people want to steal from us, as it was stolen from them. If we believe their slander the demons come in and all truth is lost.) Every person there kept trying to look at my baby, but I kept turning my body to keep the baby away from them and I did my best to completely hide the baby. (When the demons see fruit they immediately want to attack it, especially Jezebel and faction spirits.)
There was a man there named Shawn who I have never met before, and I wondered who he was. (Shawn means “God is gracious” and represents those that will come out of the apostate church by God’s Grace.)
Everyone kept trying to make small talk, and we just really wanted to leave. (Small talk are the subtle lying thoughts and vain imaginations of the flesh and demons to keep us trapped in the past.)
My step grandmother said that there was a town called ‘MarleyVille’ nearby and that it originated by a man that placed an omen (sign of something to come) on the mountain. (The name Marley means “pleasant wood” or “marshy meadow,” so it represents a swamp of the wood hay and stubble of the works of man.) They established a town there from it and the connection from the omen has lines going through the whole town and into every house. We wanted nothing to do with that town or these conversations. (It is bondage of the old man and religious works of the apostate church.)
I was trying so hard to hide my baby from everyone. They kept trying to look at him so my husband and I with my baby in my dress just sprinted out of the house so fast, without saying goodbye. (When we leave the past apostasy to follow Jesus, we don’t hesitate. Psa 143:9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 2Ti 2:22 But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. We ran far up the street which was a big hill (Forsaking Babylon for Zion) and got to our car to leave. The man, Shawn sprinted out of the house after us, not to stop us but he felt to follow us and to leave. (So the one called “God is gracious” left the house of the apostates and followed this dreamer to Zion.) No other person came out of the house. (Because they had no grace from God.)
(I felt this dream was a warning to not get distracted by the old physical family or carnal man and to not get distracted by anyone that isn’t manifesting Christ. I was reminded of these verses: Pro 13:20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
2Co 6:14-18 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.)
The Harlot Church Is Sick and Dying
Anonymous 5/28/23 (David’s notes in red)
In my dream my physical dad (Representing the apostate leader of the apostate Church) contacted me; he was very upset as his wife (who represents the apostate church) was ill. He said the doctors couldn’t do anything to help her and he was begging us to come see them. (Most of us came out of a church like this and don’t want to go back but they always want you back.)
After the call I discussed with my wife whether we should go visit them or not. I was reluctant to go, yet to my surprise my wife said we need to go and leave right now, because she felt the right thing to do was to go see my physical parents. (Sometimes the things that seem right and moral to the flesh and world, are contrary to God’s way. When Jesus’ family wanted to see Him, He said that those who do the will of God are His family).
Mar 3:33-35 And he answered them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren? 34 And looking round on them that sat round him in a circle, he saith, See, my mother and my brethren! 35 whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother.
(Also, the men as the head are to seek God for His will and to not give into the woman. 1Co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 1Ti 2:12-15 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being much deceived hath fallen into transgression: 15 but she shall be saved through the childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.)
We drove for a couple of days to get to them. We were in such an urgency that we barely slept and ate little. (The flesh often acts in haste and runs on adrenalin. If we are out of God’s will he gives us signs along the way.)
When we arrived, my dad ran out to us and said that his wife has a disease that’s throughout her body, spreading from her heart to her liver. (The heart represents the soul, which is the mind, will and emotions, and liver (a vital part of our gastrointestinal system) represents discernment. The apostate church is diseased throughout the whole body because of her rebellion and the food or leaven they are digesting like their false doctrines, religious theologies, and lack of spiritual discernment and growth, therefore she is sick and dying.)
(Pro 4:4 And he (Father) taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live; Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts. Psa 119:11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.)
He said she is laying down and can barely move and she hasn’t gotten up in days. (2Pe 3:8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. It's been 2000 years (or 2 days) since Jesus began with the first church. The apostate church has not been “born from above”, through the true Word and power of the Holy Spirit and she is still into the earthly works of the flesh.)
Someone then came out and handed me a note that was written in red and it was from my physical mum (the apostate church) and it said something about me going to sit with her and feed her. (Jer 51:9-10 ASV We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 10 Jehovah hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.)
I told my wife and she stayed outside of the house. I walked up the stairs to go see her as I battled evil thoughts and lies and fighting in the spirit in prayer. I entered the lounge room and she was lying on a bed (the harlot, Jezebel.) Rev 2:20-22 But I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself prophetess;... 22 Lo, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.) He bed was set up near the front door. (Jesus is the Door and the apostate church have only just “gotten their foot in the door” they think but many are wrong for they are not bearing fruit and are dying.)
She was very pale (From lack of the blood) and thin and she didn’t have energy to talk but nodded and moved her arm to motion to me to sit. Next to her was a tub of vanilla ice cream and she was holding a spoon. (Ice cream is made from milk, which is for babies, with added sugar and flavoring, which is sweet to the flesh to permit her to live in the flesh. Anything but the crucified life. It represents the false teachings she has used to seduce and cause many to fall into fornication and idolatry with her. Rev 2:20 ... and she teacheth and seduceth my bondmen to commit fornication, and to eat idol sacrifices. 21 And I gave her time to repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.)
I said, ‘That stuff’s not good for you, you need something healthy.’ She then gently pushed my hand with the spoon towards the ice cream. I then felt that it was okay to grab her a spoonful and give it to her. 1Co 3:2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able;
She put the food into her mouth herself and was smiling. (The apostate church is happy on the flesh pleasing doctrines and don’t know they are spiritually dying.)
Escaping The Harlot
Anonymous 4/29/23 (David’s notes in red)
I dreamed that I was watching this man in third person. He was a teenager and had brown skin, short hair, brown eyes and he was wearing an emerald green shirt. (Emerald represents new life.) This man was introverted (Probably from rejection and fear) and kept to himself, but he loved Jesus and had a relationship with God.
The man was currently at a school with classrooms where he was in a courtyard, which was set up differently from most schools. (The school buildings and classrooms here represent the different church denominations many pass through and their religious teachings where many first begin to learn about God. The courtyard represents the paths of life and its choices to make seeking direction.) The courtyard had paths that went in a zig zag shape (back and forth directions with sharp turns) from the left side to the right, but each path had a vertical way (up towards God) that was a dead end, and there were pockets to hide. (This reminds us of the confusion of Babylon.)
The classrooms were on every side of the courtyard and the buildings were open, so you could go in there but there was no way out of the room, so these were also dead ends. Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death. (If one does not read their Bible to see what Christians are, they can get caught in a Babylonish church for many years wasting their lives. Many in the apostate church believe there are many ways to God and many other deceptive doctrines.)
The courtyard was very narrow and long, and it had buildings on the left and right and there was no way to get out of the courtyard except from an entrance on the far left or an entrance on the far right and all the buildings were blocking an escape. (Jesus said, He is the Way and it is a narrow and straightened way to Life. Go the Way of searching the Word.)
(Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. Mat 7:13-14 Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. 14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
Luk 13:24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Many are so full of religious spirits and doctrines of demons they are trapped but Jesus is coming to set the captives free and to open their prisons – Isa 61. Look at the fruit of those in the trap. If they are not bearing fruit the seed of the Lord is not being sowed.) Pro 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.)
Everyone in his grade was wearing a navy polo-shirt with a red line on the collar, and everyone in other grades had different colored shirts. (“A red line” represents a legalistic line you don’t want to cross. The grades represent their opinion of the maturity level in Christ but this is always judged by their fleshly age and not their age in the Lord.)
I think it was lunch time and most of his grade were hanging together on the very far left of the courtyard near the entrance. The other people in his grade were in small groups of 3 to 5 people and they were spread out towards the right but one of them was very far towards the right.
This man with the green shirt (Representing Life), whom I was watching, just wanted to spend alone time in prayer and reading the Word, so he went a bit further to the right and found a spot to read alone. (Many times Jesus left the crowds to be alone to pray.) Mar 6:31 And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while…
After a little bit he started to feel that something wasn't right and that people were in danger so he went back along the way and found where most of his grade were at the far-left corner. He saw they were all huddled up with teachers instructing. He came up and walked through some of the crowd to see what the teachers were saying. A man in his grade said to him, "Don’t stay here, just leave quickly." He wasn't sure what was going on, but then that man who had spoken, was grabbed by a female teacher and taken away. The same man said, "They are taking us away and we don't know where." (The “far left” in “Chrisian” education are taking the many away from God.)
It was made known that they were rounding them all up to go or do something that was not right. Because this man wasn't in that crowded area he wasn't noticed or put on the list and so he had a chance to escape. 2Pe 2:9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto a day of judgment. (Luk 21:36 But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.)
He then left the crowd to run to back from where he had just come from, and a female teacher saw him trying to escape and called out for him, but he ignored her and just kept running out. (The female teacher represents false teachers and preachers in the harlot church who try to stop those who are truly seeking the Lord from leaving their dominion. But God calls His students of the Word out of the apostate sheepfold.)
She chased him through the zig zag pathways (The crooked path of Babylon), and the man tried to pretend he went into a classroom, knowing he couldn't actually escape that way, because it was a dead end, and they would catch him. (All the denominations are dead ends.) But he opened doors when she wasn't in the same hallway to make it seem like he went in there. He ran past up many different people in different grades and also the small groups of people that were in his grade. (He passed up the maturity of many on his way out.) As the lady teacher ran to the area where the people were, she would tell them to quickly move to the far-left area with the rest of their grade. (Herding the goats on the left into their rebellion.)
The man was doing everything to out-run her, but because of the design of the buildings and courtyard he couldn't run to an area where she couldn't see him. He finally got to the far-right area and there were no people in the courtyard there. (There are not many that go to the right... Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few chosen.) He ran to get out the only exit gate but it was locked. (Their religious spirits want to keep people confined.) So, he ran into the six-story building that was on the right of the gate. (Six is the number of man.) The lady saw him and stopped chasing him, believing he would be caught because there was no other escape, and she called on the radio for an announcement across the whole school speakers saying, "Catch the hazelnut skin man in the green shirt." (Hazelnut is a seed which can bear great fruit if planted in the right soil. This man is looking for that soil.)
The man heard the announcement as well as all teachers so he knew to avoid them. He ran past classrooms and the teachers came out to grab him, however, he was too fast for them. He ran upstairs to get to the next level where more teachers came out of their classrooms, but he ran past all of them and not one person could even touch him. (We keep running the race towards the Prize of Christ! Php 3:14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 1Co 9:24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.)
He got to the next level and he looked up and saw there was already another man waiting for him on the next level. Luk 4:30 But HE passing through the midst of them went his way.
This man had strong faith and he believed God wouldn't fail him and he believed if he jumped in faith God would help him. So, he just jumped in faith and flew to the fifth story which was above the man he saw before. He couldn't see anyone but he ran to the sixth story and went into the only room there, but it wasn't a classroom. It was like a fancy house or a penthouse.
He ran through and then he saw there were two glass doors open to the outside that had fake grass, and the only way out after that would be to jump. Then a man appeared from inside the penthouse and he had long blonde hair and was wearing an undershirt and he said, "You are going to wish you didn't come up here." And that man expected him to surrender because there was no other natural safe way to escape.
The man in the green shirt didn't hesitate but ran straight out the glass doors outside. He had no doubt, or unbelief, and he knew that God would either translate him or fly him somewhere. He had strong bold faith and without looking back, he ran straight off the building, and I knew that he was going to be physically safe. When he jumped, I instantly woke up. (Rom 1:17 ASV For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.)
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