So when they had appointed him a day many came to him at his lodging to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God,persuading them concerning Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets from morning till evening. And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken and some disbelieved. So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul said one word; The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, saying, GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY; HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE; FOR THE HEARTS OF THIS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN DULL. THEIR EARS ARE HARD OF HEARING AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS. LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM. Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles and they shall hear it. And when he had said these words, the Jews departed and had a great dispute among themselves. Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house and RECEIVED ALL WHO CAME TO HIM,PREACHING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND TEACHING THINGS WHICH CONCERN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL CONFIDENCE, NO ONE FORBIDDING HIM. COMMENTARY: Now I have traveled to the churches made by the hands of men and they have all rejected me and silenced me inflicting shame upon me. And so it was with Jesus, Paul and the prophets of God who had no church or temple. It was written of Jesus, HE HAD NO PLACE TO LAY HIS HEAD. I remember well this time. Paul does not speak of Evangelizing in the way it has come to be expressed. There was no marketing of mass audiences. THERE WERE MIRACLES. For these are the signs to follow spoken through the mouth of a man as faith comes by hearing for faith is evidence and substance of what you hope for but cannot see. So I sit in a rented house speaking of the things of heaven whether in the day or night to those who walk the steps to me. Most come seeking the loaves and fish having come to a state of mind in which they could not provide themselves food to eat. And it has come to pass as I dreamed as a child that I am a man of God which is to say a servant of God who has accomplished all things in me. And as it is written that I came to those who were not seeking me, so it was with me and I have the nature of a man just like you and what God has done for me through great trials,poverty, hunger, coldness, persecution and afflictions separating me from everything I had associated and pursued to acquire security and significance, so will he do to you as he has done for those recorded in the scripture for unless God does it, what man would do this for himself. Each day I drive by the churches which spring up on every corner and I ask myself where is my church? The knowledge of the spirit which is the grace of God informs my judgment that where ever I am standing is church for God does not dwell in buildings made by the hands of men but in the minds of men where their knowledge is renewed transforming their nature. I then have have every confidence having been fully assured by God through the revelations of His Holy Spirit that where ever I am standing is church. And the kingdom of God is not a kingdom of words but of power attained through enduring the seasons and judgments of God making the knowledge of the world less and the knowledge revealed by God more. Making myself weak that the power of God may be made strong in me. I cannot tell you the joy, security and significance this has given me. The compassion of the man of God for those who hear and do not understand, see great things but do not perceive which is to say express a spontaneous discernment for when they walk up the steps to my rented home it is not God they seek but what God will do for them through his servant who trusts in all things and gives them what they want being long suffering, patient and kind in the hope that they will awaken from the night mare of existence in which they find themselves to the glory and power of God. But like those who traveled the wilderness with Moses for forty years ignoring the law of God which is not meant to be a burden but a tutor to the same knowledge of faith which was in the mind of Jesus and the prophets they place their trust in uncertain riches and do not perceive that the kingdom of God has come close to them. They, like a dog who returns to its vomit, return to the hardened embedded knowledge of the world and the pleasures of it. This is the church of satan, for lack of a better word, for words are only shadows of the things they describe. The man of perdition which is the road to destruction of the mind and nature of Christ forming in you has an appearance of godliness but is of no help to you in the battle of the spirit against the flesh. And you can listen to these men tell you that you are a child of God however, it was the Jesus in whose name they pray who called them sons of the devil and their temples, synagogues of Satan for Satan is a liar and this man tells you that you neednt endure anything to be reborn in the knowledge of the truth. YOU HAVE HEAPED UP TEACHERS FOR YOURSELVES NOT KNOWING THAT NO MAN CAN BE GREATER THAN HIS TEACHER AND IF THEY ARE FALSE TEACHERS WHAT DOES THAT MAKE YOU?
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