The defilement of man’s spirit and the place where his uncleanness settles

whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Philippians 3:19

Man is a spiritual being; his physical presence is simply a shadow of the spiritual. When God determined to make man in His image and likeness,[1] He established, together with the declaration of His decision, that the spiritual is the foundation of man’s constitution, for what image and likeness would have been taken, if God is Spirit.[2]

The image and likeness of God in man is not because man possesses a “spirit” of God, for man was not made fragmented; fragmentation arose just after Adam and Eve validated with their act their decision to disobey God’s command.

Nor is it a question of man possessing divine attributes, which would be tantamount to establishing that God’s attributes are apart from God; God is not an attribute of Himself, but as the author of the epistle to the Hebrews states, is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of His person.[3] So, if man was made in the image and likeness of God, and since God is ONE,[4] man is also a spiritual being, otherwise, if the spiritual were not the bond, how is it that the apostle John ensures that from His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.[5]

If man were not a spiritual being, neither would Jesus have had the faculty to take the form of a servant, and made in the likeness of men,[6] for his humanization would have meant the loss of His divinity eternally. Nature cannot be disrupted; in doing so one is lost in the other.[7]

In addition, there are sufficient records in Scripture that man is a spiritual being; for example, both the Old and New Testaments recognize that man does not consist of the body he possesses (σῶμα, “body” or σαρξ “flesh”), but in a spiritual part that transcends physical death, which they call soul or breath (ψυχήν); in the Words of Jesus, man’s life (ψυχήν) is that which leads to hell.[8]

Man is a spiritual being but trapped within a physical constitution degraded by disobedience. Adam and Eve were degraded the day they validated their disobedience, their physical bodies became mortal bodies, and they lost all their spiritual faculties; their bodies took the form of one who had deceived them to death,[9] and they became subject to the dispositions of the kingdom which Satan had established after the rebellion;[10] this process is defined in the apostle Paul’s teaching as the process of subjection to vanity, i.e., the spiritual subject to the material.

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Romans 8:20

It is precisely because of this physical degradation that man is susceptible to being infected with the spiritual motivations of angelic beings who live in open rebellion against God.

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.
1^st. Corinthians 2:14

The apostle Paul emphasizes that in the air operates a power that attracts to itself men prone to the same nature.

wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Ephesians 2:2

Because of the disobedience to which Adam arranged to submit, man is susceptible to being infected by any spiritual presence that represents or suggests a change of state. Man is capable of capturing, adopting and/or harboring any spiritual presence that approaches him.

Being infected with every spiritual suggestion leads him to filth his spirit, and eventually, to defile it with demonic presences. In short, the process of uncleanness in the spirit of man develops from the acceptance of the suggestions that rebellious spirits, demonic spirits, suggest to him as life protocols.

The apostle Paul identifies that there are two types of filth with which man is infected: the flesh and the spirit. Our purpose is to highlight the danger of the spiritual filth by which man is constituted into an unclean being, which can lead him to be bound by demons, and even to be possessed by them.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2^nd. Corinthians 7:1

The defilement of man’s spirit is nothing more than the presence of spiritual forms that he grasped and decided to adopt and/or harbor. To capture means “to perceive”, that is to say, the sensibility to perceive the presence of spiritual forms in his environment; to adopt, means “to apprehend” uses, customs, habits and personality of the spiritual forces without necessarily entering into communion with them; and finally, to harbor, is the “marriage” that the man forms with this type of forces, that in his nature are demonic forces. These spiritual “unions” transcend and become “bonds” and finally “possessions” that destroy the person’s life.

A defilement is the index of the presence of spiritual forces coexisting in community with man. The concept of defilement was taught even from the Old Testament through the regulation of laws that commanded taking care not to participate in the cult of the dead,[11] not to ingest unclean animals,[12] not to have intercourse with a woman while suffering from her menstrual period,[13] by the shedding of innocent blood,[14] and by idolatrous practices.[15] The New Testament explains through all its authors that the irruption of these laws leads the person to exposure to demonic forces that rule over them, in some cases without people noticing it.

The apostle Paul instructs the members of the Corinthian faith community that tolerance of idolatrous ritual practices can establish a diabolical presence even within a church, and they do not notice it.

²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. ²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
1^st. Corinthians 10:20-21

The apostle John for his part dictates that anyone who claims to live outside the doctrine is made to participate with satanic behaviors,

⁹Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: ¹¹for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
2^nd. John 9-11

The apostle Peter also warns about the spiritual danger that those who do not take care to avoid falling into satanic filth,

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2^nd. Peter 2:20

In an effort to help the spiritual growth of the Gentile faith communities, the Jerusalem church arranged that they should be exhorted about the danger of continuing to practice the pagan customs to which they were accustomed,

but that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Acts 15:20

The degree of filth that the person possesses is measurable. In the book of Genesis before Adam’s explanation that he was naked and therefore hid from God,[16] his explanation determined that Adam had eaten from the tree of the science of good and evil.

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 3:11

In the case of Simon, the former magician of Samaria, the apostle Peter determined by Simon’s words the degree of defilement under which he found himself,

¹⁹saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. ²⁰But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. ²¹Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Acts 8:19-21

Even the disciples themselves suffered the effects of satanic defilements. The case when Peter wanted to correct Jesus’ decision to go up to Jerusalem,

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
Mark 8:33

The case of the brothers, James, and John,

⁵³And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? ⁵⁵But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Luke 9:53-55

These and many other cases show how through words, through intentions, and even through the actions of the people themselves, the degree of uncleanness that the person possesses can be measured.

The spiritual defilement that man captures and/or carries is housed in the belly. The apostle Paul writes to the Philippians and in his teaching about man’s depravity, he highlights the place where the defilement is housed that the person acquires and/or possesses.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things
Philippians 3:19

Paul is not referring to the stomach, the word that the apostle uses in this text is the word κοιλιά, while the word “stomach” is in turn the word στομαχον.[17] It is the “womb”, that is, the place where life is gestated in a woman,[18] although the Bible identifies the same place also for man as the place where the capacity to procreate is established.[19]

Regarding the text in question, it is a text badly translated in most modern versions, due to the lack of knowledge of revelation of the translators to understand what the apostle was referring to. The translators understood that Paul was giving life to the attribute of the person prone to gluttony, and so they used the copulative verb in its “is” form; in fact, there are versions that translate, “whose god is their appetite”. However, Paul is not identifying the attributes and/or activities of a gluttonous person, but identifying the location of the one who feeds his delirium, that is, identifying the seat of his defilement; therefore, the best translation is to use the verb to be in its stative form; the grammatical form in Greek allows it because Paul’s expression is written using two subjects: ο θεος η κοιλια; it reads literally, God the belly, there is no verb that unites them. Therefore, the text should be read as follows,

Whose end is destruction, whose god is (dwelleth in) their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

The contamination of the spirit of man is housed in the womb, and this because the womb is the seat of the spirit of man; Jesus taught on this subject in the following Words,

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John 7:38

This is the reason the apostle Paul speaks of bowels in his epistles, what he is highlighting is the spirit with which people feel, and/or do things,

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels (σπλαγχνοις).
2^nd. Corinthians 6:12

In this text the apostle is referring to the fact that the thoughts, feelings, and actions of these believers toward them are scarce in manifestations.

And his inward affection (σπλαγχνοις) is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
2^nd. Corinthians 7:15

In this text the apostle emphasizes the overflowing passion of Titus for the believers of Corinth.

In the same way, an inward love, or simply to love with the bowels, is a spiritual love that transcends all human love, however sublime and self-sacrificing it may be,

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:8

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Philippians 2:1

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.
Colossians 3:12

When man’s spirit is polluted, what comes out of it establishes filth in everything he develops in his environment.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1^st. John 3:17

The vehicle of all filth that enters the man is food, not that the food is defiled, for we already know that Jesus Himself established that not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man;[20] but the food is a vehicle that transports it, a clear example we have with Judas that while he was participating in the Pesach supper, a supper that according to the book of Exodus was instituted as a deliverance supper,[21] and yet Satan entered into it after the mouthful of food.[22]

Food has the ability to open the person’s spirit. This principle was established as an evil bond by the serpent in Eden:

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 3:5

Another similar reference appears with Jonathan, King Saul’s son:

²⁷But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. ²⁸Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. ²⁹Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. ³⁰How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
1 Samuel 14:27-30

Hence, from ancient had been stipulated by the Wisdom of the Spirit of God, the need to put a knife to the throat when facing the opportunity to eat in satiety.[23] In light of this, annual times are recommended to avoid eating yeast,[24] to share bread with the hungry,[25] to complete vows to dedicate oneself to the Lord,[26] and even to abstain from favorite delicacies during certain times.[27]

Is all food a vehicle for transporting the forces of darkness? No, not all food is a vehicle to carry the forces of darkness. The foods that carry the forces of darkness are subject to certain spiritual considerations that make them susceptible to carrying unclean spirits.

Food consecrated to idols in pagan feasts.

⁴As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one… ⁷Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
1^st. Corinthians 8:4-7

Apostasy is associated with food, even if it is unlikely to believe it, but it is part of satanic strategies to corrupt entire peoples. The Old Testament narrates the apostasy into which the people of Israel entered because of a festival to which they were invited as a ploy suggested by Balaam to make them fall into idolatry,[28]

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. ²And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Numbers 25:1-2

In the writings of the Gospels, it is proclaimed that in recent times apostate activity will multiply; it is not an ecclesiastical activity, but a regional activity based on socially and religiously accepted ritual practices that include food and drink.

³⁸For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:38-39

²⁸Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; ²⁹but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Luke 17:28-30

Particular care should be taken by churches when they “accept” and celebrate regional festivals, allow the entry of apostate filth, and yield to the powers operating in those regions.

The case of Spain deserves a special mention, the churches and ministries established in Spain must know how to deal with the satanic powers of the region. The evangelization of Spain will not be possible until they see that the seat of apostate filth is found in the multitude of regional festivals that are held: bullfights and sacrifices of animal meat as part of the cuisine of the festivals, coupled with all the wine that is drunk is what gives strength to the satanic powers that operate in the country.

Mexico celebrates a cult of death, and its ritual is accompanied by food prepared for the dead. Mexico is one of the countries with elevated levels of witchcraft and sorcery and is based on the cult of the dead. Bread with allegorical figures to the “dead”, atoles and other celebrations that even the believing church has tolerated, are the strength of the satanic powers operating in the country. Mexico’s violence is only an expression of the satanic powers that operate and demand blood in the region.

Food prepared and/or eaten under some emotional state of crisis

When a person eats food under a crisis mood, the person “eats” his or her own emotional state and becomes filthy. It is any state of mind under crisis conditions: anguish, pain, resentment, suffering, depression. These crises cause the spirits that sustain this type of mood to be able to enter without any impediment through food.

¹⁵But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died… ²⁰For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Romans 14:15-20

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 4:26

Now we can understand David’s words when he wrote:

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psalm 23:5

What David is simply stating is that he had placed his trust in the Lord, and that because of his trust in Him, his mood was not altered, mostly when he ate.

Food loaded with wickedness and/or malice

This case deserves special attention. It is about food prepared under the animosity of those who cook it; a person who cooks food and who has courage for something, or against someone, is food that is receiving all the “animosity” of those who cook, when ingested it carries a filth that can even affect the health of those who ate it.

When a person cooks must refrain from doing so under incorrect moods, and refrain from any perverted thinking directed towards someone, their mood is transmitted through the food they cook.

It is not convenient to eat food prepared by someone we do not know, so choosing where to eat when we are away from home is a spiritual task that demands spiritual sensitivity and not just a taste for food.

Under this principle all kinds of food carrying sorcery operate; many people have received spells through food they have ingested that has been cooked by others. It is not advisable to accept food on dates where pagan festivals are celebrated, such as Halloween, meals for funerals, even meals for birthday celebrations and weddings.

In short, spiritual strongholds tend to strengthen with age, with cyclic practices, and with the implementation of food and drink during exercise. The powers that promote them seek to introduce defilement into the spirit of man. The apostle Paul recognizes that many men and women of faith are spiritually asleep, and all because of the defilement that darkness introduced into their bosom,

²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. ³⁰For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. ³¹For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
1^st. Corinthians 11:29-31

The Spirit of God is visiting entire villages to awaken the army of God who, having fallen asleep, has neither seen nor prevented the satanic forces from sowing apostate tares in the regions.

²⁵but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. ²⁶But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. ²⁷So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? ²⁸He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Matthew 13:25-28

All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

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[1] Genesis 1:26

[2] John 4:24

[3] Hebrews 1:3

[4] Deuteronomy 6:4

[5] John 1:16

[6] Philippians 2:7

[7] Leviticus 20:15

[8] Mathew 10:28

[9] 1^st. Corinthians 15:49

[10] Romans 6:16

[11] Leviticus 21:1; Numbers 9:7

[12] Leviticus 11

[13] Leviticus 20:18; Ezequiel 18:6

[14] Numbers 35:32-34

[15] Leviticus 18:27-29

[16] Genesis 3:10

[17] 1^st. Timothy 5:23

[18] Deuteronomy 7:13; 28:4, 11 y 18

[19] Genesis 15:4

[20] Mathew 15:11

[21] Exodus 12:12—14

[22] John 13:27

[23] Proverbs 23:2

[24] Exodus 12:15

[25] Isaias 58:7

[26] Numbers 6:1-3

[27] Daniel 10:3

[28] Micah 6:5

The defilement of man’s spirit and the place where his uncleanness settles

Theme:

The nature of man,
Filth in human spirit,
The location where the filth settles,
The causes of filthiness,

whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Philippians 3:19

Man is a spiritual being, his physical presence is simply a shadow of the spiritual. When God determined to make man in His image and likeness,[1] He established, together with the declaration of His decision, that the spiritual is the foundation of man’s constitution, for what image and likeness would have been taken, if God is Spirit.[2]

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Romans 8:20

It is precisely because of this physical degradation that man is susceptible to being infected with the spiritual motivations of angelic beings who live in open rebellion against God.

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. 1^st. Corinthians 2:14

The apostle Paul emphasizes that in the air operates a power that attracts to itself men prone to the same nature.

wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Ephesians 2:2

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2^nd. Corinthians 7:1

²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. ²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. 1^st. Corinthians 10:20-21

The apostle John for his part dictates that anyone who claims to live outside the doctrine is made to participate with satanic behaviors,

⁹Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: ¹¹for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 2^nd. John 9-11

The apostle Peter also warns about the spiritual danger that those who do not take care to avoid falling into satanic filth,

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 2^nd. Peter 2:20

but that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Acts 15:20

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 3:11

In the case of Simon, the former magician of Samaria, the apostle Peter determined by Simon’s words the degree of defilement under which he found himself,

¹⁹saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. ²⁰But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. ²¹Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Acts 8:19-21

Even the disciples themselves suffered the effects of satanic defilements. The case when Peter wanted to correct Jesus’ decision to go up to Jerusalem,

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. Mark 8:33

The case of the brothers, Jacob and John,

⁵³And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? ⁵⁵But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. Luke 9:53-55

These and many other cases show how through words, through intentions, and even through the actions of the people themselves, can be measured the degree of uncleanness that the person possesses.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things Philippians 3:19

With regard to the text in question, it is a text badly translated in most modern versions, largely due to the lack of knowledge of revelation of the translators in order to understand what the apostle was referring to. The translators understood that Paul was giving life to the attribute of the person prone to gluttony, and so they used the copulative verb in its “is” form; in fact, there are versions that translate, “whose god is their appetite”. However, Paul is not identifying the attributes and/or activities of a gluttonous person, but identifying the location of the one who feeds his delirium, that is, identifying the seat of his defilement; therefore, the best translation is to use the verb to be in its stative form; the grammatical form in Greek allows it because Paul’s expression is written using two subjects: ο θεος η κοιλια; it reads literally, God the belly, there is no verb that unites them. Therefore, the text should be read as follows,

Whose end is destruction, whose god is (dwelleth in) their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

The contamination of the spirit of man is housed in the womb, and this because the womb is the seat of the spirit of man; Jesus taught on this subject in the following Words,

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. John 7:38

This is the reason why the apostle Paul speaks of bowels in his epistles, what he is highlighting is the spirit with which people feel, and/or do things,

Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels (σπλαγχνοις). 2^nd. Corinthians 6:12

In this text the apostle is referring to the fact that the thoughts, feelings, and actions of these believers toward them are scarce in manifestations.

And his inward affection (σπλαγχνοις) is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. 2^nd. Corinthians 7:15

In this text the apostle emphasizes the overflowing passion of Titus for the believers of Corinth.

In the same way, an inward love, or simply to love with the bowels, is a spiritual love that transcends all human love, however sublime and self-sacrificing it may be,

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:8

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Philippians 2:1

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Colossians 3:12

When man’s spirit is defiled, what comes out of man establishes filth in everything he develops in his ambiance.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 1^st. John 3:17

Food has the ability to open the person’s spirit. This principle was established as an evil bond by the serpent in Eden:

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 3:5

Another similar reference appears with Jonathan, King Saul’s son:

²⁷But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. ²⁸Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. ²⁹Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. ³⁰How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 1 Samuel 14:27-30

Food consecrated to idols in pagan feasts.

⁴As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one… ⁷Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 1^st. Corinthians 8:4-7

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. ²And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. Numbers 25:1-2

In the writings of the Gospels it is proclaimed that in recent times apostate activity will multiply; it is not an ecclesiastical activity but a regional activity based on socially and religiously accepted ritual practices that include food and drink.

³⁸For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:38-39

²⁸Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; ²⁹but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Luke 17:28-30

Special care should be taken by churches when they “accept” and celebrate regional festivals, allow the entry of apostate filth, and yield to the powers operating in those regions.

The case of Spain deserves a special mention, the churches and ministries established in Spain must know how to deal adequately with the satanic powers of the region. The evangelization of Spain will not be possible until they see that the seat of apostate filth is found in the multitude of regional festivals that are held: bullfights and sacrifices of animal meat as part of the cuisine of the festivals, coupled with all the wine that is drunk is what gives strength to the satanic powers that operate in the country.

Mexico celebrates a cult of death, and its ritual is accompanied by food prepared for the dead. Mexico is one of the countries with high levels of witchcraft and sorcery, and is based on the cult of the dead. Bread with allegorical figures to the “dead”, atoles and other celebrations that even the believing church has tolerated, are the strength of the satanic powers operating in the country. Mexico’s violence is only an expression of the satanic powers that operate and demand blood in the region.

Food prepared and/or eaten under some emotional state of crisis

When a person eats food under a crisis mood, the person “eats” his or her own emotional state, and becomes filth. It is any state of mind under crisis conditions: anguish, pain, resentment, suffering, depression. These crises cause the spirits that sustain this type of mood to be able to enter without any impediment through food.

¹⁵But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died… ²⁰For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. Romans 14:15-20

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Ephesians 4:26

Now we can understand David’s words when he wrote:

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Psalm 23:5

What David is simply stating is that he had placed his trust in the Lord, and that because of his trust in Him, his mood was not altered, mostly when he ate.

Food loaded with wickedness and/or malice

When a person cooks must refrain from doing so under incorrect moods, and also refrain from any perverted thinking directed against someone, their mood is transmitted through the food they cook.

Under this principle operates all kinds of food carrying sorcery; many people have received spells through food they have ingested that has been cooked by others. It is not advisable to accept food on dates where pagan festivals are celebrated, such as Halloween, meals for funerals, even meals for birthday celebrations and weddings.

²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. ³⁰For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. ³¹For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 1^st. Corinthians 11:29-31

The Spirit of God is visiting entire villages to awaken the army of God who, having fallen asleep, has neither seen nor prevented the satanic forces from sowing apostate tares in the regions.

²⁵but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. ²⁶But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. ²⁷So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? ²⁸He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? Matthew 13:25-28

All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

Pastor Pedro Montoya

Twitter: @pastormontoya

https://earthenwarevessels.com

[1] Genesis 1:26

[2] John 4:24

[3] Hebrews 1:3

[4] Deuteronomy 6:4

[5] John 1:16

[6] Philippians 2:7

[7] Leviticus 20:15

[8] Mathew 10:28

[9] 1^st. Corinthians 15:49

[10] Romans 6:16

[11] Leviticus 21:1; Numbers 9:7

[12] Leviticus 11

[13] Leviticus 20:18; Ezequiel 18:6

[14] Numbers 35:32-34

[15] Leviticus 18:27-29

[16] Genesis 3:10

[17] 1^st. Timothy 5:23

[18] Deuteronomy 7:13; 28:4, 11 y 18

[19] Genesis 15:4

[20] Mathew 15:11

[21] Exodus 12:12—14

[22] John 13:27

[23] Proverbs 23:2

[24] Exodus 12:15

[25] Isaias 58:7

[26] Numbers 6:1-3

[27] Daniel 10:3

[28] Micah 6:5

Cleansing the Ministry of All Filthiness…

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2^nd. Corinthians 7:1

Truth is not a concept with etymological value; its use does not lie in the meaning of the root of the word, or in the definition that the dictionary can present.

The concept of Truth arose along with the evolution of humankind to be used as an element of comparison, to bring to light those things that people did in the occult, or to bring to light something that people were not aware of their existence.

The first uses of the word “Truth” in the Bible are related to the action of “verifying” the reality or state of a situation. Something is Truth, or True, when it has been properly verified by witnesses who attest to the state of its existence. The expression, I understand in Truth, attached to a conclusive phrase about something, or someone, represents the assertion of the personal or collective Truth of the communities that verified it; and in many of the cases it was constituted as law within the communities themselves.

This is the basis of where eventually formed the criterion to assess the veracity of a prophet.[1]

Another use of the word Truth is to measure the accuracy of events to come, mainly when someone’s word was in the middle. In the particular case of when someone compromised his word to do this or that thing; Truth was measured in the precise fulfillment of the fact as it had been proposed. Speaking Truth applies to the commitment to fulfill that which has been uttered, and to do it without delay, and without ambiguities.[2] Joseph’s brothers present themselves as men of Truth which indicates the character of commitment that characterized them.[3]

In many cases, Truth is related to the integrity of the person. To do something in Truth means to do it in integrity of heart.

Truth does not necessarily refer to something real, or something existing; a way of Truth, for example, is that process by which someone walks in righteousness guided by divine principles.

Truth does not necessarily have to do with lies, although he who does not act in Truth obviously builds a path of lies in his path. But, the absence of Truth does not necessarily represent the presence of a lie. The Truth in the Bible emphasizes rather the diligence to comply with something, the righteousness of honoring others, and above all, the ability not to be susceptible to bribery.[4]

The conception of Truth has nothing to do with human morality; that is the great difference between the biblical conception of Truth and the moral conceptualization of which feeds Western society, and among it also the contemporary church. Moral truth is philosophical, and subordinates reality to the relativity of facts, and indirectly highlights the lie. Something conceived as a lie today can be a truth tomorrow, and vice versa. The same is not true of Biblical Truth, which, as we have already noted, emphasizes more the diligence to comply with what has been proposed.

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: … ³³And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: ³⁴And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. Genesis 42:31-34

Modern societies are moral societies, and therefore the conception of truth proclaimed from them is a relative and philosophical truth. The contemporary church is nourished by this conception, pitifully, which is why, although from the pulpits proclaimed the Gospel Truth, many men and women of faith are not really men and women of Truth, tolerate and even cultivate the lie, and reach the height of classify and even justify it.

It is associated with knowledge mostly among academic societies, and many ministerial training institutions echo it; however, Truth has nothing to do with knowledge, it does not need knowledge to establish itself or to operate.

When Jesus proposed: you shall know Truth, it was not the value of knowledge that stood out at any time, but the value of recognizing Truth.

This is demonstrated by the use of the word in Greek to refer to the act of knowing. The term you shall know (γνωσεσθε: gnōsesthe) of John 8:32, is the same conjugated term of I know (γινωσκω: ginóskó) of Acts 19:15, and the same term of knew (εγινωσκεν: eginosken) of Matthew 1:25. The reader will notice in the referred readings that the intention is not directed to the acquisition of knowledge but to the recognition of a value or of a person, being understood as an assent of the treated subject. Thus, for example, in John 8:32, Jesus exhorts to recognize the Truth of His Words, because as is discovered in the dialogue, on four occasions He reproaches them for not recognizing the Truth He speaks to them.

… But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, (vers.40),

… 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. (vers.44),

… And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. (vers.45),

… And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? (vers.46).

It is not a matter of knowing in the sense of acquiring cumulus of knowledge, but of identifying that which accompanies the verb, in this case, identifying the Truth and joining it.

Operationally speaking, the knowledge of something is constituted in bond on the person, and motive of fall. This is the teaching that the apostle Paul shared with the community of faith in Rome.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. ⁸But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. ⁹For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. ¹⁰And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. ¹¹For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Romans 7:7-11

Knowing about something discovers the ignorance that the person possesses about related matters, and makes him vulnerable and susceptible to the need to feed on more knowledge in order to remain in a position of supremacy.

Thus, Jesus’ recommendation should not be interpreted as a suggestion to acquire knowledge, because such a conception comes from the moral idealization that has been secularly attributed to the concept. Jesus was simply admitting the need for people to recognize the Truth of God, otherwise He would not have said He is the Truth,

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

So how can the knowledge of the Truth set someone free?

It is not the knowledge of Truth that sets a person free. If Jesus is the Truth, and not everyone can recognize Jesus as the envoy of the Father, it means that knowledge per se does not make anyone free, but enslaves them, as we pointed out earlier.

It is the revelation of Truth that makes a person free. We all know the teaching. To the answer of the apostle Peter to the question of Jesus: Who do people say the Son of Man, followed the statement of Jesus that such a discovery is the result of the direct revelation of the Father.

A person may have knowledge of a Truth, but if it is not revealed to his spirit, with all the knowledge he may possess, the person remains a slave to the ignorance of living far from God, even though he is part of a church.

It is clearly established in the teaching of the apostle Paul;

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Ephesians 4:18

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 1^st. Timothy 1:13

It is also present in the teaching of the apostle Peter;

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1^st. Peter 1:14

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 1^st. Peter 2:15

Thus, we arrive at the medullar point of the freedom that comes as a result of recognizing the Truth. Truth is not Truth by itself, it is necessary to establish it as such, it is not enough to nod to it, nor is nodding to it the way to establish it. A person may be before the Truth but if he does not establish it for himself, and in his environment, the person continues to live in the lie of ignorance of God.

An unestablished Truth is equivalent to a lie. This is the real risk we run of not working properly with the Truth. The apostle James had already established it when he said,

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. James 4:17

The process of formation, growth and perfection of the person of faith is subordinate to the ability that the person has developed to establish the Truth for himself.

To help us recognize the Truth, and how we must establish it properly, it is necessary to understand the types of Truth to which we present ourselves daily.

THE TRUTH OF THE FACTS

This is the sphere of the natural world in which humankind moves. The Truth of facts means the reality of things that are true for all.

In this sphere the ideas predominate; the truths are established with ideas, but for a truth to be legitimate it requires two certain ideas for it to be established as such, otherwise it is a false establishment. This principle of operation is satanic and was introduced in Eden by the serpent. Let us observe it in the dialogue between the serpent and the woman:

And the serpent said unto the woman, (1)Ye shall not surely die: ⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, (2)then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:4-5

The serpent put forward two ideas, one false: You shall not die; and one certain: your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods knowing good and evil. The result of the serpent’s approach was an establishment of lies and death, the lie under which humankind lives without Jesus.

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. John 8.44

This is the reason why it was introduced into the Law that the trial witness of one person would not be accepted as true, but by the saying of two or more.[5]

Another example is in the case of Abraham when he introduced his wife to Pharaoh:

And yet indeed (1)she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and (2)she became my wife. Genesis 20:12

Abraham made a false establishment that followed him for many years. It cannot be said that it is a half-truth, because such a thing does not exist. His approach was ambiguous, which is why God confronted him and demanded veracity of his deeds.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Genesis 17:1

Precisely because of the requirement of the presence of two ideas to establish a truth, this sphere is always open to a false door of establishing interpersonal communications with the use of puns, excuses, and justifications for the facts performed. Humankind is accustomed to establishing two ideas, one certain and the other false, precisely because the foundation of life is the same principle that was established in Eden by the serpent.

Unfortunately, many men and women of faith have not been able to recognize this principle of satanic life, and continue to act in the same way as they did before recognizing Jesus as Lord and Christ.

This is the most dangerous sphere, and the most stumbling block for many, because we do not see the spiritual transcendence of mixing truth with lie.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. Luke 16:10

THE TRUTH OF ONE’S CONVICTIONS

Convictions are a person’s faith in a matter of life that was revealed to him by the Word in the divine interaction of the Holy Spirit. Convictions are constituted in Truths by virtue of the person’s willingness to live by them. They are Truths only for the person, they are the foundation of operation by faith, and they are their bulwark of spiritual growth.

Some biblical examples that illustrate this are the cases of faith in Abraham, when he decided to walk in direct dependence on God,

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, ²³That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: Genesis 14:22-23

And, when he arranged to offer Isaac in sacrifice believing that God was able to return him from the dead,

And Abraham said, my son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. … ¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, in the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. Genesis 22:8-14

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Hebrews 11:19

If a person is not able to live by their convictions, such convictions are not Truths, they are only knowledge on the subject, but not a Truth. This is the main characteristic of a Truth of conviction.

The gravity of doing things without having the proper conviction of why they should be done, is exposed in the case of Ananias and Sapphira,

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, ²And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. ³But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Acts 5:1-3

The person builds Truths when he disposes to live by convictions. The case of David when he decides to buy the land where the Temple was eventually built, established the Truth that offering to God requires effort, commitment, dedication;

And King David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. 1 Chronicles 21:24

Esther’s decision to enter the king’s presence to denounce Haman’s plot, even though it means her death, established the Truth that whoever would save her life will lose it; and whoever loses his life because of the Lord’s work will save it.

… and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. Esther 4.16

When God promulgated the Law, He intended people to live for them, out of conviction, not out of burden or fear of the imposition of punishment.

Convictions are nourished by faith, mainly by acts of faith. Not all people who confess themselves as men and women of faith live by it, and it is mainly because in their life choice they have preferred to take advantage of the opportunities presented to them, rather than live awaiting the instructions of the Spirit.

To act out of conviction demands fidelity in what has been believed, even if this means rejecting the opportunity for development that an external source proposes.

Every day there are situations and opportunities that prove convictions. When a conviction has become a Truth, it determines the way we act, and liberates us.

ABSOLUTE TRUTH

Absolute Truths are the spiritual Truths predetermined by God as an expression of His Will, and pre-established in the Word as an instruction of life pleasing to God.

Absolute Truths are not subject to interpretation, do not fall into disuse, never cease to be, and always have the vigor of God’s backing. The New Testament has many absolute Truths.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, … 1^st. John 2:10

If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1^st. John 2:15

… whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 1^st. John 3:10

… He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 1^st. John 3:14

He that loveth not knoweth not God; … 1^st. John 4:8

If a man says, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: … 1^st. John 4:20

The Old Testament also has many Absolute Truths, which are ignored by the belief that the Old Testament lost its validity.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 11:1 (see also Proverbs 20:23; Hosea 12:8; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11)

… lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 9:24 (see also Micah 6:8)

… for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 1 Samuel 14:6

… Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: Isaiah 59:1

… truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. Jeremiah 3:23

… But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39

Absolute Truths teach us to know God, to know His character, to know His Will; they help us to understand how He operates, but above all, to understand what He demands of our lives.

What is the task?

The task of a man of faith, of a woman of faith, is to establish Truth in the environment where each one lives. It is the Truth to be established that will enable that region to be delivered from the satanic oppression that has plunged it into the curse. The process to do so is,

First, to demolish by land all those false establishments that have been established as pseudo truths through music, through customs, through community events, etc. Examples of them are the pseudo date of Jesus’ birth, the pagan customs of celebrating birthdays, the cult of the dead, etc.

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Isaiah 59:4

second, establishing the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood that has prevailed in the region;

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: … Proverbs 12:17

Third, establishing the corresponding Truth of conviction according to the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood.

And they will deceive everyone his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Jeremiah 9:5

The task of establishing Truth is a task of liberation, a task of spiritual warfare. Only those who learn to establish Truth are the only ones who will be prepared to denounce and combat apostasy. They have the authority to do so.

There is a danger that we want to warn and that eventually we will be presenting the respective study, is a danger that is rising very strong and has already taken lives of many people, mostly young people. We refer to the danger of virtual reality, present in many forms, in video games, in electronic games, in viral challenges, etc., and in recent years, the use of artificial intelligence, very incisive through Internet searches.

All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

Pastor Pedro Montoya

Twitter: @pastormontoya

https://earthenwarevessels.com

[1] Deuteronomy 18:22

[2] Genesis 24:49

[3] Idem 42:11

[4] Exodus 18:21

[5] Deuteronomy 17:6

… And the Truth will set you free.

And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free. John 8:32

Truth is not a concept with etymological value; its use does not lie in the meaning of the root of the word, or in the definition that the dictionary can present.

This is the basis of where eventually formed the criterion to assess the veracity of a prophet.[1]

In many cases, Truth is related to the integrity of the person. To do something in Truth means to do it in integrity of heart.

Truth does not necessarily refer to something real, or something existing; a way of Truth, for example, is that process by which someone walks in righteousness guided by divine principles.

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: … ³³And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: ³⁴And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. Genesis 42:31-34

When Jesus proposed: you shall know Truth, it was not the value of knowledge that stood out at any time, but the value of recognizing Truth.

… But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, (vers.40),

… 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. (vers.44),

… And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. (vers.45),

… And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? (vers.46).

It is not a matter of knowing in the sense of acquiring cumulus of knowledge, but of identifying that which accompanies the verb, in this case, identifying the Truth and joining it.

Operationally speaking, the knowledge of something is constituted in bond on the person, and motive of fall. This is the teaching that the apostle Paul shared with the community of faith in Rome.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. ⁸But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. ⁹For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. ¹⁰And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. ¹¹For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. Romans 7:7-11

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

So how can the knowledge of the Truth set someone free?

It is clearly established in the teaching of the apostle Paul;

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Ephesians 4:18

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 1^st. Timothy 1:13

It is also present in the teaching of the apostle Peter;

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1^st. Peter 1:14

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 1^st. Peter 2:15

An unestablished Truth is equivalent to a lie. This is the real risk we run of not working properly with the Truth. The apostle James had already established it when he said,

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. James 4:17

The process of formation, growth and perfection of the person of faith is subordinate to the ability that the person has developed to establish the Truth for himself.

To help us recognize the Truth, and how we must establish it properly, it is necessary to understand the types of Truth to which we present ourselves daily.

THE TRUTH OF THE FACTS

This is the sphere of the natural world in which humankind moves. The Truth of facts means the reality of things that are true for all.

And the serpent said unto the woman, (1)Ye shall not surely die: ⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, (2)then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:4-5

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. John 8.44

This is the reason why it was introduced into the Law that the trial witness of one person would not be accepted as true, but by the saying of two or more.[5]

Another example is in the case of Abraham when he introduced his wife to Pharaoh:

And yet indeed (1)she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and (2)she became my wife. Genesis 20:12

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Genesis 17:1

Unfortunately, many men and women of faith have not been able to recognize this principle of satanic life, and continue to act in the same way as they did before recognizing Jesus as Lord and Christ.

This is the most dangerous sphere, and the most stumbling block for many, because we do not see the spiritual transcendence of mixing truth with lie.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. Luke 16:10

THE TRUTH OF ONE’S CONVICTIONS

Some biblical examples that illustrate this are the cases of faith in Abraham, when he decided to walk in direct dependence on God,

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, ²³That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: Genesis 14:22-23

And, when he arranged to offer Isaac in sacrifice believing that God was able to return him from the dead,

And Abraham said, my son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. … ¹⁴And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, in the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. Genesis 22:8-14

Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Hebrews 11:19

The gravity of doing things without having the proper conviction of why they should be done, is exposed in the case of Ananias and Sapphira,

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, ²And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. ³But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Acts 5:1-3

And King David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. 1 Chronicles 21:24

… and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. Esther 4.16

When God promulgated the Law, He intended people to live for them, out of conviction, not out of burden or fear of the imposition of punishment.

To act out of conviction demands fidelity in what has been believed, even if this means rejecting the opportunity for development that an external source proposes.

Every day there are situations and opportunities that prove convictions. When a conviction has become a Truth, it determines the way we act, and liberates us.

ABSOLUTE TRUTH

Absolute Truths are the spiritual Truths predetermined by God as an expression of His Will, and pre-established in the Word as an instruction of life pleasing to God.

Absolute Truths are not subject to interpretation, do not fall into disuse, never cease to be, and always have the vigor of God’s backing. The New Testament has many absolute Truths.

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, … 1^st. John 2:10

If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1^st. John 2:15

… whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 1^st. John 3:10

… He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 1^st. John 3:14

He that loveth not knoweth not God; … 1^st. John 4:8

If a man says, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: … 1^st. John 4:20

The Old Testament also has many Absolute Truths, which are ignored by the belief that the Old Testament lost its validity.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 11:1 (see also Proverbs 20:23; Hosea 12:8; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11)

… lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 9:24 (see also Micah 6:8)

… for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 1 Samuel 14:6

… Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: Isaiah 59:1

… truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. Jeremiah 3:23

… But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39

Absolute Truths teach us to know God, to know His character, to know His Will; they help us to understand how He operates, but above all, to understand what He demands of our lives.

What is the task?

First, to demolish by land all those false establishments that have been established as pseudo truths through music, through customs, through community events, etc. Examples of them are the pseudo date of Jesus’ birth, the pagan customs of celebrating birthdays, the cult of the dead, etc.

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Isaiah 59:4

Second, establishing the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood that has prevailed in the region;

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: … Proverbs 12:17

Third, establishing the corresponding Truth of conviction according to the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood.

And they will deceive everyone his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Jeremiah 9:5

All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

Pastor Pedro Montoya

Twitter: @pastormontoya

https://earthenwarevessels.blog

[1] Deuteronomy 18:22

[2] Genesis 24:49

[3] Idem 42:11

[4] Exodus 18:21

[5] Deuteronomy 17:6

What is the Message of the Gospel?

In an ambience as theologized as in which we live, where talking about complex doctrinal themes has become almost the bread of every day, we have overlooked that the message of the Gospel is a simple message, unpretentious, which tells us of the love of God that even being sinners Christ died for us.

It is the biblical message, the proclamation of an Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and earth, and by which all created things subsist.[1] It is the testimony of an ever-present God, who fills all things in all,[2] who though he abhors sin, loves the sinner, and delights in his Creation.

The message of the Gospel is the message of a God who is no respecter of persons who, though he may speak judgment against even one nation, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if the nation turn from their evil, He repents of the evil that He spoke about them.[3]

It is the message that breaks out among people who do not know Him, even among those who do not want to hear Him. It is the message that speaks of Peace, of restoration, of edification, of restitution; the message that which says, you shall be built.[4]

It is the message of the one who calls the things which be not as if they were,[5] the one who calls all things by name.[6] It is the message of which the prophets described as the God of all flesh,^[7] God of the spirits,^[8] the God of heaven, and the God of the earth,^[9] God of gods.^[10] Such is the greatness of his strength, and his power and virtue.

The message of the Gospel is not philosophical, nor religious, nor does the power of its strength lie in the etymology of the Word.

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 1^st. Corinthians 4:20

It is not a message that is subject to the hermeneutics of the word, hard to understand,

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. ¹²It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? ¹³Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Deuteronomy 30:11-13

It is the message born from the conviction, from the personal conviction that God revealed Himself and spoke, and that His instructions do not need interpretation,

But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Deuteronomy 30:14

It was the message that was spread throughout Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the entire Roman Empire,

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; ⁹That 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 10:8, 9

The message of the Gospel is the same prophetic message established even before the foundation of the world, it is the theme established as the foundation of the Mosaic Law,…

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? ²⁷And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:26, 27

… And proclaimed and established by the apostles of Jesus as the foundation of faith,

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. ¹⁰Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: ¹¹Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. ¹²Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 1^st. Peter 1:9-12

The message of the Gospel is the Revelation that Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ, in Greek),

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, we have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. John 1.41

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. John 4:25

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. John 9:22

The message of the Gospel is the message that Jesus is the Son of God, acknowledging his human presence…

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 1^st. John 4:3

… But differentiating him from any other prophet of old. He is God.

Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, of a truth thou art the Son of God. Matthew 14:33

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: Romans 1:4

The message of the Gospel is the confession that Jesus is salvation, liberation and eternal life.

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 10:9

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13

It is not only a verbal statement, like pagan religious confessions; it is the confession born from the revelation that Jesus is God Himself incarnate, and established as a life conviction that He lives in us,

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16

Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Acts 3:26

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts 8:37

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 1^st. Corinthians 1:9

The message of the Gospel is the proclamation that Jesus is the foundation of Eternal Life,…

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; ²¹ In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: Ephesians 2:20, 21

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: ⁷Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6,7

The message of the Gospel is the doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven which states that God demands that all men repent of living under the kingdom of Satan, and submit to the Lordship of Christ,…

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Acts 17:30

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 3:2

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 4:17

And as ye go, preach, saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 10:7

.. To be counted worthy of this Grace,

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer. 2^nd. Thessalonians 1:5

The Gospel is the proclamation of the Kingdom of Heaven, which establishes God’s decision to reconcile man with his Creator. Jesus is the only mediator between God and men,

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. ²⁰Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Galatians 3:19, 20

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1^st. Timothy 2:5

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. Hebrew 8:6

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Hebrew 9:15

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Hebrew 12:24

The message of the Gospel is the testimony that He appeared to undo the works of Satan and demons,

And, behold, they cried out, saying, what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Matthew 8:29

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1^st. John 3:8

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; Hebrew 2:14

The message of the Gospel is the Regeneration of man through the Holy Spirit,

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Romans 14:17

Its strength does not depend on the intellectual capacity of the person, neither on their academic nor theological preparation; …

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. Psalm 118:22

And he beheld them, and said, what is this then that is written, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Luke 20:17

… the power of the Gospel consists in man’s disposition to humble himself before Him, and in the action of submitting to His Lordship,

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm 51:17

The Gospel of the Kingdom is established on the foundation of faith in Jesus as the only mediator of a new covenant,…

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; Romans 9:32

… faith in Jesus discovers the righteousness of the Kingdom,

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Romans 9:33

The message of the Gospel does not consist of liturgy or religious rituals.

Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner. 1^st. Peter 2:7

The integration of religious components only causes those who follow it to err from the faith and establish apostasy in their deeds and words,

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 1^st. Peter 2:8

In terms of the content of salvation, the message of the Gospel is the message of Jesus crucified,…

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. 1^st. Corinthians 1:23

… but above all, it is the proclamation that Jesus rose from the dead,

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: ¹⁴And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. ¹⁵Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. ¹⁶For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: ¹⁷And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 1^st. Corinthians 15:12-17

… is the proclamation that Jesus is made first fruits of those who slept, establishing the doctrine of the resurrection among the dead of the saints and the righteous at His coming,

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. 1^st. Corinthians 15:20

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 1^st. Thessalonians 4:16

As for presentation, the message of the Gospel is known by various other names; the first presented from its beginnings, the way of the Lord,

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. Acts 18:25

… as well as, the way of God,

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Acts 18:26

… as, the way of salvation,

The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, these men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. Acts 16:17

… or, merely, the Way,

But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Acts 19:9

The most common name among the Gentile regions, the Preaching of the Cross,

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. ¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1^st. Corinthians 1:17, 18

The apostle Paul also used the term, the power of God unto salvation,

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Ephesians 1:19

The message of the Gospel of the Kingdom is also presented as, the counsel of God,

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Acts 20:27

We conclude this teaching by asking ourselves: What is the message of the Gospel that we have received?

We will realize that much of what we have received is in fact philosophical and religious knowledge, quite distant from the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven established in the Scriptures by the Lord.

Let us correct our way… we are on time!

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrew 4:16

[1] Colossians 1:17; Hebrew 2:10

[2] Ephesians 1:23

[3] Jeremiah 18:7,8

[4] Jeremiah 31:4; Isaias 44:28

[5] Romans 4:17

[6] Isaias 40:26

[7] Jeremiah 32:27

[8] Numbers 16:22; 27:16

[9] Genesis 24:3

[10] Deuteronomy 10:17

We invite you to review the published books, and to acquire them. They are available in paperback and electronic format.

Pastor Pedro Montoya

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THE TRUTH OF THE FACTS

THE TRUTH OF ONE’S CONVICTIONS

ABSOLUTE TRUTH

What is the task?

First, to demolish by land all those false establishments that have been established as pseudo truths through music, through customs, through community events, etc. Examples of them are the pseudo date of Jesus’ birth, the pagan customs of celebrating birthdays, the cult of the dead, etc.

second, establishing the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood that has prevailed in the region;

Third, establishing the corresponding Truth of conviction according to the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood.

… And the Truth will set you free.

THE TRUTH OF THE FACTS

THE TRUTH OF ONE’S CONVICTIONS

ABSOLUTE TRUTH

What is the task?

What is the Message of the Gospel?

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What is the task?

First, to demolish by land all those false establishments that have been established as pseudo truths through music, through customs, through community events, etc. Examples of them are the pseudo date of Jesus’ birth, the pagan customs of celebrating birthdays, the cult of the dead, etc.

second, establishing the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood that has prevailed in the region;

Third, establishing the corresponding Truth of conviction according to the Word that opposes the establishment of falsehood.

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