Thessalonians part 41

This then brings us to the false accusations against Christ, as seen in Matthew 11:19 being with gluttons, blastphemers in Matthew 26:64-65, insanity in Mark 3:21, demon possession in John 7:20, sabbath desecreation in John 9:16, and treason in John 19:12; falsechrists in Matthew 24:4-24 and Jesus' warning against in Mark 13:21-23. It is these same accusations that many face when they proclaim membership in the Family of GOD through HIS Son and take upon themselves His name. Many also have a false conception of what FAITH is. Many will say that I belong to this or that church group or this or that denomination as if membership to a country club was anything. Faith is a receiving word as it is activated by GOD's Love restore or reentered into the heart of man. You see Faith looks for Grace because Faith receives what Grace reveals within mans regenesised / born again soul. The soul which has experienced circumcision of its outer shell, made up of a hardness in its flesh, this is done by GOD's hand and NOT mans and is known as a secret or mystery. Though it requires mans willingness to surrender his soul / wholeheart to GOD for activation of HIS healing power by the resurrection and restoration of Christ's Spirit within us. When we as individuals operate on this understanding it is counted to us as righteousness by God just as it was in Abram and those both before and after him within his geneology. It was this same condition that Jesus as the Son of man operated on also. And oh yes, Saul of Tarsus who became Paul by this same operation of GOD's doing. Faith is being receptive of Grace operations of Salvation or healing of both body and soul of man, that is why Jesus could say to Saul of Tarsus, 'Why are you persecuting Me' as found in Acts 9:4.

 
Our first one is revealed just after Jesus pays a tribute to John the baptist in which He states this beginning at verse 9, of Matthew 11, through 14, 15, 16-19: “But what went you out for to see? A prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, which shall prepare Your way before You. Verily [of a Truth] I say to you, Among them that are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if you will receive this he is Elias (Elijah), which was for to come (he came in the spirit of Elijah, having one and the same anointing if you will, Malachi prophecies of his coming in 4:5-6, also in Luke 1:17 by his father Zacharias).

He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

But whereto shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows, and saying, We have piped for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned for you, and you have not lamented. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.”