I am looking still at mans being deceived by the delusions of Satan's over whelming deception of his own grandeur. This grandeur is alluring to those of religion in their own blindness to the Word of scripture, in the prophets and psalms it is sometimes called sweetness a candy of sin, unbelief. Which fosters mans shallowness which effects many areas of his being.
Shallowness:
No Deep affection,
Ezekiel 33:31-32b of 30-33 "As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, 'Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD.' And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it. When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them."
Of sentimental hearing,
Ezekiel 33:32 of 30-33 "As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, 'Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD.' And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it. When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them."
No depth of root,
Mark 4:16-17 of 13-20 "And Jesus said to them, 'Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.'"
No depth of foundation,
Luke 6:49 of 46-49 (Jesus is speaking) "'Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.'"
Inability to receive the deeper message,
John 6:66 of 66-71 "After this many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, 'Do you want to go away as well?' Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that You are the Holy One of GOD." Jesus answered them, 'Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.' He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him."
No depth of convictions,
Ephesians 4:14-15 of 7-16 "But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says (in Psalms 68:18), "When He ascended on high He led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."[this took place as witnessed by the guards at the tomb in Matthews record of 27:51-54] (In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that He had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He Who descended is the one Who also ascended far above all the heavens, that HE might fill all things.) And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the (mystical) body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of GOD, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him Who is the head, into Christ (the anointed), from Whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love."
Unbelievers:
Their Lifetime spent in Vanity,
Psalm 78:32-33 of 21-33 "Therefore, when the LORD heard, HE was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; His anger rose against Israel, because they did not believe in GOD and did not trust His saving power. Yet HE commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, and HE rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. Man ate of the bread of the angels; HE sent them food in abundance. HE caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by His power HE led out the south wind; HE rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; HE let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. And they ate and were well filled, for HE gave them what they craved. But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, the anger of GOD rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite His wonders, they did not believe. So HE made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror."
Already Condemned,
John 3:18 of 16-21 (Jesus is speaking) "'For GOD so loved the world, that HE gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For GOD did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes Him is not condemned, for whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of GOD. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in GOD."
Die in their Sins,
John 8:24 of 21-30 "So Jesus said to them again, 'I am going away, and you will seek Me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.' So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come?'" He said to them, 'You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am HE you will die in your sins. (of Deuteronomy 18:15-22) So they said to Him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, 'Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge, but HE Who sent Me is TRUE, and I declare to the world what I have heard from Him.' They did not understand that He had been speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said to them, 'When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own authority, but speak just as the Father taught Me. And HE Who sent Me is with Me. HE has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.' As He was saying these things, many believed Him."
Shall be Judged by GOD's Word in the Last Day's,
John 12:48 of 44-50 "And Jesus cried out and said, 'Whoever believes Me, believes not in Me but in Him Who sent Me. And whoever sees Me sees Him Who sent Me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes Me may not remain in darkness. If anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save (Redeem, thereby healing) the world. The one who rejects Me and does not receive My words has a judge; the Word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on My own authority, but the Father Who sent Me has Himself given Me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. And I know that His commandment is Eternal Life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told Me.'"
Are Blinded by the god of this World,
2Corinthians 4:4 of 1-6 "Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of GOD, we do not lose heart. For we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with GOD's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of GOD. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, Who is the image of GOD. (all mankind is in the image of GOD still) For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as LORD, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For it was GOD, Who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' (in Genesis 1:3) has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of Jesus Christ."
Will be Classed with out breaking Sinners in Eternity,
Revelation 21:8 of 5-8 "And HE Who was seated on the throne said, 'Behold, I am making all things new.' (in John 12:47 above) Also HE said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' And HE said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be His GOD and he will be My son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.'"
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