We are still looking into the worldly mindset of man and his plans as directed by an unseen unknown force that man thinks is his own, especially those of a elitist mindset. For over the ages those of this corrupt way of thinking and imaginations have slowly taken over the higher levels of education in all fields of in diversity, to where even the former schools of the purest of intents now stand among the most wicked. For they all have replaced GOD with their own plans and purposes all the way down to our local churches, schools, governments and financial institutions. Enough said let us turn our attention to the task at hand, our looking into sinful imitation. Beginning with the old witness books, where all ground rules are found, as given by the wisdom of GOD and is then summed up by Jesus as recorded in Matthew 23:1-12, after which He gives eight woe's to the elitist's of His day, which carries on still. Hear and take heed to what your instructor says herein.
Sinful Imitation of worldly people and customs condemned:
In Committing Popular Sins,
Exodus 23:2 of 1-3 "You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit."
In False Worship,
Deuteronomy 12:30 of 29-31 "When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, "How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same." You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way, for every abominable thing that the LORD hates they have done for their gods, for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods."
In Bad Governmental (Politics) Policies,
1Samuel 8:19-20 of 19-22 "But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles." When Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD. And the LORD said to Samuel, 'Obey their voice and make them a king.' Samuel then said to the men of Israel, "Go every man to his city."
In Heathenish Practises,
2Kings 17:15 of 7-18 "This occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, Who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. And the people of Israel did secretly against the LORD their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, and there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the LORD carried away before them. And they did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger, and they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, 'You shall not do this.' Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, 'Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by My servants the prophets.' But they would not listen, for they were stubborn, just as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the LORD their God. They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them. And they abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made for themselves metal images of two calves; and they made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal. And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings and used divination and omens and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of His sight. None was left but the tribe of Judah only."
In Following a Bad Example,
Matthew 23:2-3 of 1-12 "Then Jesus said to the crowds and to His disciples, 'The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy (religious) burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher (even the Spirit of GOD), and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, Who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.'"
From here we will look at, the LORD willing, worldly builders, to close out this portion.
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