#25 Continuing Works by J.J.

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“Tomorrow’s World”
July/August 2010

“Longtime Tomorrow’s World publication, Tomorrow’s World television, as well as the organization web site, its [informative booklets] and Tomorrows world bible studies course--> goes way beyond what virtually all other religious works on earth are able to do…why is this possible?”

It’s a long and tedious introduction that brags of it’s “achievements” and hints very strongly towards what it teaches--that they are the vanguard of bible truths that take the appearance of prophecy and an enlightenment of bible doctrine.

All of this achievement must be God’s will…all of this ability to interpret the way of the bibles verse and purpose must mean that they are the chosen! Or the duped!!!

On page five of the July/August 2010 edition in Tomorrow’s World publication, Editor-in-chief, Roderick C. Meredith attends to his works in the Lord by sharing a teaching of the gospel according to…whom?

Is this what he truly believes, or is he just an ever zealous congregational member high on the power and responsibilities given to him by “The Living Church of God”, out of Charlotte North Carolina…himself being duped?

I admit their prophecies are fascinating reading. I’ve read them from teachers such as Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, Mr. Teac, or the likes of Gerald Flurry and Mary Baker Eddy and by the esteemed Hal Lindsay.

They offer remarkable scenes of reality and portent, only they all do the same thing…after telling you that their church is chosen, and raised your spirit with the teachings of their prophecy, they tried to tell you that you are special because you belong to the only true church; a remnant of true believers that will eventually be hunted down and killed unless they prepare for those times just ahead.

That almost sounds like me only I don’t know how to interpret prophecy/predictions and I don’t teach the Ten Commandments.
I teach you how to find the truth in and of God’s Love. His Agape Love.

But what is Mr. Roderick C. Meredith trying to get his readers to believe? Let’s take a look… “for although many churches and religious leaders have bits and pieces of biblical truth, they do not - and indeed dare not - make these specific predictions that I have just made. For they definitely don’t understand. Why?”

Before we see his dramatic dare to do façade become an act of pride to boast, let me interject a few idle possibilities..

Why indeed does he dare us to make the same specific predictions he just made?

Well, duh! Of course nobody dares “repeat” what was said and back it up with the scripture truths you claim to have knowledge of, ‘that, “they definitely do not understand.” it would be ludicrous and they would just laugh at your naivety, it’s a law not worth breaking on a dare. Or a whimsy!

To “them” that would only be lowering themselves to your level of Tom foolery, ‘…Let him rant and rave like all of the others.’

Perhaps, but so what, let all the leaders have their bits and pieces of the biblical truth and judge for themselves, who is right and who is wrong.

Are we up to it? Show me your truth Mr. Meredith..

But first, before we get too deep to see our footing, let me congratulate Mr. Meredith on his fine performance of manipulation. You do this by sharing a visionary battle for your congregation of bible prophecies and their intrinsic value to the big plan of making them believe that they are a remnant people and only they who believe as “I“, will also believe what I’m going to share next.. .

Manipulation: Whether those five specific prophecies are given any bearing in the forthcoming dogmatic dogma being delivered is bollucks..He surely is entitled his day of profession. A person who belongs in a church organization which professes to know the truth of the gospel like only the chosen can know. But perceived truth given with falsehoods with the purpose of trying to give valid-eity to the falsehoods by the merit or perceived value of the Truth, is called: manipulation. And for Mr. Meredith to pump up ‘his’ truth with a nonsensical dare that no one would dare to speak out against him by voicing his-same-words is pure nonsense and yet masterfully done.

Why I bet he got some congregational members to shake some fists and nod some heads there.

But what about his truth “they definitely do not understand?” This is where it gets interesting .. Lets see what scripture he will throw at us and try to convince us of, once and for all, he knows what he is talking about.

I believe strongly, he knows what he is talking about, he’s got it all down pat! Practice does not make perfect but to the naïve they look the same, practice does make perfect, they say; but will it stand up to the scrutiny of unbiased, unbrainwashed.. Yes, he has many in his church, brainwashed, or you would have seen his masterly delivered gem of manipulation.

Given to a congregation that has subscribed to his publication that boast of all they have achieved in the name of true Christianity. Where if someone was to ridicule him simply by refusing to be caught up in the glorious preamble to his dogmatic delivery that follows.

Yes. Why indeed Mr. Meredith, do I not understand you..”I” the proverbial lost son that has no understanding?

“Because God’s inspired word tells us over and over* (*no more or no less than the rest of his word.)that the vast majority of humanity is blinded to the real God and to his Truth. Even most professing Christians are actually a part of this world and will be deceived by satan the devil.” (My bad, sorry I didn’t think satan and devil should be capitalized.)

Do you see it folks? This is a true scripture, but so far the only thing that gives this verse relevancy to “applying” to “this” group of people “yOu” is.. “Remember these basic scriptures we have cited to you again and again?” Repetition. (pg. 5&6)

Revelation 12:9 does indeed say satan deceived the whole world; and another verse says he has powerful demon ministers helping him.

How will you be able to “test the spirits?” Already, if you do not believe this inspired scripture you are belonging to the group depicted by this verse of scripture.. “But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those that are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God, should shine on them. “here, the Apostle Paul clearly tells us that satan has blinded most human beings.”

And !!! This Mr. Meredith has helped blinded you to feel you need to agree with him wholeheartedly or be counted in with the blind who don’t believe satan the devil could and does blind the world!

Well I certainly believe that verse revelation’s 12:9, and I’m certain any God believing man or woman would believe Revelations 12:9 too, so far all you’ve done is quote a verse, Rev:12:9, and tell us if any one doesn’t believe in that verse, then they belong to the list of unbelievers found in the second verse IICor.4:3-4 as those veiled and unable to believe in Jesus.

But truthfully, the verse says that those who are veiled are unable to believe “The Truth” “lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.”

“For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.

And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of our selves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great pleasure of speech: and not as Moses which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: but their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.

But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart. Never the less when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.” (IICor.3:3-16. Auth KJV.)


You see, its not about believing the world is blinded by satan to believe a lie, but that they are blinded and believe. But you have twisted it to sound like - if anyone does not believe in the truth that satan has blinded the whole world, then we are doomed.. Unless of course we believe in him and do what he says.. Where you contest that what we MUST DO is keep the Ten Commandments as he did!

Yet we just read: that the glory of the commandments is [that ]“which is abolished.” [That]: which the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life. [That].. Even unto this day, when Moses is read the veil is apon their heart. Never the less when it, (the heart of man) shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away!

We’re not to turn to the Ten Commandments, (the letter,) but to turn to Jesus! And nowhere in this does one read that doing the Ten Commandments are the same as turning to Jesus.

Yes, Jesus kept the commandments and abided in God’s Love(agape). And we are to do God’s will.. But Jesus never said those that do God’s will are doing the Ten Commandments for our reasonable service; they are doing them so as to abide in God’s Love.

Jesus said, “I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.”

One must strive to abide in the love of God! By doing God’s will!!! Which is what??? To keep the commandments?!? NO!!!

“For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him who sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I shall lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son, and believeth on him may have ever-lasting life: And I will raise him up at the last day.”(John6:38-40)

Is this what Mr Meredith is preaching? Let’s see.. “Why is it that people think that they ‘know God’ and expect his blessing when they simply refuse to obey the magnificent spiritual law which he gave..”. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!?!?

Nooo!

Those are written in stone: “for if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious!!!
(Emphasis mine.)

You see Mr. Meredith rightly quoted Revelations 14:12,: “Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”

And the faith of Jesus.. (This is not given the weight of interpretation that is needed..) Instead of insight it is quoted and boistered by the oracular persuasion of “being surrendered to God” “so that Christ may live his life within them through the Holy Spirit.” [That] He(God)will reject those religious people who simply will not obey God’s laws.”
“Only those who genuinely obey God’s commandments are given true understanding.” But when did God teach you to put the cart in front of the horse?

When did God teach you that the Ten commandments which were written-on-stone and fadeth away were a spiritual law?(see above) Wake up Mr. Meredith lest you find your self in a circle of denial.

What even makes you believe that surrendering is even an option? Your five predictions? Your large holdings, your churches C.E.O.?

You got it wrong my friend, those five predictions based on an understanding of the bible are not meant to win us over on a dare.. “prophesying serveth not for them that believe not,but for them which believe.” “If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad? But if all prophecy, and there come in one that believeth not, one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged by all: and thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face, he sill worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.”
Am I talking Ten Commandments here? No! I’m talking Prophecy. How does following the Ten Commandments reveal the secrets of his heart? What? By his failures to live by the commandments? No! this implies he must accept your teaching to put it to task and prove your teaching is of a Truth..

But the one “…who is unlearned, is convinced of all, he is judged of all: and thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest;”

Again I ask you: how does an unlearned one become convinced of all and judged of all: by acknowledging that you all follow the Ten Commandments?

Admit it, you didn’t make such a jump when you joined, did you? If truth were to be told, you continue to think that it does because of all the love you have found in God through the truth you discovered about your self, and you attribute that love to the practicing of doing the ten commandments; the reality is that it was your search for understanding why you kept failing to live up to the standard of excellence that was given to Moses.

Does that last statement make you swell with the pride of achievement? Then you have completely overlooked the bold under lined action. I hope that’s not you.. I Would that you reflect with sober thought the things that entangle you and what untangles you!

Jesus said: “those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the devil that taketh the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time and temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”

You see Mr. Meredith, you bring a person to the ten commandments and say they are a fruit of the gospel, when the real fruit of the gospel is found when we do battle with our deceitful desires that seek to satisfy a fulfillment of a worries riches and/or pleasure, and a motive of our heart becomes revealed. At that time if you are born of the Holy Spirit you will also be enabled to find a Loving and Truthful alternative to your motive; thereby making it possible to choose who you wish to endorse by allowing into your heart. Not by being surrendered, but by submitting. God’s Way of Heart is one we choose to live in, but we had to find it first. There is no let go and let god fill you with his very character. God is found in the choices we make when we ask ourself: Why do I do the wrong that I do?

When we do that we find the fruits of the spirit: “Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, Faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit.” .. And here it is that we obey the commandments. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is do; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. Owe no man “anything”, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. [For this],thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness,thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Evidence that “The Way” of christian worship and of understanding is not in following the way of the commandments, but rather, it is found in the effort to walk in God’s Love. Hence the following of the Ten Commandments become a measure of our Faith, “but Faith which worketh by love.”

Remember Psalms 111:10 - “.. a good understanding have all those who do his commandments.” they had it before they did the commandments.

But what is this!! “so even the professing “Christian” religions of this world have mixture of good and evil. They have adapted literally scores of doctrines and practices straight out of paganism as [we] have documented many times. ( they have soundly rejected the direct commands in the New Testament to keep all of God’s Ten Commandments. Not merely some new commandment given by Jesus.”

Whoa! Hold on a minute there Mr. Meredith! Jesus didn’t say that we had to follow the ten commandments, that was what the Jews were told to do by Moses. Jesus did say they were done so as to abide in “His” Love. Jesus did give a new commandment twice in the same chapter where he says: “A new commandment I give you, that ye love one another as I have loved you.”

Lets look at what else Jesus said “if ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Fathers commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you!..” “these things I command you, that ye love one another.”

Now see! If I learn to know God’s love(of agape)and love my brother in “it” just like Jesus loved us in “it”, then I’m fulfilling the commandments as a side benefit. Love does no harm to its neighbor therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. NOT love means we must do the commandments, but rather, as we love in God’s Agape Love, we will not trespass against God’s commandments, but rather we will be seen to be abiding in them.

As we love Agape, we are in accordance to the commandments. Not as: “various religious leaders who are simply not able to understand or grasp the specific end-time prophecies which we clearly explain to you in our telecasts and in this magazine! We have a responsibility to help you understand the truth! So it is only in that light that I make these statements.”

My friend, you reading this, don’t fall for such show-manship! Prophetic teaching is not so blunt and misleading as this false doctrine. It’s really very, very easy to carry the yoke that has Jesus as the strength of Truth; in tandum with Jesus in unity of spirit thru faith that is proven to express itself in the agape love of God The Father; our Father, my Father, and I hope by your Father.

That’s a lot of Fathers and not one of them is “in relationship” with you through observation and formality of knowing and practicing of following in Jesus’ footsteps by any act of self will, such as, that of following a commandment, will allow me to know that you fail to realize, that any relationship with God has to be founded in the enlightenment of understanding and the life of God due to an awareness of sight that is known in the heart.

“without these, we who are past having feelings have given to desire to work all unseemliness with greediness: but ye have not so learned Christ; (eph.4:17-24) #20-24 “if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: [what was I taught.. ](oh yeah!.) “that ye put off concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be re-newed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God, is created in righteousness and true holiness.”

This is not the “Ten Commandments”!

Clearly the bible tells us we need to be a new creature, a new man inside out. And the only thing that prevents it being so is our putting deceitful desires in our path that we satisfy for our own deceitful reasons that appease a worry, riches, and/or pleasure.”

Oh yes, all are guilty, all have done that! That’s what keeps you from knowing God! Let me say it again.. The only thing that keeps us from knowing God is our selfishness and greed to be satisfied by a worries, riches, and/or pleasure.

We need to change that much is true, but this change can not be gotten by the formality of practicing to resist sinning against the ten commandments by obeying the commandments.

Where is the hearts measure of love to be found in all of that? Love that does no harm to its neighbor, also means it doesn’t do any harm to us either. Why beat yourself up for failure to live the commandments, when the truth is, that you only fail to live in the commandments if you also fail to look at the lie that lies beneath our lustful desires. Our deceitful desires? Why is that lie there?

Deceitful desires are lying desires and if you don’t know when you are lying to yourself ask yourself are you in pain?!

Pain of loneliness, pain of lusts, pain of just being unloved, pain of jealousy, envy, pain of peer pressure, pain of inadequacy, .. Remember.. Love does no harm. Look around you, why are you in pain?

I’ll tell you why you are in pain, why the church is blind, and doesn’t want you to know why you are hurt, aching for answers that can’t be given with the band-aid of false doctrine; do-this, don’t do-that, this kind of remedy is no remedy at all, it’s the problem.

Hello, can you hear me? Why, when you are feeling so mush* despair do you pray to God to help you to live a sinless life that doesn’t break any of God’s Commandments, when by god you side-step any true cleanliness, because now you have taken you out of the equation - now all that matters is that you pray and surrender your will to God; so that your will is as his will. NOT!!! Did Jesus ever surrender?

WOW! God wants a relationship with you. God wants to see Jesus’ heart in your heart and in your mind! Having His thought, will, and emotion become your chosen thoughts, your desired will, your joyful emotion reverberating with the joyful emotion of our Lord Jesus expressing the image of God’s Love running through him; Jesus said: “All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, AND He To Whom The Son will reveal HIM.” (Luke 10:22)

Here’s your Faith!! WE believe in The Father because of knowing His Love as it is revealed by Jesus whom we can not see, but we believe in Him because God’s Agape Love is mine with the choosing as it stands revealed as the loving way alternative to the excuses we have for sin in our life. And get this, the increase of God’s love is ours with the choosing, after we find it in our proper way of repentance. This is the knowledge of the “Hidden Wisdom” this is “The Way” of Love(Agape)chosen in the alternatives revealed by the Holy Spirit as you questioned your mind and heart “why did I do the wrong that I do?”

Need more proof: John 17:25-26 “Oh righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thou name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them.”

You will grow in God’s love and with love comes understanding. “thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thy see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” How?!? By teaching them to know “The Way” of Christian worship/service - how to cast the speck from their own eyes first! Because only then, can they learn from the Holy Spirit, given to them when they first believed. It’s up to himself or herself, to search their hearts motive for why it yearns to sin and thereby fall short of the glory of God.

What passion do you resist of the worries, riches and/or pleasure? Why? Find the Truth of why you choose to pamper your indulgencies at the cost of learning to take responsibility for your actions; of the old you. And you will find and spiritually recognize the new you that you must choose to be; and abide. Want more proof?

“And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and depth of judgement; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.”(Philippians 1:9-11)

This relationship you develop with God is as you learn his knowledge and develop your insights into understanding the love that you find in this assured method of repentance, this confident awareness of God’s love being made manifest in our being by the making of a choice.

Look: if you honor the Ten Commandments more than you honor knowing the life of Jesus..why is it the preachers and churches that preach the practice of the formality the Ten Commandments, are so unable to see their only true growth in the spirit came from soul searching for the reason why they could not do a failed commandment. That soul searching has a structured path of unserstanding that reveals the mind of Christ and the person of Christ through Faith that expresses itself through Agape Love. It is known as “The Way”

More than an instruction, it’s a way of being one with Jesus: “The Way, The Truth, and The Life.”

So you see, you can find knowledge if you look hard enough into the perfect law of love. Or you can surrender your soul to the negative aspect of the teaching of obeying the ten commandments.
(sigh)
I hope that you can see a glimpse of what it means to walk with God, and how it be a growing and aware experience of seeing the light of reality around us and in us, and not as a dogmatic doctrine.


In Him,
J.J.