ARE YOU BLIND?

A phrase often used at baseball and basketball games with little or no real consequence. Spiritually speaking, it carries the gravest of consequence, eternal separation from God. Unlike physical blindness, spiritual blindness brings apathy, anger and soon wrath from God, especially in those who lead others into blindness. Unlike physical blindness, spiritual blindness, to those who are blind, have no way to see, measure or understand that are blind. Biblically, this is always true. It is as true today as it was in Jesus day. When man separates truth, Godly truth, from God’s ways, blindness to truth is the outcome. Every man taught downstream of the original spiritual blindness receives a portion of that very blindness. Those teachings become traditions and doctrines of men, and deceptions of truth. Jesus came to heal the blind, physically, but especially spiritually, and bring truth to set blind captives free.


Jesus said in John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me. Consider the Sadducees who historically did not believe in the resurrection, as the Sadducees of Jesus day. Jesus, in Matthew 22:29 said to them; ”You do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God”. They denied truth, Jesus is truth, ergo: they denied Jesus. Hearing truth did not change them, they just became more angry and bitter. They are guilty for passing error as truth to every person that they spread their beliefs to. Fast forward to today. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one can get to the Father, heaven, our goal, except through Him. Consider church doctrines, dogma, traditions and customs of this day, and compare them to the Book of Acts church. The early churches flowed in the power of God. Every converted soul was taught truth. Repentance, water baptism, being baptized in the Holy Spirit, flowing in the gifts of the Holy Spirit were every day common, not out of the ordinary. Prophecy was as common as miracles, God confirming His words with signs and wonders, they flowed in the Spirit of God. (That is until error, iniquity entered in.) Compare churches, your church, to the letters/epistles sent by Peter, James, John, Jude and Paul, bearing in mind that they are letters of correction and warning. Do you “see” any difference from then to now? Did God change or did man follow after error? To deny difference is to deny truth.


As Paul wrote in Galatians 1:6 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him (the Holy Spirit) that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Be accursed is no small matter. The difference between “another gospel, which is not another” is error, partial truth, perversion from truth, foundations being passed off as the finished product, good set for evil, evil set for good, changing Life in the Spirit to fleshly control of God's word. Galatians 3:3Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? What of those who never had full truth, those who have come after the seed of error? It is possible to fall from truth and teach error as truth, the bible speaks of it 2000 years ago. What does your church teach? This generation, those born since Israel became a country, are part of the generation that will not pass away. All written prophecy will be fulfilled in this, our generation. The falling away of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is out of this generation. We are in the days of; 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. The question becomes, Lord, am I blind to truth? Will be counted as a foolish virgin?

Without faith there is no pleasing God. You cannot receive the Spirit of Truth, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, without faith. If you do not believe when God speaks you are double minded and can receive nothing. The least of us who speak by the Holy Spirit, can speak words that defy debate. There is understanding that God alone gives, by the Spirit of Truth. That truth must be held in patience, waiting on God. In that patience, we do the will of God, possessing our soul. The Holy Spirit does witness/reveal who speaks truth and who does not. Those who are of the Holy Spirit know who is and who isn't of God, by the Holy Spirit, He bears witness, we are of one Spirit. Not everyone who does "miracles" is from God. Not everyone who say Jesus is Lord is of God. Most "Christian books" cannot help you as much as hearing the Holy Spirit speak. It is better to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling than to rely on a man who speaks good intentions, apart from the Holy Spirit. Can we err? Yes! If you err seeking truth, being willing to repent when you hear truth and change, God will lift you up, He loves a humble and contrite spirit. Our God is a jealous God, He is not satisfied with good intentions, those who worship Him must, not an option, worship in His Spirit and in all Truth.

Luke 6:39 And he (Jesus) spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch? 40The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. (The blind do lead the blind, every day, their end is the ditch/pit. Perfection can only be achieved by faith in God's word and understanding from the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to be witnesses, any other way is not God's way.)

James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. (Who is this humble today? Who points to God apart from though themselves?)


1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (Proverbs 14: 12There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.)


1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. (The holy Spirit bears witness of truth, there is no, I think, or, maybe, it is as substantial as truth by faith.)


Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. 8For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (Make no mistake, we reap from being obedient to the Holy Spirit, not works or lawfulness.)


Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence you are: 26Then shall you begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and you have taught in our streets. 27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence you are; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. (These people thought that they were correct, foolish virgins at best, receiving the reward of the fearful and unbelievers, they thought their way was acceptable to God.)


Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 10A man that is a heretic after the first and second admonition reject; 11Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sins, being condemned of himself. (Do you submit to them when they deny truth?)


Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer (allow) you them that are entering to go in. 14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater damnation. 15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. (These are in the world today. Does any denomination that you know say that they only can "interpret" the Bible and not instruct you to seek God and work out your own salvation, seeking wisdom and understanding from God?)


Matthew 15:10 He (Jesus) called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand: 11Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this, defiles a man. 12Then came his disciples, and said to him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13But he answered and said; Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare to us this parable. 16And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding? 17Do not you yet understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20These are the things which defile a man:…. (What comes out of your minister/denomination, good intentions or not? What comes out of you?)


John 9:39.... Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41Jesus said unto them, If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.

1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Isaiah 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

L,J,P&HG
Dave