Christianity is a way of life, not a label. Too many people today treat the name “Christian” like a badge they pin on their chest to feel secure, while they continue to live for themselves. But the Word of God does not recognize claims; it recognizes fruit.
Jesus did not ask for your agreement; He asked for your life. He asked a question that still haunts the modern, comfortable church: “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46)
The Power of the Name
There is power behind the name of Jesus—the power that transforms a life from the inside out. If your lifestyle has not changed, your words are nothing more than “lip service.” You are claiming the King’s name while your heart remains in rebellion. As it is written: “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.” (Matthew 15:8)
The Kingdom Principle
A true Christian is one who has surrendered everything to the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Earthly kings have always had their own laws, their own rules, and their own borders. If you refused to surrender to the king, you were not part of his kingdom, you were a rebel. The same principle applies to the Kingdom of Heaven.
We have spent our lives acting as the kings of our own little worlds, satisfying the lusts of our flesh. We call our own shots and then expect to call ourselves “Christians.” But the King has set the standard for entry: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)
The Choice of Masters
The bond of the Kingdom is obedience, not lip service. Jesus made this clear when He pointed to those around Him and said: “For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.” (Matthew 12:50)
You cannot negotiate with a King. You cannot hold onto your own throne and claim to serve His. As He told us plainly: “No one can serve two masters.” (Matthew 6:24)
The Final Question
Now, you must ask yourself: Have I truly surrendered my life to the King of Kings, or am I just using His name to secure my own comfort? Is Jesus truly the Lord of your life, or will you face that day when He says: “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness”? (Matthew 7:23).
Salvation: The Exchange of Masters
What are we being saved from? Why do we need to be saved? And what does it actually require to obtain this salvation?
These are not questions for casual conversation; they are questions of life and death.
Why We Needed a Savior
We are being saved from the bondage of sin. The first humans, Adam and Eve, rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh. That act of disobedience introduced sin into the world. Rebellion against God equals sin, and anyone who lives in disobedience is, by definition, an enemy of God.
Because Adam was the head of the human race, his failure passed into the blood of all his descendants. We were born into bondage, and the scripture is clear on the cost of that debt: “For the wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23). We were trapped in a cycle we could not escape.
But God provided the Second Adam. Through one perfect man, sin entered; through one perfect man, salvation returned: “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:22). Jesus Christ paid the price we could never pay. He took our sins upon Himself, poured out His own blood on the Cross, was buried, and rose again. He defeated death itself.
We now face a choice: eternal damnation or eternal salvation. This is why we needed a Savior.
What Does Salvation Require?
Salvation is not an automatic birthright. It is a response to the King. The requirements are found in the Gospels, and they are non-negotiable:
Repentance: John the Baptist did not preach comfort; he preached Repentance (in Greek-metanoeo). It means a total 180-degree turn. It means stopping your rebellion, surrendering your will to the Lord of Lords, and beginning to do His will. It is a complete revolution of the mind. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 3:2).
True Belief: Jesus said, “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” (Mark 1:15). But understand this: “believing” is not just saying words. It is not just an intellectual agreement. Even the demons believe, and they tremble (James 2:19). True belief in Jesus Christ means you are so persuaded of His authority that you are willing to die for Him, just as the early martyrs did.
Surrender: You cannot call Him “Lord” and continue to live as your own master. True belief is a total surrender to the King.
The Bottom Line
Salvation is the act of being rescued from the bondage of your own sin so that you may serve a new Master. If you have not surrendered your will, if you have not turned away from your old life, and if you are not walking in the obedience of the Spirit, you have not obtained salvation—you are still in the bondage of Adam.
Are you still serving your own flesh, or have you surrendered to the King of Kings? The door is open, but it will not stay open forever.
If you have questions about what it means to truly Repent or to have Biblical Faith, review our previous topics on these subjects. You can also write your comments and questions. The Word is clear; don’t gamble with yours and your family's eternity.
Most people have a very narrow understanding about the Third Commandment Exodus 20:7 ("You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain"). For many years this has been thought that it's only related to swearing, well in part it does, but it's more than that and it gets deeper.
I will need to use an illustration to start explaining it. In the old days when a woman married a man she took his name. By taking his name she was making a declaration of who she belonged to, under whose authority, who she represented and when he was not present she had the full authority of his name. And her conduct, in the way she carried herself, in her conversations she proved it. Now I know some of you are understanding it already. Now why do I use the illustration of the woman/wife?
Well in Ephesians 5:25–32 Paul explains that human marriage is a mirror of the union between Christ and His people. He writes: “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.” Paul is clear: our conduct must reflect this union. If the bride is living for another lover (the world), she is unfaithful. Now to be more clear and understand better, we must understand two words. The first word is "Name" (Hebrew word is "shem"). This word is not just a label; it represents a person’s character, authority, and reputation. Next word is "Vain" (Hebrew word is "Shav"). This means to lift it up emptily, falsely, or without substance. To wear the Name while living a life that contradicts the Character of the Name is to claim it is empty and meaningless.
A. The “Christened” Life: Calling oneself a “Christian” (a follower of Christ) is a public declaration of ownership. You are effectively saying, “I represent the King of Kings.” When someone identifies with that Name but lives for the world, or for their own selfish idols, they are acting as a corrupt ambassador. They are “claiming the name” but living a counterfeit life.
B. Blasphemy through Conduct: Paul says in Romans 2:24, quoting Isaiah 52:5, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” Let us examine our conduct: is it bringing honor to our Lord and King as we proclaim His name? Or are we dragging His name through the mud? When you take the name of Jesus Christ, you are “branding” yourself as His property.
C. Representation: A wife carries her husband’s name. If she acts in a way that dishonors his character while claiming to be “his,” she is dragging his reputation through the mud. God cares about His name. Leviticus 22:32: “And you shall not profane my holy name, that I may be sanctified among the people of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.” “Profaning” means to make common or “cheap.” When we live like the world, we make His Holy Name look common. We are called to “set it apart” by the way we live. Ezekiel 36:20-23: “But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name... It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name.”
D. The Point: This is the smoking gun! The Israelites were in exile, and the pagans looked at them and said, “If this is what the God of Israel produces, your God must be weak or absent.” God says He will fix things, not because the people deserve it, but because His Name is being dragged through the mud. Our conduct affects how the world views God. But here is the warning for all that have proclaimed God's name so loosely: Matthew 7:21: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
The Point: Using the title (“Lord”) while refusing the authority is the ultimate “in vain.” It is empty lip service. This is all a great part of true Repentance.
If there are any questions or comments, or even if you think I left something out, you are welcome to post it.
Thou Shall Not Covet.
Unmasking the Myth of the "Harmless Look," the Demonic Toll on Marriage, and the Modern Pulpit Compromise
------------------------------## Introduction: The Guardian of the Invisible
Imagine sitting in a pristine, beautifully decorated sanctuary, completely unaware that a slow, highly volatile gas leak is filling the room. Outwardly, everything looks orderly; the singing is vibrant, the structure stands firm, and the families look immaculate. Yet, a single spark will level the entire building. This is the exact state of the modern community of faith. We are facing a silent, structural crisis born not in the open public square, but within the hidden, deeply guarded chambers of the human mind.
While the first nine commandments largely regulate our visible actions—the physical objects we steal, the verbal lies we tell, the literal altars we build—the Tenth Commandment ("Thou shalt not covet") stands as God’s divine boundary line around the human imagination. It is the guardian of the invisible. The scriptures do not treat the human mind as an empty playground or a neutral zone of harmless thoughts; rather, the Bible defines the imagination as the literal womb where either holy fruit or spiritual destruction is conceived.
Because it regulates what cannot be seen by human eyes, the Tenth Commandment is arguably the most ignored, bypassed, and heavily excused boundary in all of Scripture. A deceptive, deeply toxic narrative has crept into the pews, the homes, and even the pulpits of the modern assembly. This narrative seeks to normalize the wandering eye, classify secret lusts as a biological inevitability, and reduce the sacred covenant of marriage to a merely physical contract rather than a total, exclusive bonding of the soul. Men stand in the house of God and casually use their eyes to hunt for external inputs, completely blind to the fact that ignoring God’s invisible boundary lines always results in visible, catastrophic pain. We are living far too close to the end times to continue allowing men to comfort themselves with fables while losing their marriages, their families, and more importantly, their salvation.
------------------------------## Part 1: The Anatomy of Covetousness (Chamad and the Mind)
To understand what it means to covet, we must strip away modern, watered-down translations and look directly at the Hebrew vocabulary. The word used for "covet" in Exodus 20:17 is Chamad (חָמַד). Chamad does not describe a passing, accidental glance or an involuntary biological reflex. It defines an intentional mental seizure where a person takes intense, fleshly pleasure in an object or person, desiring to mentally or physically consume fleshly lust for themselves.
Covetousness is the root from which all outward destruction grows. The collapse of natural faithfulness began in the Garden of Eden through this exact sequence. Genesis 3:6 exposes the precise mechanism of the first transgression: "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes... she took of the fruit thereof." The physical act of eating was merely the final step; the true violation occurred the exact microsecond the eyes accepted the illicit input and allowed the imagination to paint a picture of desire outside of God's design.
The Apostle Paul reinforces the immense weight of this hidden heart-sin in Colossians 3:5, where he commands believers to mortify "...inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry." When a person feeds their imagination with the forms of others, they are committing idolatry—setting up a false image on the altar of their heart.
------------------------------## Part 2: The Historical Scriptural Warnings: The Anatomy of Hidden Theft
To prove that a hidden look or a secret desire is a severe spiritual violation, Scripture gives us two stark historical warnings. Both demonstrate that what is hidden in the dark will always bring a devastating curse.
## The Illusion of Impunity: King David’s Ruin
There is a dangerous, modern heresy which claims that God "allowed" or "winked at" King David’s visual lawlessness because of his status. This is a catastrophic misreading of God's holiness. In 2 Samuel 11:2, the text records the exact anatomy of David's fall: "And from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very fair to look upon." David did not turn away; he anchored his gaze and allowed his imagination to take possession of Uriah's covenant wife (Chamad).
David believed his secret was safe, but God's response in 2 Samuel 12 was terrifying. God did not excuse it; He sent Nathan the prophet to deliver a shattering verdict: "Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife." David was forgiven of eternal damnation, but his family line dissolved into incest, murder, and civil war. In Psalm 51:3-4, David’s broken, agonizing repentance shatters the lie that he was ever "okay" with his sin: "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight..." God used David as a billboard to prove that no one gets away with heart-adultery. That is exactly what it is.
## The Hidden Curse: Achan’s Private Tent
Centuries earlier, Achan demonstrated the same lethal progression of the Tenth Commandment in Joshua 7. When Jericho fell, God commanded that nothing be taken. Achan bypassed this boundary and later confessed: "When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment... then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent..." (Joshua 7:21).
Achan believed that a hidden look and a private stash beneath his flooring hurt absolutely nobody. Yet, his secret covetousness brought a spiritual curse upon the entire nation, resulting in the military defeat at Ai and the tragic death of innocent soldiers. God does not negotiate with hidden things; what is buried in the tent must be dug up and judged.
------------------------------## Part 3: Jesus’ X-Ray of the Commandment (Heart-Adultery)
When Jesus delivers the Sermon on the Mount, He does not invent a brand-new law; instead, He acts as a divine X-ray machine, exposing the deep, spiritual reality of the Tenth Commandment by directly linking it to the Seventh Commandment ("Thou shalt not commit adultery").
In Matthew 5:27–28, Christ states:
"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."
Jesus establishes that sin is absolute. It cannot be managed, negotiated with, or swept under a rug of cultural excuses. The look is the adultery because the eye is being used as a weapon to feed a greedy visual appetite. In Hebrew idioms, this is the contrast between the Ayin Tova (the single, pure eye) and the Ayin Hara (the evil, greedy eye).
Consider the pristine holiness of Christ: Jesus never entered a temple or a synagogue scanning the room or checking out women. He operated with a perfect Ayin Tova, looking upon women with absolute, uncompromised dignity as daughters of God. He commands the exact same standard of His followers in Luke 11:34: "The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness."
The claim of "just looking without intent" is exposed as a calculated lie designed to protect an illicit visual appetite. If a look on the street or in the marketplace requires camouflage, tactical misdirection, or waiting until a spouse's head is turned, the presence of deception proves that the conscience already recognizes the act as a boundary violation. Proverbs 4:25 leaves no room for tactical glances: "Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee."
------------------------------## Part 4: The Human Toll: Wounded Wives and the Deception of "Controlled Compromise"
When a husband allows his eyes to constantly harvest the images of the world, he introduces a crushing, demonic spirit of comparison into his home. It triggers the exact consequence spoken to Eve in the Garden of Eden—the multiplication of Itzavon (עִצָּבוֹן), which means deep heart-sorrow, severe mental anxiety, and psychological distress.
A wife can feel the spiritual absence of her husband; she can detect when his eyes are divided and his heart is elsewhere. This constant tracking of external painted/surface beauty systematically strips away a woman's sacred security. It reduces her to an invisible ghost in her own home, making her feel like a "nobody" who can never compete with a phantom world of artificial, pristine images. The despair caused by this systemic erasure is vast. Across society, we see a heartbreaking rise in despair, severe mental health crises, and even tragic suicides among women at specific stages of life. While secular psychology points to a variety of cultural factors, a root spiritual cause cannot be ignored: the profound, agonizing weight of being rejected, compared, and devalued by the very men called to love and protect them.
In a state of sheer desperation to save their marriages or retain their husbands' wandering attention, some wives fall into the trap of "controlled compromise." They give in to their husbands' visual appetites and agree to watch adult films with them, trying to regulate the behavior so it "doesn't go too far." A wife may even intentionally choose the films where she convinces herself she is "better looking" than the actresses, attempting to preserve a fragile, desperate sense of security.
This is a tragic, catastrophic illusion. You cannot cure a fire by feeding it fuel, and you cannot control a husband’s lust by participating in it. Lust is an insatiable spirit; it does not settle, it does not stop, and it cannot be managed. By descending to his level, the wife trades her spiritual armor for a temporary, false peace. It ultimately fails every single time, leaving the wife spiritually compromised, emotionally hollowed out, deeply wounded, and far too often, facing the trauma of divorce. When a husband deals this treacherously with his wife, God takes it personally. Malachi 2:13-14 warns that God flatly rejects the prayers and offerings of men who cover His altar with the tears and weeping of the wives they have betrayed through hidden unfaithfulness.
------------------------------## Part 5: The Contrast of the Pulpit: Compromised Shepherds vs. Uncompromised Truth
This devastating visual lawlessness is severely multiplied when the very shepherds called to guard the flock become the ones who pollute it. Across the modern landscape, well-known, highly regarded pastors and conservative Bible teachers have dropped the ball in a devastating way. Do they even truly know what coveting is? Their public language suggests they do not. It has become common for popular speakers to stand behind the sacred pulpit and casually recount seeing a "very beautiful woman," "a babe" lingering on descriptive details of the superfiscial physical appearance, or using their own imaginations to paint illustrative pictures for the audience.
* Doug Batchelor has delivered highly detailed sermon descriptions regarding historical harems, mapping out the physical arrangements, visual sensory dynamics, and sensual atmospheres of those ancient environments under the guise of an illustration. Telling the congregations their imaginations can take over from there. God only knows the inner reactions of the people listening, which likely will never be known by others.
* Prominent ministers like Paul Washer and Jack Hibbs, despite their strong stances on holiness, have at times fallen into the trap of using pulpit illustrations that center on the visual mechanics of lust, sensory imagination, or the normalization of the "struggle" of the wandering eye in ways that build a mental canvas of sensuality for the listener.
When a preacher builds a vivid mental picture of sensuality, he forces a visual snare directly into the minds of the people sitting in the pews. Under 1 Timothy 3:2 and Ephesians 5:3-4, a shepherd must be "above reproach," "sober-minded," and "self-controlled," ensuring that "foolish talking" and "uncleanness" are not once named among them. This public compromise has birthed a devastating modern reality: the digital harem. Today, men believe that because their browsing history, social media scrolling, or tactical visual tracking on the street is done behind a screen, it is "harmless". They use a mountain of excuses—"it's just biology," "I'm just appreciating what God made," "God knows my heart," "God put this feeling in our souls"—ignoring the fact that a digital look is identical to David’s look from the roof.
## The Depraved Hermeneutic: Twisting Scripture into a License for Lust
When cornered by the unyielding standard of God's Word, men who refuse to repent will frequently engineer a depraved form of theological gymnastics. To quiet their screaming consciences, they rip pages out of context to manufacture divine permission for abominable behavior.
For example, some men will point to the Old Testament accounts of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar to boldly declare that polygamous arrangements are scripturally permitted. This is a demonic perversion of the text. Genesis 16 explicitly shows that Abraham and Sarah acted out of faithless panic, not holy design. No text said Sarah watched or even participated. God never smiled upon this arrangement; it instantly fractured the peace of their home, introduced bitter hatred, and created a multi-generational crisis. God completely bypassed Hagar’s line to establish His covenant strictly through Isaac, the son of Abraham's exclusive covenant wife (Genesis 17:19).
Similarly, some assert that same-sex activity between women is "harmless" or "ok" under God because it avoids traditional intercourse. The Apostle Paul completely demolishes this lie in Romans 1:26, explicitly naming it an abomination: "For even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature." God judges the vile affection and the defiled imagination, not anatomical technicalities.
Perhaps the most staggering display of spiritual delusion is found in men who use the historical accounts of prostitutes dancing in Scripture to justify visiting strip clubs, claiming it is perfectly acceptable since "dancing is in the Bible." This is an absolute inversion of holiness. They twist the dark, seductive dance of Salome before Herod in Matthew 14 and Mark 6—a pagan, manipulative display that inflamed a drunken king and directly resulted in the brutal decapitation of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:10). To use a wicked moment of murderous, worldly manipulation to justify paying to watch a naked women proves a man's reasoning system has been completely handed over to total blindness.
When a man resorts to this level of blame-shifting and gaslighting—turning the guilt around onto his wife and making her feel at fault for his wandering eyes—he is acting out the exact, deceptive spirit of Adam in Genesis 3:12, who pointed his finger at the woman to shield himself from the blinding light of God's conviction.
## The Voice of Uncompromised Truth
Yet, God never leaves Himself without a witness. While prominent pulpits trivialize this boundary, faithful voices—both ordained shepherds and everyday disciples—are rising up to sound the alarm. A powerful pastoral example is Pastor Lex Meyer from UNLEARN the Lies, who explicitly challenges the modern assembly in his uncompromised message, "STOP being defeated by this sin." Lex strips away traditional, comfortable church excuses and demands that men stop treating visual lawlessness as an acceptable "struggle." Damaging their sense for repentance, accepting a false excuse that avoids repentance.
Similarly, across modern media platforms like TikTok, dedicated Christian watchmen—everyday brothers in Christ who hold no formal title but possess deep spiritual discernment—are using their platforms to boldly warn men about the destructive nature of lust within a marriage. These faithful voices force the believer back to the pure text of Scripture, demonstrating that true victory only comes when we call sin what it is and stop negotiating with our flesh. This is the hallmark of a true follower of the New Covenant: one who does not build sensual imaginations, but who hands men the spiritual weapons needed to destroy them.
#### The Adam Syndrome: The Weaponization of "Submission" and Spiritual Gaslighting When the unyielding standard of the Tenth Commandment pierces the conscience of a man who refuses to repent, his immediate reflex is rarely confession—it is distraction. To protect a hidden, illicit visual appetite, a deceptive spirit of spiritual gaslighting frequently takes root in the home. The husband will systematically turn the spotlight away from his own wandering eyes and put his wife's character on trial instead. If she senses his heart is divided, detects his tactical glances, or suffers the agonizing emotional erasure of his secret lusts, he will aggressively label her as "controlling," "unsubmissive," or "insanely jealous." This is the manifestation of the "Adam Syndrome," a defensive manipulation as old as the Fall of Man. When the Creator confronted Adam in the Garden of Eden regarding his transgression, Adam refused to own his sin. Instead, he pointed his finger at the vulnerable party and at God Himself, declaring: "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat" (Genesis 3:12). He attempted to transform his own boundary violation into his wife’s fault. The modern pulpit compromise multiplies this error when teachers misapply the sacred doctrine of marital submission to cover a husband’s visual lawlessness. Let the text of Scripture stand absolute: a wife’s flaws, her struggles with submission, or her perceived insecurities never grant a husband a spiritual license to look upon another woman to lust. A man’s eyes belong to his covenant; his self-control is his own spiritual responsibility before Almighty God. Proverbs 4:25 does not say, "Let thine eyes look right on, unless your wife is unsubmissive." It is an unconditional command to guard the temple of the mind. To use the holy structure of marriage as a shield for secret covetousness is an abomination. God entirely rejects the prayers and religious offerings of men who cover His altar with the tears of betrayed wives while boldly claiming they are the spiritual heads of their homes (Malachi 2:13-14). True biblical headship does not hide in the bushes blame-shifting; it humbles itself, purges the sanctuary of the mind, and fiercely protects the emotional and spiritual security of the woman God provided.
## Part 6: Exploding the Loopholes: The Singleness Delusion
The ignorance surrounding this commandment reaches its peak through single men who boldly claim: "I am single, so looking and coveting is allowed by God until I get married." This is an absolute perversion of Scripture. The Tenth Commandment explicitly states, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife... nor anything that is thy neighbor's." A woman walking down the street—whether married or single—does not belong to the single man looking at her. She belongs to God, she is under her father’s house, or she is a future wife reserved for someone else.1 Timothy 5:1–2 commands single men to treat “the younger women as sisters, with all purity.” Single men, looking at a spiritual sister with a lustful, covetous eye is a grotesque violation of God's family order. Furthermore, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 commands that every single person “know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence.” A single man who trains his mind to be a revolving door for lustful images is building a toxic habit of idolatry that will follow him directly into his future marriage, ensuring he will never be satisfied with one woman.
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## Conclusion: Amputation vs. Compromise (The Radical Remedy)
Immediately after defining the lustful look as internal heart-adultery, Jesus commands a ruthless, aggressive cutting off of sin:
"And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee... And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell." (Matthew 5:29–30)
Jesus is not advocating for physical self-mutilation; He is demanding a radical, uncompromising boundary. The "right eye" and "right hand" represent our most valuable physical faculties, tools, and streams of input. Secret visual sins, pornography, and self-gratification (the hand acting upon the imagination) are destructive, soul-killing sins.
A person operating under the true conviction of the Holy Spirit (Ruach) must follow the ancient standard of Job: "I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?" (Job 31:1). No amount of excuses can rewrite the unyielding ledger of God's law. You must aggressively cut off the media, the apps, the friendships, and the habits that feed these hidden thoughts, no matter how "harmless" modern culture—or compromised teachers—claim they are.
Many people still will not believe this message. They will scoff, call it "legalistic," or run back to compromised teachers who treat lust like a joke. 2 Timothy 4:3–4 warns us exactly of this: "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..." When an individual chooses a fable over the unyielding boundary of the Tenth Commandment, they choose their own destruction. This truth is not written to win a popularity contest; it is written to be a sharp, clear trumpet blast that completely strips away every single excuse before the throne of God.
For men looking for stories regarding the opposite, as in the woman doing the lusting, tearing up his self esteem, is not common. Self esteem rarely exists in men who feel they are their own gods. Men who are lustful do not care who they hurt, their goal is for their own pleasures. But that is not to say it does not happen. There is a story found in the bible. As these new times are increasing in lust, yes women can do it to. But examples show they do it openly and sometimes it is done out of revenge for the unfaithful husband. God requires a woman to respect her husband, and that respect is there when he is faithful to her, as he is called to be. A husband cannot expect respect from a wife they abuse in any way.
Scripture also gives us a striking example of covetousness that was not hidden in the heart but openly pursued. In Genesis 39:7–12, Potiphar’s wife repeatedly desired Joseph and demanded that he lie with her. When he refused, she seized his garment, and when she could not obtain what she wanted, she falsely accused him. Her conduct reveals that covetousness is not exclusively a struggle of men, nor is it limited to the secret wandering eye. Women, too, can allow desire to become an unlawful demand for another person. Joseph recognized the temptation for what it was and declared, "How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" (Genesis 39:9). Joseph did not give nore even think about doing it. The standard of God is equal for both sexes.
Too we have Eve, but the case is different as Adams lust was even greater, fro he was told by God, he watched the act, expecting the act not to befall on him, acting innocent.
This message is not intended to single out men as though women are incapable of the same sin, but to call every heart to examine itself honestly before God. For the man who feels convicted, the answer is not despair or condemnation, but genuine repentance, forgiveness, and a renewed commitment to faithfulness. But he has proven to his wife who he is. And woman today called men who lust greatly, a pervert. Trust is a hard thing to regain. A woman of God is not easily replaced. And God will judge.
God's commandment is not a weapon for one spouse to wield against the other; it is a holy boundary for every soul. The unfaithful go over the boundaries of marriage. No matter the excuse, it is unfaithfulness. Which is also unfaithfulness to God. You do anything wrong to Gods People and you have done it to Him.
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When it comes to current events and prophecy it all points to a few things: Satan, man's rebellion, sin, and Jesus coming soon to put an end to all of that. Anyone that goes against God's Will is an enemy of God and has rebelled against God. Prophecy of God's Word has told us what's going to happen to the ones that don't return (repent) back to Him. Now I would like to write to you about a current event that only a few have a clue about. The enemy likes to strike when we are not looking or when we are in our comfort zone because our guards are down, and by the time we see it, it's too late. I want to write to you about "Molech".
The Altar of Convenience and Child Sacrifice
We have been taught to look at ancient history as a collection of dead stories, but the spirit that drove those nations is alive, well, and demanding sacrifice today. We are talking about the spirit of Molech.
To understand what is happening in our land, we must look at what God said about this ancient abomination. Molech was not just a statue; it was a system. It was the institutionalized murder of children to secure the prosperity, comfort, and success of the adults. Today this is happening. In the state of Massachusetts there is a statue of Molech with a child on its lap. Does anyone know what that statue represents? It represents child trafficking, child-sacrifice, drinking the blood of the innocent, perversion, and many other satanic practices. In some other places, in buildings they call churches where they call themselves Christians, they embrace the practice of abortion, and they call it "Giving My Child Back To God." What God are they talking about?
God is clear about His hatred for this practice. He did not call it a “cultural difference.” He called it an abomination that defiled the land and brought judgment upon the entire nation.
God gave us this command: “And you shall not give any of your descendants to be sacrificed to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.” (Leviticus 18:21)
And God also told us the Consequence: “I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.” (Leviticus 20:3)
Notice that God says the person who does this defiles His sanctuary. If you think the spirit of Molech is confined to a dusty valley in ancient Canaan, you are missing the “spiritual actualism” of our time. The ancient followers of Molech sacrificed their children to ensure their own economic and social stability. Today, we do the exact same thing under the guise of “choice,” “rights,” and “convenience” (my body, my choice). The modern abortion industry is the contemporary Tophet, the place of fire. It is the systematic, legalized, and celebrated slaughter of our own seed to protect the lifestyle of the parents.
It is the spirit of Molech, dressed up in the language of secular progress. It is a rebellion against the Creator, and it has placed a blood-guilt upon our land that is crying out for judgment.
When King Josiah discovered the Book of the Law, he didn’t call for a “dialogue.” He didn’t start a committee to see how the culture felt about his views. He saw the defilement of the land, he tore down the altars, and he destroyed the places of sacrifice (2 Kings 23:10).
When a person is a true believer and follower of Christ, that individual becomes the temple of God. Our hearts are His altars. If we claim to be “followers of Jesus” we must see this statue as an abomination and cannot allow this to be normalized in our hearts, and we must adopt the Josiah Standard: Identify the Idols: Recognize that our culture is built on the sacrifice of the innocent. In the book of Revelation 17:6, it is written: the Whore of Babylon was intoxicated with the blood of the saints (meaning the innocent).
We are the Temple of God; tear down the idols you have allowed into your own life that align with this spirit—the idols of comfort, the idols of convenience, and the idols of silence.
True repentance is not a private feeling; it is a public stand against the tide of death.
The end for Satan and his followers is coming, and it is coming at full force. Playing games with the Word of God for the sake of anyone's feelings or his/her present comfort is not love—it is a betrayal. It is time to stop the sacrifice, tear down the altars, and return to the Covenant of the Living God. If you have any questions or comments, write them down. If you need more info on Molech, let me know.
Faith: The Covenant of Obedience
Faith is a word that has lost its true meaning. Many teachers, pastors, and preachers haven’t taken the time to study its depths, while others refuse to preach it for fear of seeing their seats empty and their tithe trays light. They prioritize the comfort of the crowd over the command of the King. But the truth must be spoken: the meaning of faith was not lost in translation; it was intentionally removed.
Faith comes from the Greek pistis, meaning “persuasion, assurance, belief, and fidelity.” It is inextricably tied to the Greek word peitho, meaning “to agree, assure, believe, have confidence, obey, trust.” The word that has been stripped from our pulpits is Obey.
Some call this legalism, but they do so to justify their own rebellion. Scripture is clear: there is no faith apart from works, and no love apart from obedience.
Faith requires action:
“But someone will say, ‘You have faith, and I have works.’ Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” (James 2:18)
Love is proven by obedience: “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” (John 14:15)
The mark of the wise: “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.” (Matthew 7:24)
The promise of His presence: “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” (John 14:21)
Now, stop and ask yourself: What spirit has made its home in you? The first and greatest commandment is: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37)
So, the next time you hear or read the word Faith, attach the word Obey to it. And the next time you say, “I am a Christian,” show it by your obedience to Him. It is the only way to produce the fruit that proves whose you are. Christ said, “You will know them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:16)
In the buildings called “churches” today, certain words are used constantly but are rarely explained. Because pastors, teachers, and preachers fail to teach them—or intentionally soften them to keep their buildings full—these words have lost their meaning, their impact, and their ability to save. One of the most important of these is the word "Repent."
If you have truly repented, your life will have been fundamentally altered. Repentance is not a suggestion; it is the prerequisite for the Kingdom. John the Baptist declared: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 3:2).
The Meaning of Repentance:
The Greek word is metanoeo, which means to think differently or to reconsider. But look deeper: the primary prefix is meta, meaning a change, a transfer, a transformation, or a reversal. This is where we get the word metamorphosis.
Repentance is not a temporary feeling of regret; it is a spiritual revolution. It is the transformation of the caterpillar so that the creature can be made new.
The Evidence of the Spirit:
Ask yourself: Has my life shown evidence of this metamorphosis? Or am I still the same? Do I still talk the same, think the same, and live the same?
True repentance demands a complete 180-degree turn from the way of the flesh to the way of the Spirit. If your lifestyle has not changed, the transformation has not occurred. We are called to be changed daily: “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
Repentance is not just words; it is a tangible fruit. John the Baptist commanded: “Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance.” (Matthew 3:8)
The Evidence of the Life:
God has given us a living picture of true repentance in the life of King Josiah. When the Law was found and read to him, he didn’t offer excuses or try to compromise with the pagan culture around him. He realized that the temple had been defiled by idols, and he immediately went to work. He physically destroyed the junk, the images, and the altars of the false gods (2 Kings 23).
Understand this:
You are the temple of God, and your heart is the altar. True repentance is the act of Josiah: it is the ruthless, uncompromising destruction of every “idol” that has taken up residence in your life. If you are still harboring the things that offend the Lord, you haven’t repented; you’ve just rearranged the furniture. You must tear down the high places in your heart, burn the idols, and purge your temple until there is nothing left but the worship of the Living God.
Consider two men: one wears a mechanic’s uniform, but his hands are clean. The other has grease on his skin, torn clothes, and bruised knuckles. You know who the true mechanic is by the evidence of his labor.
It is the same with the believer. We cannot claim to be followers of Christ while living in the habits of the world. Our Lord Jesus Christ laid out the cost: “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” (Luke 9:23)
A caterpillar crawls on the ground, but once it undergoes metamorphosis, it is no longer bound to the dirt; it flies. If you claim to be a follower of the King, where is your fruit? Where is your change? In order to know true repentance, there must be a total surrender to our Lord and King, Jesus Christ.
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