Part 17 of: Workout your own salvation with fear and trembling

God’s way of selecting spiritual warriors to fight some of the most difficult battles; it is done in a manner which seems ridiculous to a carnal minded person!!!! For example, in verses 1-2 of the 11th chapter of the book of Judges: we see those who were born in a manner in which does not seem right in the eyes of man, they cast out of their household, their brethren who was born of a strange woman. This term strange woman could mean; son of a prostitute; or son from a different tribe, even a son of a concubine; though Jephthah was a mighty man of valour, as is pointed out in that 1st verse of the same 11th chapter of the book of Judges; but the brother in which we are talking about, his mother was a whore. But this woman in whom we insulted, she was no different than Hagar and her son was rejected but now we are about to see the opposite take place one son accepted which was born in the same condition while the other one being rejected. How is it that we are able to see the twig which be in our brethren’ s eye, and miss the beam which be in our own eyes???? When verses 6-8 of the 3rd chapter of the book of Jeremiah clearly states: The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which apostasy Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath committed fornication; became whorish; or practice whoredom; in which the Bible calls; played the harlot. And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her deceitful, unfaithful sister Judah saw, Israel’s abandonment. And I saw, when for all the causes whereby apostasy Israel committed adultery, BKA to apostatize; I had put her away, and given her a letter of divorce, BKA cutting her off; yet her deceitful, unfaithful, treacherous sister Judah reverenced not, but went and committed fornication, became whorish, in which the Bible calls, played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the sound of her idolatry, the Bible calls whoredom, that she corrupted and defiled the land, and for she committed adultery with stones and with wood used in statues. Get this people of God, this whoredom, this committing adultery, this committing fornication, it’s not speaking physically; it’s speaking concerning the acts of committing idolatry, which is to apostatize. God’s chosen people in time past did not understand this, neither does the church of today understand this; because the church of today, being the 2018th year is too busy cleaning the outside of the cup, when in fact, the inside of their cups are filled with unforgiveness, vengeance, jealousy, wrath, bitterness, even pride; extortion and excess; as is mentioned in the 25th verse of the 23rd chapter of the book of Matthew. But the household of prayer are being taught these behaviors from their leaders; as in the Scribes and the Pharisees. So, we of the leadership team of Grace Message Church Ministries knew that those words would grab your attention. But first, we send a shout out unto all the faithful followers who are engaging in the un-adulterated Word of God; which leads not unto idolatry of stones and stocks. We also give a warm shout out unto those who are struggling with letting go of what they/we have been programed in for many of years; and the reason why we give a shout out unto you is this reason; you’re struggling, and the struggle is an indication of you’re making effort, to return unto God’s ways. Struggling in the Bible is also known as wrestling, here’s an example; Jacob was left alone as is seen in the 24th verse of the 32nd chapter of the book of Genesis: which was a place in which he had to face himself and that’s where his wrestling with himself began; for he could not have said, the woman of a mother that thou gave me LORD. In Jacob maintaining this struggle which was taking place in his mind, and keeping his hands to his own personal plough which was containing to his own plantation. We understanding that he was no longer working on the plantation of his father in law Laban; so, finally breaking out physically, he finally prevailed spiritually also. Which caused Jacob’s struggles to bring forth a new lively stone from within him; and upon this lively stone was written a new name, Israel; which meaning from the Strong’s Concordance of the Bible under the Hebrew number 3478 is: he will rule as God. These types of struggling or wrestling they are appointed unto all who will live Godly. For the 12th verse of the 6th chapter of the book of Ephesians advises us in this manner: For we wrestle/struggle not against flesh and blood, but we wrestle/struggle against principalities; we wrestle/struggle against powers; we wrestle/struggle against the rulers of the darkness of this world; we wrestle/struggle against spiritual wickedness in high places. The principalities in which saints are wrestling/struggling against, they are the principles in which we have been embedded in, within our minds, which are the process of being conformed to this world; in which obscurity, of this fallen out of order arrangement continually try to take jurisdiction and government over every saint of the living God. Those attempts of the enemy, they would cast an immature saint into religious iniquity of physical performance—as Yhowshua said unto those types of performance in the 23rd verse of the 7th chapter of the book of Matthew: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. And those who were and are still located in the congregations of God, and feeling as if they are doing God a big favor; these in whom we are speaking of, they are in high ranking places in the household of God, even as the 4th verse of the 2nd chapter of the Second book of Thessalonians puts it: they are contrary and exalt themselves as touching all that is described and speaks concerning God, or that is adored. So, that they as God continue in the temple of God, demonstrating themselves that they are God, in which the woman of a church and Adam tried in the beginning. This type of behavior is among the saints of today, even as it was when Simon the sorcerer, in the 9th verse of the 8th chapter of the book of Acts; he tried to continue to bewitch the people, after he believed in the Lord and after he was baptized; his fame was more important, than his reverencing of God. In which Yhowshua will profess unto them and Simon, I never knew you. Even as Yhowshua never knew Judas Iscariot as a friend, BKA in an intimate relationship; seeing that He never told Judas Iscariot all, for if Yhowshua would have; Judas Iscariot would have known that he was the devil. So, if you’re struggling/wrestling, you’re still in the fight; and keep in mind, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. So, endure people of God unto the end, that’s when a saint truly wins. After saying all of that, if we turn our attention back unto how we began this here food for thought, it was in this manner: God’s way of selecting spiritual warriors, it is done in a manner which seems ridiculous to the carnal minded; here’s why we stated that. In Judges 7th chapter we will see in our next epistle, for enough has been said in this one, to make you go hmm!!! We will speak with you at a later date, that’s if it’s the Lord’s will; until then, sayonara!!!!!