TRUE CHRISTIANITY

TRUE CHRISTIANITY

(My Comments in ( ) in cursive.

1Jn 1:6 If we (As Believers) say that we have fellowship with him, (GOD) and walk in darkness, (In Rebellion Against the Word of God) we lie, and do not the truth.

(One of the biggest mistakes a believer makes when they come to Jesus, is that their personal choice to believe, and their baptism into Christ makes all things human acceptable to God. That's simply NOT TRUE! You're just as much a sinner by nature after you're baptized as you were before you were baptized. Nothing in your physical life has changed friend. It's only in your MIND that the change takes place "IF" you walk in obedience to God's word, what He has said concerning the servant of God.

To believe that your choice in some way has changed you is to believe a lie. If that were true then that would make you a co-worker, a co-redeemer with Christ and that is impossible friend. IT'S ALL OF CHRIST or it's nothing at all. This is why the scripture can state in "truth" Psa 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Ecc 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Until you understand this friend, you cannot have any real "rest" in the Lord. You'll follow along and believe those who preach "joy, joy, joy in the Lord" with a pasted smile and a "false hug" as though they have reached spiritual nirvana, and they are just as much a sinner as you are and as I am. God's word says concerning the "true servant" who sees him/herself as the creature they really are: Jas 4:8-10 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

So then how are we to react to those who practice "a false relationship" with God through their outer expressions of having "a joy in the Lord", when not one of the apostles of the Lord were without persecution daily and living daily knowing their very lives were at stake because they were "true believers" that expressed a lifestyle by example that was an "offense" to those who saw them walking in obedience to the will of God? The "Offense of the Cross" will bring persecution to the true believer and will bring "mourning" and "weeping" and "heaviness" NOT laughter. This results in humbleness before God and then He will lift you up.

When He lifts you up "which means He gives you true knowledge of the conduct you're to express" then how are you to react before others? 2Co 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. Php 1:27(a) Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ. Php 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 1Pe 1:15,16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. Jas 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; (yes) and your nay, (no) nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

A true servant of God will speak "very little" and hear "very much." When you come across a Christian believer who is always going from person to person, always speaking of the things of Christ to others, that is your first clue that, that individual needs your prayer. They feel they are required by God to do this as an example, but for those people who are babies in Christ, and have not "the knowledge of the aged" who have been exercised over a lifetime in the things of God. It is possible to "walk in darkness" when you're in the light, in the presence of God, in the church.

Jesus was speaking to believers, to His disciples who followed Him when He said: Mat 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt (the believer or the disciple) have lost his savour, (Their Witness, their SALT, their Spiritual Seasoning) wherewith shall it be salted? (How can that witness be regained?) it (Your Witness) is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Heb 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Walking with God takes a knowledge of the word of God, without which the believer is a phony Christian, a façade, a walking, talking, hugging, pasted smile lie.)

1Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, (We must walk in the knowledge of God as God walks then and only then do) we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of (The Life of) Jesus Christ his (GOD'S) Son cleanseth us from all sin.

(The key is walking in the same light "which requires knowledge of the word of God" that God demands of us. This means there can be NO US in that walk. If after you come to Jesus Christ, if your lifestyle doesn't change drastically, you are none of His. Most of today's believers believe that just because they accepted Christ, that Christ then is going to change them inside within their spirit by some magical event and that they have nothing to do personally. Humbleness is synonymous with obedience! It is obedience before God that brings about the change as you obey. It is NOT human nature to obey God, therefore your entire human nature must change, or you are none of His. QUESTION: Who does the change? The Spirit of God does the changing within you as you obey. Your part is simply obedience, God does the changing, there's nothing you can do BUT obey. Without obedience through personal faith, it's impossible to please God. Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Act 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

The one who claims Christianity as a servant of God MUST obey God's Word, or they are NOT Christian nor true believers and are without the Spirit of God while they sit in the church pews. Long before there was such a thing as any church, God's people i.e. Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Enoch, Abraham etc. walked in obedience before God through having a knowledge of God through the Spirit of God. It's the Holy Ghost that changes a person from within in the MIND of the individual and here's the key "AS THEY OBEY!" Question: How can you obey God if you neglect His truth found in His Word? Today, millions believe a lie thinking it's acceptable to God. That lie is only acceptable due to the Mercy and Grace of God prompted by the Love of God. And whether or not you believe it or not God's Love has a "CUT-OFF" point when dealing with the disobedient. PROOF of this is the destruction of the Earth with its creation by the flood. When God told Noah: Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Gen 6:5-7 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

God cannot and will NOT accept the disobedient, and without an understanding of what God requires of His created mankind, you cannot obey either. You must rightly divide the word of truth to discover how to obey. 2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. When Isaiah said this: Isa 28:9,10 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. God wasn't saying that one can obtain the necessary knowledge by as some do "close their eyes, open their bibles and with their finger just point to an area of scripture" read what they point at and then believe the phrase "here a little, and there a little" as being done by them. That's NOT what God through Isaiah meant!

There's a systematic form to reading the word of God to fulfill the "precept must be upon precept" and the "line upon line" instruction. There's a systematic form to reading the word of God to fulfill the "here a little, and there a little", but one cannot accomplish this guidance when they leave out "world history" and "bible prophecy" it takes both the study of world history concerning world empires that have existed upon the earth, and the prophecies containing those empires to fully "rightly divide the word of truth." This is why most Christians today are "CINO" Christians in name only. Many who believe themselves to be Christian servants of God have very little knowledge of His word and this includes "seminary trained" graduates, many of which "do not believe" the scriptures, they're in it (the Ministry) only for the money. Many average church members haven't even read through the bible, let alone studied it for themselves to obtain the knowledge of God concerning His requirements of obedience.

If you believe that you have the Spirit of God dwelling in you, and you have no desire to study the word of God, you're no a servant of God, you only believe you are.)

1Jn 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Millions in the church believe the above statement. But they believe it wrongly! The phrase "If we say that we have no sin" they believe that their baptism "washed all their sins away" and even though they believe the statement above, secretly they believe because of their baptism into Jesus Christ magically washed away their sin and that they're above sin now because they believe they're in Christ. And Christ has no sin. What they don't understand is that being in Christ doesn't change their sinful nature, it only changes their sinful minds, their lust, their carnal desires! The "old man" is still there and given the opportunity he will rear his/her ugly head instantly in a thought that will be followed by an act that is unbecoming the saint of God. Baptism is only an outward expression of an "inner commitment" if that inner commitment is not maintained 'constantly", daily, each day, every day when you awake, then your baptism is useless and of no effect. CHRISTIANS ARE STILL SINNERS and will be so by nature until they are changed in the first resurrection. 1Co 15:50-54 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.)

1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

(The above verse of 1Jn 1:9 many stand on, but millions don't comprehend. The word "confess" means what it says. A generic "God please forgive me of all my sins" blanket confession is NOT "confessing sin friends. NOTE: the statement says "If we confess our sins (PLURAL.) Sins are individual acts of rebellion and are many for every individual. Many o those personal "sins" plural is no longer in the memory of the sinner who confesses their sins in a blanket confession. Part of being a servant of God is asking God to bring to your remembrance of the sins against Him that you've forgotten so that you may confess them as SIN singular. Confession is to be specific NOT a blanket confession. Even the apostate Catholic Church recognizes this in their "confession booths" where you go and spill your guts to a man when God's Word says: Mar 2:7(b) Who can forgive sins but God only? Confession before God is to be specific sin by sin as they are brought to your memory by the Spirit of God.

Many will say "Oh, I can't remember all the sins I have committed, and you would be right nor can I!" But the Spirit of God can and does and if you ask Him He will reveal to you those same sins "plural" that you've long forgotten so that you can tell God that you sinned against him by doing so-in-so and that you "sorrow now over that specific sin" and you confess it before God in your MIND, and tell Him you're sorry for being such a fool before Him and that you hurt Him when you committed that sin. That you sinned against Him and your on spirit when you did so. This practice of confession is what is meant in the phrase "If we confess our sins." When you do this, that is when you ask the Holy Spirit to cause you to remember unconfessed "sins" BE ready to do just that to confess them immediately the very second the Spirit of God brings them to your memory. No matter where you are or what you're doing, saying, contemplating, or who you're entertaining, or where you're at. Immediately, find a place where you can be alone with God if possible and immediately "state the sin" you committed against God, what the "specific sin" was, and who was affected besides God, and confess your wrong and ask for forgiveness from God.

I have had to do this in many venues, from shopping in Walmart to dining out "BEFORE COVID" to driving down the road, while fishing, watching a video etc. Whenever the Spirit of God brings to your memory the specific sin, you're to immediately take that personal sin against God before God and confess it as SIN and ask God to forgive you. Oh, how God must smile not for Himself, but for YOU when you do this. I've found myself in the restroom at Walmart, gas stations, among trees in the woods, in vacant aisle's in Dollar General, in restaurants, drive-throughs, thrift stores, mowing the lawn, and even 2315 feet below the surface of the earth in a Copper Mine, and even in Antarctica when I was stationed there and in many venues when the Spirit would bring to my memory any specific sin, confessing that sin or sins if multiple before God and asking forgiveness.

You must do this immediately, instantly, while the sin is within your mind. WHY? Because Satan can't read your mind, he can only implant thoughts within it, and unless you confess immediately the devil will cause an event that will cause you to forget what the Spirit just caused you to remember. EXAMPLE: Let's say you're an attractive woman and you know it. You dress in the modern fads and your tight jeans have sequins on the rear pockets or down the legs. You're in the local "mall" and your walking through innocently without any thought of illicit sex on your mind. You turn into the GAP to look at clothes and the individual be it "male or female" finds themselves staring at your sequined backside with lust in their hearts for you. Friend, just by wearing those tight jeans in a public place with their sequined pockets, you have caused another one of God's children to commit a personal sin by lusting after your body. Simply by the way you have dressed yourself. All though you had no intention to cause someone else to lust, you only dressed in the popular fad clothing. When the Spirit of God brings to your knowledge what you have done unintentionally, you are then to go to the nearest clothing rack and buy a pair of jeans that are loose fit, without sequins, change out of those wicked jeans you have on, and while you're in the changing room, get on our knees and ask God for forgiveness because of the way you were dressed.

Yes, the way you were dressed in itself wasn't intended to cause someone else to sin, but it happened and because it happened YOU sinned as well because you were the cause of another's individual "personal sin" and that made you sin against God as well. You placed a stumbling block before another person. 1Jn 2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. This verse in the use of the phrase "none occasion of stumbling in him" means that you will NOT cause any other "brother/sister" to stumble. It does NOT mean the stumbling applies to you doing the stumbling. However, it does mean that you can stumble and in the scenario above both YOU and the one gawking at you "in lust" both stumbled. Stumbling as used in this verse has a dual meaning. Every man or woman involved in today's so-called "Spring Breaks" as they are today will have many personal sins before God, even though to them it's just a way to blow off steam or so they think.

Spring Breakers are some of the most sinful people on the planet. Is it then any wonder why our society is crumbling to the ground. Isa 59:14,15 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. When the Holy Spirit brings your personal sin to your memory, you're to confess it immediately otherwise you'll quickly forget it, and as soon as it came to your mind so too will it flee your memory again, and one unconfessed, unrepented of single sin can cost you eternal life with God as sin cannot be in His presence. The Spirit of God may never again bring that specific sin to your memory again as you did NOT act upon it in confession immediately when He did. You're NOT serious about confessing your sins!

Men and ladies remember the above the next time you desire to show off either your "six-pack" or brandish your bodies on the beach in a bikini. You cause others to commit SIN and for you, before God, you've sinned before Him by doing so.)

1Jn 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

You will say "I simply went to the beach" that's not a sin, and you would be right if "you only went to the beach." But, when you go to the beach not dressed properly you HAVE SINNED, and God sees all and knows all. The human ego is involved and Satan plays off the human ego. For the attractive or not so attractive man/woman who dresses in beach clothing i.e. string bikinis or bikinis for women, and the men who dress in boxer shorts, or speedos are all dressing that way before God whether they realize it or not. Any true Christian will NOT dress in beach clothing to go to the beach. Only the uninformed Christian will dress the fad and think they're doing no harm to others. You don't know what's in the mind of another person and for the true Christian, he/she will not follow the world's fads because they should know the word of God. God's word says: Jas 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Therefore, if you say you have not sinned "If we say that we have not sinned", you might be right if you're obedient to God. However, because you can't know the mind of another, simply dressing in the provocative clothing of today's beach troops and playing the "sun worship"game, may cause another to sin by a single lustful thought about YOU alone before God, and yes you're not held responsible for another's thoughts about you. But, you're held responsible before God because of the way you dressed in front of the man who lusted after your body. Your actions even if you played no part in their lustful thoughts, caused another to sin and one day God will ask you why you did that. WHAT will you tell Him? Before God, His requirements for a godly woman are laid out in His Word, and most modern women don't meet the requirements. 1Ti 2:9,10 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

For the male side of this story, the same goes for both. Men are not to express this physical prowess before women either. The late Michael Jackson the supposed goodly Jehovah's Witness is going to have to answer to God for "grabbing his crotch" before millions, he's going to have to answer before God for his "Thriller Production" occult video. He too obviously thought he "had not sinned" when he did those things, but Michael Jackson was no servant of God, nor are many musicians, actors, and artists of today. Lying politicians and local magistrates who take bribes and deceive many people, country music artists who sing songs about adultery, divorce, and even some songs like I heard this morning by Jeff Carson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0uV36FIjo imply that God hasn't already "Saved the World in Jesus Christ" and such songs "are a sin" prompted by Satan himself. Below are the Lyrics to this song with my comments in [ ] in the cursive. This all sounds good to the untrained ear, but for those with spiritual eyes wide open it can be seen NOT as a spiritual song sung, but a deceiving song sang by a deceived individual.

God Save The World lyrics

[ God has ALREADY SAVED the world PAST TENSE ]

FIRST CHORUS:
GOD SAVE THE WORLD
GOD SAVE THE CHILD
HUMBLE THE STRONG
STRENGTHEN THE MILD
OPEN MY EYES
THAT I MIGHT SEE
GOD SAVE THE WORLD
STARTING WITH ME

[FIRST CHORUS "COMMENT!"

[The very fact that this course ends with the statement "starting with me" reveals that the artist doesn't see himself as "saved" even though the chorus contains the words "world, child, strong, mild" which doesn't really make any sense. Let's look at the first line of the chorus " GOD SAVE THE WORLD" is a call to God to Save the World. HE ALREADY HAS DONE THAT! IN JESUS CHRIST!]

[Second line: "GOD SAVE THE CHILD" Since we are all God's children, GOD HAS ALREADY DONE that at the CROSS OF CHRIST. Every child belonging to GOD was saved at the CROSS, but not every child will accept the gift of GOD.]

[Third line: "HUMBLE THE STRONG" This line makes some biblical sense in that those who understand "strong meat" of the word of God know that humility is a requirement of the servant of God. So, I give him credit for being correct in his call.]

[Fourth line: "STRENGTHEN THE MILD" which is also a call for those "babes in Christ" to be strengthened. But it's NOT God alone that does this. The individual has (a work) to do concerning obtaining that strength. Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Calling on God to strengthen the mild, God will only do so as those same "mild" believe and obey, and they cannot do that without renewing their minds by the study of His Word.]

[Lines FIVE and SIX: "OPEN MY EYES THAT I MIGHT SEE" implies because of line seven and eight that calls for "GOD SAVE THE WORLD STARTING WITH ME" that he either doesn't understand what occurred at the CROSS of CHRIST, or he doesn't believe it because he clearly states that "GOD NEEDS TO SAVE THE WORLD starting with himself. Hey, I have news for Mr. Jeff Carson GOD WILL NOT SAVE THE WORLD starting with YOU, GOD has already PAST TENSE "SAVED THE WORLD" starting with the HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON JESUS CHRIST. In a sense then Mr. Jeff Carson is calling for GOD to Save the WORLD starting with HIM, he is making himself out as a SAVIOR. This kind of mindset that prompts this kind of lyric doesn't understand God nor the Son of God and thinks of himself as a believer while denying the FACT that GOD has already SAVED THE WORLD without starting with Mr. Jeff Carson.

I SEE A CANDLE
STARE AT THE FLAME
I SEE THE ONLY WAY
THIS WORLD CAN CHANGE
ONE TINY LIGHT
IN EACH OF US
A SEED OF HOPE
A MIGHTY LOVE

[SECOND CHORUS "COMMENT!

[LINE ONE: "I SEE A CANDLE" Candles were predominantly used in Pagan Worship and this part of his lyric tells me that Mr. Jeff Carson is probably a practicing Catholic believer which uses many candles in their cathedrals and their worship services. If he is not it simply means at one time he got inspiration from staring as the flame of a candle.]

[Line Two: "STARE AT THE FLAME" makes no sense what-so-ever, but I guess it sounds good as a lyric.]

[Line Three and Four: "I SEE THE ONLY WAY THIS WORLD CAN CHANGE" has some merit as the only way it will change is at the Hand of God, when God purges it by fire with the Lake of Fire and recreate's it anew. 2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.]

REPEAT FIRST CHORUS:

THIRD CHORUS after repeat of the First!

BRIDGE:
GOD SAVE OUR HOMES
GOD SAVE THIS EARTH
LET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US
SEE WHAT PRAYER IS WORTH

[BRIDGE "COMMENT!

[Line ONE: "GOD SAVE OUR HOMES" This line makes no sense either, no wonder that this song "failed to chart" it might sound good but it's not real material with a real message.]

[Line TWO: "GOD SAVE THIS EARTH" has a two fold aspect. God will NOT save this EARTH as it exists today, that is a call for GOD to save the curse of SIN that's upon the EARTH. I give him an "A" for effort, but his effort is misdirected and his knowledge of God's Word is lacking. To ask GOD to "SAVE the EARTH" is to ask GOD to preserve SIN, and GOD will NOT do that Mr. Carson.]

[Lines THREE and FOUR: "LET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US SEE WHAT PRAYER IS WORTH" sounds good to the untrained ear, but PRAYER which is the subject matter in and of itself is simply conversing with God in a Reverand manner with GOD as the recipient of that prayer. Therefore, the "WORTH of PRAYER" lies in the individual relationship with GOD. And ONLY the individual can then estimate its WORTH, not any "EVERYONE of US."]

SECOND CHORUS:
GOD SAVE THE FREE
GOD SAVE THE BOUND
GOD HELP THE LION
AND LAMB LAY DOWN
TOGETHER WE
ARE NOT ALONE
GOD BRING EACH SON
AND DAUGHTER HOME

[SECOND CHORUS "COMMENT!

[Line ONE: "GOD SAVE THE FREE" aren't those in Christ Jesus already FREE? Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Joh 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Then why call for in a supposed Christian i.e. religious song called "GOD SAVE THE WORLD" is there a call for GOD to SAVE the FREE? I can listen to and read these lyrics and know that this man who complied this song, doesn't understand the word of God, and even all his years as proclaiming himself to be Christian, he is still a "babe in Christ" without strong meat in the word of God. Am I judging him? NO! Not at all, I'm just seeing in his song the call for GOD to SAVE the WORLD a song laden with calls from a baby in Christ.]

[Lines TWO, THREE, and FOUR: "GOD SAVE THE BOUND, GOD HELP THE LION, AND LAMB LAY DOWN" GOD has already done this at the CROSS when He saved the "bound" those under the "bondage of sin." As for the "GOD HELP THE LION, AND LAMB LAY DOWN" is a total misnomer as he's attempting to define the relationship between the lion and the lamb. The scripture states the "wolf" will dwell with the lamb: Isa 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The three aspects of his lyrics in "GOD SAVE THE BOUND, GOD HELP THE LION, AND LAMB LAY DOWN" is NOT from any spiritual conviction on his part concerning truth, but it sounds good and it rhymes together.]

[Lines Five and Six: "TOGETHER WE, ARE NOT ALONE" is a total oxymoron and makes no sense. If we are TOGETHER it's evident we are NOT ALONE. What he is attempting here is the advocation of UNITY which is Catholic ECUMENISM as well as PROTESTANT ECUMENISM, but GOD calls for SEPARATION and not UNITY. 2Co 6:16-18 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. God has never desired for His servants to mingle with the world, nor has He advocated for them to huddle together when they have conflicting doctrines. The UNITY of the early church was in the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of God controlled the church, it's not so today, as many different denominations some 33,000 plus are all butting heads against each other's doctrines, and as long as that takes place, there can be NO REAL Christian UNITY in the church of today.]

[Lines Seven and Eight: "GOD BRING EACH SON, AND DAUGHTER HOME." Which HOME? The one he asked GOD to save in the BRIDGE above in line ONE "GOD SAVE OUR HOMES" or does he mean our Heavenly HOME? His ambiguity in his lyrics is what caused his song GOD SAVE THE WORLD to fail to chart. GOD cannot save this literal world as it is today or our literal homes as they are today. He can protect us and our homes, He can save us on an individual level and if we obey His Word, He will give us a New Home whose builder and maker is GOD. Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.]

[FIRST CHORUS already commented on the first four lines. Now we have FOUR different lines to consider.]

GOD SAVE THE WORLD
GOD SAVE EACH CHILD
HUMBLE THE STRONG
STRENGTHEN THE MILD
5.OPEN UP OUR HEARTS
6.THAT WE MIGHT SEE
7.PEACE ON EARTH
8.CLAIM VICTORY

[Lines FIVE through EIGHT: "OPEN UP OUR HEARTS, THAT WE MIGHT SEE, PEACE ON EARTH, CLAIM VICTORY. The open hearts i.e MIND'S come when we accept Jesus Christ and that's on an individual basis, but the song calls for a corporate opening of the hearts in the use of the words "our and we" which is plural. As for PEACE ON EARTH that won't happen until the EARTH is at PEACE in the presence of God after it has been recreated after the 1000 years and after it's been purged by fire. It's only then that VICTORY comes and that is NOT our VICTORY, but the VICTORY of JESUS CHRIST which was completed at the CROSS some 1990 years ago in A.D. 31. So why call for in a song for GOD TO SAVE THE WORLD?]

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OPEN UP MY HEART
THAT I MIGHT SEE
GOD SAVE THE WORLD
STARTING WITH ME

If there is any "ME" in you and me as a Christian, we are NOT the servants of GOD. REMEMBER this ponder it, preach and teach it. WHERE GOD IS, I AM NOT, AND WHERE I AM GOD IS NOT.

Many so-called religious country music songs should be banned from radio, you tube, and any venue when they attempt to just make lyrics rhyme for buck or fame. Many of today's so-called Christian bands like D.C Talk and Hillsong should be banned from being plastered on the radio and the internet. You can disagree with me and that's ok, but today's true servants of God are NOT a part of the world. Those who are are being exposed by God, such as Hillsong services, and pastors. Yet many form their walk with God and raise Him they think because of the sermons and songs preached and sang. I have news for you, there will be no DRUMS played in any song sang before God on the Sea of Glass. There will be no "amps", no loudspeakers, no stringed instruments used today in music will be found there unless it's those used in ancient biblical times.

What took place in 2016 called "TOGETHER 2016" was devil worship, but those who worshiped on the Washington Mall that day had no idea they were worshiping Satan and not God, and God caused the Sun to become so HOT they had to shut it down because of the heat. God said THAT'S ENOUGH! Go here and learn that Christians are being "duped" by Satan through the Christian religion itself. Many who performed and spoke on the top of Ouroboros on the stage, had no idea they were standing on a highly OCCULT symbol. https://ktwatchman-gmail-com.cms.webnode.com/l/together-movement/

This is the subtlety of the Serpent: Gen 3:1(a) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. There will be millions lost to God because they think it not necessary to renew their minds. They think God's GRACE is going to cover their unrepented of, unconfessed, sins. I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!

The song "I Can Only Imagine"

I Can Only Imagine" became a major success on Christian radio; it spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Radio & Records Christian AC chart and became the most-played Christian single of 2002. It became an unexpected mainstream hit in 2003, peaking at No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart while also hitting top 40, adult top 40, and country radio charts. The song returned to the charts after its story was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart and No. 10 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart.

"I Can Only Imagine" received positive reviews from critics. Particular praise was given to its lyrics, and some critics called it the best song on Almost There. It received the Dove Awards for Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year at the 33rd GMA Dove Awards, also garnering Millard the award for Songwriter of the Year; he also won the Songwriter of the Year award at the 25th American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Christian Music Awards. In 2004, CCM Magazine ranked it as the fourth-best song in Christian music, and it has since become the most-played song in the history of Christian radio as well as the best-selling Christian song of all time; it has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and as of April 2018, it has sold over 2.5 million copies.

Now let's look at the lyrics of this song.

First CHORUS:

I can only imagine What it will be like

When I walk By Your side

I can only imagine What my eyes will see

When Your face Is Before Me  [It should read  "When my face is before Thee"]

I can only imagine, I can only Imagine

Surrounded by Your Glory, What will my heart feel [The word heart as used here is the fleshly heart of emotions. Only through the biblical "heart i.e. the Mind" will the redeemed stand in awe of GOD! Yes, your heart that you have here in this life will be changed and the joy you will feel will not be seated in emotions, but you will feel with the heart of the Lord Himself.]

Will I dance before you Jesus, Or in awe of You be still

[What does scripture say concerning "dance?" The word dance appears 8 times in as many verses. The word "dancing" appears 7 times in as many verses. Out of the seven uses of the word dancing ONLY one is done by King David and that not because he just felt like doing the "boog-a-loo." David was dancing before the Lord to honor his recovery of the Ark of God. 2Sa 6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.  2Sa 6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. The word "dance" as is used in the lyrics of this song has nothing to do with the same kind of "dancing" King David danced. As used in the song it implies a "dance of joy" simply because you find yourself in the presence of God. Shouldn't you already in this life, before you are in the actual presence of God be dancing with joy on the inside NOW!]

Will I stand in Your presence, Or to my knees will I fall

Will I sing "Hallelujah", Will I be able to speak at all

I can only imagine, I can only Imagine

I can only imagine

When that day comes, When I find myself [There will be NO SELF in heaven as self will pass away into nothingness when the redeemed are changed and ONLY GOD will be the attention of everyone found in heaven.]

Standing in the Son, [This should read "Standing because of the Son] I can only Imagine

[When all I ever do, Is Forever, Forever Worship You [We will do so much more than "Worship God", we will once a month "Have a Banquet" with Him and feast together by the Water of the River of Life, and eat from the Tree of Life every month. For one who knows the scripture, there is "no imagining" concerning being in the presence of God.]

I can only imagine, I can only Imagine

[That's it, folks, the rest of the song is simply a repeat of the above with a few "Yeah's" added. It's a good song, to lift one's thoughts towards heaven but it's also a misleading song to the one who lives off their emotions as most Christians of today do.]

What does the scripture say about "standing before God?" Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a (THE) Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. I think this might answer the question asked in this song of "Will I stand in Your presence?"

The WATCHMAN !!!