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Mark 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

By the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Keywords: parable, beasts, burden, grace, master, G-d, L-rd, Holy Spirit, temple, watchman,

Luke 8:10  And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand

Parable of the Two Beasts

In the land there abode towns, cities, and fields. In this land the Masters had the hire of the land, for if anyone would do service, they must be under a Master. The Masters hired servants to keep their fields, to dress it and bring in the harvest. Also given to them were beasts called burden. Everyday the servants would pick up the beast named burden and carry it to the field. Once their they cared for, nourished it, and took it with them as they worked.

But in the land there abode a Good Master who had also hired servants. But this Master was unlike any of the other Masters in the land, for he had mercy on his servants and brought in a beast name ‘grace’ to make their load lighter.  When the servants went to the fields, ‘grace’ carried them along the way. Grace would take their loads, carry them, and relieve the load upon the Good Masters Servants. All day ‘Grace’ would work alongside the servants helping them, and taking the load from them as they gave it to ‘Grace’. But soon there arose a division in the Good Masters field for there were servants who had learned to do fields with ‘burden’. They despised the ones who used ‘Grace’ and called them weak. After while these got rid of ‘grace’ and became like the rest of the servants in the land. They would pick up their ‘burden’and take it to the field, and all day long they gingerly would nurse it, take care of it, and overtime, ‘burden’ grew even bigger. To this all the servants were happy that they had greater ‘burdens’. Until one day, their ‘burdens’ had grown so big, they no longer could pick it up. Since they could no longer work, the Master of those servants cast them out.

So too, there are my servants who despise my grace, they take upon themselves burdens and have refused my hand of mercy. When I have said, “take my yoke upon you, for my yoke is easy, my burden is light”, you have said, “I want to carry my burden”.  When I have said “my grace is sufficient for thee”, you have said “I want my burden, I will carry it.”

Matthew 11:29  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 11:30  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Hebrews 4:16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

The L-rd says to you, surely, my mercy and my grace brings to you favor, strength, and supply for all you need, yet you do not walk in it. For you have taken ‘burden’, nourishing it, carrying it, and seeking its increase. Then you wonder why you cannot carry it. The L-rd says “put down thy burden, take my yoke, for it is easy and my burden is light. Learn of me, saith the L-rd.” “For my yoke, my mercy, and my grace is my favor towards you. Let my grace carry you, it is sufficient!

It is more than forgiveness,
It is provision,
It is rest,
It is supply,
It is comfort,
It is mercy,
It is for you,
It is undeserved,
It is my favor, my grace,
It is through faith,
It is yours,
It is free,
But it is not cheap,
Jesus Christ died so you can have it,
So don’t carry your burden,
Let my grace carry you,
Into Sonship,
Into my will,
Into my presence,
There I will teach you,
I will be your G-d,
You will be my Son!

Yes, amidst trial,
Troubles,
Even suffering,
My grace shall be there!
Sufficient to give rest,
To find comfort,
To strengthen you,
To know I AM with you,
To make you victorious.

1 Corinthians 1:28  And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29  That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31  That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Seek the Lord,
Keep his Word,
Be faithful,
Walk in Him!

Psalms 91:14  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Rest in Gods grace, then press on in the race that is set before you. His favor towards you is a deep river flowing within, His Spirit, the Spirit of the Living God, who is Holy, whose temple you are. As you run the race, remember; “The Battle is the Lords”, it is his favor, his work, and his power in you, so that no flesh should glory, but that the power seen would be of G-d and not man.

1 John 5:4  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith

1 Corinthians 3:16  ¶Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

The Hosea Warning to the Church of the Last Days:

As Israel was, so is the church of these last days.  The warning is straight out of Hosea, be sure, it is certainly given to the church today as it was through Hosea to Israel. Let these warnings and words be wisdom to you. Let them find their mark and receive them, for the L-rd says to the end time church:

Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. ¶Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Hosea 2:2 – Hosea 2:6 (KJV)

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I have warned the church for these many years, and  have warned believers of what comes. The message is now placed on your shoulders, for I have spoken what the L-rd has given to me. For the burden is now the L-rds, it is his ‘battle’, he is the L-rd. The blood is on your own heads, it is off my hands.

My burden as a Watchman is now firmly placed in the yoke of the L-rd, where his burden is easy, where I can learn of him. I will warn, I will teach and preach and continue to do as I believe the L-rd leads me to do, but no more will I carry the burden I have. If you have a problem with what comes, it is the L-rd, not me. If you hate the message, it is his message, not mine. If you reject his pleading, then it is him you will face, not me.

I am done with carrying the burden and load of your rejection, pride, refusing to hear. I am done with worrying, fretting, and all associated human frailties in regard to the church and America itself. You may not notice a difference in this ministry, but the real change is in me. The burden is now the L-rds, and I  walk in his grace and power to do his will. So that the power will be of G-d and not man.

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P.S. and as for me and my household, we plan on rejoicing in the L-rd, feeding on his strength and presence. Personally, I plan on gardening next summer, the L-rd willing, and even treking in the Mountains, for what will come, will come. I plan on being found in Him, no matter when it does. For I do not seek man nor his ideals, I seek the L-rd, who is my salvation.

Song of Songs 2:1  ¶I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2  As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3  ¶As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4  He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

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“counting the cost, throwing out dead traditions, taking up the Sword, walking in the fire of God’s Spirit as we take the kingdom of God by force”

by the Watchman
Dana G Smith
Keywords: count cost, disciple, john baptist, Jesus Christ, dead traditions, sword Lord, fire, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, force

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Today’s Idea of success in America for churches, congregations, and Christians is unlike what we see in scripture. For many of us close to this arena of Christendom in America the success is seen in church growth; i.e. big churches, glitzy campaigns for growth, pastors that act more like corporate heads than shepherds, and the issue of money is always close at hand. For many the relationship to church growth, success, and material things are usually interconnected. We have accepted the idea as did the Pharisee’s and scribes that material blessings means Gods blessing. This is not always not the case. We have co-opted Gods material provision into a full blown doctrine where we seek the doctrine of provision and wealth above what the Lord spoke to us to do. That is, “seek first the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” Howbeit, the stereo typical experience of  Christianity today is one that would of been foreign to the early “church and the Apostles”.

When John the Baptist came on the scene, as Jesus later directly speaks about, saying this early man of God, was seen as a prophet, was in actuality much more than a prophet. Dressed in Camel hair with a leather belt around his waist, John came as the ‘voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the paths of the Lord.’ It was this voice that was heard in the early days before Christ was revealed in Jordan, Galilee, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and other areas that the Jews lived in. He came from the wilderness, scripture says of him that he ate ‘locusts and wild honey’. This man of God was told ‘upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost. It was testified by John that “I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God”.

John 1:33  And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34  And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

Now for the Pharisees, Sadducees, Lawyers, and Scribes of the day, John was a messenger that caused trouble. But even they came out to see what John was up to, they found themselves drawn to this messenger!  Of this time, Jesus spoke saying: “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.-Lk 16:16″. Here the Lord specifically speaks to the fact that from the time of John’s arrival and on, the “Kingdom of God is preached”. It was to John the crowds flocked to hear his message of repentance and to be baptized.  Further Jesus spoke saying that from the “days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”  He further says that the prophets and the law prophesied until John, and “if you will receive it, this is Elijah which was to come.”

Matthew 11:12  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13  For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14  And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

The comparison of John to Elijah in this context is what Jesus is speaking about. It was prophesied by Isaiah of John’s arrival. Elijah had a ministry that was miraculous, confrontational, and he took on the backslidden children of Abraham. John as well brought to the table a message that was confrontational, and in the same instance miraculous for it was when he Baptized Yeshua that the LORD God spoke saying “this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him.”.

Matthew 3:16  And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17  And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased

As John arrived on the scene take note his anointing and message was not of men! He did not learn his message from the school of Prophets, from the Pharisee’s school of law, nor from the scribes themselves. He did not dress like those who professed and taught how to find God. He was not a professional religious type. He did not have a fancy looking synagogue to go to! He had been in the Wilderness feeding on the LORD, listening and being taught of God. Again, I repeat here for comparison sake; he ate “locusts and wild honey”, while the established branch of organized religion of that day ate well, lived well, and were thoroughly religious in their duties and activities. Yet they did not know God. In fact, John called them a “generation of vipers”, asking them “who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”

Matthew 3:7  ¶But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8  Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9  And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
10  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11  I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12  Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Scripture says that the Pharisee’s and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves and they did not get baptized. But all the people and publicans who heard him, justified God and were baptized with the baptism of John. The people believed the word given by John who came preaching what God had given him. The Pharisee’s and Sadducees trusted in just being Sons of Abraham after the flesh and keeping the traditions of men. John though had Gods message and it was one that did not seek to appease the religious of his day through ‘entertainment’, i.e. as it says “we have piped and you did not dance.” Nor did he seek to appease their dead traditionalism. What he did was lay to the root the ax of God, with the fire of the Holy Ghost. It was meant to stir and awaken, not to entertain and conform to man. This was Gods business, Gods way, and John was preparing the path for the Son of God!

Luke 7:29  And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30  But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
31  And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32  They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33  For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34  The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35  But wisdom is justified of all her children.

Jesus said this issue of rejection by the religious establishment of his day and acceptance of his message by those who were considered publicans and sinners that “wisdom is justified of all her children.” Wisdom’s children in this instance were the ones the very religious Pharisees and Saducees rejected. The Lord put the wisdom of the religious of his day in disarray by his actions. It is the Foolishness of God which is wiser than men. Gods wisdom chooses the down and out, lowly, sinners, and those rejected. Not many wise, noble, or rich are called! The religious establishment would only accept people who looked, acted, and were as they. But John and Yeshua both were at odds with the religious establishment at that time.

It is here that we must understand that the “kingdom of heaven” suffers violence. For years and decades dead traditionalism, materialism, and the love of God had evaded those who brought the kingdom of God to the masses of Jews. It was to this same kingdom of God that John was sent, to wrench it from the hands of those who were destroying it.  The force used was the ‘anointing of God, the Spirit of God, and the word of God’. It is this that Jesus also came to do! The established traditions of men had made the word of God of none effect and in order to save people and bring them into Gods grace, the kingdom must be wrenched from and taken by force through the literal appearing of both Gods messenger John and Gods only Son Yeshua Ha Massiach.

This is the foremost idea you and I must grasp today.  This is about force! The force of God, to bring, tear away, and save those who will listen.  It is a force that will use the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and our faithfulness and prayer life which combined with the Lord God will make a difference. It is a force from God to awaken those in the church that are asleep. It is a force to the hungry to come to the ‘waters’, find the Son of God and find life! It is a force sent by God, directed by His Spirit in power, and fulfills the Word of God. It is a force sent to the nations! It is a force that meets head on the unbeliever.

But it is not a force to bring unity, world peace, but a force that will bring a sword.  Man’s dead traditions and his religious ideas want to create peace! It is mans dead church ideas, secularism, materialism, socialism, and more that wants to have peace and not a sword. It makes peace with debauchery, makes excuses for sin, and allows loose grace and immorality to rule in the house of God. Read Jesus own words on this matter:

Matthew 10:34  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35  For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36  And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
37  He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39  He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40  He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
41  He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
42  And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward

The Twelve words Jesus spoke that meant this was not business as usual were these, “I am not come to send peace on earth, but a sword”. Jesus turned the world upside down, even today it is his name that is most hated! It is those who call themselves by his name that follow him . Many times his followers will remain faithful even unto the death, all the while loving those who destroy them.

Jesus warns that he is come to set at odds father against son, daughter against mother, daughter in law against mother in law. It is here that mere blood ties won’t be able to keep those who follow Jesus Christ from doing so. If your family doesn’t agree, you have a choice, follow the Lord or keep to your family. There is a cost to follow Jesus Christ. We are sternly warned, “a mans foes shall be those of his own household.” Many believers in foreign countries who accept the Lord Jesus Christ already know this fact, the cost of following him and leaving their family traditions and religion behind. Jesus Christ saves, religions kill!

Furthermore, “whoever loves father or mother, son or daughter more than me”, Jesus says, “is not worthy of me”. He also says “those who do not take their cross and follow me is not worthy of me he says”. And again he points out saying “He that loses his life for my sake shall find it”. In other words, this is ‘force’. Force to follow, a cost that is real, and a calling that is beyond all mere human reasoning. It is that which leads men and women to sacrifice all for this Savior and God!  The reward is as real as the cost.  Jesus gives examples of this and one that sums up what he is saying in this context of scripture is the fact that if you receive a prophet, righteous man, or gives to drink a cup of water in the name of the Lord, you will in no wise lose your reward. God is faithful, he is calling us to be faithful, and he will reward your faithfulness.

In conclusion Jesus said as well, “I am come to send fire on the earth”. In this statement he finishes by speaking to the fact that it is already kindled. This section follows Matthews account in Chapter ten. But Luke adds that there are those who are hypocrites for they do not discern the times! They can look to the sky and discern the weather, but although they see what is happening around them, they do not understand it.

They as well do not know that the Christ we serve has thrown out dead traditionalism with the Pharisees, Sadducees, lawyers, scribes, and is warning the church today. Christ has sent a fire, he has sent a sword, and he is rekindled the fire and resharpened the sword. It is let loose on America and the world. The Lord is coming soon, but before he arrives the Dark One will appear and make war against the Saints who keep his commandments and faith and testimony of Jesus Christ. You cannot make war against this Dark One with dead traditions that offer no power, and no force. It can only happen with the force of the Word of God, the force of the Holy Spirit, and the faith of the believers who are the fire of God in truth and carry the Sword of the Lords Word in their hearts. They are obedient to his Word, his call, and understand they are the force today! The are the called out ones to bring in the “kingdom of God by force” and watch for the “Son of God, the Son of David, Son of Joseph” to appear and sit upon the throne of Messiach, the throne of David.

Luke 12:49  I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50  But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51  Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52  For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53  The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54  ¶And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55  And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56  Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

I warn you, though, if you do as John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, the Apostles, and the early church; you will find division and not peace, a fire and not dead traditionalism. They faced it and preached Gods message for the hour they lived in. Today we must follow suit. The fire is kindled. Let it spark your faith and vision.

We must keep the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ and it is our path in this that will create the same opposition that our Lord met when faced by the dead ecumenical traditional religionists of his day. There are many that see themselves as “rich and in need of nothing, but do not know nor discern they are wretched, poor, blind and naked.”

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Dana G Smith
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“on the outside, America seems like a pagan nation, but it is not such. It has like a dog who has returned to its own vomit, casting off the Son of God and is proceeding down the road to destruction. But in spite of all the shaking in America and the world, this will be one of the greatest moves on God’s calendar. We will be in it, if we do not give up, but continue in faith. Have patience!”.

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“What the Spirit saith unto the churches”

Revelation 2:7  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
In Revelation, the Apostle John writes the ‘apocalypse’, what we call Revelation. The phrase
“Spirit saith unto the churches” is used seven times in the span of the first warnings to the seven churches. We are told to ‘hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches’. Even though it is written, we are to hear. This hearing is from the Holy Spirit, directly to our inner man, the Spirit speaks to our hearts, telling us what we need to hear from him. The churches written to by John were not bricks and stones, but to people that gathered together in the name of the Lord in cities throughout Asia Minor. They were not denominations, traditions, or man made ideas. This was a living breathing organism, called the church, the ‘called out ones’, who followed the Lord in true discipleship, even unto death.

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“A Process of Restoring the Spirit and Rescuing the Soul!”
By the Watchman Dana G Smith
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Romans 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.

Hebrews 8:10  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

1 Peter 1:13  ¶Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

There is no doubt today that the believer that does conform to the world will be an unbeliever, a lukewarm Laodacian Christian, or even an unbeliever in time. The world seeks to bring the believer far from the roots that should hold him or her. It’s [by this I mean the world, the devil, demons, spirits, and the flesh of man itself] attacks basically come in three areas of life: ‘lust of the flesh’, ‘lust of the eyes’, and ‘pride of life’. The enemy of our soul attacks our biblical roots which are grounded in the Word of God, Prayer, and a life of leading and nurturing by the Spirit of God. In this life as believers in Y’Shua [Jesus], belief and faith are paramount. “For without faith, it is impossible to please God, for those who come to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” ~ Hebrews 11:6.  In this verse we find co-equals here, namely ‘faith’ and its brother ‘belief’. Without these we are lost. How can we belief if we have no faith and how can we have faith without any belief?  But as Christians, let me say this, we are more believers than Christian. Why? Because I know many Christians who are not believers, yet for the believers I know, they believe, and they are also Christian.  Maybe a play on words, but the truth remains that today in America, the Christian faith is close to idol worship and carnality. It is rooted and rotted in the nation of America where the ‘sugar plum gospel’ and the ‘fairy tale Jesus’ sit around in a haze of unbelief and convince themselves everything will be okay. This is the time of the Laodacian church, no doubt, but we also have the ‘Dead’ Sardis church here as well. This is why, for those who will ‘believe’, and have ‘faith’, they must learn to lean on, rely upon, and trust in the Lord more than ever. Not giving themselves over to mindless thinking, or to men’s tall tales, or to doctrines of men which are wrong, but they must learn to ‘renew’ their minds in Christ.

“Renew”, strong’s 342, an adjustment of one’s moral and spiritual vision. Renovation, Restoration, Transformation, change of heart and life, via the work of the Holy Spirit in transformation or regeneration.

2 Corinthians 10:3  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

In this, though, let us be aware of our weapons, for they are mighty through God. We can literally pull down or cast down the strongholds of darkness. When imaginations, men’s reasonings, satan’s trickeries, demonic thoughts, or any other fleshly high thing enters into our minds, we can pull these down. Just as the walls of Jericho came down when Israel marched around it and then gave a blast of the trumpet, so we can bring down these. We can cast down these ‘high things’ literally ‘height’, that arise from the regions of the air where the prince of darkness and his legions exalt themselves over God and us. They and the thoughts, imaginations, and trickeries which enter our minds and thoughts can be brought down finally in one powerful word by the power of Christ. We bring these thoughts and those idea’s into captivity rounding them up, breaking the spirits who try to sway us with these and lay them against the knowledge of God and of Christ. Through our own obedience to Christ and his Spirit, these are herded up, brought into alignment with Gods word and cast them down. These come down with faith, obedience, and belief coupled with action and the power of God through the Spirit. They must give sway to this power for they are defeated!

Further, Hebrews the third chapter tells of a generation that did not enter in because of unbelief. These had ‘evil hearts’, an evil so insidious that it is called ‘unbelief’. This ‘unbelief’ caused this generation to depart from the living God. In their ‘unbelief’ they followed idols, served the flesh, and did things that the gentile nations around them did. In fact their sins were much more grievous than the gentiles nations themselves. Through this ‘deceit’ of sin, the hearts were hardened, the minds corrupted and seared against God and they would not listen. They did not hear from God for the stubbornness they held in rebellion against God. Thus this generation did not enter into the LORD’S rest. Why? They believed not!

Hebrews 3:12  Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13  But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14  For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;
15  While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16  For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17  But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18  And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19  So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

The question today is, will the American church and Christians be able to stand what is coming? Will they reach a time when all they have been taught in doctrine and church foundational teachings will be seen as false? Many today ignore our warnings of what is coming to America. The truth be told, this is coming, but not as soon as many may think, which I speak here of regarding the LORD’S timing in all this, prophetically speaking. But the things that will come ahead of destruction of America is pure ‘smelter’ of the LORD. It is filled with famines, pestilences, bloodshed, sickness, wars, and natural disasters. In addition America and those in this nation will experience judgments that come as well. Now I say this because these events will not be the complete anniliation of this country, which will come in time, but will be unlike anything the nations and especially America has ever seen or experienced. Life in America will never be as it used to be. That is why, as a believer, the renewing of the mind is so important today.

In the midst of so much information, we are becoming deaf to the truth! What is truth? Can you find out? If you went to 100 churches, it would be the truth that these churches who all follow Jesus Christ would have different teachings on the same subject. If you found 10 Pastors or Evangelists how many would actually agree on doctrine and end times prophecy? Daily you and I are bombarded with information from news, the Internet, churches, prophets, pastors, friends, unbelievers, and skeptics. All that information has to go somewhere. It goes through your ears into your mind and some of it will grip your heart. When the heart is gripped, this will cause physical sensations. Some of these are fear which will cause sweating, uneasiness, nervousness, and even physical symptoms. Watching bloodshed, violence, and  horrid sex scenes will fill  your mind with lust, deceit, and feelings no Godly person should have.  This is where we must focus. Look not to the right or left. Look to the LORD. I mean really, look, be quiet, get in his Word and read it. Then read it again, meditate on it, read it, think on it, mull it over and then apply it. Receive it by faith and stand in belief! But in this there is the ‘renewing’ that the Apostle Paul talked about in Romans 12. This is speaking of the Power of the Holy Spirit to make changes in your life, heart, and mind. It is supernatural in scope and practical in its power to achieve those changes. All you have to do is read, receive it, believe it, and let the faith have her perfect work. It is here that too many depend on inner voices, spirits in the night, dreams, and men’s idea’s on what is going on and what is happening! The truth be told, here, much of what is listened too by many in the Christian realm concerning last days and prophecy is false. We linger too much on this. We need to take a step back, knowing what is coming, but taking time to really ‘refresh and renew’ our minds and hearts. Let the Spirit of God cleanse us, so to speak of all those vain thoughts and detrimental false teachings that are going on. It is here that people need to walk in ‘faith and belief’ and allow true ‘regeneration, renewing, and refreshing’ by the Holy Spirit to cleanse their thoughts, minds, hearts, of any and all trash gathered in the day’s information overload. We have air filters to filter out the air, we have water filters to filter out the impurities in our water, we have gas filters, movie ratings which filter the content of movies, and virtually every other kind of filter. We have the kidney’s and the liver in our body to filter out the impurities. This is where it stops for the unbeliever. They have no such filter as we do. For we, through the Holy Spirit can have our minds and heart renewed in Him, our LORD. But we must stop; i.e. be still and stop listening to all the vanity around us and focus totally on Him.

Take the scripture below. When was the time you were in actual ‘perfect peace’? Note, this comes only if your mind is stayed on the LORD God.

Isaiah 26:2  Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4  Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

The word LORD here [the first LORD] is yhwh, or Yahweh. It is the divine, personal name of God and relates personally to his chosen or covenant people. That is those who specifically do what he says. Those things he says in his commandments, which make or form a bond or covenant with those who keep his commandments. Even Jesus said, ‘if you love me, you will keep my commandments.’ It is here that those who know the LORD, will do what he says. In doing this we form a relationship and a bond. As we do those things pleasing in his sight and also walk by faith, we can know peace, a peace that comes from placing our mind and heart totally on the LORD.

The divine name YHWH appears only in the Bible. Its precise meaning is much debated. God chose it as His personal name by which He related specifically to His chosen or covenant people.

The second word LORD here is ‘yah’, a shortened form of the first LORD, but in the Hebrew is the same as ‘yhwh’ and means the same. The word Jehovah here also means ‘yhwh’ or ‘Yahweh’.  The meaning in this context here is that the word for ‘personal, divine, and covenant name’ for the LORD [yhwh, Yahweh] is used three times, i.e. LORD is used twice, and Jehovah once, all meaning and referring to the special covenant name of God and his relationship with his people who are special. By using this word ‘yhwh’ and its form ‘yah’, we have an important witness to the truth. It means, pay attention to this, it is important! The Word says by the mouth of ’2 or 3′ witnesses let every word be established. Here we have the witness of ‘yhwh’ himself who cannot lie, repeated three times for our understanding. The Lord is saying to us, “this peace does come from disobedience but obedience, not from stubbornness of heart, but of willingly following the LORD and doing those things which please me”. It is a walk by faith of both obedience and servitude! In that walk, the people of God have a special place of covenantal ‘peace’ when they stay or put their mind upon the LORD and walk in obedience to his will.

It is here as well during shortages, troubles, and heartaches that our faith must come full measure. Let’s start with the basics of what the LORD told us to do. All the law and the prophets hang on two commandments, namely this:”Love the Lord thy God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself”.

Matthew 22:37  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38  This is the first and great commandment.
39  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

With that in mind, if we follow those commandments and then understand as well the relationship we have with the LORD God, our Father, he will provide. What do we need to do? The scripture says to ‘seek the kingdom of God’ first! Do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, or be doubtful in your mind! Don’t walk in unbelief! This is an example of what we must do in our minds and soul. We must renew, redo, and let the Spirit of God make a permanent impression in us that our thinking must change and also our actions. Putting aside the flesh and its weakness, we focus our heart and minds on God, trusting in him to provide no matter what. But in times of stress, we filter out the vain trash the devil puts in our minds through the Word of God, prayer, and the Spirit. In this, we ‘renew’ our minds in the LORD and walk in obedience and victory in him.

Luke 12:28  If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29  And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30  For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31  But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Remember again, God has given us something the world and the unbeliever doesn’t have! What is that! We have a Spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind! Therefore, walk in this power, love, and sound mind! But in order to do that you must walk in obedience to the LORD, be in communion with him and his will. Remember the LORD is the vine, we are the branches. From Him we get fed and nourished! It is substantive and real, coming from the Holy Spirit’s power in our life and the Word of God, from which comes faith.

2 Timothy 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

There are many today that are in fact, religious! There are those who have a form of godliness but they deny the power of it. There are those who are ‘children of disobedience’ who refuse to walk in obedience to the LORD and are under his wrath. Many today, including unbelieving Christians have given themselves over to the worlds version of morality and faith. But you did not learn this from Christ nor his Spirit. We are to put off that corruption from our former life and be ‘renewed in the spirit of our mind’.  This renewal comes from the power of the Holy Spirit in your life!

Ephesians 4:19  Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
20  But ye have not so learned Christ;
21  If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Here let it be noted that there are vain and dangerous minds out there! It is from this we have been delivered through Christ. The work of ‘regeneration’ by the Holy Spirit works effectual in our lives if we let him do his work.

Dangerous minds of the flesh:

Ephesians 2:3  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

The dangers of the fleshly mind: fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind!

This is the corrupt side of man, the one that does not get fulfillment. Once man is caught up in this fleshly merry go round, there is not a single day of peace. Once you indulge the flesh and the desires of the mind, they will always be hungry. This is the corrupt nature of man, from the fall. Caught up in this, pushed by demons and spirits of lust, man is lost and has no hope. The only total cure and hope is deliverance by Christ Jesus. For through Christ we understand and have been made aware of our sins, the Holiness of God, and the redemption needed through Christ. But for the unbelieving and defiled, there is nothing pure. They see nothing wrong in what they do! The reason is their own mind and conscience is defiled.

Titus 1:15  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

We therefore, through Christ do not walk as other gentiles or even as some Jews walk, in the useless vanity of their mind. For we have made peace through the blood of the cross of Christ and through Jesus our LORD we have along with all others who believe on him and walk in obedience to his Word are reconciled unto God. One day, we will be all united in Christ forever, ‘male and female, Jew and gentile, will be all one in Christ.’ But first, we have a life here to finish with victory. We obtain that victory through Christ and our faith in Him.

Ephesians 4:17  ¶This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Colossians 1:20  And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

In conclusion, let me urge you to get your ‘filter’ in gear today. Put off all the vain information, teachings, thoughts, attitudes, and anything else that is not of God by ‘renewing your mind’ in the LORD. Get into prayer, fasting, reading and applying the Word of God, and letting the Spirit of God cleanse your mind, heart, and soul today. Sit before the LORD, read the Word, meditate on it, and ask the LORD to cleanse your mind, heart, and soul of those vain things that have come into your system. Let the Holy Spirit and the Word of God be the filter in your heart and life today. This is the ‘renewing and regeneration’ in action. In this, let me add, remove therefore all the sources from your living space as well that are not conducive to the LORDS will and Word for your life. Let me add a final note here that in doing this, we ‘rebuke those demons and spirits’ that put the vain thoughts and trash in our minds and bind them in Jesus name, casting them away from us, forbidding them to speak to us forever.’ We use the Word of God as a weapon, speaking it against the enemy. The Word is the bullet, propelled by the Spirit of God, and spoken in faith by the believer. When done correctly in faith and in the name of Jesus Christ, all powers and principalities must bend and bow or they will break.  For some, though, fasting and prayer is needed, but this is another subject.

Endnote:
In your renewed mind and life you are:
-Enlightened through the Spirit of God and not the new age or the world
-You have Spiritual understanding of God, his holiness, and his love, and your redemption.
-You know God, talk to him, have a relationship with him through Christ Jesus
-You know Gods way, through Christ Jesus to life and hope eternal
-You have a heart filled from Gods love, through his Spirit of love and compassion for both God and man. You are his light and salt in the earth.
-You walk in mercy and compassion from this love, this is faith in action, which pleases God.[Read James]

James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6  But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7  For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

James 1:21  Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22  But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23  For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24  For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26  If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27  Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.