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Blinded By Truth

John 9:39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

How can a person be blinded by truth, what indeed are we talking about? All Christian's believe the bible is truth, yet, there are some fifty thousand divisions, or more of the Christian's faith. How has the bible the truth caused so much opposite fruitage, that is, division?

1 Corinthians 12:25 that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

How can truth of God's word blind people? Well, first of all this is not new, it is as old as mankind is upon this ball we call earth. One person points out a truth, and ten more debate it, and come up with another so called truth.

Those who beleive in black and white, claim theirs is only truth, judging everyone else not agreeing with them as evil! Later, only to find out that their truth changes, but those same law of black and white in teaching don't. So these Christian's fail to learn humility by declaring other evil by false teaching - dissevering of ever lasting cutting off into hell, or the lake of fire.

However, they just simply, shrug it off, their harsh evil judgments causing the death of innocent person as; “Oh well we were just overzealous in our teachings”.

What evil possess mankind so that they can destory the spiritual lives of others as being so valueless, just too be right? What is this nature for our wanting to be right at all cost, which some believes makes them more worth than others? Moreover, even physically killing another human being in the name of God?

How can a person be so blinded, as too not to admit wrong when they spend their entire life trying to help others, and living up to God's word the bible? What evil force, and/or causes such unrighteousness among all religion of our earth?

1 John 3:12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Blinded by Ideology

God's truth is lost when ideology rares it dragon head in our hearts! What does this mean? Ideology is very simple, its when we as human in family into government, religion, and business preach a cause over truth. Ideology is a lie, it justifies bad of human wisdom, which goes something like this.

James 3:9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God. 3:10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

The good we are doing for the many is worth the evil we do too some others! It that simple, the problem is this line of reasoning often goes into complete corruption of evil, why?

Because two wrongs do not make right. In other words, once a person takes up this type of justification there really are no rules at all! Which allows each person to find a way to justify their own evil actions by simply performing something good for the greater number.

James 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

Criminal Thinking

Criminal thinking is anti-social, which means, criminal believe they are above the rules of law. However, they are willing and often do enforce upon others. They steal, but they will kill some one else for stealing from them, and so on... When an institution of any kind upholds their belief by lying about their bad they have done, it becomes anti-social behavior, criminal thinking.

They are saying we are above the law, that is, the laws we enforce upon others, but we have exempted ourselves because of the good we doing is worth it, the good outweighs the evil, this is what ideology is. It is the good of the religion or instution being fought for instead of the truth of the groups actions!

This crimal thinking is the moral fiber of all human society of our world, this is why the greatest atrocity of the human race were done with blind zeal, and without guilt!

Galatians 5:9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

Blindness From Righteousness

The deepest darkness ever done too other human have been done in the name of God, why? Because God's law are righteous and moral laws, which cannot be compromised. When religious group account the good they do, by preachings, feeding the poor, teachings, and so on . . . They can easily justify evil acts by the good done in using God's word the bible. In other words, it is a self- induced blindness based upon something bigger than self! A person may know inwardly in their heart they are unworthy, and the evil also found in their group, but they feel they are being noble, and loyal in upholding something bigger and better than themselves, by defending their religion with the word of God. God is good, "I am bad, so upholding the good makes me noble".

Mark 8:15 He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

In other words, justifying the bad of the group for the good it has done for others, this ideology, it is very dark and evil, not light, because it take away truth to hook someone for religious good being done for the good of others. Which is criminal thinking, why criminal thinking?

Simply, because a criminal thinks they are smarter than everyone else; somehow giving them the right to take what ever they want because they are special. Those in religion often use the same thinking, they know what is best for everyone else giving them the right to lie if necessary to uphold their groups teachings. In other words, the good done condones the evil because we are smart enough to know what is best for you, and what does this mean?

It mean because religion think they holds secret knowledge of God, and speaks for God, and, because God cannot be wrong, and they speak for him. No one can know the difference between good and evil without their help. But the truth is easy to find, just look at the fruit produced by these religions all of them they don't have peace and unity within them, let alone in the division some fifty thousand sects of Christian faith.

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Does God Lie To Uphold Truth?

Does God justify evil by the good? Well there is no evil in God, and if we say there is, we are mislead by false religion essentially created by our own hearts from our own sins of partiality in justifying evil by our good works. Hence, projecting such unrighteous as a god - into what we worship, which is the core of false religion.

James 1:14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 1:15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. 1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Titus 1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began.

God does not lie, nor does He have to justify evil, which is sin, God does not condone evil he does by some good He does, why? Because God does not sin as a man does. So He does not justify Himself by words of human fleshly thinking. He does not say let us justify the evil by good things I have done. God only does good, because He cannot be evil as man is evil with sin.

1 John 2:21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

In fact, God does not answer to sinful man at all, by blaming or justifying his actions. Because all His ways are just and upright, never making a mistake as we human do whom live in sin each day from deatd, and corruption from our sinful mind.

Hebrews 6:18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

Does God over look the bad done by religion because they are sincerely trying to do the right thing by teachings His word to others, no! And no He does not!

The Nation of Israel Justified

Romans 3:8 Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.

The nation of Israel, God's chosen people were not justified by their good works. They could not be justified by their good works at all before YHWH, why?

Because they were sinners, having evil fruit on their vine, thus, any eating from their vine alonly ate from death and not life. Moreover, they could not keep God's righteous law without breaking them, because they were sinners.

Jeremiah 12:2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

So how did God justify their evil actions of sinning? By blood of innocent animals which had never broken God's laws. God did not justify their evil by some good they were doing, He gave the remission of their sin by innocent victims that died for them their evil acts.

Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:

The Jew's could be noble and defend the truth of God word, they could blind themselves with ideology of how they held the truth of God on earth, but they could not stand before God right without the blood. So killing someone in name of truth, did not make them not sinners, or trying to keep the law, nor teaching the truth. It was God who provided a way for them to be forgiven of unrighteousness acts of sin against God's good, the law.

Micah 6:7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Evil of The Eye of Ideology.

Matthew 6:23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

When one looks through the eye of ideology it is dark and evil because it has no remission of sin in it. It instead has become proud boasting is something other than Christ Jesus sacrifice for us. It boast in an imagine of self-projected into a straw man of organized religion. This deception is the same deception the nations of our world uses to justify the evil they do in trying by doing some good for others.

Malachi 2:17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

Nevertheless, it is darkness, and not light of God, the whole body of religion is dark in blindness by a constant state of politicking its good to justifying its evil of sin in its members. Members, thus, look to idol of false religion feeling better of themselves in upholding something bigger than their own unworthiness, which is the great good their religion is doing for mankind, something they individually cannot do for themselves and others.

Matthew 5:37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

The tree is corrupt practicing unrighteousness that permeates the whole mass of its members. The god is found in justifying the idol of their religion believing this makes them righteous before God. Soon the blindness becomes so evil that it will kill and punishes any that disagree with its teachings as evil deserving of destruction by God for the good of the greater number.

Matthew 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

Straw Man of Religon

Putting up a straw man of religion without a heart to remove personal responsibility towards God. Hiding behind a foundation of straw to feel good about our own short falls, is evil. This is the big problem with all institutions they justify personal conduct by proxy of association with the group. The person can easily be self-blinded not seeing their personal responsibility before God by the so called good works of the group.

Then when the group is attack its much easier to defend its conduct than personal conduct of having hate in ones heart for brother, which is very personal, what does this mean? It means one can uses the laws of the institution to hate and judge a brother, instead of personally having to forgive them, and deal with them, which is God's requirement.

Matt.18:21 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?" 18:22 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

Matt. 5:21 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;'{Exodus 20:13} and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.' 5:22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause{NU omits "without a cause".} shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.{or, Hell} 5:23 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, 5:24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

The group can justify by a higher power, that is, those in charge who are appointed as being closer to God than the average person within the group. Subsequently, the straw man which is nothing more than a real man, can be used to get rid of personal responsibility by the good for the whole of the straw man.

Moreover, in this manner the person can by smoking mirrors hid the fact they are following man over Christ Jesus, because the straw man is not real, but a composite man of bible teachings, not one person, is the straw man! The composite man makes the teachings and idol worship clean before men.

This is the foolishness of sinful heart. Yet, this straw man of religion will judge other religions and its members for not taking personal responsibility in getting out of the group because of its false teachings.

Jer.17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 17:10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Righteousness by Touching Holy Meat

It much like the apostate nation of Israel who thought by touching the Holy Laws of God made them holy. Instead God violently corrected Israel by foreign nations without law for such conduct of justifying of evil by good, God's law.

Haggai 2:12 'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'" The priests answered, "No."

The straw man of religion justifies its sinful works by touching God's Holy Word the bible as being teachers of it to the nations. But like the apostate nation of Israel that found out that touching something holy does not make ones unholy act righteous before God. Yes, forgetting that all things must be cleansed by blood. The lie was found in calling it righteous, by uses of accurate knowledge of laws and its doctrines. But righteousness and cleanes comes from remission of sin by blood, not touching something clean!

Truth is such a misnomer, a word used like politician of the nations use. Finding a truth in the bible does not make one holy! Hence, it does not make ones religiou group a holy people before God. Once again the same unrighteous reasoning was used by the Jew's who promoted ideology of law as righteous over the truth of loving God, for giving them forgiveness by blood of innocent victim, an animals for breaking His Laws.

What Is Truth?

Truth to the Jews was not something written on stone or on paper, it was the life they lived through the knowledge given them from God. Truth was not a word, a dead work, but life in them from God's word, it was this life of truth God was concerned with, living in truth, and that is why He gave the nation of Israel his written laws.

False religion give glory to the written word over the very life Christ Jesus who died for us. Which in and of itself promotes ideology of doctrine, as being God's people instead of fruit of Holy Spirit proving a person is of God.

Truth for Christian's was the life of Christ Jesus, that was recorded for us in the bible. In other words, the words recorded are not the truth, they speak too the truth of Jesus Christ. They only become truth when we become a part of the living resurrected Jesus Christ the truth. In thing less than this, is not truth. It is a teaching which is a dead works, not living works in the life of Christ Jesus.

John 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.

John 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Hence, it is only when something is produced in the why of righteousness by God's Holy Spirit it become truth, that is, a living truth, part of the very being of the human being that it is of value in God's eyes.

We have had for thousands of year so call Christian's and Jews killing one another in the name of truth, but that same truth often is changed by newer teachers. Where as the truth, that is, Christ Jesus and his life never changes or does evil.

Ideology is evil because it does not care about this truth, it is about winning, beating the enemy even if it requires lying. This is what blinds one to the truth of Christ Jesus, which mean Christ Jesus in actions loved even his enemies. This is the pattern of truth we are to obtain to, not the rules of some religious organization calling its teachings truth.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

John 14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

Ephesians 4:15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ.

Politicking the Kingdom

Politicking is a sin requiring a person to over look their own sinful nature while selling others on the good points of their religious life. This unrighteousness is projected into every institution of mankind. But essentially it boils down to being better than someone else. In other word, by my good points I am better than you, or the group you associated with.

It has nothing to do with truth, because truth is we are all sinners, and we cannot not be a sinners, so we are all equal in God's eyes, God judges us all by the same scales that declare us sinners. We cannot be a little bit sinful, no! We are either a sinner or not!

Man's standard of judgment says: I am better than you because I don't break this law while you do. So I am a less of a sinner than you. Politicking is to sell that better part of that is good by lying about the fact we are all sinners, and not good at all.

Politicking the Kingdom of God is to steal God's word the bible codify it into a religious organization calling the institution Christ Jesus righteousness upon earth. The politicking is to us its members to sell the good while overlooking or denying the bad. But one cannot make a sinless organization from sin, it is a lie.

However, those politicking the organization will tell you it is clean, and holy by its teachings which are better than someone else teachings, or some other religions, which is a lie! Why? Because sinless does not come through any man on earth let alone an organization formed by a number of sinful men.

That is why it require lying, which is, politicking because it is not about truth, it is about being better than other hiding the truth of sinful human on this earth. Hence as sad need for all fleshly minded Christian's to compete, and to be better than some else. Ideology is teaching such untruths, which becomes a religious war, in works of our flesh.

Living a Lie Missing the Truth

Truth for all Christian's is Jesus Christ, and none other, why? Because God YHWH has declared Jesus Christ to be the truth, not man, or man's made organizations upon earth. This is why man must lie in pointing out only the good from their religious group while defending the untruths of the same group. But these are the works of the flesh, the same flesh that has built every institution of mankind, not just religions but the entire world's system of things.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Those whom mislead us into corrupt minds of defending that which is indefensible by God's righteous word, are blinded. Self-blinded by thinking they are made righteous in defending actions of their group by some truth found in their bibles.

God defended Christ Jesus as His King of His Kingdom, God did not send Christ Jesus to politic for Him, He did not need to hid some lies to promote the truth.

Christ die for the truth of His Father because he was the truth. He did not sell the kingdom, or become a public relation (PR) person for the Kingdom using unrighteous tactics to make known the truth. Christ did not introduce corruption of sin into the Kingdom of God by justifying God's action upon earth, no!

1 John 2:21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Christ Jesus spoke truth, and had no lie in his mouth, he did not lie to uphold truth as all organized religion do because of the sins of those creating the straw man of religion. When we become a part of truth, Jesus Christ, its when we walk by faith, and not the sight of a sinful organized religions, which we know is corrupted by laws of the flesh, as are all men who are dying.

James 3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water. 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you?

We need not politic for God's Kingdom using the unrighteous actions of man made religions. Christ Jesus is our unleavened bread, without sin, or corruption, and so is his Kingdom. God does not need mankind condoning sin to help Him promote His Kingdom. Mankind needs to come up to God righteousness found in Christ Jesus.

Having their evil hearts sprinkled from the blood of Christ Jesus and learn to beat their swords into plow sheers of peace.

Micah 4:1 But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.
4:2 Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem; 4:3 and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more. 4:4 But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken. 4:5 Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.

Finding The Tree of Truth

The fruit upon the tree of life is truth, it is not some good, and some evil, it is rather life eternal for those eating thereof. The waters of life, gives life to the tree of truth that has no lie on it; one can eat here, and not be mislead into corruption of sin and death.

2 Corinthians 4:2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

The tree of life is not a false prophet which justifies it evil fruit by saying look at how good we do, this, or that. The tree of truth does not rejoice in unrighteousness, by fooling people for their own good, no! There is no fruit of human reasoning upon this tree of truth.

The tree of truth does not have corruption of yeast in it, it has an imperishable life uncorrupted from sins of humans. We can partake of this tree, we can be made a part of this tree, but it is invisible, seen only by faith in God's goodness. What is this tree of truth? It is Jesus Christ,the one faithful and true prophet of God, the one God has appointed for us too all the nations of our earth.

Here is where we must put our faith, here we can stand in faith, and not be disappointed with the wranglings of nations over religion. Here we find true justification, and forgiveness of our sins, but we must come up above the nations, and the sins promoted by politician of government-religion, and business-religion to the only faithful and true witness, Jesus Christ.

John 14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

John 16:13 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.

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