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Apostasy, Standing Away From What?

Perhaps, there has never been a more overstated, and abused word among Christian's as the word Apostasy. Jesus Christ, and his disciples were considered apostates from the Jewish faith. Moreover, throughout the history of Christianity, many since the time of Christ Jesus own death have falsely been accused of apostasy, causing untold torture, and death wrought upon Christian's, by person's, or even groups which were labeled as apostates by those holding power of the orthodox religion/government at the time.

Orthodox: conforming to established doctrine especially in religion

However, the subject of apostasy brings up many questions for honest hearted person seeking the truth, such as? Today all religion(s) have moved away from the established doctrines of the Christ Jesus, and his apostles; so how can all of Christian's not be an apostate from the original teachings of Christ, and his apostles? Furthermore, how can these same religions claim Apostolic purity by their doctrines, if they have all changed their teachings from what the apostles taught? Moreover, the history of these same religions has shown changes in doctrinal beliefs, most, within a just few short years after becoming an organized religion?

This is troubling for a honest hearted person, not that changes were made, but rather, the groups maliciously libel's innocent people with the notorious charge of apostasy, because they have questioned the orthodox beliefs of their group, which groups history has itself shown changes in beliefs? Such conduct smacks of power, and control, rather than a sincere interest in protecting their flocks from false teachings in upholding doctrinal truths.

Moreover, we now find in the history of Christianity 41-thousands division of religions; splinter groups coming from other groups, which at the time of their departure they themselves were called apostates.

Furthermore, all of these claimed their doctrines infallible that they were teaching at the time. So if a person is honest hearted it certainly would give one pause, making them wonder, just what is it about human characteristic that throughout the history of mankind people label others wicked who don't agree with their beliefs?

Here we have all stood next to the mighty ocean, or a tall mountain, peering into the heavens at night we able to put ourselves into perspective to the rest of creation, were able to understand our own smallness. But when we fail to study the history of religion, and it many atrocities done in the name of religious truth, we find no humility, and smallness, so we can be easily duped into a groups claiming doctrinal purity on earth. Moreover, a lack of understanding of God's word coupled with the condition of human sin, causes us to repeat the very acts other generations have done before us, with sincere conviction.

As God Himself states there is nothing new about human conduct when it comes to sin, and the works of flesh, being done under heavens.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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.

The human heart is deceitful above all things, because it can, and does justify sin, hence, its own evil act with something noble, and/or a good! This is truth of every generation of men to have every lived on earth. So there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to the condition of human heart in sin, that is, sins are repeated in each generation, the same evils works of the flesh, which are defined for us in God's word:

Gal.5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Unfortunately, religious group that have claimed purity of doctrine since the time of Christ Jesus have been found wanting in not being able to remove the works of the flesh from their followers. In fact, within a few short years after the apostles died, history shows the same works of the flesh plaguing mankind's as religions today; these spouting up into huge crop of weeds, which overtook the truth, and teachings of Christ Jesus, and his disciples.

Matt.13:24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, 13:25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds{darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat, and went away. 13:26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also. 13:27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
13:28 "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?' 13:29 "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them. 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

Weed-like organizations have proved the word of God true, where each one of them have acted with works of the flesh, devouring, and hurting one another, defaming people by kicking them out of their groups as apostates, or killing them. Later to be exposed as being just as fleshly as those they kicked out, putting themselves in the same company as every other group before them, doing the works of flesh throughout the history of Christianity since Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

Matt.7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. 7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
Matthew 7:6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

TWO SEEDS

So we can say our modern day understanding regarding the subject of apostasy comes from weed-like organizations, and their personal agenda, which agenda is to protect their legally interest, and their doctrinal teachings. So for a honest person to find the truth about this important subject they would have to go to the source, which is God's word the bible, to trace out the meaning of apostasy.

First, we must ask ourselves in tracing out the meaning of apostasy, do we ourselves have a personal agenda, and does the “truth” have an agenda? Answering these questions honestly will help a person untwisted the truth of the subject.

From God's word we find in the beginning two seeds planted at the start of the human race in the Garden of Eden. Each seed had it own
“character” the character of the seed determined if it had the truth, or not, so character, and truth, are closely interrelated, and matter much.

These two character, or two seeds would exist throughout the history of mankind on earth until the one seed overcame the other. But it is of great importance to spiritually comprehend the character of both seeds, and what they produce in people throughout the history of mankind until the Lord comes.

Gen.3:14 Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

Spirit vs. Flesh

Understanding that spirit is one seed, while the flesh is the other, both having clear characteristic. Adam and Eve were created in the flesh with a godly spirit, that is, in the image of God. When they sinned against God the spiritual part of them was overwhelmed by the flesh, the spirit was killed, and the flesh came alive in control of their lives, disconnecting them from God.

In that day they died spiritually, but later the same spiritual life which connected them to God, and would have kept them alive forever; was gone eventually causing their physical death.

Satan promoted a lie, he took the truth and twisted into a lie about God, which caused a lack of love in Eve for God, that is, a lack of trust for God's judgments over her. However, Adam did not believe the lie of Satan, but his love for his own flesh, that is, his wife was greater than the love of God, so he too went along with the first apostasy; standing away from God, and His ruling authority over both them.

There could have been no greater apostasy than Satan deflection from
the truth, causing sin in humans, and the destruction of the human race through death, plus all the untold pain caused by sin. But question is, what characteristic did Satan display, allowing him to lie about God?

Well, simply put, there is no hidden mystery here, because it is the same characteristic of flesh that is displayed throughout the entire bible by those opposing truth, found in ambitious men wanting control over others.

James3:14 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.

Thus, where the word apostasy is spoken of in God's word, which is two times in the Greek writings these same characteristic are present. Here then we find the truth, it is about motives, and ambition that causes one to apostatizes from the truth, just like the father of the lie, Satan the Devil. It is not about a disagreement over truth, that makes one an apostate, but rather, it is the selfish ambition to control others through such teachings. The fruit of which weed like organization have produced throughout the history of mankind on earth.

On the other hand, we are left without doubt as to the characteristic of the good seed as well:

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

So if we are a honest truth seeker, and not blinded by agenda driven truth, we would know in all the history of mankind on earth there has never been a group that produced this type of good fruit.

However, we would also find in an honest search individual throughout the history of mankind that have produced good fruits from the good seed of God's planting in the Garden of Eden at the rebellion of Satan the Devil the first apostate.

Hebrews 13:13 Let us therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.

So those good fruits, and bad fruits are read throughout the history of
each group since Christ Jesus was on earth. Thus, our understanding the characteristic's of each seed is very helpful in our finding the truth of apostasy.
There can be no denying groups holding power over others have produced both good fruits, and bad, but Jesus said, there cannot be both fruits on the same tree. What characteristic does evil use in gaining control over others? Moreover, what characteristic's have they established in maintaining their power? And simply put, when using their power to disfellowship/excommunicate, or killed, others as apostate, what characteristic's and/or fruits does their religious government display?

All The Kingdom(s) of World

If we are a Christian and read our bibles we know that Satan the Devil is called the god of our world, he has over-sown the field of God from the time of Adam and Eve with weeds of selfish ambitious men creating government(s) for protection, and glory; in doing so, spilled much blood.

The real seed of God has continually suffered from the time of Adam, and Eve at the hands of powerful men in government. The word apostasy in Greek means deliberate act of repudiation from government, and religion.

Apostasy: is also used in the Greek language to mean deflection from religion and/or government.So, what is apostasy? The Greek word means "a defection; a renunciation; to depart." Another author defines it as "a deliberate act of repudiation." The Webster’s 1828 dictionary gives a good definition – "An abandonment of what one has professed; a total desertion, or departure from one's faith or religion." To put it simply, when you use the word apostasy in association with the Christian faith it is a renunciation and abandonment of the Christian faith. It is the act of departing from the Christian faith. An apostate is a person who once professed to be a believer in Christ and Christianity but now has turned from that faith. The word apostatize means to forsake the principles of the Christian faith one has professed.

Jesus Christ was offered all the kingdoms of the world while on earth by the first apostate Satan the Devil, but why? Well it is because, the good seed in the Garden of Eden God spoke about was His Son Christ Jesus. Christ Jesus represented the one true Kingdom, God's Kingdom, so the first apostasy was against God's Kingdom, and not man's governments, or religious governments.

Matt.4:8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 4:9 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me." 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me,{TR and NU read "Go away" instead of "Get behind me"} Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"{Deuteronomy 6:13}

All other governments since first apostate in the Garden of Eden are false weed-like institutions, which take control over mankind as God's own Kingdom did in the beginning, and will do in the future under the rulership of Christ Jesus, (the exception being the nation of Israel when it was faithful to God's covenant) it represented God's kingdom on earth. Thus, the fruitage of the bad seed is seen throughout the history of all mankind governments, and organizations. They are revealed as being the real apostate, and not the good seed suffering for God's Kingdom.

Gal.4:28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 4:29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

It is these weed-like apostate, that stand away from God's Kingdom, selfishly, ambitiously, building counterfeit kingdoms by the works of the flesh for power, control, wealth, and glory, over others. Instead of waiting on God's Kingdom to come. So a honest hearted person would reject all counterfeit kingdoms as Christ Jesus himself did, at the risk of being labeled an apostate and/or being killed for keeping the truth of God's Kingdom as the rightful rulership over them. Christ Jesus was killed by Satan the Devil, and his seed for rejecting Satan's apostate kingdoms over mankind.

John 18:36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

Finding The Truth

Written by W.E. Nunnally;
Hewbrew: apostasy and backsliding. These seemingly innocuous words have been the subject of endless controversy in the church for the last 1,500 years. In the 5th century these words pitted Augustine against his detractors; in the 16th and 17th centuries the followers of John Calvin and Jacobus Arminius engaged a battle that continues today. So contentious is this issue that Dale Moody once described it in terms that suggest it is the most divisive point of doctrine among Christians today.1

For clergy and interested laypersons, the standard sources of information on this doctrinal issue usually further confuse the issue. English translations of the Bible vary widely in their use of apostasy and backsliding. For example, the KJV never employs the word apostasy (and its cognates), whereas the NASB uses it (and its cognates) 12 times in its attempt to capture the intent of the original languages of Scripture. Similarly, the KJV uses the term backsliding (and its cognates) 17 times, while the NRSV employs it only once.

A comparison of Jeremiah 8:5 in multiple translations yields multiple translation options: “apostasy,” NASB; “turn away,” NIV; “backsliding,” KJV, NKJV. In the vast majority of other places and other words where terminological differences exist between translations, the different words are demonstrably synonymous. But given the intensity of the theological discourse surrounding apostasy and backsliding — and the difference in translations — the same cannot be said of these two words.

To understand apostasy and backsliding, we usually look to Hebrew and Greek lexicons. We discover that the original terms behind these two biblical words yield mixed results. Many of these works define the relevant biblical terms with language that suggests apostasy and backsliding refer to the same spiritual status. This leaves students with the sense that lexicographers view these terms as synonymous. Yet, students have an awareness that passages cited by the lexicons in support of their definitions appear to be describing two different spiritual states with two different outcomes.

Finally, the student of Scripture sometimes exercises the “nuclear option” of biblical studies. He consults Bible dictionaries and theological wordbooks in a last-ditch attempt to comprehend with clarity what the Bible is trying to communicate when it uses these two words. Here as well, however, we see the same ambiguity encountered in the various translations and lexicons. By this point in the study, it has become increasingly evident that the authors of these various works, as good and helpful as they are, are engaged in the above-mentioned war that grips the study of apostasy and backsliding. Unfortunately, more often than not, the authors’ theological persuasions shape their conclusions regarding the meanings of the biblical words that lie behind apostasy and backsliding.

Those loving truth have always been martyred by apostates from God's Kingdom, who were not under, or in God's Kingdom, while claiming to represent God's kingdom on earth. This claim is found in their hypocrisy of living a lie, but how are they living a lie? By their bad fruits on their tree of organized religion/government. Any person, or group is a hypocrite, when living a lie while justifying their bad fruits, which they know exist upon all mankind organizations on earth since Adam and Eve, while cloaking their own bad fruit in God's righteousness by their teachings.

Christ Jesus did not say: “you will know the good tree, because there are both good and bad fruits on it', no! What he did say was this:

Matt,7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Matt.7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit. 7:19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them. 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Once again let us sober up, and take Christ Jesus words at face value, no group since the time of Christ Jesus is found to be the good tree on earth, instead we find both good, and evil fruits on all religions of mankind. Thus, there is good, and evil produced on every religion on earth, all of them have used both good, and evil to control, and grow their religion.

All of them have one common characteristic they remove those they consider evil in teachings against their doctrine of faith, but neither can they remove the bad works of flesh from the hearts of those they controlled by their teachings, and for good reason, but do you know why?

Justification

Mankind is conceived in sin, all of us are controlled by the works of our flesh to a lesser or greater degree. The nations of our earth from the start of the human race have controlled the evil in men through various laws. But none of these nations, but one, Israel, had within their laws a legal means to justify sin before God.

The nation received this legal justification by God's own hand, so that the nation, and individuals within the nation could stand before God as a sinner in the provision of justification. The legal justification given to Moses from God was the blood of the passover lamb. By this blood God delivered and formed His nation Israel, for His name sake, no other nation on earth was given this legal provision of blood, but the nation of Israel.

Written by: Wright
To start with, a bare definition: justification is the declaration that somebody is in the right. It is a term borrowed from the law court—that is what people mean when they say it is 'forensic'.2 In the law court, justification is the judge's verdict in favour of one party or the other (cases in Jewish law were simply between accuser and accused, there being no Director of Public Prosecutions). The basic meaning of the term is therefore not 'forgiveness': a favourable verdict implies that justice, not (at this stage) mercy, is being carried out. Nor is 'acquittal' quite strong enough: justification has a positive sense, indicating not merely absence of guilt but a positive standing in the right. This status is termed 'righteousness', which in this context does not refer primarily to the character or morals of the person concerned, but simply to his status in the court on the basis of the judge's declaration. Justification is the judge's verdict that someone is in the right. Righteousness is the status before the court which results from that declaration.

Those not receiving the legal justification of blood for their sins were not atone for, and justified before God, thus, making them part of Satan seed, those with legal justification then are God's seed. Moreover, it is important for Christian's to understand, that many within the nation of Israel became unfaithful, although they went to the temple for blood justification, but by their actions they proved to be of the seed of Satan.

Moreover, it is equally importance for Christian's too understand that self-righteous, which means self-right-way can cause us to sin against God's justification of blood. So it is the characteristic's of the spirit of each individual that defines a person being in the seed of God, or not, and not just the blood justification.

Gal.5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,{or, faithfulness} 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Furthermore, let us be warned that many unfaithful people in Israel
There were many in Israel that violently opposed God laws, and justification, such as King Manasseh, whom later repented and became God's seed again:

2King 21:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them. 21:4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
21:5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh. 21:6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

Yet, it is a popular misconception that apostasy cannot be forgiven, few if any Christian's have every opposed God to such a degree as King Manasseh did, and all of God's goodness the way King Manasseh did, and yet fewer still, have been in such a responsible position as King Manasseh had been in that of being the very spokesman for God on earth through God's physical kingdom.

Thus, it become clear from an honest study of God's word the bible that organizations of mankind cloaked in the name of God's righteousness have a personal agenda when it comes to slandering others with the title apostate. Moreover, they have made the word apostate far more evil, and dark in its meaning than God Himself has done in His own word.

Jude.1:8 Yet in like manner these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings. 1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

The City Having Real Foundation

God planted His own seed from His invisible spiritual Kingdom at the Garden of Eden, after Satan the Devil judgment was given him by God. Yahweh's tree would produce spiritual fruits that were lost by Adam, and Eve's rebellion by their sin into darkness, and death.

God's spiritual fruits were not to be used in building false kingdoms upon earth, they where to changes hearts to prepare them for a city having real foundation, the Jerusalem above, the city of the living God, whom Satan lied about; restoration then would be, spiritual lives in the spirit and truth, but not nation building through governments producing fruits of death, and dead works for the human race.

Such a great deception was simply for Satan, and other like him, too use good works done by their false kingdoms as an excuse and justification to substitute them as good works by God's into their own kingdoms. However, in God's Kingdom there are found no bad fruit producing death, or evil, from sin on the tree of life. But these false kingdoms would cloak themselves by good works based upon God's ways of good instead having evil fruits of death upon them.

Moreover, all of them were started by a person with noble and good ideas cloaking their ambitions, wittingly, or unwittingly in God's righteousness to justify their own ambitions. Subsequently, making themselves a god over others, judging for themselves, what is good, and evil, as a god of religious government, or a religious/business.

But every one of these god-like government/religion have both good, and evil in them, but why? Because they are created from man's sin, the same sin passed on too the human race by our first parents Adam and Eve. And these sin are not covered as a “group” by God's legal justification of blood, but individually, within each group, some of them are justified, by their faith in Christ Jesus blood.

When God speaks of secular governments He calls them beast because they control others with best-like characteristic, and they devour flesh of their subject during wars to maintain kingdom power over mankind.

These false kingdom, like men with sin, produce death for all those who worshiping them instead of God's Kingdom.

Daniel 3:4 Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,3:5 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up; 3:6 and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Daniel 7:2 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea. 7:3 Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it. 7:5 Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.

There is a blinding for all these false god-like creation, which is self-induced by the good works they have done, or will do for fellowman, and often in the name of God. This self-right-way justifies their characteristic's of cruel atrocities in the name of national justice, or religious/governments jusitce.

The very same characteristic that are found in religions, and businesses, which have been used the laws of beast in forming their own god-like religious/ governments over mankind. The issue has always been for the true seed of God to maintain integrity from the corrupting power Satan seed through his apostate make shift false god like kingdoms, while living as alien, and temporarily resident on earth; waiting the real city having foundation by God.

2Cor.4:3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; 4:4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

The book of Hebrews
Chapter 11
11:1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. 11:2 For by this, the elders obtained testimony. 11:3 By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
11:4 By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks. 11:5 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
11:6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. 11:7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
11:8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went. 11:9 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
11:10 For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11:11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
11:12 Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead. 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen{TR adds "and being convinced of"} them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 11:14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 11:15 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. 11:17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
11:18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"{Genesis 21:12} 11:19 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead. 11:20 By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. 11:21 By faith, Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
11:22 By faith, Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave instructions concerning his bones. 11:23 By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. 11:24 By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 11:25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time; 11:26 accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
11:27 By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 11:28 By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them. 11:29 By faith, they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up. 11:30 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.
11:31 By faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace. 11:32 What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets; 11:33 who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,{Daniel 6:22-23}
11:34 quenched the power of fire,{Daniel 3:1-30} escaped the edge of the sword,{1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20} from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee. 11:35 Women received their dead by resurrection.{1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20} Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
11:36 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment. 11:37 They were stoned.{2 Chronicles 24:20-21} They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword.{Jeremiah 26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10} They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 11:38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth. 11:39 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn't receive the promise, 11:40 God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Beast Characteristic In Man

The bible often refers to apostates as best-like in nature, it should not be strange to here of governments, and religion in the bible spoken of as having these same beast-like traits, both have come from the one lump of yeast-like characteristic found in leavened bread. Thus, their power and control over others, would identify them as part of Satan seed, which is the same seed of flesh planted in the Garden of Eden.

Jude1:10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don't know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things. 1:11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah's rebellion.

Beast are not spiritual being, their strongest instinct is self-preservation, they will kill to protect themselves, and in that mode of self-preservation without compunction of godly reasoning, they remove any threat to their possessive and jealous nature to protect material things, which are not found upon the good tree of God's planting. Beast, are possessive of their territory, and anything coming into their area they will either run out or possess as their own. When taking a piece of meat, or a bone they will attack with violence to protect it.

If you have ever owned a dog you know how quickly they will posses everything in their environment, as their own, even humans. So it not strange to hear of the same possessiveness when fleshly people are given God's word the bible. Nor, should we think it strange when we hear of Cain the first manslayer killing Abel his brother over sacrifice to God. Furthermore, it should not be strange when the bible speaks of these men taking the position as gods in God's own temple, in the last days.

These apostates do not respect God given authority unless it is wheeled over them with power, that is, by laws of the flesh to punishes, and control their possessive nature as a beast wanting to claim territory.

Whereas, those controlled by love under the New Covenant possess nothing but love. In fact, they seen helpless, and without protection to beast like men praying upon them using the powerful of sins law found within their institutions.

Ezk.38:10 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device: 38:11 and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates.

Standing Away From What?

Here we have come to the understanding of the first apostasy, or standing away from God's Kingdom like Satan the Devil, and later Adam and Eve; just as the Hebrew word denotes backsliding, or found in the same word apostasy. Secondly, we have found the characteristic's play and important role in backsliding.

Thirdly, that it requires legal justification by God through blood to stay in the good seed.
Now we come to the point of standing away from what? Although, we have established this point from Satan rebellion from God's Kingdom, we must have further information to bring us into the Christian's era. All of God's covenants with mankind have been made legal by the blood of innocent animals, or by a person blood, Jesus Christ for the New Covenant.

Thus, the kingdom of Israel was established by blood, in a covenant from God with the nation, that is, in modern terms a contract. Sinning against the covenant meant missing the mark of God's contract. If the breaking of the contract/covenant with God was violent enough, and the apostasy great enough God Himself would punishes the violators of the covenant, but usually only after much patient, and correction through God's faithful prophets, sent by Him to help His people turn back from their corrupt ways?

Hebrews 9:18 Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again fromthe dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus.

It is important for Christian's to understand without the blood of the covenant, their ways are corrupt, but why? Because again as stated above corruption comes from sin, sin produces death, thus, without justification mankind is found in sin and corruption, so those acting wickedly against God's covenant fall back into corruption of sin with no way to be justified before God. So a standing away from God's covenant in an apostasy, or backsliding, means having no legal justification.

In other words, anyone not justified by God's covenant would be a practicer of sin, because they are not legally justified for their sins before God. So it is by fleshly characteristic's of self-ambition that one self-righteously causes them to leave God's covenant, relying upon their own goodness, which then causes an apostatize from the truth.

Mankind has built up many prestigious institutions with divine godly qualities being bestowed upon their members, but are these institution(s) justified by God's covenant? Many of Israel thought the nation was, because of their association with it; that they were protected, and would receive by proxy the nation justification, but they were deceived into apostasy against God's covenant through just such fleshly thinking.

They had forgotten their forefathers deliverance was by individual faith of sprinkling the blood of the passover lamb upon their door post. By this composite act of the people the nation was justified, not the other way around. If the people were faithful to God's covenant the nation was protected, and justified before God as His seed on earth. In this manner God could destroy the entire unfaithful nation for one righteous person among them acting in faith towards His covenant.

Ezekiel 14:14 though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 14:20 though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

God did not say: “I justify your evil deeds because I justify my nation, I will hid the bad you have done individually as my people so I can justify my own ambitious among the nations of the earth by Israel”

Malachi 2:10 Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 4:39 Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is none else.

Deuteronomy 5:29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
Deuteronomy 6:5 and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

The characteristic's of God had to be shown in their dealings with one another as brothers and sisters, in this manner, they proved to be of God's righteous seed. The Law given to Moses pointed out those sinning against the covenant in not acting in love towards their brothers and sisters. while in the same covenant legally justified them (by blood) before God, Yahweh.
The law did not legally justify a person, because someone could obey certain points of the law better than others, no! the law could not legally justify a person before God. In fact, it was the law that convicted a person as a sinners needing the blood of animals, God's mercy in the blood justified, and atoned for their sins before God. Was the law good, and righteous, certainly it was! Moreover, it was the perfect code of conduct for men and woman to live up to, but unfortunately, none could, so God in His great mercy provided a legal justification to the nations, for each and every individual making up the nation; so they could legally stand before God without punishment as a sinner convicted of sinning against God's covenant.

Bad Seed by Self-Righteousness

There was no legal way for a person in Israel to stand alone in their own righteousness, all were sinners, the very law of God convicted them as such that is why the blood was provided. So how could a person become self-righteous, and stand away from God's covenant? Simply put, by comparing ones own righteousness against another within the same covenant.
In other words, if one compared themselves by closer adherence to the law as better than someone else they would be declaring themselves as more righteous than others under the same covenant.

A person was not able to do this when the law was properly taught, which created love among brothers and sisters in humble acknowledgment of being in a good relationship not by personal works of the law, but God mercy shown through the blood of legal justification.
God in His wisdom removed the characteristic's of Satan seed with this divine legal provision where every person standing before God's in the nation, was found by a free gift from God's own mercy, justified. Thus, where jealousies rared it ugly head because of position, wealth, or whatever, or other natural gifts God had given among men, truth of sin slapped the face of Satan, breaking up his works of Devil in the heart of men.

Subsequently, no idol worship could develop, not unless a person declared themselves as more righteous than other under the same legal provision God gave freely to the small and the great within the nation.

So no one life in the nation of Israel was more valuable than others, all from small too the greatest king(s) of Israel needed to be legally justified before God by His provision of innocent blood.

So another characteristic's of apostasy is uncovered, which is that of feeling superiority to others because of God given natural talents, natural talent developed through hard work, or educations, or self-control, letting one believe they are superior to over others, hence, sinful people needing the same legal justification from God.

Satan the Devil himself believed this over others of God's spirit son's, but it was the evil of wanting worship for himself as a god, and his God given talents, that made him into an apostates against God Kingdom.

People that see themselves as better than others, or having greater perfection than others, allow pride to blind them too truth of their real condition in God's legal judgment of them.

1Tim.3:2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

1Tim.3:6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Flattery And Smooth Words
With flattering lips - Hebrew, "Lips of smoothness." The verb from which the word used here is derived - חלק chālaq - means properly to divide, to distribute; then, to make things equal or smooth.

Flattery; to make smooth or to shape, as an artisan does, as with a plane; and then, "to make things smooth with the tongue," that is, "to flatter." See Psalm 5:9; Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 26:28; Proverbs 28:23; Proverbs 29:5. The meaning is, that no confidence could be placed in the statements made. There was no certainty that they were founded on truth; none that they were not intended to deceive. Flattery is the ascribing of qualities to another which he is known not to possess - usually with some sinister or base design.

By this they flatter themselves claiming the right to judge others, or take authority over others, that is, those they consider weak person without their help. In other words, just as Satan viewed the first human couple as needing his direction and his own glory in God given talents, so he concluded the first couple, and the human race would not give him credit for his assignments unseen too their eyes in God creating the earth.

Psalms 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness). 11:32 Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].

Psalms 55:21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Romans 16:18 For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Satan used smooth words on the new human couple, causing doubt first in Eve's mind, then in her heart. There was no straight talked from Satan, but rather carefully chosen words with an agenda:

Gen.3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'" 3:2 The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat, 3:3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

3:4 The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die, 3:5 for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
We find another trait of apostasy, the uses of smooth words twisting the truth of God for ambitious motives. The heart of sinful mankind is treacherous twisting truth to an end - for many reasons in justifying material gain, position, and glory of men, and so on. Without, God's righteous laws to creating plum-lines the heart of mankind wanders for lack of knowledge.
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 19:27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Isaiah 5:13 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.

Arrogance a Trait of Apostasy

Arrogance; having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance, merit, ability, etc; conceited; overbearingly proud: an arrogant teacher ; an arrogant assumption
Proverbs 8:13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

An arrogance person makes themselves an exception to the rules that apply to all other humans created in God's image. Within society criminals are often found to be arrogant, defying the law, but at the same time hating and being ruthless towards those taking advantage of them.

Moreover, the arrogant person puts themselves into a position to judge others while refusing to accept the same judgment upon themselves, thus, making themselves exempt from their own harsh judgments. History has witness this conduct many times by destruction of millions of lives judged as inferior, and/or wicked by a world leader, but when the same judgment came upon them they were arrogantly defiant, Hitler and others like him, are recent examples.

A much more common example of arrogance is a wealthy woman who hired a poor maid to clean her summer home this maid carefully made the beds in the house as requested by her employer.
But the employer was incessant at her work, rebuking her as a sloppy employee, telling the maid; “I want my beds made like a five star hotel with five points!” The maid replied, “I never stayed in a five star hotel mamma”.

This is the arrogance often found among the rich, who surround themselves with wants instead of actual needs, they so totally consumed with perfection in every area of their life, as a mandatory standard for happiness they lose touch with reality of the majority of the world fighting to stay alive. Thus, having time, and the money to support such self-indulgence, they judge others as less, or inferior by their self- indulgences; imputing motive and wickedness too them.

This attitude is found in the hierarchy of governments and top official in religious government as well. where ones is honored in their every whim just for being in their present as important person. These lose touch with reality of working people, and the problems facing them each day to survive in a harsh cruel world. This can only happen when people believe they are above others in a special relationship demanding a position of authority,and honor over being a slave in Christ Jesus.

Luke 18:10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
18:12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
18:13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

This is why we find in the history of mankind the works of the flesh of Satan seed living in opulent luxury while masses of human starve in deprivation causing sickness, and death with no conscience; justifying themselves as special by personal talents exempting themselves from the rest suffering of mankind.

God Himself hates this trait so much: “I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth”; that when sending His own Son Christ Jesus, he sent him in lowly position among the common people of earth, and it was to the lowly Shepard that God's angels appeared in the field at the birth of Christ Jesus.

Moreover, we are given stern warning that the brothers of Christ at the end of our own world would not be found in the top ranks of mankind prestigious institution(s), but rather in prison, without food, sick, and so on; not even recognized as important among mankind, so as to be given the simplest aid and comfort to help them as a servants of God.

Arrogance produced by pride of self-importance is one more trait of an apostate, where no life is as important as their own, were killing some physically or spiritually is done to maintain a so called truth, a position, a good name, where disagreement over doctrinal beliefs is seen as evil taking away from a person pride and position as a teacher.

Materialist an Apostate Trait

How can being an materialist be an apostate trait? Well, first let us remember that Christian's do not walk by sight, they walk by faith, moreover, they worship in spirit and truth, which words to an materialist have little, or no meaning accept to define faith by thoughts of the laws of the flesh.
In other words, materialist want to see God's invisible Heavenly Kingdom manifested in human institutions on earth, as the expression of God's Kingdom. Materialist want to touch and see, over faith, materialist worship is not based upon faith in the invisible, but rather in men in the visible settings, holding positions of power, and honor over others as special teachers.

These materialist believe worshiping as an individual is apostasy, which in fact they themselves have proven to be victims of law teachings, Subsequently, making it mandatory to worship in groups for financial support of the religious-governments. Thus, materialist group into these religious-government for safety, found in physical structures maintain by laws of the land, these material settings support their lack of faith in worshiping in spirit and truth in the invisible Kingdom of God under the New Covenant, where love is the only controlling law, a spiritual law unencumbered by laws of sinful flesh.

Materialist need the constant approval of men in authority to define their faith, and to be feed spiritually by prescribed rules of doctrines. Materialist find themselves grouped into sects by doctrines, which causes wars of the flesh within their own group, and outside with other groups not holding the same doctrinal beliefs. These division by doctrinal teachings define the materialist faith, it further causes pride of specialism, but how?

Simply put, the legal justification by Christ Jesus under the New Covenant given us by God, no longer is important, it is by knowledge held within their group that saves them as being special over others groups. This is the same mistake the Jew's made in believing they could be justified by perfect knowledge of the Laws of God.

Even though, the self-righteous Jews were constantly reproved for this attitude by God through His prophets. Cain was a materialist, he cared little about pleasing God, what was important too him was being made too looking bad in his flesh, by his brother Abel. In other words, Cain killed his brother Abel because Cain was made too look bad, how did Abel make him look bad? Well, because of God's approval of Abel's sacrifice over Cain's. Cain could not distinguish God's rejection of his sacrifice over the evil thought Abel made him look bad before God in his flesh!
Neither could he distinguish that Abel's did not give a sacrifice to God to make Cain look bad, but rather he did so, for love of God.

Once more we have another trait of apostasy; “I will destroy someone that makes my religion look bad, or does not agree with my teachings by labeling them with name apostate. When in fact all Christian's are called upon to worship God in Spirit and truth, in doing so it not a competition to see who looks better in the flesh before men/woman, it is about the sincere desire to please God.
Materialist cannot distinguish between the two being under the laws of the flesh, which give credit and honor, and more attention by their service too God.

Thus, the whole nature of worship within a materialist religion in looking good to other members of their faith, this can take on a whole host of fleshly thoughts from education, to worldly recognition, to meeting prescribed rules within the group, or too having a great amounts of wealth, and so on; all for one purpose of looking good to others, the same as the world practices, in gaining prestige within their groups. Thus, when made to look bad in their flesh before other, which means those they look to for god'-like approval, they display the hateful traits of Cain. 1John 3:10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother. 3:11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
1John 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. 3:13 Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
3:14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

Corporate Atonement

Another trait of materialist is putting personal responsibility off on the corporate person, which is a legal object, that is, the corporation, as guilt offering for public sins. In other words offering up brothers and sisters to the world eyes to appease public opinion to clean the organization from blame.

Which decisions are in reality made by individuals upholding corporate rules to keep the corporation from lawsuits, In other words, how to we get read of this problem so we are not left open legally to damages? All secular corporation(s) use the same tactic, it is not about love, it is about protectionism of the group.

By this composite legal thinking, leaders hid behind the corporate veil cowardly putting off of personal responsibility in loving one another as Christ loved us. Thus they sanction religious creeds affecting spiritual lives by legal degrees instead of love. When in fact these religious sanctions are nothing more but to protect the religious-government from looking bad publicly. Just like Cain who killed his own brother thinking Abel was making him look bad before God in doing what was right, so do corporate religion, legally chose the course of Cain, while God rejects their legal composite sacrifice for sin through so called massive good works offered Him in preaching Good News to the nations of our world.

Simply put, by putting off responsibility onto the figurative person, that is, the legal person by law, which is the corporation, relieves ones of personal responsibility of murdering others in the name of God's righteousness.

This type of conduct is the same conduct all governments use to enforce their laws, where people are sworn to uphold the law of their country even if they don't agree with them. In other word, loyalty, comes by upholding the law, where personal feelings are set aside, and judgments to rule of law, over individual justice is used to maintain the legal structure of the country. Fairness, and justice are defined by the judges ability to apply rules of governing he/she is judging by.

Public righteousness that is boasted of in government/religion is a lie it is simply dealing with problem because of public harm to maintain the name of the corporation.

No dead Works In The Seed of God

Can dead works give a person eternal life with YHWY and Christ Jesus in paradise? Well the question answer itself, no! But few Christian's understand what dead works are? Moreover, because they do not clearly grasp the subject from a mature level in the body of Christ they find themselves bogged down into the elementary things of Christ Jesus, not able to move on into the deep things of God, which is God's love towards us by Christ Jesus.

Simply put, dead works are all things outside of Christ Jesus, which means, all things we build by works of laws that govern the sinful flesh. The deception, and the apostasy is in twisting words into believing these dead works are found on the Good Tree of Christ Jesus. All sinister works of those opposing the truth come from good works to justify sins laws in God righteousness.
The elementary things of Christ is repenting from these dead works, which apostasy make into the primary doctrine of Christ Jesus, as proof of God's favor. In other words, let us show our good works by punishing those practicing sin.

Sadly, this thinking is one-hundred-eighty-degrees-opposite of Christ Jesus teachings, but how? The constant punishment, and legislating of laws against sins of the flesh is not proof of being in the New Covenant, it is in fact, proof of not being in the New Covenant, instead being found under sins laws by the doctrine of a group, hence, dead works.

The New Covenant stands as removal of sin, by faith, not the practice of sin by punishment of sinners by laws. Those in the New Covenant have no sin, they are acquitted of sin, their sins are no more, they are declared righteous. Those not in the New Covenant are practicer of sin, their sins stand, and are punishes by laws of sin, which are dead works.
Life to those in the New Covenant is being sinless in God's love, not that they don't sin, but rather their sins are not legally held against them because of the New Covenant, so the apostasy then in those standing away from the New Covenant, making one a practicer of sin, and acting wickedly against those in the New Covenant.

Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"} 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

The world and all of its desires are built upon the laws of the flesh, which are dead works to those in the New Covenant. Where strong assertion are made against sin by those elementary religious/governments cloaking their pronouncement as proof of good works towards God are evil fruit. Furthermore, God has already completed the law two-thousand years ago, which was buried in Christ, defeating death, and sin by the resurrection of Christ Jesus, so in the New Covenant there are no dead works.

Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God.
Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Thus, Christ could speak truth without sinning, in saying that no good tree, (meaning him and those made a part of him) produces dead works, or evil works done by sins laws.

James 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?
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? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
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.

Here we find the context of standing away from the New Covenant, backsliding if you will, which is, claiming dead works, or good works from dead works created by sins laws as done in Christ Jesus name. Many would say their works were covered by Christ Jesus righteousness when he comes, and yet he would tell them, he did not know them that they are workers of lawlessness.

Matt.7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
7:19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
7:21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 7:22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
7:23 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
Although, Christ words seem harsh they are legal fact that cannot be changed, Christ Jesus working in the temple of God is done by Holy Spirit without the laws of sin for its members. Without the New Covenant, people are found as practicers of sin, and which means lawlessness. No good works done by laws of the flesh, no matter how benevolent are accept as Christ Jesus workings of those in the body of Christ Jesus into his Kingdom.

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Romans 8:4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

All the paying of money, contributing too the poor, preaching of the Good News, healing of the sick, and casting out of demons, are not justification for dead works found in sins laws. So where members of New Covenant set up groups using sins laws of the nations, and claiming great works done by these legal religions are God's good tree of Christ Jesus they will judged as dead works, and bad fruit, which are not found in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul."{Genesis 2:7} The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Moreover, this is why, history testify against all mankind institution(s) as producing good and bad fruit on the same tree. Where thorns are cloaked by good done for others, where pain and ruining of faith is found for substituting the Good Tree of Christ Jesus, for man-made trees, using the word of God as justification for evil done by them.

1Cor.3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
1Cor. 3:11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 3:12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
3:13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. 3:14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 3:15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?

Apostasy Polluting The Covenant

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

It is much easier to pollute water than to clean it, yeast permeates unleavened bread causing the whole lump to become corrupted by leaven. Christ offered his disciples pure waters of the truth, but these waters issued from him the sinless lamb of God, they did not issue from us because we have sin, which is corruption. Moreover, as stated above, sin is controlled by laws of the flesh, they are not controlled by love the Spirit of God.

1Cor.13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, 13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 13:6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8 Love never fails.

Gal.5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. 5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18} 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another. 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh. 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God. 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,{or, faithfulness} 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Polluting of the New Covenant would be pollution of it members found on earth in the flesh, not Christ Jesus found in immorality and incorruptible life with His Heaven Father Jehovah. When body members move away to another Good News outside of Christ Jesus who is the New Covenant, they kill the Spirit of God indwelling in them, polluting the waters coming from them by dead works, or works of the flesh.

Claiming teachings that control the body of Christ with laws designed for the laws of the flesh, pollutes the truth of the New Covenant. Here we find the real deception for those walking by the laws of the flesh instead of the law of love in the New Covenant, no greater deception could exist on earth to day, than claiming bad as good.

Where one take a piece of leavened bread breaking it off from the whole lump and then claiming it as separated from it origin. Claiming it as special because the piece of leavened bread has certain truth(s) the whole lump does not.

Much like an unfaithful man in a marriage covenant that corrupts his own marriage bed with another woman, and then boast of loyalty because in the presents of others he defends his wife. The whole mass is corrupt, it cannot be made clean by certain truth(s) of the bible found by research, it is a deception, and a fraud, it is part of the whole lump of yeast bread, full of corruption because of the yeast.

Yeast cannot clean yeast, unleavened bread cannot be created by adding a piece of leaven to the unleavened bread, both will be corrupted. The two are separate loaves, they cannot be mixed. This deception is so strong for those arguing over doctrines of their faith that they miss the very corruption of their faith, in self-blindness, professing bad works as good, with a sincere zeal for God.

Let us recall here there were two seeds planted at the rebellion of Garden of Eden, one grew into the world, that is, into governments, business, and religion, controlled by the laws of yeast, which are sin, and/or sins laws. While the other seed is protected in immortal, and incorruptible life of the tree/vine of Jesus Christ. In him is no sin/corruption/evil, he cannot be corrupted by yeast of sin, he is life too us, which is eternal life, we are the branches of the vine, we are separated from the yeast bread of corruption and sin by his righteous life, if we are in Christ Jesus.

Pollution comes to body members on earth when they declare yeast as good, allowing it into their own lives/temple, polluting themselves, losing the protection of God's Holy Spirit in directing and teaching from the pure unadulterated truths of unleavened bread found above in Christ Jesus.

James 4:1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members? 4:2 You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
4:3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. 4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}

Because a man profess loudly a certain doctrine from a religious government found in corruption of sins laws, and control by the same laws as the nations, does not make him clean, but rather a part of leavened bread. It is only by the legal justification God has provided in His New Covenant in Christ Jesus that a person has the truth, the truth is the whole loaf of unleavened bread, we partake of in Spirit and Truth.

We are a part of the living Truth of God, because Christ Jesus is the living Word of God, God's Truth works in us, by fruits of the Holy Spirit, which are Holy utensil found in the Spiritual Temple of God. Sound doctrine support this truth and this truth alone. We do not declare evil as good, nor do we think our own justification of the New Covenant will justify a religious government by our teachings. Doctrines do not justify us, it is the legal justification of righteous blood that we stand before God as sinless in Jesus Christ.

Those doctrines only explain the truth we stand in, when we teach those doctrine as justification too others we are walking in falsehood, under the works of the flesh and those we teach will be misled, and self-blinded. The body Christ are not ministers of doctrines of the flesh, they are minsters of the New Covenant of love, they overcome the flesh in the laws of love, and our protected by the New Covenant righteousness which is Christ Jesus.

Body members of Christ Jesus in the New Covenant stand before God sinless by Jehovah God's legal justification and no other way, it is when they walk in love that they produce good works for the Kingdom of God, and none other will be accepted as built upon the foundation of Christ.
When Adam and Eve were put outside the Garden of Eden the ground was cursed, and not God's blessed, all they could produces from the ground would be dead works, nothing they built with their own hand, heart, and mind could work their way back into the Garden of God's favor. The price paid for being god's would be building their own kingdom(s) the workings of sin and death.

Every thing they built would be on the foundation of curse ground, and not everlasting life. Hence, building religion(s) that did good by meritorious labors, doctrine, argued as truth(s), saving the human race from sickness, and disease, was all outside of the Garden on cursed ground. Moreover, mixing cursed ground into godly truth(s) did not put them back into the Garden of Eden.
It has been the concerted efforts since the Garden of Eden to pollute God's true seed, by human's good works, calling them God's planting of everlasting life. When God formed the Nation of Israels He gave them strong laws, and symbolism in not mix certain foods, materials, clothing to emphasize that He would not share His glory with false god's of dead works. God's people must be separated from the workings of man own hands. This thought carried through into the New Covenant where we are told.

John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
15:2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

Nothing outside of God's provision of New Covenant which we become a part of Christ Jesus is accepted as pure worship or as Christ Jesus workings for His Fathers temple.
Those of the Temple class that pollute themselves, by human good works claiming them to be of God for His Heavenly Kingdom, are found on foundation of cursed ground outside of the Garden of God's love in Christ Jesus. The Holy utensils, which are the workings of God's Holy Spirit are gifts of men to the Spiritual Temple of God, and are not to be used to build kingdoms by works of flesh laws substituting them as the Temple of God, on earth, by human good works, God will not share His Glory with false god's of dead works.

Such deception is great filling the world with religion(s) built on cursed ground, justifying their good works as covered by the righteousness of Christ Jesus, where human read the fruit on the tree as good and evil, the same tree producing death for Adam and Eve, causing a great mystery for the human race. Where some good justifies the evil done by the same religious government(s).

In turn the justifying evil with good creates a disillusionment among the whole world, making God Himself both good and evil, where people can buy their way into heaven, or back into the Garden of Eden by good works performed in this life. This same conduct has been used from the beginning of time by dishonest people, to enslave others with good, while, capturing souls into their evil. Forgetting that people do both good and evil, that is, Adam may have been a wonderful father, a good neighbor and built a wonderful temple to God, but none of these good works put him back into the Garden of Eden into God's complete favor.

This is true of both New and Old covenant(s) God has made with mankind, anything outside of God's covenant people is dead works, but why? Good does not undue sin and death, from emotion(s) of good, and by doing good does not change the sun and it importance to life on earth. Thankfully, human good does not alter such laws because no good would come from it. On the other hand, putting our own good above God's purposes in removing sin and death from the human race makes us a god onto ourselves.

Making ourselves into a god by are good intention, only puts us on cursed soil, where weeds of thorns produce death for ourselves, and those we convince of our good works, they do change the everlasting purpose of God redeeming the human race by legal provision of His New Covenant.

Those standing away from the New Covenant by good works of their group, or themselves to justify the evil of sin producing the works of the flesh in them or their group will find when calling out to Jesus Christ Lord, Lord, look at the good we have done in your name, great and sad disillusionment will come upon them as the foundation of curse ground is swept away as mere sandy soil.

God is not Partial

Proof of Holy Spirit in the New Covenant is not being partial in a person judgments, what does that mean? It mean a person puts themselves in the same relationship too God and His righteous ways as all other human on earth.

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
God is not partial, He does claim good as evil, or evil as good, God is truth, and lovingly tells us are condition as human in sin and death, then He provides us the legal tools so He can fix the problem for us. Much more so, He does not say: “I will tempt you with evil so good can be done, or I will judge you differently than others in the same condition of sin and death, no! God is not partial as religious government(s) teaches by sin laws, power, position, or doctrine(s).

The idea of specialty is a work of the flesh when it comes standing before God by legal justification. God's legal justification applies the same to all humans that put faith in Christ Jesus. It is the nature of sinful humans to judge matters by performance, knowledge, position, power, wealth, and so on. Thus, when given God's word the bible they divide it into doctrines declare their groups as more favored than other groups, instead of faith in God legal Justification.

Hebrews 10:22 let's draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."{Habakkuk 2:3-4}