I Come To You
by
Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid
(February 24, 2021)
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”(Ephesians 2: 8-9, King James Version [KJV]).
Greetings in the Holy Name of Jesus Yahshuah,
My brothers and sisters, I come to you in order for you to know that
Jesus came to give life to your good faith works. I come to speak to you—-the whole of you, the one body, to the you and the you and the you in the image of God who without the grace of God would not be. The single most important joy in your morning is you and your intent to do good faith works that are truth in your heart and mind that reaches out to those who are lost, in the wildernesses of the world, without the hope that resonates out of faith, without the images that resounds in voice and virtue out of good faith works. I do not think for you to take the good faith works of another man could profit you in your desire to follow Truth even so the laws of the lands of Earth. You easily become your best friend or your own worst enemy when you fall off the path of Truth given to you by the hand of God to figure out your way to your golden path. [“Exodus 31: 18, KJV, “And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.”].
This is a fallacy and false doctrine for the heavens and the Earth did not begin with you. Is it too much to behold in your heart the Truth that you are a follower even the chosen, the elect, the prophets, the teachers, and those notably mentioned in the gospel given to you?[“Ephesians 4: 11-16, King James Version (KJV), And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”]. I know what you reveal from your good faith works is how you fashion what you took from your fellow man—-what you stole and the world sees your patience, for the revelations of your heart seek Truth and your patience accepts or denies the image you imagined as your whole Truth yet had the Truth been in you then you would not need to accept or deny you would in the joy of each morning know that you are your own best good faith works or a fallacy. This fallacy that you hold in your heart: If, I am, is not purposed in Truth—-the hope that comes out of faith rather it is purposed in your use of the joy of your day to proposition God of who you could be, if, then, when the absolute image of God is you. There is no mistake here for God is not a man that He can lie.[“Numbers 23: 19, KJV, God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”; “Genesis 1: 26-27, KJV, And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”]. Man cannot take from another man what God did not give. [“Luke 16: 1-15, KJV, And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”].
The image of God was given to man. The truth of the image of God in man is the light of Christ Jesus Yahshuah and that light in you reveals the truth of the image of God or the corruption of the whole body in the abundance of the life Christ Jesus gave to man. The road to salvation is not paved in stealing, killing and destroying. [“Romans 3: 23- 26, KJV “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”; “John 10: 10, KJV, The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”; 2 Thessalonians 3: 10, KJV, For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”].
In my recollection of thoughts shared with me, I fondly enjoyed reading about running with the giants yet I thought that this was a fallacy of thought.
More importantly, how could man created in the image of God think less of his image and time given here on Earth in our world than that of, I am a giant? How could David kill the giant Goliath if he himself did not know that he was a giant and did not see that he was a giant? David knew he was a giant. The image of God is a giant. Why would anyone who is not a giant run with giants?; hence, the fallacy is in not believing that by faith all things are possible- Jesus died for the sins of man. [“Isaiah 40: 22-23, KJV, It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.”; 2 Corinthians 5: 21, KJV, For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”].
Moreover, let us consider, the gospel of James (2: 14-26, KJV):
“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”
With that said, let us consider Psalm 94: 14, KJV, “For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.” Do you think your good faith works come out of theft—-stealing from others? [“Ephesians 4: 28, KJV, Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”].
Many of you think of yourselves as a Hood; stealing from the rich to give to the poor but the Truth of today’s world status quo finds most of the citizens of the world in a financial struggle. Yesterday, I noticed an advertisement for a home mortgage at 2.02%. Christ Jesus, the way, said, Follow me.
In closing, the leadership of Jesus for the saving of mankind started in the beginning. Accordingly Apostle John, the beloved disciple said, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”[1: 1]. Jesus is the Word. Jesus is God. Jesus was with God.
Understandably, in the first Book of Genesis, there was no doubt that God said, let us make man in our image, which clearly uses the word, our, to let man know there were Gods—-God the Father and God the Son are quite obviously understood when you read the testament of the beloved disciple John, however, we , understand, our, also includes God, the Holy Ghost. [“Genesis 1: 26-27, KJV, And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”]. Furthermore, our Gods bear witness in heaven, “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (1 John 5: 7, KJV). Clearly, we see the beloved disciple John, refers to the Son or God the Son as the Word, the same, Word, mentioned in John [1:1, KJV, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”]. Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians (3: 16-17, KJV): “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” [God the Spirit and God the Holy Ghost are used interchangeably; synonyms, one and the same. “Is the Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit the same?
The English terms "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" are complete synonyms: one derives from the Old English gast and the other from the Latin loanword spiritus. Like pneuma, they both refer to the breath, to its animating power, and to the soul.
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Therefore, we ask ourselves as mankind, how many followers of Jesus in the world are Catholic? In our research (BBC, 2013): “1.2 billion Roman Catholics. There are an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world, according to Vatican figures. More than 40% of the world's Catholics live in Latin America - but Africa has seen the biggest growth in Catholic congregations in recent years.Mar 14, 2013
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With that said, we ask ourselves, how many Protestants follow Jesus in the world? Our research reveals, “How many people follow Protestant Christianity?
There are between 800 million and 1 billion Protestants worldwide, among approximately 2.5 billion Christians.
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We find the followers of Jesus are still giants in our world. For according to the beloved disciple John (3: 16), “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
However, in the United States of America there is a decrease in Christians. We recall that those that worship Satan were given permission in the USA to name their churches, Churches of Satan, a first time enactment of the USA to give the churches of Satan legitimacy. [“OCTOBER 17, 2019
In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace
An update on America's changing religious landscape
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The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular,” now stands at 26%, up from 17% in 2009.
Both Protestantism and Catholicism are experiencing losses of population share. Currently, 43% of U.S. adults identify with Protestantism, down from 51% in 2009. And one-in-five adults (20%) are Catholic, down from 23% in 2009. Meanwhile, all subsets of the religiously unaffiliated population – a group also known as religious “nones” – have seen their numbers swell. Self-described atheists now account for 4% of U.S. adults, up modestly but significantly from 2% in 2009; agnostics make up 5% of U.S. adults, up from 3% a decade ago; and 17% of Americans now describe their religion as “nothing in particular,” up from 12% in 2009. Members of non-Christian religions also have grown modestly as a share of the adult population.”;
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May 7, 2019 — There's a new religion in America. The Satanic Temple has earned the same tax-exempt ... [“ POLITICS CONTRIBUTORS
The US government just officially recognized the Satanic Temple as a religion
Matthew Bell, The World, from PRX and WGBH May 7, 2019, 3:29 PM; Lucien Greaves, spokesman for The Satanic Temple, with a statue of Baphomet at the group's meeting house in Salem, MA. Josh Reynolds for The Washington Post via Getty Images
The Satanic Temple has earned the same tax-exempt status as a church by the IRS.
The Satanic Temple is growing rapidly, with around 20 chapters across the US, and affiliate groups in Canada, Australia, Germany, and the UK.
While members of the Satanic Temple see the mythological, and literary, figure of Satan as a symbol of rebellion against tyranny, they do not worship Satan in any way.
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There's a new religion in America.
The Satanic Temple has earned the same tax-exempt status as a church by the IRS. The group has been around for a half-dozen years and grabbed news attention for its political activism. But the official US government recognition and a recent documentary film are bringing a new level of attention to the group.
The Satanic Temple headquarters is a handsome, old, New England house — which was also a funeral home — in the center of Salem, Massachusetts.
"This is our primary events room," said Lucien Greaves, co-founder and spokesman of the Satanic Temple. "We weekly have people get together here; I guess you would say congregate."
Greaves gives a tour of the temple building and art gallery, pointing out some of the ways that the place functions as a religious center.
Besides the gathering area, there is a small library with significant works of Satanic literature and history. A historic relic is on display. It's a 2-foot tall monument for veterans, in the form of a metal cube with a reversed pentagram on the front and an upturned military helmet on top.
The Satanic Temple is suing the city of Belle Plain, Minnesota, for reversing a decision to install the monument in a memorial park.
The main attraction, though, is an 8-foot, 6-inch bronze statue of a goat-headed, winged icon called Baphomet. Asked if the Satanists here consider the monument to be holy, Greaves says it's a loaded term.
"Words like 'spiritual' or "holy," I think — one of the first things that people need to realize about us is that we don't advocate for any supernatural beliefs. We're a nontheistic religion. We don't subscribe to supernatural explanations or accept them as legitimate," Greaves said.
He explains that while members of the Satanic Temple see the mythological, and literary, figure of Satan as a symbol of rebellion against tyranny, they do not worship Satan in any way.
"This idea of worship, it's usually kind of insulting to people who identify with Satanism, because that implies a sense of servility. Satanism is about personal sovereignty and independence and freedom of will," he said.
Read more: What it's like at the world's first Satanic Temple headquarters “;
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Remarkably, Africa is growing in Christianity, a continent that made the journey to the light of Jesus, for the good of mankind; humanity’s redemption call to ask for forgiveness of sins. Perhaps, the vision I had of warrior on horseback with a large Cross draped on the left leg hanging on the left leg above the black boot showed that Jesus knows the sufferings in the USA over faith. To me, this person seemed to be a Lord, maybe a Prince. I did not see the face. Lord, I thank you for the presence of Jesus Yahshuah in our world for mankind still cries out, Lord, save me. Christ be with you. Christ be with us. Amen.
