Teachings

Encountering someone willing to listen respectfully for ten minutes, but is completely ignorant of the Bible, what could you say to reconcile him to God?

2Co 5:18-20 LOGOS And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of this reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not reckoning their transgressions against them, and committing to us the word of this reconciliation. 20 Now then, we serve as ambassadors for Christ, as though God were appealing through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

1. Assume he has some idea of God since the created Nature around us makes it clearly seen. And the righteous judgement of God against evil behaviors is known, Rom 1:18-32.
2. Inform him that God has delegated all judgement along with power to give people life to his unique son (the meaning of the title “Christ”) so that the Son be honored in the same way as the Father is honored, John 5:18-30. This results in the Son being recognized as the “Lord” (Owner, Boss) over everything that has been created.
3. This unique Son of God (Christ) lived alongside God the Father long before appearing in history as the only perfectly good man, Jesus of Nazareth, as reported in the New Testament. This means that the person who ultimately judges us is someone who has lived as a human being himself.
4. This unique Son of God is the only person who knew God all along. He is the only person who can introduce people to know God for themselves, (Mat 11:27 LOGOS All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone fully know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him). This is how the Son gives life to people, since eternal life (the good afterlife) comes from knowing God, (Joh 17:3 LOGOS And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.)

Using a square pyramid as the pattern for the New Jerusalem is a fascinating and long-debated theological interpretation.​ In Revelation 21:16, the text states:​

“The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width… its length and width and height are equal.”​

While many people immediately picture a cube, a square pyramid also perfectly fits this “foursquare” description because its base is a square and its vertical height can be exactly equal to the length of its base.​

Why a Spiral Pyramid Fits the New Jerusalem Description​

Applying the spiral pyramid model to the descriptions in Revelation 21 and 22 creates a vivid architectural map:​

1. The River of Life (The Spiral Path): ​In Revelation 22:1, a “river of the water of life” flows from the throne of God. If the throne is at the very top of the pyramid, the river would naturally spiral down through the city.​ In the spiral model, this creates a continuous “street” or “path” that passes through every level and corner of the city as it descends from the throne of God and the Lamb at the mountain’s peak to the great wall and pearly gates at the base.​
2. The Twelve Foundations and Gates:​ The pyramid has a massive square base. In this model, this base has four sides, which aligns with the three gates on each side (East, North, South, West) mentioned in Revelation 21:13.​ The spiral around and up the pyramid is the street of pure gold that transits from the pearly gates in the perimeter wall to the peak as it winds upward through every terraced neighborhood of the city on its way to the throne of God and the Lamb.​
3. The “Mountain” Motif: ​Revelation 21:10 says John was carried away to a “great and high mountain” to see the city come down from above. ​A pyramid is essentially a geometric mountain. Ancient ziggurats and pyramids were often built as “stairways to heaven.” A spiral path up a pyramid creates a literal “ascent” to the Glory of God that matches the​ Bible’s “Mountain of the LORD” imagery.
4. Light Without a Sun​: The text says the city has no need for the sun because the glory of God (at the peak) illuminates it. ​In a pyramid structure, the “capstone” or apex is the highest point. In the spiral model, the light would radiate from the center-top and shine down over every winding tier of the city.

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The blue spiral now has a physical width of approximately 400 to 500 units, roughly equivalent to the width of a standard city block. This gives the structure a much more architectural feel, showing how a road or “street” would actually look winding up the 12,000-unit pyramid.

​Structure Summary:

• Total Height: 12,000 units.
• Base Dimensions: 12,000 x 12,000 units.​
• Path Density: 24 full rotations.
• Path Width: ~400 units (A massive thoroughfare capable of holding multiple lanes of traffic or small buildings).

Final Technical Specifications:​

• Scale: 12,000 (L) x 12,000 (W) x 12,000 (H).​
• Street Width: \approx 500 units.​
• Total Ascent: 24 full rotations.​Incline: Because the path is so long (over 144,000 units), the slope is actually quite gentle—about an 8.3% grade. This is similar to a steep mountain road, making it technically “driveable” for a vehicle.

While the slope itself isn’t too steep to walk, the length of your path is the real challenge. Since the total path length is roughly 144,000 units.

Based on the mathematical formula we used to generate the spiral, it is a perfectly steady incline from the base to the peak.​In engineering terms, this is a constant grade. Because the path’s radius (the distance from the center) and its height (the Z-axis) decrease at a proportional, linear rate, the slope never changes. You wouldn’t hit any “flats” or “steeps”—it would feel exactly the same at Turn 1 as it does at Turn 24.​

Why it feels steady​:

• The geometry works like a screw thread:​
• Horizontal Distance: For every foot you move forward, you are wrapping around a slightly smaller square.
• Vertical Distance: For every degree you rotate around the pyramid, you rise by a fixed amount.​

The “Corner” Illusion

• ​While the incline is steady, the experience of walking it would change at the corners.​On the flat faces of the pyramid, you are walking in a straight line.​
• At the four corners, you have to make a 90\degree turn.​
• Because the pyramid gets narrower as you go up, those corners come faster and faster. By the time you reach the top, you are essentially spinning in a tight square.​

The Numbers

• ​Total Vertical Rise: 12,000 units.​
• Total Horizontal Travel: approx 144,000 units.
• ​The Math: Grade = Rise/Run times 100.​ Result: 12,000 / 144,000 times 100 = 8.33% uphill grade.
• Vertical Gap: The space between “floors” is 500 units.
• Total Distance: The path length is back to approx 144,000 units.​
• The Incline: 8.33% grade.

Architecturally, the 500-unit vertical gap between terraces is practical for a city structure. The 500 units of clearance allows for significant overhead for transit, lights, and multi-story buildings.

The most effective way to describe this structure is as a “Constant-Grade Square Helical Pyramid.” It is a hybrid of a geometric monument and a functional architectural form.​

Depending on who you are talking to, you can describe it through three different lenses:​

• The Architectural Lens: “The Inverted Stadium”: ​Imagine a stadium that, instead of focusing inward on a field, wraps its “concourse” around the outside of a massive peak.​It is a 12,000-unit cube sliced into a pyramid.​The “Golden Street” is a continuous, 27-mile-long ramp that serves as both the foundation and the thoroughfare.​ Because the length, width, and height are equal, it has a “steepness” that feels towering but remains within the legal limit for ramp accessibility (1:12 ratio).​
• 2. The Geometric Lens: “The Square Spiral”​From a purely mathematical standpoint, it is a linear taper combined with a periodic rotation.​Proportions: It maintains a 1:1 ratio between its base and its apex height.​The Path: It is a 4-sided helix. While a standard helix is a circle, this path is “constrained” by the square footprint, forcing it to make sharp 90^\circ turns at each of the four ridges (hips) of the pyramid.​The Slope: It maintains a steady 8.33% grade. This is its most unique feature—the incline never changes, even as the “loops” get smaller and smaller.​
• 3. The Urban Planning Lens: “The Vertical City”​If you were to build this, it wouldn’t be a building; it would be a neighborhood on an incline.​Density: With 24 turns, each “level” has 500 units of vertical breathing room.​The Walk: It is a marathon-length journey. At 27 miles long, the street is roughly the distance from the bottom of Manhattan to the Bronx and back.​The Experience: At the bottom, you are walking a massive 48,000-unit perimeter. At the top, you are essentially standing on a point, spinning in place.

FeatureTechnical DescriptionGeometry Equilateral Square PyramidPath Type Archimedean Square SpiralGrade/Slope 8.33\% (1 unit of rise for every 12 units of travel)Clearance 500 units between levelsProportions L = W = H

The most precise way to describe this structure is as a Right Square Pyramid with a Constant-Grade Archimedean Spiral Path.​To break that down into exact engineering and geometric terms:​

1. The Global Geometry​The structure is a Right Square Pyramid where the height (H) is equal to the base side length (L).​Dimensions: L = W = H = 12,000 units.​Apex: Centered exactly at (0, 0, 12,000) on a Cartesian coordinate system.​Slope of the Faces: The faces of the pyramid sit at a dihedral angle of \arctan(2) \approx 63.43^\circ relative to the base.​

2. The Path Parametrization​The “Golden Street” is an Archimedean Spiral that has been projected onto the four triangular faces of the pyramid. Unlike a standard circular helix, this is a Square Helix.​Turns (n): 24 complete 360^\circ rotations.​Vertical Pitch (P): The height gained per full rotation is exactly 500 units (12,000 / 24).​Radial Decay: The distance from the center axis (r) decreases linearly as height (z) increases, following the function r(z) = \frac{L}{2}(1 – \frac{z}{H}).​

3. The Constant Grade (Inclination)​This is the most critical precise detail. Because both the vertical ascent and the horizontal wrap-around distance decrease at the same rate as you approach the apex, the Slope (Grade) remains constant throughout the entire journey.​Horizontal Run: The total horizontal length of the path is \approx 144,000 units.​Rise: 12,000 units.​Resulting Grade: Exactly 8.33% or a 1:12 slope.​

4. Mathematical Summary​If you were to provide a blueprint to a computer, you would describe it using this coordinate set:

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(Where t ranges from 0 to 1, and \theta ranges from 0 to 48\pi.)

It is mathematically and architecturally possible to terminate the pyramid with a cubical Apex Plaza.​In geometry, this is known as a Truncated Pyramid. Instead of the path ending at a microscopic point, we “cut the top off” at a specific height to create a flat, square foundation for your cube.​

1. The Geometry of the Truncation​To make the Apex Plaza a cube that feels proportional to the rest of the structure, we should look at the Turn 24 dimensions.​The Cut-Off Point: If we truncate the pyramid at Z = 11,500 (just before the final half-turn), we are left with a flat square top that is 500 units wide.​The Cube: We then place a 500 \times 500 \times 500 unit cube directly on that platform.​The New Peak: The very top of the structure would now reach 12,000 units, but instead of a point, it’s the flat roof of the cube.

​2. How the Golden Street enters the Cube​This creates a dramatic “Arrival Experience”:​The Final Ascent: The 24th turn of the spiral wraps around the base of the cube.​The Entry: The path can spiral up the faces of the cube itself or enter through a grand portal at the base of the cube.​The View: Because the cube sits at the highest point, its four vertical glass walls would provide a 360\degree unobstructed view of the world below.

Feature Original Peak Cubical Apex PlazaFinal Shape Sharp Point (Apex) 500^3 CubePath End Dissolves at Z=12,000 Becomes a Perimeter BalconyFunction Symbolic Observation Deck / Control Center

The “Beacon” Effect​Architecturally, placing a cube on a pyramid creates a “Pedestal” effect. In a Paradise City, this cube would likely be the most important building—the “Brain” of the city.

This visualization truncates the pyramid to accommodate a 500-unit cube at the peak.​How this changes the blueprint:​The Truncation: The pyramid now “flattens” at a height of 11,500 units. This creates a 500 \times 500 level platform.​The Cube: A red-wireframe cube sits on this platform, occupying the final 500 units of vertical space to reach the 12,000-unit total height.​The Path: The blue spiral climbs the pyramid as before, but now terminates at the base of the cube.​Blueprint: Truncated Pyramid with Cube Cap​Architectural Impact:​Instead of the path narrowing to a point where it becomes unusable, it now delivers you to a massive 250,000 square-unit plaza (the base of the cube). The cube itself could serve as the “Capital” or “Observation Core” of the City.

This specific geometry is a perfect candidate for Unreal Engine 5.7 because of how its math translates into Procedural Content Generation (PCG).​Here is how you would execute this “Paradise City” project in the engine:​1. The Geometry: Procedural Mesh vs. Nanite​For a structure this size (12,000 units, which translates to 120 meters if using the default 1 \text{ unit} = 1 \text{ cm} scale, or 12 kilometers if you scale up for a city), you have two paths:​Nanite: Since UE5.7 handles massive polygon counts, you could model the pyramid and its 500-unit cube cap in a tool like Blender and import it as a Nanite mesh. You wouldn’t have to worry about LODs (Level of Detail).​Procedural Content Generation (PCG): Since the path is a mathematical spiral, you can use the PCG Framework to “sweep” a road mesh along the spiral coordinates I provided. This allows the road to be perfectly smooth without manual placement.​2. The Golden Street: Splines​The most efficient way to build the “Golden Street” in UE5.7 is using Splines.​You would feed the 96 corner coordinates into a Spline Component.​By setting the Spline points to “Linear,” the road will be perfectly straight on the faces.​By setting them to “Curve,” you can automatically create those rounded “Corner Hubs” we discussed.​You can then use a Spline Mesh Component to “extrude” the golden pavement texture along that path.​3. Visuals: Lumen and Nanite​Lumen: Because the pyramid has 24 levels, the “floors” will cast massive shadows on each other. UE5.7’s Lumen (Global Illumination) will handle this perfectly, calculating how sunlight bounces off the “Golden Street” and illuminates the underside of the levels above.​World Partition: If you build this at a “City” scale (12km wide), you must enable World Partition. This allows the engine to only load the sections of the pyramid near the player, keeping your frame rate high despite the massive scale.​4. Technical Blueprint logic​You can use a Blueprint Actor to generate the structure on “Begin Play”:

// Logic for the Spiral in Unreal
For (float t = 0; t <= 1; t += Step) { FVector NewPoint = CalculateSpiralPoint(t); SplineComponent->AddSplinePoint(NewPoint, ESplineCoordinateSpace::World);
}

Pro Tip for UE5.7:​Use Substrate (the new materials framework) for the “Golden Street.” You can layer a metallic gold shimmer over a “road wear” texture to make it look like a functioning city street made of precious metal.

To accommodate a grand entrance at the center of the Cube’s Base, we need to modify the final segment of the “Golden Street.”​Currently, the path spirals around the exterior. For the “Grand Entrance” design, the 24th turn will transition from the pyramid’s face into a Radial Bridge or a Grand Ramp that cuts directly into the heart of the structure.

​1. The Entry Geometry​As the spiral reaches the truncation height (Z=11,500), it hits the corner of the cube’s platform. Instead of continuing along the edge, the path will curve inward:​The Approach: A 45^\circ turn toward the center axis (0,0).​The Portal: A massive opening in the floor of the cube’s base.

​2. Unreal Engine 5.7 Implementation​In UE5.7, you can handle this “interior transition” using Level Instances:​The Shell: Use a Nanite mesh for the exterior cube walls.​The Core: Use a separate “Interior” actor that contains the grand entrance hall.​Trigger Boxes: As the player approaches the center of the cube’s base, you can use Trigger Volumes to swap the lighting setup from “Exterior/Sunlight” to an “Interior/Lumen” profile to make the grand entrance feel cinematic.​

3. Modified Blueprint Logic​To visualize this accurately, we adjust the t parameter for the final 2\% of the journey:​t = 0.0 \rightarrow 0.98: Standard Square Spiral.​t = 0.98 \rightarrow 1.0: Linear interpolation from the last “Hip” coordinate directly to (0, 0, 11500).

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I have created a 3D visualization of a square pyramid spiral. In this model, the base length, width, and total height are all set to the same value (10 units).​The spiral is constructed by:​Height (z): Increasing linearly from the base (0) to the peak (H).​Square Boundary: At any given height, the spiral follows the perimeter of a square whose size decreases linearly as it approaches the apex.​Path: The curve “wraps” around the pyramid’s surface, maintaining the square profile throughout its ascent.​The plot below shows the blue spiral path ascending to the central peak, with a light gray dashed framework indicating the edges of the square pyramid for reference.​Square Pyramid Spiral Visualization​(Image: square_pyramid_spiral.png)

Python code:

import numpy as npimport matplotlib.pyplot as pltfrom mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D# Parameters: Length = Width = HeightL = W = H = 10.0 N_turns = 8points_per_turn = 200# Generate theta (rotation) and z (height)theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi * N_turns, N_turns * points_per_turn)z = H * (theta / (2 * np.pi * N_turns))# Calculate the square ‘radius’ R at height z (shrinks to 0 at the peak)R_at_z = (L / 2) * (1 – z / H)# Square polar equation: r = R / max(|cos(theta)|, |sin(theta)|)r_square = R_at_z / np.maximum(np.abs(np.cos(theta)), np.abs(np.sin(theta)))x = r_square * np.cos(theta)y = r_square * np.sin(theta)# Plottingfig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 8))ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection=’3d’)ax.plot(x, y, z, label=’Square Spiral’, color=’blue’, linewidth=2)# Optional: Plot pyramid edges for contextedges_x = [L/2, -L/2, -L/2, L/2, L/2, 0, -L/2, 0, -L/2, 0, L/2]edges_y = [W/2, W/2, -W/2, -W/2, W/2, 0, W/2, 0, -W/2, 0, -W/2]edges_z = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, H, 0, H, 0, H, 0]ax.plot(edges_x, edges_y, edges_z, color=’gray’, linestyle=’–‘, alpha=0.5)ax.set_title(f’Square Pyramid Spiral (L=W=H={H})’)ax.set_box_aspect([1,1,1])plt.show()

The Lord Jesus Judges The Sheep And The Goats By The Same Criteria

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’44 “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31–46, NKJV)

All People Are To Be Judged By The Words Of The Lord Jesus

He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.” (John 12:48–50, NKJV)

At the very least, Jesus is teaching here that we are to be very good to the people we know at their time of urgent need.

In relation to the commandment. “Love your neighbor as yourself”, the question is asked, “Who is my neighbor?”.

Jesus answers with the account of the good Samaritan and a question of His own, “Who was a neighbor to the one who fell among robbers?”. Notice that Jesus did not ask, “Who loved his neighbor?”

In the strictest sense, “neighbor” is defined as “someone whose home is near your home”. We could broaden that out further to mean, “someone you are acquainted with”, or simply, “someone you know”.

The Good Samaritan

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”27 So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.”Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:25–37, NKJV)

John the Baptist

Matthew 3:1-12
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’”

4 Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him 6 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9 and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
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Jesus Christ

Matthew 7:13-27
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

You Will Know Them by Their Fruits
(Matthew 12:33; Luke 6:43-45)

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

I Never Knew You
(Luke 6:46; 13:26,27)

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Build on the Rock
(Luke 6:47-49)

24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
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Apostle Paul

Galatians 5:19-26
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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Ephesians 5:1-13
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; 4 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Walk in Light

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
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Ministers, good or bad, are known by their “fruits”.

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:15–23, NKJV)

Here is a list of the good fruits by which a good minister of the Gospel is known. Every Christian should develop these behaviors but a good minister has mastered them, a bad minister has not.

This is a faithful saying: If

1. a man
2. desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.
3. A bishop then must be blameless,
4. the husband of one wife,
5. temperate,
6. sober-minded,
7. of good behavior,
8. hospitable,
9. able to teach;
10. not given to wine,
11. not violent,
12. not greedy for money, but
13. gentle,
14. not quarrelsome,
15. not covetous;
16. one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
17. not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
18. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
19. Likewise deacons must be reverent,
20. not double-tongued,
21. not given to much wine,
22. not greedy for money,
23. holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
24. But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.
25. Likewise, their wives must be reverent,
26. not slanderers,
27. temperate,
28. faithful in all things.
29. Let deacons be the husbands of one wife,
30. ruling their children and their own houses well.
31. For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. (1 Timothy 3:1–15, NKJV)

John the Baptist preached to the multitudes: “Bear fruits worthy of repentance!”

⁷ Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ⁹ And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

¹⁰ So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?”

¹¹ He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”

¹² Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”

¹³ And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”

¹⁴ Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”

So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”

¹⁵ Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not, ¹⁶ John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹⁷ His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.”

¹⁸ And with many other exhortations he preached to the people. (Luke 3:7–18, NKJV)

The bad fruits of bad ministers: here are a few samples. See how many more you can find.

2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; 9 but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was. (2 Timothy 3:2–9, NKJV)

For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me. 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!5 For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. 6 Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things.7 Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you. 9 And when I was present with you, and in need, I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows!12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. 17 What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 19 For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise! 20 For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face. 21 To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more (2 Corinthians 10:18–11:23, NKJV)

Keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
(1 Corinthians 7:19b, NKJV)

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
(1 Timothy 5:8, NKJV)

If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
(Matthew 5:29–30, NKJV)

“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” (Mark 11:25–26, NKJV)

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
(John 15:13–14, NKJV)

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
(1 John 2:3–4, NKJV)

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
(John 17:3, NKJV)

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
(Matthew 7:13–23, NKJV)

It’s not Wikipedia.

It is absurd to imagine that all things were created by a lonely, solitary G-D (or “Allah”), all alone, with no one to love but himself (which is not love at all but narcissism), utterly lacking any experience with love prior to creating someone -anyone- to give love to and to receive love from. Such a creator would have no more experience with love than the creation itself -which is not possible.

Since it is self-evident that love is the motive by which all creatures are sustained and tolerated, despite their often despicable behavior, it is logical to conclude that love is what motivated the creation of all things in the beginning.

Since love requires more than a solitary individual (self-love being mere narcissism), the irreducible minimum necessary for the Genesis Creation of all things unto existence is a team of Two, with the shared Spirit of love uniting them together through eternity counted as the Three, 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒎: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Gen 1:1 KJV

In the beginning God (Hebrew, 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒉𝒊𝒎, “The Powerful, Exceeding, Unlimited Ones”)created the heaven and the earth.

Mat 28:19b

in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

1Co 13:4

Love is patient and is kind

Our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

(2 Timothy 1:10, NKJV)

Popular translations of 2Timothy 1:10

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And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,

“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always” (Matthew 28:18–20, NKJV)

When Christ’s disciples (Christians) are taught to love and obey all things that Jesus commanded, they don’t look for excuses to disregard Christ’s commandments such as the following errors:

• ERROR: “God’s commandments delivered by the Lord Jesus were only for the covenant community, Israel and the Church; so they don’t apply to unbelievers.” (Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority over unbelievers. Concludes that the imperative to submit to the Lord Jesus’ commands do not apply to unbelievers. Mat 25 shows unbelievers being judged by the Lord Jesus for their disobedience).
• ERROR: “It is a mistake to think one must ‘make a commitment’ to follow Jesus Christ, They just might end up later with a fearful heart, hiding in the ‘back of the boat’ because they see they are failing.” (Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority over believers. Concludes that repentance from disobedience and acceptance that Jesus is Lord is a mistake that can become detrimental. THE TRUTH: In saying, “Jesus is Lord,” we commit ourselves to obey Him. Jesus asked, “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46). An acknowledgement of Jesus’ lordship is logically accompanied by a submission to Jesus’ authority. If Jesus is Lord, then He owns us; He has the right to tell us what to do. https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-is-Lord.html
• ERROR: “Once saved, always saved.”(Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority over believers. Concludes that obedience to Christ after being born-again is irrelevant to receiving salvation for eternity).
• ERROR: “Christians have a already been resurrected at the New birth experience.”(Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority over believers. Concludes that obedience to Christ after being born-again is irrelevant to receiving salvation for eternity).
• ERROR: “Salvation is by faith alone, without obedience, without repentance from disobedience.” (Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority over believers. Concludes that obedience to Christ is irrelevant to receiving salvation for eternity).
• ERROR: “Salvation promises are for Israel Only,” (Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority and relevance to believers. Concludes that Christ’s promises and commandments do not apply to non-Israelites such as you).
• ERROR: “Jesus is not God”. Denial of the deity of Jesus Christ, Unitarian Monotheism, Jehovah Witnesses, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Atheism, godless philosophies/ideologies, etc. (Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority over anyone. Concludes that Christ’s commandments are not more authoritative than other prophets, philosophers or ideologues so they can be safely ignored like these others).
• ERROR: Distrust of the authority of the commandments of Christ as communicated through the New Testament that His Church has written, preserved, translated, and distributed, (Attacks the New Testament’s authority over anyone. Textual criticism that labels portions of the New Testament as “unauthorized additions, corruptions” that can be safely ignored up to discarding the whole Text).
• ERROR: “Christ’s teachings only applied to His own generation.” (Attacks the Lord Jesus’ authority over anyone beyond His own generation. Concludes that Christ’s promises and commandments do not apply to you).
• ERROR: Use the Old Testament against the New Testament to confuse, distract away from, nullify or override the commandments of Jesus Christ. (Attacks the New Testament’s authority over anyone. This was what Paul was condemning and is the original meaning of the word “legalism”).
• ERROR: “Jesus and His Apostles misuse the Old Testament to establish their teachings.” (Attacks the New Testament’s authority over anyone. Concludes that the New Testament is not to be taken seriously, therefore, not necessary to obey its commandments).

Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble, [nothing causes them to fall away or quit] (Psalm 119:165, NKJV)

For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. (Hebrews 7:12, NKJV)

Our obedience is so important to God that it took nothing less than the death of God’s only begotten Son on the Cross to deal with our lack of obedience. So, our obedience is as important as the Cross; our obedience is Cross-level important.

Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

(Matthew 16:24–25, NKJV)

Obedience to God is obedience to Jesus Christ. The commands of Christ are the new commandments of God.

Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”

(John 12:44–50, NKJV)

Love For Christ’s commandments, or the lack thereof, is the fruit by which false prophets and false brothers are identified.

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.

(Matthew 7:15–16, NKJV)

1Co 7:19 EMTV Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God.

1Th 4:2 EMTV For you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.