To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. Jeremiah 6:10

God is trying to warn Israel about the destruction of Jerusalem, but nobody is listening. It says the Word of God has become offensive (reproach) to them, how similar is this to todays society? The Bible is continually being banned throughout the world, and recently the state of California is trying to pass a bill to ban the Bible!

It says the prophets and priests have all become greedy (6:13) Look at our prophets and pastors of today, “prosperity Gospel” is the big agenda being pushed by “Christianity” today raking in millions of millions of dollars, yet no one is repenting of their sins!

The false prophets were declaring “Peace, Peace” when there was no peace at all, Jerusalem was about to be destroyed by their enemies. The same with this world today, these false prophets and pastors selling you the “Prosperity Gospel” there is no prosperity here on Earth! It’s a total lie, this entire world is headed straight to hell, your only hope is the salvation of Jesus Christ!

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 11:15

Jesus said this over and over again, just as the same back in Israel. Gods people wont listen to truth, people have closed their ears to the truth. The Truth is this is not your best life now, the truth is we need to prepare for the return of the Lord, and prepare people for the pending judgement and destruction of this old Earth, until God establishes his New Kingdom Amen!

I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; John 17:9

The world loves to over quote John 3:16 , people say Jesus loves everybody! This is true to a certain extent,notice this scripture Jesus is praying on behalf of specific people not the entire world. So what’s going on here?

The Greek word for world here is kosmos. The meaning of this word is “inhabitants of the earth”, “the ungodly multitude”, “the human race”, can also imply morally

Jesus is saying he is asking on behalf of the saved (Christians) and not on behalf of the world (the ungodly)

Some might say, this is harsh, however if the world rejects him they are not going to be saved. The only way to salvation is Jesus Christ (John 14:6, Acts 4:12) there is no other way to eternal life. And if you don’t repent (turn away) from your sins, you are not saved

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16

The good news is the word kosmos is also used here for world. So lets see how this would read

God so loved the “ungodly, sinners” that he gave his only begotten Son (Jesus)

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:18

Jesus loves us however if we don’t repent and put faith in Jesus, we are already condemned! If your going to quote John 3:16 you need to include verse 18 also.

The good news (gospel) is Christ has already paid our price, the work has already been done. We need to repent and come to Christ, make him our Lord, then he will intercede on our behalf with the Father Amen!

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it? Jeremiah 5:31

People love their religion, sometimes they love their religion more than God. Problems that come with religion are humans. We love power, we love control, we love money, these are often the results of most religions. When people don’t get these results, their prophets make things up, their priests and pastors take up higher authority then they should. And as God says “My people love their religion”

But as God said, “What will you do in the End”? What will you do when your face to face with Jesus and have to explain your false religion? Unless you are building for Gods Kingdom, your kingdom is pointless! Jesus is our High Priest (Hebrews 4:14) Jesus is our ruling authority (Revelation 19:16) he overrules any false doctrine or false practice within your Church

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. Luke 9:23

If you want true religion, come to Jesus Christ. If you want true authority, deny yourself and submit to the Lord. If you want true prosperity, carry your Cross! This is the true gospel preached by Christ, not the false , self-centered gospel taught by the false religions.

Come to Jesus , Deny yourself , Carry your Cross and follow him to salvation! Amen!