General THE UNKNOWN GOD

[LeeB]

THE MARS HILL SYNDROME ​

Acts 17:22 Paul observed the various religious beliefs of the people of Athens. Different groups had their own idea of a god and of what that god expected of them and how they served their god. There were many alters set up by these people dedicated to their god. Paul noticed an alter dedicated to the unknown GOD. Now, compare this to the present day. There are many churches that do the same as the people of Athens did. Each church has their own idea about their god, their concept of god, their doctrines and understanding of prophecy. This is true because of their being divided over their ideas of spiritual things. If they were all in agreement there would be only one church, not 50,000.

Since that day Paul was on Mars hill nothing has changed except the depth and magnitude of deceptions. All the churches do not know the unknown GOD. All their doctrines and prophecies are incorrect, all are ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. The Mars hill syndrome has grown worldwide, the world is deceived. Revelation 12:9 This is why many are called but few are chosen, the church is called the little flock or where only two or three are gathered together in the name of Christ, Christ is there. I live near a small town in central Pennsylvania. In that town there is an intersection where on each corner is a different church. They all have signs or message boards outside declaring some teaching they hold to. I see this as confusion, as Babylon. In the past before my conversion I attended several of these churches and learned about them. I found that many of the members did not know the doctrines of their church, that several of these churches were all about entertaining its members with live bands and one, a holy roller church, was absolute chaos with shouting, crying, speaking in tongues. Was any of this Christianity? When I was 38 years old Yahweh began to draw me, John 6:44 , and I began to have understanding of things that I never had any knowledge about before, John 6:45 , the church I attended at that time was very legalistic and that very law is what led me to Christ, Galatians 3:24KJV , I learned the lesson of the schoolmaster when so many others did not. I did not by personal choice join Yahwehs church anymore than Saul did on the road to Damascus. No one joins Yahwehs church, Yahweh must put you in it. Acts 2:39,47 This is how it works with everyone that Yahweh desires to have in HIS church. The rest of the world must wait until their appointed time , each one in their own order, to truly repent and be converted. This is because, 2 Peter 3:9 . People who are yet involved in the Mars hill syndrome will remain in it until Yahweh brings them out of it and into the church of their unknown GOD.

 

[LeeB]

This unknown GOD IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH CHRIST. You can’t give your heart to the lord, you can’t choose Jesus. GOD chooses people, HE DRAWS THEM TO Christ. Anyone who has chosen a church to join has joined the wrong church. GOD puts a person in HIS church, HE adds to the church such as should be saved. Acts 2:47 Acts 13:48

How a person becomes a Christian is not in their hands. Not even the Apostles could cause conversion , they just preached, they could plant and water but without GOD nothing grows. 1 Corinthians 3:6,7 Any pastor, preacher or minister that claims that he won souls for Jesus is a liar and deceived. The gospel is recorded in the scriptures by chosen men who had the Holy Spirit. None of them could convert anyone but as they preached the gospel GOD opened the ears of those people that HE wanted to add to the church, such as should be saved. Jesus said, John 17:20 THEIR WORD, no one else, the Apostles only. Even though dead the Apostles words still speak to those GOD calls and chooses.

Anyone that looked to some man as their leader, their teacher, their connection to GOD has an idol, that pastor , preacher or minister. Satan has always used men to lie and deceive for him. If GOD ONLY is your teacher then you cannot be deceived.

 

[Outcast]

Brother, even though your message is valid, if I did not understand it as I do; I would see it as an impossible condition. I, too, would simply follow the crowd and join the social organization called "church" and let others tell me what a good Christian I am. We would sing together, pray together, eat buffet lunches on Sundays, and feel very righteous in my community of "perfect sinner community."

And I would ignore your message because you are saying that I am NOT in control.

I would also hope that, one day, I might find myself compelled to seek to know God and His Son. I'd pray for a calling and truth. From your message, I would believe that won't happen until Yahweh calls me rather than pretty buildings and social events drawing me in to join a group that claims to know truth.

What could we do to cause Yahweh to choose us?

Here's where I admit that I don't know. All I know is that a very emotional moment in my life knocked me to my knees and I begged to know how to draw closer to God. This is my "chicken or the egg" dilemma. What came first - my desire to know God or God's call to know His Son?

I think that each person reading this thread must seek to find that answer for himself/herself.

 

[LeeB]

YAHWEH, in eternity has known all things. HE has known every human being that will ever exist from cradle to grave; their every thought, word or deed. The saints were called and chosen in YAHWEHS mind from the foundation of the world, before time began and all of our names were recorded in the book of life. Since YAHWEH is not willing that any should perish HE has chosen those who HE knows will respond properly. Jesus said, “if you do not repent you will likewise perish” . YAHWEH in eternity knew those who would truly repent and yield themselves willingly to HIM in a hunger and thirst for HIM, to love and obey HIM.
These people YAHWEH elects, calls and chooses to be HIS saints. All other people will have to wait for their appointed time, but today, now is our day of salvation.

 

[LeeB]

In addition to the above, Isaiah 66:2 here YAHWEH tells us the kind of human being HE looks on with favor or as a prospect for conversion.
I have found that the world we built for ourselves when carnal YAHWEH destroys so that HE can build us a new world.

This is the death of the old man and the birth of the new man. YAHWEH destroyed the world I built for myself in the WCG. HE took from me everything that I thought was the way that was right, Proverbs 14:12 , the law and its works. YAHWEH did this with Paul and YAHWEH did this with Outcast. HE showed us that all the “truth” that we were involved in was a lie. You see, Paul, you and I were totally dedicated to the way of the old man but GOD knew that we all would be even more dedicated to HIM when HE showed us HIS truth. We said basically the same thing Paul said in , Philippians 3:3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 For me the WCG became dung, for you the church you once attended became dung and for Paul the abandonment of Judaism which Paul called dung. YAHWEH brought us all to HIMSELF by drawing us to HIS son so that we would have a connection through Jesus to HIMSELF. Usually it requires a crisis in our life that challenges everything we formerly believed and this produces the type of person who is humbled, submissive in their human spirit and trembles at YAHWEHS word. This type of person is now ready for conversion, to be called and chosen, personally selected, elected by GOD HIMSELF to become one of the 144000. What Paul formerly tried to destroy now he loved. What we thought we were serving we found was wrong and now we serve in spirit and in the truth. If a person has not experienced this and is not willing to change YAHWEH will not call and choose them in this current evil age.

The truth is that the vast majority of humanity will not be called and chosen at this time but in the future. For those who have experienced the commitment required of them is 100% and they are to come out of the carnal world spiritually and be separated from it. What the carnal world highly esteems we see as an abomination just as YAHWEH and Yeshua do. Luke 16:15 This happens over the lifetime of the Christian as they grow in grace and knowledge. Sometimes it is difficult for a new Christian to distinguish what it is in this life that is an abomination but I believe that in time YAWHEH will show them.

We in one sense are no better than any other sinner, it is that we have been shown grace. We should not think of ourselves as superior because what has happened to us was not of us but of GOD.