Pastor John:
Concerning the correct translation of Hosea 6:4 “My people are silenced because of a lack of knowledge”:
They are silenced by a lie. I now see clearly for the first time this trick which satan has used from the beginning, getting people to talk, therefore believe anything, but the truth and his true nature remains hidden. As long as a lie is being repeated in the place of truth, he can remain hidden in this world. (For a time it worked in Heaven)
Satan has been successful in the main to be transformed in the eyes of most into an angel of light, although he is not referred to by that name. To really see clearly how this has been accomplished is to me astounding.
That the lie being the norm in this world, Jesus and his ambassadors are the target of whatever slander can be believed by unstable souls, or this foolish world.
This sure makes it seem so just for God to destroy this tainted world. It is not fit place for his Son to rule for eternity. For a while, so that his enemies will know they are being put under his feet, he will rule here. The truth is, though, that Jesus deserves a better place than this world to rule forever.
Poor satan offered to give this world to Jesus, and little did he know that Jesus’ father was going to give him a world much better.
Wendell
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Yes, Brother Wendell. With false doctrine, Satan inspires sincere people of God to talk a lot religious activity and ideas, but what of it is the truth? If a child of God is not speaking the truth, he is silent, as far as Jesus is concerned, even if he talks all day and all night long because without the truth, a person has really said nothing at all.
Pastor John