​​​Greeting. Hypocrite definition: a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not have. Matthew 23:27  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.  A hypocrite is an actor, in the above verse Jesus rebukes the religious leader of His day calling them actors. Our religious leaders today are our own thoughts against God’s words these thoughts are the triumph of the carnal mind. Job 20:5  That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?  We are all actors but very few ever make a living doing it. A very famous actor once said: ''Acting is a defense mechanism and nothing more''. A women may change the tone of her voice to get favors; while a man may try and act tough when he is really afraid: an acting skill I learn as a young man growing up on the streets of Detroit, Michigan. Now when you are pretending you can spiritually understand the Bible without the Holy Ghost interpretation, you are playing the part of a fool. We err in judgment because we refuse to allow God's word to correct our thinking: we want to judge the Bible ourselves and make it sin. Matthew 22:29   Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Most Christian never have read one book of the Bible; how can God reveal the Power that is hidden in the scripture unto us?  1Samuel 26:21  Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.  Here King Saul tells David[ the next king after Saul] he's played the fool and did not do as the Lord commanded him: to destroy the enemies of the Lord. When you think you can understand God's word without the Holy Ghost; we are in a spirit of error.1 John 4:6   We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth ushe that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 1Samuel15:1  Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. Our carnal mind will not hearken unto God word its God enemy. Romans 8:7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. King Saul was told destroy a people called the Amalekites, which can represent the carnal mind. 1Samuel 15:7  And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 1Samuel 15:8  And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.Samuel 15:9  But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. Now what had the Amalekites or our carnal mind done so wicked that it has to be utterly destroyed? Judges10:12  The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hands. Zidonians, Maonites, Amalekites represent our carnal thoughts against God commandments that oppress the reveal word of God. Ecclesiastes 4:1  So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Our oppressors or carnal thoughts are very powerful, there are the thoughts under the sun; nothing heavenly about our earthly wisdom or thoughts. These carnal old thoughts under the sun and not God’s thoughts. Ecclesiastes 1:9And there is no new thing under the sun.  The oppressed carnal mind had no comforter to help it understand spiritual thing and who is the comforter? John 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.  Amalekites or carnal minds offers no comfort: it rejects the Holy Ghost counsels, so it can keep alive it’s our thoughts. 1Samuel 15:8  And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites.Agag represents any carnal thoughts we choose to keep that oppress the revealing of God's word. 1Samuel 15:9  But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 1Samuel 15:20  And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. Wrong, Saul went his way or after his own thoughts and did not destroy what animals he thought were the best. The animals represents are our carnal thoughts we use and say it the spoken word of God. Hebrew10:4  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Our carnal thought when we read the good words of God: in turn makes the word's sinful or the sacrifice of a beast. We must strive to see God's words the way He sees them, nothing else is unacceptable. Proverbs 21:3 To do justice and judgement is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. God words are good but only when I can see there is no good thing in me. Romans 7:13  Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. ​My carnal interpretation plays the part of the Holy Ghost and deceives me into thinking God's thoughts are our thoughts. Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. Some entertainers have made a living by doing impersonation of other more famous actors: they are mocking them. Proverbs 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin. When we believe there is no greater hidden wisdom in the scriptures we are mocking the Holy Ghost. Because we believe something that is not true, that thing has gained a personal advantage over us.  Psalms 73:22  So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. A major part of acting is costumes and set design. Luke 20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts. Sometime on Sunday you might observe so-called Christians in grocery stores and boy do they love to put on a show for the public. Galations 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.  Walking after the flesh simply mean going after your own thought about what the scriptures mean, nothing physical. You are lusting after your own will or what you think is best. 1Samuel 15:9  But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good.  King Saul represents any man or women who want to rule over God’s word. Saul's everybody who ever picked up a Bible and say in his heart I will be king. We have to be delivered from all our carnal thoughts about the Bible. We need to cry out to the lord to destroy our enemies, utterly destroy. Judges 10:12  The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.  Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.I confess I have watch the Academy Awards shows in the past; but it is just a bunch of physically rich people honoring each other. Matthew 23:7  And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.  For years I played Church on any given Sunday and the show went like this: ''Hey brother [blank] meet you after Church, we are going over to [blank] restaurant for dinner. Secretly thinking were else could I show off my Hogo Boss suit and Avventura shoes. To sit there and fellowship with people I could not stand and the pretending not to stare at all scantily clad women. Other women wondering if another women Fur coat is real and how much did she pay for that weave? After the music stops in some Church people go around hugging each. [ this was before March 2020]  Some women with big breasts always get more hugs from men than other women. We should all receive Oscars for this Sunday performance at playing at Church.  12/18/2016/ amended 5/31/2021  Michael Rudolph Hodges





 

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