Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

»Strong's Help `aruwm, Hebrew 6175, Strong's `aruwm, aw-room'; passive participle of Hebrew 6191 (`aram); cunning (usually in a bad sense) :- crafty, prudent, subtil.

Have you not read what Ezekiel wrote about who was to be destroyed? Ezekiel 31:18 (KJV)

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 32:31-32 (KJV)

Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God. [32] For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 39:11 (KJV)

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.

These passages warns us that the multitude, which is many, will be following after the flesh, and Satan took on the flesh as his habitation, and to set himself in the seat of God. Ezekiel 28:2 (KJV)

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

I asked God a few years back, God how can the devil cause the multitude to take the mark of the beast and do it so easily, after all he causes all both rich bond and free to take the mark, I was puzzled and then God gave me the answer. God said to me. Son, where is my Temple, I then replied ... “in the heart” Then God said that the reason that it is so easy for him to cause them to take them mark was , that they deny and reject God in their hearts and the Grace with holds that mark until the church is gone in the rapture; then the mark that is already in the heart will be revealed. 2 Thes. 2:6 (KJV)

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

As long as Jesus sits on the Right Hand of The Throne and occupies the hearts of his believers, Satan does not have the power to place that mark on any individual. But, after the Holy Ghost sweeps down and pulls the Saint up into the Air, Then, and Then only, Will there not be one Save Christian on Earth and Then Satan will do what God did through Jesus Christ, He will with the power of all those that have chosen him as their master, Satan will incarnate himself by full authority of the people and set up his image and false Prophet, In one sense he has set many false prophets up and has had those who will, not only be deceived themselves, but work hard to deceive those that are disobedient to the truth and who love the wages of sin. Those that walk in darkness and have not the light of the Gospel. I have never seen a time like this, as Winston Churchill said. The flesh is exalted on every side and this is for certain the evidence of that of the coming of Satan with all of his deceivableness. We are warned to not be deceived several times over in the bible. 2 Thes. 1:7-2:12 (KJV)

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, [8] In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: [9] Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; [10] When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. [11] Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: [12] That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

[2:1] Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, [2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. [3] Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; [4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. [5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? [6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. [7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. [8] And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, [10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

As you read these passages, pay close attention to the fact that it is the flesh that is ruling in these that will be destroyed with the brightness of his coming.

Let me warn you that when they want you to and go about to exalt the man instead of the Risen Savior, then there is at that time a strong delusion among them and That God is the one that sends these strong delusions, the reason is that when God calls and speaks to them, they glorify the flesh and not Jesus Christ. It would do well that we all get down, and I know that you can read for you are reading this. Get down into the Spirit and the word of God and ask God in truth, Shall you Go Up?. God will take you up and sit you down with Jesus and through the Holy Ghost will lead you into all truth and get your eyes off of those that exalt themselves and make merchandise of you. God is not in the desert or over in Jerusalem, His spirit is throughout the earth, God lives in our heart and is as Close as Our Mouth. Call on him not man and you will find like Paul, you will be given a revelation of God Word. That Revelation will catch you in the Spirit and you cannot tell whether you were in the body or not.

There is those that are looking to the land of Israel for the signs of the coming of the lord, we have to remember that God is not a respecter of person and Paul dealt with this and when we look to Israel the nation and not the Israel of above, I believe we are placing our faith in the flesh instead of the Spirit. God wanted to make a nation, using Moses, The reason that he wanted to do this was that he had about all that he could take from the fleshly minded people that he had called out of all the nations of the world, God wanted to, and did choose these to do his will. Yet they went a whoring after false Gods and turned their back on God so many times and there at the bottom of the mountain, while Moses was receiving the Law, they made a false god and committed lewd acts. This mountain lit up with the Glory of God and even Moses Face did shine, Moses could not look upon the Glory of God in his full Glory. God had to put his Hand and hide him behind his hand and let Moses see only the after part of his Glory. This represented Jesus, which was the Hand that Moses hid behind. The bible clearly states that no man has seen The Father at any time, no one except Jesus which had seen him. Moses was not able to see the Face of The Father and had he saw it, he would have been consumed there on the spot. Jesus was there to hide the full power from that mortal man called Moses. Jesus came and walked among men and revealed the father to us and we today can, like Moses, have the brightness of the Wisdom of God, that is the Holy Ghost, not only upon us, but we can have it to dwell in our lives. Again, when Jesus came he came to the nation of Israel, that is the Israel of the flesh and as the Law pointed to Calvary, that same Law that the Jews of the flesh trusted became the Judge and Jury to those carnal Jews and they had the sentence of death upon the along with the rest of the world. The Law that was given on Mt Sinai does not discriminate against different races. The law of Moses reminds everyone that the sentence of death that was imposed there in the Garden of Eden is prevalent on each of us. When death comes it doesn’t care who you are and how rich, or how beautiful you are. The law was made for the trucebreakers and as Paul said, he was involved so much in keeping the law, that he did not see the Messiah that it pointed too. A lot of people, and these go to church and take part in the leadership in the church, can only see, as those Pharisee’s the commandants and not the Mercy. Paul said that they constrain you to be circumcised so that they can make a fair show. In other words they have to have you under their yoke and if you are not under their yoke, they would have to do the labor that they place upon you. I was with a District Overseer and when we came from the meeting with the State Overseer, we walked to the Secretary's desk and he asked the Secretary and was making an inquiry about another Pastor and his church and I will never forget the question that he asked, You see I would have thought that he would be concerned about the welfare of the church and the members and the pastor, if he was having a lot of souls saved, What he asked was, how many tithes did he bring in for the month, as though if it was a race. We’ll I cannot and am not allowed to judge this brother in Christ, but I just couldn’t understand where the love for souls and that it should take precedence over how many tithes that came in the church that month. I am here to say to you the reader that Flesh and Blood cannot please God and Flesh and Blood will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven, yet we cannot get away from letting the flesh dominate our lives and by doing so, the Spirit cannot accomplish the will of the Father. Anything that Glorifies the Flesh, one needs to be aware. I realize that we must and do deal with the flesh, but as Paul said, there is nothing good about the flesh and when the end comes, this will be how that God gets rid of Satan, God will end all flesh and when all flesh is done away with, then Satan no longer has a habitation to dwell in. Satan was defeated at the Cross and was kicked out of the Heavenly places and arrived into the world into the hearts of mankind and as long a man gives him place in their lives, he will rain and continue to reign as the God of this world. If you are looking for a figure with a red suit and a pitch fork , you can forget that, that is a portrayal that man has dreamed up, the real devil is there with you as you walk along this life and he also walks side by side with you in the church. You see, he loves the uppermost seat and position. After all, If I were Satan I would go to the place that I could do the most harm, and that would be the church where men and women gather, Satan sits in the Heart and that is God’s temple. When he goes to church with you, he walks into the building with and inside a human that is fleshly and not Spiritually, O yes he can wear a robe of righteousness, he can preach, and he will say the truth to a certain point, until he catches you off guard and then he will let the hammer down on you and he will crush you into powder.

He only thinks of one thing, that is how he can hold his position and control everyone else, Remember that Jesus Girded the Towel on and bowed to his disciples to wash the dirt of their feet. He could not was the Pharisee's feet. tor they were clean on the outside and did not need washing, Peter on the other hand was clean on the inside, he had a heart that Jesus had cleansed by the shedding of the blood, yet he had not died yet, but on the wise the plan was in effect and would be carried out to the letter. When Jesus died he died for each and everyone and there is no difference in any of the races of the world. We make a difference by our actions, we make it impossible for those that would come to God, to come, and I do believe that this is why the judgment will begin at the house of God. It doesn’t begin at the Barroom, God wants the heart and when he gets the heart, everything else will follow. Remember that David had salvation, not on his goodness, David deserved to go to hell and like each of us we deserve to go to hell, but thanks to God that from the heart we believe unto the righteousness, and the righteousness is not of our own, the righteousness of Jesus Christ did and will take us to the father and present us holy and blameless.

Now to sum up the truth and to recap the thoughts that is written in this article or document, Jesus is everything and in him is everything that is to exist and has existed from the beginning of time and to tap into that and have access to that which exists in Jesus Christ, can only be obtained through the Holy Ghost. Why then do men reject the Holy Ghost? Simply because they love the ways of the flesh and love the God of the flesh and love the wages of sin. This was the message that was there in the Garden of Eden to Eve, go ahead and be your own God, Take of the forbidden fruit and God will not hold you accountable, Today we are still standing in front of that Tree, and as I said that Tree is Satins way of life, He knew God and He corrupted what God gave him and he wants to corrupt everyone that is born into this world, Satan knows that his days are numbered and he wants as much glory and will do just about anything to receive that glory.

I can say a Paul said, when I would do good, evil is presence, the thing that I would do I do not and the thing that I allow not, that I do. Now if you find yourself in this situation, you need to look not unto flesh, but you need to look to the member inside you, that is if you have believed on God and repented of your sins, the member lies down deep in you Spirit and you cannot identify with it with anything that you flesh has to offer. this would include Father, Mother or Tithing, going to church, nothing in these ordnances can identify with that inward man. It can’t be purchased, you can't be good or work it out. The only way is to fall into the Grace of God and admit as Paul said that, like Paul said, I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens me. God strengthens us by the Quickening of the Holy Ghost and only the Holy Ghost knows what will Please the Father and the Holy Ghost does not, and I say , does not Glory anyone except the Lord Jesus Christ. Anything that Glorifies anything else. Even the angles does not all; glorifies  themselves. they only glorify Jesus. As the scripture says, James 4:8 (KJV)

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Joy of The Lord: December 8 2002

Neh. 8:10 (KJV)

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Joy is mentioned 155 times in the Bible, We all know, or, we think that we know what Joy is. Let us go to strong's to find what it has to say about Joy; »Strong's Help simchah, Hebrew 8057, Strong's simchah, sim-khaw'; from Hebrew 8056 (sameach); blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival) :- x exceeding (-ly), gladness, joy (-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice (-ing).

»Strong's Help sameach, Hebrew 8056, Strong's sameach, saw-may'-akh; from Hebrew 8055 (samach); blithe or gleeful :- (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry ([-hearted], -ily), rejoice (-ing). »Strong's Help samach, Hebrew 8055, Strong's samach, saw-makh'; a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figurative) be (causative make) blithe or gleesome :- cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy (-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, x very.

From this we can see that God clearly wants his people to share what he, God the Father, is and wants us to experience the same power that is of the Father. One might say that, Joy is the Existence of God, whether it is that that on the throne or whether it dwells in the existence of the creation of the world and all that is in the world. To describe the nature or the existence of Joy, would only be described as one that has inside of that individual, a real overflowing of excitement. How can we be, or have this excitement in any given situation, whether the situation that surrounds us, be good or painful. we know that we as humans do suffer pain and that pain is evident in the lives of many people, this includes the ones that follow Jesus Christ and are born of the Spirit, The question is how can we find complete Joy, in any given area of our lives, whether it be a grand experience or a painful experience. We know that when Jesus was on the cross that he, no doubt, felt the pain of the sins of the world in his flesh. Can we say that he did not feel any pain, after all he was Very God in the flesh?. How can God feel pain? There is no sickness in the Father and he does not allow pain and suffering to dwell where he exists,

Rev. 21:4 (KJV)

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

The bible here relates to the fact that the saints of God does have and has had pain and sorrow and have faced death. The above verse or passage states that the Joy of the Lord is our strength. This being true, why do we not have the Joy of the Lord continually in our lives. How can we laugh and make a joyful noise to the lord when we are being tormented with pain and suffering and when death takes one of our love ones from us.

It seems that the word of God makes a statement that is sometime difficult, or, nearly impossible to experience, especially in the heat of the sorrow and pain. Can the hearing of the Word, that is being preached, or the singing of a gospel song take all the pain away? Is it really to have Joy in all situations, no matter how they appear?. If we are to have the strength to overcome the trials and the pain and suffering that we are experiencing, we need, in fact, come to reality and face the issue, and that issue is that we do feel the pain when pain has come to our fleshly bodies. Adam and Eve, when in the Garden of Eden, had no pain or sorrows until they took of the forbidden fruit. Why would God put in front of the a fruit that he did not want his creation of mankind, to partake of? This question has been asked over and over in the minds of the human race for centuries. Can we have Joy, even when we know that we are, not only having, but even when we can see the event unfold that will certainly bring sorrow and pain.

Who is responsible for the events that unfold, that affect our lives, whether it is good or bad? Can we argue the point that God should not have created both good and evil?. Genesis 2:9 (KJV)

And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Here we can see that the Lord, out of the ground, made the lord God, To Grow, every tree that is pleasant to the sight.....notice that he acclaims for certain that these trees here that is to grow, is, pleasant to the Sight. Could this be the Joy that we are discussing? Is it here that we find the source of our strength? We can see that these trees are good for food. Can we, through knowledge know that the food that is pleasant to the eyes, is also, good for food?. Yes he is saying that the tree that is pleasant to the eyes is good for food. But, notice there in the creation is another Tree, and that tree, is like a backup tree, and what I mean is. that in case something goes wrong, that the lord had a backup plan ready and available. I just backed up this writhing on the hard disc of my computer and the reason I did back it up, was that, the hard drive could crash and all the information that I have typed could be destroyed, I also back the information onto a floppy disk, just in case that the computer hard drive does crash, This make sense to not only be able to have it in my reach on the computer, but in case of failure that I can retrieve the information from another source, Here we can clearly see that God did everything right and everything that he created was good. Genesis 1:31 (KJV)

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

So the question is, that if everything that God made was good, where did the Pain and suffering come from? I think we all can relate to the fact that the hard drive did crash and God lost a lot of information at that time, but, remember that I said on the computer that I also back up onto a floppy disc. This is the point that I want to emphasize strongly, God had a plan and he backed it up in more ways than we can Imagine, You might say that he is the Hard Drive and we can rest assured that His Hard Drive cannot ever Crash and he don’t have to worry about the power going off like we do, and as I said before that after writing for two and half hours, that the electricity went off and all the information that I had in memory in the computer had not been backed up and I suffered the loss of all that I had typed in the two and half hours. I think that we are touching on a issue here that is going to benefit each of us. What we need to do is not just see that which is pleasant to the Eyes, and notice that we are commanded not to judge according to the outward appearance. John 7:24 (KJV)

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

We are like Eve there in the Garden, and In fact we face the same situation and choice that she faced, We can see with our eyes and see those things that we are sure that will be good for us and those around us, yet, we fail to realize that there in all those choices and I all of our visions of choices, there stands the Tree Of Life. Had Eve and Adam went into the Middle of the Garden, they did have total access to the Joy that we are talking about. That Joy would have been their strength to overcome the Beast that appeared to Eve and by taking of the fruit of the tree of life, they would have then been endowed with the power of the Holy Ghost to be able to cause the Subtle Beast that approached to be driven completely out of the Garden and would not have felt pain and sorrow and death. When they looked with their eyes, you have to understand that they see just as you and I see, they saw the things that looked good and found pleasure in what they saw. Does this that Adam and Eve did, ring a bell with you and I today? What do we look for in this environment? What are we seeing with our Eyes? and do we still make the same mistakes that Eve did? Can it be that we have in the middle of our environment a Tree Of Live standing there and that we have the same access to that tree of life. I am certain that Jesus was that Tree Of Life, that was in the Middle of the Paradise, and that Same Tree of Life is still in the Middle of Paradise, and like Jesus told the thief on the cross:

Luke 23:43 (KJV)

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

We can see here that the Paradise that Adam and Eve did not go away and cease to exist. Here, Jesus was confirming the words of that in Gneisses. Paradise is the Joy of the lord and I am Convinced that Jesus was telling the on there that believed on him, he was saying that you have this day found the tree of life that has been in paradise and you have just taken of that tree and you have not made the mistake of that which Adam and Eve made and by you doing so, you have taken hold of eternal life and now enter into the Joys of the Lord and cease from all the pain and suffering that we are experiencing. Jesus said: Rev. 2:7 (KJV)

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Can, you the reader, understand that Paradise does exist, and to make known to you what exactly that paradise is, we, would have to go to the upper room and see what exactly took place after the resurrection of Christ, and see what was fulfilled and just what this means to the one that wants Joy in their lives, and who wants strength in their lives. Listen to what it Says. Acts 2:2 (KJV)

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Yes here we have one hundred twenty hungry souls that have with their eyes, have been looking at the trees that have looked good to the eyes in everyday life and have found that while it was good for food and have sustained them somewhat, yet, those things has not been able to keep them from making choices that has caused pain and suffering to come, not only on them, but has come on mankind for centuries. The recorded word and warnings has been penned and proclaimed ever since that of the Fall of mankind. Mankind has in one sense failed miserably. Everything these one hundred twenty represents is that man cannot and does not have the ability to make the pain and sufferings go away. We cannot have the pain and suffering go away by the action of anyone or anything except that we are to go to the one that was there in the middle of the Garden and look and not only look but must be partakers of that fruit that has in itself the remedy to cure all pain and even shut out the pain of death and will with the authority of that fruit, take authority over the grave, where this tabernacle that has been stained with pain and suffering and which the Sentence of Death has been placed, not only on our lives, but on everyone that has come into this world ever since that of Cain. Yes this Joy that I am speaking of that the thief experienced is that same Joy that came down in the upper room and sat upon each of them, we can see that that Joy took the form of a dove, and we know that the dove is the most Humble of all of the Fouls' and symbolizes total peace,

When King Solomon dedicated the temple there were such Joy that the Priest were not able to minister; 1 Kings 8:10-11 (KJV)

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, [11] So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

We are familiar with the proclamation that Peter made; Peter said that this is that which was spoken of by Joel the Prophet;

Acts 2:16 (KJV)

But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

Not only did Joel refer to this day of Pentecost, There were many more references or should we say, Prophesies that were proclaimed. The one thing that I want you the reader to understand that these Priests could not stand to minister when God’s Glory came down into the mist of the congregation, Notice that, right the Opposite happened on the day of Pentecost. Instead of not being able to minister, here we see that they were empowered to be able to stand and minister. Not only those Disciples were made to stand boldly and proclaim the Gospel with the Anointing, all the others were empowered with the Anointing and as the Spirit Gave Utterance, they began to speak in every langue of those of other nations that had come to that area. The tongue that had been used to set the course of Hell on fire now had a new message to those of the world. Of course they that were doubters and those who never really did get into the act weren't called to the upper room to receive the experience of the Joy that was coming from on High. but as the prophet said when they finished the Walls.

Neh. 8:10 (KJV)

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength

There was enough in this experience to send to those whom nothing is prepared.

2 Chron. 5:14 (KJV)

So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

2 Chron. 7:1 (KJV)

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

Ezekiel was allowed to enter into the inner court, this inner court was the hearts of mankind, where the temple of God is and, as Christ died and shed his blood, this was the offering that taketh away the sins of the world, this was the only one that could give Joy to the believer, and Ezekiel went into, through visions, into the heart of God, and Saw Jesus Christ, the High Priest ministering as he was proclaiming the express image of the Father, Ezekiel, was, in essence, taken through visions to the Garden of Eden and was shown what was there all the time, This was there for Adam and Eve, sadly they choose to only take that which is what the eyes, not the spiritual eyes, wanted to see. and found, like a lot of us today, things look pleasant to look on. We can see here that, Satan will even mix the good with the evil, in order to trap us and draw us away, after all we are like Eve and Adam, and we are drawn away by our own lust and temptations.

James 1:14 (KJV)

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

It states that every man is tempted. When he is drawn away Can we say that as most say, That the devil made me do it and that I am tempted all the day long, Why are we tempted all the time, In this passage of the scripture. we are tempted, when we are drawn away, not because of the evil that is in front of us, but we took of the fruit just like Eve did and then she gave to her husband, she convinced him to eat with her. Now that was a simple effort on her part or was it. let's look and see what might have taken place. We know that she must have been the beauty of all beauty, She was more beautiful that Satan was, and he was the most adorned Angle among the Host of

Angles.

Ezekiel 31:18 (KJV)

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.

He is referring to the flesh, and this was what Adam and Eve was there in the Garden of Eden. Adam was taken from the Earth and Eve was taken from Adam, so each of them was of the Earth. As the Earth was corrupted by Satan and caused Darkness to come upon the face of the deep, he also caused the Earth to be void. God picked up a handful of Dust and breathed the breath of live into Adam and he became a living Soul and God planted a Garden, Now when God plants a seed the seed grows and becomes of value. As seed that is planted by God here in this world, both in the Earth and in the hearts of mankind, that seed becomes a eternal soul only if that seed goes into good soil and by going into good soil, and by the tender care of the Holy Ghost, it can be a strong refuge to all those that come to take part of the shade or the Glory that is cast from the life of that individual.

God gave Glory to the nation of Israel and clothed them and took care and delivered them through many battles and victory always was there for the asking.

Ezekiel 43:5 (KJV)

So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

Ezekiel 44:4 (KJV)

Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.

I believe here is the forthcoming prophesies of the Holy Ghost being poured out on the church at the day of Pentecost. Here is the Glory, and we can see the Joy, which is the strength of the believer.

Are we looking at the pleasant fruit, the easy way, or the way that we think in ourselves is the way that we should take? Lot looked on the Green Valleys and everywhere it was watered, and Lot found himself right smack dab in the middle of temptations, No one was to blame, but Lot himself, and if you are enticed by what you see with your eyes and like the fruit that you can see with those eyes that are in your forehead, then you will find that like all of us we are victims of what the following verse is saying, James 1:14 (KJV)

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

When you are drawn away by your own lusts and desires and enticed, then are you tempted. We need to put the horse in front of the wagon. We need to hold ourselves accountable to the things that we ourselves decide to lust for. Strong's makes it clear that what is taking place.Strongs is giving us insight to what happened in the Garden of Eden. ( »Strong's Help deleazo, Greek 1185, Strong's deleazo, del-eh-ad'-zo; from the base of Greek 1388 (dolos); to entrap, i.e. (figurative) delude :- allure, beguile, entice. have been enticed to take the fruit by your choice, and

»Strong's Help dolos, Greek 1388, Strong's dolos, dol'-os; from an obsolete primary dello (probably meaning to decoy; compare Greek 1185 (deleazo)); a trick (bait), i.e. (figurative) wile :- craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.)

Eve said herself, that Satan beguiled her.

Genesis 3:13 (KJV)

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

She did admit that she did, she made the choice to yield to the temptation. After she yielded to the temptation, she found satisfaction in the thing that she consented to. What was that fruit? I am convinced that it was something more than a apple tree. We can look at what the bible says about consenting to that when we are tempted.

We can see here in the next verse written to the church at Corinth that the mind is what Satan is after, if Satan can corrupt the mind, he can defile everyone and everything around us.

2 Cor. 11:3 (KJV)

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

When your minds are corrupted, or should we say, set upon the things that are not of God, how does that affect our well being and how does that affect us in our relation to Christ?.

Ezekiel 24:25 (KJV)

Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

If that which you Glory in this life is taken from you, Your sons and daughters, this is, in this life, outside of God himself, the greatest Joy and Strength that a parent can have. When we lose these, as Job did, when he was tried and allowed to come and take everything away from Job, except his life, We can see the results of the Pain and suffering that Job endured, and on top of all the misery, her came to him, those friends, or so called, friends and begin to tell him all of his faults. Job begin to open his mouth and in bitterness he cursed the day that he was born and said that it would be better if he had been still born. His children, no doubt had disregarded the instructions that Job, their father, had taught them, and since that Job had gotten wealth and much wealth from God, the children were partying and drinking and whoring around, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and Job had made intercessions for them even while they were doing the lewd acts, and even prayed that they might not sin, before that they did sin. In all of this Satan came not to Job at this instant. Satan was roaming around through the earth and God asked him if he had considered his servant Job. Satan said to God.

Job 1:10 (KJV)

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Here we can see the reality of the pain and suffering that is imposed upon us at times. In this same experience, we can, see the end results of that of how God in his plan, can and will defeat Satan in his efforts to distort the truth and to cause harm to those that believe and follow the Lord.

We may not have the same situation take place in our lives, but we do have the same fruit on tree’s that are in front of us. and when we look at the fruit, we can easily be beguiled and through subtlety find ourselves corrupted and that our minds will far from the real Joy that God wants us to have.

When you look long enough and see that the thing that you are lusting after, is pleasant to your eyes, then, bam, you are tempted. then and only then are you tempted, This bring up a issue that goes to the center of the focal point that where I asked the Question, whether we can have Joy in any given situation, and the answer is simply, Yes we can have Joy, because like Stephen, we can look steadfastly toward heaven, that is if we are filled with the Holy Ghost and wisdom. Stephen looked upward and not on the trees that looked good to the average eye, therefore he had the Joy and by having this Joy, he had the strength to lay down his life, just as Jesus had power to lay down his life for you and I, Stephen laid down his life for the cause and the promotion of the existence of the Tree in the middle of the garden. When we keep our eyes in the middle of the Garden and head that way, we will find that that fruit is eternal and not like the fruit that we eat of this world.

As I have said, Satan attacks the mind, and this is accomplished through the lust that we bring upon ourselves as we look with our eyes to those things that seem to be exciting or pleasurable. Satan cannot tempt you at all if your mind is on the Lord continuously.

Ezekiel 36:5 (KJV)

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

As the heathen that continually wanted to have that which God had given to his people and would go to any extreme to gain or steal those things of God, they wanted it for themselves and for their own desires. These can and will take a prey like a bird of prey, the sore high and sweep down on those that they can devour and tear them to pieces and fill themselves with the fat and after the take that by deceit then they set themselves up and boast of how righteous they are and all the time the fire of the Lord is silently waiting and is stirred up in Gods jealousy and God said that he will and does come at a hour when they think not and then their portions are of that of a hypocrite.

Matthew 24:51 (KJV)

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Titus 1:15 (KJV)

Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

»Strong's Help suneidesis, Greek 4893, Strong's suneidesis, soon-i'-day-sis; from a prolonged form of Greek 4894 (suneido); co-perception, i.e. moral consciousness :- conscience. »Strong's Help suneido, Greek 4894, Strong's suneido, soon-i'-do; from Greek 4862 (sun) and Greek 1492 (eido); to see completely; used (like its primary) only in two past tenses, respectively meaning to understand or become aware, and to be conscious or (clandestinely) informed of :- consider, know, be privy, be ware of. »Strong's Help eido, Greek 1492, Strong's eido, i'-do; a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent Greek 3700 (optanomai) and Greek 3708 (horao); properly to see (literal or figurative); by implication (in the perf. only) to know :- be aware, behold, x can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know (-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare Greek 3700 (optanomai). »Strong's Help optanomai, Greek 3700, Strong's optanomai, op-tan'-om-ahee; a (middle) prolonged form of the primary (middle) optomai, op'-tom-ahee; which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of Greek 3708 (horao); to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from Greek 991 (blepo), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from Greek 1492 (eido), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while Greek 2300 (theaomai), and still more emphatically its intensive Greek 2334 (theoreo), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and Greek 4648 (skopeo) a watching from a distance) :- appear, look, see, shew self. »Strong's Help skopeo, Greek 4648, Strong's skopeo, skop-eh'-o; from Greek 4649 (skopos); to take aim at (spy), i.e. (figurative) regard :- consider, take heed, look at (on), mark. Compare Greek 3700 (optanomai).

we can also sear our conscience.

Hebrews 9:14 (KJV)

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

One could easily understand what is meant by the word depression, which means that we are in a state of hopeless, in despair.

What brings this on; is the fact that we allow Satan, through the experiences of this life, to corrupt our way of thinking and we become accustomed to his perilous ways. Instead of saying that I had rather fight than switch, we given in and say that I rather suffer than to have to fight. We learn to cope in any given situation and accept the consciences.

Water, when it begins to rain doesn’t come down in, most of the time, in buckets full, it comes in a steady rain and when it begins to fall, if the ground is loosen and been eroded it will begin with ease to take the loose soil and wash it away. Then we can see that what is left is not good to plant a seed into and can never be restored to the original state. This is what happens to a lot of us. Little by little Satan begins to wash away our minds and causes us to be like the substance after the soil is washed away. What we see then brings depression and we think of what we had and no longer have it. Most of the time there is a remedy to the fact that like the soil conservationist people, they want us to not be careless, and to keep the soil from eroding away. God wants to equip you with the Holy Ghost and through the Holy Ghost, will seal you until the day of redemption.

Ephes. 1:13 (KJV)

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

Notice it says that in whom ye trusted, after that you heard, and after ye took the advise that was sent from heaven. Now after that you made up your mind to believe and to call on Jesus and ask him into your life, you have the promise that was spoken of by Joel the Prophet, and that promise was there on the day of Pentecost and it is to all of those that will call on Jesus and who will allow the Holy Ghost to have a open mind to come into your heart. the Holy Ghost is what purifies and filters out those unwanted devices that Satan has brought into this world. You mind, when in sin, and when you were away from God, had no knowledge of that which God has in store to those that love him, who walks not after the flesh, but who walks after the spirit. To sum up this day of typing and that which I have been given, This has come to the mind of this writer, not by my own, but has been given by the Holy Ghost and I too can and will have the strength to endure through the Joy of the Lord. that Joy is the Holy Ghost and God wants me to be with him in Glory and by the help of God and the Holy Ghost I will say, “I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever”. This is a eternal matter and why should we the children of God let Satan divert us from the plan of God that was place in Jesus Christ before the world begin. I thank God for his son Jesus Christ and I extol him and lift his name above all other names. He is worthy to be praised and to have the Honor of all the people and the all the things that are and ever will exist.

We want to deal with Simplicity today. I believe that When Eve was confronted by the Serpent that the serpent was able to take away the simplicity of Eve’s mind. For this reason I want to let the reader read what Paul had to say to the ones that had gotten away from the simplicity of Jesus Christ. We find that as Paul had been taught under teaching of Gamaiel, This teacher was noted for his wisdom, especially the Law. we can see the effect that the teaching had on individuals that came into his classroom. With the knowledge that Paul was able to obtain by this Teacher, by the way, this teacher was recognized by those of his time as one that could take an individual and equip that individual to be accepted through the community and maybe throughout the world. It is the same today as it was then, we have ourselves in the world those intuitions', such as, Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the which you must have or be a individual that has achieved a very high level of degree of intelligence in order to attend those intuitions. In other words, one must be real smart and be able to conform to the things of this life. Another way is to say, You must know someone and have someone promote or recommend you for that which is accounted to be the accepted way for an individual to achieve the results that would be recognized by the society that we live in. Paul had climbed that ladder to success in the Law and had armed him with the armor of that which had been proven over and over in the ways of those that had gained their superiority. This was a successful effort in the eyes and seemed to be the right way for an individual to be able to achieve such a goal. What we need to realize that as the bible said that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.

1 Cor. 3:19 (KJV)

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

We should realize that the wisdom of this word was given to Satan to Glorify him and to beatify him and God gave him all of his wisdom and he through his Subtilty, corrupted, not the wisdom, but took that wisdom and used it to gain Superiority over the other one third of the Angles, in doing so, he became the judge and jury, as they say. What he said was the law, the trouble he himself became the a law of his on selfness control. Paul spoke these words...2 Cor. 11:3 (KJV)

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Eve had been corrupted through Subtlety, and the mind was the target and the mind of those that Paul was talking to had been corrupted by Satan, We must understand that, Satan has a messenger, and Paul dealt with that in his teachings and read what he had to say about that...2 Cor. 12:7 (KJV)

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

We can read these words and see that with the messenger of Satan was left to buffet at us for a very simple reason, that is, to keep us from exalting ourselves to where that God will not have a relationship with us. Most people think of Christians as simple people and will make derogatory remarks to the effect, and I have to admit that it offended me at first, now I believe that this can and is a complement. When someone is saying that, they are, in essence saying that you are a born again Christian and in living for Christ is not accepted by those that have exalted themselves to the level of that which is approved by society. As Christians, we are counted as the filth of the world, Not counted that way by God, but counted that way by those who think that they. whatever they are, as Paul said makes no difference to Paul... Galatians 2:6 (KJV)

But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:

Satan was able to add to Adam and Eve, the penalty of sin, and we know that that penalty was death, not only to them, but to all mankind. Remember that he, Satan stood in front of Eve and begin to as the question...”has God said”...Genesis 3:1 (KJV)

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

The approach was that he recognized God and he knew where he stood and he did not tell her that there was no God. Satan worked on the mind that God had given to Eve and he was very skilful in his tactics; that is why it was noted as Subtlety. Subtlety means to be cunning and crafty. There are individuals that are so cunning that, they can look you in the eye and take you for a ride and to the cleaners, as the saying goes. The thing that the Lord wants us to realize is that Satan works on the Mind. When Satan corrupts your mind, then he has corrupted you altogether. That is why we are to have the mind of Christ. 1 Cor. 2:16 (KJV)

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

We have the mind of Christ it we walk after the Spirit, and not of the flesh. Romans 8:1 (KJV)

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:4 (KJV)

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

The simplicity of being a Christian is to know nothing except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 1 Cor. 2:2 (KJV)

For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

The more we learn of the world’s wisdom, if we are not careful, we will find ourselves being self dependent and not relying on Jesus Christ. This is to say just because we go to college or any school that it is detrimental to God and that God would not approve of you and I getting a higher education, it is what we do with that education that makes the anvil fall on us. God used Paul’s credentials, him being a member of the San Hadrian court, and took advantage of the ability of that Paul had being a Roman Citizen. God was able to take Paul and us his education to witness to the Romans and to stand in front of Caser. That would be like us being able to stand in front of the President and make a proclamation that Jesus is Lord of all the earth and have him to recognize us as an individual that had been learned at Harvard or Yale. Then when we speak, the president would pay attention and listen.

When Satan took Jesus up into a high mountain and showed him All the Kingdoms of the world, we are not able to understand how he did this. Satan could have been in the Spirit of the World and Jesus being God, and able through the Spirit of God went up side by side with Satan and somehow Satan had the ability to bring upon the screen of time the long practiced achievements that he had, and the through the principalities and powers, he was able to show Jesus all of the Kingdoms of the World. I am positive or I feel that I can say that the Kingdoms of the world that he showed to Christ were the kingdoms that he had implemented into the hearts of men and women. Here we can see, as Geneses stated that the earth void and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

Genesis 1:2 (KJV)

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

We know that Satan when he is in control, will, corrupt everyone and everyone. This is the nature and he here with Jesus was up as high as he could exalt himself and Jesus being God in the Flesh, he being Higher that Satan could ever be, just let Satan show him all these things and then Jesus had a answer for him. Can you imagine the gall that it too for Satan to attempt to bring down the creator to his level. I would have to Say to those that think that Satan is in control, You are as Stupid as Satan was here. For the life of me, it is hard to imagine that Jesus would not just back hand him right there and slap him all the way into Hell. But we must realize that God had planned to have his house full of children and had he done that there you and I would not be reading this article. I want to make it perfectly clear to you the reader that Jesus is the plan of God and in that Plan is life to everyone that will take of it and follow it unto the end.

1 Peter 1:13 (KJV)

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

I am just about to shout and praise God and to think that we can, through ourselves solve the problems that come our way is to be like Satan standing in front of Jesus Christ here in this exceedingly high mountain and think that he can cause Jesus to turn from the plan that he was and is for his saints and to let that low life devil that has persecuted the saints and robbed God of Souls that have given into his aggression, At this point I must say that these Muslims that believe that they can enter into a life of peace through another way, and to those that have and do deny the Deity of Jesus Christ; is to say that you will Stand in front of Jesus; just Satan did, and you will be resurrected up to an exceeding high Throne and stand before the God that created you and I and there you will, and I say, you will bow before him and recognize that he is Lord of lord and King of Kings, The sad part is that if you have serve another God, other than Jesus Christ, you will hear him say to you....Matthew 25:41 (KJV)

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

You can see that in the Plan of God there is a place Prepared for Satan and Satan is aware of the place an Satan knows that it he can keep us from serving and testifying to others that God will not fill up his house with his children and Satan believes and knows that God has a plan and that Plan is Jesus Christ that all things exists and by him all things were created and for him and Satan is on the list to complete Gods plan and when he crucified Jesus and thought he was getting rid of the Heir, he was fulfilling the Plan of God right down to the letter. That is why that the word says that...1 Cor. 10:13 (KJV)

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Why should we bear it?. Why should we have to go through the things that come to us?. Psalm 91:10 (KJV)

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

With God on our side, how can we lose the battle?. Have you fought a good fight? have you kept the faith?. If you are on the battlefield and have the sword of the spirit, and are marching with a shout and see the enemy on every side, just look through the anointing and see the army's of God encamped around on the mountains of faith. Let your eyes be anointed with the eye salve of the Holy Ghost and you will like the servant of Elisha seen the army's of God and they are more that the troubles that you are experiencing. Rev. 3:18 (KJV)

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.

2 Kings 6:15-17 (KJV)

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? [16] And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. [17] And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Jesus said to Peter...Luke 22:31-32 (KJV)

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: [32] But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

No matter how many arrows that Satan throws our way, we can rest assured that the Armies of God are Greater and that the one that Prayed for Peter, that he not be sifted like wheat, That one is on the Right Hand of The Throne of God and is making intercessions for us and does not rest day and night, tor there is no darkness there, there if no sin there, there is no Satan and his Angles there, Jesus wiped the slate clean for us and took hold of Satan and cast him down to the Earth and his wrath is great toward the saints of God because of the Fall that he has received, and I say to you, rest a little while and it will all be over, Rev. 12:12 (KJV)

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

But we are not citizens of this world if we are washed in the blood of the Lamb and we shall behold the one that Saved and redeemed us from these troubles. Rev. 21:24 (KJV)

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

End December 9 2002