The House of Bread

Introduction and Greeting

Brothers and Sisters in the Faith of Jesus Christ,

It is with a heavy heart that I write to you today. This here, the introduction and greeting, was written after my guided reading this morning, with the reading list available to you in the image above. The entirety of it will be posted on the Blog. For a fuller understanding, it is best to read each of these in its entirety, even all of the Book of Ephesians if you can, for perspective. Now, you who are mature in the faith will know, this reading list is just scratching the surface.

Then, the reports that have been pouring in to me, most from my own country South Africa, but not limited to it. So, instead of listing off all complaints; I will rather point you to the Word of GOD. I would rather have you read of what we ought to know by now, than speak in a form of gossip against those GOD loves, but who are standing in confusion at this time.

So, as per usual then, from here on out for today, let’s look at our reading from Ephesians 4, the Inspired Note on it and the Verse of the Day from the YouVersion Bible App that goes out across the world.

‭Ephesians 4:1-32 KJV‬

[1] I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, [2] with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; [3] endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. [4] There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; [5] one Lord, one faith, one baptism, [6] one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. [7] But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. [8] Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men. [9] (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? [10] He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) [11] And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; [12] for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: [13] till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: [14] that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; [15] but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: [16] from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. [17] This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, [18] having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: [19] who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. [20] But ye have not so learned Christ; [21] if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: [22] that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; [23] and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; [24] and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. [25] Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. [26] Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: [27] neither give place to the devil. [28] Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. [29] Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. [30] And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. [31] Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: [32] and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

https://bible.com/bible/1/eph.4.1-32.KJV

Note for 2024/07/08

Friends, would you permit me to speak out of concern for you? Or, have we as the church came to the point where we cannot be corrected at all? Here, in the Word of GOD, even in this very chapter, we are given the standards for Christian living. What then is our excuse, that we did not read the Word of GOD? That is not an excuse, there is no justification in it; instead, it opens up our liability, for the Word was given to us. Have we become Spiritually lazy? I have slowed my pace in reading, so many could come along; the entire book of Ephesians is marked out for me to read in a day. So, will you permit me to write to you out of concern? What if I say to you that your life depends on it?

Friends, I am receiving bad reports from many churches at this time. Are we reading from the same Bible? It is not for me to shame anyone, though, how do I speak broadly then on matters that are uniformly taking place in many gatherings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ?

Shall we hold the poor ransom by church attendance? Or, are we receiving attendance, just because there is a need to eat? What still of those that give no consideration to the people that are living in a famine, even amongst us? Shall we then sit and watch, doing nothing while mankind is starving to death? And that is just one matter. How can we claim we love Christ, but show hateful acts against one another? Did Christ not feed those that came to Him, even as I receive my Daily Bread from GOD?

What about the widows and the orphans, brothers and sisters? They are being neglected. And the young in faith are receiving no instruction. Please, read this chapter again. Who then is a brother, or a sister; what then of the stranger in the street? Sure, we should edify one another in the church, but what of the rest? Friends, to whom were we sent? Why are the elders of our churches going Spiritually hungry, but for the sake that all that is offered is milk? Who shall then be sent to them? Has the modern church then moved so far away from the original church established by the likes of Paul, that the sheep is no longer fed as Jesus instructed Peter to do?

Shepherds, ministers of Christ, Pastors: is it time for stocktake? Shall we introduce a quality control process back into the church? Why is it left out in the first place? Why do I get reports of chaos in the church? Are you still standing in sound doctrine? Remember, you will be called to account of those that GOD gave you. The sheep are hungry, feed them. The widows are neglected, because the young women are neglected. And husband's, were you not called as the head of your house? My people go to waste for a lack of knowledge. Who then will take some responsibility? Or, do we as Christians now live only for ourselves too, as the godless do?

What can you do to support your own people? Or, shall they be given to strangers. Shall the prisons then fill up because they at least feed the captive? What of the liberty in Christ Jesus? I ask again, what can you do to support your neighbor? Or, shall we sit and watch as they fade away, even to the point where their skin sticks to their bones? What still, of the Spiritual Bread?

No, friends! I am concerned, has the church itself then become heartless? Do we stand at the head of others, just to have control over them? Is it just a headcount thing? Love your neighbor as yourself, even as Christ loved us, giving His life, so we may live.

Please, read this chapter again and take it in personally. Let it guide you. Don't leave anything undone, don't participate in hateful acts against one another. Forgive one another, have compassion and remember, we are all in this together, united in Christ Jesus. Matthew 25, again, please. What you have done to the least of these you have done unto Christ, and whom you have neglected, so have you neglected Christ. Read and understand, for the separation between the sheep and goats is coming. Which side do you wish to stand on then? Bring the Word of GOD to heart and help one another in tribulations. Have a heart.

Shalom

Verse of the Day

‭2 Chronicles 15:7 KJV‬

[7] Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

https://bible.com/bible/1/2ch.15.7.KJV

Let us add to this…

‭Ephesians 5:1-2 KJV‬

[1] Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; [2] and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

https://bible.com/bible/1/eph.5.1-2.KJV

I urge you brothers and sisters, to go to the Blog and read the Full list for context please (The link will be provided at the very top of the article of today, on all other platforms than the Bible App and the Blog itself.) This is a warning to the church.

The Reading List

(Excluding Epesians 4 and the verse of the day, which is above already)

‭Matthew 25:31-46 KJV‬

[31] When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: [32] and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: [33] and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. [34] Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: [35] for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: [36] naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. [37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? [38] When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? [39] Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? [40] And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. [41] 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: [42] for I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: [43] I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. [44] Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? [45] Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. [46] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.25.31-46.KJV

‭Isaiah 2:1-22 KJV‬

[1] The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. [2] And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. [3] And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. [4] And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [5] O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. [6] Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. [7] Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: [8] their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: [9] and the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. [10] Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. [11] The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. [12] For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: [13] and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, [14] and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, [15] and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, [16] and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. [17] And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. [18] And the idols he shall utterly abolish. [19] And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. [20] In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; [21] to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. [22] Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

https://bible.com/bible/1/isa.2.1-22.KJV

‭Isaiah 3:1-26 KJV‬

[1] For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, [2] the mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, [3] the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. [4] And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. [5] And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. [6] When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: [7] in that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. [8] For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. [9] The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. [10] Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. [11] Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. [12] As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. [13] The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. [14] The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. [15] What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. [16] Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: [17] therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. [18] In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, [19] the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, [20] the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, [21] the rings, and nose jewels, [22] the changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, [23] the glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. [24] And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. [25] Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. [26] And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

https://bible.com/bible/1/isa.3.1-26.KJV

‭Psalm 89:1-52 KJV‬

[1] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. [2] For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. [3] I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, [4] Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. [5] And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. [6] For who in the heaven Can be compared unto the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty Can be likened unto the LORD? [7] God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. [8] O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? Or to thy faithfulness round about thee? [9] Thou rulest the raging of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. [10] Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. [11] The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: As for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. [12] The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. [13] Thou hast a mighty arm: Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. [14] Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. [15] Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. [16] In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: And in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. [17] For thou art the glory of their strength: And in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. [18] For the LORD is our defence; And the Holy One of Israel is our King. [19] Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. [20] I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: [21] With whom my hand shall be established: Mine arm also shall strengthen him. [22] The enemy shall not exact upon him; Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. [23] And I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague them that hate him. [24] But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: And in my name shall his horn be exalted. [25] I will set his hand also in the sea, And his right hand in the rivers. [26] He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. [27] Also I will make him my firstborn, Higher than the kings of the earth. [28] My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, And my covenant shall stand fast with him. [29] His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. [30] If his children forsake my law, And walk not in my judgments; [31] If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; [32] Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. [33] Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. [34] My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. [35] Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. [36] His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. [37] It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. [38] But thou hast cast off and abhorred, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. [39] Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. [40] Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. [41] All that pass by the way spoil him: He is a reproach to his neighbours. [42] Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. [43] Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle. [44] Thou hast made his glory to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. [45] The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. [46] How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire? [47] Remember how short my time is: Wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? [48] What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. [49] Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? [50] Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; [51] Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. [52] Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.89.1-52.KJV

‭Jude 1:1-25 KJV‬

[1] Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: [2] mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. [3] Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. [4] For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. [5] I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. [6] And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. [7] Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. [8] Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. [9] Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. [10] But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. [11] Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. [12] These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; [13] raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. [14] And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, [15] to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. [16] These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. [17] But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; [18] how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. [19] These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. [20] But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, [21] keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. [22] And of some have compassion, making a difference: [23] and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. [24] Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, [25] to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

https://bible.com/bible/1/jud.1.1-25.KJV

In Closing

This then, not the end of our efforts, but simply the start of walking in a greater commitment to our Father GOD above, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for the sake of the whole Body of Christ.