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= Your whole life is a testimony? =
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Your Whole L i fe is:
A walking talking Living Book
that people read every day.
And that makes you a teacher.
Everything about you is teaching something.
Others are watching and evaluating,
Even when you think nobody is looking.
Your life is a witness to whom you are following, to whom you are serving, to whose wisdom and teaching you are accepting & obeying. And to whose wisdom and teachings you are rejecting & disobeying.
Everything you do:
Everything you say.
Everything you think & believe.
Every attitude you have is like a book that people can read.
Not only that, but there is a record in heaven being written in a book about everything in your life, every deed ever done, every word ever spoken--God is keeping a perfect record of it.
And he will present it to you on the day that you meet with him. Depending upon what's written in his book, it will be a good day for you. Or it will be a bad day for you--according to what you have done: whether good or evil.
Your entire life is a statement from the day you were born until the day you die. In a sense, it is a collection of sentences with an introduction to this world, and a conclusion in your departure from this world. The middle part is all about your choices. What you did with them? How you handled them? Did you listen to the word of God when you had a chance? And not only did you listen, but did you hear?
A Certain Kind of Hearing
A certain Kind of Believing
A certain Kind of Doing
That is what God is Looking for in our response to His MESSAGE and his MISSION. The two are wrapped up together, and are inextricable, one from the other. And we are called to take it all, or take it none. None of it. Or All of it, There is no middle ground.
And yes, God is looking for a certain kind of hearing. He is looking for the kind of hearing that puts your listening into action, and your action into diligence. That's called obedience. That's the kind of listening, and that's the kind of living and believing that God is looking for in every one of his children.
The good news of the gospel: is that God can erase the offenses you have committed against him, and against his children. Anyone you have lied to. Anyone you have stolen from. Anyone you have influenced to their harm, or to the harm of other people, is recorded in His book.
Everyone you have gossiped about. Everyone you've had sexual immoral relations with. Everyone you have lusted after in your mind. Everyone you have been angry with in your heart, without a cause, and have been unforgiving toward, and every law you have ever transgressed--it is ALL written in His book.
Every idol that you have worshiped. Every greedy manipulation. Every dirty joke. Every time you have used God's name in vain. Every sabbath that you have broken. Every dishonoring word or deed against your parents, or against God's authority. And, every time you have joined in the hand of Satan against God himself is recorded in his book.
For most people, myself included, that's a whole lot of bad news. What about for you?
Thankfully, God has a very strict, very narrow, very clean, very pure, and a completely Holy Door you can choose to WALK THROUGH--if you dare.
But it doesn't come without a high price to your current lifestyle. In fact, it will require the death of you, as you know yourself, before you come through that door.
Walking with Jesus
Is costly
Your old man must die. Because there is a new Man, who will come and live with you, and actually he will dwell & abide inside of you. He will in no way, abide by your old man, and your old life. You cannot have both. You must repent, and make a clean break with the old man, his old ways, his old lifestyle, his old thoughts, desires, motivations, drives, lusts, and all.
That all must go into the Fire of Refining--and be burned up forever.
If that is not what you are ready for. It is best you don't try and fake it. If you are not ready for the change that is necessary, don't play the religious game of saying a sanctimonious prayer, and getting water splashed or dunked on you.
If you have not yet been convicted of your Sins against your HOLY God, then getting baptized will mean nothing, or even worse than nothing. It will all be a hypocritical show. You will go down a dry sinner, and come up a wet sinner.
And the teaching and message of your life as a hypocrite, will be worse that it was when your were a sinner. God will not be mocked. Professing one thing, but living another is bad for everyone involved--most especially for you.
Don't be discouraged. God wants you in His Kingdom, but you cannot come into his Kingdom without being convicted of your sins, and fully repenting of every one of them. To say you believe, and not repent, is not what God is looking for in your life. That will be continuing a bad story, that everyone will read. It's no good.
God has called us, everyone, to come through the Door, that Only Door He has provided--with full repentance.
The Narrow Doorway is His Son. The Good Shepherd, who lays down his life for the Sheep. His Sheep who will Hear His Voice and Who Will Follow HIM, wherever he goes ... (follow = obey = believe = trust = do = love = serve = live = go = lead = teach).
So what does your whole life teach from the moment you arise in the morning to the moment your head hits the pillow at night. What does your testimony teach? Is your life a walking, talking, living, breathing witness of the LOVE OF God? the Grace of God? the Peace of God? the Power of God? Forgiveness of God? Faithfulness of God? The Surrender and Submission of God? Does your Life reflect the MISSION OF God?
If you are serious, genuine, and diligent about your new Life In Christ: You will quickly know if you are keeping Jesus' Commandments. Then you will know, you are doing and obeying God's Will. If you are breaking Jesus' commandments, then you are breaking and defacing God's Kingdom.
Many people say. "I believe in Jesus." And some will add: "He is my Lord, and Savior." But Jesus asks the poignant question: "Why do you call me LORD, LORD, and do not the things that I SAY?"
That's why Jesus says we must enter through the strait gate (tight, narrow, restricting gate). We cannot take any of our old worldly baggage in through that gate into the kingdom of God. There is no place for it in the kingdom of God, in God's House.
To put it bluntly: God does not want your garbage being dumped into his holy temple. No, you not that you are the temple of the living God? If you're going to come and through the door of his house, you're going to have to come through the straight gate to enter the narrow way.
In fact the God says: THE DOOR is so narrow, and THE WAY is so constricted, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Ouch!
That's good news for some, but bad news for others. It's good news: to the poor, to the humble, to the meek, to the kind, and to the gentle. They can go through that gate with hardly any trouble at all.
But that's bad news to the proud, the arrogant, the angry, self-centered, controlling, manipulative, greedy, and high minded. In fact, that is terrible news for them. They are like the rich man, or worse like the camel trying to go through the eye of a needle.
A friend of mine used to say: It's not impossible, but it's going to be real hard on the camel. So True. And it's going to be real hard on the rich man as well.
The Gospel, which means Good News, is summarized by this statement: It is GRACE to the Humble, but LAW to the Proud. Jesus himself said it's impossible for the rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven by himself. But with God, all things are possible. In other words, it's gonna take a miracle, but we serve the God of miracles.
THE PURPOSE of this introduction is to lay a foundation of understanding for every teacher, which includes, in my perspective, every person who will ever hear these words.
You may be a teacher of THE TRUTH, now. Or you may be a potential teacher of THE TRUTH, in the very new future.
Of course you can guess what my desire for you to be is right now. That your whole life would radiate the THE TRUTH OF THE GOOD NEWS to everyone you meet, for the rest of your life, and that you would do it far better than I ever imagined I could do it.
So in no way are we ever in competition with one another. The only One we have to truly compare ourselves to rightly--is the Great Teacher of ALL Time, Jesus, the Messiah, the Rabbi, from Nazareth, who was born in Bethlehem, and who was granted permission and a mission to rescue all who would come through the Door of Salvation. He is the very Narrow Door. And all who enter through that door must come through him. Jesus told his disciples, the night he was betrayed, that: "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man comes to the father, except through me."
Whoever would enter the Narrow Road, that leads to Full Amnesty, Full Forgiveness, a Full Covenant Pardon, Redemption, and Reformation, would need to come in thrugh the Spirit and the Truth. There is no other Way in!
We need listen, hear, believe, and receive Jesus as LORD, SAVIOR, KING, JUDGE, TEACHER, AND LIVING EXAMPLE OF LIGHT, that we would henceforth pattern our lives after by Keeping His Commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight. I so doing we become salt, and light. We become a living witness. We become disciples in his kingdom. We become teachers of a new covenant. We become aliens in this world. Because we are no longer of this world. We are no longer conformed to the ways and the peer pressure of this world.
That means we will stop doing the evil that we did before we chose to follow Christ. As well as stop doing any abominable things that will send us into the Lake of Fire. If we choose to cling to sin, more than we cling to the Salvation of God, that comes through His Son, God will honor our choices, and give us what we desire most.
The truth be told: God's hand is powerful, and nobody can snatch me out of his hand. But if I choose to walk out of his hand and walk back into the kingdom of darkness, he may chase me, he may come after me like the good Shepherd would leave the 99 and go after the one last sheep. But if I continue to choose my sin over my savior, I can harden my heart to the point of no repentance. And I can break his heart because of my own demonic choices.
Jesus didn't come to force us to believe in him. He has given us his invitation, and if we so choose to respond in the spirit of truth and faith, in the spirit of integrity and righteousness, we shall inherit at the kingdom of God.
But if we come into the house of God with duplicity, deception, lust in our heart, evil in our eyes, and we choose not to repent, we will be given over to our own hypocrisy. Just like Judas, just like the foolish virgins, and the close to 80 examples of disobedient, and fake followers in the book of Matthew alone.
The fact is many have been deceived and walk in the presumption of their own sin. That's exactly what Jesus addresses in many of the parables. But we can quickly discern who is following Jesus and who is not by simply asking the question are they keeping the Commandments of Jesus? Or are they breaking the Commandments of Jesus?
The same standard we applied to ourselves, the Lord applies to everyone. There is no bias in his kingdom. There are no half baked liars in the kingdom of God. For the Lord knows those who are his, and those who are not.
Thankfully, we can know just as well, because he has given us his holy standard to judge ourselves by.
That was a long introduction to what I wanted to say about God's plan of salvation for the family. It is so simple and so amazing and so lovely, and so life transforming that I am sick, down to the bone of my soul, that I have not seen this before hand.
God's Plan for the Family Salvation is so deeply into the Perfect and Best Teaching model we could ever have.
The Father teaches his son, especially, as well as the whole family generally, that the Word of God is going to be their daily food------> Four Times a Day.
In the morning when we rise.
In the time when we sit down at table.
In the noon time when we walk along the way.
In the evening when we lay day.
Every day we memorized and hide God's Word in our heart a little more each day, until our souls, hearts, minds, and spirit is simply bursting with the Word of God.
Personally, I believe this model of discipleship is the most fantastic and most enduring, most effective, and most long lasting, most accountable, and most deeply impacting model of discipleship ever invented on the face of the Earth. Can you imagine spending four times a day with your father, who has learned from his father and his father before him his entire life, digging into the death of the Scriptures and storing up in his heart and living it out by faith with his testimony, all the miraculous and marvelous ways, God has used the word of God in his life, to restore him, protect him, save him, and do miracles for him. And then he has the testimony of his father, and all that he learned and pass on to him, and then he also has the testimony of his grandfather, and all that God has stunt for him and he also has a testimony of his mother and brothers and sisters, and what God has done for them and they also has a testimony of his sons and his grandsons and what God has done for them, by the time you get through this, you see the lineage of a man of God and a legacy he leaves behind him as one of the most richest, most blessed most highly valuable fruitfulness on the face of the Earth.
And just for a quick glimpse, you get to see it in the life of a true godly family by the name of Jonathan Edwards
Check out this link Jon versus Max
Every teacher that teaches the truth, knows that the person giving the teaching learns far more than the persons listening to the teaching that's being given.
The presenter of a Bible story or lesson or teaching, typically spends 5 to 10 times more time preparing the message than those who come to listen to a message.
Therefore, the teacher is basically duty bound to know the subject, well enough, to answer questions, to field objections, to overcome accusations, and have a clear and true and calm demeanor throughout it all. That takes confidence and that takes a depth of character that many simply don't have.
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say, think, believe, and every attitude you have is like a book, that people can read. And beyond that there is a book that has been written.
What is Teaching?
Teaching is the very backbone of human society. It is the foundation upon which every human society is built. Whether good or bad. Advanced or backward. Whether loving or hateful. Whether generous or selfish. Whether truthful or deceptive. Weather, full of light, or full of darkness.
Whatever direction a society takes, it is based on the teaching of the elders and the leaders of that society, and what (Society says) the parents are to teach their children.
What they teach, and what they fail to teach will result in the beauty, majesty, liberty, sovereignty, justice, goodness, and love in that society. Or the lack there of.
Who is a Teacher?
Everyone is a Teacher.
But, Not everyone is a good teacher.
Every time we open our mouths, we teach others about who we are, about what we believe, about what is on our mind, about what we value, and what direction our life is taking.
We cannot help but teach about who we are, and what we believe.
We do it by our words. And we do it by our actions. Our habits. And the patterns of the life that we follow.
What Should We Teach?
Knowing what to teach, (and what not to teach) and knowing how to teach it, is one of the most important decisions, a man can make, or rather Discover in his life time.
Good Godly Teaching is the most important accomplishment and legacy that a man can leave behind him--it is a foundation that his family can be built upon, and through Godly teaching it can survive the storms of life, and even thrive in the midst of them.
We all have a choice to make when it comes to being a diligent conscientious teacher, or adversely a negligent, ignorant, and delinquent absent teacher--leaving a huge void in the life of a child that will need to be filled somewhere else.
What happens when we are:
Ignorant, Negligent and Delinquent?
(in our teaching duties)
How many men are negligent in their duty to teach themselves (first), and then teach their families, and their peers, the most valuable lessons in the history of humanity? Sharing in the greatest treasure ever given to any man, woman, or child? The Knowledge of God.
Will that make a difference in the life of everyone in their family system? Yes. See Study Comparing the Family History and Legacy of Jonathon Edwards VS. Max Juke.
How many even have a mindset, that they have a responsibility, to teach what it means to become a godly adult, who will become an invaluable citizen in society?
How many teach the specific steps that need to be taken? How many example them to their children? How many know which lessons of their teaching to apply to their students and at what stage of their development?
How will the children know: they will be ready to not learn, but also to teach the lessons, they themselves are learning, and will be able to faithfully transfer them to the next generation--so that future generation will be able to follow in the footsteps of their father, and their grandfather?
And if our children do not receive a foundation upon which to build their future lives from their own father, received the same lessons from his father, who received the same lessons from his father, and so on--if this heritage did not take place: Where will the next generation receive such a foundation?
Or better yet, who or what will fill the vacancy gap left by the negligent, and delinquent father or parent? Who or what will the next generation end up following? And who will be responsible for their downfall? Or their uprising?
Who's teaching will ultimately be their guide for life?
This message is still working in progress.
Our modern education system is actually designed to put a wall of division between a child and the parent. The fraudulent education system is based on a demonic plan to steal the child's mind, and re-direct the child away from the family, to get a new daddy and a new mommy, called the government.
And our government's publicly funded school systems: almost forcefully require government teachers to put a wedge, between us and our children. We allow our schools to replace the role, the duties, the responsibilities, and the whole process of discipleship, that the gospel has ordained for the father and mother to fulfill.
Sadly, fathers and mothers across the nation think this is a good thing. Because their children are getting an education. Truth be told: they are no longer getting education. They are getting religious training in modern atheistic, hedonistic, lawless, and virtually immoral, unconscionable atheistic, modern human secular idolatry.
of the father and the mother. funded to the government system of education, which excludes God from the education process.
teaching A noble example to those around us?
It has been said that societies are destroyed from the inside out.
As we know from the book of Genesis 13 & 14, 18 & 19. There was once a kingdom that went by the name of Sodom. And it was unified with another kingdom called Gomorrah. These two kings were of the same mind, and their kingdoms were a part of the belief systems that the kings allowed to prosper.
These kings were known roundabout as evil kings. And that says a lot because the other kings around them were not much better. But the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their kingdoms were especially wicked. Exceptionally addicted to sexual immorality of a kind that was so infectious, and so unredeemable, that the Lord ultimately decided to end their existence. Though it does not say in the story in Genesis 13 through 19 that God sent his profits to correct the kings of sidemen Mora of Sodom and Gomorrah, it is one of his principles and patterns that he would warn a society before he brought judgment, as we see in the book of Jonah, who was a prophet sent to the people of Niniveh, which was the capital city of the kingdom of a Assyria--the most powerful and prosperous kingdom in its day.
How Do We Teach?
By Example. Either by good example, or by bad example.
One of the most effective and productive methods of teaching , is the simple teaching by example method, sometimes called the:
"See One, Do One, Teach One" method.
It is widely considered reliable for mastering complex skills, because it transitions a learner from passive observation, to active mastery, and onto leadership.
In parenting this is extremely valuable to grasp.
When a child learns a lesson from a parent at a young age, that lesson sticks with the child throughout his lifetime, and it is often practiced and demonstrated to the parent and the rest of the family, so that there is good attention to detail, when a mistake is made, or an inaccuracy is introduced, it can be remedied quickly, and cleanly.
This method of See One, Do One, Teach One, insures the integrity of the lesson being learned, and the accurate transmission of the effectiveness of the lesson being learned. In every learning environment, there is a probable cause of a loss of integrity, and loss of skill, and loss of understanding--depending on the effectiveness, and the faithfulness of the teacher, and the student, and the strength of the teacher and student relationship.
But we shall see from God's Design that the Heavenly model given to the people of God, is incredibly tight, and next to flawless, if only the people of God would fulfill their duty to follow the Commandments of God, to teaching His Laws to His Children faithfully, 4 Times a Day. That right.
You read that right. The Plan of God requires the parent to teach his children diligently, 4 times a Day. For more on that subject, and why that is so effective, and is basically a flawless pattern that has be utterly neglected, abandoned, and even despised, to the downfall of the modern family. You can checkout: Family Salvation.
This one subject: Will prove to be an eye opener, for anyone wanting to know what is responsible for the down grading of our culture, our ethics, our spiritual Lives, and the degradation of the entire world that is all around us.
(whether a good lesson, or a bad one). Good teaching is designed to be passed on from one generation to the next.
In Modern Scholarship, they recognize the ancient teaching method found in Deuteronomy 6.
Here is a breakdown of how their specific model works in pedagogy (pedagogy=method of teaching):
1. Listen & Watch Carefully (Modeling)
The Concept: The expert demonstrates the skill while thinking out loud.
The Action: The learner observes the nuanced behavior, mechanics, and decision-making processes.
2. Practice & Do (Scaffolding to Independence)
The Concept: The learner attempts the task with heavy support, which is gradually removed.
The Action: Mistake-making in a safe environment builds "muscle memory" and cognitive pathways.
3. Become Expert (Fluency & Automation)
The Concept: The learner achieves autonomy, performing the task accurately without conscious effort.
The Action: Deep internalization of the skill through repetition and self-correction.
4. Teach Others (The Protege Effect)
The Concept: Teaching requires the highest level of cognitive processing.
The Action: To teach, you must organize the knowledge, anticipate questions, and simplify complex ideas. This permanently solidifies your own understanding.
Why It Is So Reliable
This model works perfectly because it aligns with Bandura's Social Learning Theory (learning through observation) and Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (moving from what you can do with help to what you can do alone).
Teach:
Definition:
Knowing what to teach, and knowing how to teach, it is one of the most important decisions, a man can make in his life time. It is the most important accomplishment and legacy that he can leave behind him. But how many men are negligent in their duty to teach themselves, and their family, and their peers, the most valuable lessons in the history of humanity?
How many even have a mindset that is part and parcel of what it means to become an adult, a valuable citizen in society? A noble example to those around you?
It has been said that societies are destroyed from the inside out.
As we know from the book of Genesis 13 & 14, 18 & 19. There was once a kingdom that went by the name of Sodom. And it was unified with another kingdom called Gomorrah. These two kings were of the same mind, and their kingdoms were a part of the belief systems that the kings allowed to prosper.
These kings were known roundabout as evil kings. And that says a lot because the other kings around them were not much better. But the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their kingdoms were especially wicked. Exceptionally addicted to sexual immorality of a kind that was so infectious, and so unredeemable, that the Lord ultimately decided to end their existence. Though it does not say in the story in Genesis 13 through 19 that God sent his profits to correct the kings of sidemen Mora of Sodom and Gomorrah, it is one of his principles and patterns that he would warn a society before he brought judgment, as we see in the book of Jonah, who was a prophet sent to the people of Niniveh, which was the capital city of the kingdom of a Assyria--the most powerful and prosperous kingdom in its day.