Very few men have obediently taught the Holy Scriptures to their families, and to people outside, before the "good news" about The Christ came to a finish. (Rev 10:7). Instead, "careless daughters" (womanlike congregations) exalted themselves and taught disobedience along with "lying signs and portents", gathering and developing a people "thorny" in nature like themselves. (Isaiah 32:9-13). How many of these congregations can really claim to have, and show, christian love, especially to the last ones that have been saved under the "good news"? What I witnessed was men teaching its requirements out of habit, and/or just to feel and appear 'holy' or knowledgeable; in short, to feel superior. Many sects repetitively voice the same scriptures and attach ideals to them that could never come to fruition because they do not know how to show christian love to be able to show by example the way of it to others. Many of them are schooled in a similar way to those schooled in other disciplines, such as sociology, philosophy, psychiatry, psychology, and so forth, without knowing and showing christian love. How can these claim to be Christians? At this point, I will try to explain the basic requirement to be able to show christian love:

Paul conveyed that he understood love only partially, when he said: "At present I know partially, but then I shall know accurately even as I am accurately known." (1 Cor 13:12). Paul the apostle gave the clue in those words as to what is required to be able to show christian love. He was saying that he was being shown spiritual love because his very nature was "accurately known" by The Christ, who began showing Paul love by temporarily blinding him! This act was one of love as it instantly brought Paul away from his foolishness. Later, the Lord put him through many trials while "feeding" him with spiritual understandings. True Christians witnessing such seemingly adverse things happening to Paul at that time would have viewed Paul by the sayings that came out of his mouth and by his conduct. They would not have withdrawn from him with excuses, saying to themselves: 'If Paul was a Christian anointed with Holy Spirit as he claims, he would not be experiencing so many extreme difficulties. The love of God would have protected him from them.'

The same sort of unresponsive behaviour is being demonstrated today among "thorny" people claiming to be Christians, and here are some undesirable facets to their natures that make their company undesirable, and certainly unapproachable, like thorny bushes:

They secretly like to exalt and lord it over others, and believe that only they have the right and proper answers to life's problems. But they themselves go about hurting, betraying, and neglecting sheeplike ones genuinely in need, especially those who do not agree with all they say and do. They even erroneously use the Holy Scriptures to give themselves a righteous appearance and credibility, for the continuance of their "thorny" actions among gullible ones, but with no benefit to anyone, in the short or long term. These then are some of the basic natures of "thorny" persons, for they do not know how the love of God should be 'imaged'. Although they often speak about love, they do not have this important nature of the Kingdom of God in themselves, namely love by means of Holy Spirit. They may have the ability to memorize much of the Holy Scriptures from the book of Genesis to Revelation, but they still refuse to do the ongoing Will of God for them, so they are not sent Holy Spirit. Instead, they compromise, and perform only some of the Divine Will as it suits them, along with their own will, and teach others similarly.

9/12/92.