The Holy and Power-Filled Words of The GREAT I AM vs. Hollow and Empty Ones of Fallen Mankind

Exodus 3:14 “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”

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Before Abraham was I AM – John 8:58 I AM Statements of Jesus Christ (kjvprepper.com) (BTW, I love my new T-shirt from KJVPREPPER.COM)

Recently we had to have some work done at our house, and long story short, it was more or less a nightmare experience, to say the least, and without going into too much detail, the contractors we called out were basically scammers. What made the whole thing worse was that they claimed to be ethical, honest, and moral… (((uh, yeah, right)))! I am sure many have had similar experiences in recent years. Sadly, there are not very many out there that we can trust to be truly ethical, honest, and moral these days.

Thankfully, especially in these end times, we do have ONE whom we can turn to and TRUST in for reliability, honesty, support, morality, and truth, and that someone is the GREAT I AM, Abba Father God Himself, our Lord Jesus Christ, who also through His Holy Spirit teaches us what He wants us to know from His Very Words, which are in the Holy Bible!

Psalm 12:6 “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”

John 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”

Psalm 119:160 “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever.”

Another thing that baffles me is how various church signs, certain Christian radio stations, and even posts from some Christians on social media tend to, more often than not, quote the words of men (Charles Spurgeon, C.S. Lewis, and whoever/whatever else). Unfortunately, and not often enough, in my opinion, do they quote or present to their friends Holy Scriptures (the very Words of God). Why? Instead, we often see the quotes from fellow (past or present) fallen, sinful, fallible, yet somehow overly glorified men. Why? Aren’t God’s Words exciting enough, profound enough, beautiful enough, or even good enough?

To be honest, I have seen so many Charles Spurgeon Quotes to the point that I often wonder, did he really say or write all of that? What? Did the ‘prince of preachers’ have nothing better to do than to sit around all day and make up a myriad of quotes? Seriously? And don’t even get me started on C.S. Lewis; the rabbit hole runs deep on that one. All one has to do is to ‘scratch the surface’ by diving into some research, and oftentimes one will find that these overly glorified men had ties to the occult, masonry, mysticism, and the new age! So, it behooves us to be very diligent and careful about who we choose to admire, and to look for godly wisdom and inspiration.

It also bothers me how churches use extra-biblical books for Bible study these days. Whatever happened to just reading straight from God’s Word and sharing studies and discussions on that? As for me and my household, the only books we have around here are multiple KJV Study Bibles. There are no other books that we feel the need to look to for inspiration, help, or wisdom as far as we are concerned. God’s Word has everything we need; He tells us what will happen before it even happens; He is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega. Seriously, why would we look anywhere else?

Speaking of the GREAT I AM and the fact that God chooses to call Himself by that Name, the Holy Spirit has shown me that fallen men tend to try to mock God by ascribing those words to themselves. For instance, throughout the 90s, we loved to watch the nighttime Martin Show; the comedy, comradery, and lightheartedness on there are unparalleled, especially in these bleak modern times. Recently though, the Holy Spirit showed me how the show’s theme song repeatedly echoes “I Am, I’m the man” over and over, which discernably is a ‘red flag.’ Just like the huge red flag in a certain ungodly rapper’s song lyrics from several years ago, which states, “I Am whatever you say I Am; if I wasn’t, then why would I say I Am, in the paper, the news every day I Am.”

Guess what, whoever came up with that song… God is not mocked!

Galatians 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

Other Examples from Hellywood’s attempts at mocking God: (I Am Legend, I Am Mortal, I Am Cait, I Am Dragon, I Am Jazz, I Am Sam, I Am Vengeance, I Am Woman, I Am Wrath, and the list goes on).

Guess what? We are not infallible, inerrant, perfect, all-knowing, omnipresent, omniscient, the end or the beginning, or anything of that nature! Therefore, we are not anywhere near being anything like the GREAT I AM! Yes, we are made in His image, but we are created and fallen beings… not Deity! Newsflash, and contrary to popular and false new age teachings… we are NOT GOD! No, not even ‘little Elohims,’ like the false teachers preach… not even an inkling or even an iota!

The Holy and Power-Filled Words of The Great I AM are the only words we should look to for our source of love, power, wisdom, support, and divine inspiration… not to the Hollow and Empty Ones of Fallen Mankind!

‘Actions speak louder than words’ rings so true to me. Just like in the book of James, where he taught us how he showed his faith in God by his works. For he said that without works, faith is dead and how that Abraham was justified by works, for he believed in God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. See how that by works a man is justified and not by faith only, for the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also (James Chapter 2)

Speaking of ‘dead works’… the words “I Love You” have become rather foreign, hollow, and empty to me in recent years, especially from those who have shown for the longest time no care, effort, or action behind them. Recently, I gently rebuked some family members for their lack of care and effort. Wanna know what their responses were? Their general responses were that they are somehow too old and busy to regularly keep in touch. Seriously? These people sit at home all day long, 90% of the time, and their excuse is that they don’t have time to ‘lift a finger’ to send a caring or even a non-caring email now and then? Seriously? So, when they had the audacity to end their messages with but “We love you,” it just made no sense to me and seemed like such foreign, dead, and hollow words!

Hence, ‘in the last days, the love of many will grow cold’ verse in the Bible. Just like I said earlier, God’s Word tells us what will happen before it happens, which has always been and always will be true!

Matthew 24:12 “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”

Love is more than just saying the words, just like people who are ‘CINOs’ Christians In Name Only, meaning that just because they say they are a Christian doesn’t mean that they truly are one. Jesus even said that ‘we will know them by their fruit’ (action). When Jesus tells us He loves us in His Word, He also showed it by shedding His blood and dying for us and our sins to save us from eternal damnation. Now, that is something very powerful, action-filled, and profound that totally backs up His Holy and Power-Filled Words of “I Love You”!

Jeremiah 31:3 “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”

John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

Another example of ‘fallen mankind’s words’ is the strange quotes on certain organic healthcare products. Recently, in my quest to combat endocrine disruptors in search of less toxic healthcare products, I ordered several bars of soap, toothpaste, and chapsticks from a certain line, only to be mortified at all the new age, cryptic, and blasphemous writings (demoting Jesus from His Deity) and quotes all over the products! Needless to say, we took all the bars out of the wrappings and put them into Ziplock bags, and squeezed the toothpaste into other tubes just to get those ‘blasphemies and spells’ out of our house!

This is when we also found out that, apparently, the new age and occultists are somehow the ‘gatekeepers’ on the organic, pure, and clean ingredient health and beauty care products. One just needs to go into any natural grocery store, and you will see the mysticism, new age, occult, among other things, ‘having a monopoly’ on all this organic stuff. Well, what I have to say to all of that is God made everything, and the whole earth is His – the essential oils, herbs, and spices! So, as Christians, we should and can still use this stuff because, ultimately, everything belongs to the Lord. But if one has convictions about spells or such on products as we do, try to find alternative organic name-brand products that you can feel better about bringing into your home.

Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”

Currently, lavender (relaxing sleep), peppermint (fragrance/mopping), frankincense and myrrh (skin and thyroid), holy basil (hormone balance), and tea tree (cleansing) essential oils are my go-to; also, ashwagandha and holy basil teas are what we drink to try and balance out our hormones. Unfortunately, everything in our world is pretty much toxic… and I do mean everything! We even got a new plant recently (named it Planty 2.0) to help clean the air inside our home. Ultimately, we just can’t wait until we are finally HOME with JESUS, away from all of the toxicity of this wretched world and in our glorified bodies!

Anyhow, in these last minutes and hours of the Grace Age, let us be vigilant to all of the deception that is out there waiting and vying for our attention! Pray for wisdom and discernment, and look only to the ‘Holy, Powerful, and Pure Words of the GREAT I AM’ and not to the hollow and empty ones of fallen mankind! And if we want to be pleasing to God, we need to put our faith into action and study His Word to show ourselves approved unto Him!

Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Until next time… Maranatha!

Sincerely & In Christ,

Candy Austin

(I have no Accolades….
I am just a Nobody,
Trying to tell Everybody,
All about Somebody,
Who can save Anybody!)

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My Mission is to be ‘Salt and Light’ to a Lost and Dying world.
To be an Ambassador for Jesus Christ.
All for Him and His Glory!

In this day and age, it’s getting even more important to stop and consider where you wish to spend your forever. No matter what “man” may try to tell you, there are only two choices you can make; and yes, it really is your choice. (ESV – all emphasis mine)

First, we have the easy way. There’s nothing special to do other than follow worldly trends, make as few waves as possible, and don’t take offense to all the sexual changes taking place as they are considered a “natural” progression for “educated” people such as we are supposed to be. If someone says they’re a man trapped in a woman’s body or vice-versa, who are we to judge them? After all, what’s written in the Bible are just stories of ancient times that could not possibly apply today. If someone decides they want to worship someone called Satan, what’s the harm in that?

Before going further, all will be saved who believe Jesus is truly the Son of God and that He really came to this earth to provide a “perfect sin sacrifice” for all humans who would receive and accept that gift; that He truly died as a human who had never committed any sin while He was here; and three days later, He was raised up from the dead by the Heavenly Father to conquer sin and death once and for all. He was raptured back to Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. It should be noted that when Jesus took His last breath on the cross, His soul was immediately with the Father, just as He told the repentant thief he would be there also.

Acts 1:9-11; “And when He had said these things, as they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as He went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who was taken up from you into Heaven will come in the same way as you saw Him go into Heaven.'”

For anyone who would say there is no such thing as a Rapture, our Jesus proved beyond any doubt that the Harpazo, or “taking up,” is absolutely real.

Jesus neither had nor has any illusion about the volume of souls that would truly believe in Him. Matthew 7:13-14 states, “Enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow, and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

We’ve mentioned the easy way, but the hard way should be something that a true believer would have no problem with. One thought about this world and being on the receiving end of persecution from all non-believers and Satan and his demons should be something we expect. In several countries around the world, anyone who receives and accepts the gift Jesus gave us at Calvary is subject to martyrdom. In some areas, believers have to even flee from their own families who will not accept Jesus.

Even in America, there are movements to persecute those who are Christian business owners by attempting to cause them to violate their beliefs through their products or services. Even though there are numerous secular businesses that would gladly fulfill their orders, they would rather try to get the Christian businesses shut down.

All the end-time prophecies given by Jesus, Paul, John, Peter, James, and others are being fulfilled daily with very little left to be completed except the taking up of all believers to keep us from the coming wrath. This is a promise from the Father in 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10, and Revelation 3:10. God never lies (Titus 1:2), and we see His word about changing times taking place daily and more rapidly with each passing day.

The book of 2 Thessalonians 2 is a wealth of knowledge about why the tribulation has not happened yet, and the antichrist is not out in the open, as some may believe otherwise. Only when the Restrainer’s influence is removed, and all believers that He had indwelt are taken up, can the antichrist come out for his 7-year reign.

When anyone receives and accepts Jesus as their Savior, the Holy Ghost comes to live within them. This is the Restrainer. Some examples are 1 Corinthians 3:16; “Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?” Then 1 Corinthians 6:19; “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” Then 2 Timothy 1:14; “Guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure that has been entrusted to you.” John 16:13; “But when He, the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak, and He will disclose to you what is to come.”

Knowing that we who have Jesus as our Savior is something we could have never achieved on our own, and we cannot buy or earn our Salvation. (Ephesians 2:8-9) From the instant we become a part of His precious flock, we have a tendency to want to thank Him constantly, giving praise and glory to Him regularly, and realize that without Him, our forever would be horrible.

Some years back, a song was released called “We Bring Praises.” The best version is from Christ Church Choir from Nashville, Tennessee. They have a beautiful blend of voices that provides inspiration to all who hear them. They formed originally in 1976 and still record beautiful hymns today.

1.) Empty-handed, we come to the High Holy Throne; open inside with nothing to hide, we offer praises. We now worship the Name of the Lamb that was slain, asking nothing from us; we just bring You our love, offering praises.

Ref.) We bring praises to You, Lord; lifting holy hands, we worship and adore; sinners saved by grace, we bow before Your face, offering nothing but praises to You, Lord.

2.) Angels fold their wings as we boldly sing; Redeemed by the Lamb, now Holy we stand, offering praises. All our sin stains are gone; we’ve been washed by the blood; pure and righteous, we come to the Most Holy One, offering praises.

Please understand, our Heavenly Father would never force anyone to receive and accept His Son. He could’ve been a totally different type of Creator and treated us all as servants and slaves. What is so wonderful is Our God is a God of Love. He does have stipulations, but they are totally reasonable and not difficult for someone who is indwelt by His Spirit.

Probably the most popular verse in the Bible is John 3:16; “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

John 3:18 is a stipulation that is absolutely reasonable. “Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

My life verse is John 14:6. After having read through several different translations of God’s word over several years, one day, I prayed for the Father to provide me a verse with special meaning referencing His word. That day, I was reading the Book of John, and when I got to 14:6, the words almost jumped off the page; “Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Thinking of all the books and verses in God’s love letter to us, this one verse contains the key to all of His Holy Word. Jesus is the only way to the Father and to eternal life. Acts 4:12 compliments this very well with, “And there is Salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

For believers, please take some time and read God’s word every day. Pick a true translation that you can understand. Just before each reading, ask the Father to open your mind as to what He wants you to learn from Him that day. For those who think this is foolishness, Jesus isn’t surprised, and Paul told us of them in 1 Corinthians 1:18 and Romans 1:26.

God will force no one, but all who truly call on His Son will be saved (Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21, and Romans 10:13). The time is drawing very near, and others will see people disappear very soon. All who are believers will not witness this, as they will be the ones going Home.

Please be ready and in the group that will rise up to meet the Savior in the air. Otherwise, it will be absolutely horrible for the period that follows until Jesus physically comes back to this earth.

Hoping to see you at the feet of Jesus!

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