WHY IS IT YOU SHOW US THESE THINGS AND NOT THE WORLD?
Written in 2012
by Tony Alamo
aka Bernie Hoffman
Many readers of the Bible believe that Satan has recently been cast down to earth, along with one-third of the angels that followed him. This is because the twelfth chapter of Revelation says, “And there was war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon [Satan]; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in Heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
“And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our GOD, and the power of HIS CHRIST: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our GOD day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the LAMB, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” (Revelation 12:7-11).
This passage is a flashback.1 The book of Revelation is a book of the past, present, and the future. Satan and his angels were here on earth while Adam and Eve were living on earth around six thousand years ago. He deceived Eve by telling her the first “GOD is love” message (Genesis 3:1-5). He accused GOD of being a liar at that time, and still does this today. He does the same to all of GOD’S followers.
GOD told Eve that if she ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, she would SURELY DIE. She and Adam were named Adam when they were created and were joined together in wedlock (Genesis 5:2). Genesis 3:4 states, “And the serpent [Satan] said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die [he was calling GOD a liar, when he, Satan, ‘is a liar and the father of it’2]: For GOD does know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:4-5). Eve bought this lie (that they wouldn’t die), and since she is the mother of all living, all humanity which descended from her has the Adamic sin on their souls and are on their way to Hell and the Lake of Fire.3 So, in order to give humanity another chance at everlasting life in Heaven, GOD created a plan to come to earth as a man in HIS SON CHRIST JESUS to be the perfect, sinless atonement for our sins and bring us back into fellowship with HIM.4
There are only two classes of people on earth: the Godly and the ungodly, the saved and the lost, those who believe GOD and those who believe Satan.5 Salvation comes from accepting the truth and rejecting Satan, who is a liar and the father of all liars (John 8:44). This is why we are saved by faith in CHRIST and that which GOD says, which is truth, and by rejecting all of the lies that Satan tells.6
JESUS said, “I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE” (John 14:6). JESUS told HIS disciples that HE was going away to prepare a place for them (John 14:2-3). HE said, “I will come again, and receive you unto MYSELF; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas saith unto HIM, LORD, we know not where THOU goest; and how can we know the way? JESUS saith unto him, I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE: no man comes unto the FATHER, but by ME. [In other words, JESUS is the only route to Heaven. JESUS says,] If you had known ME, you should have known MY FATHER also: and from henceforth you know HIM, and have seen HIM.
“Philip saith unto HIM, LORD, show us the FATHER, and it [will satisfy] us. JESUS saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known ME, Philip? he that hath seen ME hath seen the FATHER; and how sayest thou then, Show us the FATHER? Believest thou not that I am in the FATHER, and the FATHER in ME? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of MYSELF: but the FATHER that dwelleth in ME, HE does the works. Believe ME that I am in the FATHER, and the FATHER in ME: or else believe ME for the very works’ sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on ME, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto MY FATHER. And whatsoever you shall ask in MY name, that will I do, that the FATHER may be glorified in the SON [and in all of us that believe GOD, not like Eve who believed Satan]. If you shall ask any thing in MY name, I will do it. If you love ME, keep MY commandments” (John 14:3-15).
If you keep the LORD’S commandments, you are the exact opposite of Eve. We are saved by faith in what GOD says, which is the whole WORD of GOD, and we are damned if we disbelieve any of it (Mark 16:16).7
When the people of Satan read these words, which are the truth, the bowels of Hell will be stirred up in them. They will be so angry at me for writing the truth that they will want to kill me as they did JESUS, the prophets, and the apostles. Satan does not want you to know the truth. He wants you, like Eve, to believe his lies, and any of his false religions.
Remember, JESUS is the only route to Heaven.8 HE said, “I am the living bread which came down from Heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is MY flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:51). “I am the door: by ME if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:9-10). Anyone attempting to reach GOD the FATHER any way other than through JESUS is like a thief and a robber (John 10:1). “There is none other name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” but the name of JESUS (Acts 4:12).
“Judas saith unto [CHRIST], not Iscariot, LORD, how is it that THOU wilt manifest THYSELF unto us, and not unto the world? JESUS answered and said unto him, If a man loves ME, he will keep MY words: and MY FATHER will love him, and WE will come unto him, and make OUR abode with him” (John 14:22-23). HE is talking about HIMSELF being the “WAY.” HE is talking about HIMSELF being the “TRUTH.” HE is telling us HE is “ETERNAL LIFE,” “THE RESURRECTION,” “THE DOOR to Heaven,” “THE ALPHA, THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING of all things, THE END of all things,” THE CREATOR of all things, the FATHER, the SON, the WORD of GOD, the HOLY SPIRIT.9 JESUS is the “fulness of the GODHEAD bodily.”10
Colossians 2:8 warns us, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after CHRIST.” Colossians 2:10 states, “And ye are complete in HIM, which is the head of all principality and power.”
When CHRIST says, “if you love ME,” HE means if you love and appreciate HIM being a good GOD who is showing you the way to Heaven, and you are willing to lay down your own ways to walk in HIS. If you love hearing the truth, and if you love knowing that you can team up with GOD and bring others to the knowledge of the truth—then be saved, and keep all of HIS commandments, so that you can be blessed in this life and live with GOD in Heaven eternally.11
The first commandment is to “love the LORD thy GOD with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength” (Mark 12:30).12 The LORD gives “us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Peter 1:4). With GOD dwelling within you, you will be an overcomer “because greater is HE that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
Satan deceives the whole world (Revelation 12:9). Can’t you see that Satan has the whole world deceived into thinking that there is another way, another truth, and another life without GOD?13 All of this is a lie!
GOD the FATHER is in JESUS, and JESUS is in the FATHER (John 17:20-21). HE will be in you, as HE is in me, by the HOLY SPIRIT once you become spiritually born again.14 The world hates and fights GOD’S WORD as Eve did in the beginning. Eve’s disobedience caused all living beings to have to die. This caused CHRIST to come into the world and die for us so we might be redeemed, saved from an eternity of torment.
When you become a follower of JESUS, you must love your brothers and sisters, which means to show them the way, the truth, and the eternal life.15 When Judas (not Iscariot) asked JESUS, “Why do YOU show us these things, and not the world?” JESUS as much as told them, “Because you love ME, the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE, and they don’t” (John 14:22-24).
“For GOD sent not HIS SON into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through HIM might be saved. He that believeth on HIM is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten SON of GOD. [Here is why most refuse to accept the LORD:] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:17-19).
First John 2:4-5 states, “He that saith, I know HIM, and keepeth not HIS commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth HIS WORD, in him verily is the love of GOD perfected: hereby know we that we are in HIM.” As the LORD did, we lead people to the truth so they may have eternal life. Receive JESUS CHRIST now and keep HIS commandments to the end. Start out now by saying this prayer:
Prayer
My LORD and my GOD, have mercy upon my soul, a sinner. 1 I believe that JESUS CHRIST is the SON of the living GOD. 2 I believe that HE died on the cross and shed HIS precious blood for the forgiveness of all my former sins. 3 I believe that GOD raised JESUS from the dead by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT 4 and that HE sits on the right hand of GOD at this moment, hearing my confession of sin and this prayer. 5 I open up the door of my heart, and I invite YOU into my heart, LORD JESUS. 6 Wash all of my filthy sins away in the precious blood that YOU shed in my place on the cross at Calvary. 7 YOU will not turn me away, LORD JESUS; YOU will forgive my sins and save my soul. I know because YOUR WORD, the Bible, says so. 8 YOUR WORD says that YOU will turn no one away, and that includes me. 9 Therefore, I know that YOU have heard me, and I know that YOU have answered me, and I know that I am saved. 10 And I thank YOU, LORD JESUS, for saving my soul, and I will show my thankfulness by doing as YOU command and sin no more.11
After salvation, JESUS said to be baptized, fully submerged in water, in the name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY SPIRIT.12 Then study the King James Version Bible, and, for your benefit and the benefit of others, do what it says.13
CHRIST and GOD the FATHER now live in you through the HOLY SPIRIT. There is a way you can receive a fuller portion of the divine nature of GOD in you. The more the divine nature of GOD lives in you, the more you will be able to stand against the temptations that have so easily moved so many millions of Christians away from salvation. Pray for the baptism in the HOLY SPIRIT.14 For instructions on how to receive the baptism in the HOLY SPIRIT and to receive more of GOD’S holy nature, ask for our literature or call. For without holiness, no man shall see GOD (Hebrews 12:14).
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If you want the world saved, as JESUS commands, then don’t rob GOD of HIS tithes and offerings. GOD said, “Will a man rob GOD? Yet ye have robbed ME. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed THEE? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed ME, even this whole nation [and this whole world]. Bring ye all the tithes [a ‘tithe’ is 10% of your gross income] into the storehouse, that there may be meat [Spiritual food] in MINE house [souls saved], and prove ME now herewith, saith the LORD of HOSTS, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of HOSTS. And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of HOSTS” (Malachi 3:8-12).
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footnotes:
3. Gen. 2:16-17, 3:1-6, Rom. 3:10-12, 23, 5:12-18, 1 Cor. 15:22 return
4. Psa. 40:5-7, Matt. 20:28, John 6:51, 10:9-11, 15, 27-28, Rom. 5:6-21, 6:23, Heb. 2:3, 14, 9:6-7, 11-28, 1 Pet. 1:18-21, 1 John 5:11 return
5. Dan. 12:2, Matt. 6:24, 7:13-14, 25:31-46, Luke 13:23-28, John 8:44, Rom. 2:28-29, 8:14, 1 Cor. 7:19, 2 Cor. 4:4, 6:14-18, Gal. 3:26-29, Phlp. 3:3, Col. 1:12-23, 1 Thes. 4:3-5, Rev. 13:8, 18:4, 21:7-8 return
6. Mark 4:24, Luke 4:1-14, John 1:12, 8:47, 10:1-5, Rom. 1:16-17, 5:1, 9:33, 2 Cor. 5:7, Eph. 4:27, 6:16, Col. 1:22-23, 1 Thes. 2:13, 5:22-23, 2 Thes. 2:10-12, 1 Tim. 1:18-19, James 4:7, Jude 3, 5 return
7. John 3:18, 5:24, 36, 11:25-26, Rom. 1:16-17, 3:22-26, 10:6-10, 17, 11:13-15, 19-23, 2 Tim. 4:7-8, Heb. 10:38-39, 1 Pet. 1:3-9, Rev. 21:8 return
8. Matt. 7:13-15, John 3:14-16, Acts 4:10-12, Rom. 3:21-26, 7:24-25, 10:9-13, 1 Tim. 2:5-6, 1 John 4:9-10, 5:11, Rev. 5:9 return
9. Gen. 1:1-2, 26, Psa. 33:6-9, Isa. 9:6, 44:6, Matt. 1:23, John 1:1-3, 10-14, 4:23-24, 10:1-16, 30, 37-38, 14:6-11, 13, 16-20, 23, 15:26, 17:21-23, Eph. 3:9, Col. 1:12-17, 1 Tim. 3:16, Heb. 1:2-12, 11:3, 1 John 5:7, 20, Rev. 1:8, 11, 21:6, 22:13 return
10. John 1:1-3, 14-17, Eph. 1:18-23, Col. 1:12-20, 2:8-10 return
11. Isa. 64:4, Matt. 6:19-21, John 14:2-4, 1 Cor. 2:9, 2 Cor. 5:1, 17-21, 1 Pet. 1:3-5, Rev. 7:13-17, 21:1-5, 9-27, 22:1-5, 12-14 return
12. Deut. 10:12, 30:1-10, Josh. 22:5 return
13. Matt. 23:13-15, 24:11-12, 23-25, Luke 13:23-28, 2 Cor. 4:3-4, 11:13-15, 2 Thes. 2:3-12, 2 Tim. 3:13, 1 John 4:1, Rev. 12:9, 13:1-4, 11-15, 17:1-2, 8, 18:2-3, 23 return
14. John 1:18, 3:3-8, 34, 8:28-29, 10:30, 37-38, 14:1, 6-11, 15-20, 23, 26, 15:1-11, 26, 16:7-14, 17:2, 11, 21-23, Acts 1:8, 10:38, Rom. 8:10-11, 1 Cor. 3:9, 16-17, 6:19-20, 2 Cor. 5:17-21, 6:16-18, Gal. 2:20, Eph. 2:18-22, 3:16-21 return
15. Matt. 22:36-40, Luke 22:31-32, John 15:5, 8, 12, 16-17, 17:20-21, 21:15-17, Rom. 10:13-15, 17, 1 Cor. 1:17-18, Col. 3:16 return
Prayer footnotes:
1. Psa. 51:5, Rom. 3:10-12, 23 return
2. Matt. 26:63-64, 27:54, Luke 1:30-33, John 9:35-37, Rom. 1:3-4 return
3. Acts 4:12, 20:28, Rom. 3:25, I John 1:7, Rev. 5:9 return
4. Psa. 16:9-10, Matt. 28:5-7, Mark 16:9, 12, 14, John 2:19, 21, 10:17-18, 11:25, Acts 2:24, 3:15, Rom. 8:11, I Cor. 15:3-7 return
5. Luke 22:69, Acts 2:25-36, Heb. 10:12-13 return
6. I Cor. 3:16, Rev. 3:20 return
7. Eph. 2:13-22, Heb. 9:22, 13:12, 20-21, I John 1:7, Rev. 1:5, 7:14 return
8. Matt. 26:28, Acts 2:21, 4:12, Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14 return
9. Matt. 21:22, John 6:35, 37-40, Rom. 10:13 return
10. Heb. 11:6 return
11. John 5:14, 8:11, Rom. 6:4, I Cor. 15:10, Rev. 7:14, 22:14 return
12. Matt. 28:18-20, John 3:5, Acts 2:38, 19:3-5 return
13. Deut. 4:29, 13:4, 26:16, Josh. 1:8, 22:5, 2 Tim. 2:15, 3:14-17, James 1:22-25, Rev. 3:18 return
14. Isa. 28:11-12, Joel 2:28-29, Luke 3:16, 11:9-13, John 1:29-34, 7:37-39, 14:15-29, 15:26, 16:7-14, Acts 1:1-8, 2:1-18, 32-39, 5:29-32, 19:1-7, Rom. 5:3-5, 15:13 return