"Now is the Time!"

"And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light."
Romans 13:11-12


On 3/11/15, I published a blog post entitled A Clarion Call. In that post I said that I have had three dreams pertaining to the spring that I felt an urgency to share. I also wrote that I didn't know if it was spring of 2015 or not because the timing belonged to YHWH and the rest was up to the condition of our hearts.

This past Friday, I put up one of those dreams in a post entitled "Unholy Alliance" and gave the interpretation that came to me when I prayed. If you haven't read those two posts, I would encourage you to do so because what I am about to share with you, I believe, is a second and third witness to them.

From the time I awakened yesterday, I was in prayer and study. The following video must have been in the feed for recommendations from YouTube, though I have never heard of this channel prior to seeing it yesterday. The title caught my eye in part because I was born on September 13th. As I listened to what was being said, I shook my head in wonder.

When the video ended, I clicked on the next one and as I listened to it, goosebumps rose on my arms. Even more so when reading the documentation contained within the links. 

  

Now we see why YHWH has issued A Clarion Call. 

In March of 2013 I wrote a letter to friends and family about the dreams and visions I was having. It has come to mind again as I write this post. I feel led to include part of it, here. The Subject of the e mail was:

"Now is the Time!"

Therefore, the time is now to repent. I come to you as a sister in Christ who loves you and is deeply concerned for the whole of your lives. It is time to draw near to the Throne of YHWH. Shut off the things of this world. Turn off the voices that surround us as individuals all of the time; TV, radio, music, movies, and your books of fiction, even the ones that you see as doing no harm. There is no more idle time. It is time to get rid of ALL PAGANISM! Rid it from your lives and your homes! Purge carnality from your hearts and minds and deeds. You must draw from His Word for your food. Humbling yourselves with fasting so that He can lift you up and strengthen you. Anguishing in prayer for greater wisdom and discernment, never forgetting the lost. Interceding for, not persecuting, your brothers and sisters in the faith. They have their walks, for good or for bad, and YOU have YOURS. LOVE ONE ANOTHER, it is the devil's work to stir up contention between the brethren and in so doing, rob you of His Power - DON'T ALLOW IT! Test all spirits to see if they be from God. Throw out what is bad and cling to what is good. 

We must have tunnel vision in the days ahead with our risen Messiah as our ONLY focus! We need to hear His voice with profound accuracy. (HIS voice will NOT depart from The Scriptures! - added) Now is the time to learn it and discern it from ALL others....It is His desire that we be strong and brave and joyful, and we will be, for it will be HIS SPIRIT WHO FILLS US! It is NOT the time to fear for He has given us the Spirit of a sound mind and self-control! It is time for us, as individuals to decide now before these things come to pass, that we will remain faithful to Him to the very end. Then, we shall rise as one body, not many parts doing their own thing, but one, as our PRECIOUS Yeshua prayed in John 17. Giving ALL Glory to our Elohim, we must encourage one another, considering others more important than ourselves, and put off all selfishness! The time has come to answer our Savior's prayers and be who He has always wanted us to be, His Bride.

What am I praying will happen as a result of your reading this letter? That you will take it seriously enough to close out every other person and thing in life and draw near to Him with sincere and contrite hearts. I don't want us to continue to live in such a way that every man does what is right in his own eyes. ...We must rid ourselves of ALL that would keep us from drawing close to Him. I pray that we would run to Him for strength and wisdom and courage because, my beloved brethren, it is not a matter of us telling Him that we need His help because we cannot do this without Him, because the truth of the matter is, we cannot do this, period! There is nothing in our make-up that will cause us to stand when everything we have always known is falling around us. It is ONLY by the Might of the Holy Spirit (HIS Spirit! - added) that we will be the overcomers mentioned in the Book of Revelation!

In closing, Father has led me to these verses. May they convict you and bring you to all righteousness. May they comfort you with their TRUTH in the face of coming lies. May they bring you HIS PEACE that passes understanding. A Peace that the world did not give and CANNOT take away! No matter what, HE IS FAITHFUL TO HIS OWN!

I love you ~ for time and eternity,

Your sister,

Sue

1 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. 2 I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4 They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and earth and everything in it will be laid bare. 

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all of his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do with other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

2 Peter 3:1-18

"Unholy Alliance"

On September 23, 2014, I had a dream in which I was in a church that the Sabbath group I attend, had rented. Preparations were being made for Passover. As I was walking through one of the hallways, I saw the man who leads the group attending to one of the tables that was in the room that our group would be using. I smiled and waved as I walked past it on my way out of the building. I knew that I was not only leaving the church but that I was also going to be leaving the country. I was a widow and would be traveling with a couple that I had traveled with before and knew that the timing of this trip was very important because as a result of it, I would have to observe second Passover that year. 

The dream then shifted to my arrival at the foreign country. I was coming down a hill and into a city where the buildings were varying shades of white. The climate was arid and the ground was covered with sand. I then walked under a portico covered entrance and into a building that was within the city. I had entered a motel. I came directly to my room where I walked into the bathroom and turned on the water in order to take a shower. The scene changed, the shower was completed, and I was bending over to clean the tub and remove my hair from the drain. I double checked it to be sure that it was clean and free of any remaining strands. 

In the next scene I walked out of my room into a large gathering area. Turning to the left, I saw many people who were milling about. It was as though I had walked out of my room and directly into a crowd. After taking a few steps I turned the corner to the left to find that the crowd had remained behind me. Indeed, only a few people were in this area. A reception desk was to my left and sitting in a wheel chair in the center of the room was a woman I know, named Ruth. I haven't seen her in a couple of years and as I approached her I saw that she appeared a bit younger from the last time I had seen her. I squatted down when I came to her and asked how she was doing. She told me that she was fine and that she had gotten married. In real life, Ruth is divorced. Unable to discern her emotion, I asked her how she liked being married and again she said it was fine but I was not convinced. Her eyes were troubled and held warning, like she was trying to convey something to me but couldn't articulate what it was. In real life, I never knew Ruth to be dishonest. Not knowing what to do but knowing that I was too uncomfortable to continue talking with her, I ended our conversation, walked away from her presence and out of the building.

It was here that I was approached by a man who was around my age and height and dressed like the majority of the people who were in the motel. He had dark skin and hair and wore an off white tunic from his neck to his feet. The small turban on his head matched his tunic. He introduced himself as Ruth's husband. We began conversing and walking around the perimeter of the building, always turning to the left. I asked him simple questions to make small talk, the way one would do upon meeting someone for the first time. The only question I remember asking him was what he loved about living in his country because it was evident that he did. His arms gestured widely as he talked. His head was up as he gazed around the city's landscape and beyond to the hills.

His answer to my question took me aback. He said, "Everything is better here! Even the sun rises in the west and sets in the east!" He went on to tell me that even it shined with more favor on them than on anyone else in the world. 

As we walked counterclockwise around the building, he continued talking although I don't know what he said. It was as though I had tuned him out and my mind was elsewhere but I don't recall thinking about anything in particular, except for the fact that he would brush the side of my right hand with his left one like he wanted to hold it. It was most disconcerting but I figured that maybe it was a custom in this part of the world or that he was lonely and missed Ruth being able to go for walks with him and was looking for a connection to her through our friendship. So, with my logic and compassion, I reluctantly gave him a finger or two to hold. His grip was very light. 

As we walked around the third corner of the building, thereby making it three fourths of the way around it, we came upon a man dressed like most of the other people I had seen in the dream, including the man beside me, only this man, a priest, was wearing all black instead of white. He sat behind a stone pillar that was about waist high. The pillar was the color of light sandstone and had a raised rim around the circumference. On top of the pillar was a folded piece of cloth that was off white and appeared to be linen. The man seated behind the pillar began to recite a prayer over us in a language that flowed and sounded melodic. Instinctively I knew that he was trying to join our lives together and I woke myself up, hearing in my spirit, "Unholy alliance". I asked the Father where I was, and He said, "Mecca."

As I have prayed about the meaning of the dream, these are the things that have come to mind.

     It was the spring of the year as evidenced by the timing of Passover. Instead of being in the US, I went to Mecca. A place where I shouldn't have been and did not belong. I left the Father's will to come to a land that does not worship Him. Upon my arrival I cleansed myself and I also cleaned the tub, revealing that I naively intended to keep myself clean. Not just myself and my actions but also my surroundings.
     Coming out of my room, I was surrounded by people. They were pressing in on me and the feeling was claustrophobic. I turned a corner and the focus was on Ruth who sat in the center. She was my friend and indeed that is what her name means, but her actions caused me not to believe her. My impression was that she felt forced into the marriage and that was a sham. It was evident to me that she did not love her husband and he was not a kind man. He appeared to be charismatic and peaceful, but the look in her eyes and what she left unsaid revealed something else entirely.
     The thing that Ruth's husband did have an undeniable attachment to was his homeland. It went beyond what most American's would know as patriotism, it was everything to him! His religion, his politics, his devotion and loyalty and pride; his very being was embedded in the earth. I knew that there was nothing he wouldn't sacrifice for it.
     Allowing him to lightly hold a finger or two revealed that I was in the wrong. It mattered little that I was a widow because he was a married man. I had intended to keep myself pure. I had no business allowing him to hold, even lightly, any part of me! My understanding of the situation was gravely mistaken!

     The dream was given to me to show that a time is soon coming when the world will have one religion. We see the makings of it taking place. The ecumenical movement is getting stronger and has the support of many high profile religious leaders around the world. The fact that major religions of the world were represented in the dream: Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, tells me that when they are in support of it, everyone will be pressured to submit.

A precious sister while in prayer about the coming days, heard this in her spirit:

     Ecumenism will be the battle cry
     Unity will be the marching orders
     Signs and wonders will be the weapons of their warfare

     Ruth was a "friend" who was afraid of her surroundings and circumstances and yet she was disloyal to me. Her eyes were full of warning, but she didn't disclose what she knew. This tells me that intimidation, manipulation, and control will be a means used to get people to cooperate and make them fearful of speaking out.
     The crowd I entered into, where nearly every person was dressed exactly the same, were of one accord, one mind. The scene was oppressive and pressed in on me. This told me that there will be great pressure to join the new world order with it's one world religion. This pressure will be exerted not just by world's political and religious leaders, but by people belonging to those groups. As more people enter into the crowd, especially those close to us, it is imperative that those who are not taken in by this lie will need to stand in the face of the tribulation, which by Greek definition means pressure.
     How will they do that? By following the example of the Messiah. He addressed the enemy by using the Sword of HIS Set-apart Spirit, which is the Word of Elohim. Adherence to His Word, His Commandments and His Teachings by the power of His Spirit is how to stand in the face of pressure.
     Why did I emphasize HIS Spirit? Because there are seducing spirits at work that will cause such strong, spiritual manifestations to come forth from these leaders and their followers, that if it were possible they will deceive even the elect. Their plans will sound sensible and spiritual; even right. Enough of the Bible and what are considered by many to be their holy books will be quoted to make it sound palatable to the world's religions. Where that doesn't work, their methods will turn savage, because make no doubt about it, this is spiritual to them and they mean to win. YHVH interrupted the plans of ancient Babylon, and the demons that have always driven this know full well that He will interrupt it again, but they will drag as many people as they can with them into hell where there awaits eternal death.


"And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover.
And they kept the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, what they could not keep the Passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 
and those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we many not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover unto the LORD. 
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of Passover they shall keep it. 
But if the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep Passover, even the same soul shall be cut off among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the Passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the Passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land." 
Numbers 9:4-14

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
2 Corinthians 6:14-18

"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there are many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? HE is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
Whosoever denieth the Son, that same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him."
1 John 2:18-29

"Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God."
2 Corinthians 7:1

I had to search for the meaning of the sun rising in the west and found that it is a prophecy given in the Quran and the Hadith. I also learned that people who worship Allah walk counterclockwise around the Kaaba.

"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;"
1 Peter 1:13

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
1 Peter 5:8

"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that , if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
Matthew 24:24

"For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect."
Mark 13:22

"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"
2 Thessalonians 2:9

"For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of the great day of God Almighty."
Revelation 16:14

All of Ephesians Chapter 6

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 6:23

"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."
1 John 3:4

"Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable."
Luke 3:17

Ruth: Meaning and Etymology

A Clarion Call

The season is beginning to change where I live. I have smiled as I walked outside this week to the sound of birds singing for the first time since late autumn. The calendar says that the official arrival of spring is on March 20th and the warmth of the sun testifies to us that it is indeed time for the winter to pass away and for flowers to once again bloom upon the earth. If I were a gardener, I would expect to be ordering from seed catalogs and nurturing indoor containers of seedlings to be nestled into the earth as soon as the ground is warm enough and the soil has been prepared to receive them.

Just as the Father determines seedtime and harvest, so He brings change to the seasons of our lives, and from the things He has been showing me, I believe we are at such a point in history.

In the coming days, I will be sharing with you some dreams that He has given to me that I believe are pointing to this season. Will it be the spring of 2015? I don't know. All I can do is obey the urgency He has placed upon my heart and share with you what He has revealed to me. The rest, as always, is up to His perfect timing and the condition of our hearts.

As for this post, I pray that we will let it serve in the way that the Father has intended.

While I was in the midst of prayer, I asked Him what the title of this post should be. A Clarion Call was as clearly spoken to my spirit as if I had heard it with my ears.

"And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word." 
1 Kings 18:21

This one verse is an excellent example of a clarion call. An urgent cry to action that is very applicable to our day.

"And the people answered him not a word." Perhaps they didn't answer Elijah because his question caught them by surprise. They might not have realized how far they had fallen from the true worship of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
     So much time had passed from back when they had demanded a king. A demand that sprang from them wanting to be like the nations around them. Samuel was displeased and spoke to the Father about it in First Samuel the eighth chapter, at which time the Father told Samuel that the people had done this because they had rejected Him as their King.
     At the command of YHVH, the people were warned through the prophet what their king would require of them and that they would live to regret their choice. Samuel prophesied, saying, "18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of the king ye have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day." Upon hearing this, did the people reconsider their dictate and repent before the King whom they had grieved and insulted? The text answers that question in verses nineteen and twenty. "Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us. That we may also be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles."
   
There is no way that we, being human, can even being to comprehend the emotions of the Father at that moment. Oh, He knew how they felt. Their thoughts and actions had long been "speaking" to Him of the adultery that lay beating in their hearts, but to hear it from their lips is another matter entirely. What did they have that He did not supply? Was there ever a more righteous Judge? One more mighty in battle than their EL? Where could they ever find a more loving or forgiving husband? They could not. Their search would always be in vain. For there never was and never will be one greater than The Originator and Sustainer of Life!

Approximately one hundred eighty years had passed since the people had received their first king and I can't help but wonder if there may have been some puzzled expressions shared between people on the day Elijah told them to choose whom they would serve. Perhaps they were so immersed in the cultures around them, so accustomed to observing and participating in their practices, that they couldn't see that their worship was tied to Baal and thought they were following the Great I AM. How could this be? Because they didn't know or believe the God they claimed to serve, because if they did, they would have trusted Him and been convicted to obey His commands and teachings.

Which brings us to the time in which we are living.

Rather than knowing Him through His Word, which is the only way to truly know Him, we have formed our own opinions about Him based on our thoughts and the thoughts of those around us. We don't realize that because of our lack of knowledge of the Word - the written Word and the example set before us through the Living Word, the Messiah - and because we have embraced the teachings, traditions, and doctrines of those around us, our worship has become polytheistic. One possessing even a nominal knowledge of the Scriptures knows that that is something the Almighty will not accept.

At this point someone may be thinking, "Oh, please, knock it off! God knows my heart!"

Yes. He does. Are you sure you want to use that as your argument?

Let's say you are married and your spouse insists upon bringing into the marriage things that pleased their first spouse, but make your skin crawl. All the while they tell you how much they love you and how grateful they are for all the things that you bring to their lives. But they interrupt you when you try to talk to them. They have no interest in spending time with you or getting to know the real you. You've been honest with them and told them that these things offend you, hurt you, and make you angry with them because they refuse to respect you or your marriage covenant and because they won't let go of their first spouse's ideas of expressed love. Your heart, what you want in a marriage covenant, is irrelevant to them. They will "love you" their way.

Or ...

Let's say you know of a Christian college that has become one in name only. Oh, they keep the name and proclaim it with pride, especially to their contributing alumni, yet they hire professors who admit that they do not believe in the teachings of the Bible and in their not-so-subtle way they tell their students that they think the Bible is erroneous, and without conscience they belittle those who try to follow its truths; treating them unfairly, and with contempt. Though professing to be a Bible college, the focus is money and they are in the business of making it. Some sincere believers still attend, but what they expect and desire from a Christian college education and experience is irrelevant to the board of trustees and some members of the administration. Do you honestly think the Father is pleased? Do you think that their deeds, their hearts, their motives, are hidden from Him?

More importantly, do you want to continue using argument that, "God knows my heart."?

Babylonian worship of the sun didn't come from the minds of humans. It was birthed from the bowels of beings that once lived in the presence of YHVH. Beings that would not live with the commands of their Creator and can't stand the thought of humans following them, either. We are only kidding ourselves if we think that that thick thread with its teachings and traditions, didn't make its way into the church and go like a wild (false) fire, because the enemy knows full well what it would have taken to remain in the presence of their Creator. They also know what will cause you to live forever in His presence, or not.

Our obedience to accepting the plan of salvation is only the beginning. Only those " who endure to the end will be saved." The Israelites were saved from the wicked pharaoh and the slavery of Egypt in order to begin their journey to the promised land but because of their murmuring and disobedience to His marriage covenant, that they had agreed to follow, every person in that generation, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb, died in the desert of testing. They never made it into the promised land.

It should come as no surprise to us that the beliefs and condition of our hearts always precede our actions. It is time to stop messing around with what everyone in our churches or Face Book think, and examine ourselves within the light of Scripture to see if we are truly in the faith because disobedience to His marriage covenant, (that we agreed to follow when we accepted the atonement of His Son, thus being grafted into Israel) isn't grace; it's spiritual adultery.

"How long will ye halt between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: if Baal, then follow him."

The clarion call has been given. He awaits your answer. 


Bible references: 

"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
Genesis 8:22

"Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them out of Egypt even unto this day, where they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king."
1 Samuel 8:4-10

"For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good."
Jeremiah 4:22

"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For they that are in the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither can it be.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God."
Romans 8:3-8

"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud but giveth grace to the humble
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw nigh unto God and he will draw nigh unto you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up."
James 4:4-10

"Because my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient path, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up."
Jeremiah 18:15

"And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not show you favour.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them; and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes.
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. 
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord."
Jeremiah 16:10-21

"And God spake all these words, saying,
I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Exodus 20:1-3

"All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live."
"Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him."
Deuteronomy 8:1-3, 6

"Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him."
Deuteronomy 13:4

"Moreover, Brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."
1 Corinthians 10:1-12

"Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day; Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (lawlessness)."
Matthew 7:21-23

"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
 And Moses came and called for the leaders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord."
Exodus 19:1-9

"These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
For the Lord had said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun."
Numbers 26:63-65

"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates."
2 Corinthians 13:5

"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.
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."
Jude verses 3-4

"And then many shall be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
And many false prophets shall rise, and deceive many.
And because iniquity (lawlessness) shall abound, the love of many will wax cold.
But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved."
Matthew 24:10-13

"For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;"
Romans 11:16-17

"That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us."
Ephesians 2:12-14