"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." 2 Corinthians 5:1

No matter what we have to face in this world, we have a soul that will spend eternity with God. When we stay faithful, we will be rewarded. Any religion that doesn’t live the whole gospel the Bible terms as spiritual Babylon. Babylon is likened to a whore. She is unfaithful to God and his word. She represents confusion. Today she is a large part of our spiritual warfare. (Revelation 18)

Behavior modification can be a good thing. God used behavior modification in the Old Testament. The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for over 400 years and had picked up some pretty bad behaviors. God brought Moses up into Mt. Sinai and for 40 days and nights wrote  a tablet full of behavior modification for them to follow. But behavior modification alone did not solve their problems. As you read through the Old Testament you see how time after time the people of Israel would fall back into their old bad behaviors.

You see, they needed something more than just behavior modification. They needed a new heart- a new spirit- a new LIFE! God knew this and He made a promise that would come with the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

We have a spiritual warfare going on. It is the greatest war of all times. We need to know who our enemy is, how to fight that enemy, and the tricks of the enemy.

"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread? But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?" Matthew 15:1-3

The scribes and Pharisees were accusing Jesus’ disciples because they didn’t wash their hands before eating. This was their tradition. Jesus rebukes them, telling them that by there traditions they were transgressing the commandment of God.

Then Jesus tells them what really matters:

"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.The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you." John 6:51-53

Christ said we must eat of his flesh and drink of his blood. It was not a literal, physical eating. It was a spiritual representation of partaking of his sacrificial life. It was not from just the perspective of what we need. We are supposed to have a sacrificial living. That is true worship.

First God sets things in order. He tells us to look around at everything- all that our eyes are able to behold. LOOK at it long and hard and then consider something very important:

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke. The earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever; and my righteousness shall not be abolished.” Isaiah 51:6

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"But the comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father shall send in my name, he shall teach you all things..." John 14:26

The early church came to a decision about how they would deal with the Gentiles. All the apostles were involved in the decision. They had an order about how they went about to resolve the issue. These people involved in the dispute were recognized as people who believed.

The end decision was based on, “it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to place upon you no greater burden”. (Acts 15:28) The Holy Ghost bore a lot of weight in terms of influence.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? (Luke 12:6)

These little tiny sparrows are so small. We see them everyday flying in the sky or perched on a tree limb. To us they are common creatures and for the most part we take them for granted. We don’t even consider whether or not they have food, or if they are cold, we just look at them and pass on by. But the Bible tells us that not one of them is forgotten by God. Imagine that!

"...I have meat to eat that ye know not of"  John 4: 32

I have always looked upon this scripture as Jesus telling his disciples, who were trying to get him to eat, that he wasn't really that interested or worried about eating because he was more concerned with the will of God than his temporal needs. But this scripture took on a new dimension for me.