Denying Temptation (Fake "Friends"/Bad Company)

 Denying Temptation (Fake "Friends"/Bad Company)

Positive Christianity Series Episode #337

GOD Almighty instructs wisdom and correction so that we avoid the path of destruction. We learn that we can avoid the road of perdition by choosing to persist with integrity and by keeping fidelity to GOD Almighty. We are told to avoid intemperance that includes alcoholism, illicit drug use, and idol worship. Idol worship attempts to lead to heavy alcohol use and poisonous illicit drugs. In the rock and roll lifestyle, there are false "friends" that are idolatrous and socialists. We learn that socialists are not "friends" because they envy other people based on their talents, authenticity, and uniqueness. It is better to avoid such rat snakes. Fake phonies probably attempt to lead others to envy, illicit drug use, and socialism. The socialists also envy discipline. We must avoid false rat snakes.

"The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death."- Proverbs 14: 27

The life of Kurt Kobain describes that we should avoid bad company. We learn that socialists envy individuals that are authentic and distinct. Kurt Kobain practiced idol worship, yet was able to create a distinct sound in rock and roll called grunge rock. The lyrics of grunge music were not so good and probably based on idol worship, yet it is noted that he created a different sound in rock and roll in the 1990s.

"The righteous chooses his friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray."- Proverbs 12: 26

Kurt Kobain was famous and well received in the 1990s for being unique and distinct having created a different type of rock and roll. There may have been socialists who envied Kurt Kobain for being the lead singer of Nirvana and leading the band in the 1990s. Nirvana was the band of the 1990s. Socialists probably did not like Kurt Kobain like they did not like Hendrix and Buckley for having a distinct sound.

Kurt Kobain was led to the rock and roll lifestyle and began to use illicit drugs including heroin. Illicit drugs such as heroin are promoted in the rock and roll lifestyle. In rock and roll, individuals are actually reviled and ridiculed if they do not use illicit drugs and heavy alcohol use. Illicit drug use and alcoholism can lead to severe adverse health effects, indiscipline, and even negative emotions. While using illicit drugs and being the top band of the 1990s, Kurt Kobain was still envied by socialists. Kurt Kobain may have been envied by socialists, music producers, other musicians, adultresses, or fans. Kurt Kobain was probably envied for being distinct and creating a new rock genre. It is noted that he overdosed on heroin. It is possible that he overdosed on heroin because he did use illicit drugs, but it is also probable that he was envied by other socialists for being creative and distinct. Grunge music is noted to use distortion on the guitar to create a different and distinct sound from the rock and roll of the 1950s-1980s. (Many bands of the 1990s and 2000s began to incorporate grunge like sound in alternative rock describing the obvious influence of Kurt Kobain on rock and roll.) It is important to avoid idolators and socialists. Kurt Kobain died of a supposed drug overdose and had many socialist "friends". It is better to be far apart from bad company. We can persevere avoiding socialists who envy others. (Even Kurt Kobain was envied by socialists. Even the lead singer of the top rock band in the 1990s was envied.)

Learning Hebrew

Tapetz, חפץ, means delight in Hebrew. The Scriptures tell us that we should love GOD Almighty above everything and delight in the worship of GOD Almighty. This wisdom allows us to know that the temporary and imperfect things of this world like fame, fake "relationships", fake "friendships" (bad company), and material temporary wealth are not the source of happiness. We learn that instead of being deceived by temporary lies, we choose to believe GOD Almighty and persevere with everything that we need. When we see the worship of GOD Almighty being life and our delight, we begin to understand that nothing from the temporary imperfect world suffices. This is because we are not created to worship temporary and imperfect things. We are created to worship the Maker of Heaven and earth. That is why idolatrous music should be avoided and instead we can listen to encouraging songs of worship. We can also sing worship songs to the Eternal and Infinite GOD of gods. The worship of GOD Almighty is how we conquer the snake. (Kurt Kobain made idolatrous music, and idolators still envied Kurt Kobain.)

January 30, 2026 Friday's Publication

Persevering With Motivation Amidst Not So Good Times

02/01/2026 Forgot to write on Friday yet my internet was also slowed down during the day due to rat snakes. There is the need to persevere worshiping GOD Almighty knowing that with each day we are closer to Shabbath and each Shabbath we are closer to Shabbath Millennium. We know that we conquer the snake worshiping GOD Almighty. Each day we are supposed to increase our faith, humbleness, zeal, and fidelity to GOD Almighty while ignoring and refuting the foolishness of the snake. If the snake tries to discourage, it is because it already is discouraged. We can persevere with happiness in the worship of GOD Almighty. We can sing worship songs to King Jesus Christ and avoid idolatrous music. We can choose great music and encouraging information instead of discouragements. Recently read that since 1949 Christianity increased significantly in Asia, and Christianity keeps increasing. While China has had persecution and opposition due to communism in 1949, Christianity has abounded. Tens of millions of Christians have been added to the faith in Christ over the past decades when there were only a few million in 1949. We can persevere preaching and glorifying King Jesus Christ above the temporary things of the imperfect world. We can also avoid rat snakes.

 יה לנ מהט וּלנ פלט

אלהיך לנ מהט וּלנ מגנ וּ השפר ב יהשׁע לנ מהט-Psalm 18: 2

 Hebrew Text from Blueletterbible.org

“The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my GOD, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” Psalm 18: 2

Preachings With Working Audio

(On my phone, the Spotify audio does not work on the blog pages. I included sermons that are accessible from my other website).

Moses, Israel, and the Promised Land

"He gave them hail for rain, and fiery lightning bolts through their land."-Psalm 105: 32

Audio Works

Paul, Second Letter to Corinth, and Eternal Salvation

“Blessed be the GOD and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and GOD of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by GOD.”- 2 Corinthians 1: 3–4

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King Jesus Christ's Millennial Reign, Jesus Christ in the Books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, and Eternal Life

"My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever."- Ezekiel 37: 24

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Faith and Zeal in Times of Testing

“We know that for those that love GOD Almighty all things work together for good for those that are called according to His purpose.”- Romans 8: 28

Audio Works 

King Jesus Christ Preached Beautitudes on Mount Olive

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"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.' 'Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.'”- Matthew 5: 10-12

King Jesus Christ Preached Against False Philosophies of Sin, Healing, and Eternal Life

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“Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountains and sat down there. And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the GOD of Israel.”- Matthew 15: 29-31

King Jesus Christ's Millennial Reign, New Earth, and Book of Amos

“They shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.”- Amos 9: 14

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Christian Art, Pictures, and Maps

 Christian Art, Pictures, and Maps

We learn that GOD Almighty is the Creator and LORD of everything. GOD Almighty also created art so that we can appreciate GOD Almighty's creation. We do not worship idols and images, yet we can appreciate great works of art that even describe that life is beautiful. (GOD Almighty does not reside in an image.) Christian art describes the beauty of GOD Almighty's creation from Genesis. We can also choose to appreciate great art instead of post-modern style "art" seen in Jackson Polock's and Picasso.

Abraham's Faith

Abraham and Sarah had faith in GOD Almighty and obtained favor and blessings. We learn to persevere with faith similar to Abraham and Sarah. The greatest blessing to Abraham and Sarah was that GOD Almighty was and is their GOD.


Moses' Humility

 

Moses was able to part the Red Sea and defeat Pharaoh trusting in GOD Almighty. Humility allows us to trust in GOD Almighty and increase in zeal despite envy. Moses defeated Pharaoh and made signs and wonders that the Egyptian magicians could not replicate. Even the first two signs that the Egyptian magicians tried to replicate were not exactly Moses' signs and wonders.

                          Joseph's Perseverance 

Joseph was able to persevere in Egypt despite being all alone in Egypt. GOD Almighty did not forsake Joseph despite envy from his brothers and lies from Potiphar's wife. Joseph became great in Egypt even having Pharaoh's approval to administrate.

Righteous Priests Including Ithamar and Eliezer Were Not Idolatrous

Eliezer and Ithamar were righteous priests who did not become corrupted by idolatry and the love of money. There were righteous priests who did not worship idols nor money. Abiathar and Zadok also worshiped GOD Almighty burning incense in the first temple. When David organized the priests to worship GOD Almighty day and night, Israel abounded unlike any other time. We learn to persevere preaching and praying knowing that our prayers ascend to GOD Almighty in the Highest Heavens. That is why the snake hates prayer.

 

Job's Faith Despite Being Doubted

We learn in Scripture that Job's supposed friends doubted Job's righteousness and even considered Job wicked and a liar. We learn to persevere trusting in GOD Almighty and not in fake "friends". 

David's Fidelity

The land of Israel.

David was able to trust in GOD Almighty and never practiced idolatry a single day of his life. Despite much adversity, the story of David describes that GOD Almighty does not forsake his faithful. David prospered despite giant, Saul, Abner, Doeg, Saul's 3,000 soldiers, Ish-bosheth's rebellion, Hanun's foolishness, 7-9 hostile nations, and Absalom's rebellion. Despite adversity, David's story is a better story than Solomon's who trusted in idolatry.

  

Land that is added to Israel when David is king. We learn that while Israel was surrounded by 8-9 nations that were hostile against Israel, GOD Almighty allowed Israel to prosper and increase amidst the struggles through faith. David is the man of faith similar to Moses and King Jesus Christ, who allows Israel to abound and increase. 

David's unchanging fidelity to GOD Almighty allowed him to prosper even in the land of Philistia obtaining Ziklag from the Philistines. David was King of Israel and took Israel to better times despite Saul's envy. 

The Kingdom of Israel increased under King David due to David removing idol worship. David improved Israel because individuals saw David's positive example and preferred the worship of GOD Almighty. Because idolatry diminished, David and Israel improved unlike any time in the past.

The Scriptures Describe the Eternal Truth

The Scriptures speak truth and tell us to worship GOD Almighty above the temporary things of the imperfect world.

 

Isaiah preached King Jesus Christ 700 years prior to the birth of the Messiah describing how GOD Almighty knows everything for all time including to eternity.


Avoiding Idol Worship

The Story of Elijah Describes the Importance of Zeal

Despite Elijah being persecuted by Ahab and Jezebel, Elijah was able to persevere trusting in GOD Almighty. Elijah survived and thrived. Ahab and Jezebel were destroyed, yet Elijah prospered. Elijah was taken up to Heaven in a chariot of fire and did not die.

Perseverance in King Jesus Christ

The Books of the Prophets describe King Jesus Christ being the Eternal and Infinite King of kings hundreds of years prior to King Jesus Christ being born. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel all speak about King Jesus Christ being Messiah. The Scriptures are an infinite and eternal light that prevents us from being in the road of perdition.

 

King Jesus Christ is Eternal King of kings

King Jesus Christ is the Eternal and Infinite King of kings. We conquer the snake by accepting and confessing King Jesus Christ Eternal LORD and Savior.

 

King Jesus Christ was able to resurrect from the grave on the third day approximately two thousand years ago after dying. We learn that there was an earthquake and the Roman soldiers were afraid and were scattered after seeing the Resurrected Eternal and Infinite King of kings. We learn that we do not place our attention on the sepulchre and instead place our attention on the Resurrected King of kings, Jesus Christ.

King Jesus Christ was able to heal the blind who believed in King Jesus Christ being the Eternal Messiah.

                        

 

 

Paul blinded by King Jesus Christ on his road to persecute. Paul repented and preferred King Jesus Christ over Phariseeism.

Return of King Jesus Christ

Shabbath Millennium

 

Encouraging Scripture Verse Pictures

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Denying Temptation (Fake "Friends"/Bad Company

Denying Temptation (Fake "Friends"/ Bad Company) 

Positive Christianity Series Episode #336

 

GOD Almighty instructs the need to keep fidelity to GOD Almighty above the temporary things of the world. We know that false "friends" should be avoided because they want to lead to idol worship and the practice of sin. We can avoid socialists (who do not practice genuine empathy and can not be considered friends) who envy and resent others. Friendship implies that there is reciprocity and empathy, while socialism instructs envy, anger, bitterness, and parasitism. Despite the lies of socialism, we can persevere worshiping GOD Almighty who keeps us far from the road of perdition. We can persevere trusting in King Jesus Christ. The worse part is not being without friends, the worse part is being surrounded by fake people who actually envy others. If individuals are socialists and phony, it is better to avoid them. (It is better to not have socialist "friends" since they betray others.)

"The integrity of the upright guards them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them."- Proverbs 11: 3

The story of Bobby Hutton describes that socialists should be avoided. There is no need to give explanations and it is wise to avoid them. Socialists are parasitical and hate others. Bobby Hutton was young and deceived into joining the FBI group black panthers that are socialists and racists. The black panthers recruited African American individuals to lead them to a life of sin and idol worship. The black panthers were created by the FBI to foment conflict and division between African Americans and Caucasians and oppose Civil Rights. The FBI wanted to cause a race war in the 1960s so that there was no unity since MLK and Civil Rights Activists were actually destroying segregation with pacifism and civil disobedience. The black panthers were created by the FBI to oppose the Civil Rights Movement, pacifism, genuine empathy, and cause conflict and violence. The FBI was instigating African Americans to violence by using idolatrous caucasians to revile, punch, and persecute. The black panthers were created by the FBI to instigate and promote violence against Caucasians to African Americans. (The recruitment propaganda lied and romanticized that they were fighting against the racists while actually working for the racists by leading young recruits to violence. This was seen in the riots and looting that happened in the mid 1960s when the black panthers started promoting a race war. It is strange that while young recruits were being arrested and were dying from gun fights with police, Huey Newton, Carmichael, and H. Rap Brown were able to keep recruiting. Huey Newton shot at police and was only given three years in prison, yet he did die after being shot by police. Carmichael was able to take trips to Cuba and socialist countries while calling for violence and riots (quite possibly CIA). Carmichael died of disease at a relatively young age. H. Rap Brown was given time on the news to call for riots and looting. Surprisingly, he was arrested on several occasions yet was allowed to keep recruiting and fomenting racial tensions. It is possible that the arrests were fake and Brown was an FBI agent. This was while younger recruits were dying and were actually getting arrested). 

"The righteous chooses his friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray."- Proverbs 12: 26

The original members of the black panthers were probably from the trust fund establishment since they were FBI members or CIA. They were not individuals from the working class or middle class as they appeared to be. They were probably born with money and were FBI agents. The original black panther members worked for racists and attempted to foment a class and race war with Caucasians. This was to oppose unity between the different races so that progress was not made (equality of opportunity in jobs and education for all.) The black panthers also opposed civil disobedience and called for riots and looting. (The recruiting agents Carmichael and H. Rap Brown also infiltrated SNCC to lead to incivility and conflict. Carmichael said that Caucasian members should be expelled from SNCC. They attempted to discourage unity and spoke negativity about pacifism and Civil Rights under MLK). The black panthers also opposed Civil Rights and attempted to prevent MLK from creating unity between the races out of envy (we need to avoid fake "brothers".) Bobby Hutton was recruited to the black panthers and was shot by the police in a gun fight after shooting at police. The black panthers led him to violence and marxism which destroyed him. Bobby Hutton believed the lies of jihadi islam and marxism and shot at police. This led to Bobby Hutton being destroyed through envy and hate. It is strange that black panther recruiting agent members were able to flee the country while being "investigated" (supposedly the FBI was infiltrating the recruiting agents of the black panthers. So the FBI was infiltrating the FBI?) while younger members were not afforded the same treatment. 

The recruiting agents of the black panthers were FBI and did not riot and loot while leading the younger members to riot and loot. The FBI recruiting agents were tasked to instruct marxism and racism and lead individuals to destruction. Recruited younger members were told to practice idolatry, rioting, and looting. This describes how the FBI used deceit to lead individuals to marxism and racism in the 1960s while making it appear that the black panthers were an independent organization fighting against racists. Then the FBI arrested and murdered members of the black panthers (who were not the original recruiting members.) There is the need to avoid fake socialists and racists who want to lead to envy, racism, and the road of destruction. We persevere practicing pacifism and civil disobedience similar to MLK while avoiding the deceit of jihadi islam/marxism that want to lead to destruction through disobedience seen in Carmichael. 

Learning Hebrew

Tebunah, חבנה, means understanding in Hebrew. Understanding is needed in order to accept correction  and reproof. Understanding is also needed to practice genuine empathy. We can persevere learning about Scripture and understand the importance of reproof. Scripture tells us to avoid bad company and marxist idolators. This is because they do not care about empathy and also envy others. Scripture tells us in the first Proverb to avoid idolators because their own envy destroys them. We saw how Bobby Hutton believed the deceit of false doctrines and was destroyed. It is better to be independent and far from socialists, than have fake "friends". This is because fake phonys lie, envy, resent, and covet. We can avoid marxists knowing that they only hurt themselves. We learned that socialists are parasitical and want to lead others to conflict, division, and envy. The Civil Rights Movement still succeeded because righteous and impressive Christian African Americans and Caucasians in the 1960s ignored the black panthers and chose to learn from MLK. Despite all the negativity, the Civil Rights Movement prospered because of African Americans and Caucasians that chose genuine empathy and filial love to envy and resentments. The Civil Rights Movement was impressive for eliminating and destroying segregation and also avoiding a race war in the 1960s. We can have gratitude for amazing leaders in JFK, MLK, and Christian Civil Rights Activists. We can also learn from the bad examples so that we know that we must avoid marxists and their lies. Bad company corrupts good morals. 

January 28, 2026 Wednesday's Publication