Author: B. K. Neifert

Mark 13:51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

1000 Homilies

My writing is not scripture. Oh, how I hope to be appreciated like John Bunyan or Martin Luther, or St. Augustine and not like Charles Russel or Ellen G. White. I will proclaim, "I am not a Prophet!" If only so my writing can be blessed, and listened to like an earnest homily. Where there is error, ignore it, but it is my hope.

My writing are prayers, you see, Intelleto, they are sermons, and a record kept of who I was... not even to teach, but to witness. As I witness the world around me, I don't teach you, but I tell you what I see. Through it all, I saw love, joy and peace were preeminent above all other things, and were the  foundation of my morality. And all of that proceeded from Christ. From no other spring.

As Christ's words were my morsel, my meat. And I imbued them, and understood them, and ate them as my bread, with tears. And His saints, I carefully listened to, too, as witnesses of His majesty. I listened, and extracted from them a core theology... not as scripture. But, as witness of God's goodness, and the shelter He provides, and the truths He proclaims.

"I can write like God, I just don't want to." I can write like God, too. But, so can a Muslim, and so can a False Prophet. Therefore, understand that the Bible is witness. That is where it lends credibility, is that those verses contain the witness of God's majesty, and not the tone is what makes it true. But, the witness.

And all true writing is witness. We witness God, and He teaches. Selah. But only 66 books are scripture. Only 66 books are the narrow gate. All other paths are thieves and liars, and all other books contain some error, even if minute.

Love Hate List

Loves:

1. Jesus
2. Family Bliss
3. Books
4. Free Speech
5. Beauty
6. Truth
7. Love
8. Peace
9. Joy
10. Animals

Hate:

1. War
2. Tyranny/Censorship
3. Pedantry
4. Sexual Libertines
5. Ugliness
6. Falsehood
7. Striving for Power
8. Unrest/Never Having Time
9. Depression
10. Science that Destroys Nature

Mathematics are Real

[L]et’s put it this way. The trigonomic ratio exists regardless of whether you believe it does or not. So does Pi, and so does a curve, and so does the division which finds the limit of geometric series. Saying “It exists in our mind” is teleological. They exist apart from us, number is just the language we use to understand it. Just like anything else, English and Spanish are two different languages, but they only can work off of shared experience and reality.

The Curse of the Law and Grace

The Bible needs the context of Jesus to understand. Without faith in Christ, we all deserve death and are in slavery to sin. So, if you don’t have Jesus, the Old Testament puts every person to death, and sentences you to hard bondage in sin.

So, there’s that, and the Prophets reinforce that, showing what hell will take form—and also heaven—if you do or don’t put your faith in Jesus.

As there’s a running theme throughout the whole Old Testament, of salvation through the Messiah, and the beautiful thing about it is that all who call upon the name of the LORD will be saved from the judgment of the Law, and its curse. As Ezekiel says, “I gave you statutes which were not right, and judgments which were not good to live by.” Because judgment had to be taken away from mankind, and given to God to purify the Earth.

As you see the Curse of the Law in Deuteronomy, and also the Prophets, and then the redemption through Jesus Christ, and the condemnation of God’s enemies, and those who harm the saints.

So, all those verses in Deuteronomy and Leviticus are what condemn you. They are the convictions against sin, which is the sentence of death and hard bondage. And Christ is your redeemer, abolishing the entire written code of commandments against you, giving you a religion of conscience and freedom, and obedience through love, rather than blind oblations and obedience through dead ritual.

As it says “With a change of priesthood comes of necessity also a change of law.” And Jesus is the priesthood, which changed from the Levitical priesthood.

Roman Persecutions

More evidence has been destroyed by the Catholic Church
Than any other group in history.
We'd know for certain Jesus were the Son of God,
Had they not systematically waved their shroud
Over all of it, even going so far as to destroy
The ancient Gospels of the Nasranis
Which, the Portuguese found 
And then burned,
When they found heretics in India,
Who existed there long before the Catholic Church.
Who knows what treasures were lost?

Sermon on Whether Satan can Attack You

There’s not much you can do. The Devil attacks whomever he wants, as it says in Daniel, in the latter times he’ll wear out the saints. If you’re not prepared to martial against him, or suffer for the cross, you’re not prepared to enter into the kingdom.

As it is, Christ shepherds us to the kingdom, in no way does He promise us health, wealth and happiness here on Earth, but rather, John says we will mourn upon the Earth.

Satan brings disease, death, destruction, wasting… as he’s a liar, thief and murderer. And that’s all there is to it. He destroys whom he pleases—that’s Satan—and like Job, he tries us in the furnace of affliction. If we come out purified, not as silver, but a worthy lump of precious metal, we are saved and therefore spared from the wrath to come.

I’d fear more having all the fortune, health and joy in the world, and risk going to hell, as the world rejoices in its foolishness, and squalor. Just look at the Kardashians or Tech billionaires. They spoil all love, but are happy and carefree. And the world does. It rejoices. It will rejoice, like a pig wallowing in the mud, and making sure everyone else is dirty, too. But, we being sheep, have nowhere to turn. Our fleeces aren’t being shorn, our nails aren’t being trimmed, our sores aren’t being balmmed, our wounds aren’t being cleaned, because the shepherds are spoiling the flock. And therefore, the goats have all the oats, as the shepherd doesn’t feed the one standing still, or balm their wounds, or seek after the kids of the flock, and they feed from our meat, telling us to feed them, but they don’t feed us.

So, it’s just a fact, suffer a little here, and be filled with good fruit, and though you are tormented by Satan, that’s to be expected. As this life is merely a furnace to burn away the dross.

As Jesus also says, there’s the thorns and rocks. Those who have the cares of this world, and it chokes out the riches and promise of the kingdom of God. Or those who spring up early on the rocks, and turn away due to offense and persecution. In the Early Church, but really all throughout history, except for about 200 years, the church has been persecuted. There’s been a time of rest, from about 1800 - 2000, where the saints were the greatest upon the planet, and had the riches of this life, and fed peacefully. But, sin crept in, and stole that away from the Earth, and it grows darker. So, we must be ready to die, be poor, and be meek and mild. Not to fight in wars. And if God prospers us, rejoice. For God can prosper whom He wishes. And He can restore one to full health, wealth and joy… but the LORD can also cause the fuller’s soap to wash over you, and to cleans you with lye, not for your sin, but because the world has wounded you, and has left you barren. And if you ever had soap against a wound it stings. But, that’s due to careless shepherds. Therefore, Christ is the Good Shepherd, and will shorn your fleece, and cut your nails, and balm and cleanse your wound, and feed you with the finest milk and grains. For you need Christ.