What did the Apostle Paul mean by “works of the Law?”

What did the Apostle Paul mean by “works of the Law?”

Works of the law refers to the self righteous act of futility concerning trying to keep the law, rules, regulations, days, diets, sufficiently to please God and receive divine favor leading to forgiveness and eternal life, redemption. This heresy was first attempted by Adam in Eden through the donning of fig leaves to cover his sin and shame from Elohim (Genesis 3:21)…Elohim rejected same and shed innocent blood to acquire a robe of skins (an imputed robe of righteousness) to cover Adam and his wife. This is the first proclamation of the Gospel; that is, redemption, forgiveness, is only possible by faith in Jesus and His imputed righteousness earned for us via His shed blood on a Cross at Golgotha 2000-years ago.

What is the Biblical “New Covenant?”

What is the Biblical New Covenant?

The New Covenant is based solely in “faith;” that is, believing with a sincere heart that Jesus is Messiah who died to pay your sin-debt and by believing one is forgiven, redeemed, made a member of Elohim’s (Genesis 1:1) family via the imputation, gifting, of Jesus’ righteousness, perfection, over their life and they are thereby declared “not guilty” by the Father; they are accepted as a child of Elohim and their sins are remembered no more, forever (Hebrews 8:12); essentially, the Father agrees by New Covenant promise to only see His dear Son in the believer, no longer are sins held against the redeemed, but they are positionally perfect in the Father’s eyes as a result of what the Son, Jesus Christ, did for us at Golgotha; that is, shedding His innocent blood as payment for our sin (2 Corinthians 5:21; Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 8:12).

Why are atheists so angry, unhinged?

Why are atheists so angry, unhinged?

Atheists are angry, unhinged, because their spirit is not at peace as they serve Satan, the god of this age (2 Corinthians 4:4), who has blinded their minds and placed within them aberrant lust and desires combined with diminishing returns; therefore, the atheist and their lust for more can never be satiated…atheism is a life of destructive yearning misery, doubt, jealously, aberrant lust that can’t fulfill…yet Jesus waits with open arms and forgiveness and truth for anyone who believes in Him as Messiah who died for the forgiveness of their sin (Matthew 11:28).

Jesus said: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” What does this mean? Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” What does this mean?

Biblical “perfection” is the product of the divine imputation of Jesus’ perfection over the life of the one who believes that Jesus is Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:21). Believers in the New Covenant are positionally “perfect” as a divine promise of the Father who chooses to not see the sin of the faithful but only sees the perfection of His dear Son over the life of the one who has surrendered their sin to the grace of Jesus’ work performed on the Cross at Golgotha (Matthew 26:28).

Though a Christian remains encumbered by a body of death in Adam (Romans 7), their “true self,” the spirit, is viewed as holy and perfect by the Father via New Covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12).

With that said, true, practical, daily perfection in word and deed is the ultimate goal of daily Christian sanctification as the Christian is transformed day-by-day via sanctification via the indwelling Holy Spirit into the “perfect,” obedient, image of Jesus…this work of sanctification is a life long goal of the Spirit subsequent redemption by faith (Galatians 5:16).

LOUD Motor Vehicles – Personality Type?

Illegally LOUD Motor Vehicles—A Symptom of a society suffering moral decay

Men and women who alter, modify, or replace the original, relatively quiet, (OEM) factory-installed muffler legally affixed to their motorcycle, automobile, or pick-up truck, a federally regulated muffler that is manufactured to comply with the noise energy emissions safety mandates of CFR 40, Part 205 (total noise emissions of 80dB(A)), then proceed out onto a public roadway and employ that illegal noise energy to abuse, assault and consequently deny the rights of America’s most vulnerable e.g., the elderly, the handicapped, children, our families, these men and women are morally bankrupt, selfish, disrespectful, arrogant, thug-bullies. What type of person or personality type would illegally modify a motor vehicle to emit harmful, intrusive, noise energy and proceed to unlawfully employ that NOISE by entering into the home, places of work and worship, places of recreation, safe spaces, enjoyed and coveted by the American citizen?

Personality type…

Riding and driving LOUD in violation of CFR 40 Part 205 is a mental and spiritual illness rooted in unrestrained narcissism. Many who engage in riding and driving illegally LOUD, illegally equipped/modified, motor vehicles are simple minded idiots addicted to the “group dynamic,” some are simply stupid, selfish, hateful, people who are morally bankrupt due their immaturity, lawless by nature void a moral compass… but most pathetic are those who engage in this selfish, bully behavior who wear a “badge” of public trust or a judicial “robe,” carry a bar-card, or those entrusted to care for society as physicians of medicine and those who wear the Cross of Jesus’ suffering as colors on their “biker” jackets (“Christian” biker organizations) while simultaneously mocking the Gospel by riding LOUD and abusing the innocent in our society with illegal vehicular noise energy, the suffering, those for whom Jesus died thereby blasphemously rejecting the 2nd-Greatest Commandment and Romans 13 – vile hypocrites all.

Many of those who ride and drive LOUD proudly display the American Flag, claim to be honorable military veterans, proud “conservatives” not knowing that their godless behavior and mocking of the protective intent of the rule of law aligns and allies them with John Dewey’s Progressive Socialist Liberal Democrats and Vladimir Lenin’s “useful idiots.” The stupidity is mind numbing and almost laughable as these narcissistic vehicular NOISE thugs destroy daily quality of life for millions through unlawful NOISE intrusion, assault, a destruction of domestic tranquility.

Impotent, politically correct, compromised, law enforcement…

Unfortunately, America’s law enforcement community, over the previous 50-years, has become a cabal of sexually perverse (LGBTQAI++), reverse discriminatory (mandated hiring quotas-low moral/psychological and physiological standards, DEI, Affirmative Action, hyperactive IAD), WOKE, pacifist, politically correct, sociological experimentation, thereby making many police agencies and “peace” officers as useless as the tits on a boar hog. Law enforcement in the United States, especially in “blue” liberal jurisdictions, has lost its way thereby laying the foundation for societal dysfunction, socialistic endeavors.

Misfeasance, Graft, Stupidity, by Governors and Mayors and the Judiciary…

As if the vehicular noise debacle is not already sufficiently pervasive, America’s governors, mayors, county commissioners, municipal city councils, law enforcement administrations, prostitute themselves with the vile and destructive community of vehicular noise morons via biker rallies and auto-truck shows where those sworn to protect the citizenry within their respective jurisdictions actually invite, en masse, the vehicular noise thugs into their jurisdictions in order to fill the local and state coffers with ill gotten gains via tax revenue; this, while the tax paying citizen and their family suffer day and night during the illegal, illegitimate, vulgar, drunken, narcotic abusing, gathering of NOISE idiocy.

This political whoredom is filthy misfeasance, malfeasance, graft, and nothing is done by Washington DC, the US EPA, the DOJ, to intervene and stop the idiocy…so the tax paying citizenry suffer in ignorance and pacifism, fear and cowardliness; this, while state and local vehicular noise laws, laws that mirror the protective intent of CFR 40 Part 205, exist within the respective state code as per the Supremacy Clause; but again, law enforcement, due compromise, ignorance, political correctness, laziness, does NOTHING to protect the citizenry from these vehicular NOISE bullies. An embarrassment – a nationwide tragedy for the suffering innocent, the vehicular noise beleaguered law abiding, man, woman, child; this, while our liberal, pacifist, judiciary treats the criminal element with kid gloves, weak adjudication, impotent sentencing, leading to never ending recidivism, and again, the citizenry suffers. Lenin’s “useful idiots” are running the circus that is American jurisprudence.

In Conclusion…

Personally, I hate bullies and there exists few better examples of an “in your face” bully thug than those who abuse children, the elderly, the handicapped, our families, with illegal vehicular noise energy, night and day, relentless abuse in our urban areas. It would be refreshing to see these vehicular noise thugs escorted by angry dads and husbands into the city center, the britches of these vehicular NOISE thugs pulled down to their knees and subsequently bent over a tree stump, their belligerent, rude, arrogant, butts caned black and blue…but I digress. Let’s discuss the failures of law enforcement, the failures of our governors, mayors, failures of the US EPA, let’s discuss procedures, tactics, relevant to the pervasive abuse of illegal vehicular noise in the United States.

Article by “Car and Driver:” “People who like loud exhaust are psychotic”

Excerpt: The study made some strong remarks about the kind of people who would modify their car’s exhaust. If psychopathy and sadism aren’t bad enough, apparently loud truck owners would do even worse.

See: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a60983144/study-loud-exhaust-psychotic/

Article by “National Library of Medicine” (NIH): “A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism”

See: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10699294/

See: “The Truth about Loud Motorcycles, Automobiles, Trucks, the Police won’t or can’t tell you” https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2016/03/10/the-truth-about-loud-motorcycles-the-police-wont-or-cant-tell-you/

Why did Elohim create human kind?

Why did Elohim create human kind?

Elohim created human kind in His spiritual image as instruments of divine warfare, a spiritual war initiated by a rebellious cherub angel before Time and physics were created; in fact, the entire creation narrative is the resultant of a catastrophic spiritual war that has been partially removed from the Spiritual Realm and placed within the temporary Realm of Time as Elohim restores holiness and righteousness in His eternal Kingdom.

This spiritual war that rages around us and through us was first declared in Genesis 3:15 and the battle strategy Elohim would employ to defeat the Evil One was first pictured in Genesis 3:21 where Elohim, Himself, would shed innocent blood to redeem those taken captive by the Evil One and clothe them in an imputed, gifted, robe of righteousness, while rejecting the efforts (fig leaves) of human kind to earn righteousness.

Elohim is victorious over the works of the Evil One through the tenets of the Gospel of Peace, a victory manifest at Golgotha 4000-years subsequent the war declaration. Humanity plays an integral part in Elohim’s eschatological plan for redemption, victory, the necessity for free will throughout Eternity.

The primary reason Messiah entered Time was “to destroy the works of Satan” and human kind is central to this eschatological mandate (1 John 3:8b). Choose this day whom you will serve!

When was salvation founded, Old Testament or New Testament? Who founded salvation?

When was salvation founded, Old Testament or New Testament? Who founded it?

Salvation via the Gospel of Peace was founded “before Time began” but is first prophesied in Genesis 3:21 as Elohim, Himself, would shed innocent blood to clothe human kind in a gifted, imputed, robe of righteousness while simultaneously rejecting the works of man’s hands (fig leaves) to cover sin and shame.

Salvation – Righteousness with our Creator. How?

Salvation, a “right standing” with our Creator is attained by:
1) Works, keeping laws, rules?
2) Works, keeping laws, rules + faith?
3) Faith alone?

What is the Biblical Truth?

Works, keeping laws, obeying rules, play no role in salvation.

Christian works, the production of divine fruit (Galatians 5:16-23), manifest SUBSEQUENT salvation and are the resultant of the anointing of the indwelling Holy Spirit working through the “new creation” (the new person) in Jesus (John 15:8; Galatians 5:16-23; 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Works or striving to keep laws for righteousness, a right standing with the Father, are theologically equivalent to the odor of a bloody menstrual cloth in the nose of the Father (Isaiah 64:6); the “work of God” that opens the door to salvation is “to believe in the One the Father has sent into the World” to provide blood atonement for your sin (John 6:29); that is, believe with a sincere heart that Jesus is our Messiah who died to pay your sin-debt owed the Father, a debt you cannot pay yourself through striving after obedience to laws, rules, customs, days, traditions (John 14:6). Salvation being a divine gift of “grace” (unmerited favor you cannot earn) through faith (trusting-believing that Jesus is Messiah).

Works, fruit, SUBSEQUENT salvation are a sign of legitimate saving faith (James 2:17-26) but those works/fruit are NOT causative (Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 2:16). Works, in the pursuit of righteousness-salvation, do not honor the Father lest they’re performed through you by the indwelling Holy Spirit which can only manifest subsequent salvation as the Spirit is the Guarantor and Seal of New Covenant relationship given to all who believe Jesus is Messiah (Ephesians 1:13-14).

Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,

Biker Gang Activity – Effectively Castrating the Bane of any Civil Society

Biker Gang Activity – Effectively Castrating the Bane of any civil society

If the United States Federal Government, the FBI, DEA, ATF, HSI; If a State Law Enforcement entity, Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol, desires to SHUT DOWN Biker Gang criminal activity, the most expedient solution is employing “illegal motor vehicle noise” as lawful probable cause for a STOP and INVESTIGATE, cite the LOUD biker for violations of State Muffler Law, State Law which mirrors the protective intent of CFR 40 Part 205; then, impound the offending vehicle and maintain custody of the illegally equipped motorcycle until such time arrangements are made to return the noncompliant vehicle to an OEM, Factory Installed, legal, condition i.e., a factory installed, quiet, safe, muffler system that is properly labeled and affixed to said motorcycle.

Biker Gangs in the United States, and Biker Gangs around the World, worship at the throne of narcissism which is under girded and exemplified primarily by their illegal motorcycle NOISE accompanied by a silly façade of false bravado, vulgarity, hedonism, arrogance. Motorcycle NOISE is the GOD of the Biker Gang member, take that away, humble the Biker Gang Member by arrest and impounding their god, you will essentially castrate the Biker Gang’s raison d’etre.

Also see: “Motorcycle Noise Enforcement 101” https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2016/09/12/motorcycle-noise-enforcement-101/

“The Truth about Loud Motorcycles, Automobiles, Trucks, the Police won’t or can’t tell you”https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2016/03/10/the-truth-about-loud-motorcycles-the-police-wont-or-cant-tell-you/

Legal Precedent – vehicular sound as probable cause for traffic stop, see: Aaron C. Aguilar v. State of Texas (2008) > https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/fourth-court-of-appeals/2008/20953.html

Lee County Traffic Noise abuse and related fatalities…

Dear Governor Ron DeSantis and Lee County Commissioners, 

Why does Lee County, Florida allow our most innocent in Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Pine Island, to be audibly abused, harassed, their daily quality of life destroyed, their health and welfare compromised, by aggressive, illegally LOUD, motorcycles, trucks, automobiles, like those in the following videos, a mere sampling, of what I have recorded recently?

If Lee County’s Sheriff’s Department, the Cape Coral and Fort Myers PD, would actually enforce Florida’s State Law requiring the relatively quiet, safe, legal, factory-installed muffler and use illegal motor vehicle NOISE as probable cause for a vehicle stop and investigate, Lee County could cut their serious accidents and fatalities by 50% via stopping the aggressive driving behavior which is overwhelmingly accompanied by illegal vehicular NOISE.

If you have any questions, if you need someone capable of initiating a motor vehicle NOISE enforcement program, I can help you, but something needs to be done, NOW!

1) Aggressive-LOUD racing Ford Mustang on Veterans Memorial Parkway (12/24/25) Florida Registration: L3NRT: https://youtube.com/shorts/yHwILWBnyfg

2) Aggressive-speeding – LOUD motorcycle, Pine Island: https://youtube.com/shorts/Sh_DiEcXRC4

3) Aggressive-speeding-LOUD motorcycle, Pine Island: https://youtube.com/shorts/vY7Gw3MyxEo

4) Aggressive-LOUD motorcycle, Pine Island: https://youtube.com/shorts/_9Kfmi_gtS4

5) Illegally LOUD sports car in violation of Flordia’s OEM mandate: https://youtube.com/shorts/7gAwUORKgUM

6) Illegally equipped motorcycles, Fort Myers, Lee County: https://youtube.com/shorts/LHmMRNl8LWs

7) Illegally equipped motorcycles, Downtown, Fort Myers: https://youtube.com/shorts/NltWUKj9VbM

It would also be in the best interest of Lee County if the Commissioners would STOP allowing Cape Coral’s, Fort Myers’, Mayors from prostituting themselves and prostituting their Law Enforcement Agencies with the illegally LOUD Biker Cult[ure] via motorcycle “Bike Nights,” Rallies, flagrant vehicular NOISE abuse in the Downtown streets of Fort Myers; this, for revenue garnered via tax revenue. Our Sheriff, these Mayors, are openly flaunting Florida’s Muffler Statute that requires the OEM, quiet, safe, legal, factory-installed muffler.

Why do you Commissioners do nothing to counter this abuse of the citizenry, our children, the elderly, our handicapped, our families, as these illegally LOUD motorcycle thugs, LOUD auto and truck thugs, operate unencumbered in YOUR areas of responsibility?

Recently, subsequent my report of illegally loud, illegally equipped, police motorcycles forwarded to Lee County’s Legal Department, Lee County’s own Police Motorcycle Detail was warned to return their illegally loud, Cobra aftermarket exhaust equipped motorcycles back to OEM-factory installed condition in compliance with Florida’s State muffler law. That embarrassing fiasco can be seen here: https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2022/05/03/lee-county-floridas-legal-department-does-the-right-thing/

This following paragraph from Section 293 is very important as it restricts using any non-original equipment which can increase noise limits on cars or other vehicles:

  (5) NOISE ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS.— Florida State Law 

“(a) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or any other noise-abatement device of a motor vehicle operated or to be operated upon the highways of this state in such a manner that the noise emitted by the motor vehicle is above that emitted by the vehicle as originally manufactured.”  

This makes it illegal to use any aftermarket modifications louder than ones your vehicle is manufactured with. All devices producing excessive exhaust noise are not legal. There are exceptions which include emergency vehicles, vehicles used in races or similar events, agricultural equipment, and test vehicles.

If you have any questions about the vehicular NOISE abuse in your jurisdiction, please see my article on this subject at: https://rickeyholtsclaw.com/2016/03/10/the-truth-about-loud-motorcycles-the-police-wont-or-cant-tell-you/

Thank you,

Rickey D. Holtsclaw, Houston PD/Retired