Law Enforcement’s Compromise with Thuggery (Lee County and Charlotte County, Florida)…

I was at the Lee County Sheriff’s Department in Cape Coral yesterday waiting for a registration appointment. I was sitting in my pick-up truck in the parking lot when I heard a LOUD motorcycle traversing the parking lot in the lane immediately behind me. I expected to observe just another LOUD biker narcissist, one of MANY polluting the communities and roadways of Florida, but I was intrigued to see a Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy operating a late model Harley FLHT-P with illegal aftermarket exhausts … very LOUD aftermarket exhausts!!!

Before entering the building, I stopped and inspected the deputy’s motorcycle and found it illegally equipped with egregiously LOUD “COBRA” aftermarket exhausts that are NOT approved by the US EPA or Florida’s State Law for operation upon our public roadways yet here it was, representing Florida’s Law Enforcement.

As I’ve traveled what used to be “America the Beautiful,” I’ve repeatedly observed our public roadways and communities destroyed by LOUD motor vehicle narcissistic thuggery; therefore, it’s not surprising that our Law Enforcement community is impotent and useless as those who have taken an oath to protect and serve the citizenry from thuggery, unrestrained thuggery amply demonstrated by the unencumbered operation of ILLEGALLY LOUD motor vehicles upon our public roadways, are not only refusing to protect us as they have sworn to do but our “Law Enforcement” community is actually engaging in the thug-life behavior.

It is amazing to watch “old men” in their “second childhood” on incredibly loud motorcycles here in Florida abusing the citizenry without conscience while Gen-Z and Millennial undisciplined youth operate illegally LOUD, INCREDIBLY LOUD, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, racing up and down our highways and surface streets with no care or concern for the citizenry and ZERO fear of law enforcement intercession. Motor vehicle noise that is audible for a mile or more under acceleration. PATHETIC…shame on Lee County’s Sheriff and shame on Charlotte County’s Sheriff and their deputies for their impotence and compromise! It’s the non-enforcement of those things that destroy daily peace and civility and tranquility in our communities that ultimately fosters and motivates behavior that destroy the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness guaranteed us in the US Constitution.

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

What is the “True Gospel”???

The “True Gospel” (Good News) was ordained before Time began (2 Timothy 1:9-10) and is the battle strategy that is pictured in Genesis 3:15-21 where Elohim, Himself, would enter Time 4000-years later through the seed of the woman to circumvent the seed of the man (Adam, Romans 5:12) and “destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8b) through selfless love and sacrifice as displayed at Golgotha by Jesus Christ with the words “It is finished” (John 19:30).

The Gospel is Elohim’s eschatological plan to restore order and peace to His Kingdom, order and peace that was disrupted by a rebellious cherub angel; a cataclysmic event in the Spiritual Realm that initiated the creation of Time, matter, our genome, this Universe, as a repository for that battle between the forces of evil and Elohim (1 John 3:8b).

The Gospel is the New Covenant established in the sinless blood of Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:28) where Jesus, Elohim, left the Eternal Realm (John 18:36; John 6:38) and entered Time in flesh (Philippians 2:5-9) and walked without sin before God the Father and mankind (John 8:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21) and then, in obedience to the Father (Luke 22:42), walked to the horrors of a Roman Cross and shed His innocent blood to atone for your sin as mandated in Leviticus 17:11; Jesus was raised from the dead on the 3rd-Day by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:11-13) as an example (first fruits – 1 Corinthians 15:20) of those who will die in body and be resurrected in like fashion having placed their faith in Jesus as Lord (Philippians 3:21). Through this selfless act of love and obedience to the Father, Jesus Christ was successful in destroying the works of the devil i.e. death, Hell, the grave, for all who believe (1 John 3:8b; John 3:16-18; John 11:25).

Jesus, out of love for the Father and selfless love for you, took your sin upon Himself at the Cross and ultimately died for that sin (paid the penalty for sin – Genesis 2:17; Ezekiel 18:20; Matthew 26:28) and the Father, via covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12), agrees to impute-give you the perfection and the righteousness of His dear Son, Jesus Christ, in exchange for your sin IF you will believe with a sincere heart that Jesus Christ is Lord and that He died for you to pay your sin-debt (2 Corinthians 5:21; John 3; Romans 10:9-10). From that point forward, the Father declares you “not guilty” (Hebrews 8:12) and GIFTS you His Holy Spirit as the Guarantor of covenant relationship with Him, forever (Ephesians 1:13-14).

From that point forward, you belong to God, you are HIS by covenant promise (John 10:28-30), and through His Holy Spirit, God begins the work of sanctification in your life where the Holy Spirit transforms you daily into the obedient image of Jesus as the Spirit prepares you for service in the coming New Jerusalem as a servant of the Living God, forever (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:16).

Law of the Covenant; Law of Conscience; Law of the Spirit, what’s the relevant difference?

A FB Post suggested that Christians are confronted with hundreds of “commands” in the New Covenant; the Hebrew Tribes were confronted with some 613-laws as well…how are we to obey and please God in the New Covenant?

Christians don’t dwell, fret, worry, concerning laws, rules, edicts, traditions, days, food, when they’re following the Holy Spirit’s guidance (Galatians 5:16); the Spirit walks the Christian in obedience to God’s will by our conscience, methodically, in peace and joy in the New Covenant through sanctification; the Christian is not enslaved to rules, laws, letters, edicts, commands, as we’re one-with-God with intimacy and love as He dwells within us through His Holy Spirit. I don’t serve letters that condemn me to death and destroy joy and peace; I serve God in the Holy Spirit and in this, there is peace, forever (2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 5:1).

Discussion concerning “law”…

As Christians, we know what is expected of us through God’s words, study of the Scriptures; but even more relevant, we intuitively know what is expected of us as the Holy Spirit walks us in sanctification and guides us through our conscience; also, consider this, how did all of humanity “know” God’s moral mandates before Sinai, before the Canon of Scripture? What “law” judged Satan, the rebellious angels, a law possessing retributive judgment that will ultimately culminate in their imprisonment in Hell, forever (Revelation 20:10); what law judged the Adamic and Noahic generations (Genesis 6) who perished by water save eight in that judgment; after all, there were no “letters” or Canon of Scripture? The Code of Hammurabi, where did this collection of “laws” find its Genesis?

The Law of Conscience…

The “moral law,” acting as an arbiter of free will, has been extant from the creation of the angels; that same moral law is infused within each of us at creation as we’re created in the spiritual image of God and have received certain communicable attributes of God relevant to His eschatological purposes (Genesis 1:26-28); otherwise, mankind would implode in unrestrained narcissism and God’s justice could not manifest with due process in adjudication for sin.

All of humanity is “without excuse”…

We all intuitively know God’s moral mandates as He has put them in our heart (Romans 1:18-32) and the Covenant of Law was NOTHING NEW or NOVEL…simply a reiteration of the moral law of God with some specificity concerning sins that are especially egregious to God as Israel’s children were set-apart for His eschatological purposes while surrounded by pagan tribes worshiping pagan gods. Even the most remote pagan Aborigine intuitively knows that stealing his neighbor’s property is wrong and raping his neighbor’s wife is unconscionable yet he has never observed the Torah or a law book of ordinances.

The “many” of humanity (Matthew 7:13-14) who will stand before Jesus Christ in the Judgment of the Condemned (Rev 20:11-15) will be “without excuse” (Romans 1:18-32) as they all have known God and His moral mandates that regulate behavior in interpersonal relationships and regulate our relationship with our God, Elohim, Jesus Christ.

Must we “change” in order to be saved from death in Hell?

Responding to error,

Your suggestion earlier to a comment that we must “change” to be saved is incorrect. Though we repent and believe in Jesus as Lord, change does actually manifest until subsequent the establishment of covenant relationship by faith in Jesus where the Holy Spirit is given as the Guarantor of that relationship (Ephesians 1:13-14); then, and only then, does the new nature manifest in the life of the believer (2 Corinthians 5:17) and authentic “change” is initiated through sanctification…a daily, incremental, process of “change” into the obedient image of Christ as the Spirit prepares us for service in the New Jerusalem (Galatians 5:16; 1 John 2:27; John 16:13-14).

To say we must “change” to be saved is tantamount to a works heresy, salvation through self-righteousness, and dilutes the sufficiency of Christ to save by grace through faith, alone. Jesus Christ is willing to meet us where we are in our daily lives and when we turn our failures over to Him by faith and trust in Him to make us a new creation by covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12), God is faithful to initiate that change in us through the anointing of the Holy Spirit given to all who believe that Jesus is Lord; it is the Spirit within that manifests change in the heart, mind, body, soul, not the will of man but the will of the Father through His Spirit by faith, not works.

Eternal Intimacy with God or Bondage to Letters, your choice…

Responding to those enslaved by letters,

To “believe” is to “trust” in what God has said and believe that He is true and that He will do exactly what He has promised. This is “faith” that is pleasing to God and initiates covenant relationship with Him when you believe and trust in what Jesus did for you at Golgotha (John 3).

Once faith is established with covenant relationship initiated, that faith will manifest in a change of heart (2 Corinthians 5:17), the desire to please God and behaviors that are oriented to pleasing God naturally flow out of love and appreciation for what God has done for you and the Holy Spirit anoints you and empowers you to live a life that honors God and eschews worldly lusts (Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 John 4:19; 1 John 2:27; Galatians 5:16).

Where you err is thinking that self-righteousness, your behavior, pursuing a facade of obedience to laws and ordinances and days is KEY to relationship with God…this is the Jewish-Israelite error of self-righteousness and religiosity and cult behavior…. not faith.

God is pleased when you trust Him, love Him irrespective of what the World tells you or what your eyes might see, your ears might hear, or how you “feel” about a particular scenario…God desires your heart with purity…then, those behaviors that please God will naturally follow…NOT by compulsion through a facade of obedience to a cold stone tablet of LAWS but through intimacy with purity in love.

Faith-believing-trust initiates covenant relationship with God – subsequently – obedience to God’s will naturally follows as validation that one’s faith is authentic. This sequencing cannot be altered by self-righteousness, obedience, first to initiate covenant relationship.

I hope one day you come to understand this before you pass into eternity; otherwise, you will never truly know God and why you have been placed here for such a time as this.

Torah observance and righteousness with God, please be careful…

It is the indwelling Holy Spirit provided the faithful in Jesus as Lord who anoints us with the desire to obey God’s moral law but the relevant concern is this…do not get caught-up in the apostasy of wrong thinking that you somehow have the ability to supplement the work of Jesus Christ or that you have a role to play in your salvation through Torah observance or Law keeping.

Jesus is completely sufficient as Messiah and His blood is completely sufficient to pay for your past-present-future sin and any attempt to negate or dilute the purity and sufficiency of Jesus’ sacrifice for you is very dangerous territory and subverts faith that is essential to pleasing the Father and your walk as a child of the Living God.

Please, do not grieve the Holy Spirit through self-righteousness by equating Torah observance with righteousness essential for salvation. Only Jesus kept the Law in perfection and only Jesus died to pay your sin-debt owed the Father; therefore, trust in Jesus, alone, as your righteousness and live in peace with God, forever (Romans 5:1).

Law-Keeping Fanaticism: a divider of the brethren; death to the soul; a tool of Satan…

The Law is NOTHING but condemnation, cursing, death, for those who have not established covenant relationship with the Father by faith in the Son, Jesus Christ, and subsequently walk according to the Spirit in sanctification (Romans 3:20; Galatians 3:10; Galatians 5:16).

If Jesus is NOT your Lord and the Spirit your Teacher and Sanctification, you’re unable to honor the Commandments or please God because you’re a sinner possessing a sin-nature and you’re headed to death in Hell as the Commandments you worship have cursed you void recourse (Galatians 3:10; Romans 3:20); without Jesus as Lord, you’re a foreigner to God’s Kingdom without hope of life living in condemnation; not until such time you’re born again by the Spirit of God through faith in Jesus as your Lord (John 3) will you begin to honor God in accordance with HIS WILL and your works of obedience in accordance with God’s will validates your faith and honors our Lord as you are his child via covenant relationship (Hebrews 8:12).

Law Keeping fanaticism is a spiritual illness that thwarts intimacy with our Lord as it promulgates a works doctrine and makes impotent the sufficiency of Jesus Christ to save thoroughly and completely by His blood atonement at Golgotha.

Law Keeping fanaticism destroys fellowship among Christians; it is a demonic cancer that benefits no one but Satan as the accuser and divider of the brethren.

Law Keeping fanaticism, Hebrew Roots obsessions, self-righteousness in Judaism, Christian cults, Religions, do not define God’s love for His children or the love He desires from His children as these “salvation by works” define man’s arrogance and self-righteousness and refusal to trust God’s omnipotence to save by grace through faith void man’s works in self-righteousness…this is the devil’s deception and man’s arrogance culminating in death to the soul in Hell.

If you are NOT a child of the Living God by faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord who died for you, your law-keeping, your Sabbath keeping, your rituals and self-righteous condemnation of those who live by faith, are equated to a bloody-menstrual cloth in God’s nose (Isaiah 64:6).

God desires intimacy with purity of heart in LOVE…not your self-righteousness or your works. The obedience that naturally flows from a new-nature within the one who loves God by trusting in Him by faith in Jesus is pleasing to God because intimacy is the motive, not enslavement to letters motivated by self-righteousness (2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 5:1).

Jesus said: “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” (John 14:15) Does Jesus advocate a works doctrine of law-keeping for salvation?

Christian response,

Don’t put the cart before the horse. It is the one who “believes” in Jesus as Lord that receives the anointing of the Holy Spirit providing the ability and desire to obey (Ephesians 1:13-14; Galatians 5:16; John 16:13). Until one humbles themself before God and rejects their own self-righteousness through vain attempts at law-keeping and seeks God’s righteousness earned for us at Golgotha, a perfect righteousness manifest through the obedience and shed blood of Messiah, and one receives the imputation of Messiah’s righteousness into their life by faith, their works of obedience through self-righteousness, law keeping, are equated to a filthy, bloody, menstrual cloth in God’s nose (John 3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Isaiah 64:6).

Those who love God in Jesus Christ and have received the Holy Spirit as Guarantor of that covenant relationship (Ephesians 1:13-14) will walk in sanctification through the Holy Spirit (John 16:13) and pursue the will of God for their life NOT because they’re enslaved to letters and laws and rules and days but because they love God, they are His child, His possession…they now have a new nature (2 Corinthians 5:17) and an innate desire to please God as they are forgiven and walk in peace with God, forever (Romans 8; Galatians 5:16; Romans 5:1).

The Commandments can do NOTHING for you but define your sin and culpability before God void any form of atonement (Romans 3:20). The Commandments were given Israel as a tutor, a school master, to point them to their need for a Redeemer by faith (Galatians 3:24). When Jesus says to keep “MY” Commandments, He speaks of those commands provided mankind during His earthly ministry. Commandment keeping has absolutely NOTHING to do with your status before God concerning your eternal destiny. It is the one who believes in Jesus as Lord that is made righteous before God as a GIFT of grace through faith, not the one who works in self-righteousness through Law keeping (Ephesians 2:8-9; John 3; Romans 3:21). If you seek God’s favor through law-keeping, self-righteousness, you will perish in your sin and ultimately the “second death” in Perdition as you live under a curse (Romans 3:20; John 8:24; Galatians 3:10).

Trust in Jesus Christ as Lord, receive His righteousness through the imputation by faith and live with God in peace, forever (2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 5:1).

It is written,

21 “But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 but it is the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,” Romans 3 (NASB)

Why animal sacrifices in the Hebrew Scriptures?

Animal sacrifices in the Hebrew Scriptures were given, performed, as an object lesson relevant to what Elohim requires as atonement for sin (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22) as He first demonstrated this by shedding innocent blood in Eden to provide Adam and Eve an imputed robe of righteousness, Himself, while rejecting the self-righteousness of Adam to cover his own sin by the work of his hands via fig leaves (Genesis 3:21; Ephesians 2:8-9).

Though our forefathers followed this example, first provided by Elohim in Eden, the blood of animals could never take away sin (Hebrews 10) but most relevant is the truism that the “faith” of the one offering the sacrifice was accounted to them as “righteous” (Hebrews 11) (possessing a right standing) before God BUT their sin had not yet received acceptable atonement; therefore, upon death of the body in Time, the Old Testament saints were relegated to Sheol (Paradise) awaiting the perfect blood atonement, Jesus Christ, the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the World (Psalm16:10; Luke 16; John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:19).

It is only the blood of Messiah, innocent, sinless, that the Father accepts as atonement for your sin (Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 10; Hebrews 11) and only by faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord who died for you will you receive the imputation of Jesus’ righteousness, an atoning righteousness earned for you at Golgotha, as a “robe of righteousness” first demonstrated-pictured in Eden immediately subsequent the fall of man and fulfilled 4000-years later outside the gates of the Old City with the words of Messiah… “It is finished” (Genesis 3:21; 2 Corinthians 5:21; John 3; Matthew 26:28; John 19:30).

God’s Moral Law…the righteousness of God that precedes Time…

God’s moral law has been extant from the creation of the angels as an arbiter of free will and we each have that law infused within us at conception (Romans 1:20; 2:14-15) as we’re created in the spiritual image of God having received certain communicable attributes of Elohim (Genesis 1:26-28); the moral law acts as a bulwark against unrestrained narcissism that would lead to species extinction; also, the moral law is necessary for God’s justice to manifest with equality, due process, at judgment.

The only One who has obeyed the moral law in perfection is Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:17), born of the seed (ovum) of the woman under the law (Genesis 3:15; Galatians 4:4) to negate and circumvent the seed of Adam through which all of mankind is infected with a sin-nature leading to death of the body in Time, death of the body and soul in Hell (Romans 5:12; Rev 20:11-15). It is by trusting in the perfection and righteousness of Jesus Christ as our Lord who died for us that we can receive the perfection and righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed into our lives by faith and be declared “not guilty” by covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12; Matthew 26:28; 2 Corinthians 5:21) and receive the Holy Spirit as Guarantor of covenant relationship (Ephesians 1:13-14) and thereby walk in sanctification and peace with God, forever (Romans 5:1) i.e. the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

This Gospel (good news) was ordained “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:9-10) and this Gospel is the ONLY Way God the Father has provided as a path to righteousness (a right standing) with Him through the forgiveness of sin by which He successfully “destroyed the works of the Devil” (1 John 3:8b) at Golgotha concerning His eschatological purposes. Faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord is the only Way to Eternal Life (John 14:6).