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| “Preparing The Way” #3

The Right Word^© - Dec 28, 2025
with Brother Scott : scott@portervillepost.com

As the last segment under this theme “Preparing the Way” we will move right into where you live with your private thoughts and actions—things that probably nobody knows about you but God.
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We have established that the members of the true church have a message and a mission to accomplish during these last several years that make up first the “time of sorrows” and then the Great Tribulation († Matt. 24:8, 21).
But here is a danger for anyone that would handily accept their part of the today’s message and participate in their part of the mission, and that danger is this: They themselves might pay no attention to the conditions of their own lives before God.
It can be like a man providing wonderfully for his wife and family but is himself a closet drunk, a junkie, or privately a pervert—a condition that will in the end ruin him.
And there is the person that is busy about truly good works but is him or herself distant from God—a stranger even.
My point is that we dare not think that what we busy ourselves doing as for God, and maybe even loving it, can take the place of how we stand before God in our minds and hearts.
Along these lines we must not forget what the Word repeatedly warns those associated with the Church in places like these to follow, which speak to personal spiritual ignorance and laziness toward God:

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† Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
† Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
† Matthew 25:10 And while they [the 5 foolish virgins] went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
† Luke 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
† 1 Corinthians 9:25 …every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
† Revelation 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans [tied to the Laodiceans], which I also hate. 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

According to some scholars and something I have concluded for myself, what the members of the church of Ephesus were guilty of is the same as what a large segment of the church today is guilty of.
And although the Bible uses the word “church” in who it is addressed to, which term can make you or me feel like it doesn’t mean you or me, but as members of the church, you and or I as individuals might indeed share in the guilt of who the Lord’s statement applies to when He says, “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee”.

It Would Be Unwise to Presume on God by Thinking
“Well, I don’t think He is speaking to me!”

In the Ephesian letter, Jesus mentions “works, labor, holiness by “not bearing with evil”, patience, the testing of what those that call themselves apostles teach, and found them liars,” and the things the church “labored at for Christ’s sake.”
These are all good things to be found doing but what is missing in the Lord’s commendation? What is it that He is displeased about—something that they had had and let wane and are now grossly deficient of?
In † First Corinthians 13 what is it that Paul warns us to not be lacking of in our Christian walk and works?

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† 1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. . . 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity [not the good works but genuine and sincere love].

I must remind you from the 3-part series we covered called God’s Standard Regarding Love that we are to love God above all others. We are not to be content with loving him a little more than our spouse and children and best friend but with our whole heart, soul, mind and strength.
In those discussions you heard that by doing so, loving God that much, that we can and must also love our neighbor as ourselves with a genuine affection that is boundless. It means that we see all others as souls that will either spend eternity with God or forever separated from Him and in torment.

Loving God Completely Means
“We will HATE sin”

Loving God completely means we will hate sin including our sin so-much that we will not fail to repent and be made clean again so that we can and will spend time with our beloved “Father” without guilt and shame.
But if we do not foster our love for God to this degree, or if we allow such a love for Him to cool down, we will allow the life and light of His connection to us to be diluted, and that hurts and offends God.
He has put you and me on the earth at this very time for His purposes but not before His pleasure in seeing us grow in love for Him and others, and then to rise to the occasion of a profitable service to Him among others. Remember this: Love first, works and service second.

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† Revelation 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
† 2 Corinthians 6: [By having things spiritually right between us and God, He says:] 16 ... as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people... 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Let us not forget that our Father wants loving sons and daughters, and from among those He will take a bride for His beloved Son Jesus. Those eternal stations require a dedication to preparing ourselves in love and purity first.
For our lives and resulting Christian labors in God’s view to be seen as ideal and acceptable, love must be our chief motivation in order for the life of God and His light and peace to be released from our lives unto others—that is the anointing we are to go forth with as ones preparing the way of the Lord.

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† Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Starting now, we as members of the Body of Christ must first prepare ourselves to walk in this anointing I speak of if, in our own locations on the earth, we (you and I) want to fulfill the John the Baptist’s life prophecy, which is also addressed on a worldwide forum declared by the two witnesses soon.
By the Christians walking in this anointing who touch the lives of unbelievers living on their individual “mountains” of pride and prejudice against the One true God—that anointing will break the yoke of unbelief and be made flat († Isa. 10:27).
And by this same anointing of life, light and peace on those that have prepared themselves to walk in it, those trapped in the high-walled “valleys” of confusion and doubt, and the deeper chasms of hopelessness and depression [by-the-anointing] those deep places will be exalted.
The crooked and rough places caused by sin in lives will be made straight and made smooth by our love, the Gospel message, and the attending presence and power of the Holy Spirit within us.
A “dedication to preparing ourselves in love and purity”, what can that mean to the life of today’s true follower of Jesus? (All pretenders and those lazy toward God will scoff at such things that I put forth.)
Let me answer that question by first making a statement that I know to be true: We in the last church are to not only be as was the first church but prepared to serve God in an environment much more difficult then what those first believers faced (we face surveillance, instant communications against us, high-tech law and military, earth changes, famine, economic collapse, war, AI).
What those men and women as follower of Jesus faced was hard, and for many a sacrifice of either the things of their lives or their very lives in death. However, with us during this age in mind, Jesus said at † Matthew 24:21 “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
At chapter † 11:32, Daniel was told of us in these last years: “…the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.”
And John wrote at † Revelation 12:11 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” And so, we must be prepared to not only face and survive these things but to stand strong in faith, even in the face of certain death, and live day-by-day in peace with the readiness to help others and introduce them to our Peace-giver.
Therefore, let me offer some key points involved in how to prepare yourselves to be ones that will have the anointing to “prepare the way” for the Lord to save many others. I list them as questions for you to ask and answer about yourselves, and if the answer reveals a hole in your Christian walk, begin changing that starting this week.

Therefore, Let Me Offer Some Key Points to Prepare Yourselves
1. Are you striving to walk in both forgiveness and love toward your neighbor and passionate in your love for God above all others?
2. Month-over-month are you growing spiritually by your devotion to the Word and through prayer times or are you stuck in a spiritual rut (“nothing more than a grave with the ends knocked out”)? There is always higher ground to move up to as a follower of Jesus.
3. When was the last time that you had thoughts, or you said or did something that was unkind, wrong, or you knew was sin? Such things need to be far-er and fewer between happenings or your spiritual progress is “in a rut”.
4. With that brought to mind, when was the last time you confessed your sin in true repentance and asked for forgiveness and to be cleansed from it? Furthermore, does repentance come quickly and with sufficient regret to ask for the cross upon the old nature that causes sin to happen in the first place?
5. Are there still in your life “mountains” of vanity, pride, and unbelief toward God and His Word that need to be renounced—or do deep and winding “valleys” of smothered hope and the discouragements in your life exist that must be made filled-in by the promises of God, a renewed hope in His Word, and in Jesus Christ, your Savior and lover of your soul?
6. And this was a big one for the first church and is hugely important for us in these next few years: Have you been baptized in the Holy Spirit and maintain a Spirit-filled walk in your everyday life? If you do, do you use your heavenly language regularly in prayer and have you recognized, and under the unction or guidance of the Holy Spirit, use the spiritual gift(s) God has given you that are needed by the church moving forward?

For all the preparedness that we need for the days we are entering, I am reminded of something else that John the Baptist said, which is needful for us today.

At † John 3:30 he said ...
“He must increase, but I must decrease”

This is true for us if we are to participate in our calling and the work of preparing the way of the Lord by what He has given us individually once we have become prepared ourselves.
Get yourself ready by a profound love for God and affection for all souls, know the Word and Jesus as your Friend, refuse sin but be quick to repent if it happens, and stay filled with the Spirit of God!

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† Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
† Matthew 21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first.

Which Son Are You?