Update: 2026-08-28

The Assyrians

When you read the Bible you'll see in the old and new testament that God knows the hearts of men. It is something to take in concern all the time because it explains a lot. For instance, when you read about that God uses literally the Assyrians to punish His own people. Now when you read that at first glance you first think like, that is not fair, is it? Because when the Assyrians came they slaughtered a lot of Jews. 

You would almost think that it isn't even their doing. But hell, it is their doing. God made a covenant with the Jewish people and He also warned them what would happen if they turned away from Him. And that explicitly means when His people are turning to evil. So they would be punished for that.

Now, the fact that God gave the Assyrians a target does not mean the Assyrians are not guilty of anything. Because in their hearts they were already evil. Probably evil with no hope of salvation. God sees through the hearts of men. And because God is righteous He would not put a righteous man in the lead for punishing the Jews. ( If there were any righteous men... ).

So, yes, those Assyrians are guilty and on the day of Judgement they will be held accountable and punishment from God will be according to His Righteous Judgement. But also the Jews who turned their backs on the Lord, they will also receive what is due to them.

Today's governments

Even in this day, especially now with Iran and Israel prophecies are being fulfilled. But let no-one in government who uses evil think he is righteous because he maybe doing a part in God's plan. So we have to think again before drawing conclusions. Iran and its proxies are being used for evil because they are evil to the core. They have genocide in their minds and they did not make secret of it. In fact they openly said it in the UN - Israel is to wiped from the chart they said.

All of what is happening on the world stage is for the Glory of Jesus Christ in the first place, and secondly for the redemption of Israel. The sad part is the evil minded do not know they are being used. Because a chance for ever lasting life is for all who are walking around on this planet. But if the heart does not want the light, it stays in the dark.

Rebirth

Another example of maybe something that is misunderstood is the assumption that once you are baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost you are saved. But that can't be that simple. Because birth in itself is not controlled by you. And so there is no ritual that can enforce Holy Spirit to indwell you. In this case it is a devine decision and a devine event that comes when God sees fit, (if at all). We can consider that first thing we had to remember:

• What is the condition of the heart?

If you want to be baptized, but you are not ready to give up idolatry or some other sin, God may not give you rebirth at all, unless you are ready to be done with sin, even the ones you do not know of. Sadly in false churches people think they are saved while they are not. Satan mixed things of the flesh with the Bible in those churches, therefore you see things happening in those false churches that are totally off because their leadership is evil and has no indwelling of the Holy Spirit - and therefore Satan is their father, and so it is with all their followers. Therefore read the Bible and pray for revelation to see the Truth. Because the truth is hidden or obscured for those who do not want to repent.

Secondly look at the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus in John 3:1-21. With emphasis to this: 

^{7 (Jesus:)} You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

So you do not know when exactly you are born of the Spirit. This confirm it. The Holy Spirit does not say: "here I am"... You just can't know. 

The spiritual rebirth in essence means to be converted to be like Jesus Christ. And that needs a new heart, and that is what Jesus promised. The work of the Holy Spirit is to make pace with you to change your heart. And when that happens YOU are really changing. Because if you change for the good of God, it is not your work!

Understand the moment you are saved is the moment when God decides to have His Holy Spirit indwell in you. That moment in itself is mostly not known by anyone at all. But when the Holy Spirit indwells you are immediately starting the process of sanctification. And that takes time. There are certain tells that verify your salvation is granted and that you are working on sanctification:

• You have a great thirst to know all about Jesus Christ, the Bible
• You want to learn more about how to live like Jesus
• You are beginning to see much more evil around you then you are used to, you begin to hate the world
• You are beginning to see evil in yourself that you did not see before you were saved
• You are seeing answers poring in various ways for the questions about the Bible that you prayed for - you'll see this is not coincidence anymore, the Holy Spirit helping you!
• You are beginning to deny yourself more and more, to do the things of God
• Your conscience is ever more troubled with righteousness

The voice of the Spirit keeps you on the right path, because He is the One who troubles your mind when you are about to do something wrong. Don't mistake the term "voice" for that The Holy Spirit is talking to you. There is no dialog here. He troubles your mind or sets your mind to things of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 

To me as I understand Scripture, the baptizing event is something that Jesus did and we should do too, but it necessarily does not mean for us that this is the moment that we receive the Holy Spirit. The baptizing is a sort of confirmation event to the church with the intent to become a brother or sister - because from our point view - we simply cannot see if you are saved. Like the people who received the Holy Spirit with Pentecost; they were probably baptized weeks or months ago. But they received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost as they were followers of Jesus - and did not forsake Him.

What about you

Are you going to change your heart too? The Bible says, you cannot possibly do it on your own. You are to weak to combat sin, therefore spiritual rebirth is necessary, and by the power of the Holy Spirit you will be changed, a new heart will grow.

It is like a Matrix decision, if you want to go on live you life like you do now, take the blue pill and stay a child of darkness. That is confronting isn't it? Because in your own self-righteousness you think you are good. But not according to God, and He calls the shots - if you want to know why - read the Bible. But I will give you a hint. Just like Adam and Eve - the first disobedience introduced death to all of creation. So if you have never sinned like Jesus Christ, not even in the mind, then you'd be perfect. Like Jesus is, like the Father is, and like the Holy Spirit is. But you are not perfect, are you. For God you cannot erase your sins by helping an old woman cross the street now and then. Guilty is guilty. That is when you face a Holy and Righteous God as your Judge.

Take the red pill and be adopted as a child of light and no-one can snatch from the Father's hand. Your are sealed as a child of God because the Holy Spirit indwells you. You are saved and the Father will forgive your sins because you accepted His Son Jesus Christ whom He let slay as a punishment for our Sins. This means we owe Jesus our lives. And He owns us period, because nothing came to be what exists without the Word - and the Word is Jesus Christ. Amen.

The pill here is the heart and only from the heart God looks if you are sincere, you can't fake anything, only to everyone around you, but not God.

By the way

Don't throw the "God is love" - card at me. It is getting old. God's love is Godly love, Love of the Spirit. Human love is of the flesh. And these are totally not the same. But God's love was showed by the offering of His Son to the world as a substitute for our sins. And He suffered greatly for that. Now that is love. To die on the cross for you! Thus Gods love was already shown, but the hearts of men want to stay in the dark. But know this, Gods love to the world is unconditional - he showed that by the offering Jesus Christ who died for all of us. But to get to heaven is conditional and the condition is Jesus Christ. He is the Messiah the Savior. 

If I were you, take the red pill, because the only living eternal God also punishes eternally. Wisdom starts with the fear of God. Amen.