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Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge
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Summary
The Bible is God giving His wisdom and knowledge to man. The problem is however that many have never even looked to see what is written within this Holy scripture.
Some think they have all the answers to life and death, yet they fall short of real answers, and lead many into false doctrines and dangerous beliefs.
Only one who has seen the Father has all answers, Jesus said He and the Father are one, therefore if you know Jesus you will know the Father in heaven. Is heaven real, Is death final, how can one know God? these and many other questions can be answered by knowing what God has already told us. You can know the truth and the truth will set you free.
Publisher: Gerald BergeronReleased: Dec 10, 2012ISBN: 9781480109810Format: book
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Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge - Gerald Bergeron
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My People are
Destroyed
For Lack
Of Knowledge
All scripture verses are from the King James Version Bible, unless otherwise noted
Cover design, by Gerald Bergeron
Destroyed for lack of knowledge edited by Geraldsbooks
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Copyright© 2012 Gerald Bergeron
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the author except as provided by United States copyright law.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 13-
ISBN 10-
Other books by Gerald Bergeron include:
A touch of heaven, a Saviors heart 2008
Behold He cometh, earth’s final battle 2009
No V.I.P sinners 2010
Even unto death 2011
This book is dedicated to my family, and to my wonderful Lord and Savior Jesus who has given me the knowledge and wisdom to do all I can through faith and His guidance.
Contents:
Lack of knowledge ...Pg.1
Does God really exist?...Pg.25
More to His name...Pg.35
Is Jesus the only way to God?...Pg.61
Who is the real enemy?...Pg.73
Why do good people suffer?...Pg.87
Will this earth soon be destroyed?...Pg.102
Can anyone pay for their sins?...Pg.111
What happens when we die?...Pg.127
Did Gods gifts pass away?...Pg.141
The Rapture, will it happen?...Pg.157
Will there be a real tribulation?...Pg.173
Do the signs point to the end?...Pg.189
Is the Bible truly God’s word?...Pg.205
Questions that need to be answered...Pg.214
About the book
I gave my life to Christ over twenty-five years ago, when things were so much better than they are today. Over the span of this time I witnessed to many people, some were old, many young yet they all had one thing in common, they had questions that could only be answered by God Himself. This left one dilemma for many of them; I could try to answer these questions myself, or try to get them to read the bible to find the answers they were seeking. The questions were hard, and the ability to understand the meaning even more difficult.
Therefore, I decided to gather all the questions that would give them the knowledge and understanding of God and what His requirements were for our lives. I took all the notes I wrote over the years, and researched what the bible had to say about these topics. Some of these answers even I had no idea, yet I believe God does not want His word to remain a mystery to any who truly wish to discover all about life and what we can expect to gain with the knowledge of what has been revealed. Will there be a time of great trouble- will this earth really be destroyed- what happens when we die. These and many more questions spark the imagination of every person who seeks to know the truth. Have you ever wondered why good people suffer, or why even those who are believers continue to fail? What about Hell and the Lake of fire, are they real, is God real, and what of heaven and eternal life, is it all something we have designed in our minds?
Some of the answers may startle you and some may help you to understand, yet one thing to know, they are all written in the Bible. You can deny them, you can write them off as made up and not true, but you will have no excuse to continue to doubt that the answers do exist. They may not be the answers you have hoped for, yet they are the answers, which God has given. In Deuteronomy 29:29, it says that the secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things, which are revealed, belong to our families and us forever. Knowledge can be the difference between life and death, and can equip you to defend yourself against an enemy that you cannot see. This can be a valuable tool to teach others, or a weapon to defend against the attacks of the devil, whichever way, God says we need to have that knowledge, Hosea 4:6.
The first chapter is quite long for a reason, to point to our need of a Savior!
Gerald Bergeron
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, because thou hast rejected knowledge; I will also reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to Me: seeing that thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
One
(Lack of Knowledge)
Every day many people from all over the world try in all different ways to connect with the one true God of the universe. Is He real, or just what we think? Is there really a God who governs the affairs of the whole cosmos? If there is a God then why does He only seem to care about a few select people? These questions have been asked many times, and in this book, I hope to answer a few of these stunning yet simple thoughts. First God himself gave us the answer to all of our questions in one sentence, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." (Hosea 4:6)
Now even though this was directed toward the Children of Israel, for their unfaithful deeds, it rings ever so true today. We are all being destroyed because of our lack of knowledge and our lack of commitment to our heavenly father.
We want to know Him and we desire to have all the benefits of His awesome power and protection, and to receive His blessings. However, we just do not know that much about who He really is His attributes, His reasons, or even His word. This is where we fail in our quest to know the Creator of all.
Is He the God of love, the Judge of all, or do we simply wait until we leave this earth to find the answer? Well no one has ever been without the ability to know, they just lack the desire. God has told us all about Himself, and we can know that he is who He says He is.
God’s word (The Bible) is the instruction for all who are living on this planet. In it, we learn just how we should live, and we can even find out everything about God Himself. I remember one day trying to put something together, the only problem I had was that I had no idea what this thing looked like, or how it went together. The reason was... I did not have the instructions. If I would have had them, I could have saved a lot of time and trouble. It took many try’s to get it right, and still I was not sure if it was. This is why God gave the Bible to us, so that we could get it right. Everything you wish to know, if you will take the time to look it up, you would find an answer. We all need the knowledge of God, and that knowledge can save us a load of heartache, if we will read the instructions first. It will also keep us from being destroyed, yet we must know what the truth is, and where it is written.
The Bible is the one source of all knowledge and the one place where we can find God. We can know of our creation, even the reason we were separated from God and we can even discover our place of origin. No person has ever been excluded from finding Gods love, yet many have chosen to remain separated from a personal relationship with Him. If you have ever wondered why it seems that God passes you right by in your life, then what you need is knowledge. Not a kind of "I think I understand," but a real life changing truth that will forever help you understand just who God is and why you need Him. The Bible tells us that He is our supply, healer, deliverer, and much more, yet many see Him as only a faraway God that only delves into the lives of a select few. That is just not the case, He loves all people, and desires them to receive His Son and be saved.
You may be thinking, "Well I don’t think He cares about me, at least He hasn’t blessed me as He has others. Yet let me then ask you a question,
Do you seek the things that honor Him and do you search for those things which bring you into a closer relationship with the Lord?"
Many people want His blessings, they want the power, they want to do great things, yet are unwilling to surrender their lives to His will. Do you remember the story of Jesus in the garden, praying that if it were possible, the cup would be removed from Him? Luke 22: 42- one thing to look closely at in the prayer was that He told His Father, "Not my will but your will be done." Jesus was willing to do whatever had to be done to accomplish His Fathers plan, there was no maybe, and no let me think about it and no backing down. Have you ever done something for God, just because? Have you ever given to God, just because you love Him?
What will happen to those who have never asked Jesus into their lives, where will they ever see life again once they depart this life? The answer is they will not see it ever again. Knowledge is the key to understanding your ability to receive whatever it is you are seeking be it wealth, good health, or even how to have a relationship with your creator. The possibilities are endless and so are the blessings once you have the wisdom to know how to receive all that God has for you. Do you desire to be healed of some lingering sickness, yet lack the understanding of just who the great physician really is?
Do you want the wealth to give to the missions yet lack the know how to open the window of heaven? God has a plan for everything that you may need, yet He leaves it to you to ask for those things, which have been given already.
Do you pray according to Gods will, or do you hope it will be answered? God said that His word would not return void, therefore if you pray His word back to Him He will honor His promises. "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I send it." Isaiah 55: 11
You see what God is saying here, what he has spoken will come to pass; it will always deliver what it was sent to do. The problem is that many are unaware of what He has spoken.
What is his will for your life, and how do you receive what you do not even know he has given to you. You can receive blessings for your obedience or a curse to those who are disobedient. That is why many folks are sick, barren, and even distressed all of the time.
My goal is to try to present the knowledge that will equip the believer with the necessary tools to begin to walk in the things that bring about true fellowship and blessings into their lives. The most effective way to accomplish this is to serve up the one meal that will fill and nourish the soul and arm the believer with the right tools to resist the enemy and send him fleeing. That tool is and will always be ‘the sword of the Spirit, which is God’s Word!’
You cannot fight the good fight of faith if you do not know whom it is you are battling. First off, it is clear that we are not fighting a being that fights fair, and second he will never stop trying to destroy your faith.
Ephesians 6:12 says that, we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
This is one reason why we feel like we are in it alone, we feel like someone, or something always hinders our progress and our blessings. That is why the bible tells us to put on the whole armor of God, Ephesians 6:13 and to be very select in what we wear about our lives. Just look at the list: girt about with truth, breastplate of righteousness, the gospel of peace, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
The last on the list is prayer, why you may wonder. It is the communication and fellowship with the Lord that gives you the wisdom to defeat the enemy, and accomplish all of Gods work in your life. Work that sometimes will bring you into the hottest battle, yet you are never alone for God is with you. You may believe that nothing is really happening that concerns you, or even your family.
That is the thinking of many in the church today, and many churches spend so much time trying to entertain, that the enemy creeps in and attacks from within. I know many will say that the devil will never be able to enter the house of God, yet let me remind you he transforms himself into an angel of light 2 Corinthians 11:14.
Often times he uses so called believers to carry out deceit amongst those who are ill equipped to recognize his tricks. That is why God tells all his people to place his word into their hearts, the mind can be deceived, but the heart of the true believer has the Holy Spirit dwelling there.
In the following chapters, I will add as much content that teaches, equips with knowledge of the truth, and shows the believer just what God says.
It causes me great concern today to see how much of the country we live in and love, are now coming against Christ and the church. Our leaders have even taken great steps to quell the preaching of those who point out the sins of society, telling them that their preaching discriminates against certain groups. That is what Jesus said in the book of Matthew 24:9-12 where He says that "because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." They will not even care about what will happen once they leave this life, and will not want Christians telling them they are sinners who need a Savior. The younger people see themselves as the new world and with evil on the rise; every type of sin seems to be the up thing. Yet what they fail to see is how much of their rights and hopes are being lost to what they call love and pleasure.
The power they think they have is based on how evil they can present themselves to the world, tattoos, sex, and even fame, yet it is like I said short lived. The church on the other hand builds their house bigger and better, and entertains the crowd, yet in many places of so-called worship, the Word is preached very little. They water down the truth, and tell people that God is only love. He is, yet He will also one day be their Judge, and the world knows so little about just who he really is.
To the preacher who entertains, without the preaching of the gospel of Jesus, let me just say, "You lack the Knowledge of God."
God has a way of moving you out of your complacency and removing your light, ‘you are a believer because Jesus saved you, and without Him you are not witnessing the truth.’ 1Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema, Maranatha." Do you think God will change to what you want him to become? He is the creator of all, and he is forever God. If you are not on fire for God then the word you preach will always lack substance and will only tickle the ears of a few churchgoers. Jesus said to the church of the Laodiceans,
"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot, I would thou wert cold or hot, so then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth," Revelation 3:15-16.
Now I know it is very hard to do well in a world where being a believer seems to be unusual, however if you had the knowledge of the one true God, you would never be afraid. God has given every true believer the faith to do all He has called them to do.
Yet in the age of modern technology, it is easy to do all the things that make it appear that we can live without any help from God. That is simply not the truth, this is a lie fabricated by the enemy. The world we live in is fast fading into the mire of evil and it will only become darker, that is why we need to search the word and find the truth.
2 Timothy 3:16-17- "all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." No man has written the bible of his own inspiration, none of the Bible has been put together with any man’s creativity or imagination. The thoughts and intent of the Bible are Gods own words reaching out to man. When you discover the truth of just who He really is you will see that God can do all things for those who seek Him. Finding the will of God for your life will open up doors you once were unaware of, and will give you the faith to move out of your safety net.
Now the main topics that seem to have been removed from the church, or in some cases watered down are, the preaching on the Blood of Jesus, the need of
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