Cake is more than Sugar & Flour
By Trevor Davis
3-31-2021

Cake is more than sugar and flour. And, being a disciple of Jesus is more than simple head-knowledge, a little reading of the bible, and church going—or not.

There were certain Pharisees that believed in Jesus. They knew He was what He was. But, Jesus told them, “if you continue in My Word, you are My disciple indeed”. Also, “it is not those who say, 'Lord Lord,' but it is those who do the will of My Father that is in heaven.

See, there are many ingredients that make up a real believer in Jesus. They are regenerate people by the power of God by faith. A faith that is of trust, faithfulness and obedience. Jesus is the author of salvation for those who OBEY Him. If a person loves Him, then they do what He says. This is a major element in the ingredients of being an authentic Christian.

I speak of this now because of the need. I see so many that are in total contradiction to what they say they believe. Lives that show they are not following Jesus. Perspectives and understandings that are darkened from the truth that is in Jesus too. I observe more than a shallowness of the Word of God in their hearts that bares little to know bonafide fruit of God. I see plastic fruit of religion. But that is not what God accepts.

I read recently a man with a pure heart God loves. They are accepted by Him. God loves righteousness. This is what is acceptable to Him all wrought in the disciple's life by Jesus.

We are exhorted to examine our own selves whether we truly are in the faith. That is the point of this discussion. Some people do not value their salvation and hence they give little attention to it but token time doing religious activities they think will suffice. But there are others who sell all they have, as it were, to obtain the prize in the field, which is the Lord and all He offers. They love the Lord more than anything, anyone, and their own lives. In fact, you can not be Jesus' disciple unless that is the case. He says so. That is another part of the true faith.

Look around and note the condition of the church world. Many can see the world itself is in a controlled demolition of destruction. The many walk the broad and wide way into it. The few that seek and love the Lord, walk a strait and narrow path that leads to life.

God offers those who love Him to be in fellowship with Him. We are to be in communion and union with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. We are to walk in the light as He is in the light. We are to walk in the Spirit. Being born again, from above, of the Spirit. Being born again by the Word of God. Being born anew by the word of truth, as James put it. All that know God are taught by God. They all come to Jesus just as He said in John 6:45.

God teaches but religious people select another instead of knockoff teacher. They follow men and women who relay words they heard and learned from others doing the same. This is a corruption and diminishing of what God has ordained for His people. And the affect of this is apostasy, delusion, spiritual blindness, and being led off the mark.

Jesus is the one that gives understanding the apostles declared. God is the one that either reveals or conceals based on the heart of each individual. If a person is faithful in little, they are given more. If they refuse to hear what the Lord directs, even what they have is taken away. And that is how we see people going backwards, even forgetting what they once knew including God Himself. They are those who forget God.

There is more to the faith than a couple aspects of spirituality. We are to have the complete whole counsel of God. We are to embrace the truth, and nothing but the truth. Worshiping God in spirit and truth. Not falsehood and carnal activities stemming from the flesh. Think about Cain and understand if you would.

What I discern is how the majority of religious Jesus' professing people do not truly know the Lord. They know about Him. That is not enough. Or is it?

The Lord as the One and only Good Shepherd leads His sheep. He warns them of dangers and leads them in wisdom, understanding and perception that they are able to receive due to a pure heart. The ones who do not have a pure heart, or, are corrupted and defiled by disobedience, idolatry and the world, are walking dead men. Jesus says those who come to Him and believe in Him that sent Him, have eternal life, are not under judgment, and have passed out of death to life. They will never die. They may die physically, but He will rise them again on the last day. Those in disobedience are dead. Jesus illustrated this about the Pharisees and scribes that were as dead men in tombs with people walking over them unaware. This is a spiritual reality.

Are you aware that you walk about dead people? Spiritually dead, with eyes to see but not seeing? Hears to hear but not understanding? Nothing is new under the sun. See, you can't be a cake made with just sugar and flour. That is not cake. And, you can not be a disciple of Jesus if you do not continue in His abiding Word that He speaks and is also written. His commandments are many, as written, spoken, and what He puts in each man's heart and mind. The very standard each person wishes to be treated is all the law of Christ. And these are the things Jesus will judge the living and the dead on the last day.

In ancient times this same thing was said about Israel. God said Ephraim was half baked. No one wants to eat half-baked bread. Nice and tasty on one side, only to be gooey slop on the other. And this is what God is saying now. He is looking for people to be complete in Christ. He is looking for a people that have grown up into Jesus as a mature man, inhabiting the glory of God, walking pleasing to Him, able to hear and obey everything their Lord dictates. Because they love Him, they will be found to be so.

Lastly, we are to know the tree by its fruit. We can observe good fruit showing the reality of the activity of God's Spirit in a life. Or, we can see bad fruit that proves a person is not of God. God's people are people of truth just as He is the God of truth. When we observe religious people walking in lies, myths, deception, we know they are not in fellowship with God.

Today, there is world-wide coordinated event of deception underway. Through public and private organizations leading the masses into global government, calling for the population to receive injections of deadly substances and technology, The psychological manipulation by use of media inculcation, mask wearing and social distancing as they attempt to force the world into submission. Sadly, we see the churches of men lining up to submit themselves to the lie. They have been given over to believe it. They trust in man and do not know God. They are sheep so to speak being led to the slaughter. But it ultimately is their own fault for refusing the voice of the Good Shepherd Jesus, and obeying Him.

God had said in the past that His people were destroyed for lack of knowledge. In fact, they had rejected the true knowledge that comes from Him. He therefore rejected them also. They just did not line up with all the elements that comprise a true disciple of God. They chose another way, other than the true way of the Lord that comes by following Him alone.
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By Trevor Davis
(edited 3-31-2021)