The LORD JESUS Christ is our Foundation

21/02/2026

👻⚠️ “GHOSTS AREN’T DEAD PEOPLE — THEY’RE DEMONS”

In the Dispensation of Grace, believers are not to seek the dead, fear apparitions, or speculate—but to stand on revealed truth and discern spiritual deception.

🔥 INTRODUCTION: DECEPTION THRIVES WHERE TRUTH IS IGNORED

The Bible clearly teaches that the dead do not roam the earth.
What many call “ghosts” are lying spirits meant to deceive, distract, and distort truth.

📖 “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits…” — 1 Timothy 4:1

🧭 THE D-E-C-E-I-V-E OUTLINE

① ⚰️ D — DEATH SEPARATES THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
📖 Ecclesiastes 9:5
Explanation:
Scripture teaches that the dead do not interact with the living.

4 Sub-Points:
Death Ends Earthly Activity
📖 Ecclesiastes 9:10
Departure to Fixed Destinations
📖 Luke 16:22–26
Dormancy of the Dead (no return)
📖 Job 7:9–10
Divine Boundary Set by God
📖 Hebrews 9:27

② 😈 E — EVIL SPIRITS IMITATE THE DEAD
📖 2 Corinthians 11:14
Explanation:
Demons masquerade to deceive—often appearing familiar or comforting.

4 Sub-Points:
Deceptive Disguises – False light
📖 2 Cor. 11:14
Demonic Doctrine – Lies promoted
📖 1 Tim. 4:1
Distorted Appearances – Familiar forms
📖 Matthew 24:24
Designed to Distract – From truth
📖 John 8:44

③ 🚫 C — COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEAD FORBIDDEN
📖 Deuteronomy 18:10–12
Explanation:
God strictly forbids seeking the dead—because it opens the door to demons.

4 Sub-Points:
Condemned Practices – Necromancy
📖 Deut. 18:11
Clear Prohibition – God’s command
📖 Isaiah 8:19
Costly Consequences – Spiritual danger
📖 1 Chronicles 10:13
Contrary to Grace Truth – Not for believers
📖 Galatians 5:1

④ 🧠 E — ERROR FLOURISHES WITHOUT RIGHT DIVISION
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
Explanation:
Confusion about ghosts often comes from misusing Scripture.

4 Sub-Points:
Error from Ignoring Context
📖 Romans 15:4
Exaggerated Experiences – Over Scripture
📖 Colossians 2:18
Emotionalism Over Evidence
📖 Proverbs 14:12
Established Truth Needed – Pauline doctrine
📖 Romans 16:25

⑤ 🛡️ I — IN CHRIST, BELIEVERS ARE PROTECTED
📖 Colossians 2:10
Explanation:
Believers cannot be possessed or controlled by demons.

4 Sub-Points:
Indwelt by the Spirit
📖 Romans 8:9
Identified with Christ
📖 Galatians 2:20
Insulated from Condemnation
📖 Romans 8:1
In Authority Through Christ
📖 Ephesians 2:6

⑥ 🧯 V — VICTORY COMES THROUGH TRUTH, NOT FEAR
📖 Ephesians 6:11
Explanation:
Spiritual victory is maintained by truth and sound doctrine.

4 Sub-Points:
Victory by the Word
📖 Ephesians 6:17
Vigilance Against Lies
📖 1 Peter 5:8
Validation Through Scripture
📖 Acts 17:11
Victory in Grace – Not rituals
📖 Titus 2:11–12

⑦ 🔔 E — EXHORTATION: DON’T BE DECEIVED
📖 1 Corinthians 15:33
Explanation:
The believer must test all things and cling to truth.

4 Sub-Points:
Examine Every Spirit
📖 1 John 4:1
Exclude False Teaching
📖 Romans 16:17
Establish Sound Faith
📖 Colossians 2:7
Endure in Truth
📖 2 Timothy 4:3–4

🏁 CONCLUSION: TRUTH DRIVES OUT TERROR

God never intended His people to fear the unseen—but to stand firm in revealed truth.
📖 “God hath not given us the spirit of fear…” — 2 Timothy 1:7

📣 CALL TO ACTION

📖 Study rightly divided truth
➡️ 2 Timothy 2:15
🧠 Reject experiences over Scripture
➡️ Colossians 2:8
🛡️ Rest in Christ’s finished work
➡️ Colossians 2:10
✝️ Walk by faith, not fear
➡️ 2 Corinthians 5:7

💭 FINAL THOUGHTS

1️⃣ The dead do not return
2️⃣ Demons deceive through imitation
3️⃣ Fear comes from ignorance, not faith
4️⃣ Right division brings clarity
5️⃣ Christ secures the believer
6️⃣ Truth exposes deception
7️⃣ Grace anchors the soul

🔥 DON’T BE DECEIVED — BE ESTABLISHED IN TRUTH
📖 Ecclesiastes 9:5 | 1 Timothy 4:1 | Colossians 2:10

15/01/2026

15/01/2026

The Jewish oral tradition did not begin as rebellion. It began as protection. After the Babylonian exile, Israel carried a deep fear that the Law of God could be lost again. Exile had taught them that disobedience led to destruction, and religious leaders became determined to preserve faithfulness at any cost. They wanted to prevent idolatry, ensure obedience, and clarify how God’s commandments should be lived out in everyday life. What followed was not defiance—but caution.

Teachers began explaining the Torah. They added applications, clarifications, and protective boundaries meant to keep people far from sin. This approach became known as “a fence around the Law.” The logic was simple: if people never got close to breaking God’s commands, they would never break them at all. At first, this seemed wise. It appeared reverent. It felt responsible.

But explanations have consequences when they are repeated long enough.

Over generations, these teachings were memorized, repeated, passed down from teacher to student, and adapted to new cultural pressures. Slowly, what had been commentary hardened into expectation. Eventually, many rabbis began to believe these traditions were not merely human explanations but divine instructions given to Moses alongside the written Torah—despite Scripture itself never making such a claim. What began as teaching evolved into authority.

By the time the Mishnah was compiled around AD 200 and later expanded into the Talmud, oral tradition had become institutionalized. It was no longer guidance. It was binding. And that is where the problem emerged.

The issue was never teaching. The issue was authority.

Human interpretation began to stand beside Scripture instead of beneath it. Commentary became equal to revelation. In some cases, it surpassed it. Tradition no longer served the Law—it competed with it. Obedience became measured not by God’s Word alone, but by scholarly consensus and legal reasoning. At that moment, something fundamental shifted.

Jesus confronted this directly.

He did not oppose learning. He did not reject teachers. But He drew a sharp line when tradition claimed divine authority. “You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men,” He said. Then He went further: “Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition.” This was not a mild critique. Jesus accused religious leaders of canceling God’s Word by elevating human systems above it.

That accusation matters.

Because when interpretation becomes revelation, obedience becomes negotiable. When tradition gains authority, Scripture loses clarity. And when scholars speak louder than God, the heart of faith collapses into argument.

Did oral tradition always contradict God’s Word? No. But it contradicted it often enough for Jesus to publicly confront it. Legal loopholes replaced moral responsibility. Ritual precision overshadowed heart obedience. Rules multiplied while transformation disappeared. Authority shifted from Scripture to scholars.

Even Paul, once trained deeply within this system, later rejected its authority outright. He counted it as loss.

This matters today because the same mistake is still repeated. When people use the Talmud to override Scripture, claim biblical authority through rabbinic debate, or treat tradition as revelation, they echo the very system Jesus opposed. Christianity is not anti-learning. It is not anti-history. It is not anti-context. But it is Scripture-first.

When explanation becomes authority, faith turns into control. When tradition replaces revelation, truth fragments. And when God’s Word is buried beneath human certainty, obedience gives way to debate.

Jesus didn’t come to argue interpretations. He came to restore the authority of God’s voice.

And He drew the line clearly.

15/01/2026

Does God Forgive Repeated Sins?
Scripture (KJV):

Hebrews 10:17: “And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.”

There are sins you thought you’d never struggle with again.

Habits you swore you’d break.

Patterns you thought salvation would instantly erase.

But then it happens again.

And the shame hits harder than the sin itself.

The enemy whispers:

“You’re not really saved.”

“God is tired of you.”

And because the voice sounds like your own thoughts, you start to believe it.

But here’s the truth that we all know but don’t truly believe:

Sin is not an action, sin is an identity you inherited from Adam.

And Jesus didn’t just forgive your actions,

He destroyed your old identity.

That means what you do cannot undo what Christ did.

God doesn’t forgive repeated sins one by one like someone writing receipts at a counter.

He forgave the sinner, the identity, at once, permanently, at the cross.

You weren’t partially cleansed.

You weren’t temporarily forgiven.

You were made new.

Your sins aren’t forgiven in installments,

they were paid in full.

That’s why Hebrews 10:17 doesn’t say God “forgives again.”

It says He remembers them no more.

If God doesn’t remember your repeated sins,

why do you?

Because the enemy keeps reminding you.

Condemnation is not a sign you failed.

Condemnation is a sign Satan is trying to trap you inside your old identity, the one Jesus already killed.

Here’s what you need to understand:

Your repeated sin is not the problem.

Your repeated self-condemnation is.

Sin is something your flesh does.

Righteousness is something your spirit is.

And the only reason your repeated failures shake you is because you’re still believing your thoughts instead of God’s Word.

Your thoughts say: “I failed again.”

The gospel says: “You are perfected forever.” (Hebrews 10:14)

Your thoughts say: “I’m dirty.”

God says: “You are washed.” (1 Corinthians 6:11)

Your thoughts say: “I’m not worthy.”

God says: “You are accepted in the beloved.” (Ephesians 1:6)

Your thoughts say: “God is angry.”

God says: “I remember your sins no more.” (Hebrews 10:17)

You don’t need to be forgiven again,

you need to be reminded again.

Salvation isn’t fragile.

Grace isn’t conditional.

God’s forgiveness isn’t based on your consistency, it’s based on Christ’s sacrifice.

And He only died once,

because once was enough.

So then what should you do when you fall again?

Step 1: Stop trusting your thoughts

They will always condemn you, and Romans 8:1 tells us that condemnation is not from God.

Step 2: Speak the Word louder than the shame

Say it out loud:

“I am forgiven. I am righteous. God remembers my sins no more.”

Step 3: Lean into the gospel, not guilt

Guilt produces fear.

The gospel produces love that transforms you.

Step 4: Remember who you are

You are not a sinner trying to be righteous.

You are a saint fighting old thoughts.

Prayer

God, I fall more than I want to admit, and the enemy tries to drown me in shame. But Your Word says You remember my sins no more. Help me distrust every condemning thought and cling to the truth of the gospel. Remind me of who I am in Christ, washed, holy, and perfected forever. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

You don’t need to keep begging God for forgiveness.

You just need to keep believing what He already said:

You are forgiven. Completely. Irreversibly. Eternally.​
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Blessings,
Johnny Chang​

​PS. Feel free to reply and share what's on your heart or reply with a topic request!

I try to read as many responses as I can every day.

15/01/2026

14/01/2026

The "Old Testament" isn’t irrelevant, even though Christianity tells people that it is because we’re under a "New Covenant". They teach it like it’s outdated, optional, and safe to ignore as long as you’ve got a few New Testament verses memorized. But if you cut off the Old Testament, you cut off the definitions, the context, the covenant, the promises, and the whole framework that forms the foundation of the New Testament from the very first page.

But the New Testament doesn’t write that way at all. It’s packed with Old Testament references. Matthew alone has 60+ quotes & 100+ allusions, and this same pattern keeps showing up throughout the rest of the New Testament. Jesus didn’t show up preaching a brand-new religion. He showed up as the promised Messiah, standing on what God already said. The whole point is fulfillment, clarification, & faithful application, not replacement. The New Testament is the continuation of the same story, constantly pointing back to what God already spoke, because that’s the foundation it’s built on.

Paul said in Romans 15:4, "For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." Those "things written before" are the very Scriptures people now try to sideline, but Paul says they were written for our learning right now, not just for "back then". He reinforced this in his letter to Timothy. In 2 Timothy 3:16–17 he said, "Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." At the time Paul wrote that, the only Scriptures Jesus, the apostles, & the disciples were using to teach, correct, & equip were what we call the Old Testament, so it obviously wasn’t outdated or irrelevant to them.

So when the church acts like the 'Old Testament' is irrelevant because we’re under a 'New Covenant', that’s not growth, that’s at the very least a gross misunderstanding of Scripture, or at worst a straight-out lie. The New Covenant doesn’t erase what came before, it puts God’s instructions where they belong, written on the heart & lived out. When Jeremiah speaks of the "New Covenant" in Jeremiah 31:31–33 he doesn’t mean God threw the old one in the trash & invented something different. It’s not a different religion or belief system, it’s the same covenant renewed & upgraded, with the same Law moved from stone tablets to the human heart. That’s the real issue: New doesn’t mean God changed His mind, it means He’s bringing His people Israel back to covenant faithfulness from the inside out.

And this is where it gets even more obvious. Jesus didn’t just confront sin, He confronted how people twisted Scripture with man-made tradition, extra-biblical rules, loopholes, & religious systems that honored God with the lips while ignoring what He actually commanded. The apostles did the same thing, calling Israel back, showing what Messiah accomplished, & then bringing the Gentiles into that same covenant story. The New Testament isn’t a permission slip to ignore the Old, it’s God’s own commentary in real time on what He already revealed, showing what it means, exposing what was added to it, & teaching how to walk it out in Christ.

If someone wants to disagree & ignore Scripture, fine, but they should deal with what it actually says & does, not what tradition claims it means.

16/12/2025

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16/12/2025

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HANUKKAH IS A WORSHIP BATTLE

As I sought the LORD about how He wanted to open Hanukkah 2025, I was given the contrast of Messiah Yeshua's Feast of Dedication celebration – Hanukkah – verses what the Antichrist celebrates. Yeshua going up to Jerusalem in the winter for the Feast of Dedication is very momentous (John 10:22-23), because the Messiah Himself was making a statement against the same pagan sun god worship that the Maccabees overthrew.

Hanukkah is essentially a worship battle. The heroes of the first Hanukkah were called the Maccabees. The Antichrist of their day – King Antiochus Epiphanes IV – sacrificed a pig on God’s sacred altar in 168 BC and placed a sun god statue in God’s Sanctuary on December 25th that year. Thus, setting up the abomination of desolation in Jerusalem’s Temple. Then, a directive was sent to Antiochus’ entire kingdom that all people had to relinquish their own forms of worship. All disobedience was punishable by gruesome forms of death.

During these troublesome times, Mattisyahu, who was the son of a previous High Priest and the most respected man in the town of Modi’in, was given the “honor” of setting the example of sacrificing the pagan way. If Mattisyahu would simply sacrifice a pig on this altar of worship and eat it, he and his sons would be considered “the king’s friends,” which was an official title that carried many privileges, including an elevated social standing with the new regime and substantial wealth.

As Mattisyahu was defiantly refusing the devilish honor, a traitor neared the altar to offer the sacrifice (1 Maccabees 2:19-24). In the likeness of Phineas, Mattisyahu was so filled with righteous indignation at this blatant desecration of The Name that he grabbed a sword, killed the Jewish milk-toast turncoat and the messenger from the pagan king. After Mattisyahu tore down the altar, he ran through the streets proclaiming: “Whoever is zealous for the Torah [God’s Word] and is steadfast in the Covenant, let him follow me!” (1 Maccabees 2:27).

Mattisyahu, his sons, and many who sought to live according to righteousness and the plumb line of God’s Word, fled to the mountains and settled in the Judean Desert (1 Maccabees 2:28-30). They left all their worldly possessions to fight this worship battle. Had not this small, but mighty, ragtag group defied the world dominating force of their day – the Seleucid Greeks – we probably would not have Judaism or Christianity today. We will speak more about Hanukkah history soon. For those who want a preview, please check out the “Additional Resources” section below.

For now, let’s personalize the lessons we can learn about the worship battle of Hanukkah versus Christmas. First the Antichrist seeks to defile God’s sacred altar with the forbidden sacrifice of demonic worship, which is what December 25th’s worship is actually all about. God’s Altar is equivalent to a person’s, a nation’s, or the world’s heart. “For where your treasure is, there your heart is also" (Matthew 6:21).

Christians can say Jesus is the reason for the season all we want, but God’s Word tells us otherwise. According to Scripture, God considers sun god worship to be the most detestable practice in His eyes that doesn’t allow His Shekinah Presence to dwell in His Temple – you and I. “Son of Man, do you see what they do? Great abominations are [the people] of the House of Israel committing here, to cause Me to distance Myself from My Sanctuary. … And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s House, and, behold, at the door of the Temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the Temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east” (Ezekiel 8:6,16 KJV). It’s about "25" worshipping the sun. It’s about the “25” – the 25th of December. It’s about the 25th of December and what “image(s)” we erect in our heart to sacrifice to on the altar of our hearts.

Setting up an idol of a pagan sun god in God’s Sanctuary speaks of defiling the entirety of a person, a church, a nation, or the world. A sanctuary is supposed to be the most sacred part of a temple (which you are) where in today’s world the altar is placed in most churches. Societal pressure and material gain are part of the Antichrist’s strategy to coerce you to worship at Christmas’ Altar and keep you worshiping the image of a pagan god and the things of this world. The Antichrist plan is working. 95-98% of the world currently worships at Christmas Altar with societal pressure of not being called a Grinch or a Scrooge keeping most people from critically examining their worship practices. Won’t you do better? Won’t you listen to and heed the Holy Spirit’s nudging that something is not right about Christmas? Mighty Ones of Valor, won’t you leave all your worldly possessions to fight this worship battle?

If you’d like some assistance in seeking God’s heart through historical and Scriptural truth, check out the award-winning book "SANTA-TIZING: What’s wrong with Christmas and how to clean it up": https://amzn.to/3S5AxGG

Give em heaven!!!
Robin Main

www.sapphirethroneministries.com
www.mysticmentoring.com
www.santa-tizing.com

Written December 14, 2025 – Sapphire Throne Ministries – Robin Main. Copyrighted – If you are going to copy this, please copy it right by giving attribution to this source. Blessings!



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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

• JOURNEY TO BECOME HIS BRIDE (STORY OF HANUKKAH #1) =>
https://santatizing.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/journey-to-become-his-bride-story-of-hanukkah-1/

• JOURNEY TO BECOME HIS BRIDE (STORY OF HANUKKAH #2) =>
https://santatizing.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/journey-to-become-his-bride-story-of-hanukkah-2-battle-to-re-dedicate-gods-altar/

• BLAZING NEW WINE OF HANUKKAH VIDEO - HISTORY PART I: https://youtu.be/wdhOh4iRD6c

• BLAZING NEW WINE OF HANUKKAH VIDEO- HISTORY PART II: https://youtu.be/u-qVfQtUaKA

• JESUS NOT BORN DEC 25TH => http://wp.me/p158HG-nY

• IT’S ABOUT THE 25TH => https://santatizing.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/its-about-the-25th/

• CRUX FOR GOD’S DWELLING PRESENCE => http://wp.me/p158HG-Dx

• TO DISMISS CHRIST => https://sapphirethroneministries.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/to-dismiss-christ/

• YESHUA CELEBRATED HANUKKAH NOT CHRISTMAS => https://santatizing.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/yeshua-celebrated-hanukkah-not-christmas/

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