Institute of Bible Technology

Crime witnessed is Crime per Law Conspiration is Crime & Seperation from God

We know the fact that from time immemorial till today's Hi-Tech world, at all times, When crime is witnessed or crime is committed it is subject to punishment. That would mean, that we follow a law, which convicts a criminal only when there is evidence. This all countries are practicing Law. Only if there are one or more witness, the wrongdoing is punished in our society. The same is followed in all the countries once ruled by the British. Our Indian law is derived from the British. From where did the British copy the law? It is a well-known fact that the British learnt the law from the Universal/International penal code, the Law of God called the Bible.

In BC 1500, GOD the FATHER , called JEHOVA by Israelites , The LORD or the LORD GOD (Parmeshwar / Bhagavan / Allah / Upparwallah / Sabka Malik ek. Etc. called by many names in India) gave the law to his chosen people, named Israelites. From this law, all the countries derived their laws. Man, who imitated God's law and did some minor changes, now has become an atheist. Even before the British's came in BC 605-535 , as per the prophecies of Prophet Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has commanded all the countries under his rule including our country (India). "It is you O king, who have grown and become strong: for your greatness has grown and reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth". (Dan 4:22) . Almost all the countries in the world to follow the law given by God to the Israelites.

"Nebuchadnezzer spoke, saying 'Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted Him, and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap: because there is no other God who can deliver this" (Dan3: 28-29) , "Nebuchadnezzer the king, to all peoples, nations and languages that dwell in all the earth: peace be multiplied to you. I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me. How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders, His Kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation". (Dan.4: 1-3) . This Nebuchadnezzer built one of the Seven Wonders of the World , the Hanging Gardens .

After the Babylonian rule, King Darius of Media-Persian rule also ordered all his provinces under his empire to follow the law of Israelites. "Then King Darius wrote; 'To all peoples, nations, and languages dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you. I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and steadfast forever: His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall endure to the end. He delivers and rescues, and He works sings and wonders in heaven and on earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of lions" (Dan. 6:25-28) . Following him came the Media- Persian ruler King Ahasuerus BC 485-464 , passed a decree that God's law to be followed. "Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus 'This was the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia, over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces'..."(Esther 1: 1,2,22) This way the law being followed everywhere on earth is from the law written in the Bible. From that great Laws one small part...

"And has gone and served other gods, worshipped them, either the sun or moon or any of the hosts of heaven, which I have not commanded and it be told you and you have heard of it and inquired diligently and behold it be true and the thing certain that such abomination is wrought in Israel, then you shall bring for that man or that woman who has committed that wicked thing to your gates, even that man or woman and shall stone them with stones till they die, at the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death, but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. In the hands of the witness shall be first upon him to put him to death and after the words, the hands of all the people. So, you shall put the evil away from among you (Deut. 17:3-7, 19:15-18)

Christ reminded the same law to the Israelites in the New Testament, before His crusification "...But if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more, that 'by mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established'...For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them" (Matt 18:15-20) . "It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true". (John 8: 17) The Apostle Paul who preached the Christ crucified also wrote for the Christians "Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses". (Heb. 10:28) , "This will be the third time I am coming to you, 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established" (IICor13: 1). In this visible & invisible world, the invisible God can see the visible and invisible. Similarly, the invisible spirit/man in the visible body can only see the visible and so man got used to punish only after seeing and tries to hide his sin because he will be punished if caught, but God punished the sin committed in thoughts even before the creation.

He punished the angle conspiration when they sinned in heaven itself. "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of morning; How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations; For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High'. Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the pit". (Is. 14:12-15), "For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment". (II Pet 2:4, Jude 6).

He punished man for his wicked thoughts. "Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually�So the LORD said, 'I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them" (Gen. 6: 5-7). Later on when God blessed Abraham, his wife Sarah laughed in disbelief. When God questioned, she denied having laughed and so God asked for the deeds good/bad to be witnessed before judging. "And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the Angel of Lord called to him from heaven and said 'Abraham, Abraham' and he said 'Here I am'. And He said 'Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, for Me" (Gen. 22:10-12) and gave law to the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham, to punish only when the crime is witnessed.

So, man has been cleverly trying to escape punishment by sinning in thoughts. This way the sin increased but didn't decrease. So, God warned through his Prophets later on that the birthplace of sin is heart and that He searches the heart. "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to the fruit of his doing" (Jer. 17:9-10).

God made a change to his Old Law and gave New Law through Jesus Christ's preaches. In the Book of Matthew's chapters 5, 6 & 7, Which is called the sermon on the mount, to man to realize that the visible sin that came from the invisible sin polluted the whole creation. And so, God gave a call for change of heart or mind, which is the origin of sin. Let us learn more about how we get separated from God by conspiration, sinning in the heart or thoughts with the help of a few examples.

Today we have treatment for various ailments, but a disease more dangerous than AIDS, incurable even with our advanced super special medical technology is existing. Those treating this disease are very few in numbers. Many international health organizations are in the quest for finding solution to bodily ailments, but crores of people are suffering from dangerous disease that they know not.

We know that man is a spirit. "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. For I am hard pressed between the two�" (Phillippians1: 21-24), "It is the spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing..." (John 6:63). As our body is prone to many infections and diseases, our spirit can also be prone to diseases and infections like cast, color, language, nation, religion, money, zealous etc., whether you agree or not. Let us find out about them. The best scanner is the word of God, the Bible for the sin of spirits.

Let us take example, of an important personality who suffered a devastating spiritual disease. He had vast wealth and apart from that he was a King. His bathroom itself was worth Rs 200 crores. One day, in 1991, this man's disease became fulminate. He himself informed the media that God himself gave him that disease. With this disease, he wished to rob the neighboring country and for that purpose he fought a war thereby killing many thousands of people. By now you must have guessed who he is, Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq.This strange disease persists in every person though not evident. Who can cure the disease of the spirit? Because of his disease, common man is afflicted with extra gulf charges on many goods now. In 2003 also another war took place because of him.

There are two other people with the same disease, which caused them to make war, who is George W. Bush (America) and Tony Blair (England). All people look normal but are afflicted with one or the other spiritual diseases like suicidality, suspiciousness, hatred, jealousy, revengeful nature, lust for wealth etc.

Let's us study about another person with a spiritual disease, who is participating in petty quarrels went on to become world-boxing champion. He was in jail for six years for alleged rape. He suffered from the lust of flesh. He is none other than Mike Tyson. Our society needs to be freed from such spiritual diseases. In today's world murders, suicides, dowry deaths, rapes, robbery etc is on the rise because of the spiritual disease such as "The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the Pride of life"(I John 2:16).

"There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things defile him�For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile man"(Mark 7:15-23). The only doctor who can treat spiritual disease is Jesus Christ alone, "For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart"(Heb. 4:12). Nearly 1970 years ago, this is the way He treated them.

One-day some people brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus seeking Jesus' judgement on her. As per law, she was to be stoned to death, but Jesus forgave her and addressed her with love, calling her mother never accused her or called her as a prostitute. He told the group of people her to stone her first if they do not have any sin in them, and one by one they left them as they knew that they were sinners too. Jesus lifted his head and said to her lovingly not to sin any more. This love and understanding, which she saw in him, transformed her heart and never committed the sin.

"...So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, 'He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first'�Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, 'Woman where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?' She said, 'No one, Lord'. And Jesus said to her, 'neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more" (John 8:3-11). Some people don't sin because they are not tempted and some deny in spite of transgressing. Jesus said, "Judge not that you be not judged� Hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye and then you; will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye". (Matt 7:15)

Our law punishes only when there is a witness for a crime, but do you know where Christ catches the wrongdoers, in their thoughts! Anyone looking at a woman lustfully is an adulterer " You have heard that it was said to those of old ' You shall not commit adultery'. 'But I say to you that whoever looks at a women to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart'." (Matt 5:27,28). Which law can catch a person at the movement he conspires? Today's law can only punish a man for his crime witnessed but has failed to curb the crime. To prevent a wrong from being done, a person's heart should be changed and it is this way that Christ treats the spiritual disease.

In the end dear ones, when we cannot escape the punishment for wrong doing in this world, how can we escape the punishment from God from whom nothing is hidden? For us to reach heaven, we need to be free of all spiritual diseases not body diseases. The only doctor who treats these dangerous unseen spiritual diseases free of cost is Jesus Christ, so let us go to Him!

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