{"id":2586,"date":"2025-10-16T23:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:23:12","slug":"why-be-a-counterfeit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=2586","title":{"rendered":"Why Be A Counterfeit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WHY BE A COUNTERFEIT?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MATTHEW 7:21&nbsp;&nbsp; Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2 TIMOTHY 3:5,7&nbsp;&nbsp; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. &nbsp;7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ISAIAH 9:16&nbsp;&nbsp; For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EZEKIEL 22:26&nbsp;&nbsp; Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ISAIAH 30:9-10&nbsp;&nbsp; 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MALACHI 2:7-9&nbsp;&nbsp; 7 For the priest&#8217;s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 JOHN 2:3-4&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHY BE A COUNTERFEIT? MATTHEW 7:21&nbsp;&nbsp; Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=2586\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why Be A Counterfeit?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-todaysbibleverse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}