Author: Ron Outland

I'm simply a human trying to understand life, God, and other people.

I Think God Can Use Any Business Opportunity For His Gospel Work… If It’s Good: Being Cautiously Optomistic About Any Country In Light Of Leviticus 19:35-36 (07/23/2025)

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Well, what do you know? Last night, I had a conversation with a friend of mine, and he told me people come to the U.S. from all over the world in business dealings, mostly… so I think that’s actually good, for it can be an opportunity for me to preach the Gospel to anyone arriving if he/she is receptive about it, including those who speak a different language (don’t worry, every language has meaning, as 1 Corinthians 14:10 says). But I just realized that Babylon (a.k.a. Rome, read Revelation 17-18) will do the same thing during the Great Tribulation, and that’ll be doomed to fall as previous empires did. And I think the people will only be angry at me in most cases if I preach the Gospel to a foreigner and they receive Jesus as a result… but I believe in fair business dealings, as this passage says, which is found in page 70 of my NKJV Bible, page 90 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 147 of my VOICE copy (along with its note appearing soon after), and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m not sure where that friend stands on the issue or if he even realizes the Babylon thing explained above (for I actually told him that the Maldives only allows Islam, and he didn’t know that previously, plus he’s over ten years older than me and a pastor of a ministry at my church), but I’m not really sure what to believe concerning most people I know 😓😓😓😓😓 yet I did find out this morning I can still write my Bible notes from my phone, which I’m doing right now at home instead of going to the library… sorry I didn’t write any notes earlier this month; I should’ve known I could just tilt my phone horizontally and press “new post” 😅😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 silly me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 now I know what to do for future notes if I run into any technological complications… unless I need to get a new phone 📱📲🔋🪫💻🖥️⌨️🖱️🖲️💾 (the floppy disk was for me potentially saving my documents) 😅😅 but anyway, I think it’s good that business in any country is an opportunity to preach the Gospel there, for it says in Ecclesiastes 11:1-2, “Cast your bread on the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yes, even [divide it] to eight, for you know not what evil may come upon the earth” (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition) 🍞🥐🥖🫓🥨😋 yea, it even confirms Luke 16’s investment teachings (verses 1-12).

I ddo feel business may be the only thing the U.S. is good for nowadays, though (besides the good-looking nature areas, but even then, they’re not too safe whether there’s a huge crowd or not). I’m surprised forgiveness may still be legal, actually… they passed the giant bill on July 4th to ruin many more things, including possibly making it impossible for my student loans to be eliminated, even if I get a five-figure check for any reason. I really hope to leave the U.S. and never come back so I’d actually have a chance of being more effective in God’s work of forgiveness and restoration, if He will do this. As it stands, though, I feel all the Lord’s messages only fall on deaf ears even when a friend of mine may be willing to hear the truth in a town like Gilbert. I don’t want to face only unreceptive people… and I think it’ll only get worse where I work, even if a coworker is at least a decade younger than me, not just in my Fry’s store, but any store I work in this country. I also remember another friend of mine came here from Australia to be a pastor at my church under the senior pastor’s leadership, and when that didn’t work, he decided to do something else (but thank God he’s still here, living within five miles east of me, and if he has to leave, I’d like to join him). Indeed, I feel my time in the U.S. may come to an end soon, even though I was born here and hadn’t visited anything outside of it… but that’s OK if I am able to get to a country that actually gives this generation the respect they deserve, such as my nieces and their half-sister. Yet I don’t have the money or even the connections to do this, and I think Trump knows I need my loans erased, so he’s decided to make it even more painful for me and other borrowers who couldn’t finish their education due to family drama and persecution for what they believe in, especially if it’s good, even making it impossible for me to feel safe again, if he could. But God can prevail against him 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💗💗💗💗💗💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 for His love and faithfulness still endures for those who suffer for His Name’s sake like how 2 Timothy 2:13 says.

If I can, I’ll be back with chapter 20 of Leviticus soon, so I’ll see you then! In the meantime, I need to check back on a lady who emailed me something and wants me to post it on my website… I hope to get to that soon, too. I’m just ridiculously bad at checking my emails 😅😅 OK, enough rambling on my part. Later, guys!

It’s Not Worth It To Disregard The Foreigners — Other Ways To Love Others As Detailed In Leviticus 19:33-34 (06/21/2025)

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This is huge, and I’m grieved in my spirit because lots of people in the U.S., though they had promised to be the hands and feet of Jesus to those who are disadvantaged, are now actually saying hatred is a virtue, and the proof is in the reality that there aren’t very many refugees here, maybe like 20,000 or less. I shared on my Instagram stories some time earlier this week that, believe it or not, Iran hosts more refugees than anywhere else on Earth. And they enforce Islam, so it’s kind of ironic they’re doing this, for Jesus had said that if we treat refugees badly, we purposely sin against Him 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 and He added that these will go into eternal fire (Matthew 25:46). Indeed, I remember that Peter Furler, former Newsboys frontman (he stepped down about 15 years ago), had mentioned in his 2008 live album, Houston We Are Go, at the end, that there’s a greater separation coming, far greater than the first one that had occurred in Genesis 3. And his character still holds up all these years later. This passage is found in page 70 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, page 90 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 147 of my VOICE copy, and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t really know much about hosting refugees myself, though, and I want that to improve, mainly in hiding a family in a safe neighbourhood if I’m married, but I can’t do it here, for even getting a girlfriend in this country means I have too high of a chance of being in poverty for the rest of my life, at least according to Arizona standards. I thank God the wages are more than double than that of places like Utah, Texas, Louisiana, etc., but it’s not enough, for I can’t save enough money every day, even when learning how to cook better foods. For as soon as I save ANYTHING, I have to use it almost immediately, usually if my tax return from early each year isn’t a part of it. I need to ask about what health insurance my job has, if there still is one 😬😬😬😬 if it’s not returning, and I can’t get affordable dental insurance, either, it’ll depend on luck or chance if I ever get out of debt, just as Ecclesiastes 9:11 says that the race isn’t to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men or women of understanding and intelligence, nor favour to people with a lot of skills, but time and chance happen to them all (author’s translation). The Lord Jesus is alive and His eyes are upon those who fear Him (who revere and worship Him with awe), who wait for Him and hope in His mercies (which are new every morning; see Lamentations 3:22-23) and lovingkindnesses to deliver them from anything deadly and keep them alive in famine (see also Psalm 33:18-19), but it’s because Satan has stolen Jesus’ authority (see 2 Corinthians 4:4) and has infiltrated the Christian church after Scripture was completed in greater levels than previously imagined, especially in weaponizing the truth of God being first in rank and inserting phrases in the Bible such as “He is in control” that too many want nothing to do with Him, just as Romans 2:24 says of Satan’s children that the Name of God is blasphemed everywhere because of them. Thankfully, Jude thought of this, too (see Jude 3-19), and no one was supposed to insert or remove anything in or from God’s Word, respectively (Revelation 22:18-19). Yet the wicked people have weaponized this, too, and they have the upper hand most of the time, just as Proverbs 28:28 says.

So the question is: is safety still possible? If so, great, but even a town like Gilbert where I’m writing this now in a library can have some deeply disturbing moments, like that one guy I heard about who relentlessly beat up a kid from Queen Creek with some help from his friends, and when he died, the guy actually emoted over his dead body! And if that wasn’t bad enough, their families are psychopaths, much like O.J. had been when he had murdered his ex-wife and her friend back in 1994. I actually found out one day that this interrupted the NBA Finals on June 17th that year. I mean, God can still make safety happen, but this might not be possible because over 75 million people chose Trump instead of Jesus, as though He needed a convicted rapist to do His work. Other people like this have taken office, too, but it’s too unsafe to be in the U.S. at this point… which is why I got a book titled Extreme Devotion by Voice Of The Martyrs over a week and a half ago. I just finished day 5 on my way to the library at a bookstore where I sometimes get godly content from. One of the first stories featured the Rachel Scott story from Colorado where two godless men exalted Hitler by terrorizing their high school on April 20th, 1999. I’ve written about this before, but just in case someone brings this up to me, it was partly why I’m now Christian, though I only heard about it in February 2008. Better safe than sorry…

The craziest part is, I’m in Arizona, where racism isn’t too high and there’s sometimes some hilarious content people make on the roads; I wonder how those in closed countries like Vietnam, Laos, Libya, Egypt, North Korea, China, Cuba, etc. are handling this right now. Indeed, yesterday was World Refugee Day, and I wanted to show some support, but all I could do was share some content on my Instagram stories about this (most of them have since disappeared, for they’re only available for 24 hours each). And I’ve been through too many dangerous things already, so if forgiveness is criminalized here, I’d much rather get blown up because I believe Jesus forgives others than locked away in the mental hospital again, or worse, be put in prison where I can be butt-raped because someone’s bored! Indeed, a nation can fall apart at anytime, including the U.S., so that’s why we must practice kindness to others, including the refugees and those seeking safety, especially… I pray God helps me dodge bad laws here, for I can’t afford a place anywhere even in a foreign country where it’s actually safe. Plus, I have a lot of debts, so I don’t expect them to not drag me back if I leave, temporarily or otherwise. Besides, I have a family here, and I want to meet my three nieces’ new half-sister, who was born on June 3rd at 4:15 a.m. Her name is Monika Lee Snyder (their mom had gotten a new boyfriend), and I’ve seen the nickname Mocha, and I think that’s adorable 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💗💗💗💗💗💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💘💘💘💕💞❣️❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹 if her mom allows my brother and I to meet her, I’ll be forever grateful 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💓💓💓💓🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Oh, I should mention that I mentioned to someone on Threads last week I’d write on the Leviticus 19 passage, so I hope they see this. But those who die for their faith in Jesus are too good for this world (Hebrews 11:38), and I want more of God’s goodness both here and thereafter. I hope I can focus on an eternal reward even with the losses I’ve faced in multiple forms, but I don’t know how I can stand with others suffering for their devotions to Jesus if there aren’t enough people willing to stand with me in my opportunity to get a college degree and be financially stable that’s been stolen from me, and who can find joy if someone’s being told to be a masochist (one who takes pleasure in pain)? Maybe I need to read the Extreme Devotion book some more, which may take me years. And my 35th birthday is in just six months from Thursday next week, and I don’t know how much time I have left in this world if they want to clamp down on me for wanting kindness to be practiced 😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔 I don’t even know how I’m going to share this note… follow the words of Ecclesiastes 11:1-2, perhaps? That’s my only lead, and if I don’t get encouragement from the right people, I’m toast. The worst part about all this is that many people deny what’s happening, repeating the pattern of Jeremiah 5:12-13. I don’t know what to do here… if God’s faithfulness remains true like it says in 2 Timothy 2:13, that’s great. I want to rely on that. I hope we all can…

The final note I’ll be doing on this chapter will be on verses 35-36. I’m not sure when I’ll do that, but I hope to see you then!

Godly Tattoos Are Allowed, But Many Things Are To Be Avoided (Leviticus 19:26-31) [05/28/2025]

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This was written so we’d avoid following evil spirits, for sadly, they’re real… and many of them of different sorts are in every nation, with some hidden in plain sight and others working behind the scenes. That wasn’t what God had planned for anyone. But in contrast to fortune-telling and soothsaying, prophetic revelation is of Jesus, and that’s awesome! This passage is found in pages 69-70 of the NKJV Bible I have for this project, pages 89-90 of the NASB Bible I have for it, page 147 of my VOICE copy, and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I do hope to not find another human being who would weaponize any of this and call it loving your neighbour, akin to Leviticus 19:17-18, but knowing this world, I’ll probably find more people who actually practice this and use the above Scripture to justify it, whether I’m in ministry or not… and because the authoritarian agenda is almost halfway finished from those in power (and we’re not even halfway through 2025 yet), I don’t feel safe in the U.S., so that even in Gilbert, I’d actually find a bunch of godless men pretending to love what’s right. And Gilbert’s one of the safest places in the country, period, so if God wills, I want to go to some place like the Netherlands, for I heard they did tours I’d like to rephrase as decommissioning oneself from an unsafe land. (The original name I think is a bit inappropriate, hence the name change here.) And Jesus knows I only want to do what’s right… yet they do criminalize prostitution is most U.S. counties. I don’t know why it’s legal in most of Nevada… it’s not good. I pray for repentance and forgiveness there, and for the Burning Man festivals they have in the Nevada desert, for clothing there is optional. Yep, you read that right. You can legally show up there naked. I don’t recommend it 😅😅 — but still, nudity is legal in certain contexts in many parts of Europe. I think that’s wack 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 why they practice this I have no idea (verse 30 prohibits prostitution), but thank God hiking naked is no longer allowed in Switzerland! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 I pray for healing in Europe, since it’s safe in many parts but not many know Jesus there, much like in the U.S., though safety here is pretty hard to find.

And as for tattoos (verse 28), I don’t think all of them are to be avoided, for Jesus will have a writing on His robe and thigh containing something no one knows but Himself, and with it will be “King of Kings and Lord of Lords” (Revelation 19:16). So that tells me you actually can get good tattoos, and I don’t criticize them. But by now, this is probably common knowledge, for in 2012, when I first did Bible notes on a study Bible I had bought for a class or two that autumn (it was at ASU), I don’t think a lot of people really knew this too well… maybe they do now? I don’t know… but if money weren’t a factor, I would’ve gotten 60 godly tattoos all across my body by now. Yet I heard a guy not having tattoos is a flex, so maybe I should avoid getting ink’d up 😅😄😆😂🤣 I don’t want it to be like that one time at work when a customer confessed to me and a cashier that she got tattoos of flowers on her butt, though 😵😵😵😵😵😵😬😬😬😬 I legit couldn’t make this up. A month or two ago, she said this to us, and I can imagine other women got some… erotic tattoos of things in their private parts to satisfy the guys they’re sleeping with. I’m heartbroken for them 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I mean, I don’t think it’s right if a lady prefers me over Jesus… but a bit off-topic, many women are leaving the church, and that’s because of MAGA invading the Lord’s gatherings. Yet at the same time, I’m convinced people like me who love Him are among the unbelievers, including in the churches we go to. There’s this group called the “J6ers” who took part in the insurrection in early 2021 (they’re still not sorry for the violence and profane use of God’s Name they caused), and many of them are social media influencers. They’re also in our churches, and while I’ve heard reports that all of them in Arizona have been arrested, I’m not so sure that’s the case, for what do we do in case we see one? Indeed, I found out this one guy I’ve met before follows some of them, believing they have fruit of the Spirit. Don’t follow them, and pray you have a chance to escape their unrepentant souls. For they cannot stand against the Lord Jesus despite claiming to be on His side, but that’s always tougher to swallow.

In the meantime, I’m hoping my vacation request for work is approved, so that I can maybe go somewhere fun with a friend or two. But in the next post, I’ll write on verses 33-34, for I love that kindness to foreigners is encouraged 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘 hopefully that comes soon. I’ll see you then!

Circumcised And Uncircumcised Trees… And Deeds: Something Personal And Useful From Leviticus 19:23-25 (05/19/2025)

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When I first read the Message version, found on biblegateway.com, verses 23-25 in this chapter stuck out to me like a sore thumb, for I couldn’t live in Tempe for three years after I become Christian… for what I don’t know. Maybe because offence had spread too much due to me losing my mind the summer before that this happened? I don’t know… but even in my fourth year at ASU, I was able to rent an apartment for the very first time with a friend of mine, but I still didn’t attend church much. But I didn’t know that churches could lie about being non-denominational, too 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ I wish any church would preach truth 24/7 and not just themselves. Yet right before I started my fifth year at ASU, I started going to Antioch in Tempe (it was since moved to Chandler), and that was after my four-year anniversary of me becoming Christian (this was in 2013). I don’t want to talk about my personal history that much, though. Yet through a turn of events, I eventually made my way to Two Rivers Gilbert and have more or less been going there often since. I’ve believed I needed to step back from it a lot, and have even written some of it in previous posts… but I didn’t realize that Tom, the pastor, would rightly say some great stuff about not believing a preacher 24/7, and last week, I played a sermon he had recorded which contained him saying, as I can put it, “A leader can correct you and they’re right, but what happens when they do this and they’re wrong?” He then went on to say that’s even tougher to deal with. And I know about those who would weaponize Scriptures like Romans 13:1-5 and 2 Thessalonians 3. And I wonder, has anyone reading this been falsely corrected in their churches? I want to hear your stories, so drop something in the comments or DM me privately and tell me about all of it. This passage is found in page 69 of my NKJV Bible, page 89 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 147 of my VOICE copy, and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

The title of this post is based on a footnote I found of the VOICE version of this passage, in which the word “off-limits” is a reference to a tree being uncircumcised for three years. And it reminds me of Romans 2:25-27 about if someone’s got their hearts replaced by Jesus Himself or not (see Ezekiel 36:26-27, also Romans 6:17). I’ll get to these passages eventually, God-willing… and I’m also thinking of Titus 1:15-16 about if someone’s soul is pure, and if it is, everything is pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure… I don’t want to talk about someone else’s deeds to embarrass them, though. Indeed, there’s things I heard about I’m not ready to put on here, and by the time you read this, there may be more, even if I don’t leave the house before texting this to a friend. I do think this passage helped me lay out more of a foundation of where I should be in Jesus, though, especially concerning my history with Arizona State and other things that had happened in my first five years of my walk with Jesus. But there’s always room to grow somewhere, so that’s nice. I did lose all my data of my Bible notes after I had gotten a Bible to write some on in 2012, and then following what I wrote on a laptop, though. I still don’t know where it is… and I’ll probably need a new one soon, for they’re ending updates for my Windows 10 laptop in October. I pray they don’t drag me to a disgraceful place by then, for they’re willing to enforce Project 2025, criminalizing everyone but the Trump worshipers, not to mention they’re willing to put me to death simply for exercising the fruits of the Spirit should they declare kindness or forgiveness illegal. I’ll actually be more surprised if they don’t do this.

But whether or not you’ve followed me for a while, you can send me an e-mail if you need prayer or something at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’m bad at checking my e-mails, though, so I’m sorry if I don’t see it. I’ll see you in verses 26-28 soon, God-willing. L8r!

Love And Hope Go Together — Pondering on Leviticus 19:17-18 (Part 2) [04/30/2025]

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After three weeks of waiting to write this down, I can say I’ve had good feedback from all those who read this, however few of you chose to do so 😄😅 one friend says, as I can put it, “Atheism disguised as Christianity? Yikes 😨😨😨😨” — I don’t know how much momentum I have concerning this but she’s right… but I still have a book called Barefoot Tribe by Palmer Chinchen, and I want to read it when I’m done with two others (one I’ve actually read before). It’s very tempting for me to play hardball with this sort of thing in terms of being people-centered, though, for then I’ll forget to rely on Jesus, and I don’t want that. But I don’t want to hang around with even one of the MAGA freaks who claim to support this, either… it’s all really confusing. My only reasoning about this passage and the dilemma of looking like a worshiper of left-wing extremism, a remark I’ve gotten before (though not often), I don’t really know, I guess I’ll have to keep a low profile about it… but I’m publishing this at roughly 10 a.m., Arizona time, so I guess the low profile thing is impossible at this point. But one thing I remembered recently (probably last night, I don’t remember) was that following the words of 1 Corinthians 10:32 where it says not to give offence to anyone was one way I could love my neighbour. Indeed, one maintenance man’s from Morocco, and I’m not sure what kind of Muslim content he practices, but I hope to lead him to Jesus without offending him away from God, just as Paul had written in chapter 8 of the above letter that introducing someone to godly stuff prematurely (if they don’t know it’s good and they’ve likely had a hard time with it growing up) isn’t worth it (see verses 9-12).

I also don’t want any kind of deportations happening, and they usually go after the wrong guys for this, so I pray against all that 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 for if someone wants to stay in the U.S., I believe he/she should have an opportunity to feel safe from the violence I imagine they fled from, but Satan is stirring the churches to chase them away, to the point that I don’t even want to be here, so that if I leave there will be trouble, and if I stay there will be double the pain. Please tell me at least a couple of you understood that reference… I know I don’t want Russian aggression against anyone, but knowing the evil one has subjugated many people here to this, I can’t make many more friends here, even if more people are born and then become Christian. I actually think Jesus has never been more ashamed of the U.S. than He’d ever been, given the circumstances, including that I can’t mention to really anyone else even at church the problems those in power are creating, seeing that most of the Valley loves them, not to mention half the other metro areas in the U.S., in general. Even those who never planned for this don’t seem to care… I think Jesus has given this country up to an atheism-enforcing mindset. So at this point, the only way He’ll really receive glory is that this nation is… replaced, given the abundant lack of forgiveness that’s always happened.

What are we to do when the government fights back, pretending to be Christian once again? For they’ll hunt down and eliminate those who follow Jesus for real, since they love to weaponize Romans 13:1-5. Yet people would say Isaiah 10:1-2, a Scripture that’s long been overlooked in too many circles, is more weaponized than anything. They’d even mention that Putin’s a good leader and that Zelenskyy, though he’s indeed quite corrupt, can [insert highly suggestive comment here]. These men have attacked the Leviticus 19 passage many of them claim to love. I think they want to make unforgiveness mandatory. They also know law and order doesn’t really work, for too often, the laws in many lands, on top of what had already been put in place on or before 1980, have been apathetic towards the Gospel. Yet they complain abortion is worse than the death penalty, but I know they don’t want to give that up here. I think both should be eliminated, but it’s too bad that without abortion being legal, there’s an even higher infant/child mortality rate here. I think the U.S. worships the spirit of death, especially around Halloween 🎃🦇🦂🕷🕸😓🤦🏼‍♂️ and that’s six months away.

So the only conclusion is, despite the fact that more and more people want to enforce unforgiveness, love anyway. At least we’ll go out in a blaze of glory and to be welcomed to Heaven like heroes, and that’s not just because 1 Peter 3:17 says what it says. If you have any questions about this, you can either e-mail me at ron.outland4727@gmail.com or pray to God that someone much smarter than me can answer you here. You can also type something in the comments a time when you’ve been wronged, hurt, or left for dead by an unforgiving human being, if you wish 😅 anyway, it’s like 10:20 a.m., now, so I need to publish this. Later!

Love And Hope Go Together — Pondering On Leviticus 19:17-18 (Part 1) [04/09/2025]

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These two verses are the backbone of all my theology, including about God’s and Christ’s Deity! For if He didn’t show interest in someone in this world, what could we do? Indeed, Jesus quoted verse 18 in most of the Gospels, and so did some of the New Testament authors! I wish this was more commonplace in the U.S., but the vast majority of the people will never accept it, especially in the churches across the world that more or less think they follow Jesus when they clearly don’t 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 and every time I try and address legit concerns of how this is ignored in some form (like in an Instagram story post or even texting a friend), I usually get more criticism than a holy response. This passage is found in page 69 of the NKJV Bible I have, page 89 of the NASB Bible I have (Old Testament), page 146 of my VOICE copy, and pages 144-145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I thought I’d write not one, but two posts about this because it’s probably the most important commandment in the Pentateuch along with the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). For I want to send this post to about a maximum of 15 friends to see the feedback on this, seeing that Tim, the Two Rivers Awaken pastor (as of late 2019), wants to read everything I’ve posted on here the last two weeks. Yet, I feel something… disturbing brewing among us, for there are those in my church (and I sometimes fear this is in my inner circle) that think God’s so important that people are meaningless, given their worship of idols that they think Jesus accepts. This isn’t what He had in mind, and that’s how the Pharisees were so critical of Him in the first place, given the words of John 5:39-40.

In the meantime, where can we pray for hope for others? For I recognize I’ll need to get to the human being to preach the Gospel to them before a false disciple or false prophet does. Yet a lot of people in the U.S. discount evangelism across the earth, and I won’t be surprised if the U.S. is no longer a sending nation, because of the atheism disguised as Christianity that’s popular in different forms in every state. The Lord Jesus won’t forget these people’s sins, and He won’t forgive them, either, for they have… attacked Matthew 18:21-35, thinking justice and forgiveness are contradictory. It was supposed to be restoration according to the good the abused deserve 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Brian Zahnd’s book, Radical Forgiveness, explains it in a way I hadn’t imagined up until I read it in 2017. For it says that if someone’s unforgiving, they re-enter the world of retribution forever and ever. For more details, you can find it in a library in your area, if that library’s got the book. I also fear that unforgiveness will be enforced, too, and because they’re deporting so many people to El Salvador for slavery so unjustly (they want to take U.S. citizens like me away, too), soon, I won’t be able to do anything. I pray against this unjust fate where the wicked people always have the upper hand…

Anyone who doesn’t know me, either, please feel free to read this, for I’m making this post public. Indeed, this passage encourages forgiveness, too, given the fact that it forbids grudges and revenge. But slavery was what the Lord Jesus had rescued the Israelites from! He didn’t die and rise again for all mankind only for the U.S. to enforce hateful content and imprison all of us who resist Donald Trump’s reprobate laws! Before long, NO ONE will want to worship Jesus anymore… why even re-establish slavery in the first place?!

Dishonest Gain Is Evil — A Contemplation of Leviticus 19:11-16 (04/03/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

This morning, I feel like God wanted me to share that we don’t practice honest anything enough… yet, many nations have built their systems loosely on verses like these since they were written many, many, many years ago (c. 1450 B.C.) — I have a book called Barefoot Tribe, but I still haven’t read it yet (I’m still on the Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee, but I’m only a chapter into it and I need to work A LOT to pay my rent so I don’t have much time or even the energy to read and journal it) — we’ve lived our lives in too much luxury while many people around the world don’t even get the basic care they need, including someone like me in the U.S., for the Church hates the just people here. But this passage is found in page 69 of my NKJV Bible, page 89 of my NASB Bible, page 146 of my VOICE copy, and page 144 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

And when I read the NASB for this, I noticed verse 11 is similar to Exodus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 5:19, but the crux of the whole thing is that we love God and others, for love doesn’t practice falsehood (contrast Revelation 22:15). I’ll get into that in the next note, but I don’t want to spend too much time on this one, for I don’t think laws of any kind should be worshiped. Besides, everyone who talks about it a lot hates forgiveness, like the Judaizers in Acts 15:1-35 (Paul also rebukes them in every way throughout his letter to the Galatians), the Catholic Church who relies on salvation by works, and more recently, the enormous amount of Calvinists (those who think Romans 9:1-23 should be worshiped) and the Trump supporters. There’s a reason Jesus said the things He said in Matthew 18:21-35. Indeed, one of my friends messaged me several weeks ago about the laws of Moses and how he thinks they should be practiced (I never knew this about him) — needless to say, I don’t think it’s worth it for me to say anything when he’s around (but I’d still share godly information in my Instagram stories; you can follow me on @ronnie.out1926 there). If he’s seeking to be justified by it, he’s fallen from grace (Galatians 5:4).

The good news is, though, Jesus always practices truth and love every time, and so should all of us. I don’t think I can say anything to those who don’t know Jesus, but I believe it’s not right the evil one’s trying to discount them from knowing Him… but shouting at a deaf human being or putting an obstacle before the blind (verse 14) warrants God cursing the one who does it… forever (Deuteronomy 27:18). So I can’t promise anything, because I sometimes don’t know if anyone’s got impaired vision or hearing. I ask for God’s help on these things, actually… but soon, I’ll be back on verses 17-18, probably the best part of this book. Later!

The Farmers’ Leftovers For Those Who Are Broke — (Some Of) God’s Economy Spelled Out In Leviticus 19:9-10 (03/31/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

When telling a friend I was going to write on this, he sent me a big text from his ChatGPT app that I don’t know how to send to my laptop where I’m typing this now, but I did find this on the passage. I don’t know how many nations practice anything like this today, but there weren’t any welfare systems in Moses’ time, and Israel, by God’s command, was supposed to be the first ever to implement generosity for those from other countries looking for hope and love that they couldn’t get from what they were following (that is, the idols of their lands). It’s too bad USAID was gutted, though… it’s not cool that Trump shut it down to make himself richer than ever, and his fanboys (which comprise at least the 29% Americans who espouse “Christian” nationalism, meaning there’s about 100 million people in the U.S. alone who believe this damnable heresy) — all of them love it. But I don’t even identify with the U.S., really, for they recrucified Jesus for themselves, even after seeing God’s glory in many places in different parts of the world. Indeed, because they have done this, God’s curse is upon them and all their families and those who follow this, even in different countries. So if I were to preach the Gospel in these lands, some of them will probably follow me there and harass the receivers of the Lord’s Word, just as Paul’s enemies had done with him during his missionary journeys like in Acts 17:1-15. But this passage is found in page 69 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this four-translation project, page 89 of the NASB Bible I’m using for this, page 146 of my VOICE copy, and page 144 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

And after I read the passage again, I realized I wanted to do a double gleaning on my lands and not pick up anything to leave for those who can’t afford it… but that’s me. I’m the broke guy! I found out the poverty threshold in Arizona (as of about a year ago) is roughly $32,000/year (gross income) and I made several thousand bucks or so less than that last year 💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸 I still can’t pay my debts back because I don’t have a high-paying job, but at least they’ll be forgiven at the end of April 2039 if nothing happens… and that’s a BIG if. For we know how unpredictable the leaders in this country are, akin to some funny stuff I’ve faced in the past, of which I can’t put into detail right now, nor can I mention how much my savings is (but at least I got it to a desired amount tonight! Thank God!) — I do like how it was commanded in those days, but I wish the Israelites hadn’t requested empty religion by means of God’s words in Exodus 16:28-29 (this showed how Canaan’s influences were still in all Israel in those days, for the Canaanites had a strong influence in Egypt while Jacob’s descendants were living there, and everyone followed that stuff, having ignored God’s faithfulness to Jacob and the patriarchs) — so that there’d be works-based religion no one could follow in the first place. But Jesus followed that perfectly! Thank God He’s Heaven’s Son! As for me, if I were a rich farmer, I believe God would command me to follow the instructions of the passage in the title of this post but leave twice as much, at least. Indeed, this sort of giving (and other giving commandments that were in Old Testament passages like Malachi 3:10) was (and still is recommended) to be the floor… but that sort of thing is usually used by unscrupulous men behind pulpits to get rich off the backs of others, such as what the Lord hadn’t commanded. We need to be careful not to fall into the temptation of greed. It’s nice to have a big sum of cash if you can get it, but we need to use it for God’s economy, not solely for our own benefit. I do want to give my family a lovely Christmas every year, though.

If someone mentions that this is required for following Jesus today, they’re actually deeply and sorely mistaken. Look at Acts 15:1-35, Galatians 2:15-5:26, and even Matthew 19:17, Mark 10:18, and Luke 18:19… not to mention Ezekiel 20:25-26. And when they challenge these truths saying that there were many good things that must be implemented, knowing we’re saved for works and not from them, as James 2:14-26 says, they’re actually using these principles as a stumbling block to those who’ve lived on empty religion all their lives and wanted to follow something else! This isn’t what the James 2 passage is for. Indeed, too often people contradict the other Scriptures with this one. But God doesn’t look at how much you’ve done, good or bad, given the Hebrew for Isaiah 64:6. Literally. But if someone can’t get to a generous human being who does anything like this, I’m really sorry 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I wish I could get to some of the homeless people a bunch of good food in downtown Phoenix or even for some homeless friends who stay nearby the store I work at… it really breaks my soul because that can happen to anyone, and I know that none of the homeless people staying there deserve their plight. But there’s not enough good people in the world, and I still have much more debt than savings, and that’s saying something. I pray these guys are safe tonight 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 I put two bags with a bunch of clothes in a bin for those who don’t have much clothing, if any, recently, for Jesus said what He said in Matthew 25:31-46 for a reason. I don’t think I can do enough in my community to eliminate poverty for good, and Gilbert’s the #1 most prosperous area in the U.S. (but I’m staying somewhere else) — so what does God want me to do in terms of this verse? Hmmm… maybe I should bring a bunch of chips I had bought for one of them, if I see him again tomorrow or Wednesday. I don’t know what these people want, though… I wish I could understand them better…

Another important thing to know: most homeless people didn’t become homeless by choice. I know I didn’t, and neither did the other people at the store who’ve become homeless and can’t get anything. I do hope and pray I take better care of myself, though. It’ll soon become blindingly hot in the Valley, and I pray there’s no homeless fatalities this time. I also pray for plenty of water to be given to them, for the deserts’ summers are brutal, with 110° temperatures and little to no rain… until the monsoon starts so that many communities are flooded (but thank God they’ve built drains over the years) — hard to believe Phoenix is getting uninhabitable, ain’t it? This city’s a testament to the stubbornness of humanity… in general. And the many homes and concrete everything is only making it worse, for they don’t want to switch to rubber (rubber make heat bounce off whereas concrete traps it), since they’re too cheap to save the city and even their own lives! I’m not against people moving here from other places, though. At least it’s nice to see them.

I have more passages of Leviticus 19 to get into, but not right now, for it’s getting late. Verses 11-16 are next! If you have a prayer request, you can e-mail me at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the next passage. Later!

The Laws Of Love — Leviticus 19 (03/29/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

There’s so much to unpack here, and I want to say a lot concerning several of these passages (don’t worry, I have good news for each one), so I’ll do several more notes on passages from just this chapter. I don’t know how long it’ll take, and I can’t promise I’ll be done by the Fourth of July, but this is one of my favourite chapters in this book! For verse 17 is really important for me; indeed, we must never hate anyone 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 however, the VOICE version for this says the meaning of Hebrew is uncertain, and I don’t know why. The Amplified Bible reads for parts 2 and 3, “but you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him” then references Galatians 6:1, 1 John 2:9, 11, 3:15. It’s nice that verse 18 connects to Matthew 5:43-46 and Romans 12:17 (and verse 19) in that translation, though. James 2:8 and Galatians 5:14 quote this, too. I haven’t thought much of other quotations of this verse, but Jesus references it in all the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew Mark, and Luke; these three have an lot in common in content). And before anyone gets in my face about if this is a religious commandment, I’m not so convinced it is, given that Matthew 11:29-30 and 1 John 5:3 are a callback to this. But religion shouldn’t be a part of one’s walk with Jesus, for if love’s missing, it’s all wasted (read 1 Corinthians 13). I can go on and on about this all day.

This chapter is found in pages 69-70 in my NKJV Bible, pages 89-90 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 146-147 of my VOICE copy, and pages 144-145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

And about the Hebrew for verse 17… I couldn’t find a satisfactory way to explain it, so I’ll use the Greek version (Septuagint, where 70 people translated the entire Old Testament into Greek from Hebrew and Aramaic, for those who don’t know). I’ll look it up online real quick… (Later…) After looking up the Greek translation for this, I can say that… uh, Jesus didn’t want any sort of rebuke that somehow drove the guy into deeper levels of sin or anything (this came after a lot of thought). For if we don’t show someone the truth in love (see Ephesians 4:14), but if anyone’s… domineering about it and wants to control them, that’s gross disobedience to verse 17 here, and I can go on all day and all night about how much I hate the hateful correction many people have enjoyed giving throughout time (see Proverbs 16:22). I guess they want nothing but control. Why, though? That’s what I don’t understand. For if Jesus deserves to be first place in everyone’s hearts, but someone ridicules Him, thinking free-will is “weak” — I think I remember reading something in 1 or 2 Kings about some dude named Zedekiah (probably an employee in the king’s palace) who abused a righteous man about something… I don’t remember what the passage is or even what the story’s about. I wish I could find a biblical example proving free-will for good things actually works! My best guess is probably Paul’s story in the book of Acts (like in chapter 9 and how he explained it more than a dozen chapters later) 🤷🏼‍♂️ and I just read this note at the end again… it’s at the end of the VOICE copy of this chapter in page 147, as I said earlier, and it reads, “Genuine faith manifests itself in the way God’s people treat others.” So I can say that it’s hard to find any good example I can emulate. I hope to get good feedback from my coworkers about how I see Jesus… I’m sorry that so many people in this country and across the earth want to bring Him into subjection 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 and when they drag me to court for this (trying someone for speaking Jesus’ Name isn’t legal in the U.S., but it might as well be the case in which everything the government doesn’t like is criminalized, including love, hope, joy, forgiveness, etc.) — in their case Isaiah 10:1-2 is true of them. I feel pretty lonesome in speaking this 24/7, and I wish I could talk to a friend or two in person about how vulnerable they must be feeling because the president hates all the foreigners and everyone under 30 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 it’s really not cool, I was under 30 once; everyone was, including that guy. Also, no one’s illegal on stolen land, so if God wills, we should get out of here and let only the Native Americans enjoy the place and get rich off their own resources. Besides, if I were to travel to a foreign country, I’d like to learn from the believers there, like in Mexico, Argentina, even Burkina Faso (a country in west Africa; I pray love and hope and relief for everyone there… the conditions are very tragic 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 and all this breaks God’s heart). I think that people “warn” others about getting to a good place because they believe everyone in those good places lives Christianity-lite or are lenient on everything…in other words, they’re like those Paul spoke of in 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16! This doesn’t promote safety, it’s only slavery disguised as freedom and love. And because fascism is on the rise here, I pray all those of us in the U.S. who hate the unbiblical “righteousness” can leave while we still can. I don’t expect God to appoint me or someone else as a type of Moses as a call back to the Exodus, though.

I want to be more active on here, but it’s been over 6 years on this site… and all I’ve managed to get done was about 108 chapters. Sorry, guys… but I’m glad I’ve written over 200 posts on here so far! Next time, I’ll comment on verses 9-10. Peace ✌🏼

Sex In The Family’s Bizzare — A Muse Of Leviticus 18 (03/28/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

Upon reading Leviticus 18… I don’t know what to say, honestly… I guess the area Israel was going to take some time after this Scripture was composed by Moses — that must’ve been filled to the brim with all kinds of inappropriate relations, if you know what I mean. I also notice in the VOICE version of this passage that verse 5 is quoted in Romans 10:5 and Galatians 3:12, saying, “The law is not of faith.” Also, I accidentally deleted this twice, but was able to recover it the second time. Sorry. But this chapter is found in pages 68-69 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project (it doesn’t seem right to joke about the number 69 anyway, since… it creeps me out), pages 88-89 of my NASB Bible I’m using for this (Old Testament), pages 145-146 of my VOICE copy — I managed to delete it a third time, but thank God I recovered it again! — and pages 143-144 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

These should be obvious to others, but no need to say anything in a land that hates those who do anything between adults (yet sex with children must be forbidden in all cases) if consensual, but I don’t enjoy sin anyway. What I don’t understand, though, is why someone would use anything here or even in a different (but unrelated) passage as a weapon… I wish I knew why people love power so much. This and many other questions I have, but I should save them for a sozo at church tomorrow morning at 10. But the next chapter… much of it can be alluded to in James 5. I first noticed that in late 2012, before I found the reference in a study Bible I used to read… before I found out it was heretical, the study Bible (for it was the ESV, which I should’ve known was a Calvinist translation and thus un-Christian to every extent). Indeed, I wish I could actually use my faith to do something lovely here. But in the meantime, I’ll see you in the next chapter!