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father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me
is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.”

I have people write to me frequently who declare the Bible to be a closed book to them. They relate
to me how they can read Scriptures and not get anything out of them. Some sit down to study the
Scriptures and cannot even recall the passage they just read. In such cases I never ask the person if
they are using the best Bible study tools. The issue is not one of access to the right information. It
is a matter of having a veil over one’s understanding, placed there because of some failure to obey
the truth that God has already given to them.

Many Christians would vociferously deny that there is any link between participating in Christmas
festivities and their ability to glean truth from the Scriptures. Yet, if God has called you to separate
yourself from that which is unclean, and you refuse to do so, He is both just and wise to withhold
from you further truth.

Many men and women have married a person that the Holy Spirit told them not to marry. Some have
adopted a lifestyle that is sinful. It is reported that a large percentage of Christian men are viewing
pornography regularly on the Internet, or on television. When Christians walk as natural men,
engaging willfully in sinful behavior, Yahweh will treat them as natural men. Access to His most
holy things will be restricted from them.

Jeremiah 29:13-14
“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found
by you,” declares Yahweh, “and I will restore your fortunes...”

Yahweh never intended all mankind to be granted understanding of His word. We see this clearly
in the ministry of Christ. Yahshua knew who the Father had given to Him to be His disciples, and
who had not. Though all the Jews were religious and claimed to be followers of Yahweh, the Son
of God made a clear demarcation between His disciples and the rest of the Jews.

Matthew 13:10-11
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” And He
answered and said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of
heaven, but to them it has not been granted.”

Christ spoke all things to the multitudes in parables. Similarly, the Bible has been given to the
masses of humanity, but it is a veiled book. During the years of His ministry Yahshua would take
His disciples apart to some private place and explain to them the meaning of the parables. The
masses of people who heard the parables got no such explanation.

Mark 4:33-34
And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them as they were able to hear it; and
He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own
disciples.