I Corinthians 4 ... Reading through the Bible

1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 

5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
 
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. 

7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
 
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
 
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 

17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
 
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

Make the tree good

Joan Boney ... apostle/ prophet

(Email to member of our church group)

Barbara:

To say that you thought everyone knew that ... is a very evil thing to say. 

That concept denies all preaching, all the work of Paul and all ministers, and all gifts of the Holy spirit which differ according to the will of God.

You should go back and read scripture showing these truths from the Bible and fully uproot the concept you spoke with your mouth.

I spoke something concerning the time I spent on phone with you for past 3 days ... I said something like, "probably to no avail" ... an evil concept from my heart.

To correct myself and uproot this evil from my heart, I am looking at following:

I Cor. 15 ... 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

"is not in vain" ...

It will produce results

Isaiah 55 ... 10 For as the rain cometh down,
and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,
but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall MY word be that goeth forth out of MY mouth:
it shall not return unto ME void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

It is of real worth ...

Mt. 16 ... the gates of hell will not prevail against it, against that which God speaks

The church is built on that which God speaks.

I'm digging about in my heart to pull out the idea that the word I speak from God would likely avail nothing for that is evil, antichrist (opposite to Bible), untrue.

And I am working to put back into my heart the concept that the word of the Lord endures forever ... to believe and trust that word.

We have to fight for the faith to keep faith in our hearts.

And we can tell by that which comes out of our own mouth whether it is good or evil.

Mt. 12 ... Make the tree good

Joan

I Samuel 19 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture

1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 

2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David:and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee:now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
 
4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee- ward very good:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel:thou sawest it, and didst rejoice:wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan:and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 

7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
 

8 And there was war again:and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 

9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand:and David played with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall:and David fled, and escaped that night. 

11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning:and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
 
12 So Michal let David down through a window:and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats 'hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
 
18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 

19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David:and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 

21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. 

And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. 

22 Then went he (Saul) also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu:and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah:and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

I Corinthians 3 ... Reading through the Bible

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 

3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
 
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 

8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.  9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 

10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.  

14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
 
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
 
18 Let no man deceive himself.  If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. 

21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 

23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Concerning idle words

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Jesus says:

Mt. 12 ... 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt:for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

When we are tired or discouraged by the flesh and what we see, we sometimes allow our emotions to speak that which is contrary to scripture ... antichrist ... opposite to Christ.

We uproot these wrong things that we have allowed into our hearts by planting the correct word into our hearts by thinking on the correct word until it can take root.

The correct word is what God says.

A few day ago, I mentioned delivering an exhortation and I said, "probably to no avail" ... Is that true?  What does the Bible say?

Isaiah 55 ... God says ...  10 For as the rain cometh down,
and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,
but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

When we share a word from God, it will not fail but will prosper in the way God wants it to prosper.  It will, therefore, do the work of God.

I Samuel 18 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
 
5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely:and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 

6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands:and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
 
10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house:and David played with his hand, as at other times:and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
 
12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. 

It is a normal thing for people to be afraid of us when we belong to God.  There are scriptures telling us they will be afraid of us.  

Joshua 1 ... 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life:as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee...

Deut. 28 ... 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God...7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face:they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways...9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

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I Samuel 18

13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he (Saul) was afraid of him.(David) 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
 
17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife:only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord 's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. 

18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? 

19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David:and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
 
22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee:now therefore be the king's son in law. 

23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law:and the days were not expired. 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
 
28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. 

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth:and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

I Corinthians 2 ... Reading through the Bible

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
 
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 

8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: 

for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Building your house on word of God or word of man?

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

The apostle Paul said:  7 But refuse profane and old wives 'fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.  I Tim. 4

profane means:  secular


During the time when I would go to lunch with that Catholic woman, she would frequently state some superstition as fact.

I would counter by saying:  "That's not in the Bible."  (Showing the Bible is that which I build my house on.  It is a foundation that is sound and true.  I do not want to build on anything that is not in the Bible.)

She would become angry and say, "I know that ..."  (but she didn't know that for she was filled with superstition, often religious superstition and that is what she believed.)

Paul warned Timothy not to take in "profane" things (secular things) nor "old wives tales" (fables).

Many untrue things are out there.  Refuse them, says Paul.

Many times I "reject" profane sayings, saying of man based on their own wisdom and superstitions.

Often I cry out at the TV:  "That's not true ..."  (rejecting what they say)

And I do the same thing with people when they speak worldly wisdoms and superstitions of man... "That's not true ..."  (rejecting these profane concepts)

Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard HIM, and have been taught by HIM, as the truth is in Jesus:  (The WORD is truth.)

We can build our house on the wisdom of this world ... or we can build on what the Bible says.

Preventive medicine?

Luke 5:31... And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 

Bodily exercise? 

I Timothy 4:8 ... For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Planning for future? 

Matthew 6:33 ... But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:34 ... Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Trusting in man? 

Philippians 3:3 ...For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Psalm 118:8  ...  It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

What we speak:

Matthew 12 ... 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt:for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 

Proverbs 10:19   In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: 
but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 

Success in life?

Joshua 1:8 ... This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Psalm 1 ... 1 Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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John 18 ... My kingdom is not of this world.

Col. 3 ...   1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

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These are truths from God which I am trying to build my house on, rejecting profane sayings of man.  

But it takes work to live in these truths from God.  Man is always trying to get us to accept sayings of man, profane sayings, secular saying and live by them.  But I want to build my house on what God says.  I see that as safe.

Mt. 7 ... Jesus says ...

 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not:for it was founded upon a rock. 

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell:and great was the fall of it.

I Samuel 17 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture

1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. 

2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 

3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side:and there was a valley between them.

(There is a great gulf between us and the Philistines , the world ... James said ... 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4)


4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron:and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants:but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 

11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

(The people of God are set here to overcome.  To be afraid and dismayed by the enemies of God is a shame.  This should not be.  We have the many examples of the OT where enemies of God were destroyed by those who had faith in God and courage ... men like Moses, Joshua, Gideon... To allow the enemies of God to rule with their words when we are in their presence is a shame to us.  Let God be exalted and let HIS enemies flee from HIM.  Greatness is in God, not in them.)


12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons:and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 

13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle:and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest:and the three eldest followed Saul. 

15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. 

16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 

17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
 
20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. 

22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words:and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up:and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
 
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he (David) spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
 
30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner:and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul:and he sent for him.

32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 

33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him:for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 

34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth:and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear:and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 

37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.


(David had experience with God just as we should have experience with God.  When we have that experience, we know we cannot fail against the enemies of God.  We charge forward against them, not backward.  We are not afraid of losing their friendship but rather we are friends of God and friends of the people of God.  If they want us as friends, first let them be a friend of God.  We cannot be friends with the enemies of God for they will grieve us constantly by their ungodly words just as the people of Sodom grieved Lot by their ungodly words and acts.  We put the enemies of God to death by the Word given us by God.  The sword of the Spirit is the Word of God.  Eph. 6 We use that sword to deliver ourselves from them and their boastings.  When we speak truth of God, they will flee us.)


38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. 

(We must know our weapons.  I know I can stand upon scripture and never fail for the scripture holds me up.)

And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. 

And David put them off him. 

40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand:and he drew near to the Philistine. 

(Though David didn't know he was going to be a part of this battle when his father sent him to check on his brothers, yet David came ready for the battle.  He had his slingshot with him and he knew how to use it.  We, today, are armed with the Word of God and we go forth daily ready for what might come because God is in us and with us and we have HIS word and we know the right way of God and we will not be a part of the wrong way when it is brought before us.)

41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him:for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 

45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield:but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; 

(We take the head of the enemy of God when we speak words of God which are contrary to their thinking.  Though they fight us, they cannot get the words we speak out of their heads, thus we "take their head from them".)

and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 

47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear:for the battle is the Lord 's, and he will give you into our hands. 

48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 

(David ran toward Goliath ... We do not slink away and hide from them ... Cut them down with the Word given you by God and they will flee.)

49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 

51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.  

52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
 
55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. 

57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

Many are called ... few are chosen

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

I was recently thinking about how I thought a certain man was a pastor and he turned out not to be a pastor.  I thought about how wrong I was.  And then I realized something I've never before considered.  He was called as a pastor but he was not chosen because he did not do the diligence it takes to do the work.

Many are called ... but few are chosen after being called to the office.

I Corinthians 1 ... Reading through the Bible

1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
 
3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 

7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.  11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 

12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
 
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 

17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.  18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 

19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
 
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 

21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 

22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 

25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
 
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Holidays are coming: Where do you stand?

Romans 14 ... 5 One man esteemeth one day above another:another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Sundays

Thanksgiving

Christmas

New Year's Day

"let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind"

To me this means, you decide what you want to do ... what you believe.

For me, every day is alike ... I am grateful to God every day ... I thank God every day ... so this is the way I choose to live by faith.

I am fully persuaded for myself.

I do not think it wise to look down on those who choose another way in these matters spoken by Paul

It is up to us to work out our own salvation in fear and trembling.

Please read Romans 14 and give careful consideration to this.

Work to live in peace but of course we do not compromise what we fully believe.

Though I enjoy seeing the Christmas lights, I would not choose to participate.

I would not choose to give gifts ...God gave us the greatest gifts, salvation through Christ, and the Holy Spirit to teach us and guide us, and the ministry (apostle/prophet/evangelist/pastor/teacher) to help us on this earth,

And I celebrate Christ daily ... looking at HIS Word daily and choosing to go that way while living on this earth.  So Christmas day is not a "special" day to me for I live this way all the time, celebrating Christ, The Word.

But this is my persuasion and I am fully persuaded for myself by faith.

And that is what each of us must do.

Concerning food ... our bodies tell us what we can eat and what we cannot eat.  Again, each of us must be fully persuaded.

I Samuel 16... Viewing the works of God through scripture

1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? 

fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite:for I have provided me a king among his sons. 

2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. 

And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do:and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 

4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 5 And he said, Peaceably:I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord:sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
 
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord 's anointed is before him. 7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him:for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. 

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he (Jesse) said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. 

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him:for we will not sit down till he come hither. 

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him:for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren:and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
 
14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him.  

15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp:and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 

(God makes a way for HIS anointed to come before kings.)

17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 

18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.
 
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 

21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him:and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. 

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. 

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand:so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

Romans 16 ... Reading through the Bible

1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
 
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. 

Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
 
8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. 9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 

12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. 14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. 15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.
 
16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
 
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 

19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. 

20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
 
21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.  22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. 23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. 

24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
 
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

Building your house on word of God ... or on sayings of the world?

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

The apostle Paul said:  7 But refuse profane and old wives 'fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.  I Tim. 4

profane means:  secular


During the time when I would go to lunch with that Catholic woman, she would frequently state some superstition as fact.

I would counter by saying:  "That's not in the Bible."  (Showing the Bible is that which I build my house on.  It is a foundation that is sound and true.  I do not want to build on anything that is not in the Bible.)

She would become angry and say, "I know that ..."  (but she didn't know that for she was filled with superstition, often religious superstition and that is what she believed.)

Paul warned Timothy not to take in "profane" things (secular things) nor "old wives tales" (fables).

Many untrue things are out there.  Refuse them, says Paul.

Many times I "reject" profane sayings, saying of man based on their own wisdom and superstitions.

Often I cry out at the TV:  "That's not true ..."  (rejecting what they say)

And I do the same thing with people when they speak worldly wisdoms and superstitions of man... "That's not true ..."  (rejecting these profane concepts)

Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard HIM, and have been taught by HIM, as the truth is in Jesus:  (The WORD is truth.)

We can build our house on the wisdom of this world ... or we can build on what the Bible says.

Preventive medicine?

Luke 5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 

Bodily exercise? 

1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Planning for future? 

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Trusting in man? 

Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Success in life?

Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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John 18 ... My kingdom is not of this world.

Col. 3 ...   1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

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These are truths from God which I am trying to build my house on, rejecting profane sayings of man.  

But it takes work to live in these truths from God.  Man is always trying to get us to accept sayings of man, profane sayings, secular saying and live by them.  But I want to build my house on what God says.  I see that as safe.

Mt. 7 ... Jesus says ...

 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not:for it was founded upon a rock. 

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell:and great was the fall of it.

I Samuel 15 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture

1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel:now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 

4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. (210,000)

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
 
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them:for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 

7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 

8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them:but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
 

(When you have been given an instruction from God, you must wholly follow that instruction without deviation.)

10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king:for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. 

And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 

13 And Samuel came to Saul:

and Saul said unto him (to Samuel), Blessed be thou of the Lord:I have performed the commandment of the Lord. 

14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites:for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he (Saul) said unto him, Say on. 

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord? 

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 

22 And Samuel said,
 
Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
 
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of rams.
 
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
 
Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord,
HE hath also rejected thee from being king.

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned:for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words:because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord. 

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee:for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his (Saul's) mantle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 

29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for HE is not a man, that HE should repent. 

30 Then he (Saul) said, I have sinned:yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.
 
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 

33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
 
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul:and the Lord repented that HE had made Saul king over Israel.

Trying to be godly without having the Spirit of God

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Romans 11 ...  I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

John 5:43  (Jesus says)  I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

I am continually surrounded by people who identify themselves as Christian, attending some church.

This is all over my neighborhood ...

Workers come into my house and almost can't wait to speak of praying for someone or having Bible studies.

But when I share what God has done, they go stone cold dead, showing no interest at all nor excitement.

They can't have the spirit of God.

Romans 11 explains what is going on.

Paul is saying God reserves to HIMSELF a remnant.  From the time of Adam this is true.  Noah is an example.  While all the others were destroyed, Noah was spared.

It helps me to see this as it is.

If we go into a church gathering, Baptist, Faith Movement, Catholic ... we will likely be the only one there who has the Spirit of God.

They excite themselves over fleshly things ... that is all they know, the flesh.

That is why Jesus said:

 John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Twice this week, I've heard sports announcers speak of the same thing.  One marveled at the large crowds of people who filled the streets of Washington DC to see the pope.

Last night a sports announcer on the NFL game pointed to the skyline of NYC and he became glassy eyed as he spoke of the large crowds of people who came there to see the pope.

In the Baptist church it would be excitement over Billy Graham.  In the faith movement churches the excitement would be over Kenneth Copeland.

But the same people are not at all excited over my story of the angel of the Lord speaking three words to me, Hartford, Seattle, KWJS and putting me on radio.

Those same people are not even excited of Paul's story on the road to Damascus when God spoke to Paul.  And they do not relate the situation of the sameness of my story of the angel of the Lord speaking the three words and Paul's story of God speaking on the road to Damascus.  It is the same thing.  God speaking.  But they love their own minister's speaking.  They have the flesh of man but not the Spirit of God.

Like Jesus, I come in the name of THE FATHER, telling what HE did.

Their preachers come in their own name, telling what they researched ...  And the people love this.

Whether protestant churches or Catholic churches it is the same thing ... people who are not of God and are filled with their own will, not of the Spirit ... therefore when you speak of the Spirit and what God has done, they are not interested.  But they are interested in those who come "in their own name", Kenneth Copeland, the pope and such.

But there is a remnant. 

Paul says as it was with Elijah when he felt alone and God said to Elijah HE had reserved to HIMSELF 7000 ... so Elijah was not alone ... though Elijah felt alone ...

Romans 11 ...5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant

Remnant is a small piece ... small number ...

Yet we see the masses going to their churches and worshiping their images of what they think is godly, because they do not have the Spirit which allows them to see what is real.  They only see the flesh.

Pay attention to this.

II Tim. 3

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.