Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Many in churches do not know nor believe the Bible is God speaking.
This is the starting point for belief in God and obedience to God.
There is a very strange doctrine in churches today. It is a doctrine which says everything is "under the blood" (the blood of Christ) and whatever the person chooses to do is covered by the blood of Christ.
But that is just not true.
If we walk in the light of the Word, then the blood of Jesus cleanses us of all sin. I Jn. 1
Paul says if we choose to walk in the flesh, those will not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal. 5:19-21
Do you believe the following?
II Timothy 3:16:17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Unless you really believe this, how can you believe the Bible?
The doctrines of Christ are stated throughout the New Testament by various writers by the inspiration of God. These doctrines do not change.
We see the doctrines of man change. Various church leaders will announce that a certain rule no longer applies as if there is some form of "enlightenment" whereby the church rules no longer pertain.
But the Bible never changes. So the doctrines set forth in the Bible are forever. Heaven and earth will pass away but the Word will never change.
The apostle John says those who live in the doctrines of Christ belong to God. Those who do not live in the doctrines of Christ do not belong to God.
II John 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
One of the many doctrines of Christ, set forth in the Bible, is the following:
Matthew 5:32 ... Jesus said: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
So do you believe the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery?
If so, you abide in the doctrine of Christ and are of God. If you do not believe this, you are not of God, not abiding in the doctrine of Christ.
I believe God puts this belief into the hearts of each person who is HIS. It is not that we try to believe. We do believe. And that is because God Himself put it into our heart to believe. By this we know the people in churches who are of God and those who are not of God.
II John 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
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In the 1980's, God gave me the following dream:
A war was going on. The problem was everyone looked alike so it was difficult to tell which people were in our army. God gave us a password so when we spoke that we knew which were set there in our army by God.
The password is the scripture which we live in when we belong to God.
We believe the woman who leaves her husband must remain unmarried or return to her husband because this is what the apostle Paul said is the commandment of the Lord for the NT church.
I Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
There are no scriptural grounds for a divorced woman to remarry. If a divorced woman remarries, she commits adultery.
If a woman's husband dies, she is free to remarry, but only "in the Lord" to another believer.
I Corinthians 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
The only scriptural grounds for a man to divorce his wife and remarry are if the wife is unfaithful. Mt. 5:32
If the husband is unfaithful and the wife chooses to leave him, she is not free to remarry according to Bible. She must remain unmarried or return to her husband. I Cor. 7:10-11
If a man is called a brother and is committing fornication, is an idolater, railier, drunkard, extortioner, or is covetous the apostle Paul says put him out of the church.
Do not think you can counsel him. Just put him out. Take swift action.
I Corinthians 5:11-13 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
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The Bible is instruction in righteousness. All scripture is inspired by God and by that we know what to do in the church. Those who belong to God believe and do the scriptures.
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