Keep your heart with all diligence.

Proverbs 4


13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

(Many who think they are of God can do and say things which harm you.  If they harm you each time you speak to them, you have to avoid them, for they will steal your peace and joy, and they prove they cannot control themselves.  You cannot "safely" be with such persons for it can harm you.  You will not be able to be with such and continue in peace and joy of God.)  

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18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

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20 My son, attend to MY words; incline thine ear unto MY sayings.21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

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23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

24 Put away from thee a froward (stubbornly unruly) mouth, and perverse (twisted) lips put far from thee.

25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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Instruction in Righteousness: Acts 16

Then came he (Paul) to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
² Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

³ Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

⁴ And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

(They presented and established the doctrines of Christ which were to be followed in the NT church.)

⁵ And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.


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⁶ Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

⁷ After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

⁸ And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.


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⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

¹⁰ And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.


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¹¹ Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

¹² And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

¹³ And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

¹⁵ And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.


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¹⁶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

¹⁷ The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

(What she said was true but it was by the wrong spirit and it grieved Paul.)

¹⁸ And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, ²⁰ And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, ²¹ And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

²² And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

²⁴ Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

²⁶ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

²⁷ And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

²⁹ Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

³⁰ And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

³¹ And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (The Word), and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

³² And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.

³³ And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.

³⁴ And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.


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³⁵ And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.

³⁶ And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

³⁷ But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

³⁸ And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

³⁹ And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

⁴⁰ And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

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Antichrist pastor adds to scripture in Bible

Book:  Exhortations for the Church
Vol. 4, Chapter 9
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet


I was looking for a church group to attend and I visited a non-denominational church on a Wednesday night.  Approximately 200 people were in congregation listening to pastor teach.  Pastor was teaching from John 8 concerning the woman taken in adultery.

Pastor said, "And when this woman was brought to Jesus, she was naked from waist up."

I was very shocked!

I picked up my Bible immediately and re-read John 8 ...

1-11  Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.  And early in the morning HE came again into the temple, and all the people came unto HIM; and HE sat down, and taught them. 

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto HIM a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto HIM, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest THOU? This they said, tempting HIM , that they might have to accuse HIM.

But Jesus stooped down, and with HIS finger wrote on the ground, as though HE heard them not.

So when they continued asking HIM, HE lifted up HIMSELF, and said unto them,

He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

And again HE stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

When Jesus had lifted up HIMSELF, and saw none but the woman, HE said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

She said, No man, Lord.

And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.  

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The next day after this church meeting, I called and talked with the pastor who had said woman was naked from waist up... I asked him where it says this in the Bible ... I told him I couldn't find this in Bible.

Pastor said, "I can't remember where it is." 

I told pastor this was very important to me.  I asked him to look it up and have his secretary call me and tell me where this is in Bible.

With that, pastor became very angry and yelled at me ... "All right ... It's not in the Bible ... Where do you go to church ..." (trying to find way to accuse me)

***  

That night, when pastor added to John 8 in that congregation, I looked about room when pastor spoke this lie.  People were sitting there with big smiles on their faces when pastor said this.  I didn't see anyone in the entire room reach for the Bible to check John 8 to see if what pastor said was true.  I was only person in room who checked Bible so far as I know.

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In that non-denominational church group, there was a local contractor who had done some work for me when I built my house.  I called him after I visited that church group.  I told him what pastor had said about John 8 and how pastor admitted to me what he had said was not in the Bible and he had just made up the story.

It turned out this contractor was one of the elders at that church group.

A few weeks later, still trying to find church I could attend, I visited an Assembly of God church group.  I was surprised to see that elder at that group that day.  After the service we talked.  He said he no longer attends the church group were he was an elder.  He said that group hired a homosexual to be their choir director and he left.  

He said he asked pastor why he said woman in John 8 was naked from waist up and pastor told him didn't know why he said that.  He didn't repent nor show shame for what he had done.  It was as if pastor was god.  Antichrist in the church is what this shows.

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II Thess. 2:1-4 ... antichrist moves into the churches ... (NASB) ...  Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to HIM,  that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.  Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,  who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

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Apostasy:  (falling away - KJV) - means churches falling away from scripture and setting up another instruction ...

Example  Jesus says, Mt. 5:32 ... whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.  

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When was the last time you heard this taught at your church group?  I was born again in August 1975 and have never heard this taught at any church group. 

Why not?  Jesus said this.  Don't we, as Christians, go by that which Jesus said in Bible?  And if so, why aren't we teaching such in our church groups. 

Many people violate this in church groups, men marrying divorced women.  

All this is the apostasy in the church ... man of lawlessness moved into the church, into the hearts of men and women when they fell away from portions of scripture and approved a change from scripture in the church group.

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The apostle John says ... even in his day ... there were "many antichrists" ...


I Jn. 2:18 ...  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 

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Antichrist was not one man as once taught in church. 

There were already (in John's day) many antichrists.  At the end there are many antichrists ... in the churches both in the pulpit and in the congregation.

Paul said the following would happen in the churches when these antichrists appeared changing the doctrines from the Bible ...

II Thess. 2:7-12 ... (KJV) ...   For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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If you recognize your group is withholding truth of scriptures from congregation or if you recognize your church group has departed from the doctrine of Bible and is twisting truth, you must come out, leaving that group.  If you continue to sit there approving lies against Bible, you will be deluded along with them.

You must come out.

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In 1979, God gave me the following terrifying dream:

Destruction was everywhere.  (in the churches)

A meeting was going on.  A man was speaking to a room filled with people.  I went in and began to listen.

A second man rushed in and said:  "Stop ... Wait ... Can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."

The first man resumed speaking.

I looked out the window to see what had "already begun."

There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense speaker at top of the pole.  A gas was coming out of the speaker.  I knew it was poisonous and would kill the people.  It was coming directly toward us!

The shocking thing was the speaker that was set there for the purpose of warning us was being used as the instrument which dispersed the gas that was poison and would kill us!

I looked at the man seated next to me.  He had a big grin on his face and was looking directly at the man who was speaking to the group.  But then I saw this man was a corpse, though he looked alive.  He was already dead!

I looked about the room at the other people and realized they were all dead.

As I sat back in my chair and listened to the man speaking I began to feel sleepy and I knew as I sat there among them this was killing me too.

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God was showing me the anarchy that was already going on in our church groups.

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BOOK: Exhortations For The Church, Volume 4
Chapter 9

Joan Boney



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Scripture

I want to get scripture more deeply inside me and I know we can do that by meditating throughout the day on key scriptures. 

You can put scriptures into an email to yourself so when you open your email throughout that day, those scriptures will be there and this will give you more opportunity to think on those scripture and do them.

Joan Boney

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Hymn: Blessed assurance

(Tap on following link to hear hymn.)   Blessed Assurance 

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Chorus:
This is my story, This is my song. 
Praising my savior (Jesus, The Word) all the day long.
This is my story, This is my song.
Praising my savior (Jesus, The Word) all the day long.

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Turning depression or sadness into joy.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

When I think of my works, I am often ashamed and sad.  My foolishness overwhelms me.  When I think of the actions of other people I am drawn down.

I called to God for help and I saw the following:

Psalm 77:10-12   And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.  I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember Thy wonders of old.

I will meditate also of all Thy work, and talk of Thy doings.

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So I stopped and did the above scripture. I thought of the things God had done for me. How HE saved me by giving me HIS truth. (August 5, 1975)  When HE said to me, "Joan... you know these mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."

And with that Word, my life was changed immediately and forever.

And HE began teaching me by giving me HIS Word, bit by bit.  And HE recreated me over and over (and still is doing that) by HIS Word which HE speaks to my mind by HIS Spirit to conform me to HIS image, The Word.

When I deliberately thought on the specific things God did for me, sadness flew away and I became increasingly joyful.

Think on God and what HE has done in your life and not on yourself.

This is a deliberate act.

Philippians 3:1-3    Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord (The Word). 

To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

(Rejoice in that which God has told you by HIS Spirit.  Rejoice and think on that which God has done for you and for others.)

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. 

(The concision:  Those persons who by their own acts think themselves to be righteous.) 

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus (The Word), and have no confidence in the flesh.

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God showed me I can ask HIM for wisdom and HE will give it to me.  (a sure thing)

James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 

I asked HIM for wisdom as I ran my secular business and HE showed me what to do over and over.

I asked HIM for wisdom daily, each time I picked up Bible to read and HE often opened my eyes to see something that day I had never before seen.

God showed me how to recognize the ideas that were given by HIM.

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James 3:17    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.


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God opened my eyes from time to time as I read Bible to have real understanding concerning what was being said in the scripture.

*  Matthew 16   When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

HE saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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HE showed me Peter was blessed not because he said "Jesus is Lord".  Peter was blessed because God choose to reveal HIS WORD to Peter.  No man taught this to Peter.  God, The Father, revealed it to Peter.

And it is upon this revealed Word of God to the believer that Jesus builds HIS church.  And the gates of hell will not stand against that Word which God gives to us.

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It is all of God ... not of ourselves and our own minds and our own efforts.  It is all what God shows us by HIS Spirit.

And God keeps us safe until the End by that which HE shows us daily.

Trust that Word God has given you.  And think on that Word which God has given you.

God turns sadness into joy when we think of that which HE has said to us.

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Instruction in Righteousness: Acts 15

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

² When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

(This is one of the main things the apostles do in the church ... set church doctrine ... establish church doctrine.)

³ And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

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⁴ And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

⁵ But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

⁶ And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.


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⁷ And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

⁸ And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them (the Gentiles) witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as He did unto us;

⁹ And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

¹⁰ Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

¹¹ But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

¹² Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.


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¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

¹⁴ Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹⁶ After this I (The Word) will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I (The Word) will build again the ruins thereof, and I (The Word) will set it up:
¹⁷ That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom My name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

¹⁸ Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world.

(The apostle James then presents the ruling that will govern the doctrine in this matter for the NT church.)

¹⁹ Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

(The apostle James had the decision which would set the doctrine in the church for them to follow concerning circumcising the Gentiles... the decision was not to circumcise the believing Gentiles.)

²⁰ But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

²¹ For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.


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²² Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

²³ And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

²⁴ Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

²⁵ It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶ Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (The Word).

²⁷ We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; ²⁹ That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

³⁰ So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

³¹ Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.


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³² And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

³³ And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

³⁴ Notwithstanding it pleased Silas (a prophet to the NT church) to abide there still.

³⁵ Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.


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³⁶ And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

³⁷ And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

³⁸ But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

³⁹ And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

⁴⁰ And Paul chose Silas (a prophet), and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

⁴¹ And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

(Confirming the churches in the doctrine of Christ, THE Word of God.)

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Comments by Joan Boney:

By prophecy, God told me:  I have ordained you and called you as an apostle.

I was very shocked.  I had no idea what this meant.  I asked Bible teacher at our church what the apostles do in NT church.  He didn't know.  

Then I asked God about apostles and what they do today in the church today.

God took me to this section of scripture, Acts 15, to show me how HE anoints apostles concerning the doctrine of Christ for the NT church and gives rulings concerning doctrine to the NT apostles for the church.

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 NT apostles consider the issues, consider the Bible, are guided by the Holy Spirit to the ruling on the doctrines.  And when fully persuaded, state the doctrine.

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For example:  Can women remarry after divorce?

(What do the scriptures say?)

* Matthew 5:32    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.

(If the divorced woman remarries she will commit adultery.)

* 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.

(If wife does leave husband, she must remain unmarried or return to husband.)

*  Romans 7:2-3   For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

*  Matthew 16:11-12   And HE (Jesus) saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

* Mark 10:6-9   Jesus says:  from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 

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The churches today explain away these scriptures to permit women to divorce and remarriage.

The explaining away of scripture allows antichrist (the opposite to Christ, the Word) to happen inside the church.

What do these scriptures say to the woman? 

- if your husband divorces you and you remarry, you commit adultery.

- do not leave your husband:  but if you do leave your husband you must remain unmarried or return to your husband.

- if you divorce your husband and marry another man, you commit adultery

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NT apostles will redirect individuals to what the scriptures tell us by the Holy Spirit to restore our thinking to ways set by God HIMSELF.

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The apostasy in the churches today

Book:  Exhortations for the Church
Vol. 4, Chapter 8
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet


The apostle Paul said the day of the Lord, the second coming of Jesus, could not happen unless the apostasy first came in the churches ... the falling away in the churches ... the churches falling away from scripture and Bible doctrines is the apostasy in the church.

II Thess. 2:1-4 (NASB)...  Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,  that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.  

Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,  who opposes and exalts himself above every so- called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

*****

In the 1970's and 1980's, they were teaching in churches that there was one antichrist. 

But the apostle John said even in his day there were "many" antichrists.

I Jn. 2:18 ...  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 

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Those persons who depart from Bible, from the scriptures, and go another way inside the churches and teach another way inside the churches are "antichrist" ... Those of the congregation who worship their pastors and go along with the change in church doctrine are also antichrist.

Paul says both they (the leaders) and the followers will be deluded "by God" and will be damned in the apostate churches.

II Thess. 2:10-12 (KJV) ...    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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The scriptures they cannot explain away are just eliminated ... they just don't speak of these scriptures at all ...

Mt. 5:32 ... Jesus said ... whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.  

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When was the last time you heard this spoken at church?  Does your pastor warn the men in the congregation telling them they will commit adultery if they marry a divorced woman?

Have you ever heard this warning spoken at a church gathering?

Why not?  That is what Jesus said.  Aren't we supposed to speak at church gathering the warnings spoken by Jesus in the Bible?

This is part of the apostasy in the church ... eliminating doctrines of the Bible which would be unpopular with the congregation and changing the instruction to allow people in the church groups to do that which they want to do, pleasing themselves ... and to feel approved by the church in that which they do.

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II Thess. 2:10-12 (Paul speaks of the apostasy in the church) ...    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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You can't just sit there among them.  

But what do you do if you can't find another church group?  Try to find at least one other person who has Holy Spirit and wants to obey and follow Bible and is unwilling to compromise.  Where two or three are gathered together Jesus is in the midst of them, says Jesus. (Mt. 18:20)  Share godly things with that person.  You are the church.

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I Thess 5:1-3 ... But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.  For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 

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(Today homosexuals in USA are approved openly as never before.  They are praised for their "courage" in telling that they are homosexual.  They must feel peace and safety as never before.) 

 Also sex before marriage is viewed by masses today as okay ... fornication

Remarriage of women after divorce is totally normal to the masses.  

Only a few people cling to I Cor. 7:10-11 ... Paul says ... 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.

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Which churches do you know today that obey this "commandment of the Lord" and refuse to permit divorced women to remarry?

All these things show the apostasy.

You cannot continue to sit in an apostate church.  To do so will bring God's wrath upon you.

I Thess. 5:4-9 ...

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.  For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ (The Word), 

(By following THE WORD we obtain salvation ... we can't disregard THE WORD ... we can't sit and allow the evil against the scriptures to reign... we must speak up and demand godliness around us ... When we speak THE WORD, the evil will flee from us ... and those who are going to be saved will repent and conform themselves to THE WORD...)

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I Thess. 5:10-11

WHO died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with HIM.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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In 1979, God gave me the following terrifying dream:

Destruction was everywhere.  (in all the churches)

A meeting was going on.  A man was speaking to a room filled with people.  I went in and began to listen.

A second man rushed in and said:  "Stop ... Wait ... Can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."

The first man resumed speaking.

I looked out the window to see what had "already begun."

There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense speaker at top of the pole.  A gas was coming out of the speaker.  I knew it was poisonous and would kill the people.  It was coming directly toward us!

The shocking thing was the speaker that was set there for the purpose of warning us was being used as the instrument which dispersed the gas that was poison and would kill us!

I looked at the man seated next to me.  He had a big grin on his face and was looking directly at the man who was speaking to the group.  But then I saw this man was a corpse, though he looked alive.  He was already dead!

I looked about the room at the other people and realized they were all dead.

As I sat back in my chair and listened to the man speaking I began to feel sleepy and I knew as I sat there among them this was killing me too.

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God was showing me the anarchy that was already going on in our church groups.

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BOOK: Exhortations For The Church, Volume 4
Chapter 8

Joan Boney



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Hymn: I'm pressing on the upward way

Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

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In Verse 1:  the following words appear:

I'm pressing on the upward way

New heights I'm gaining every day

Still praying as I onward bound

Lord plant my feet on higher ground.

Chorus:

Lord lift me up, and let me stand

By faith on Canann's tableland

(I suggest you substitute the word "heaven's" tableland.)

A higher plane than I have found.

Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

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