5-29-2019
Jeanne:
To follow you and your thinking ...
First I would have to denounce:
Ephesians 4:8; 11-12 ... Wherefore HE saith, When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
... HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
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I would have to denounce the Holy Spirit of God and the work Jesus said HE (The Holy Spirit) would do in the believer.
John 14:26 Jesus says: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
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I would have to give up part of Acts 2:38 ... the part marked in red ....
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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One of the gifts of the Holy Ghost is the spiritual gift of exhortation, whereby the person exhorts the church in ways of God. I would have to denounce that gift and these scriptures concerning that gift.
Romans 12:6-8 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Then I would have to stop doing the following two scriptures:
Hebrews 3:12-14 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Hebrews 10:23-26 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for HE is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
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I would end up having to give up God, faith in God, the Holy Spirit, faith in the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus and faith in His heavenly calling and all that has been done for me to prepare me for the work I do for Him and the church in edifying the church.
If I gave up these beliefs, then I would have to return to the world and the way the world thinks and lives.
I have fought very hard to hold onto God and I continue to fight by immersing myself in the Word of God and the actions of God.
I just don't want to give up the things of the Bible.
Paul said, Acts 26:19-20
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
I'd rather do as Paul did and cling to that heavenly vision and calling given to me by Jesus with God and Holy Spirit witnessing.
Joan,
apostle and prophet of Jesus Christ by the will of God
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To the church: From Joan Boney
In a battle like you have witnessed with my Church of Christ cousin, you either come out of that battle more established in God ... or you are swept away from God
This is the 3rd letter to that cousin.
To view the other letters, go to right side of home page of blog and look under Blog Archive:
* Letter to a cousin (letter # 1)
* Fighting when attacked (letter # 2)
I Peter 4 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part HE is evil spoken of, but on your part HE is glorified.15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
In a battle like you have witnessed with my Church of Christ cousin, you either come out of that battle more established in God ... or you are swept away from God
This is the 3rd letter to that cousin.
To view the other letters, go to right side of home page of blog and look under Blog Archive:
* Letter to a cousin (letter # 1)
* Fighting when attacked (letter # 2)
I Peter 4 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part HE is evil spoken of, but on your part HE is glorified.15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to HIM in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
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