Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Exodus 32:34-35 God says: in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
That is Old Testament. But what about New Testament?
The apostle Paul says:
II Corinthians 5:9-11 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
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Galatians 6:7-9 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
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We confess "The Word" by both our words and our actions. We do that which we believe.
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Exodus 33:1-3 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Earlier, in Exodus 32, God also called the nation of Israel a "stiffnecked" people.
v. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Stiffnecked means: arrogant & stubborn
- disdainful ... looking down on those considered to be inferior
- determined not to change attitude in spite of good reason to do so
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If there is any good thing in us it is by the grace of God who gave that good thing to us.
Paul explains:
II Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
To look down on another person is to act as if we, of ourselves, are "good", or have achieved something apart from God, glorying in ourselves rather than in God.
Of course this would bring wrath upon us.
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