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Comments by Joan Boney:
We, who are of God, deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. We do not support the "right" to be ungodly nor do we excuse ungodly actions. We know ungodliness because we know what the Bible says about ungodliness. And because we are now born of God we have the Spirit of God in us and we love righteousness and hate evil.
We do not expect people in the church to be evil. We expect them to uphold the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament Bible. We expect them to live godly lives according to the Word of God in all things of this present life.
For after we are born again, we are recreated by God.
Sadly, many in the church groups, are not born of the Spirit of God.
They simply went forth and were baptized and joined the church group without the Spirit.
Jude speaks of these are follows:
18 How that they told you there should be mocker (copiers) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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The apostle Paul warned us:
II Timothy 3
(The morality of this world was once closer to the morality of the Bible but that all changed and now people of this world are often brash, boasters, prideful, and full of hatred. Where these things were once hidden because they wanted to seem to be "good", now they profess to have the right to say and do what they want and society is so bad and accepts them as they flaunt evil before us.)
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.
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Philippians 2
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life;
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.
They love their church buildings, and the stained glass, and the carved wood, and their choirs and music they produce, but they do not have a love for the word of God.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
(Knowing it was God who taught you these things.)
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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Titus 2:13-14 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave Himself for us, that HE might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
14 Who gave Himself for us, that HE might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Therefore we deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and hold forth the way of God shown us by the New Testament Bible.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life;
Instead of giving support to their evil, given the opportunity, we hold forth the scriptures on the issue at hand, thus we shine as lights in this very dark world.
And the nations we live in are crooked and have gone in perverse ways according to their fleshly preferences.
We suffer the affliction of Christ as we share the Word of God which is the way of life to all regardless of the evil they profess in their way.
We do not go along with the evil nor support the evil.
James 4:4 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.
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