Noah
was a righteous man, so when God destroyed this present earth by waters
covering the earth, God made a way to save the life of Noah and His
generations.
God later raised up another righteous man: Abram, renamed Abraham by God.
Genesis 12 (God speaks to Abram)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;
Keeping
the Word spoken by God before us is the only thing that matters. As we
do that, we follow God. In the coming Podcasts and writings, we will
focus on what God said.
34 Think not that I (The Word) am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than ME is not worthy of ME: and he that loveth son or daughter more than ME is not worthy of ME.
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after ME, is not worthy of ME.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for MY sake shall find it.
9 But ye are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the praises of HIM who hath called you out of darkness into
HIS marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will
of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of
wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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It is so simple. God speaks to us and we obey God.
Often people will try to turn us from what God said for us to do.
Many of our foes are they of our own households, says Jesus.
Matthew 10
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than ME is not worthy of ME: and he that loveth son or daughter more than ME is not worthy of ME.
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after ME, is not worthy of ME.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for MY sake shall find it.
The Word comes to us and is like a sword, dividing us from those who do not have The Word.
I Peter 2
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Once we were a part of this world but now we are as strangers and pilgrims upon this earth.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
I Peter 4
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
The Word God gave to us divides us from that which we once were and causes us to be a new creature as we go in God's way.
II Corinthians 5:17
We are changed by God after God speaks to us and we are divided from the world that we once served.
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They watch us and fight us, but there is no counsel against the Word God gives us.
Proverbs 21:30-31 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
The Word that we have heard from God is all that matters.
Matthew 13:45-46 Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly
pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold
all that he had, and bought it.
And many are turned to God as we follow God with all our heart. For we will do that which is right in the sight of God and we will not compromise that word that we believe to be from God and many will see and understand and be turned to the Lord.
But we follow God for we know God is all that matters in this life.
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