Podcast: Godliness in the sight of God is often opposite from the way of man

 

 

 

 

Matthew 5   Jesus says:

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

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John 18:36  Jesus said:  MY kingdom is not of this world: if MY kingdom were of this world, then would MY servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is MY kingdom not from hence.

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The godly men of the Bible viewed themselves as "strangers and pilgrims" in this world.  

Hebrews 11

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for HE hath prepared for them a city.

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Luke 21

5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, HE (Jesus) said,

6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

(At the end of this world, God will destroy the heaven and the earth.  Everything we can see with our natural eyes will be destroyed by God and we will be taken to the new heaven and the new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.)

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Luke 21:33  Jesus says: Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY words shall not pass away.

Therefore we cannot hope in that which we see for it will all be gone in the end.  We put our trust in that which cannot be seen, the Word of God which last forever and never passes away.

Matthew 6:19-21  Jesus says:  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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The apostle Paul tells us to "exercise yourselves unto godliness."

I Timothy 4:7-8  But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Seek the will of God and go that way on this earth.

Store up scripture and keep your mind "stayed" on scripture, the Word of God.

Isaiah 26:3-4 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on THEE: because he trusteth in THEE.  Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

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View the Word of God as that pearl of great price which is great treasure above all things.

Matthew 13  Jesus says:  

44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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On August 5, 1975, God revealed my sins to me and saved me.  God said:  "Joan ... you know all those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."

"Sins?"  I gasped.  I was very shocked.

With that I was born again and God gave me HIS Holy Spirit and began teaching me the ways of God and I followed HIS Word which HE gave me!

To me there was nothing like the Word of God.  It was the most wonderful thing that could ever be given to us far above all treasures and people of this world!

I began storing scripture, as given me by the Holy Spirit, in my heart.  And I began doing those scriptures and continuing to live by the instruction in those scriptures, being made one with the Word of God.

And God continues teaching me to this day and causes me to change to the Word of God as I live on this present earth, conforming my thinking to God's Word, which lasts forever.

This is a treasure that is worthy of storing!

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The time will come when men will cast their silver and their gold into the streets as worthless, knowing such cannot save them.

Ezekiel 7:19  They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

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But the Word of the Lord endures forever!

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