Monday, October 31, 2022

πŸ’₯ God continually watches over us and protects us.


Pam Padgett, with whom I live in Colorado has cancer and her doctor works out of an hospital in Denver and we live approximately 50 miles from that hospital.

Unknown to us a part on our car had become bent and the steering of the car had been affected.  When I drove the car, I had to fight to keep the car inside the lines on the highway.  It veered to the left and then to the right.

Before making the drive to Denver, which was scheduled for October 31, Pam took the car to our mechanic for front end alignment.  But when mechanic put the car on the rack, he found a piece of metal under the car had been bent.  He told us it would not be safe to drive the car until that part had been replaced.

As Pam was wrestling with "how we could get to Denver" on the upcoming Monday, she recalled the word "virtual meeting" and realized in the night while sleeping that Word had been given to her by God.

She had the thought:  Instead of driving to Denver, perhaps she could schedule a virtual meeting with the doctor.

She called immediately and she told them our car was at mechanic and would not be safe to drive until after November 2.

No problem.  They could meet by Internet, Pam in Colorado Springs speaking to doctor in Denver by the computer.

Matthew 11

28 Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take MY yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.

God had given Pam an easy way (and a safe way)  to meet with this doctor.

(We are both so relieved that we will not have to drive to Denver on Monday and Pam can still meet with doctor but by Internet.)


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Podcast: If you are born again, and sin "wilfully" there is no more sacrifice for sin. (Hebrews 10:26)

 
 
 
 
Jesus told the woman taken in adultery, "Go ... and sin no more."  (John 8:11)

She would not be able to commit adultery after the forgiveness, for to sin "willfully" after the knowledge of that sin puts her in the position where there is no more sacrifice for that sin.

Hebrews 10

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto ME, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge HIS people.

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Hebrews 6

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.

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2 Peter 2

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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So what is their hope if they return to sins after being enlightened to these being sins:  returning to adultery; returning to fornication; returning to drunkenness; returning to the life of homosexual or lesbian

I Corinthians 5

1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

(I believe we turn him over to Satan by refusing to keep company with such a person who returned to his sins after being enlightened.)

11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

13 ... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

(explained on this Podcast)


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Sunday, October 30, 2022

πŸ’₯ In the midst of problems, God often takes us in an even better way than we had been going.


Hold fast to faith in God.  Turn to God when there are problems.  Allow God to establish your thoughts. And after God confirms the direction, go in that way.  God will work it out and show you what to do.

This world has faith in humans.  We have faith in God because we know God.

Joshua 1:5  I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Hebrews 13:5  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

As we wait on God, HE will make it clear to us what we are to do.

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Podcast: The power of the heavens will be shaken at the end of this world

 
 
 
 
God set the solar system when HE created the heaven and earth.

At the end of this world, God will shake the power of the heaven and earth.

Jesus says: 

Matthew 24:29  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

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In the 1980's, God gave me the following dream:

The earth slipped on its axis.  People were terrified.  The governments of nations were meeting with the scientists and with the religious leaders to see what could be done about this.  (Nothing could be done.)  In the dream, a TV newscaster was trying to give the news.  But he was so terrified that he just stopped speaking and got up and walked out of the room.

The prophet Isaiah tells about this in the following scripture:

Isaiah 13:13  God says:

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.

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One of our church group had the following dream:
 
She and her husband were going out to buy a television set.  She was at the car waiting for her husband while he was getting ready.  All of a sudden, the sun turned dark.  She was terrified.  She started to run back into the house but she knew this would do not good.  She just fell on her knees. 
 
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Revelation 6
 
12  And I beheld when HE had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
 
13  And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.  

14 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of HIM that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of HIS wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

The Great Tribulation:  Rev. 8, 9, 16


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Saturday, October 29, 2022

πŸ’₯ Answer to prayer.


Pam Padgett was diagnosed with aggressive cancer of bladder on September 19, 2022.

Doctor set up treatment plan to include: 4 chemotherapy sessions followed by surgery removing bladder

Doctor even told Pam that if she didn't do this, she would die within a year or two.

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My main prayer:  I asked God to please stop the plan for surgery and bladder removal, if at all possible.

The chemo-pharmacist gave Pam some written materials concerning the treatments.  When Pam read these, she noticed the following statement:  "An approach using chemotherapy and radiation therapy may provide the same benefits as bladder removal."

Pam contacted her doctor and apparently this is an option.  Doctor asked for Pam to come to Denver on October 31 to meet with her to review her treatment plans.

To change plans and eliminate the surgery seems to be an answer to prayer concerning this issue.

The wisdom that is from God is "easy to be intreated".  (James 3:17)

Surgery to remove the bladder would present many hardships:  (The chemo can be administered in Colorado Springs where we live.  The surgery was scheduled for a hospital in Denver.)

* The hospital is in Denver and we live in Colorado Springs. I couldn't drive to Denver to help Pam. (Radiation treatments can likely be done at hospital in Colorado Springs where we live. This makes a very big difference.  I could drive short distances, if needed, but the drive to Denver is farther and much more complex with much traffic.)

* The radiation treatments would be less complex and stressful on Pam's body than the surgery of bladder removal which requires 3 days in hospital.  

(Our report that we have now is Pam could even drive herself to radiation treatments and drive home after the treatment.  One of our our church group had radiation treatments several years ago and she said she even went to work after the treatment had been given.)

We were so joyful at this possible plan.

Answer to prayer.

And here is a promise from God in Bible:

I Corinthians 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.


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Friday, October 28, 2022

πŸ’₯ If we turn from faith in God, we have nothing.

 
Hebrews 3

6 But Christ as a son over HIS own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear HIS voice,

8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9 When your fathers tempted ME, proved ME, and saw MY works forty years.

10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known MY ways.

11 So I sware in MY wrath, They shall not enter into MY rest.)

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

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(Comments by Joan Boney)

There have been times spiritual attacks have been so bad that I have just gotten in my bed and held on while saying over and over, "Praise God ... Thank YOU for my salvation."

(And the devil fled from me.)

James 4

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.


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Podcast: The devil is a liar and there is no truth in the destructive thoughts that he brings to our mind.

 

 
 
The devil brings thoughts to our mind to steal, to kill, and to destroy us.

When such thoughts come, we must learn to resist these thoughts, knowing they are of devils.

One way to evaluate such thoughts is to take each destructive thought to God in prayer, asking HIM:  "What about this, God?"

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John 8:44  (Jesus says:)  He (the devil) was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The devil will eat you alive with thoughts if you allow this to happen.

I Peter 5:8-9  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:  Whom resist stedfast in the faith,

2 Corinthians 10:3-5  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;


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Thursday, October 27, 2022

πŸ’₯ Fight the good fight of faith in God.


1 Corinthians 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.    

Hold fast to faith in God.

Job 13:15 Though HE slay me, yet will I trust in HIM:


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Podcast: Voting for governments of men ... Comments by Joan Boney

 

 
 
The Bible says the following concerning kings, rulers, and governments of men of this world.

1 Timothy 2:1-3   I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

I do pray for various leaders of governments of men but I do not vote for anyone.

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πŸ’₯  I was very shocked to see on the platform of a recent Democratic political meeting a man dressed as a woman.  HE was obviously a man for a beard was showing slightly on his face.  The other people on the platform were hugging him and showing this homosexual man that they strongly approved him.

Homosexuals and Lesbians:  What the Bible says:

Romans 1

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of HIM from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even HIS eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified HIM not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Mark 10:6  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

God turned them over to reprobate minds and "vile affections"

2 John verses 8-11

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

If a man or woman goes against Bible and we "wish him well," we are considered by God to be partaker of his evil deeds, and we will lose reward.

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A friend of this world is the enemy of God.  If we support those things done by this world while they are against the Bible, we are the "enemy of God".

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.

I Corinthians 6:9-10  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of GodBe not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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I do not personally trust any politician of either political party in USA.  I believe a person would have to compromise in order to be elected.  I do not choose to partake of either party, though I will pray for the rulers, for the Bible shows me to pray for them.

Jesus said:

John 18:36     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.

My "kingdom" is not of this world either.

The saints of old in the Bible sought a new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.

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 country 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.

I consider myself to be a "stranger and pilgrim" on this earth and I look for a new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.

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2 Peter 3:10-14  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

(As I was reading verse 13 one day, God said to me:  "You'll never make this present earth righteous no matter what you do."  It is the born again, elect of God, having a new heart and new spirit from God, that do righteousness as they follow God.  Eze. 36)

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

(We cannot stay in peace as we fight the other political party.)

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The king of Sodom offered great riches to Abraham.

Genesis 14

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:


Like Abraham, I want my "provision" to come from God.  I do not look to governments of men for my "wealth".

And I know the following:

Philippians 4:19  But my God shall supply all your need according to HIS riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I am fully persuaded that as long God leaves me on this earth HE will supply all my needs.

I do not look to governments of men to provide for me.

I live in peace because I pray over my concerns and settle my cares with God through HIM.

I pray, but I do not vote just because men of this world tell us to vote and we are praised by them when we vote.

God chose me to serve HIM and by HIS Word I serve God.


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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

πŸ’₯ Patience of Job


James 5

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

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Job 1

1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. 

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Job 2

7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.


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Job 3:25  For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

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Job 13:15 Though HE slay me, yet will I trust in HIM:

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Job 42

12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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Podcast: Antichrist, the man of lawlessness, comes through the churches. The apostasy in the churches in the end time.

 
 
 
 
The apostle John shows us antichrist comes through the church.

1 John 2:18-19  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

John also shows us antichrist is a "spirit" ... the spirit of antichrist ... that operates in many men just as the devil is not "one man" but a spirit in many men.

I John 4:3  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

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The apostasy in the churches in the last days before Jesus returns.

2 Thessalonians 2

(KJV)

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

(In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures."  )

(NASB)

3-4 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

6-7  And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

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Acts 20  (Paul speaking to the elders of the church at Ephesus)

29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.


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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

πŸ’₯ Devil brings partial truth to confuse issues.


Genesis 3

1 Now the serpent was more subtil (elusive, crafty, cunning)  than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

(Eve added this to the  Word God spoke:  "neither shall ye touch it")

Now devil is going to try to cause the woman to doubt God. 

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

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That which God said to Adam:

Genesis 2

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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If we add to the Word spoken by God, or take away from the Word spoken by God. we enter into the lie and deception of devils.

Devils twist truth, thus turning truth into lies.

Jesus said:

John 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.


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Podcast: When the churches water down the scriptures

 


 
I've often heard people say their church is not like it used to be but the scriptures are "watered down".

This is the end time apostasy that Paul said would come before Jesus returns to gather the elect of God.

Churches have fallen away from some scriptures to approve sin in the congregations and to get people of the world to attend their church.

When these scriptures are omitted, sinners are approved in the church without repentance:

* homosexuals & lesbians:

Romans 1:26-28  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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* adultery:

Matthew 5:32   But I (Jesus) say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

I Corinthians 7:10-11  And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

I Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Mark 10

10 And HE (Jesus) saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Romans 7

2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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* fornication:

I Corinthians 6

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.


* drunkenness

Ephesians 5:18  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God:

I Corinthians 6:9-10  
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankindNor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

(In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures.")

This apostasy, falling away from scripture, is taking place now in churches all over this world as they omit scriptures and change scriptures from the doctrines of the Bible.


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Monday, October 24, 2022

πŸ’₯ USA ? A Christian nation of worldly people who are not born again by GOD?


Barbara Preston:

Last night my husband and I were watching a program on TV where a man was speaking about the United States being different from other nations because it was founded on biblical principles.

He described America as being some kind of “biblical experiment.” And that being hostile to the US was being hostile to God.

I told my husband that I did not believe this because I had read something different in the Bible. I read the following to him which told me God’s view of the nations on this earth…


Isaiah 40:

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance:

17 All nations before HIM are as nothing; and they are counted to HIM as less than nothing, and vanity.

In thinking about this this morning, I am reminded of the following scripture …

I John 5:19   And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.


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Joan Boney:

There is a movement in politics today called Christian Nationalism

They try to get politicians elected who profess to go by the Bible.  They want to set up laws according to Bible.  Their church movement are called Bible Churches.

Their purpose is to make worldly people who are not born again go by scriptures as laws of this world.

John 3:3  (Jesus says)   Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

God gives those who are born again a new heart and a new spirit so they can know the things of God.

This church type political movement in USA today wants to set up laws based on Bible without the world being born again.  We cannot understand the commandments of God by our natural mind for these things of God will be foolishness to the natural man.

A pastor from India contacted me once and asked:  "What is your vision for India?"

I replied:  "My vision for India is the same as my vision for United States.  In the end, both will be destroyed by God in the fire."

2 Peter 3

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.


14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

(If we try to be involved in politics we will be troubled.  Leave politics to this world.  Bible cannot be mixed with politics.  This world will never be righteous.  It is in the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.  You must be born again to enter into things of God or to be godly.)


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Podcast: Babylon: Symbolic of place of sins which falls at end time

 
 
 
 
Revelation 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, MY people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

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If we are in places where evil is done and judgment comes from God, we will partake of God's judgment.  We will partake of her sins and receive of her plagues.

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.

friend:  one who shows aid or assistance to

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2 John

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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I Corinthians 5:11;13  But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat... put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Hebrews 10:26  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

A "brother in Christ" already knows such things as adultery, fornication, drunkenness are sin.

Paul says:   To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. (I Cor. 5:5)

(When we tell such a person that we will no longer "keep company" with him because of the sin he is committing, I believe we deliver that "brother" to Satan for the destruction of his flesh that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.)

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Do you show support for those who attend apostate churches?

Jesus will destroy such when HE returns:  

2 Thessalonians 2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:

(apostate church:  those who fall away from the doctrines of Christ in Bible and set up other doctrines which approve sin in the congregation)

The apostate churches of the end times:
  
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

(God said to me:  "This falling away are not people leaving the churches.  This falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures.")

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3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only HE who now restrains will do so until HE is taken out of the way.

"Who is it that restrains antichrist and keeps antichrist out of the churches?"  I asked God.

Instantly I knew it was Jesus (The Word) who kept antichrist out.  But when the churches omitted portions of scripture the door opened for antichrist to come into the churches and the end time apostasy to take place in the churches.

Churches omitted these scriptures allowing sin into the church and welcoming individuals who committed sin into the church.  And there was no repentance from these sins.  This is the end time apostasy.

Those church people who approve sin in the church will be destroyed with the sin when Jesus returns.  

Thus... 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.


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Sunday, October 23, 2022

πŸ’₯ God spoke and the heaven and earth and man and woman and all things were created by The Word.

 
John 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.

When God speaks it is done.  The Word causes it to be created

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Genesis 1

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

(God spoke and it was created by The Word which was spoken by God.)

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness HE called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called HE Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

(God created everything man would need to prosper and survive and then God created man.  The "need" was provided before there was a need.)

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created HE them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that HE had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

God spoke and The Word caused it to be done.

The same is true in our lives.  When God speaks, The Word causes the will of God to be done.

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For example:  I fell at my house in Texas in 2018.  When I tried to crawl to the phone, the pain was so bad I just could not do it.  Then I heard These Words from the Spirit of God:  "You can do this."  And because of The Word, which I knew was from God, I did get to the phone.  (It took 4 1/2 hours.)

John 5:30   (Jesus said)  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

God speaks and The Word makes it possible.


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Podcast: Faith: God spoke to Abraham and then Abraham did what God said to do

 

 
This is the essence of faith in God.  First, God speaks to us.  Then we obey God.

Genesis 12

1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

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.  (all nations:  Jews and Gentiles)

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

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On August 5, 1975, God spoke to me by bringing this thought to my mind:

"Joan ... you know those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."

Sins?  I was shocked.  And with that I was born again.  God gave me a new heart and a new Spirit, The Holy Spirit, to live in me and lead me and guide me and to show me the will of God.

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At the time I was born again, I owned a small business in Dallas, Texas.

A man filed a lawsuit against me.  I knew it was ridiculous, unfounded, so I just threw the legal papers on a shelf in my office and paid no attention to these.

A few days later, I realized that if I didn't respond to these charges, that man could obtain a court judgment against my business and I could lose all that I had.  So I hired an attorney to represent me.

Bills from the lawyer began arriving regularly and I knew all my money would be gone if I continued this way.

What to do?  I asked God.

And God reminded me of this scripture:  

Isaiah 54:17   No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

If this scripture is for today, this "weapon" formed against me will not prosper!  So why am I paying these attorneys?  I could go to court without any human legal counsel and represent myself.

I was such a new Christian, I decided to go to my pastor and tell him what I was planning.

As I drove to the church to talk to pastor, I prayed for God to give pastor wisdom.

James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

After I explained the situation and my plan to pastor, Robert Tilton, he said:  "Joan ... I perceive that you have faith to do this this way."

I called my lawyer and told him that I am now a Christian and what the Bible says and what I wanted to do.

Lawyer was horrified!  He said, "Joan ... you don't realize how evil these courts are today.  We are willing to work with you.  It will only take about $10,000 more to try your case."

I was shocked!  $10,000 more.

" Gordon ... stop ... don't do another thing!"  I replied.  (I probably had only $2,000 cash at that time and if I went the way of the lawyers I would be back in debt and God had told me to get out of debt and stay out of debt, which I had done.)

I explained this to Gordon.

Then I said:  "The Bible is either true and the promises made by God are for us today or the Bible is just an history book.  This is a good time to find out about the Bible."

I released my lawyer that day.

About a week later, Gordon returned to my shop and said they, at the law firm, had decided to try my case without any further financial cost to me.

I told Gordon I would have to let him know.

I began praying:  "God what do you want me to do?"  And immediately I was reminded of these scriptures.

Genesis 14  (There had been a war and Abram's side won.)

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

(I knew God was showing me to turn the "free" legal service down."

God gave me about 14 scriptures to help me to not be afraid.  I focused on these scripture to steady myself.

About 6 weeks passed.  I received a phone call from the lawyer of the man who was suing me.  He said: "I'm calling you because you do not have a lawyer.  I want to let you know our client dropped all charges and there will be no court case." 

I replied:  "Did he drop all charges against everyone else?"  

His lawyer said:  "He cut everyone loose.  We tried to get him not to file those charges against you but he wouldn't listen to us.  He was like a mad man."

(He was suing several other dealers in American Indian Arts and the Better Business of both Dallas and Fort Worth, charging that we were conspiring to keep him from doing business in the metroplex.)

A few days later, Gordon, my former lawyer came into my store.  He said:  "We want you to know that we believe what you said happened happened.  God did not allow this weapon formed against you to prosper."

It was over!


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