Letter to our little church group: Spiritual Exercises

6-10-2019
From Joan Boney:
Subject:  Training to be a Champion

Last night, Pam and I saw on TV … Part 1:  Vince Lombardi

He was football coach at Green Bay ... 1959 through approximately 1968

He got cancer and died.

But he trained his players to win and if they would not accept what he said he got rid of the player.

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As I watched Lombardi, I thought … "I'm not nearly tough enough on our church group!"

The slightest puff from devils or humans can blow you away. That should not be.

Not enough spiritual exercise!

Right at this moment, I got up from bed where I wanted to read the latest list of things I've added to my scripture list … I had to get up to send an email first.

Now I'm going back to bed to read that latest list of blog and scriptures.

Spiritual exercise …

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Tonight I get to see part 2 of Lombardi.

I know we, Dallas, never beat his teams when Lombardi coached.

Winning is usually not accidental.

Usually the best team, the team that has prepared best before the battle,  wins.

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Ephesians 4:13-14    Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

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Too weak … we're all too weak.

In Odessa, Texas, in the winning years, the football coach took his players out to Monahans Texas, and made them run the sand hills … in August! ,  even better.  They won.

There is a reason for winning in both spiritual matters and in football.

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Last night, I watched the last 2 innings of a college baseball game. (I do not like baseball.) But this game was to see which team went to Omaha to play in The College World Series. Tech played Oklahoma State. It was very exciting. Tech (Texas Tech / Lubbock) won … The baseball coach at Tech has gone to the College World Series 5 of the past 7 seasons he has coached there.

When a sports team wins, look at coach.

Coach looks at and executes details and does it better than every other coach!

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I can tell you I don't like what I see in us.

I'm making changes starting with me!

Joan

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When I told Pam Padgett about this "sports winning" email, she was reminded of the following which was spoken by the apostle Paul.

I Corinthians 9:24-27   Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?

So run, that ye may obtain. 

(We don't just run to be in the race … We run to win the race!)

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 

Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 

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Hymn:  Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow'r



(Click forward arrow > to play music:)


1.  Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Chorus:

Are you washed …
  in the blood,

In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?

Are your garments spotless? 
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?


2.  Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

3.  When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white!
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for His presence bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

4.  Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb.


(Click pause symbol,  "  ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)

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Scriptures pertaining to this hymn:

Romans 5:5-9     the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

But God commendeth HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

(We didn't shed our blood to pay for our sins but Jesus shed His blood for our sins ... without shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins.  Hebrews 9:22 ... we cannot hope to pay for our sins and our wrong actions by our good works ... only by the shed blood of Jesus are we cleansed)


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The new covenant replaces the old covenant:

Hebrews 10:9-14   Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. HE taketh away the first (covenant), that HE may establish the second. 

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

And every priest (old testament) standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man (Jesus), after HE had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 

From henceforth expecting till HIS enemies be made HIS footstool. 

For by one offering HE (Jesus) hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

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Testimony of Pam Padgett

When I was 14 years old a boy in my class at school was killed in a motorcycle accident.

For the first time, I realized that I could die.

I was terrified.

Somehow, I strongly knew that the various things I had learned to do in the Catholic church would not keep me from going to hell.

My only hope was God.

I began praying ... "I know there is the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, but I don't know which one to pray to.  So please get this to the right one."

I went on to ask that God would somehow save me.

I was changed from within, born again, and wanted to do what God wanted me to do and to please Him.  And I had such a strong desire to read the Bible. 

And not long after this, I realized there was something of God in me.

A few years later I read the following scripture and, for the first time, realized that it was the Holy Spirit in me:    

I Corinthians 6:19  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  

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Matthew 11:28-30   Jesus says ... Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  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. For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light.

Yoking yourself to Jesus for basic salvation is critical.  But it is also critical to yoke yourself to Jesus when you make plans after you are born again.  

For the plans we make could be plans of our own flesh or of other human beings or plans of the devil.  If such, dread will likely be the resulting fruit.  

For the yokes of man, and the yokes of the devil, and the yokes of our own flesh are hard, whereas the yoke of God is easy.  

Victorious Christians succeed in plans of God because they yoke themselves to plans of God through prayer and through being established by God in the plan.  

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Instruction in Righteousness: Acts 15

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

² When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

(This is one of the main things the apostles do in the church ... set church doctrine ... establish church doctrine.)

³ And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

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⁴ And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

⁵ But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

⁶ And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.


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⁷ And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

⁸ And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them (the Gentiles) witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as He did unto us;

⁹ And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

¹⁰ Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

¹¹ But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

¹² Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.


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¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

¹⁴ Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for His name.

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

¹⁶ After this I (The Word) will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I (The Word) will build again the ruins thereof, and I (The Word) will set it up:
¹⁷ That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom My name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

¹⁸ Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world.

(The apostle James then presents the ruling that will govern the doctrine in this matter for the NT church.)

¹⁹ Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

(The apostle James had the decision which would set the doctrine in the church for them to follow concerning circumcising the Gentiles... the decision was not to circumcise the believing Gentiles.)

²⁰ But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

²¹ For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.


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²² Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

²³ And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

²⁴ Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

²⁵ It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶ Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (The Word).

²⁷ We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; ²⁹ That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

³⁰ So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

³¹ Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.


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³² And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

³³ And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

³⁴ Notwithstanding it pleased Silas (a prophet to the NT church) to abide there still.

³⁵ Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.


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³⁶ And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

³⁷ And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

³⁸ But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

³⁹ And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

⁴⁰ And Paul chose Silas (a prophet), and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

⁴¹ And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

(Confirming the churches in the doctrine of Christ, THE Word of God.)

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Comments by Joan Boney:

By prophecy, God told me:  I have ordained you and called you as an apostle.

I was very shocked.  I had no idea what this meant.  I asked Bible teacher at our church what the apostles do in NT church.  He didn't know.  

Then I asked God about apostles and what they do today in the church today.

God took me to this section of scripture, Acts 15, to show me how HE anoints apostles concerning the doctrine of Christ for the NT church and gives rulings concerning doctrine to the NT apostles for the church.

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 NT apostles consider the issues, consider the Bible, are guided by the Holy Spirit to the ruling on the doctrines.  And when fully persuaded, state the doctrine.

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For example:  Can women remarry after divorce?

(What do the scriptures say?)

* Matthew 5:32    But I 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.

(If the divorced woman remarries she will commit 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.

(If wife does leave husband, she must remain unmarried or return to husband.)

*  Romans 7:2-3   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.

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.

*  Matthew 16:11-12   And HE (Jesus) saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

* Mark 10:6-9   Jesus says:  from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 

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The churches today explain away these scriptures to permit women to divorce and remarry.

The explaining away of scripture allows antichrist (the opposite to Christ, the Word) to happen inside the church.

What do these scriptures say to the woman? 

- if your husband divorces you and you remarry, you commit adultery.

- do not leave your husband:  but if you do leave your husband you must remain unmarried or return to your husband.

- if you divorce your husband and marry another man, you commit adultery

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NT apostles will redirect individuals to what the scriptures tell us by the Holy Spirit to restore our thinking to ways set by God HIMSELF.

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Overcoming for a Christian is Seeking God’s Will and Obeying God In All Things

Book:  Overcoming Through God
Chapter 3
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet 


But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.  (Revelation 21:8)

We must continually fight fear and unbelief as long as we live on this present earth. We fight such, through prayer, through gaining assurance that we have the will of God in that which we are doing, and by keeping that Word given us by God by HIS Spirit before our eyes day and night.

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Psalm 1 ... Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in HIS law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;

and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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There are things we must do if we are to live in the way of God and prosper.

* We cannot walk in the counsel of the ungodly.  Just because a man is successful in the world does not mean we can go in his counsel.  We must, instead, walk in the counsel of God, which is often exactly opposite from the way that successful ungodly man might have you go.

In the early years when I was on radio, I had an advertising agency promoting my radio broadcasts and meetings. 

The agent assigned to me began to make "suggestions".

First, he said to me:  We would like you to add the following to all your printed materials and envelopes... "Send Me Your Prayer Requests"

I replied:  "NO!  I don't want to do that.  They should pray directly to God through Jesus Christ, not through me!"

Then the agent told me it was very important for me not to offend anyone.

I'm called as an apostle/prophet ... apostles deal with scripture and doctrine and fight perversion of such in the churches ... prophets delivers messages of correction and the rebellious often attack the prophet.

The gospel itself is an offence to the unruly!

Lk. 12:51-53 ... Jesus said ... Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

I could not walk in the counsel of the ungodly (the ad agency) and follow God.

Within a short time, they set me aside and no longer represented me.

This agency represented, at that time, Kenneth Copeland, Marilyn Hickey, Robert Tilton, and had represented Jimmy Swaggart ... big-time ministers.

I knew I had "blown it".  They definitely had the power to make me into one of those same big-time ministers.

One time Marilyn Hickey came to me and said:  "Joan ... please pray that Michael Ellison will agree with my doing TV shows."  (Michael Ellison ... not God)

That is how powerful this advertising agency was.

So I thought I had failed when they eliminated me as a client.

But God showed me I had passed a test.

Mt. 4:8-10 ... Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.  (obey me)

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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* We cannot walk in the way of sinners, doing what they believe wise.

James 3:17 ... But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

(without hypocrisy:  without pretense)

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* We cannot sit in the seat of the scornful ...

We cannot sit with the scornful, eat with the scornful, keep company with the scornful, nor be friends with the scornful, approving them by our friendship.

Scornful:

- one who shows contempt toward a person he considers to be despicable or unworthy

- looking down on someone and complaining about such in a derogatory way

- one who shows strong displeasure against another person, considering self to be more noble, worthy, righteous than that other person

- one who speaks of a person in a disrespectful way, making fun of that person such as saying: "Can you believe he would have said that?

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* To succeed and to have the power to succeed, we must keep the word given us by God before us "day and night" to think constantly upon that word ... By doing this, we will eventually have the power to do that word ... That word from God will rise up in us and overcome all other directions.

As we draw from the waters of that word given us by God by HIS Spirit, God says we will be like a tree that is planted by the rivers of water.  Our leaf will not wither.  Our plans from God will not fade as do other plans of this world.  Winds do not usually blow over a tree.  And most of all we continually draw our water from that river of water so when there is heat and a drought of the world, we do not collapse as do others.  We have continual nourishment.

As a consequence of these actions:  Whatsoever we do will prosper

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Joshua was told by God to meditate on God’s word day and night so he might be strong enough to do God’s word and then he would make his way prosperous and then he would have good success. Joshua 1:8

The same thing applies to each Christian today.

During one period of my life, I was so frightened that I took every scripture brought to my attention by the Holy Spirit and recorded each of these scriptures on a cassette tape on both sides of the tape, and played that tape every night when I went to bed. Each time I awoke in the night, I turned the tape over and started it playing again and would go to sleep with the tape playing these scripture.

This helped me fight the fear and helped me to believe the Word given me by God on the fearful subject at hand in my life at that time.

We do what we have to do to overcome.

There are times I have had to avoid persons who would steal faith from me.

Jesus once said:

Mt. 10 … Whosoever therefore shall confess ME (The Word) before men, him will I confess also before MY Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny ME (deny the Word) before men, him will I also deny before MY Father which is in heaven.

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 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. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

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. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after ME (the Word), is not worthy of ME. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for MY sake (for the sake of The Word) shall find it.

We might end up losing our life, our association, with certain people on this present earth.

I’ve often had people leave me and despise me because of the warnings I have given them from the Word of God.

I’ve had people leave me and despise me when they witnessed my way of life in Christ by the instruction of God by the Word, the Holy Scriptures.

Jesus warned:

Lk. 6 … Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

The apostle Paul said … Phil. 3:13 … Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:

As long as he was alive on this earth, Paul had to contend for the Word of God … doing the Word of God in the issues pertaining to this present life.

We do not arrive to the point where we can stop contending for the life in Christ.

As long as God chooses to leave us on this earth, we contend for the Word of God.

I Cor. 9:24-27 … Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

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Jesus said "few" would find the way of life.

Mt. 7:13-14 ... Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Dictionary definition of "few" is two or three ...

So many people who say Jesus is their Lord today have a form of godliness but are empty vessels when they try to speak, showing nothing of God but vain imaginations.  They can be swept off the path very quickly by a wind, even by a little wind, having no root system.

They have no real, consistent foundation in doing the word of God.  Mostly they try to look good in the eyes of other men, doing all manner of plans of themselves and men of this world.

Few find the real way of God on this earth, living victorious lives, overcoming on this earth.

It is because of their choices and their lack of faith in God and there preponderance of faith in other humans and even in themselves.

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Chapter 3

Joan Boney



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* The church that is "READY" will be taken out by Jesus.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Jesus says:  Matthew 24:42   Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

If Jesus comes "this hour" will Jesus find you in peace, without spot, and blameless ... as Peter told us to live?  (II Peter 3:14)

Or will Jesus find us with unforgiveness and bitterness and other sins?

Matthew 6:14-15     For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Even if we are the elect of God, the chosen of God, we still have to contend with our flesh and devil.

We still have to diligent guard that which goes into our hearts.

If we are striving with another person at the second Jesus returns what will happen to us?

Aren't we warned many times in Bible to watch what we do and keep ourselves in the love of God?

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And we do not know the hour or the minute Jesus returns.

How will Jesus find us then?  what condition?

So we must continually keep ourselves free from bitterness, unforgiveness, and free from other sins.

(I have had multiple times when I tried to make peace with another person only to find that person refusing to make peace with me.  In such cases, we can still forgive them even when they will not forgive us.  We can still pray for them and even plead with God on their behalf as Moses pleaded with God for the lives of the children of Israel in Numbers 14.)

In this context, consider these scriptures:

*Matthew 24:11-12    And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

*Matthew 24:21-22   For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

*Matthew 24:24     (During the period of the great tribulation)  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

*Matthew 24:36-39   But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

*Matthew 24:42-44    Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

(We must keep ourselves READY continually ... living without hypocrisy, bitterness, forgiving others, abstaining from other sins.  For when Jesus returns, HE comes for a glorious church, without spot and without blemish.  Certainly the blood of Christ cleanses us of all sins, but do we think we can live in sin?  Can we live opposite to Bible?) 

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Matthew 25:1-13    Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 

But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.  

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

We must stay "ready", keeping ourselves free from bitterness, unforgiveness, and other sins.  Lest we be left behind on this earth to go through the great tribulation.  

The church that is ready will be taken up to meet Jesus in the air.  The church that is not ready will be left behind and go through the wrath of God, for they made themselves fit for the wrath of God by their choices.  Some of the elect will be here for the wrath of God because we see by scripture that if those days of the great tribulation were not shortened, even the elect would not be saved.  But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.  

Matthew 24:21-22    For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

(Can't we see how verses 21-22 are linked together?)

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Revelation 2:21-23  And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 


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Matthew 24:45-51 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;  And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,  And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Some of the elect will be on this earth during the great tribulation.  We see that in Matthew 24:21-22.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

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Luke 21:34-36    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (overindulgence), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

(It is by "watching" what we do ... and "praying always over all things" ... that we connect to God and make ourselves worthy to escape the wrath of God and the great tribulation that is appointed to come upon this earth before this present earth is destroyed along with the heavens.)

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Destruction of this present heaven and earth is shown by the apostle Peter as follows:

II 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.

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

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

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

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I John 1:6-7   If we say that we have fellowship with HIM, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

But if we walk in the light, as HE is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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The forgivness of sins through faith in Jesus and HIS Blood

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

In the Old Testament the people received salvation through the Law of Moses, through works.

In the New Covenant, forgiveness of sins came through faith in Jesus' works.

Paul said:

Acts 13:38-39    Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man (Jesus) is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by HIM all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Hebrews 8:10-12    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:  And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

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God refuses to remember our sins ... so why should we who believe in the blood of Jesus remember our sins of past over and over after we are born again?

After we are born again we are given a new spirit to dwell in us, The Holy Spirit of Jesus. 

The Bible explains:

II Corinthians 5:17    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

We are continually recreated in the image of Christ as portions of the Word of God are illuminated to us  and we do those scriptures and follow Jesus, The Word, through those instructions.

As we obey the Holy Word of God in the issues of this life, we show a reverential fear of God.

We go forth continually correcting ourselves as we deal with others.  We know the will of God in the matter at hand by the Spirit of Jesus who lives in us and guides us and teaches us.

The continual process is allowing the word brought by the Spirit of God to rule over that which we choose to do on this present earth.

We walk in the light of that Word.

Thus we read the following:

I John 1:7   But if we walk in the light, as HE is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ HIS Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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But some who say "Jesus is Lord" do not walk in the light of the word.

When this is the case, we do not have fellowship with them for they separate themselves from the church as they walk in bitterness and unforgiveness or other sins, for to do such things is to walk in darkness, turning from the word.

And they can't see their own sin but become blind to their own sin as they depart from the instruction of the scripture and the Holy Spirit and follow another spirit.

God shows us the truth of their acts.

We walk with those persons who show faith through their fear of the Lord, which creates in themselves an obedience to God.

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We might show the word of God to the disobedient church people, but then after they reject the Word of God, we have to leave them alone, considering them as an "heretic."

Titus 3:10    But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

(Heretick:  One who refuses to submit himself to the power of truth, rejecting God and the Holy Scriptures on the matter at hand.)

Such a person often walks in a strong delusion and that delusion might be from God.  If so, we can't do anything about it.

II Thessalonians 2:7-12    For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 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:

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

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

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

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

When they cannot see and refuse to see and continue to live in a lie, all we can do is walk away and work to live in the light of the Word.  We cannot walk in light with those who refuse light.  And I pray for God to cut such a person out of my heart so I don't wallow in their sin and fret over them.  For it only destroys me.


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There is a "willful" sin, after the knowledge of the truth.

We are warned about this as follows: 

Hebrews 10:22-31    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for HE is faithful that promised;)

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

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

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?

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. 

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

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There is a woman who was in our church group.  She troubled me for 40+ years.  When I was in the hospital after a fall in December, 2018, I had been given drugs to control pain after surgery.  I opened my eyes and saw this woman standing at the foot of my hospital bed.  She stood there looking at me and she turned her back to me and walked through the wall, vanishing!

I thought this was a drug induced vision ... until the following happened a few days later. 

This woman came to my room and told me she didn't care about anything anymore.  She said she no longer cared about Bible or blog.  I said, "But what will happen to you if you go that way?"

She replied, "I don't want to talk with you about this."

I am a minister of Jesus Christ.  If a person doesn't want to talk with me about spiritual things, then there is nothing more to say.

I said, "Well then ... bye."

She got up and went into the bath room located in my hospital room.  

A nurse's aide came into the room at that time and I called out and asked Sandra not to leave until the aide was gone.  

But Sandra snuck out and disappeared.  

That is last time I saw her.


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The vision I had about Sandra disappearing was not from the pain medication I was taking at that time, but the vision was from God showing me what was going to happen.

John 16:13    Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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Six months later, another woman from our little church group railed out against me with bitter, vehement accusations of things from decades past.

I had no memory at all of saying these things to her, as she reported them.

So I asked God to show me the truth about this.

God gave me a dream.  I opened the front door to my house and was shocked to see someone had dumped garbage all the way down the front of my house.

I took this to mean this woman from our church group dumped "garbage" at my house. 


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I had called Barbara and she became so vehement in accusing me of decades of wrong dealing with her that she hung up on the phone call.  

I called her back, wanting, if possible, to restore unity of the Spirit and bring a bond of peace between us.

But even after I called back, Barbara broke into an angerly, vehement accusation against me. 

The second phone call with her became so bad, at one point I called to Pam Padgett, from our church group, to witness and to mediate. (I live now in Pam's house.)  

Although Barbara knew Pam was listening on the extension, and Pam even spoke from time to time, Barbara railed out again against me with Pam as a witness.


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Matthew 18:15-17    Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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It was unbelievable to me that this could happen from a church person who had been with us for more than 40-years. 

After the phone call, God brought the following to my attention, showing us what to do with Barbara.

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 idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat ... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Railer  is defined as: one who speaks in a bitter, vehement way against

(So Pam and I put Barbara away from us.)


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But I have also asked Barbara to forgive me for those things she said I said ... I have no memory still of saying those things for which I was accused.

I do know I was trying to do the following with Barbara:  

Hebrews 10:24   And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 

I could see in Barbara spiritual gifts, likely word of wisdom and word of knowledge.

I knew when she read emails and blog she would likely have impressions which would be of God.

I did all I could do to encourage her to share those messages.

Certainly there were times I was angry with her because she held back.  But Jesus was angry with the money changers in the temple.  Jesus deliberately made a whip to use on them and then HE used that whip.  

If you correct a child once, you are likely milder with that child than you will be upon the child repeating the same offense.

Jude v. 23    And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

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We had to put Barbara away from us for "railing" ... speaking criticisms with bitterness and vehemence. (I Corinthians 5:11;13)    If she will hear this message and repent, she can be restored to us.

If we cannot fellowship, then we deny that Holy Spirit that is in each of us.  For God says:

I John 1:7   But if we walk in the light, as HE is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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These times today are very dangerous, and devils are rampant, and will destroy all who will allow them to do so, inside the church itself.

Take this witness as a warning as to the danger and also the need to keep ourselves by prayer and truth of God and to continually keep our own flesh, our tongue, crucified, not allowing it to speak evil, and also to forgive and keep our heart continually, not allowing offenses against another to pile up through decades, for such will eventually bear evil fruit if we allow the seed to germinate inside us.  And the evil will destroy us.

It is an exceedingly dangerous time.

Revelation 12:12   Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.


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But we have power to shut the door on devils through forgiveness and cleansing by turning to God with each offense and with each situation of this life.

Let nothing slip.

Do the following continually.

Philippians 4:6-7    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Witness from Pam Padgett  (concerning phone conversation with Barbara Preston)

6-5-2019

On the telephone yesterday, I heard Barbara Preston strongly express bitterness and resentment for things she claims Joan had said years ago. Barbara has been harboring these things in her heart.

 As she started telling something she said Joan had done years ago, it was very confusing.

It was so obvious that devils are involved in all of this, bringing thoughts to Barbara that she is believing and acting on.

At one point I kept having the thought that Barbara needs to take each thing she thinks Joan has done against her to God, laying it out before God, letting HIM sort through each matter.

 I told this to her, and asked her if she would do this, but she didn't respond.

Toward the end of the conversation Joan again encouraged Barbara to follow this counsel, but, again, there was no response from her. 

(JB ...Of course God would have to give her a good heart and soften her heart to do this.)

The railing accusations, bitterness, and resentment she brought forth against Joan were terrible. 

She never showed any shame for the evil she brought forth.

She showed herself to be a railer and wicked, just as we are told in 1 Corinthians 5:11-13.

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 idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat ...

Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Railer: to complain bitterly or vehemently against another person


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Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Vision of two women in our church group:

Several years ago, I had a vision of a barbell, the type with round weights on each end, like weight lifters sometimes use.

This barbell had equal weights on each end and I realize these 2 weights were two women who were in our church group:  Sandra Chupik and Barbara Preston


They had been in our church group since 1980, almost 40 years.  Through the years I had to deal multiple times with each of these two women and was often grieved over them.

Sandra left our group in December 2018.

Six months later, Barbara showed her vehemence against me and therefore had to be put out from us according to I Corinthians 5:11;13.

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6-10-2019

I am very happy to report that both Sandra and Barbara have been restored to us as of today.

Joan Boney

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* Repetition of message is "safe" for you.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

It is important for messages to the church to be spoken multiple times.

The apostle Paul said:

II Corinthians 13:1-3   This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.  I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

(Paul showed these were not different people bringing the same witness, but rather he, Paul, was coming to them the second or third time to bring the same witness.  It is important for us to repeat messages to the church multiple times.)

You don't read the Bible just once do you?


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Paul says:

Philippians 3:1    Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

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