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Sunday, June 28, 2020
* Connecting with God in all things.
I Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that HE may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you.
Some people try to cast their cares on other people. That is because they failed to do the following scripture:
Philippians 4:6-7
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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If we have any fear, any concern, any trouble it is because we have not turned to God in prayer with that problem allowing God to bring to us HIS OWN THINKING on the subject.
And after we believe God has shown us about that specific problem, we must think on that which God has brought to us and avoid all vain imaginations which would come to take us in another way in the situation.
Also it is humbling to turn to God for to do so we deny our own fleshly wisdom!
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James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.
Talk to God in prayer. Believe that God is able to show you what to do in the issue at hand. Stay alert to that which God brings you by HIS Spirit. Follow that brought to you by the Holy Spirit.
Be careful, knowing the devil often tries to imitate God and take you in a way opposite to God. And our own flesh often wants to go in a way opposite to God.
Pray and ask God to confirm HIS way if you have any doubts as to "who" it is speaking to you... devil, your own flesh, or God?
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Matthew 11
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.
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James 3
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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.
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Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
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Hymn: On Christ the solid Rock I stand
(Click forward arrow > to play music:)
1. My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Chorus:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
2. When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
3. His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
In Him, my righteousness, alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
(Click pause symbol, " ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)
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Scripture pertaining to this hymn:
v. 1 But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Jesus' name: the Word of God ... I wholly lean on that Word given me by God ... That Word which comes down to me from heaven pertaining to the issue with which I am currently dealing.
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v.2 I rest on His unchanging grace;
Every morning there is light from the sun. This is unchanging until the end of this present world.
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
Christ, the solid Rock, is the WORD that is revealed by God to us in the issue at hand.
Jesus says:
v. 1 But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Jesus' name: the Word of God ... I wholly lean on that Word given me by God ... That Word which comes down to me from heaven pertaining to the issue with which I am currently dealing.
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v.2 I rest on His unchanging grace;
Every morning there is light from the sun. This is unchanging until the end of this present world.
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
Christ, the solid Rock, is the WORD that is revealed by God to us in the issue at hand.
Jesus says:
Matthew 7:24-27 whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Jesus says:
John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME.
The WORD given us by the Holy Spirit is the way to go. The WORD is truth and life. The WORD is Jesus.
John 1:1-4 In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by
Him (The Word); and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him (The Word) was life; and the life (The Word) was the light of men.
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John 6:33 For the bread of God is HE which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to ME shall never hunger; and he that believeth on ME shall never thirst.
48 I am that bread of life.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is MY flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you.
We eat the flesh of Jesus and drink HIS blood as we live in the Word of God given to us by the Holy Spirit and as we do those things instructed in the Bible. The Word is the Lord's supper.
54 Whoso eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For MY flesh is meat indeed, and MY blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, dwelleth in ME, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent ME, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth ME, even he shall live by ME.
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
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John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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A few of many things THE WORD says to us, the children of God:
* I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. (Joshua 1:5 & Hebrews 13:5)
The Word spoken to our minds by Jesus' Holy Spirit will always come to pass.
* 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. (Isaiah 54:17)
* Jesus, The Word says ... lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. (Matthew 28:20)
* my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (THE WORD). (Philippians 4:19)
* If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (James 1:5)
* Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (James 1:17)
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Matthew 16:13-18 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build MY church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Peter was blessed because God revealed The Word to him. The Word revealed by God by HIS Spirit to us is the rock. The gates of hell will not prevail against that Word revealed to us by God.
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v. 4 When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
In Him, my righteousness, alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep.
For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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The apostle Peter tells us how to live and how to be found "in HIM" when HE comes.
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.
The only way we can live continually "in peace, without spot, and blameless", is to pray over every issue that touches our lives this day and every day, one problem at a time. And to be cleansed by God that day by hearing what God would bring to us in the trouble.
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Our trust must be at all times in the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all sins.
Hebrews 9:22 without shedding of blood is no remission.
God showed it to me this way:
I have shed no blood to pay for my sins. Jesus shed HIS blood to pay for my sins. Therefore my sins are paid for by Jesus' blood.
When thoughts of sins I did in past come to my mind, I must refuse to dwell on them. Instead I must reflect on the truth that all those past sins have been paid for by the blood of Jesus. There is nothing I can do of myself to make up for past acts which I now regret. I must trust my salvation in all things to have been bought by the blood of Jesus. I must keep myself in this truth at all times.
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Instruction in Righteousness: I John 3
Behold,
what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it
knew Him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: He that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
23 And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
24 And He that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: He that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
23 And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
24 And He that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020
WARNING: CORONAVIRUS IS NOT GONE
No matter how much we want this virus to be gone, it is not gone.
Every 2 weeks or so, I check Internet report: "Coronavirus Update"
Over 40,000 new cases were reported in USA on just one day this past week! That is a new high.
Take proper precautions when you go out.
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* People who come saying they are Christians but they have impure motives and they attack us who are really trying to follow God by HIS Spirit.
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet, set in the body of Christ after the resurrection of Jesus, by the will of God according to Ephesians 4:11-12.
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Some people come to us to "straighten us out" ... They come to turn us to their church group while we are trying to follow God by HIS Spirit.
They do not come to us in an open, pure way, but they come with a hidden agenda.
They do great hurt to us if we allow them to come into our homes.
Often they are our own relatives. To follow them to their churches, we would have to deny the faith we have in God and many of the things God has shown us in dreams and visions and through scriptures by the Holy Spirit.
Examples:
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* Person in our own church group who attacked me verbally, railing out against me. She had been in our church group for 39 years.
I told God, HE must judge ME. I could not do any ministry until God showed me the truth from HIS view.
That same night, God gave me a dream: "I opened the front door of my house and someone had dumped bags filled with their garbage at my door and all the way down the front of my house."
By this I knew Barbara's railing against me was evil she had stored up in her own heart ... her garbage ... which she failed to dispose of properly through prayer.
She had stored these things in her own heart against me for decades without telling me.
She failed to do the following with each thing she viewed as an offense. For had she taken these things to God in prayer when they happened, I know God would have shown her truth.
Philippians 4
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Now I believe Barbara has been turned over to a reprobate mind.
Romans 1
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;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Of course, she is no longer with us in the church.
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* My Church of Christ cousin comes to try to tell me I cannot be an apostle, or any minister at all.
She mentioned Acts 1 as her proof:
(Replacing Judas ... finding a 12th apostle)
15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
(Requirement for an apostle who would replace Judas.)
21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that HE (Jesus) was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of HIS resurrection.
23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
(Matthias was the 12th apostle)
So my cousin's thesis was, "You can't possibly be an apostle for you do not meet these qualifications. There are no more apostles today."
My cousin missed two things.
* By these qualifications set by Peter for replacement of Judas, Paul could not be an apostle either.
For Paul was persecuting the church until after Jesus was crucified and resurrected.
Jesus spoke to Paul from heaven and ordained that Paul was to be an apostle and teacher. (Acts 9 and Acts 26)
* Paul was not the "last" apostle. Paul was one of the first apostles given by Jesus to the New Testament church after Jesus was crucified and resurrected.
Ephesians 4
8 Wherefore HE (Jesus) saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
11 And HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
These are the ministries of the New Testament church today: apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher
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Exterminator who comes to deal with mouse problems on June 19, 2020 at our house.
Almost immediately this man identified himself as being a Christian. He said God had put him into the business to exterminate "pests" though the pests are created by God. He continued talking about God, though he said one thing really evil at the beginning of his time at our house.
He said, "You can always hope the mice move to another house to a neighbor you hate."
I replied, "I don't have any neighbors that I hate."
I was really surprised that a man who identified himself as being a Christian would say such a thing. This really shows me to question that this man is really a Christian, though he is sure he is a Christian.
Then he talked about going on "ministry" trips where he ministered to other people.
(He seemed to be very proud about this and tried to tell us of the cities he had gone to in "his" ministry.)
But I interrupted him and asked him, "How do you know God sent you to do this ministry?"
He could not tell me HOW God showed him to do this.
He couldn't tell me because God did not send him.
Later I shared with him some of the things God has revealed to me.
This man said: "We have to try the spirits."
I replied: "Yes, we do."
I John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Two days later, God opened my eyes to see: This man spoke about trying the spirits to try to show me that which I had heard from God was from a devil.
As I understand it, this in an unpardonable sin, to attribute the works of The Holy Spirit of God as being the works of a devil.
This man was exceedingly evil.
I finally ordered him to leave my room.
As he left, but from the hallway, he called to me: "Have a nice day."
I was shocked: After he had battled with me for over an hour, he had the nerve to say this to me, and after I had to ordered him out of my room!
I said to him: "Go to hell."
Several times that afternoon, I almost said to him, "You go to hell." And finally I said it.
(And I suspect this was from the Spirit of God to him and not from myself.)
The next day, as I continued examining myself in prayer to God, I was reminded of the following.
Elijah, the prophet, dealt very strongly with the prophets of Baal before cutting off the heads of 450 prophets of Baal
And Moses cried out to God and God caused the ground to open up and swallow alive one of the rebellious and also to kill all that evil man's family.
All I did was to drive this antichrist person away from me. I did not ask God to destroy this man, though I know this man is false both as a Christian and as a "minister."
(False ministers often contact me. The tell me of "their works" but they never tell me specifically HOW God told them to do their works. I always know their works are of themselves and not authored by God.)
These are the types who will be turned away by God in the day of judgment:
Matthew 7 Jesus says:
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
These false "ministers" come telling me of their many wonderful works: "I take in orphans. I build homes for old folks. I build schools. I'm giving a copy of Bible to all persons who come to my meetings ... SEND ME YOUR MONEY TO HELP WITH MY WORKS."
I never send them any money. I know their works are their own ideas and not of God.
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Here is a graphic illustration of an open vision which God gave to me concerning "vermin" coming toward me from every direction as they call themselves "Christians".
Open vision from God on June 21, 2020.
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Hymn: I'm pressing on the upward way
(Click forward arrow > to play music:)
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
Chorus:
Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on Heaven's tableland;
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
3. I want to live above the world,
Though Satan’s darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.
4. I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I’ll pray till rest I’ve found,
Lord, lead me on to higher ground.
(Click pause symbol, " ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)
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Scripture pertaining to this hymn:
v. 3. I want to live above the world,
Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus says whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
And we are recreated in the image of Christ each time we do the Word of God.
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v. 4 But still I’ll pray till rest I’ve found,
Lord, lead me on to higher ground.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Pray: Pour your heart out to God if anything concerns you.
Then use that scripture or concept to build yourself in the faith, thereby resisting the thoughts sent by the devil with that which God has brought to your attention by His Spirit.
Keep focused on that which God has given you in the matter at hand and every time a memory comes that would pull you down, make your mind return to thinking about that which God has given you in the issue.
II 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;)
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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Instruction in Righteousness: I John 2
My
little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if
any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous:
2 And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
4 He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in Him.
5 But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him.
6 He that saith he abideth in HIM ought himself also so to walk, even as HE walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in Him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18 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.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
(When they deny the scriptures, THE WORD, which is Jesus, they deny Jesus is the Christ.)
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.
(The "anointing" is the Holy Spirit who lives in us and guides us and teaches us ... John 14:26 & John 16:13)
28 And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
29 If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him.
2 And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
4 He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in Him.
5 But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him.
6 He that saith he abideth in HIM ought himself also so to walk, even as HE walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in Him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18 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.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
(When they deny the scriptures, THE WORD, which is Jesus, they deny Jesus is the Christ.)
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.
(The "anointing" is the Holy Spirit who lives in us and guides us and teaches us ... John 14:26 & John 16:13)
28 And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
29 If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him.
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