Friday, January 17, 2025

πŸ’₯ Fret not yourself... live in peace knowing God will judge, them and us!

 
Live in peace, without spot, and blameless as we wait for the coming of Jesus.  (Says Peter in 2 Peter 3:14.)
 
Many do wrong today.  Some even do wrong in protest of wrong doers.  Integrity has greatly diminished with each decade.  

We place our hope in God knowing God will judge and HIS judgment is justice in the end, and we follow HIM, keeping ourselves in the Word of God
 
 
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Psalm 37 
 
1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in HIM; and HE shall bring it to pass.

6 And HE shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for HIM: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for HE seeth that his day is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

22 For such as be blessed of HIM shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of HIM shall be cut off.

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in HIS way.

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with HIS hand. 
(with HIS Word ... choose HIS Word)

25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not HIS saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

31 The law of HIS God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

34 Wait on the LORD, and keep HIS way, and HE shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.  36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: HE is their strength in the time of trouble.

40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: HE shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in HIM.  
 
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Comments by Joan Boney:
 
Tonight I heard a portion of a TV newscast.  At one time I would have been greatly troubled, but this time I did not allow myself to fret.  I know injustice will be in this world in men, and leaders will show themselves to be without integrity of God.  (I did not continue to view this newscast, knowing God will judge.)
 
I know the truth of this:  God will judge us and them.  Live in peace.  Without spot and blameless as you wait for the return of Jesus as Peter said to do.
 
If the church you attend lives in things opposite to New Testament, just walk away.  2 Timothy 3:5   Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

John 4:23-24 Jesus said:  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship HIM.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth.

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

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

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

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

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.   
 
It is my own goal to live this way as Peter said,  as I wait for Jesus.  in peace, without spot, and blameless.  Joan Boney

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2 Corinthians 5:9-11

9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM.

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad.

11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.


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πŸ’₯ Podcast: For the Christian, death is simply falling asleep in Jesus.



 
I Thessalonians 4
 
13  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.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.
 
When a person dies, the spirit of that person leaves his body.  Falling asleep, in Jesus.  James 2:26   For as the body without the spirit is dead,

The spirit is not in a grave in the ground with the body after he falls asleep (dies).  At the time of death, the spirit leaves the body.

God gives us a new spiritual body.  (I Cor. 15:48-51)

God has created a new heaven and earth in which we live in a new spiritual body.  There is no death there, no pain, no sorrow. God showed this "new Jerusalem to the apostle John" and he wrote about this so we could know what it was like.   (Rev. 21:1-5)

The pagans who know not God or Jesus sorrow greatly over death.  Paul didn't want us to act like those pagans because we know the truth from the Bible about physical death.

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15 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 them which are asleep.

16 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:

17 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.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
 
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πŸ’₯ Joseph dies and swears a future happening: God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

 
Genesis 50
 
1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.

7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
 
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15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
 
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18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
 
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22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.


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πŸ’₯ Book #1: Life in Christ Series: * Taking Thoughts Captive, Chapter 8

 
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Bringing Thoughts in Line With The Word of God

 
Thoughts are continually coming to mind. Thoughts can be funny, uplifting, joyful, fearful, terrifying, depressing, misleading.

We are told in Bible that we are to take every thought captive to bring it into obedience of Christ (The Word) … II Cor. 10:5

Sometimes thoughts come and we are not even aware of them coming … Sometimes we even feel a little pulled down and when we realize this, we don’t know why this has happened. Thoughts can be very subtle but very destructive.

God always has an answer if we can remember to turn to HIM asking,

“What happened?”

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Often the thought that brought the depression is a thought that is not even correct … fear of what will happen in future … money fears … fear of what will happen to children or loved ones … fear of how our animals can be taken care of if we become disabled … fear of job loss … fear of reaction of other people … fears, fears, fears

Some thoughts are triggered by TV commercials or something we have seen or heard on TV.

Some negative thoughts are brought about as a result of books we read.

Sometimes other people make statements which become as seeds planted in us and these thoughts grow in us and later surface to bear negative fruit unless we catch them at the time they are planted and uproot them by the Word of God or through committing the statement to God in prayer.

For example:  My neighbor started building a fence adjacent to the front corner of my house where the room is where I do most of my work.  There was a fear that he might be building the fence as a dog run area.  (I love animals so why the fear?)  Dogs bark.  What if this happens where I am trying to work?

I turned to God with this fear.

After several prayers over this, I began thinking:  How did I get the idea this might be a dog run?  I haven't seen neighbor with a dog.

Then I realized a few days prior to this fear, I was at mailbox and one of my other neighbors came to chat with me and she saw him building the fence and said, "Maybe he is building a dog run."

Her words were like a seed going into my heart and later bearing evil, troubling fruit.

(It turns out it is not a dog run.)

Many troubles come to us like this ...

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It is critical for us to remain “sober” (clear minded), alert.

I Peter 5:8 … Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

We must continually force our mind to focus on that which God has told us.

We have a woman in our church group who is married to an unbeliever … God gave her a dream showing her husband reading the Bible!

After that dream, many times she would have thoughts that her husband could not be saved. He is very intellectual.

She has to cling to that dream about him reading the Bible. It is a life preserver to her in a sea of doubt.

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It is not unusual for negative thoughts to come to us after God has shown us something. Those thoughts come to try to steal the word from our hearts and make us doubt what God has said.

Mk 4 … The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

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We must hold fast to the Word God gives us on the issue.

We must build our house on what God says in the Bible.

“Where is THAT in the Bible?” must be a continual examining point for “truth”.

We must build our house on the Word of God.

The apostle Paul said:   But refuse profane (secular) and old wives' fables (superstitions), and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.  I Tim. 4

There was a woman I once went to lunch with from time to time. She was filled with worldly sayings, wisdom of this world, wisdom of humans and many superstitions of man which she often spoke.

I would counter by saying: "That's not in the Bible."

(Showing the Bible is that which I build my house on. It is a foundation that is sound and true. I do not want to build on anything that is not in the Bible.) 

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Paul warned Timothy not to take in "profane" things (secular things) nor "old wives fables" (superstitions).

Many untrue things are out there. Refuse them, says Paul.

Many times I "reject" profane sayings, sayings of man based on their own wisdom and superstitions.

Often I cry out at the TV: "That's not true ..." (rejecting what they say)

Frequently I will be reminded of a scripture to show the truth even as they are showing the false concept on the TV program or commercial.

This is God through the Holy Spirit taking that concept captive and bringing that false concept into the obedience of the Word of God.

And I often do the same thing with people, especially those professing to be Christian, when they speak worldly wisdoms and superstitions of man... "That's not true ..." (rejecting these profane concepts)

Ephesians 4:21... If so be that ye have heard HIM, and have been taught by HIM, as the truth is in Jesus:   (The WORD is truth.)

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We can build our house on the wisdom of this world ... or we can build on what the Bible says.

Preventive medicine?

Luke 5:31 ... And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

Bodily exercise?

I Timothy 4:8 ... For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Planning for future?

Matthew 6:33 ... But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:34 ... Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Trusting in man?

Philippians 3:3 ...For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus (The Word), and have no confidence in the flesh.

Psalm 118:8 ... It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Psalm 146:3-6 ... Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Success in life?

Joshua 1:8 ... This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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.

John 18 ... Jesus says …My kingdom is not of this world.

Col. 3 ... If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with HIM in glory.

Freedom from troubling thoughts of the past:

II Cor. 5 ... Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ.   (The WORD)

Phil. 3 ... Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:

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These are truths from God which I am trying to build my house on, rejecting profane (secular) sayings of man. But it takes work to live in these truths from God. Man is always trying to get us to accept sayings of man, profane (worldly) sayings, secular sayings and live by them. But I want to build my house on what God says. I see that as safe.

Mt. 7:24-27 ... Jesus says ... Therefore 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.
 
 
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πŸ’₯ Scriptures:


Psalms 34:15   The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and HIS ears are open unto their cry.

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Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please HIM
(God): for he that cometh to God must believe that HE is, and that HE is a rewarder of them that diligently seek HIM.
 

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Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith The high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
 
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Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.
 
 
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John 19 (Reading through the Bible)

 
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged Him.

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe,And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote Him with their hands.

Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring Him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in Him.

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe.

And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him.

Pilate saith unto them, Take ye Him, and crucify Him: for I find no fault in Him.

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou?

But Jesus gave him no answer.

10 Then saith Pilate unto Him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against Me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered Me unto thee hath the greater sin.

(To do something that would cause another to be hurt by delivering him to the power to cause hurt is the greater sin.  Therefore the men who brought Jesus to Pilate have sin greater than the sin of Pilate.)

12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

15 But they cried out, Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him.

Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King?

The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

16 Then delivered he Him therefore unto them to be crucified.

And they took Jesus, and led Him away.

17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

18 Where they crucified Him, and two other with Him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews.

20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted My raiment among them, and for My vesture they did cast lots.

These things therefore the soldiers did.


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25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple standing by, whom He loved, He saith unto His mother, Woman, behold thy son!

27 Then saith He to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.


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28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.

31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with Him.

33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His legs:

34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken.

37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on Him whom they pierced.

38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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πŸ’₯ Hymn: On Christ the solid Rock I stand

Click here to hear music for this hymn: On Christ the solid Rock I stand


  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.


 
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πŸ’₯ Classical Music: Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1

 
 
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