💥 Podcast: Roles ordained by God for men and for women, as shown us by Bible

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on March 25, 2021) 

 

The Bible teaches us so much about God's plan concerning men and women and the way God created men and women.  The world tries to make everything the same, same opportunities, even same roles.  

It is difficult to enter into our assignment from God and to understand the way God created us unless we view some scriptures on this subject.

God ordained the following:

Genesis 2:7-8   And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there HE put the man whom HE had formed.

18  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and HE (God) took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made HE a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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God created the woman to be an helper to the man.

Some women will not marry.  Some women will be assigned other roles by God.  

But most women will marry and when they do marry, God has created them especially for that man to be his help meet.

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Eve was deceived by Satan and after the transgression, God put the following assignment on the man and the woman and there was a difference in the role of the man and the woman.

For the man:

Genesis 3

17-19 And unto Adam HE (God) said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

For the woman:

Genesis 3

16 Unto the woman HE (God) said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

(Already we see that God has created the woman for the man so she would be a help meet to the man.)

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So we go forth perfectly created and joined by God.

But men and women change the creation in their own wisdom and things fall apart.

As long as we accept our assignments, God blesses us in that to which HE has assigned to us. 

And as long as we do what God wants us to do we are blessed and we bless others by our lives, whether we marry or whether we are single.

God said to Isaac:  Genesis 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;

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Mark 10   Jesus says:

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

7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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Divorce was created because of the hardness of the heart:

Mark 10

2 And the Pharisees came to HIM (to Jesus) , and asked HIM, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting HIM.

3 And HE answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

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Matthew 5:32   Jesus said:

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.

* Woman who remarries after divorce commits adultery.

* Man who divorces a faithful wife will be the cause of her adultery if she remarries.

* Man who marries divorced woman commits adultery.

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Deborah, a married woman who judged Israel.

Judges 4

4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee:

(So there are times God uses a woman for multiple purposes.)

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Women often want to fulfill themselves.

My mother wanted to be a teacher.  My dad did not want my mother to work outside the home.  So my mother did not try to get a job outside the home.  My dad wanted my mother to stay at home and take care of me and the house.

Pam Padgett's younger sister had 4 children.  This sister wanted to be fulfilled and she wanted to work in a day care center.  She convinced her parents to buy the day care center for her.  Her husband was against her working outside the home and he wanted her to stay at home and take care of their children.  But she got the day care center.  She and her husband ended up in divorce.

Today so much is upside down and opposite to that set forth in Bible.

Things are getting worse and they grow farther away from Bible.

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Some women will not marry and they will have other assignments from God.

I Corinthians 7  

26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

27  Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

38 So then he that giveth in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth not in marriage doeth better.

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Most people will marry and here are very important instructions concerning those who marry.

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.

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

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

40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

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When we choose to follow that which is ordained by God for us, by following the Spirit in that which is set forth in the New Testament Bible, we greatly bless ourselves and others.

It is good to focus on these scriptures concerning marriage, divorce, remarriage and remaining single.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Ephesians 2:4-9  But God, Who is rich in mercy, for HIS great love wherewith HE loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

7 That in the ages to come HE might shew the exceeding riches of HIS grace in HIS kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

 

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2 Corinthians 1:3-4  Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 

 

4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

 

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2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

 

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Isaiah 58:6  God said:  Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?


Matthew 11:30  Jesus says:  For MY yoke is easy, and MY burden is light. 

 

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Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.

 

 

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💥 John 12 (Reading through the Bible)

 

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom He raised from the dead.

² There they made Him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him.

³ Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

⁴ Then saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray Him, ⁵ Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

⁶ This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

⁷ Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of My burying hath she kept this.

⁸ For the poor always ye have with you; but Me ye have not always.

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⁹ Much people of the Jews therefore knew that He was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom He had raised from the dead.

¹⁰ But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; ¹¹ Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

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¹² On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,  ¹³ Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

¹⁴ And Jesus, when He had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

¹⁶ These things understood not His disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things unto Him.

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¹⁷ The people therefore that was with Him when He called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

¹⁸ For this cause the people also met Him, for that they heard that He had done this miracle.

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¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after Him.

²⁰ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

²¹ The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

²² Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

²³ And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

(When we die to self will and do what we hear from God, even when we know they will likely hate us for what we say when we say God told us this, we lay down our lives for that Word we have heard from God.)

²⁵ He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

²⁶ If any man serve Me, let him follow Me (The Word); and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honour.

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²⁷ Now is My soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

²⁸ Father, glorify Thy name (The Word). 

Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

²⁹ The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to Him.

³⁰ Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of Me, but for your sakes.

³¹ Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

³² And I (The Word), if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.

³³ This He said, signifying what death He should die.

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³⁴ The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

³⁵ Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

³⁶ While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. 

These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide Himself from them.

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³⁷ But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him:
³⁸ That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

³⁹ Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

⁴¹ These things said Esaias, when he saw His glory, and spake of Him.

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⁴² Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

⁴³ For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

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⁴⁴ Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me.

⁴⁵ And he that seeth Me seeth Him that sent Me
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⁴⁶ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me (The Word) should not abide in darkness.

⁴⁷ And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

(The first coming of Jesus was to save the world. The next coming of Jesus will be to judge the world.)

⁴⁸ He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

⁴⁹ For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

⁵⁰ And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.

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💥 Podcast: Sometimes we misinterpret a scripture, or a dream, and we end up in bondage never intended by God

 

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on March 26, 2021) 

 

I was born again in 1975, by God speaking a word to me by His Spirit.

About two weeks later, in the night while I was sleeping, I was "transported" into heaven and was merged into the body of Christ, made one with the Word of God, God and Holy Spirit witnessing.  (I saw no physical images it was a spiritual experience.)

A few nights later, the exact same thing happened to me a second time.

What did this mean?

Later I came to believe at this time I was ordained to be a minister of Jesus in two offices, as apostle and prophet.

But how can I do this being a woman?

The apostle Paul said:  

I Corinthians 14:34-35   Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

The Spirit of God said to me:  "Look at what these women were doing?"

When I re-read the scripture, I realized these women were asking questions during the church gathering and were thereby interrupting the service.  Paul was stopping them.  

The Spirit of God then reminded me that Philip had 4 daughters who did prophesy.  Acts 21:9

Prophecy is for the church, so these daughters would have to speak to the church to prophesy.

By these things, God persuaded me to do the work to which I am called, exhorting the church as an apostle/prophet.

I completely agree with Paul that women must be kept under control.  I've witnessed women taking over in the church and stopping the flow of the Spirit of God.  I would stop them also.

But when a woman has a Word from God she should be free to speak that Word from God to the church gathering that all may be edified in the church.

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Also God reminded me of Deborah. She was a prophet in OT.  She was married.  She judged Israel.  She even told the captain of the army to go to war.

Judges 4:4-5  And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6-7 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee:

This example of Deborah and the way God used Deborah for the children of Israel shows us that God does as HE wills with women in the church.

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I love scripture.  But I also know sometimes humans misuse scripture and they bind themselves by scriptures in ways God never intended.

We must take scripture to God, and ask HIM to give us wisdom about those verses, and allow God to interpret scripture to us.

Once God gave me something to say to the church and I said to God, "If I say that, they will not understand and they will misinterpret what I am saying."

God said, "They misunderstood what Paul said didn't they?"

Peter said this concerning them misunderstanding what Paul wrote to them:

II Peter 3:15-16 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

(Those who have the Spirit will understand but the others will not understand.  For the sake of those who have the Spirit, we speak, and we suffer the persecution from the others.)

If we are led by God and HIS Spirit we will understand as one and be united by HIS Spirit.

Ephesians 4

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

But many try to understand with their natural mind and they end up setting up other denominations.

 

 

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Philippians 3:13-14  (Paul said) 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,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:6  Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

 

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Ephesians 2:8-10  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

10 For we are HIS workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 

 

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Psalm 138:7-8  Though I walk in the midst of trouble, THOU wilt revive me: THOU shalt stretch forth THINE hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and THY right hand shall save me.

8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: THY mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of THINE own hands. 

 

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11 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgement to be punished.

 

 

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💥 John 11 (Reading through the Bible)

 

(Jesus shows us through Lazarus what death is like.)

 

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

² (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³ Therefore his sisters sent unto Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴ When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶ When He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the same place where He was.

⁷ Then after that saith He to His disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

⁸ His disciples say unto Him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

¹¹ These things said He: and after that He saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹² Then said His disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

¹³ Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴ Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

(By this Jesus shows us "to die" is to "fall asleep."   Death is a form of sleep.)

¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

¹⁶ Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷ Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: ¹⁹ And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰ Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him: but Mary sat still in the house.

²¹ Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ²² But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²³ Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴ Martha saith unto Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵ Jesus said unto her, I (The Word) am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  ²⁶ And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.

Believest thou this?

²⁷ She saith unto Him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

²⁸ And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

²⁹ As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto Him.

³⁰ Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met Him.

³¹ The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

³² Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³³ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.

³⁴ And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto Him, Lord, come and see.

³⁵ Jesus wept.

³⁶ Then said the Jews, Behold how He loved him!

³⁷ And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

³⁸ Jesus therefore again groaning in Himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

³⁹ Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.

Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

(The flesh corrupts.)

⁴⁰ Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

⁴¹ Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. ⁴² And I knew that Thou hearest Me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.

⁴³ And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

(Lazarus was raised from the dead by The Word.  We also are raised from the dead by The Word when the Spirit of God speaks to us.)

⁴⁴ And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.

Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

⁴⁵ Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on Him.

⁴⁶ But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

⁴⁷ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. ⁴⁸ If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe on Him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

⁴⁹ And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. ⁵¹ And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; ⁵² And not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

⁵³ Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put Him to death.

⁵⁴ Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with His disciples.

⁵⁵ And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶ Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that He will not come to the feast?

⁵⁷ Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where He were, he should shew it, that they might take Him.

(Jesus raised Lazarus in both flesh and spirit.  In the resurrection, we will be raised in spirit and will be given a new form of body which is not subject to the flesh and the corruption of the flesh.  I Corinthians 15)

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💥 Podcast: Promises of God to us when we do those scriptures which HE gives us

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on March 29, 2021)

 

When we meditate on those scriptures brought to our attention by the Holy Spirit and we do those instructions, we have a promise from God that we will prosper and have good success in all that we do on this earth.

Joshua 1:8   God says:  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.

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Psalm 1:1-3   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.

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

3 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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Example:

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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Philippians 2:5-7  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  But made Himself of no reputation,

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And the following two scriptures have greatly influenced me even unto the present day:

Hebrews 3:13-14  But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.  For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

Exhort: to urge earnestly by advice or warning

Hebrews 10:25 ... exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.  

 

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Ezekiel 34:26  And I (God) will make them and the places round about MY hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

 

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Proverbs 4:26  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

 

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1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in HIM, that, if we ask any thing according to HIS will, HE heareth us:

15 And if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM.  

 

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John 15:7  (Jesus said)   If ye abide in ME, and MY words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

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Psalm 118:24, 28-29  This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 

28 THOU art my God, and I will praise THEE: THOU art my God, I will exalt THEE. 

29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for HE is good: for HIS mercy endureth for ever.

 

 

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💥 John 10 (Reading through the Bible)

 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

² But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

³ To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

⁴ And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

⁵ And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶ This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which He spake unto them.

⁷ Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸ All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

⁹ I am the door: by Me (The Word) if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

(Jesus, The WORD, is the door.  The Word we hear from The Spirit of God is the way to go and is the life for us.)


¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I (The WORD) am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

¹² But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
¹³ The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

¹⁴ I am the good shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine.

¹⁵ As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep.

¹⁶ And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

¹⁷ Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.

¹⁸ No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of My Father.


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¹⁹ There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

²⁰ And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye Him?

²¹ Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?


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²² And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

²³ And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

²⁴ Then came the Jews round about Him, and said unto Him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

²⁵ Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me.

²⁶ But ye believe not, because ye are not of My sheep, as I said unto you.

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²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me:

²⁸ And I (The Word) give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of My hand.  

(The gates of hell will not prevail against the revealed Word of God, Matthew 16 ... and those who are of God hear that revealed word of God and they will never fall for they follow that Word.)

²⁹ My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man (none) is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand.

³⁰ I (The Word) and My Father are one.

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³¹ Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

³² Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from My Father; for which of those works do ye stone Me?

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

³⁴ Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

³⁵ If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
³⁶ Say ye of Him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I (The Word) am the Son of God?

(Those of us to whom God has revealed Himself are also sanctified by God through HIS Word and HE sends us into the world.)

³⁷ If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not.

³⁸ But if I do, though ye believe not Me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.


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³⁹ Therefore they sought again to take Him: but He escaped out of their hand,⁴⁰ And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there He abode.

⁴¹ And many resorted unto Him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.

⁴² And many believed on Him there.

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