💥 Podcast: Abram has no heir, but God keeps telling Abram that he will be the father of many nations

 

(This podcast was previously published on August 22, 2021) 

 

Noah was a righteous man and therefore God did not destroy Noah in the waters of the flood but God made a way of escape for Noah. (the ark)

God also raised up another righteous man unto HIMSELF, Abraham.  (Genesis 12)

God spoke to Abram and told him to depart from his father's house and Abram departed.

Abram departed as the Lord had told him but he didn't know where he was going.  He just departed from his father's land.

Genesis 12

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

(For 25 years, God told Abram that great nations would come from his seed.  But Sarai, Abram's wife was barren.  In spite of the circumstances, Abram believed God and it was counted by God as righteousness because Abram believed God.  He refused to believe that which he saw with his natural eyes.  Abram clung to the Word of God.)

5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Abram had no seed.  Abram had no children and his wife Sarai was barren.  Abram was 75 when he departed as God had told him to do and Abram was going to wait another 25 years before God gave him "that promised seed."

8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

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God had chosen Abram and God was with Abram wherever Abram went and God blessed Abram and God cursed anyone who would hurt Abram.

Genesis 12

11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Abram is blessed by God and called by God and God is with Abram and no man will hurt Abram for he is the called of God, the chosen by God as was Moses and Joshua later, and as are we now.

Joshua 1:5  God says to Joshua: 

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

And so it is with those chosen by God.

Hebrews 13:5

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

Revelation 3:5  Jesus says:

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before HIS angels.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Psalm 25:14  The secret of the Lord is with them that fear HIM; and HE will shew them HIS covenant.

 

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John 17:14-16  (Jesus speaking to the Father) I have given them THY word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

 

15 I pray not that THOU shouldest take them out of the world, but that THOU shouldest keep them from the evil.

 

16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

 

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Psalms 150:1  Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in HIS sanctuary: praise HIM in the firmament of HIS power.

 

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Hebrews 12:5-7, 11  And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of HIM:

6 For whom the Lord loveth HE chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom HE receiveth.

7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. 

 

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💥 Jude (Reading through the Bible)

 

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 

² Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

³ Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

⁴ For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

⁶ And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, HE hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

⁷ Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

⁸ Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

⁹ Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

¹⁰ But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

¹¹ Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

(The way of Cain was to kill his brother to get what he felt he deserved and for revenge.   Balaam wanted what man could give him and went after man for reward. God finally killed him.)

(Core: Korah ... led a rebellion against Moses, saying that Moses "took too much" upon himself and made himself to be too much and didn't fulfill his promise to lead the children of Israel into the promised land.   ... Korah wanted to promote himself to be more than God had assigned him in the religious hierarchy of his time.)

Numbers 16:23-40  

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,  Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.  And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 

(I see same warning for us concerning staying with "wicked" ministers or congregations that approve unrighteous acts.)

So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.

But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. 

And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.

The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

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Jude 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

(Ministers who entertain the people rather than tell the people of sin that they may repent ... ministers who seek after money ... ministers who seek after reputation among men and greatness in the sight of men.)

13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints,

15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

(These ministers speak evil against various scripture as they explain away the instruction of those scriptures.)

16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.  17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers (copiers, imitators of others) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

(They make themselves ministers without being called by God to the ministry.)

20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

24 Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

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💥 Podcast: God creates a righteous man: Abram (Abraham)

 

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on August 21, 2021) 

 

Noah was a righteous man, so when God destroyed this present earth by waters covering the earth, God made a way to save the life of Noah and His generations.

God later raised up another righteous man:  Abram, renamed Abraham by God.

Genesis 12  (God speaks to Abram)

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

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him;

Keeping the Word spoken by God before us is the only thing that matters.  As we do that, we follow God.  In the coming Podcasts and writings, we will focus on what God said.

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It is so simple.  God speaks to us and we obey God.

Often people will try to turn us from what God said for us to do.

Many of our foes are they of our own households, says Jesus.  

Matthew 10

34 Think not that I (The Word)  am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

37 He that loveth father or mother more than ME is not worthy of ME: and he that loveth son or daughter more than ME is not worthy of ME.

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after ME, is not worthy of ME.

39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for MY sake shall find it.

The Word comes to us and is like a sword, dividing us from those who do not have The Word.

I Peter 2

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of HIM who hath called you out of darkness into HIS marvellous light:

10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Once we were a part of this world but now we are as strangers and pilgrims upon this earth.

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

I Peter 4

3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

The Word God gave to us divides us from that which we once were and causes us to be a new creature as we go in God's way.

II Corinthians 5:17

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

We are changed by God after God speaks to us and we are divided from the world that we once served.

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They watch us and fight us, but there is no counsel against the Word God gives us.

Proverbs 21:30-31   There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.  The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

The Word that we have heard from God is all that matters.

Matthew 13:45-46    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:  Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

And many are turned to God as we follow God with all our heart.  For we will do that which is right in the sight of God and we will not compromise that word that we believe to be from God and many will see and understand and be turned to the Lord.

But we follow God for we know God is all that matters in this life.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Proverbs 21:3  To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

 

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Isaiah 26:12  Lord, THOU wilt ordain peace for us: for THOU also hast wrought all our works in us.

 

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Micah 6:8  HE hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

 

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Psalm 34:19  Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

 

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I Thessalonians 5:18  In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

 

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Psalm 15:1-5  (a Psalm of David)... LORD, who shall abide in THY tabernacle? who shall dwell in THY holy hill?

 

2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

 

3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

 

4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

 

5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. 

 

 

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💥 III John (Reading through the Bible)

 

The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

² Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

³ For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

⁵ Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
⁶ Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

⁷ Because that for His name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

⁸ We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

⁹ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.¹⁰ Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

¹¹ Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

¹² Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

¹³ I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

¹⁴ But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. 

 

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💥 Podcast: God's instruction to Noah and his sons after the flood

 

(This podcast was previously published on August 20, 2021) 

 

Genesis 9

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made HE man.

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Genesis 9

18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

(All humans descended from Noah and his 3 sons, Shem, Ham, Japeth)

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The curse upon Ham:

Genesis 9

20  And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

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From the beginning of man, disobedience toward God was exhibited through man.  By the time of Noah, God saw what man was and it was described as follows:

Genesis 6:5   And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

v.11  The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Many people like to think that man is basically good.  But the opposite is shown in the Bible.  Most men are basically evil for the imaginations of the thoughts of their heart is only evil continually, as stated by God.

Humans often exalt other humans and call them good but the Bible show us the opposite.

Occasionally a righteous man would rise up, such and Noah, and God would save that righteous man.

But mostly humans are evil as shown us by the Bible.

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Humans do the works of the flesh of man:

Galatians 6

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft (following various superstitions), hatred, variance (to vary/argue), emulations (to exalt themselves above others), wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

The answer for man came with Jesus Christ who said:

John 3:7  Ye must be born again.

God reveals HIMSELF to us and causes us to be changed from that which we once were.

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

God gives us HIS own Spirit, the Holy Spirit, who lives in us to teach us and guide us and show us what to do.

And as we walk in the Spirit, doing the will of God shown to us by the Holy Spirit, we keep our flesh under control so it no longer does what it wants to do.

If we walk in the Spirit, following that which is brought to our mind by the Holy Spirit of God, we have no condemnation.  

Romans 8:1   There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

So by choosing the way of the Spirit we overcome our own flesh and keep our flesh crucified, not letting our flesh do what it wants to do.

The flesh never improves.  We just keep it under the control of the Spirit as we walk in the ways shown us by the Spirit.

And when we choose the way of the Spirit we will automatically produce the fruits of the Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:

It is not that we learn to do the works of the Spirit.  Because the Spirit lives in us, HE brings thoughts to our mind and we do that which HE shows us.  And when we do that which the Spirit brings to mind, our righteousness is of God because it is God who authored our righteousness through HIS Spirit.

Therefore in all things, we pray, asking God to help us and to show us what to do.

We put our trust in God rather than trusting in our own selves.

When the problems come in this life, we turn to God and follow what HE shows us in the matter at hand.

Thus we are a totally different person from that one who was born in the flesh.  Now we are born in the Spirit.

I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

We are the church.

Now God gives us HIS Word and we follow HIM.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Proverbs 29:25  The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

 

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Ecclesiastes 7:9  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

 

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Deuteronomy 33:27  The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and HE shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 

 

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Hebrews 7:24-25  But THIS MAN (Jesus,  the Word), because HE continueth ever, hath an UNCHANGEABLE PRIESTHOOD.

 

25 Wherefore HE is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by HIM, seeing HE ever liveth to make intercession for them.

 

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I Corinthians 10:6-11  Now these things (in the Old Testament) were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

 

 

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💥 II John (Reading through the Bible)

 

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

² For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

³ Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

⁵ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

⁶ And this is love, that we walk after His commandments. 

This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

⁷ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

(I think this has something to do with thinking you do not have to do the commandments of God today. It is definitely antichrist to fall away from scripture.  II Thessalonians 3-4)

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

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

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

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

¹² Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

¹³ The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

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💥 Podcast: Prove all things; Hold fast that which is good (I Thess. 5:21)

 

(This podcast was previously published on August 18, 2021) 

 

As a new Christian in 1975, my young friend and I began looking for the scripture where it says all men are created equal.

We couldn't find that in the Bible.

So we went to a man who was a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary and asked him where this is in the Bible.

He said:  "That statement is not in the Bible."

We were shocked!

(Seems that I have heard this statement all my life.)

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The New Testament Bible is the rule book for the New Testament church.  All scripture is inspired by God and by scripture we can know the will of God for the church as we live on this present earth.

We prove all things by the scriptures and through prayer over these scriptures.

So if you want to know what God says about a subject, look up the scriptures on that subject in the New Testament Bible and compare scripture with scriptures.

For example:

Paul says the following scripture is a "commandment of the Lord".

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.

In the New Testament Bible, there is only one grounds for a man to divorce his wife.  Jesus shows us this in the following scripture.

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

A man in our little church group filed divorce papers against his wife.

When I heard about this, I asked him, "Was your wife unfaithful?"

He said, "No."

I replied:  "The only scriptural reason for a man to divorce his wife is Matthew 5:32.  The unfaithful wife can be divorced without penalty for the husband who divorces her."

Apparently this man carefully considered what Jesus said in Matthew 5:32 to the men concerning divorcing their wives, because this man withdrew the divorce proceedings from the US court system.

Jesus says:

* If a man divorces a faithful wife and that faithful wife remarries, he will be the cause of the adultery she commits when she remarries.

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* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

If a man is unfaithful, can his wife divorce him?  No.  For I Corinthians 7:10-11 says it is a commandment of the Lord that the wife not leave her husband, "but and if she departs let her remain unmarried or be reconciled with her husband."

You must compare scripture with scripture:

And you must pray and follow the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit will not tell you to do something that is contrary to the New Testament Bible.

Antichrist spirit will try to get us to go in a way opposite to the New Testament Bible so we will be separate from God and follow antichrist.  

Antichrist always wants to rule over the church and take us from scripture.

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

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

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A woman called me wanting to come talk with me about her mother's second husband.

God said to me:  "Just follow the scriptures.  The circumstances are not important."

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Scriptures concerning divorce and remarriage:

I Corinthians 7:10-11

Matthew 5:32

Mark 10:1-12

Romans 7:2-3

I Corinthians 7:39

I Corinthians 6:15-18  (how we become "one flesh")

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Concerning homosexuals and lesbians:

Romans 1:26-28

Mark 10:6

I Thessalonians 5:1-3

Old Testament: sodomites / homosexuals:

Genesis 13:13

Genesis 19:1-25

2 Peter 2:6-9  (destruction of Sodom an example for New Testament church)

I Kings 22:46

I Kings 15:12

II Kings 23:7

I Kings 14:24

Some individuals say they were born homosexual.

When I asked God about this, HE called the following to my attention:

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

Also we see from Romans 1:26 that God turned them over to "vile affections".  Also in Romans 1:28  "to do that which is not convenient." 

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💥 Scriptures:

Psalms 127:1  (A Song of degrees for Solomon.)  Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 

 

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James 5:19-20  Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

 

20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

 

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1 Corinthians 2:6  Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

 

7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

 

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Proverbs 31:30  Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

 

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Psalm 100:1-5  Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

 

2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before HIS presence with singing.

 

3 Know ye that the LORD HE is God: it is HE that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are HIS people, and the sheep of HIS pasture.

 

4 Enter into HIS gates with thanksgiving, and into HIS courts with praise: be thankful unto HIM, and bless HIS name.

 

5 For the LORD is good; HIS mercy is everlasting; and HIS truth endureth to all generations. 

 

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Ephesians 4:1-3  Paul said: I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 

 

2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 

 

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

 

 

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💥 I John 5 (Reading through the Bible)

 

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him.

(Jesus, the Word, is the Messiah.  We are saved by the Word when we believe the Word and act on that scripture.)

² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments.

³ For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.

⁴ For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

⁵ Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶ This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

⁷ For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

⁸ And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water (the Word), and the blood: and these three agree in one.

⁹ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son.

¹⁰ He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.

¹¹ And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  (the Word)

¹² He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

¹³ These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁶ If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

¹⁸ We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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