But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
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Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
When we see an individual going opposite from the way of God, following their own mind, their own wisdom, setting up their own ideas like a graven image ... What do we do?
Pray ... ask God for wisdom ... Then do what you believe God shows you to do.
Sometimes the Holy Spirit will rise up immediately and speak through you.
I was playing golf with two women, a Methodist and a Church of Christ.
The Methodist woman began speaking about people who judge others.
Immediately the Holy Spirit spoke these words through me:
"If you judge someone is judging, aren't you judging."
She gasped!
It was like a pin bursting a balloon filled with hot air.
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In 1981, God gave me some judgment messages which I spoke on my radio broadcasts.
In Seattle, the radio station manager was waiting for me outside the conference center where I had a meeting scheduled.
He said: "Joan, you have many good messages ... just speak those messages ... If you keep speaking these judgment messages, I don't know what is going to happen to you. We might have to put you off the air."
Instantly out of my mouth came the following words from the Holy Spirit.
"George ... if I don't speak the message I believe to be from God, then I don't have a message and I may as well be off the air."
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We, who belong to God having the Spirit of God, must be led by the Spirit at all times when we speak and in our actions against their graven images.
We must not feel forced to do something for then we would likely be acting by the letter of the law.
We must act and speak by the Spirit which is in us, not by our emotions or flesh.
Another example:
Recently I wrote a book entitled, "Preparing Yourself for the Return of Jesus."
It is available in both e-book and paperback. (Amazon.com)
A man was called to my attention ... Should I send him a copy of this book?
I asked God and waited.
A few days later he was again called to my mind and this time I decided to have a paperback copy sent to him.
He is likely homosexual. (He identifies himself as Baptist though he does not attend any church.)
Printed in one chapter in that book is the following:
Concerning homosexual and lesbians: Romans 1:26-27
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Feeling it was God leading me to send this book to this man, I sent it.
We have to believe that God wants us to do something when we pray and keep being reminded of that thing.
However, if we do it with wrong spirit, in envy or strife ... having a bone to pick ... we are likely moving by wrong spirit ...
First, our own heart must be pure toward the person, having settled disputes we might have with that person through prayer, depending on God to cleanse our own heart toward that person before we do anything.
James 3:14-16 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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II Corinthians 3:5-6 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
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