Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Matthew 15:1-2 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Jesus responded to the Pharisees, showing them how they defiled themselves by keeping their own traditions while casting aside the commandments of God.
Then Jesus later explained to His disciples.
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
17-20 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Learn to listen to the words you speak, for those words show you that which you have stored in your heart. If you speak a lie, your father who taught you that lie, is the devil for he is the father of lies. Repent. And correct your own heart and make your way good, taking into your heart and sharing that which edifies another.
Matthew 12:33-37 Jesus said: Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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By such things as TV programs or secular books, we can allow evil into our hearts. We must beware of such.
For example: If you are watching a show about a man winning a lottery ticket, a lust for money could come into your own heart. If you feel that happening, you can stop it by prayer. Begin immediately to pray, committing yourself to that which we saw Abraham do in Genesis 14. The king of Sodom offered Abraham riches and Abraham refused for he declared that he wanted his wealth to come only from God. When that Bible concept is kept in our heart, we store up good treasure.
People often say things contrary to Bible. When we hear that, to reinforce ourselves, STOP and review the doctrine of the Bible.
Recently I heard a man tell his daughter that land is all that matters in this life for land will last forever. (Movie: Gone With The Wind)
That is not true!
I reviewed II Peter 3:10 ...
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.
The world focuses on those things they can see, like land and property.
But we know all these things we can see with our natural eye will be destroyed when God brings HIS wrath upon this world.
Therefore we keep our focus on scripture instead of those things we see physically.
We can make the tree good ... by guarding that which goes into our heart.
We uproot evil that is in our heart by prayer and by replacing the evil with the word of God.
And we can stop taking in sayings of this world by immediately replacing those sayings with scripture which is truth.
We fight the good fight of faith ... continually holding onto those things God has taught us, doing them, laying hold onto eternal life to which we are called.
It is a fight to keep evil "treasure" out of our heart. It takes awareness and diligence. Be sober. Stay awake to what is coming into your heart. Deal with evil in a spiritual way when you hear evil come out of your heart. Make the tree good and it's fruit good.
Listen to those words you speak to others.
*****
Learn to listen to the words you speak, for those words show you that which you have stored in your heart. If you speak a lie, your father who taught you that lie, is the devil for he is the father of lies. Repent. And correct your own heart and make your way good, taking into your heart and sharing that which edifies another.
*****
Matthew 12:33-37 Jesus said: Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
*****
By such things as TV programs or secular books, we can allow evil into our hearts. We must beware of such.
For example: If you are watching a show about a man winning a lottery ticket, a lust for money could come into your own heart. If you feel that happening, you can stop it by prayer. Begin immediately to pray, committing yourself to that which we saw Abraham do in Genesis 14. The king of Sodom offered Abraham riches and Abraham refused for he declared that he wanted his wealth to come only from God. When that Bible concept is kept in our heart, we store up good treasure.
People often say things contrary to Bible. When we hear that, to reinforce ourselves, STOP and review the doctrine of the Bible.
Recently I heard a man tell his daughter that land is all that matters in this life for land will last forever. (Movie: Gone With The Wind)
That is not true!
I reviewed II Peter 3:10 ...
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.
The world focuses on those things they can see, like land and property.
But we know all these things we can see with our natural eye will be destroyed when God brings HIS wrath upon this world.
Therefore we keep our focus on scripture instead of those things we see physically.
*****
We can make the tree good ... by guarding that which goes into our heart.
We uproot evil that is in our heart by prayer and by replacing the evil with the word of God.
And we can stop taking in sayings of this world by immediately replacing those sayings with scripture which is truth.
*****
We fight the good fight of faith ... continually holding onto those things God has taught us, doing them, laying hold onto eternal life to which we are called.
It is a fight to keep evil "treasure" out of our heart. It takes awareness and diligence. Be sober. Stay awake to what is coming into your heart. Deal with evil in a spiritual way when you hear evil come out of your heart. Make the tree good and it's fruit good.
Listen to those words you speak to others.
*****
Proverbs 4:23-27
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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