1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves:and he was transfigured before them. 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses:and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here:and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them:and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son:hear him.
8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. 9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. 10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? 12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. 13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him:and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away:and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him:and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him?
And he said, Of a child. 22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him:but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him:and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? 29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 And he came to Capernaum:and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they held their peace:for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them:and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me:and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us:and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not:for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. 40 For he that is not against us is on our part. 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off:it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off:it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out:it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 50 Salt is good:but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
(Providing daily encouragement for the body of Christ by the Spirit of God to help the church in the end times.)
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Psalm 129 ... Prayers to God & Promises from God to the Church
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth,
may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth:
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back:
they made long their furrows.
4 The Lord is righteous:
he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back
that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,
which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;
nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say,
The blessing of the Lord be upon you:we bless you in the name of the Lord.
Comments by Joan Boney...
God has a way to remove the wicked.
Wicked is defined as those who cause grief and trouble.
Further those who fail to seek God and those who will not follow what God shows them have to be considered as "wicked". What a terrible thing this is.
They can go down in their own way but we do not want to go down with them. Therefore we cry out to God for HIM to deliver us and we wait on HIM to show us what to do, if we are to do anything.
Deliverance is critical to us.
I don't curse the wicked. They curse themselves by their actions.
Jeremiah 17 ...
5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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Deuteronomy 28 ...
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face:they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand:and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust:from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies:thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them:and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways:and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein:thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof:thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee:thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long:and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him:he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things:and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed:which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land:and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat:because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear:for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest:but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again:and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
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Galatians 6 ... 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth:
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back:
they made long their furrows.
4 The Lord is righteous:
he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back
that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,
which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;
nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say,
The blessing of the Lord be upon you:we bless you in the name of the Lord.
Comments by Joan Boney...
God has a way to remove the wicked.
Wicked is defined as those who cause grief and trouble.
Further those who fail to seek God and those who will not follow what God shows them have to be considered as "wicked". What a terrible thing this is.
They can go down in their own way but we do not want to go down with them. Therefore we cry out to God for HIM to deliver us and we wait on HIM to show us what to do, if we are to do anything.
Deliverance is critical to us.
I don't curse the wicked. They curse themselves by their actions.
Jeremiah 17 ...
5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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Deuteronomy 28 ...
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face:they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand:and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust:from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies:thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them:and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways:and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her:thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein:thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof:thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee:thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long:and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him:he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things:and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed:which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land:and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat:because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear:for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest:but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again:and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
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Galatians 6 ... 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked:for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Leviticus - Part 7 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture
Leviticus 26 ... 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my
commandments, and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season,
and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall
yield their fruit.
5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time:and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid:and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight:and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you:and MY soul shall not abhor you.
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
13 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart:and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies:they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:20 And your strength shall be spent in vain:for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
(NT ... those in church who mishandle the word of God ... Paul says, 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. I Cor. 11 ... The Lord's supper is the Word of God. If we mishandle the word of God we bring "damnation" to ourselves ... The Lord's supper is the partaking of the Word of God. The Lord's supper is not crackers & grape juice set up by fleshly men who read Bible by their fleshly minds. The Lord's supper is the Word of God which has great power for those who believe and handle the Word properly. We examine ourselves by the word of God as I Cor. 11 says to do. You cannot examine yourself by cracker & grape juice which many churches are calling the Lord's supper. This is not the Lord's supper. The Lord's supper is the Word of God.)
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children,
(A wild beast could be a person who comes among your children to lead them in wrong way and harm them greatly.)
and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant:and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight:and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
(Your religious works will all be in vain.)
32 And I will bring the land into desolation:and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you:and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies 'land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth:and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them:and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity:because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them:for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God:I am the Lord.
46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time:and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid:and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight:and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you:and MY soul shall not abhor you.
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
13 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart:and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies:they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:20 And your strength shall be spent in vain:for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
(NT ... those in church who mishandle the word of God ... Paul says, 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. I Cor. 11 ... The Lord's supper is the Word of God. If we mishandle the word of God we bring "damnation" to ourselves ... The Lord's supper is the partaking of the Word of God. The Lord's supper is not crackers & grape juice set up by fleshly men who read Bible by their fleshly minds. The Lord's supper is the Word of God which has great power for those who believe and handle the Word properly. We examine ourselves by the word of God as I Cor. 11 says to do. You cannot examine yourself by cracker & grape juice which many churches are calling the Lord's supper. This is not the Lord's supper. The Lord's supper is the Word of God.)
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children,
(A wild beast could be a person who comes among your children to lead them in wrong way and harm them greatly.)
and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant:and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight:and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
(Your religious works will all be in vain.)
32 And I will bring the land into desolation:and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you:and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies 'land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth:and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them:and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity:because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them:for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God:I am the Lord.
46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
False ministers and false doctrine in church groups
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Wanting to help people is the wrong reason to go into a ministry.
Going into ministry is a call of God. That is the only valid reason to go into ministry. If God has "called" you to be a minister, then go into that ministry for which you are called.
Mt. 4 ... 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea:for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
The call of God must be on your life. You can't just decide on your own that you want to be a minister. It is a call of God.
One time a woman at the church I was attended came to me and said, "I want to be just like you."
I was very shocked. I replied, "You do?" It never occurred to me that anyone would want to be a minister. But many want to be ministers. But are not called to be ministers.
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NT ministries: apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher
Eph. 4 ... When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that HE (Jesus) ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
After HE ascended ... after Jesus was resurrected from the dead and ascended into heaven ... HE gave these ministry gifts to the church ... apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher ...
Paul is not the last apostle. Paul is the first of the NT apostles given to the church after Jesus arose. Agabus (Acts 11 & Acts 20) is an example of a NT prophet given to the church after Jesus arose.
But all who are real ministers of God are called by God and set into the ministry by the will of God and not by their own will, though many today call themselves ministers without being real ministers set in the church by God through HIS Spirit.
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For those who are really called by God to be ministers, we are confirmed by God ...
Many have said to me, "You can't be an apostle / prophet."
I am unaffected by these people. I have many confirmations from God concerning my calling ... God confirmed it to me through taking me into heaven twice and merging me into the body of Jesus twice ... God confirmed my calling to me through dreams ... God taught me what to do in the work by scriptures ... God equipped me for the work by giving me gifts of the Holy Spirit to enable me to do the work (gift of exhortation, word of wisdom, word of knowledge) ... and God sent his messengers in form of people to confirm the call of God on my life. So I have had many confirmations, though also many people doubt. I just keep doing the work God has shown me to do.
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Several years ago, a man came my way quoting more scripture that I've ever heard from anyone. Is this man a pastor? I wondered. Then he began adding his own ideas to scripture and I had to correct him. Over and over I had to correct this man. He didn't seem at all concerned that he was adding wrongly to scripture. It didn't matter to him. This man couldn't be a pastor though he could quote scripture. Those called by God very much care about correct use of scripture and to use scripture incorrectly would be a great grief to a man of God.
I've had people come my way who seemed to be prophets. Later it would be discovered they were prophesying by "a strange spirit", like some kind of "familiar spirit".
One woman came to us and she looked like she did prophet work. She was very upset over pastor who was making sexual overtures to her. She told him it was wrong for him to be doing this. That all sounds right. But she expressed a great desire for a husband. And she had two children by a man to whom she was not married. She was looking for a husband. I had strong impression that she was going to have trouble with fornication. It turned out she was already committing fornication even as she corrected that pastor. This proved this woman. We withdrew from her.
Ministers of God will not do ungodly acts.
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Mt. 24 ... 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and shall deceive many.
One sign of the coming of Jesus will be the rise in false ministers ... They will come saying "Jesus is Lord." (The church would not listen to them otherwise.)
They often have an appearance of godliness.
But they do not uphold the spirit of the scriptures and end up twisting scripture and adding various things to scripture and setting up "perverse" doctrines.
The apostle Paul spoke of these in the following:
Acts 20 ... 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch,
I've seen this many times as I have visited church groups. Pastor would speak incorrectly and misuse scripture, often for his own perceived benefit. Each time I saw this, I went to that pastor. No one ever repented. I believe these men were ministers of Satan, as we read about in the following scripture.
II Cor. 11 ... 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Jude ... 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 (imitators) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Some of these ministers want to be great, wanting personal fame. Some want money. Without exception I've heard them bring perverse bits of doctrine into their speaking, removing some scripture, twisting other scripture, changing the doctrine, often to please men.
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The apostle Paul said before the return of Jesus there would be "a falling away". This falling away has to do with church groups falling away from scripture.
Scripture is changed in order to approve sin in the congregation.
A primary example of this falling away is in dealing with the scripture of Mt. 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.
- The man who divorces a faithful wife will be the cause of her committing adultery if she remarries after divorce.
- The faithful wife will commit adultery if she remarries after divorce
- The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery
I've never heard any of this scripture spoken in any church group. If the pastor said, "The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery", many in his group would be very upset and angry and some would leave his church group. For this reason, this scripture is eliminated from teaching.
Another scripture I've never heard spoken in any church group is the following.
The apostle Paul said the following to the NT church:
I Cor. 7 ... 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband:and let not the husband put away his wife.
The falling away from such scripture is a sign of antichrist moving into the church group and setting himself up as god.
We read about this in II Thess. 2 ...
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
What do we do when we see this in church groups? The only thing we can do is come out from that group.
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In 1979, God gave me the following dream, which is very shocking.
In this dream, I went into a room where a meeting was going on. There was one vacant seat on the aisle and I sat down and began listening to a man who was speaking to the group. Another man rushed and went to the front of the room and said, "Stop ... wait ... can't you see ... It's too late! It's already begun."The first man resumed speaking to the group. I looked out the window and was shocked at what I saw. There was a tall, civil defense type pole with a yellow warning speaker on top of the pole. Out of the speaker was coming a poison gas. I knew it would kill the people and shockingly the gas was coming from our own speaker which was supposed to warn us. I looked at the man who was sitting next to me. He was sitting upright. He had a big smile on his face. He was looking directly at the speaker in an attentive way. But this man was a corpse. He was dead though he looked alive. Then I looked at people around the room and they were already dead also. And as I sat back in my seat, I felt myself falling asleep, dying as I listened to the speaker.
This was a church gathering. The speaker who should be warning the congregation is speaking a poison that ends up making the congregation think they are alright no matter what they are doing so sin can exist in the congregation without correction or repentance. Thus death comes.
And as I sat among them, I began to fall asleep. It would kill me too.
Wanting to help people is the wrong reason to go into a ministry.
Going into ministry is a call of God. That is the only valid reason to go into ministry. If God has "called" you to be a minister, then go into that ministry for which you are called.
Mt. 4 ... 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea:for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
The call of God must be on your life. You can't just decide on your own that you want to be a minister. It is a call of God.
One time a woman at the church I was attended came to me and said, "I want to be just like you."
I was very shocked. I replied, "You do?" It never occurred to me that anyone would want to be a minister. But many want to be ministers. But are not called to be ministers.
==========
NT ministries: apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher
Eph. 4 ... When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that HE (Jesus) ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
After HE ascended ... after Jesus was resurrected from the dead and ascended into heaven ... HE gave these ministry gifts to the church ... apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher ...
Paul is not the last apostle. Paul is the first of the NT apostles given to the church after Jesus arose. Agabus (Acts 11 & Acts 20) is an example of a NT prophet given to the church after Jesus arose.
But all who are real ministers of God are called by God and set into the ministry by the will of God and not by their own will, though many today call themselves ministers without being real ministers set in the church by God through HIS Spirit.
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For those who are really called by God to be ministers, we are confirmed by God ...
Many have said to me, "You can't be an apostle / prophet."
I am unaffected by these people. I have many confirmations from God concerning my calling ... God confirmed it to me through taking me into heaven twice and merging me into the body of Jesus twice ... God confirmed my calling to me through dreams ... God taught me what to do in the work by scriptures ... God equipped me for the work by giving me gifts of the Holy Spirit to enable me to do the work (gift of exhortation, word of wisdom, word of knowledge) ... and God sent his messengers in form of people to confirm the call of God on my life. So I have had many confirmations, though also many people doubt. I just keep doing the work God has shown me to do.
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Several years ago, a man came my way quoting more scripture that I've ever heard from anyone. Is this man a pastor? I wondered. Then he began adding his own ideas to scripture and I had to correct him. Over and over I had to correct this man. He didn't seem at all concerned that he was adding wrongly to scripture. It didn't matter to him. This man couldn't be a pastor though he could quote scripture. Those called by God very much care about correct use of scripture and to use scripture incorrectly would be a great grief to a man of God.
I've had people come my way who seemed to be prophets. Later it would be discovered they were prophesying by "a strange spirit", like some kind of "familiar spirit".
One woman came to us and she looked like she did prophet work. She was very upset over pastor who was making sexual overtures to her. She told him it was wrong for him to be doing this. That all sounds right. But she expressed a great desire for a husband. And she had two children by a man to whom she was not married. She was looking for a husband. I had strong impression that she was going to have trouble with fornication. It turned out she was already committing fornication even as she corrected that pastor. This proved this woman. We withdrew from her.
Ministers of God will not do ungodly acts.
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Mt. 24 ... 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and shall deceive many.
One sign of the coming of Jesus will be the rise in false ministers ... They will come saying "Jesus is Lord." (The church would not listen to them otherwise.)
They often have an appearance of godliness.
But they do not uphold the spirit of the scriptures and end up twisting scripture and adding various things to scripture and setting up "perverse" doctrines.
The apostle Paul spoke of these in the following:
Acts 20 ... 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch,
I've seen this many times as I have visited church groups. Pastor would speak incorrectly and misuse scripture, often for his own perceived benefit. Each time I saw this, I went to that pastor. No one ever repented. I believe these men were ministers of Satan, as we read about in the following scripture.
II Cor. 11 ... 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Jude ... 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 (imitators) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Some of these ministers want to be great, wanting personal fame. Some want money. Without exception I've heard them bring perverse bits of doctrine into their speaking, removing some scripture, twisting other scripture, changing the doctrine, often to please men.
==========
The apostle Paul said before the return of Jesus there would be "a falling away". This falling away has to do with church groups falling away from scripture.
Scripture is changed in order to approve sin in the congregation.
A primary example of this falling away is in dealing with the scripture of Mt. 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.
- The man who divorces a faithful wife will be the cause of her committing adultery if she remarries after divorce.
- The faithful wife will commit adultery if she remarries after divorce
- The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery
I've never heard any of this scripture spoken in any church group. If the pastor said, "The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery", many in his group would be very upset and angry and some would leave his church group. For this reason, this scripture is eliminated from teaching.
Another scripture I've never heard spoken in any church group is the following.
The apostle Paul said the following to the NT church:
I Cor. 7 ... 10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband:and let not the husband put away his wife.
The falling away from such scripture is a sign of antichrist moving into the church group and setting himself up as god.
We read about this in II Thess. 2 ...
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
What do we do when we see this in church groups? The only thing we can do is come out from that group.
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In 1979, God gave me the following dream, which is very shocking.
In this dream, I went into a room where a meeting was going on. There was one vacant seat on the aisle and I sat down and began listening to a man who was speaking to the group. Another man rushed and went to the front of the room and said, "Stop ... wait ... can't you see ... It's too late! It's already begun."The first man resumed speaking to the group. I looked out the window and was shocked at what I saw. There was a tall, civil defense type pole with a yellow warning speaker on top of the pole. Out of the speaker was coming a poison gas. I knew it would kill the people and shockingly the gas was coming from our own speaker which was supposed to warn us. I looked at the man who was sitting next to me. He was sitting upright. He had a big smile on his face. He was looking directly at the speaker in an attentive way. But this man was a corpse. He was dead though he looked alive. Then I looked at people around the room and they were already dead also. And as I sat back in my seat, I felt myself falling asleep, dying as I listened to the speaker.
This was a church gathering. The speaker who should be warning the congregation is speaking a poison that ends up making the congregation think they are alright no matter what they are doing so sin can exist in the congregation without correction or repentance. Thus death comes.
And as I sat among them, I began to fall asleep. It would kill me too.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Mark 8 ... Reading through the Bible
1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way:for divers of them came from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
(God fed 600,000 men plus women and children when HE led HIS people out of Egypt into the wilderness where there was no food. While man can't do such, God can. God always provides for HIS people.)
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye?
And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground:and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 7 And they had a few small fishes:and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. 8 So they did eat, and were filled:and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand:and he sent them away.
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up:and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi:and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist:but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan:for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
(God fed 600,000 men plus women and children when HE led HIS people out of Egypt into the wilderness where there was no food. While man can't do such, God can. God always provides for HIS people.)
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye?
And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground:and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 7 And they had a few small fishes:and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. 8 So they did eat, and were filled:and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand:and he sent them away.
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up:and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi:and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist:but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan:for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Psalm 128 ... Prayers to God & Promises from God to the Church
1 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord;
that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine
by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants
round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion:
and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children,
and peace upon Israel.
Comments by Joan Boney ...
In the New Testament church we read ...
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
And in the OT all (male & female) who feared God were blessed (divinely favored & protected) by God ... the prostitute Rahab is one who feared God and was protected and favored (Joshua 2)... Deborah was a prophet and leader of the nation in OT. (Judges 4)
Though the Psalmist related blessings to men, the same blessings were granted women in the OT when they feared God.
Prov. 31 ...
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants 'ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
I don't see how anyone, male or female, can survive without having a fear of the Lord. When we have a fear of the Lord, we have an inner understanding that HE knows what is best for us no matter what it looks like. Therefore we would be afraid to go against that which we believe God has said to us ... this is the fear of the Lord.
Unless you have this, you might reason HIS Word away and cast HIS Word aside.
But if you have a fear of the Lord, a real fear of God, how can you cast the Word HE gives you aside.
Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
The praise that comes from God, that HE gives you, will endure forever.
that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:
happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine
by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants
round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion:
and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children,
and peace upon Israel.
Comments by Joan Boney ...
In the New Testament church we read ...
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
And in the OT all (male & female) who feared God were blessed (divinely favored & protected) by God ... the prostitute Rahab is one who feared God and was protected and favored (Joshua 2)... Deborah was a prophet and leader of the nation in OT. (Judges 4)
Though the Psalmist related blessings to men, the same blessings were granted women in the OT when they feared God.
Prov. 31 ...
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants 'ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
I don't see how anyone, male or female, can survive without having a fear of the Lord. When we have a fear of the Lord, we have an inner understanding that HE knows what is best for us no matter what it looks like. Therefore we would be afraid to go against that which we believe God has said to us ... this is the fear of the Lord.
Unless you have this, you might reason HIS Word away and cast HIS Word aside.
But if you have a fear of the Lord, a real fear of God, how can you cast the Word HE gives you aside.
Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
The praise that comes from God, that HE gives you, will endure forever.
Leviticus - Part 6 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture
(OT laws and penalties set by God for various sins. These are important to us today for they show us how God views these subjects.)
Leviticus 20 ... homosexual ... 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination:they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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Leviticus 20 ... Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them:that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you:for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey:I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people. 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean:and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me:for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
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Leviticus 20 ... 27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death:they shall stone them with stones:their blood shall be upon them.
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Leviticus 21 ... 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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Leviticus 21 ... 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband:for he is holy unto his God.
NT. Jesus says ... Man who marries divorced woman commits adultery ... Mt. 5:32
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Leviticus 23:22 ... 22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest:thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger:I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 25 ... 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the Lord your God.
18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
NT ...
Ephesians 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
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Leviticus 26 ... 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it:for I am the Lord your God.
(When I see sports people kiss a trophy they have just won, I shudder. Some churches put statues and concrete symbols to represent God and I am horrified when I see such. This is very evil in the sight of God and in the sight of the godly people.
There is a photo of a man with long hair who is dressed in Biblical costume and some churches even hang this on the wall to represent Jesus. This is a terrible thing to do.)
Moses says ... Deut. 4 ... 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan:but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Be very courageous
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Is it God who told you to do what you are suffering for doing?
If so, then you can find much support so you can endure.
Joshua 1 ... 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Here is a very revealing scripture:
I Peter 2 (NIV/ original translation) ...
20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it?
If you are envious of other people and are burning inside that would be an example of taking a beating for doing wrong. In such a case, you need to repent and resist the devils who speak to you as they try to get you to envy others.
You need to focus on this prayer and really mean it: THY will be done ...
You need to look around you and begin to thank God for that which you have in your life, for that which God has already given you.
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But if you are suffering because you are following God instead of following the people of the world ... and if you are suffering because you have spoken the Word given you by God ... then we see the following instruction which applies to us today.
Joshua 1 ... 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
courage:
- strength in the face of pain or grief
- ability to do something that frightens one
- act on beliefs despite danger or difficulty
- facing extreme danger or difficulty without retreating
- ability to endure in times of adversity
- firmness and strength of mind
- unwillingness to acknowledge defeat
The Word of the Lord endures forever. When God tells us to do something and we do that thing as God says to do, the only way defeat could come would be for God HIMSELF to be destroyed and that would be impossible.
When I was a new Christian, I owned a business and a man filed a lawsuit against me. I had gotten the business out of debt but the lawyer fees were taking all the profit away from my business. And if I continued the way I was going I knew very shortly I would be back in debt again. So I prayed about this, asking God what to do.
I saw the following scripture:
Isaiah 54 ...
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;
and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and their righteousness is of ME, saith the Lord.
I examined this scripture and this promise from God and my position and made the following decision.
I am now a Christian therefore this promise from God applies to me, it is my "heritage".
Therefore this lawsuit, a weapon formed against me, will not prosper.
I decided to dismiss my lawyers and go to court without any human legal counsel.
I have great respect for the ministry. So I made an appointment with my pastor to discuss my plan with him, expecting God to honor the ministry offices and advise me through the ministry.
As I drove to meet with pastor, I prayed for pastor, asking God to give pastor wisdom and to advise me through pastor.
I told pastor my plan and shared Isaiah 54:17 with pastor. He looked at me and said: "I perceive you have faith to do this this way."
I called lawyer and told him I was dismissing them because of money and I gave lawyer this scripture from Isaiah 54:17 and told him I am now a Christian and this promise applies to me.
Lawyer exclaimed ... "Joan ... You can't do this ... You don't know how evil these courts are."
Then lawyer said ... "It will only take about $10,000 more to try this case ... and we're willing to work with you." (The lawyers were willing to let me go into debt to them!)
"10,000 more!" ... I said in a shocked voice ... "Gordon ... Stop ... Don't do anything more."
I dismissed my lawyer.
A week or so later, Gordon came to see me. He said, "We, at law firm, have discussed your case and have decided to represent you without any further charge to you."
I didn't hear God mentioned in this decision.
What is going on? At one minute they are going to charge $10,000 more and now they are going to give me free legal service?
I said to Gordon: "I'll have to get back with you on this."
I prayed, and was reminded of the following:
Genesis 14:23 ... Abraham said to king of Sodom ... I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
I knew God was telling me not to take this "free" legal service. So I told this to Gordon and went ahead with the plan to go to court without any human legal counsel.
I was terrified. I took scripture that God had given me and recorded these scriptures on both sides of a cassette tape and played this tape as I slept at night. When I would awaken in the night, I would turn the tape over and play the other side again. This went on for several weeks.
I kept scripture in front of my face daily to help me in my fear and to give me courage.
Six days before the trial was scheduled in US District Court, the man dropped all charges against me and against the other people he was suing. It was over.
My courage was sustained through prayer and by focusing strongly day and night on those scriptures God had given me.
God used this trial to begin HIS teaching with me on standing on the Word of God and enduring through faith in the Word of God.
Over the next 30+ years, this same pattern was used in many battles. It never failed and it will never fail. The gates of hell cannot stand against that word God reveals by HIS Spirit in the problems of this life. Mt. 16
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The only way we can be "very courageous" in the problems we face are to pray and hold fast to that which God gives us by HIS Spirit... and this will work always and never fail.
Is it God who told you to do what you are suffering for doing?
If so, then you can find much support so you can endure.
Joshua 1 ... 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Here is a very revealing scripture:
I Peter 2 (NIV/ original translation) ...
20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it?
If you are envious of other people and are burning inside that would be an example of taking a beating for doing wrong. In such a case, you need to repent and resist the devils who speak to you as they try to get you to envy others.
You need to focus on this prayer and really mean it: THY will be done ...
You need to look around you and begin to thank God for that which you have in your life, for that which God has already given you.
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But if you are suffering because you are following God instead of following the people of the world ... and if you are suffering because you have spoken the Word given you by God ... then we see the following instruction which applies to us today.
Joshua 1 ... 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
courage:
- strength in the face of pain or grief
- ability to do something that frightens one
- act on beliefs despite danger or difficulty
- facing extreme danger or difficulty without retreating
- ability to endure in times of adversity
- firmness and strength of mind
- unwillingness to acknowledge defeat
The Word of the Lord endures forever. When God tells us to do something and we do that thing as God says to do, the only way defeat could come would be for God HIMSELF to be destroyed and that would be impossible.
When I was a new Christian, I owned a business and a man filed a lawsuit against me. I had gotten the business out of debt but the lawyer fees were taking all the profit away from my business. And if I continued the way I was going I knew very shortly I would be back in debt again. So I prayed about this, asking God what to do.
I saw the following scripture:
Isaiah 54 ...
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;
and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and their righteousness is of ME, saith the Lord.
I examined this scripture and this promise from God and my position and made the following decision.
I am now a Christian therefore this promise from God applies to me, it is my "heritage".
Therefore this lawsuit, a weapon formed against me, will not prosper.
I decided to dismiss my lawyers and go to court without any human legal counsel.
I have great respect for the ministry. So I made an appointment with my pastor to discuss my plan with him, expecting God to honor the ministry offices and advise me through the ministry.
As I drove to meet with pastor, I prayed for pastor, asking God to give pastor wisdom and to advise me through pastor.
I told pastor my plan and shared Isaiah 54:17 with pastor. He looked at me and said: "I perceive you have faith to do this this way."
I called lawyer and told him I was dismissing them because of money and I gave lawyer this scripture from Isaiah 54:17 and told him I am now a Christian and this promise applies to me.
Lawyer exclaimed ... "Joan ... You can't do this ... You don't know how evil these courts are."
Then lawyer said ... "It will only take about $10,000 more to try this case ... and we're willing to work with you." (The lawyers were willing to let me go into debt to them!)
"10,000 more!" ... I said in a shocked voice ... "Gordon ... Stop ... Don't do anything more."
I dismissed my lawyer.
A week or so later, Gordon came to see me. He said, "We, at law firm, have discussed your case and have decided to represent you without any further charge to you."
I didn't hear God mentioned in this decision.
What is going on? At one minute they are going to charge $10,000 more and now they are going to give me free legal service?
I said to Gordon: "I'll have to get back with you on this."
I prayed, and was reminded of the following:
Genesis 14:23 ... Abraham said to king of Sodom ... I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
I knew God was telling me not to take this "free" legal service. So I told this to Gordon and went ahead with the plan to go to court without any human legal counsel.
I was terrified. I took scripture that God had given me and recorded these scriptures on both sides of a cassette tape and played this tape as I slept at night. When I would awaken in the night, I would turn the tape over and play the other side again. This went on for several weeks.
I kept scripture in front of my face daily to help me in my fear and to give me courage.
Six days before the trial was scheduled in US District Court, the man dropped all charges against me and against the other people he was suing. It was over.
My courage was sustained through prayer and by focusing strongly day and night on those scriptures God had given me.
God used this trial to begin HIS teaching with me on standing on the Word of God and enduring through faith in the Word of God.
Over the next 30+ years, this same pattern was used in many battles. It never failed and it will never fail. The gates of hell cannot stand against that word God reveals by HIS Spirit in the problems of this life. Mt. 16
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The only way we can be "very courageous" in the problems we face are to pray and hold fast to that which God gives us by HIS Spirit... and this will work always and never fail.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Mark 7 ... Reading through the Bible
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups:and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered:and many such like things do ye.
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him:but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it:but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled:for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord:yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man:but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well:he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups:and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered:and many such like things do ye.
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him:but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it:but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled:for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord:yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man:but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well:he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Psalm 127 ... Prayers to God & Promises from God to the Church
1 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.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late,
to eat the bread of sorrows:
for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:
they shall not be ashamed,
but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Comments by Joan Boney ...
1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
There are many who put themselves into the ministry and go all over the world speaking of Jesus and have hundreds of thousands of people attend their meetings ... but they are not of God though they speak of Jesus. HE never put them into the ministry and as they prance proudly in front of all they delight their own flesh and people are delighted in the flesh.
Jesus warned HIS disciples ... Mt. 24 ...
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mt. 23 ... Jesus says ... 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows 'houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
There is one woman who put herself into the ministry and called herself a teacher though she had nothing spiritual to say when I heard her 30 years ago. She told me she hired an acting coach to help her present materials, for people said she was so boring. She added fleshly stories which the flesh of man could enjoy. She became very famous as a result. But she was not put there by God. Today she is old and has the great burden she put upon herself of going all over the world and speaking to masses of people. It would be terrible to be doing this physically at her age. Soon she will die. Right now she is greatly burdened though she probably doesn't know it.
At the judgment seat of Christ, we will each "receive" for what we have done on this earth, whether it be "good or bad". II Cor. 5:10
Matthew 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Unless God put us into the ministry, the work will be evil though they speak of Jesus as Lord.
Mt. 7 ... Jesus says ... 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Unless God builds the house all the labor will be in vain ... useless, worthless ...
Each of us are building upon something ... if it is from God, we will receive reward. We need to be fully persuaded it was God who told us to do that. We examine ourselves. Who told me to do this work? What evidence do I have for myself that it was God who told me to do this?
As I examine myself, I have much evidence to persuade me God told me to do what I do and that is vital for me to continue the work.
- After I was born again in 1975, in the night as I slept, I was transported into heaven. I was merged into the body of Jesus (made one with the word of God) ... God and Holy Spirit witnessed this though I saw no images, no man has seen God. The same thing exactly happened a second time in the night as I slept. I was made one with the Word of God. This set me on fire for Bible and things of God and later for the work of God.
- About 3 years later ... as I slept, an angel came to me and spoke three words in my ear ... Hartford, Seattle, KWJS ... putting me on radio within a week of this.
- 30 years or so later ... 2012 ... in a dream I was shown a "blog" on Internet and I realized God was showing me to start these writings that you read today and to exhort the church ... In the dream a woman was singing. It was a "little voice" ... but it was "a nice little voice" ... I saw others in the church participating also as should be the case with the church.
- At one point in these years, I was given a dream ... I was traveling with a group of people. We landed on an island. It was hot, dusty, like a pineapple field ... there were children there. All of a sudden I realized they were going to leave me there to care for these children. I cried out, "I won't stay ... I won't ..." (then I realized it might be God wanted me to do this so I said ... "Unless YOU want me to ..." HE did, so I did.) There was a pastor and his wife on the island but they wouldn't come out of their house. These children were the church and I was assigned by God to care for them.
- And when I didn't know how to do the work assigned me, the Spirit of God took me to various scriptures to show me what I was to do. I had no living human example of what I was to do. But the scriptures were given me to show me the work of apostle/prophet.
These are the points of "evidence" which cause me to do this work and to continue doing this work.
But at the judgment seat of Christ each of us will see if the work was of God or not. We literally "bet our lives" on what we do.
II Cor. 5 ... 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late,
to eat the bread of sorrows:
for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:
they shall not be ashamed,
but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Comments by Joan Boney ...
1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
There are many who put themselves into the ministry and go all over the world speaking of Jesus and have hundreds of thousands of people attend their meetings ... but they are not of God though they speak of Jesus. HE never put them into the ministry and as they prance proudly in front of all they delight their own flesh and people are delighted in the flesh.
Jesus warned HIS disciples ... Mt. 24 ...
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I (Jesus) am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mt. 23 ... Jesus says ... 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows 'houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
There is one woman who put herself into the ministry and called herself a teacher though she had nothing spiritual to say when I heard her 30 years ago. She told me she hired an acting coach to help her present materials, for people said she was so boring. She added fleshly stories which the flesh of man could enjoy. She became very famous as a result. But she was not put there by God. Today she is old and has the great burden she put upon herself of going all over the world and speaking to masses of people. It would be terrible to be doing this physically at her age. Soon she will die. Right now she is greatly burdened though she probably doesn't know it.
At the judgment seat of Christ, we will each "receive" for what we have done on this earth, whether it be "good or bad". II Cor. 5:10
Matthew 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Unless God put us into the ministry, the work will be evil though they speak of Jesus as Lord.
Mt. 7 ... Jesus says ... 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Unless God builds the house all the labor will be in vain ... useless, worthless ...
Each of us are building upon something ... if it is from God, we will receive reward. We need to be fully persuaded it was God who told us to do that. We examine ourselves. Who told me to do this work? What evidence do I have for myself that it was God who told me to do this?
As I examine myself, I have much evidence to persuade me God told me to do what I do and that is vital for me to continue the work.
- After I was born again in 1975, in the night as I slept, I was transported into heaven. I was merged into the body of Jesus (made one with the word of God) ... God and Holy Spirit witnessed this though I saw no images, no man has seen God. The same thing exactly happened a second time in the night as I slept. I was made one with the Word of God. This set me on fire for Bible and things of God and later for the work of God.
- About 3 years later ... as I slept, an angel came to me and spoke three words in my ear ... Hartford, Seattle, KWJS ... putting me on radio within a week of this.
- 30 years or so later ... 2012 ... in a dream I was shown a "blog" on Internet and I realized God was showing me to start these writings that you read today and to exhort the church ... In the dream a woman was singing. It was a "little voice" ... but it was "a nice little voice" ... I saw others in the church participating also as should be the case with the church.
- At one point in these years, I was given a dream ... I was traveling with a group of people. We landed on an island. It was hot, dusty, like a pineapple field ... there were children there. All of a sudden I realized they were going to leave me there to care for these children. I cried out, "I won't stay ... I won't ..." (then I realized it might be God wanted me to do this so I said ... "Unless YOU want me to ..." HE did, so I did.) There was a pastor and his wife on the island but they wouldn't come out of their house. These children were the church and I was assigned by God to care for them.
- And when I didn't know how to do the work assigned me, the Spirit of God took me to various scriptures to show me what I was to do. I had no living human example of what I was to do. But the scriptures were given me to show me the work of apostle/prophet.
These are the points of "evidence" which cause me to do this work and to continue doing this work.
But at the judgment seat of Christ each of us will see if the work was of God or not. We literally "bet our lives" on what we do.
II Cor. 5 ... 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Leviticus - Part 5 ... Viewing the works of God through scripture
(Rules of OT law set up by God for people of OT. In NT blood of Jesus pays for our sins but many of the concepts of what is right and what is wrong in sight of God are same for OT and NT.)
Leviticus 19 ... 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger:I am the Lord your God.
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God:I am the Lord.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him:the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God:I am the Lord.
15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment:thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty:but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour:I am the Lord.
17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart:thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself:I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 19 ... 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God:I am the Lord.
This would have to do with people who go behind the back of others to do harm ... thinking no harm can come to them .. deaf can't hear so to curse them would seem safe ... blind can't see so could put something harmful in the blind man's path and he couldn't tell who did this.
It reminds me of something that happened to me when I lived in previous town. A man became angry with me. (I think this man might have been homosexual.) I received notice from IRS that I was to be audited. Tax man was shocked and said, "But you don't have any income." He couldn't believe this audit.
The auditors (2 people/man & woman) came to my house. When I opened the door, the auditor said the name of the man I had offended. Then he quickly changed and said my name. I knew the name of the man I had offended was on the sheet of paper concerning me. I knew this man I had offended had turned me into the IRS and caused this audit.
I gave all cancelled checks to IRS people. They were shocked that I offered the checks and actually gave them all cancelled checks to carry away with them.
I told them if anything was wrong, it would be a mistake and I would correct it.
They did the audit and found nothing wrong. They returned my checks and at that time the IRS man said, "You don't pay into social security." I explained when ministry was set up I signed "vow of poverty" papers for IRS meaning I could never receive social security or medical insurance. At that time we had no money to speak of. Certainly we had no income then as ministry.
IRS man said there was no record of those papers being turned in. Had they been turned in by tax man who set up the federal income tax, I would never be able to go into the social security/medical insurance program of USA government. But since those papers were never filed, if I would like to do so I could buy back into social security. By this time, we had plenty of money to allow me to buy into this program and I did do this. Had I not done this, I would have no medical insurance. I fell and broke hip 5 years ago. I have no idea what hospital cost. Then I had to spend a month after surgery in rehab hospital which was covered by the social security program. It would have been unthinkable to do this without medical insurance. Then I stopped taking salary and began living on my monthly social security check of $777 per month. I would not have had this social security check except for the tax audit which turned into a very large benefit for me, allowing me to buy back into the social security program! Reminds me of Joseph when he spoke to his brothers who had sold him into bondage.
Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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Leviticus 19 ... 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you:I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 19 ... 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt:I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 19 ... 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have:
I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them:I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 20 ... 6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
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Leviticus 20 ... 10 The adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. (OT law)
In NT Church, the apostle Paul instructs:
I Cor. 5 ...
1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? (We have no place to judge the world but we do judge the church, them that are "within.") do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
Be strong, says God
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
The following word spoken by God to Joshua applies to each of us in the body of Christ today.
God says ...
Joshua 1
... 6 Be strong and of a good courage:
... 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
... 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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strong:
- able to perform a specified action well and powerfully
- able to withstand great force or pressure
- not easily discouraged
- showing determination, self control
- secure in the LORD: in that which God has told you
- belief in and intense feelings firmly held and lasting despite difficulties
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Strength comes to us as we focus on that which God has said to us. Strength to endure comes through God as we turn to God in prayer for help in the time of need and as we choose to hold fast to that which God says to us after prayer.
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all
But the deliverance is not automatic. We have to work at deliverance through prayer and through choosing to hold onto that word given us by God, keeping that word before us day and night until the crisis ends.
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I Peter 4 ...12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you:on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
The following word spoken by God to Joshua applies to each of us in the body of Christ today.
God says ...
Joshua 1
... 6 Be strong and of a good courage:
... 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee:turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
... 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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strong:
- able to perform a specified action well and powerfully
- able to withstand great force or pressure
- not easily discouraged
- showing determination, self control
- secure in the LORD: in that which God has told you
- belief in and intense feelings firmly held and lasting despite difficulties
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Strength comes to us as we focus on that which God has said to us. Strength to endure comes through God as we turn to God in prayer for help in the time of need and as we choose to hold fast to that which God says to us after prayer.
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all
But the deliverance is not automatic. We have to work at deliverance through prayer and through choosing to hold onto that word given us by God, keeping that word before us day and night until the crisis ends.
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I Peter 4 ...12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you:on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Mark 6 ... Reading through the Bible
1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue:and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
(What great faith it would take to go out this way!)
10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded:he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias 'sake, his brother Philip's wife:for he had married her. 18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. 24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought:and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel:and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while:for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd:and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread:for they have nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.
And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see.
And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. 42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them:and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer:it is I; be not afraid.
51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased:and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. 52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves:for their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, 55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment:and as many as touched him were made whole.
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue:and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
(What great faith it would take to go out this way!)
10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded:he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias 'sake, his brother Philip's wife:for he had married her. 18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. 24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought:and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel:and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while:for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd:and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread:for they have nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.
And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see.
And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. 42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them:and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer:it is I; be not afraid.
51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased:and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. 52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves:for their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, 55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment:and as many as touched him were made whole.
Psalm 126 ... Prayers to God & Promises from God to the Church
1 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion,
we were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
and our tongue with singing:
then said they among the heathen,
The Lord hath done great things for them.
3 The Lord hath done great things for us;
whereof we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord,
as the streams in the south.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Comments by Joan Boney
We grieve, often over the sins of people even in the church. We grieve for days or months or maybe years. Then God delivers us from that grief and we rejoice in HIS deliverance.
The children of Israel were in captivity in Egypt for 400 years. At the appointed time, God delivered them.
Ex. 15 ...1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying,
I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously:
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and song,
and he is become my salvation:
he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a man of war:
the Lord is his name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea:
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
5 The depths have covered them:
they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power:
thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee:
thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together,
the floods stood upright as an heap,
and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them:
they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand,
the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed:
thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
14 The people shall hear, and be afraid:
sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed;
the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them;
all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them;
by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone;
till thy people pass over, O Lord,
till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance,
in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in,
in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them,
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
They were delivered from one problem and they greatly rejoiced ... then there was another problem ... Each problem causes us to turn to God again for HIS deliverance.
Problem after problem ...deliverance after deliverance gives us experience with God.
James 1 ... 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
We are usually not joyful when there is a problem are we? Yet James explains to count it as joy because it is another opportunity for us to see God as strong and to see God taking care of us.
If we never had a problem, would we turn to God?
Over and over I do see God working through my various problems.
I had on my car one tire which looked low on air. I felt it might have nail. I didn't want to get it fixed. I wanted to be at home reading Bible and writing these exhortations. But I finally became afraid to go out in the car. I purposed the next day to have the car checked. I prayed that it would not take too long at the tire place. I didn't want to leave house that morning for when I awaken I want to use that time to read, to hear what God would say to me, to write ... for I am usually freshest at that time of day and I do not want any thing to steal that time. I am very jealous of that time and I guard it. I did think of the tire from time to time as I worked but I resisted leaving house until later. And then I realized the tire place might even be busier in morning. I finished my work about 1 p.m. I got ready and went to tire store. Only one customer was in the store. I mentioned to the young man who waited on me that I had felt this might be a less busy time at tire store. He said, "It's a perfect time. We can deal with your car immediately." And they did. (A valve was leaking air on that tire.)
Phil. 4 ... 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
I've had problems so serious to me that I have just gone to bed and cried out to God all day long from my bed. Sometimes you know you cannot deliver yourself. You are sure you must have God's plan to get you free.
A woman who is very religious at her church but is not born again called me from week to week for several years, asking me to go to lunch with her. When I was with her she was always upset over one secular thing after another. She tried to straighten out everyone in her path, thinking herself to be right and them wrong. God said to me "self-righteous" over this woman. She did not call on God. She admitted at the end she did not call on God. She just thought she knew what should be done. She was very scornful. I often asked God to stop her from calling me. I often asked God to deliver me. After several years of this, about 7 years, I knew I could stand this no longer. The last time I went to lunch with her I was so grieved by her words that I went to bed when I got home and stayed in bed all the next day, crying out to God for help. Then the following day, I awoke with a message for her. "In time to come, you will see you have been going a totally wrong way and you will be so ashamed." She called me immediately upon receipt of this email. She said she didn't understand that message. I told her only God could give her understanding... I couldn't. (She snapped at me saying, "I know that." But I knew she didn't for God was not like HE is to us. He wasn't a real part of her life.) She did stop calling me for about 3 weeks.
Then her mother died and she called me and told me and she told me it was wonderful for the bishop (Catholic church) agreed to say a mass for her mother. I told her this was terrible and that I was sorry she told me this. I haven't heard from her since I told her this.
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In 2010, my sound processor went out and I had to replace it. I found a dealer in East Texas (600 miles from me) and I felt I could work with him. He and one of his workers came to Lubbock to bring me equipment for the job. As David was leaving my house that day, he said to me, "I don't know why I'm telling you this, but they think I have ALS disease." I was horrified. I told God I certainly hoped this was not the case. But it was. The doctors told David he would become totally paralyzed and live approximately 2 1/2 years. But David lived about 5 years and I had two visions about David during that time. In one vision, I saw David totally whole on golf course. He was going ahead of us but he was jumping up and down waving to us, "Come on ..." I felt God was showing me David was going to die and be made whole through death.
Church people swarmed on David like flies, claiming healing over him, sure he would be healed.
Then I had second dream, "David was at my house and was going upstairs. He began going up the stairs two at a time. He was totally whole. Then in the dream I realized David had been paralyzed but was whole in the dream." Again, I felt God was showing me David would be made whole but through death.
God performed great miracles by the hand of Paul ... Acts 19 ... 11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
But recently I was reading and noticed that Paul left one of the disciples sick. 2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
There is another accounting of one of Paul's disciples who became ill because he considered not his own life ... 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death:but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Phil. 2
Some churches put terribly heavy burdens on people to be healed. The people feel their faith is weak if they can't be healed. Yet Paul used himself as an example of failing to be healed.
I Cor. 12 ...7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
God does as HE wills.
Some people willfully say, "Oh, God would never let that happen to me." They fail to remember Jesus and John the Baptist.
I greatly prefer the attitude of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who refused to worship the god set up by Nebuchadnezzar. They said: 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Dan. 3
God is able to deliver me ... But if God chooses not to deliver me, it is well. I still have faith in God.
God chose to allow Jesus to die on a cross for our sins. God chose to let Herod behead John the Baptist. God kept Shadrich, Meshach, Abednego from being hurt in the fiery furnace.
God is God and as such HE does as HE wills and it is well and we cannot explain it away. But we who have faith in God accept God as being just regardless of what happens on this earth.
Some church groups think it faith to tell God what to do and to tell the people what God will do without actually hearing from God on the matter. Then if things don't go as they say, they blame the sick person for "weak faith" ... and leave the sick with the illness and terrible guilt for "weak faith."
we were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
and our tongue with singing:
then said they among the heathen,
The Lord hath done great things for them.
3 The Lord hath done great things for us;
whereof we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord,
as the streams in the south.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Comments by Joan Boney
We grieve, often over the sins of people even in the church. We grieve for days or months or maybe years. Then God delivers us from that grief and we rejoice in HIS deliverance.
The children of Israel were in captivity in Egypt for 400 years. At the appointed time, God delivered them.
Ex. 15 ...1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying,
I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously:
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and song,
and he is become my salvation:
he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a man of war:
the Lord is his name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea:
his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
5 The depths have covered them:
they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power:
thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee:
thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together,
the floods stood upright as an heap,
and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them:
they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand,
the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed:
thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
14 The people shall hear, and be afraid:
sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed;
the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them;
all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them;
by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone;
till thy people pass over, O Lord,
till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance,
in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in,
in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them,
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
They were delivered from one problem and they greatly rejoiced ... then there was another problem ... Each problem causes us to turn to God again for HIS deliverance.
Problem after problem ...deliverance after deliverance gives us experience with God.
James 1 ... 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
We are usually not joyful when there is a problem are we? Yet James explains to count it as joy because it is another opportunity for us to see God as strong and to see God taking care of us.
If we never had a problem, would we turn to God?
Over and over I do see God working through my various problems.
I had on my car one tire which looked low on air. I felt it might have nail. I didn't want to get it fixed. I wanted to be at home reading Bible and writing these exhortations. But I finally became afraid to go out in the car. I purposed the next day to have the car checked. I prayed that it would not take too long at the tire place. I didn't want to leave house that morning for when I awaken I want to use that time to read, to hear what God would say to me, to write ... for I am usually freshest at that time of day and I do not want any thing to steal that time. I am very jealous of that time and I guard it. I did think of the tire from time to time as I worked but I resisted leaving house until later. And then I realized the tire place might even be busier in morning. I finished my work about 1 p.m. I got ready and went to tire store. Only one customer was in the store. I mentioned to the young man who waited on me that I had felt this might be a less busy time at tire store. He said, "It's a perfect time. We can deal with your car immediately." And they did. (A valve was leaking air on that tire.)
Phil. 4 ... 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
I've had problems so serious to me that I have just gone to bed and cried out to God all day long from my bed. Sometimes you know you cannot deliver yourself. You are sure you must have God's plan to get you free.
A woman who is very religious at her church but is not born again called me from week to week for several years, asking me to go to lunch with her. When I was with her she was always upset over one secular thing after another. She tried to straighten out everyone in her path, thinking herself to be right and them wrong. God said to me "self-righteous" over this woman. She did not call on God. She admitted at the end she did not call on God. She just thought she knew what should be done. She was very scornful. I often asked God to stop her from calling me. I often asked God to deliver me. After several years of this, about 7 years, I knew I could stand this no longer. The last time I went to lunch with her I was so grieved by her words that I went to bed when I got home and stayed in bed all the next day, crying out to God for help. Then the following day, I awoke with a message for her. "In time to come, you will see you have been going a totally wrong way and you will be so ashamed." She called me immediately upon receipt of this email. She said she didn't understand that message. I told her only God could give her understanding... I couldn't. (She snapped at me saying, "I know that." But I knew she didn't for God was not like HE is to us. He wasn't a real part of her life.) She did stop calling me for about 3 weeks.
Then her mother died and she called me and told me and she told me it was wonderful for the bishop (Catholic church) agreed to say a mass for her mother. I told her this was terrible and that I was sorry she told me this. I haven't heard from her since I told her this.
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In 2010, my sound processor went out and I had to replace it. I found a dealer in East Texas (600 miles from me) and I felt I could work with him. He and one of his workers came to Lubbock to bring me equipment for the job. As David was leaving my house that day, he said to me, "I don't know why I'm telling you this, but they think I have ALS disease." I was horrified. I told God I certainly hoped this was not the case. But it was. The doctors told David he would become totally paralyzed and live approximately 2 1/2 years. But David lived about 5 years and I had two visions about David during that time. In one vision, I saw David totally whole on golf course. He was going ahead of us but he was jumping up and down waving to us, "Come on ..." I felt God was showing me David was going to die and be made whole through death.
Church people swarmed on David like flies, claiming healing over him, sure he would be healed.
Then I had second dream, "David was at my house and was going upstairs. He began going up the stairs two at a time. He was totally whole. Then in the dream I realized David had been paralyzed but was whole in the dream." Again, I felt God was showing me David would be made whole but through death.
God performed great miracles by the hand of Paul ... Acts 19 ... 11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
But recently I was reading and noticed that Paul left one of the disciples sick. 2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
There is another accounting of one of Paul's disciples who became ill because he considered not his own life ... 25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. 27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death:but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Phil. 2
Some churches put terribly heavy burdens on people to be healed. The people feel their faith is weak if they can't be healed. Yet Paul used himself as an example of failing to be healed.
I Cor. 12 ...7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
God does as HE wills.
Some people willfully say, "Oh, God would never let that happen to me." They fail to remember Jesus and John the Baptist.
I greatly prefer the attitude of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who refused to worship the god set up by Nebuchadnezzar. They said: 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Dan. 3
God is able to deliver me ... But if God chooses not to deliver me, it is well. I still have faith in God.
God chose to allow Jesus to die on a cross for our sins. God chose to let Herod behead John the Baptist. God kept Shadrich, Meshach, Abednego from being hurt in the fiery furnace.
God is God and as such HE does as HE wills and it is well and we cannot explain it away. But we who have faith in God accept God as being just regardless of what happens on this earth.
Some church groups think it faith to tell God what to do and to tell the people what God will do without actually hearing from God on the matter. Then if things don't go as they say, they blame the sick person for "weak faith" ... and leave the sick with the illness and terrible guilt for "weak faith."
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