Instruction in Righteousness: Acts 3

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

² And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

³ Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

⁴ And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

⁵ And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

⁶ Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

⁷ And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

⁸ And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

¹⁰ And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

¹¹ And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

¹² And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

¹³ The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified HIS Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.

¹⁴ But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; ¹⁵ And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

¹⁶ And His name (The Word) through faith in His name (The Word) hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by Him (The Word) hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

¹⁷ And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

¹⁸ But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He hath so fulfilled.

¹⁹ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord (The Word).

²⁰ And He shall send Jesus Christ (The Word), which before was preached unto you:

²¹ Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

²² For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A PROPHET shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He (The Word) shall say unto you.

²³ And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

²⁴ Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

²⁶ Unto you first God, having raised up His Son Jesus (The Word), sent Him (The Word) to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.


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Hebrews 1:1-2   God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son (The Word), whom HE hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also HE (The Word) made the worlds;

Today, God speaks directly to the New Testament Church, by HIS Spirit, by the Spirit of Jesus who brings the Word to the minds of each believer to show the believer the will of God in the matter at hand.

The work of the Holy Spirit:

John 14:26    But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13    Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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Correct Information But Wrong Interpretation

Book:  Exhortations For The Church
Vol. 9, Chapter 23
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet 


In approximately 1982, God gave me a very troubling dream ... 

In the dream, there was a tall glass building.  Something began to happen outside and the whole building shook.  It was like bombs were falling on the building.  It seemed as if the whole building would fall on us.  I heard this information, "This is not the first bombing but the second."  Also I knew after this event life would never be the same again.

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I mistakenly thought this had to do with banks and that there was going to be a banking problem.  I warned the church.  I also removed our money from bank at that time. 

But this was not pertaining to banks ... What God was showing me was the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings in 2001.

The information in the dream was very specific even to the point of this event not being the "first" bombing (which was to come in 1993) but the "second" bombing.

But my interpretation was incorrect.

Notice the dream was given me in approximately 1982 ... The event happened in 2001 ...

You might have a dream from God ... pray for the interpretation.

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BOOK: Exhortations For The Church, Volume 9
Chapter 23

Joan Boney



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Paul, an apostle of JESUS

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Yesterday, I was reading the scripture at the beginning of the epistles written by Paul and for the first time, I noticed something Paul said: 

Galatians 1:1  Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

Romans 1:1  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

I Corinthians 1:1  Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God

II Corinthians 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God

Ephesians 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Philippians 1:1  Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Colossians 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God

I Timothy 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

II Timothy 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 

Titus 1:1  Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

Philemon  Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ

(I felt God showed me to identify the two offices to which I am called by Jesus and to which I work in the body of Christ, so the church can be aware of the work done in these two offices.)

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By his statement in his epistles, Paul is connecting himself to the following scriptural statement in Bible. 

Ephesians 4  (vv. 8 and 11-12)    When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men ... 

And HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;   For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ

Paul states he is an apostle of Jesus ... set in the body of Christ by Jesus (according to the will of God), but by Jesus. 

I have known Paul was one of those apostles given to the church by Jesus after Jesus arose ... Paul was not like the 12 apostles of the Bible but like the apostles of Ephesians 4.

Many churches teach a doctrine saying Paul was the last apostle ... This is not true.

Paul is one of the first apostles given to the church after Jesus was resurrected.

It is like Paul is saying that to us in the first verse of most of his epistles that he was "appointed by Jesus" as in Ephesians 4:11.

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In his life, there were church people who didn't think Paul could be one of the apostles of Jesus because Paul didn't walk with Jesus and the other apostles ...  for they looked only at what Peter said when they replaced Judas with Matthias.

Acts 1:21-26   Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that HE (Jesus) was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,  That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he (Matthias) was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Matthias became the 12th apostle.

Paul had not walked with Peter and the other apostles while Jesus walked on this earth. Paul was persecuting the Christians during the early church time after the crucifixion of Jesus.

Jesus revealed HIMSELF to Paul while Paul was enroute to Damascus for the purpose of catching and imprisoning more of those who followed Jesus.

Acts 9:1-6    And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? 

And he said, Who art thou, Lord?  

And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?

And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

In Acts 26, Paul tells more of that which Jesus spoke to him.  

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. 

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

And I said, Who art thou, Lord? 

And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.  

"But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in ME."  

Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.


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But there were church people in Paul's day who did not think Paul could be an apostle.  

We see this by the following scriptures.

Paul says:  I Corinthians 9:2    If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

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During the time of Moses, the people fought against Moses and said they didn't know where this man (Moses) was and they wanted Aaron to build them a "god" which they could follow.

Exodus 32:1    And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

And in the wilderness, the people of Israel fought Moses as Moses led them into the places God showed him.  Many times they fought against Moses.

Exodus 16:1-3    And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

 (murmured:  complained against) 

And the children of Israel said unto them (to Moses & Aaron),   Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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Later the Jews told Jesus they followed Moses but they didn't know where this man, Jesus, was from.

John 5: 16-18  And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay Him, because HE had done these things on the sabbath day.

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill HIM, because HE not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was HIS Father, making Himself equal with God.

And Jesus said: 

37-38  And the Father Himself, which hath sent ME, hath borne witness of ME. Ye have neither heard HIS voice at any time, nor seen HIS shape. 

And ye have not HIS word abiding in you: for whom HE hath sent, him ye believe not. 

John 5:46   Jesus says: had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed ME; for he wrote of ME. 

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John 6:28-29  Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom HE hath sent.


John 6:30-42 They said therefore unto Him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

For the bread of God is HE which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to ME shall never hunger; and he that believeth on ME shall never thirst.

But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to ME; and him that cometh to ME I will in no wise cast out.

For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of HIM that sent Me. 

And this is the Father's will which hath sent Me, that of all which HE hath given ME I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 

And this is the will of HIM that sent ME, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on HIM, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? 

(Those Jews, religious people, could only see with natural eyes, with their thinking, and in doing such cast away the Word of God, Jesus, who dwelt among them at that time. Today the religious people cast away us, the ministers set here by Jesus.)


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Today they (the church going religious ones without the Spirit of God) often say there are no more apostles, discarding what Jesus said about giving apostles to the NT Church.  Ephesians 4.

None of these generations who fought against the currently godly leaders of their time were of God. They professed to follow godly men of the past but even in their professions, they did evil works against the current man of God who was sent to help them.

(Of course they would say a woman could not be an apostle ... while thinking perhaps she could be a prophet, if there were any prophets in today's churches ... why? )

Paul explains: I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.


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They say they are of God while casting out apostles and prophets given by Jesus as "gifts" to the church to help the church.

One church group, Church of Christ, even denies evangelist and pastors ... refusing to identify these ministries in the church group as Jesus called them ... and calling their men, "ministers", instead of calling them evangelists and pastors ... as Jesus called them.  Ephesians 4:11

And their followers try to set people straight by turning them away from scripture such as Ephesians 4.  And even by eliminating The Holy Spirit from scriptures such as Acts 2:38.

If possible, their church followers would stop certain scriptures from being fulfilled, stopping apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors from speaking as such ... thus  killing these offices ... and even trying to stop references to the Holy Spirit in scriptures and in the thinking of their congregations. 

John 16:2-3  Jesus says:  yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me.

These church followers do think they do God service if they can stop people like me and turn us away from the way which we believe we received from God.

If we turn away, we have to deny salvation, deny the Holy Spirit, deny the scriptures which say Jesus gave to the church apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors, teachers for the work of the ministry. (Ephesians 4:11) 

We have to cast aside everything of God to obey people like my Church of Christ cousin! 

Yet she doesn't follow and do the basic scripture of Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 

These religious people tell us of their trouble, of their concerns, while judging those things we do not to be authored by God. 

They would have us deny the works of God and stop doing those works and follow them while they go into damnation through their church doctrines.

II Thessalonians 2:7-12   (Paul says) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

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: (which could be us today speaking to the blinded church)

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

If we turn and follow them, we will go to damnation with them and with their church doctrines which are twisted and set forth by their own understanding and not by God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit.

We have to fight greatly not to be swept away with them.

They are antichrist in the churches.

They follow some scriptures and deny other scriptures.

Damnation is reserved for these church followers, unless they come to see the evil they do and repent in sorrow for their works which are not godly but are ungodly and hurt others.

So we who are of God warn them.

And as an apostle and prophet of Jesus, I warn you, don't follow them!

Follow the Spirit of God who brought you your salvation through the Word of God.

Continue with HIM ... don't go with them.

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Delivering a message from God

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Elisha told a young prophet to deliver a message to Jehu, and then "flee".

II Kings 9:1-3    And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

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This past weekend, a holiday weekend, I wrote a correction letter to my cousin Jeanne.

As soon as I finished the letter, I asked Pam to take the letter to a US Mail postal box and drop the letter into the box so I would not be able to get to the letter to destroy the letter.

Since it was holiday in USA, the mail would not be picked up until the following Tuesday.  But if the letter was in the locked box, I would not be able to destroy the letter if devil tried to get me to destroy letter.

It is not unusual for devil to try to stop us.

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Barbara Preston (our little church group) sent me an email concerning a writing of today ... the follow-up letter to cousin.

Barbara said:   Interesting scriptures. Whole writing showed clearly an example of
apostasy, laying out how it came about, what it is and scriptures to back everything up.
Such a well documented and clear example for church to see and how this info given you by God helped you so much.

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After reading Barbara's email, I called her.

Barbara said devil was just saying to her:  "You shouldn't have written that ..." 

I was thanking Barbara for writing that.

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The devil tries to condemn us for doing that which God wants done.

This is not at all unusual.

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God does not allow us to be tempted above that which we are able to withstand.

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

Monday, Pam and I were watching on TV, a very interesting documentary, concerning WWII and occupying USA forces in Frankford, Germany.

The USA officers had taken over a very large palace and turned it into an officer's "country" club.

A woman, a captain, from Phoenix had been an assistant director of the country club in Phoenix so they made her director of the club for officers at the German castle.

She engaged in adultery with a USA officer, and they became friends with a major at the castle.

They discovered the crown jewels of the empire in the basement, sealed by a wall of brick and cement.

They then set about to smuggle the jewels out of Germany.

When they showed the crown jewels in the documentary, I was glad I had not been faced with the temptation of these jewels for I felt I would not have been able to withstand this temptation.

The Bible tells us we will not encounter a temptation that we are unable to withstand.

I Corinthians 10:13     There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.


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(The 3 USA officers did manage to get most of the jewels out of Germany but they got caught and tried by military and sentenced to prison.)

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Hymn:  On Christ the solid Rock I stand



(Click forward arrow > to play music:)


  1.  My hope is built on nothing less 
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Chorus:

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand. 

2.  When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

3.   His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

4.  When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
In Him, my righteousness, alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.


(Click pause symbol,  "  ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)

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Scripture pertaining to this hymn:

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,

Jesus is The Word and The Word from God is Jesus. So when I consider "standing on Christ", I think of The Word brought to my mind by The Holy Spirit which never fails.

John 1:1-4   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him (The Word); and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him (The Word) was life; and the life (The Word) was the light  of men. 

Jesus (The Word) was with God in heaven from  before the creation of this heaven and earth.

Then the time came for The Word  to leave heaven and appear as a man on this earth in the name of Jesus.

John 1:14    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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A few of many things THE WORD says to us, the children of God:

* I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.  (Joshua 1:5 & Hebrews 13:5)

The Word spoken to our minds by Jesus' Holy Spirit will always come to pass.

* 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.  (Isaiah 54:17)

* Jesus, The Word says ... lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.   (Matthew 28:20)

* my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (THE WORD). (Philippians 4:19)

* If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.   (James 1:5)

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Matthew 16:13    When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Peter was blessed because God chose to reveal the truth to Peter.

Thus "the rock" is the word that comes down from God on the issue at hand.

This "word" will not fail.  If God tells you something, it will happen.  That Word from God is a rock which cannot fail and it is upon that rock the church (we) are built.

And the gates of hell will not prevail against that word God has given us in the matter at hand.


It is as Jesus says in following scripture:

Matthew 7:24-27     whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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Verse 4 … On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
In Him, my righteousness, alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

Our trust must be at all times in the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all sins.

Hebrews 9:22    without shedding of blood is no remission.

God showed it to me this way:

I have shed no blood to pay for my sins.  Jesus shed HIS blood to pay for my sins.  Therefore my sins are paid for by Jesus blood.

When thoughts of sins I did in past come to my mind, I must refuse to dwell on them.  Instead I must reflect on the truth that all those past sins have been paid for by the blood of Jesus.  There is nothing I can do of myself to make up for past acts which I now regret.  I must trust my salvation in all things to have been bought by the blood of Jesus.  I must keep myself in this truth at all times. 

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Instruction in Righteousness: Acts 2

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

(The day of Pentecost was a Jewish feast day.)

² And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

⁵ And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

⁶ Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

⁷ And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

⁸ And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

⁹ Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

¹² And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

¹³ Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
¹⁵ For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

¹⁶ But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

¹⁸ And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of My Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

¹⁹ And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

²⁰ The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

²¹ And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord (The Word) shall be saved.

²² Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him (by The Word) in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

²³ Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

²⁴ Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that He should be holden of it.

²⁵ For David speaketh concerning Him, I foresaw the Lord (The Word) always before my face, for HE (The Word) is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

²⁶ Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

²⁷ Because Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

²⁸ Thou (The Word) hast made known to me the ways of life; Thou (The Word) shalt make me full of joy with Thy countenance.

countenance:  behavior

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²⁹ Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

³⁰ Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ (The Word) to sit on his throne;

³¹ He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

³² This Jesus (The Word) hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

³³ Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, HE (The Word) hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

³⁴ For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, ³⁵ Until I make thy foes thy footstool.


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³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus (The Word), whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.


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³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

³⁸ Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ (The Word) for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

³⁹ For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

⁴⁰ And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

⁴¹ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

⁴² And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

⁴³ And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

⁴⁴ And all that believed were together, and had all things common; ⁴⁵ And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

⁴⁶ And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, ⁴⁷ Praising God, and having favour with all the people.

And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

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When A Person Tries To Be Wise

Book:  Exhortations For The Church
Vol. 9, Chapter 22
Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet 


John 12:1-9 ... Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom HE raised from the dead.  There they made HIM a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with HIM.  Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped HIS feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Then saith one of HIS disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray HIM,  Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?  This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of MY burying hath she kept this.  For the poor always ye have with you; but ME ye have not always.

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

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Titus 1:15-16 ... Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.  They profess that they know God; but in works they deny HIM, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

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When we try to be "something" or when we try to say something to make others impressed with our wisdom, it is like taking a menstruous cloth and waving it in front of everyone's face.

There is a TV announcer who greatly desires to appear wise.  He even has said on camera that he was trying to think of something wise to say and he got into trouble with what he said.

When we try to be wise in our own eyes we are really fools and show our shame.

If God, by HIS Spirit, brings something to our mind and we speak that word from the Spirit of God we glorify God.

By our own words we are trying to glorify ourselves.

Proverbs 3:7 ... Be not wise in thine own eyes:  fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

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BOOK: Exhortations For The Church, Volume 9
Chapter 22

Joan Boney



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Jesus says: Follow Me

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

There are some who call themselves Christians who are children of the devil and if possible would draw us away from the faith we have in Jesus ... the faith we have in that word spoken to us by Jesus.

For when we were born again, God spoke to us and gave us HIS Spirit.

God did things to change us from that person we once were when we lived according to this world.

Those children of the devil would try to cause us to think what we heard from God when we were born again to be false.

We must hold onto our salvation when they come to steal our faith.

We pray and God witnesses to us that which HE did by calling to our memory that which HE has said to us and done for us.  Cling to that.


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Acts 13:8-10    Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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The devil attacks us through church going people, through religious people who do not have the Spirit of God.  For we would not pay attention if people of the world tried to steal our faith and tried to stop us from following the Word of God, Jesus.  But when a person comes saying he is a Christian and attacks us, the attack is more burning.  

In the Old Testament there is an example of an old prophet who tried to turn away a young prophet by lies.

I Kings 13:1-10    And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

(The man of God resisted the word of the king and continued in the word given to him by God.)

But now another man comes to him and this man says he is a prophet too and he speaks a word that is opposite to that which the man of God has heard from God.

I Kings 13:11-26    Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? 

And he said, I am.

Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back:

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.

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Paul said:  Galatians 1:7-10    there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.



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I Peter 5:8-9    Be sober (clear minded), be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

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Jesus says:  Matthew 10:32-39     Whosoever therefore shall confess ME before men, him will I confess also before MY Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny ME before men, him will I also deny before MY Father which is in heaven.

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

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

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

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

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

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

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The word God speaks to us often divides us from religious people who are steeped in church doctrines.  Often these people are our relatives.  This can make their attack even stronger.  They come to "set us straight" while they themselves are crooked and failing to do the simple things of God while living lives of weakness and sniveling, fearful and doubting, children of devils, while attending their churches faithfully.

Their words to us are very painful.

The attack from them often rages for days in our mind.

The only thing I know to do is each time their words and what they said and did against us comes to mind, turn to God and bring to Him what they said or did, and ask God for His help.  He will help us to recover and to stabilize.

If God has us speak HIS truth to them, know this:  God's truth,  spoken by us, will free us one way or the other.  Either they will repent and be sorry for their religious rebelliion ... or they will depart from us.

Light and darkness can have no fellowship.  If we turn on the light, the darkness flees.  If we allow the darkness to reign, the light goes.  

But the Word sets us free and saves us ... especially when we speak that word.

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Pam Padgett was engaged to a man who said he was a Christian.  She kept her mouth shut for a while when he spoke things that troubled her.  But finally she spoke, and when she spoke a scripture, he wanted no more to do with Pam.

His son was going to marry a divorced woman.

Pam spoke the following scripture.

Matthew 5:32   Jesus said:  whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

The word of God divides us from those who are unbelievers in the word of God.

Often we have to speak the word to them and let them depart.

When we speak what God has said either in Bible or to us personally by HIS Spirit we save ourselves from the evil.

It hurts ... but God raises us up day by day as HE brings various scriptures and incidents to our mind to restore and stabilize us and heal us.

Eventually we can rejoice in HIM again and follow HIM in peace as we continue to live on this present earth.

Today Pam says she is very glad she didn't marry Chuck!  God spared her!  But she had to speak God's word to be free.

So hold fast and continue in God.

It might be helpful to write down all those things called to your mind by God through the Spirit of God and focus on those things during the multiple attacks.

The apostle Peter says:  

I Peter 4 ... 12-14   Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 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.
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.

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