💥 Exhortation: (warning) Politics is very evil and if you, as God's elect, participate you do damage to your own godliness and the godliness of the body of Christ as you speak.

As Christians we must abstain from politics.  It is a very ungodly thing to do on this earth.  As you speak and go into subject of politics you do not edify the body of Christ as you are supposed to do.  You end up usually becoming a scorner, belittling the other party and even speaking as to how they are fools, often hating the ones in the other party and puffing your own self up in pride.  This is exceeding evil.

 

If you think another to be a fool you are in danger of personal damnation:

 

Matthew 5:22  Jesus says: whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

 

Recently I sent a strong rebuke to a church woman as follows:  I suppose you recognize that you change to a totally different spirit when you speak of politics and your judgment is very affected by what you hear on your news and it is evil not good.

Definitely she grieved the Holy Spirit in me by her very evil comments of a political group.

 

Ephesians 4:30  And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

 

When we speak as Christians, our words are to be to edification of others in the body of Christ.  (speak to edification, exhortation, comfort)

 

I will not take part in scorning whether it be scorning over political parties or scorning over persons boasting as they make fun of other people and try to exalt themselves.

 

Christians have no business in acting this way as a Christian.  She should feel ashamed for what she said to me and apologize.  This is pure ungodliness and worldliness and should not be in anyone calling herself a member of the body of Christ.

 

(She did say she felt ashamed and did apologize ... but will she change her way?)

 

Joan Boney

 

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Fountain that has sweet water and bitter water:

 

James 3

 

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

 

(JB The only way I know to control the tongue is this:  Don't put evil in your own heart for it will at some point come out your mouth and hurt you and other people.)

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

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Scriptures:

Romans 15:13  Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 

 

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Romans 8:32  He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

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John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 

28 Then said they unto HIM, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 

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

 

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Hebrews 11:5-6   By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please HIM: for he that cometh to God must believe that HE is, and that HE is a rewarder of them that diligently seek HIM.

 

Comments by Joseph Meriweather:  My goal is to please the Lord and do the scriptures.

 

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Psalm 33:11-12  The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom HE hath chosen for HIS own inheritance. 

 

 

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💥To Tempt God

Comments by Joan Boney

 

Yesterday God showed me this:  "If we hear a word from God and fail to do that word and go another way, we tempt God".

 

 

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💥 Exhortation from the Bible: 2 Timothy 3:12

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

 

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Matthew 10:36  Jesus says:  And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 

 

 

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💥 Exhortation: (advice & warning) Debatings

Here is what the Bible says about "debating."

 

  Romans 1:29   
    Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 

  

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Several news programs today are set up to "debate" issues.

 

This is obviously very popular.

 

They have a monitor and usually 3 to 6 "guests" and argue and debate.

 

God tells us this is a work of the flesh of man and produces evil not good.

 

I advise you to avoid seeing these.

 

The evil is so rampant today.  Avoid evil.  Do not participate by watching.

 

We are to speak, edifying the body of Christ in things of God when we speak.

 

Am I not talking to "the elect of God"?

  

 

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💥 Doctrines of Christ in Bible. 2 John

Apostle John:

 

2 John

 

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

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

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

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

 

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My mother always loved horoscopes.

 

I was visiting her and noticed a set of horoscope mugs in her kitchen cabinet.  I remembered I gave those to her before I was born again.

I began removing the mugs from the shelf and started putting them into a garbage bag.  My intent was to take them to the garbage dumpster and break the mugs so they could not be used by others.  

My mother was watching me.  She said:  "Stop.  What are you doing?  You gave those to me.  I want to keep them."

 

I didn't say a word.

I just kept putting the mugs into the garbage bag.  I took them to the garbage dumpster in the alley.  Broke the mugs by hitting the bag on the metal of the dumpster.  And threw the broken pieces into the dumpster.

 

When I returned to the house.  I got a Bible and opened it to Deuteronomy 18 and began reading this scripture to my mother.

 

9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

My mother thought about this for a few minutes, then said:  "Well ... I guess we'd better not do that any more."

 

With this she was born again instantly.

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Scriptures:

 2 Timothy 2:3-4  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.  4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please HIM WHO hath chosen him to be a soldier.

 

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John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME.

 

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

 

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James 4:10  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and HE shall lift you up.

 

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Psalm 40:4  Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

 

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💥 Exhortation from the Bible: 2 Timothy 2:19

19  Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are HIS. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

 

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2 Peter 3:10-14 

10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.  

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Scriptures:

 

Hebrews 12:1-3   Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 For consider HIM that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

 

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2 Peter 3:14  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

 

Keep yourself by the Word of God, that when Jesus returns HE will find you that day "in peace, without spot, and blameless."

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John 18:36  Jesus answered, MY kingdom is not of this world: if MY kingdom were of this world, then would MY servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is MY kingdom not from hence.

 

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Lamentations 3:22-23  It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.

 

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Hebrews 6:4-6  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.

 

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1 Chronicles 29:11-13  Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all; and in Thy hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.

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Luke 1:37  For with God nothing shall be impossible.

(Comments by Pam Padgett)

In January, 2023, I completed treatments for high-grade, muscle invasive bladder cancer.  Last week a CT scan and blood tests were done to see if there was any evidence of cancer.   No cancer was found.

I met with an oncologist this week to go over the test results.  She commented multiple times about what a high-grade cancer I had had.  She told me that the chemotherapy used in my treatment is used only in special cases because it is so hard to go through.  Interestingly, I was tired while getting this chemotherapy, but not sick, so it wasn't hard for me to go through.

The initial treatment plan in October, 2022, was for my bladder to be surgically removed after the completion of 4 rounds of this chemotherapy.  I didn't mind chemotherapy but was very troubled about having my bladder removed, so I asked God if there was any way I might be spared having my bladder removed.  

 

God made a way for me to learn about chemotherapy with radiation which, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, might give the same benefits as chemotherapy with bladder removal.  And God worked it out for the medical people to change my treatment to chemo with radiation, even though they didn't think this was best in my situation.  Now, 2 years later, I still have my natural bladder and am also free of cancer. 

 

Throughout my cancer treatment God helped me and upheld me with scriptures, dreams, words brought directly to my mind, and an open vision given to Joan Boney.  In addition, I feel sure I was helped in ways I wasn't aware of at the time, like getting through the "hard" chemotherapy with just fatigue.  

(A more in-depth report of what God did in this can be read here: Led by God and delivered by God in dealing with cancer)

I am filled with gratitude toward God in what HE has done in this.  Surely, nothing is impossible with God.

 

 

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💥 Doctrine of the Bible: Homosexuals & Lebians

 

What God says in the Holy Bible about homosexuals & lesbians:

 

Romans 1

 

16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even HIS eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

 

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And what about those who say they were born as homosexual or lesbian.

 

Jesus says:

 

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

 

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 Some Old Testament scriptures concerning homosexuals (called Sodomites):

 

Genesis 13:13  But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.   (They were Sodomites/Homosexuals)

 

Genesis 19

 

1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot (Abraham's nephew) sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

 

(Angels look like natural men.)

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

(Lot knew the wickedness of the men of Sodom and he was offering protection to the 2 angels who look like natural men.)

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

 

(Notice these homosexuals were from "every quarter" of the city of Sodom.)

5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. (Have sex with them.)

6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

10 But the men (the 2 angels) put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

16 And while he lingered, the men (the angels) laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

21 And he (the angel) said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

25 And HE (God) overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 

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I Kings 14:24       And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 

 

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Deuteronomy 23:17  There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 

 

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Can a homosexual or lesbian be saved?

 

Of course:  If they see by the Bible it is a sin and repent and turn and do that sin no more he can be saved if he believes in Jesus.

 

 

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💥 This afternoon, I bought a new online King James Bible.

Comments by Joan Boney:

 

Why?  Because all my other Bibles were heavily marked and I wanted a fresh Bible and could began again to mark verses.

 

I heard to start reading at I Timothy.  I just kept reading and set up several exhortations for blog and sent scriptures to some one who was having some difficulties.

 

I just kept reading.

 

After several hours, I had reached Hebrews 11.

 

I had been a little down ... by then I was "joyful".

 

Paul told young Timothy:  I Timothy 4:13  Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

 

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💥 Exhortation from the Bible: 2 Timothy 2:11-14

11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with HIM, we shall also live with HIM:

12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with HIM: if we deny HIM, HE also will deny us:

13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: HE cannot deny Himself.

 

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If we go against the Word of God, we deny the Word of God.

 

 

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💥 Today I wrote one of our church members the following:

"You've been like a political drunk ... I hope you make it."

 

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💥 Podcast: Proverbs 1-3 Recording

 

 

Proverbs 1

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

💥  10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

💥  23 (God says)  Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out MY spirit unto you, I will make known MY words unto you. 

 

(If we go against what God says, we bring this penalty upon ourselves.)

24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out MY hand, and no man regarded;

25 But ye have set at nought all MY counsel, and would none of MY reproof:

26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

28 Then shall they call upon ME, but I will not answer; they shall seek ME early, but they shall not find ME:

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

30 They would none of MY counsel: they despised all MY reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

💥  33 But whoso hearkeneth unto ME shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

 

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Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou wilt receive MY words, and hide MY commandments with thee;

2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of HIS mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

7 HE (GOD) layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: HE is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

8 HE keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of HIS saints.

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

 

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Proverbs 3

1 My son, forget not MY law; but let thine heart keep MY commandments:

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.

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

8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of HIS correction:

12 For whom the Lord loveth HE correcteth; even as a father the son in whom HE delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath HE established the heavens.

20 By HIS knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but HE blesseth the habitation of the just.

34 Surely HE scorneth the scorners: but HE giveth grace unto the lowly.

35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

 

 

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Scriptures:

2 Timothy 4:2   Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 

 

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Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

 

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Colossians 3:12-14  Put on therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 

 

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Genesis 6:5-6  And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that HE had made man on the earth, and it grieved HIM at HIS heart. 

 

Comments from Joseph Meriweather: The ungodly sin continually.  Every time we willfully sin against the Lord, it grieves HIM:

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

 

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Psalm 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

 

 

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