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35e-Warnings Against Sinning, Loving the World, Loving Other Things or False Ways; Satan's Tactics
Subheading: The World
e-Warnings of How Satan Can Tempt a Person, What God Promises, and the Church Today Continues
Mankind wants Jesus to be there for them, to serve them. Mankind wants Jesus to give and surrender to them, rather than they giving and surrendering to Jesus. Mankind wants Jesus to give to them rather than remaking them in His image. Can God transform your thinking and remake you, when you harden yourself from fully surrendering yourself to Him? Can He remake you when you resist correction? Can a barber cut your hair if you won't sit down in the chair? Can the beautician remake a woman that won't enter through the door? Few people understand that following Jesus begins with repentance and submission and allowing Jesus to totally reshape them from the inside out, as a potter shapes pottery. People want eternity in heaven, but they do not want to be transformed. No transformation, no salvation. No salvation, no heaven. No heaven, then only the fearful looking forth to hell, the judgment, and the lake of fire.
Jesus is correction. His Word corrects. Those that harden themselves to correction, also harden themselves to Jesus. Correction is love, and Jesus is love. As a father loves his son whom he corrects, Jesus loves His children whom He corrects. Jn 15:9-AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE. If Jesus stood in front of you and told you your faults and sins, how would you react? Then He told you exactly how you should think and what you needed to do? Would you receive His correction and obey Him without excuse? The answer for most people is no. It is no because a voice in your head would tell you-it isn't Jesus that is telling you these things. The person that is telling you these things is wrong. They just don't understand. Yet Jesus has already spoken to you through His Word. Then He may have spoken to you through those He has put over you to watch for your soul, but your wrong thinking prevented you from recognizing and understanding Who it was that was really speaking to you to correct you. Unless you can become broken, humbled, and childlike to correction, you are in danger. How can you possibly grow in the Lord when you harden yourself against His correction and His Word?
Can a person understand that-if they are sick, if things are not going their way, if they have problems at their job, or housing problems, or problems with their family, or people hate them-that it does not mean Jesus does not love them? Can a person understand that when we follow Jesus, we also are to share in his sufferings? God knows how to use various things to get our attention, to mold us, to prune us, and to transform us to conform to Him. Did you know that the brothers of Jesus rejected Him? Even His own received Him not-ref Jn 1:11. If a person understands the Bible and their trusting eyes are on Jesus, they will understand. If a person's heart is partly in this world and their eyes are not fixed on Jesus and in His Word as it ought to be, they are in trouble. They are very open to the wrong thinking that Satan's puts in their minds and that their heart accepts. These people will usually question and doubt God just as it is written. They may even accuse God and have wrong thinking toward God and the brethren. They may even shy away from fellowshipping with the brethren. Their excuses seem right to themselves, but are not in agreement with the whole counsel of God. They may also be very difficult to correct and doubt that God is trying to speak through their preacher to correct them. They may say that they disagree with certain Scripture, and then reinforce their view by saying that others also disagree. After all, their preacher does not see things the way their troubled, double-minded heart does, so he must be wrong. Double-minded followers of Jesus have not purified their hearts as God commands-ref Ja 4:8. The Bible tells His followers exactly how to do this.
Let us not forget how that Satan misused Scripture to try and deceive Jesus. It did not work, but with many people it does work. Beware, for the SORROW OF THE WORLD WORKETH DEATH, but GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE TO SALVATION NOT TO BE REPENTED OF-ref 2 Cor 7:10.
How skillful Satan is at getting strongholds in people's lives. That needs repeating. How skillful Satan is at getting a stronghold in a person's life. Beware, Satan is incredibly skillful at setting one Christian against another. He is successful at causing one Christian to have wrong thinking toward another. He succeeds at causing one Christian to accuse another. And the devil is very successful at causing a person to be angry and then that anger comes forth in some ungodly way.
Satan can also use a person's love for animals, love for the environment, love for this world, love for the things of this world, love for their job, love for relatives, or people, or love for women, love for sex, love for some addiction, love for your car, love for some sport, love for some hobby, love for your house, love for something you own, love for personal desires and lusts, love for yourself, love for how people look up to you, and the love for money. Satan can use your love for an almost limitless number of things to turn your heart away from God and to other things. That is why the Bible says love not this world, neither the things that are in this world-ref 1 Jn 2:15. This is why the Bible also says, Lk 14:26-IF ANY MAN COME TO ME, AND HATE NOT HIS FATHER, AND MOTHER, AND WIFE, AND CHILDREN, AND BRETHREN, AND SISTERS, YEA, AND HIS OWN LIFE ALSO, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE.
Your love for God is to be so great, that it far exceeds any other love you have. Beware of sin. Beware of pride. Beware of anger. Beware of an accusing attitude. Beware of a tongue that cannot be controlled, which talks and talks. Beware of your emotions being out of control. Beware of thinking you are somebody special. Beware of getting involved in some worldly cause or godless organization and becoming a protester, a critic, an accuser, or one that goes on strikes. Beware of not being satisfied with your wages. Worldly organizations can lead you astray and hurt your testimony for Christ.
And if you think Satan could not use any of these things to deceive you, then you are already deceived and going in a wrong direction. For it is written, Gal 6:3-A MAN.DECEIVETH HIMSELF. Ja 1:26-MAN.DECEIVETH HIS OWN HEART. Rev 12:9-THE DEVIL, AND SATAN,.DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD. Rev 13:11,14-AND I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST.HE.DECEIVETH THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH.
Then there are false religions, cults, false heads of denominations, false apostles, false ministers of righteousness, false Bible teachers, false seminary teachers, false workers that look like they are servants of Christ when in reality they are Satan's ministers. For it is written, 2 Cor 11:13-15-FOR SUCH ARE FALSE APOSTLES, DECEITFUL WORKERS, TRANSFORMING THEMSELVES INTO THE APOSTLES OF CHRIST. AND NO MARVEL; FOR SATAN HIMSELF IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. THEREFORE IT IS NO GREAT THING IF HIS MINISTERS ALSO BE TRANSFORMED AS THE MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. We are all candidates for Satan's deceptions. Ask God through His Word, "Am I being deceived?" Ask the billions of people that are in hell that were positive they would never be there. Ask the people that are in hell that did not believe such a place existed. You may ask, "How can I ask them?" Read Luke chapter 16 and believe the Bible.
Do you attend movies? If so, do you walk out and get a refund if God's name is used in vain? Do you try to check out the content of the movie with a Christian movie guide? Do you rent movies that use God's name in vain? Do you watch filth or movies on cable or satellite TV that use God's name in vain? Do you love pleasures, or your football, soccer, basketball, or baseball team? Do you love golf, tennis, bowling, hunting, boxing, wrestling, or table tennis? Do they keep you from church, reading your Bible, witnessing, or God's work? Do you spend the Lord's Day going to their games or shopping? Does this offend you? Do you fast at all? Do you fast twice a week? Do you fast 1 week or more each year? If you fast, is it the way God says to fast? Do you tithe as God commands, or do you rob God-ref Mal 3:8? Do you give offerings and give to the poor in addition? Do your past hurts, rejections, and experiences still influence your thinking, now that you have called on the name of Jesus? Have you obeyed God's Word regarding FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND? Don't look back, but look forward to Jesus. Are you double-minded in that you look forward to Jesus, but your thoughts are on your past difficulties which influences the way you think and act? Remember Lot's wife. She looked back and perished. Remember God's warning that if the people had their minds set on that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned-ref Heb 11:15,16. Can you drive a car forward while only looking in the rear view mirror? Can you walk down a sidewalk while only looking back? Put off the old man, and put on the new man. Stop looking back. Stop being double-minded. Stop being like a wave, being tossed back and forth as problems, pressures, feelings of rejection and wrong thinking confront you. Trust in the Lord as it is written.
Is the love of your parents or friends more important than your love of God? Is the love of your children, or wife, or husband, right now more important to you than the love of God and eternity? But rather they desired a better country, that is, an heavenly-wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God-ref Heb 11:6. Is your heart knit with God and His Word, or with yourself, or something else. Is something God created more important to you than God Himself?
Do you really want to deny yourself and be a partaker of Christ's sufferings? The answer for most professing Christians is NO. What sin is hindering your walk with Jesus? What sin is causing you not to understand the Scriptures as they relate to you personally? What line won't you cross when following Jesus? Do you compromise your testimony for Jesus around your relatives or other people you know, because you don't want to offend them or lose their friendship? Is your thinking and emotions under God's control-that is, submitted to obeying the Bible? Is your thinking and emotions under your own control or God's control? If you are worldly or carnal, your thinking and emotions are not under God's control. For it is written in Ro 8:7,8-THE CARNAL (or worldly) MIND.IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF GOD, NEITHER INDEED CAN BE. THEY THAT ARE IN THE FLESH CANNOT PLEASE GOD. Who is really in control of your life, your thoughts, and your emotions? Is it God or you?
Let us not forget that not many rich men, not many noble men, not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty men, not many famous men are even called to be saved-ref 1 Cor 1:26.
Do you admire the rich and famous? Would you rather have the richest man in the world as your friend, or Jesus? Also very few people when they are old ever get saved. They are set in their ways. They have become hard toward God.
1 Cor 1:27-29-Indeed, GOD HATH CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO CONFOUND (or shame) THE WISE; AND GOD HATH CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO CONFOUND (or shame) THE THINGS WHICH ARE MIGHTY (or strong); AND BASE (or lowly) THINGS OF THE WORLD, AND THINGS WHICH ARE DESPISED, HATH GOD CHOSEN, YEA, AND THINGS WHICH ARE NOT, TO BRING TO NOUGHT (or nullify) THINGS THAT ARE: THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY (or boast) IN HIS PRESENCE. Has God called you, but you will not come or obey?
Lk 12:30-31-This is the way of the world. FOR ALL THESE THINGS (food and clothing) DO THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD SEEK AFTER: AND YOUR FATHER KNOWETH THAT YE HAVE NEED OF THESE THINGS. BUT RATHER SEEK YE THE KINGDOM OF GOD; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. If you will repent and trust Jesus, obey Him, and seek the Kingdom of God first, God will take care of your food, clothing, and needs. Some people may sarcastically say, "Are you telling me someone might leave food on my doorstep." The answer is yes, it has indeed happened. However, understand also that in following Jesus, persecutions will come like you may never imagine.
God speaks to the Laodicean church-Rev 3:14-22-which is a reference to the majority of the born again churches of today. They say: I AM RICH, AND INCREASED WITH GOODS, AND HAVE NEED OF NOTHING-Rev 3:17, yet God calls them blind. Here we have another example of how Satan deceives this present world using what is in a person's heart-mainly the better things of this life, riches, prosperity, and the abundance of things. But God chooses the poor, the hurting, the down and out, the despised, to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom of heaven. God chooses the beggar sitting at the gate, not the rich man inside. God chooses the person that is hurting, sitting in prison, not the king that put him there. Proof that prosperity, goods, and other things can blind today's church and people is in God's Word. This "increased with goods" church is spiritually only lukewarm. It does not have Jesus on the inside, though it preaches Jesus. Jesus is on the outside looking in, but their door is shut to His truth. This church and these people that have the good things of this world are the following in the eyes of God. They are WRETCHED, .MISERABLE, .POOR, .BLIND, AND NAKED. A naked person does not have on Jesus. And what is even worse-these people do not know or understand their spiritual condition. Those that are comfortable in this world, can expect to be rejected. But those that endure hardships, persecutions, and all sorts of problems in this life now, who trust in Jesus and are not ashamed, will inherit eternal life and things that are beyond their imagination. Things which God has prepared for them that love Him. Don't seek for the things of this world that God's Word shows can lead a person away from Jesus and down to hell. Rather seek to learn more and more of Jesus. Seek to be more and more obedient and to have a good, honest, and pure heart through His power.
Rev 3:22-HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES.
Regarding the theory of evolution created by man, it is written: Rev 3:14-TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE; THESE THINGS SAITH (1) THE AMEN, (2) THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, THE (3) BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF GOD. Jesus is the Creator. By Jesus were all things created-ref Col 1:16. Today's primary Christian church is being related to how the Laodiceans were. They were compromisers. They were not hot or cold for Jesus. They were lukewarm. The lukewarm are spit out-Rev 3:16. They will perish. They mix truth and falsehood. They are a church of tolerance. Today's church seldom understands or preaches on Bible prophecy, the Revelation, sin, repentance, judgment, and the lake of fire.
False science, darkened hearts and the foolishness of man have concluded that life developed by evolutionary processes. So to this church, Jesus clearly says that it is He that is the Creator of all things, not evolution. It is written, LET GOD BE TRUE AND EVERY MAN A LIAR-Ro 3:4. Even among those that hold to this theory of evolution, there is much disagreement. Where did original matter come from? How can no life, create life? How can lifeless, unintelligent matter design and balance the feathers, muscles, tail, weight, and wings of a bird perfectly according to the exact denseness of the atmosphere so it can fly so beautifully? How did evolution know the bird needed to fly? How did evolution know exactly how to design a bird's lungs and cells so they would thrive on the exact mixture of the existing atmosphere? How did evolution know to give the bird eyes to see, ears to hear, a voice, and a mouth to eat exactly the right types of food that was available?
Can man, with all of his scientific knowledge today, create such a bird from nothing? Yet, it is astonishing how many, who profess to be wise, believe that such a marvelous creature as this evolved over time from a mindless pool of matter. What are the chances of that happening? The question has been asked, Did the watch on your wrist simply evolved? Was there not a designer of the watch? And yet the wrist that wears the watch is immensely more complicated than the watch.
Man, in his rebellion against God, may worship idols, create religions, believe in reincarnation and other philosophies, or believe there is no God, in order to ignore the God of the Bible and the words God spoke which have been proven true by both archaeology and prophecy.
Isn't it amazing that modern man may have doctoral degrees from the best universities, can fly to the moon, may be rich and famous, yet he will still lie, cheat, divorce his wife, leave his children, get angry and irritated with people, and may even commit murder. With all of his advanced learning and high IQ, he still can't get along with others. Politicians are against politicians, country against country, and road rage abounds. Credit card debt is out of control, because the eyes of man are never satisfied-Pv 27:20. When man thought the earth was flat, the Bible taught it was round. When man did not understand the weather patterns, the Bible explained them. When bows and arrows were used, the Bible described a time in the future when there would be weapons that could destroy the world. When the population of the earth was small, the Bible told of a time when there would be an army of 200,000,000 led by the kings of the east-China. That is now. It is this same intelligent man that rejects the Bible and believes in the lie of evolution. The Bible even predicted this.
Knowledge has increased-ref Dan 12:4, just as predicted in God's Word, but sinful man is the same, which the Bible also foretold.
How can a person explain that the Bible gives approximately 10,280 prophecies, and every single one of them up to this time has come true exactly as the Bible states. It predicted the destruction of Israel before it ever happened, thousands of years ago. It predicted the rebirth of Israel and how it would happened. It did happen on May 14, 1948. It gave numerous prophecies of what the world would be like, the people, and even some of their beliefs. It gave the names of specific nations that would exist and even the location of some. It told of weapons of mass destruction and huge armies. Not one prophecy has ever been found to be wrong, no not one. Not one Biblical fact has ever been found to be incorrect. That is a fact. It even foretold of the coming of the Messiah, which is Jesus Christ, long before He was born of the virgin Mary. The Bible even gave the time period it would happen. So why do men refuse to believe the Bible? Many say they can't understand it. What an incredible thing it is that God's Word came forth a long time ago, yet modern man with all his education and learning, can't understand it.
So what does the unrepentant do? He often criticizes the Bible and curses God's name. He mocks the Bible and lies to other people telling them that it is a book with lots of errors written by men. Why doesn't he curse the names of the other so- called gods? The reason is that they are dead, but Jesus and God's Word is alive. God's Word IS QUICK, AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWOEDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND OF THE JOINTS AND MARROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART-Heb 4:12. Some even tremble when they hear God's Word-Acts 24:25. Sinners don't want to know the truth if it means they are going to perish for eternity, if they don't repent. So many lukewarm and fun loving churches prosper, but those that teach the fear of God are criticized, mocked, and evil spoken of.
Remember Jesus is the Word. Many want to ban the Bible, the Ten Commandments, and any references to Jesus from every place they can. As it is written in Jn 15:18-IF THE WORLD HATE YOU, YE KNOW THAT IT HATED ME BEFORE IT HATED YOU. Jn 15:24-25-IF I HAD NOT DONE AMONG THEM THE WORKS WHICH NONE OTHER MAN DID, THEY HAD NOT HAD SIN: BUT NOW HAVE THEY BOTH SEEN AND HATED BOTH ME AND MY FATHER. BUT THIS COMETH TO PASS, THAT THE WORD MIGHT BE FULFILLED THAT IS WRITTEN IN THEIR LAW, THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE. Jn 7:7-THE WORLD.ME IT HATETH, BECAUSE I TESTIFY OF IT, THAT THE WORKS THEREOF ARE EVIL. So why won't many people surrender to Jesus? Jn 3:19-21-AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT LIGHT (which is Jesus) IS COME INTO THE WORLD, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS (or sin) RATHER THAN LIGHT (which is Jesus or God's Word), BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. FOR EVERY ONE THAT DOETH EVIL (or does things contrary to God's Word) HATETH THE LIGHT, (which is Jesus, which is the Bible) NEITHER COMETH TO THE LIGHT (which is Jesus), LEST HIS DEEDS SHOULD BE REPROVED (or corrected or made known). BUT HE THAT DOETH TRUTH COMETH TO THE LIGHT (or comes to Jesus), THAT HIS DEEDS MAY BE MADE MANIFEST (or made known), THAT THEY ARE WROUGHT IN GOD.
So the meek, the humble, the repentant, the brokenhearted, the hurting, and the childlike person can indeed understand God's Word. It is written, in Dan 12:10-MANY SHALL BE PURIFIED, AND MADE WHITE, AND TRIED; BUT THE WICKED SHALL DO WICKEDLY: AND NONE OF THE WICKED SHALL UNDERSTAND; BUT THE WISE SHALL UNDERSTAND. Lk 10:21-JESUS.SAID, I THANK THEE, O FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THAT THOU HAST HID THESE THINGS FROM THE WISE AND PRUDENT, AND HAST REVEALED THEM UNTO BABES: EVEN SO, FATHER; FOR SO IT SEEMED GOOD IN THY SIGHT.
There is much science in the Bible that people are unaware of. Is the universe expanding? Are there other worlds? Were there cities on the earth before Adam and Eve? Were there huge animals? How do the wind currents work? Is the earth flat or round? Does the earth hang in space? What are some of the thoughts of the horse and ostrich? How good is the eye sight of the eagle? The Bible has answers to all of these questions. Is there any information in the Bible about earthquakes, tidal waves, weapons of mass destruction, future wars, etc. The answer to all of these is yes. This same Bible tells us that it is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgment. Are you ready?
Listen and obey God's commands: ref 1 Tim 6:20,21-O TIMOTHY, (GUARD) THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED TO THY TRUST. (Guard the truth). TURN AWAY (and avoid) GODLESS.OPPOSING IDEAS (and CONTRADICTIONS) OF WHAT IS FALSELY CALLED (SCIENCE) (or knowledge). SOME PROFESSING (Christians) (that did not obey this command) HAVE ERRED (and) (STRAYED) (and) IN SO DOING HAVE WANDERED FROM THE FAITH. KJV, NIV, NKJ) If there is no God, then there is no judgment. If there is no judgment, then what is sin, and what possible consequences of sin can there be? In evolution there is no God Now, do you understand why evil men expound this lie? Thus people that believe these lies try to make God's Word void. Such people are naked. They are not clothed with the garments of righteousness that come from Jesus. Such people may think they are wise, but in reality they are blind and spiritually dead. Spiritually, the lukewarm church is WRETCHED, AND MISERABLE, AND POOR, AND BLIND, AND (shamefully) NAKED. Today's church boasts of its great outreach, reaching millions for Jesus through radio, television, crusades, and the Internet. Yet what message is going forth? Is it a message of brokenness, godly sorrow for sin, and repentance? Is it a message of humbleness and the latter days of the end times we are in? Is it a message of reading and obeying the Gospel? Is it a message of denying oneself, forsaking everything, picking up your cross, and following Jesus? Is it a message of judgment. Is it a message about hell and the lake of fire? Is it a message that the coming of the tribulation is close, during which the Antichrist will be revealed, and immediately after the Tribulation, the Battle of Armageddon will explode, and Jesus Christ will return?
God's prescription for the lukewarm is to believe God's Word, be zealous, anoint their eyes with eyesalve, repent, open the door for Jesus when He knocks, and put on and surrender all to Jesus. Those that do, Jesus will indeed come in to them. He will be with them, and they will be with Jesus.
There are two critical things that have to be considered in order for a person to be conformed to the image of Christ (which includes having the mind of Christ, having a Christ-like attitude, and bearing the fruits of the Spirit). One--a person must have the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of them to help them make that change. Two--the person must be willing to let God change them. If the person resists God showing them their sin, resists correction, and resists being changed from the inside out, then no change can be expected to take place. Remove either item, and no real Biblical change can take place; and if no change takes place, then there is only one conclusion. It is the fearful looking forth to the judgment and eternity in the lake of fire. By their fruits ye shall know them. The fruit is an inner change that takes place in a person's heart and thinking through the power of God to a humbled, yielded, and obedient vessel.
Doctor means teacher. Doctrine is that which he teaches. But doctrine can only be taught to someone that is teachable. Is this you?
36-Love--Warning-Striving With Each Other is Not Godly Love
Gal 5:13-15-.BRETHREN,.BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER. FOR ALL THE LAW IS FULFILLED IN ONE WORD, EVEN IN THIS; THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. BUT IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER, TAKE HEED THAT YE BE NOT CONSUMED ONE OF ANOTHER. It may be said that if you strive with one another, then Godly love cannot be real and faith will not work.
1 Cor 13:4-CHARITY (or love) SUFFERETH LONG.
1 Cor 13:4-CHARITY (or love) IS KIND.
1 Cor 13:4-CHARITY (or love) VAUNTETH NOT ITSELF (or does not boast)
1 Cor 13:4,5-CHARITY (or love).DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY (or is not rude),
1 Cor 13:4,5-CHARITY (or love).SEEKETH NOT HER OWN (or is not self seeking) (or we may say it is not self centered).
1 Cor 13:4,5-CHARITY (or love).IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED (or is not easily angered).
1 Cor 13:4,5-CHARITY (or love).THINKETH NO EVIL.
1 Cor 13:4,7-CHARITY (or love).BEARETH ALL THINGS (or always protects).
1 Cor 13:4,7-CHARITY (or love).ENDURETH ALL THINGS (or always perseveres).
All of these things from 1 Cor 13 shows us clearly that striving with each other is not Godly love.
37-Love-Warning-Do Not Pass Over the Love of God
Lk 11:42-BUT WOE UNTO YOU, PHARISEES! FOR YE TITHE MINT AND RUE AND ALL MANNER OF HERBS, AND PASS OVER JUDGMENT AND THE LOVE OF GOD: THESE OUGHT YE TO HAVE DONE, AND NOT TO LEAVE THE OTHER UNDONE.
Jn 5:42-BUT I KNOW YOU, THAT YE HAVE NOT THE LOVE OF GOD IN YOU. V.38-YE HAVE NOT HIS WORD ABIDING IN YOU. V.37-paraphrase (you are not saved).
Jn 8:42-43-.IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER, YE WOULD LOVE ME (and we may say, you would love God's Word): FOR I PROCEEDED FORTH AND CAME FROM GOD; NEITHER CAME I OF MYSELF, BUT HE SENT ME. WHY DO YE NOT UNDERSTAND MY SPEECH? EVEN BECAUSE YE CANNOT HEAR MY WORD.
2 Thes 2:10-12-WITH ALL DECEIVABLENESS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEM THAT PERISH; BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. .FOR THIS CAUSE GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A (or the) LIE: THAT THEY ALL MIGHT BE DAMNED WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. The lie, in this verse, appears to be the Antichrist. In other words, in this latter day generation that will see the coming of the Antichrist and Tribulation, the people that (1) are deceived by their own unrighteousness, and (2) will not receive and believe the love of the truth (which is God's Word), but rather have pleasure in doing wrong-these people will be sent a strong delusion from God, so they might believe the Antichrist and be dammed forever.
38-Love-Warning-Against Those That Do Not Love God
Ex 20:5-6-FOR I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME.
Deut 5:9-10-I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME.
Ps 145:20-THE LORD PRESERVETH ALL THEM THAT LOVE HIM: BUT ALL THE WICKED WILL HE DESTROY. Those that truly love God should never fall.
Pv 8:36-ALL THEY THAT HATE ME LOVE DEATH.
1 Cor 16:22-IF ANY MAN LOVE NOT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA MARANATHA (or a curse on him) (Our Lord come)-JNT or (Come, O Lord)-NIV.
1 Jn 4:20-IF A MAN SAY, I LOVE GOD, AND.LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER.HOW CAN HE LOVE GOD.?
39-Love-Warning-To Continue in God's Love
Rev 2:4-.I HAVE SOMEWHAT AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU HAST LEFT THY FIRST LOVE. .THOU ART FALLEN,.REPENT,.OR ELSE I WILL.REMOVE THY CANDLESTICK.
Jude 1:21-KEEP YOURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GOD,.UNTO ETERNAL LIFE.
Jn 15:9-AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE.
Jn 15:10-IF YE KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YE SHALL ABIDE IN MY LOVE; EVEN AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS, AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE.
40-Love-Warning-Do Not Avenge Against a Brother
Lev 19:18-THOU SHALT NOT AVENGE, NOR,.AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE, BUT THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF: I AM THE LORD.
41-Love-Warning-Do Not Bear Any Grudge Against Brothers, etc.
Lev 19:18-THOU SHALT NOT.BEAR ANY GRUDGE AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE, BUT THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF: I AM THE LORD.
Ja 4:11-SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN. This is not love.
Ro 12:17- REPAY NO ONE EVIL FOR EVIL. If you do this is not love.
Ja 4:11-Do not judge your brother. This is not love.
1 Pe 3:9-Do not render EVIL FOR EVIL. This is not love. (ref 1 Thes 5:15)
Ro 12:21-DO NOT BE OVERCOME BY EVIL, BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.
Mt 5:22- WHOSOEVER IS ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGMENT.
Mt 5:22-WHOSOEVER SHALL SAY TO HIS BROTHER.THOU FOOL, SHALL BE IN DANGER OF HELL FIRE.
Mt 5:23,24-THEREFORE IF THOU BRING THY GIFT TO THE ALTAR, AND THERE REMEMBEREST THAT THY BROTHER HATH OUGHT AGAINST THEE; LEAVE THERE THY GIFT BEFORE THE ALTAR, AND GO THY WAY; FIRST BE RECONCILED TO THY BROTHER, AND THEN COME AND OFFER THY GIFT.
42-Warning-To Those That Do Not Keep God's Commandments
I Jn 2:3-6-WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM (or are saved), IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. HE THAT.KEEPETH NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS, IS A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM (He is not saved). .WHOSO KEEPETH HIS WORD, IN HIM.IS THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED: HEREBY KNOW WE THAT WE ARE IN HIM. HE THAT SAITH HE ABIDETH IN HIM OUGHT HIMSELF ALSO SO TO WALK, EVEN AS HE WALKED.
Warning: We know a person is not saved if they:
1-do not keep His commandments
2-do not keep His Word
3-the love of God is not being perfected in them
4-do not think and act as Jesus did.
1 Jn 3:23-.THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT, THAT WE.LOVE ONE ANOTHER,.HE THAT KEEPETH HIS COMMANDMENTS DWELLETH IN HIM, AND HE IN HIM. In other words, a person that does keep the commandment of loving one another does not dwell in Jesus, nor does Jesus dwell in him.
Jude 1:11,12-.THEY HAVE GONE IN THE WAY OF CAIN, AND RAN GREEDILY AFTER THE ERROR OF BALAAM FOR REWARD, AND PERISHED IN THE GAINSAYING OF CORE. THESE ARE SPOTS (or blemishes) IN YOUR (love) FEASTS, WHEN THEY FEAST WITH YOU, FEEDING THEMSELVES WITHOUT FEAR (serving only themselves-NKJ) (or eating with you without the slightest qualm-NIV): (shepherds who feed only themselves-NIV) CLOUDS THEY ARE WITHOUT WATER, CARRIED ABOUT OF WINDS (or blown along by the wind-NIV); TREES WHOSE FRUIT WITHERETH, WITHOUT FRUIT, TWICE DEAD, PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS. When the unsaved eat with you and have no fear, this is a fault in your love feasts.
43-Warning-To Those That Do Not Love Their Brother or May Hate Their Brother
1 Jn 2:9,11,12-HE THAT SAITH (or thinks) HE IS IN THE LIGHT (or believes or confesses he is saved), AND HATETH HIS BROTHER, IS IN DARKNESS EVEN UNTIL NOW. (He is not saved). .HE THAT HATETH HIS BROTHER IS IN DARKNESS. (He is not saved), AND WALKETH IN DARKNESS, AND KNOWETH NOT WHITHER HE GOETH (He does not know he is not saved), BECAUSE THAT DARKNESS HATH BLINDED HIS EYES. (In other words, his thinking is wrong. He is totally deceived.)
Warning: If a person hates their brother they are not saved.
They are in darkness.
They think and act in darkness.
They do not know they are not saved.
They do not know they are going to hell and the lake of fire.
They are spiritually blind and deceived and do not know it.
1 Jn 3:10,14-IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST (or made known), AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL:.HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER. .IS NOT OF GOD. HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER ABIDETH IN DEATH.
1 Jn 3:15-WHOSOEVER HATETH HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER: AND YE KNOW THAT NO MURDERER HATH ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING IN HIM.
The message is clearly covered in many Scriptures. A person that does not love his brothers and sisters in Christ cannot be saved. One may do what appears to be many wonderful works for God. He may serve Him in every way he can. He may give all he has to the poor, yet if he does not love his brethren with Biblical love (the love that is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit), he will surely perish for eternity. God's Word is true. Thus it is written, and thus it shall be. A person may be positive he is going to heaven. He may confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and witness to many. He may preach from the pulpit. He may be the head of a denomination, yet if he does not love his fellow brethren in Christ with the love of God, he will perish.
1 Jn 4:6-8-WE ARE OF GOD: HE THAT KNOWETH GOD HEARETH US; HE THAT IS NOT OF GOD HEARETH NOT US. HEREBY KNOW WE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR. Here we have a comparison of those that will hear some one God has sent(perhaps correcting them), as opposed to those that will not hear someone sent from God (perhaps correcting them). It relates the one that hears as being saved, while the other follows the spirit of error. It is interesting that the very next words that follow are: Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER: FOR LOVE IS OF GOD; AND EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH IS BORN OF GOD, AND KNOWETH GOD. HE THAT LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD; FOR GOD IS LOVE. These verses positively connect Biblical love for the brethren with the Spirit of truth, being born again, and knowing God (or salvation). It also positively connects a lack of Biblical love for the brethren with the spirit of error, not knowing God, not being saved, and not correctly understanding Scripture.
1 Jn 4:12-.IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD DWELLETH IN US. Again, we have God's Word connecting Biblical love for each other with God dwelling in us and salvation.
44-Love-Warning-Satan Can Use a Person's Love to Tempt Them to Sin
Judges 16:10,15-AND DELILAH SAID UNTO SAMSON, BEHOLD, THOU HAST MOCKED ME, AND TOLD ME LIES: NOW TELL ME, I PRAY THEE, WHEREWITH THOU MIGHTEST BE BOUND. AND SHE SAID UNTO HIM, HOW CANST THOU SAY, I LOVE THEE, WHEN THINE HEART IS NOT WITH ME? THOU HAST MOCKED ME THESE THREE TIMES, AND HAST NOT TOLD ME WHEREIN THY GREAT STRENGTH LIETH.
45-The Lord Will Do It; Promises Regarding Health
Deut 30:6-.THE LORD THY GOD WILL (a) CIRCUMCISE THINE HEART, AND (b) THE HEART OF THY SEED, TO (1) LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THINE HEART, AND (2) WITH ALL THY SOUL, (c)THAT THOU MAYEST LIVE.
The following are some of God's promises regarding being healed and having good health. The word "love" does not appear in these verses. Nevertheless they have been included here.
It is written in Pv 3:8-IT SHALL BE HEALTH TO THY NAVEL, AND MARROW TO THY BONES.
One might ask-What shall be health? The answer is:
Pv 3:5-7 (a)-TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND
(b)-LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING.
(c)-IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.
(d)-BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES:
(e)-FEAR THE LORD, AND
(f)-DEPART FROM EVIL.
INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY SAYINGS.
Pv 4:22-It is written: FOR THEY ARE LIFE UNTO THOSE THAT FIND THEM, AND HEALTH TO ALL THEIR FLESH. One might ask, what shall be life and health to all their flesh?
Pv 4:20, 21-(g)- MY SON, ATTEND TO MY WORDS;
(h)-INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY SAYINGS.
(i)-LET THEM NOT DEPART FROM THINE EYES;
(j)-KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF THINE HEART.
The Bible also indicates what we say can affect our health. If we speak contrary to God's Word, it can be harmful to our health.
Pv 12:18-THERE IS THAT SPEAKETH LIKE THE PIERCINGS OF A SWORD. In other words, those that do not control their speech, it is not good for their health, for the verse continues:
(k)-BUT THE TONGUE OF THE WISE IS HEALTH. One might ask, "What is wise conversation?" The answer is this:
Col 4:6-LET YOUR SPEECH BE ALWAY WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, THAT YE MAY KNOW HOW YE OUGHT TO ANSWER EVERY MAN. 2 Sam 7:28-.THY WORDS BE TRUE. In other words, do not speak things that are from emotions which are false. Ecc 5:2-BE NOT RASH WITH THY MOUTH, AND LET NOT THINE HEART BE HASTY TO UTTER ANY THING BEFORE GOD: .THEREFORE LET THY WORDS BE FEW. Pv 29:20-SEEST THOU A MAN THAT IS HASTY IN HIS WORDS? THERE IS MORE HOPE OF A FOOL THAN OF HIM.
Do you want to be healthy? Do you need the Lord to heal you? Ten things have been listed thus far. Here are more.
(l)-Pv 13:17-A WICKED MESSENGER FALLETH INTO MISCHIEF:
(m)-BUT A FAITHFUL AMBASSADOR IS HEALTH. Put away wickedness. Be faithful in all you do. Let all you do be in line with God's Word. This is health also.
Isa 58:8-THEN SHALL THY LIGHT BREAK FORTH AS THE MORNING, AND THINE HEALTH SHALL SPRING FORTH SPEEDILY: AND THY RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL GO BEFORE THEE; THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE THY REREWARD. We might ask, "What shall cause our health to spring forth speedily in addition to what we have already covered?
(n)-Isa 58:6-7-IS NOT THIS THE FAST THAT I HAVE CHOSEN? In other words,-consider fasting, but fasting needs to be combined with the following:
(o)-TO LOOSE THE BANDS OF WICKEDNESS,
(p)-TO UNDO THE HEAVY BURDENS,
(q)-AND TO LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE,
(r)-AND THAT YE BREAK EVERY YOKE?
(s)-IS IT NOT TO DEAL THY BREAD TO THE HUNGRY,
(t)-AND THAT THOU BRING THE POOR THAT ARE CAST OUT TO THY HOUSE?
(u)-WHEN THOU SEEST THE NAKED, THAT THOU COVER HIM;
(v)-AND THAT THOU HIDE NOT THYSELF FROM THINE OWN FLESH?
Why are some people sick?
Jere 30:15-17 tells us: WHY CRIEST THOU FOR THINE AFFLICTION? THY SORROW IS INCURABLE FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THINE INIQUITY:
BECAUSE THY SINS WERE INCREASED, I HAVE DONE THESE THINGS UNTO THEE.
THEREFORE ALL THEY THAT DEVOUR THEE SHALL BE DEVOURED; AND ALL THINE ADVERSARIES, EVERY ONE OF THEM, SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY; AND THEY THAT SPOIL THEE SHALL BE A SPOIL, AND ALL THAT PREY UPON THEE WILL I GIVE FOR A PREY. FOR I WILL RESTORE HEALTH UNTO THEE, AND I WILL HEAL THEE OF THY WOUNDS, SAITH THE LORD; BECAUSE THEY CALLED THEE AN OUTCAST, SAYING, THIS IS ZION, WHOM NO MAN SEEKETH AFTER.
To summarize in part what has just been said:
A person may be sick and sorrowful because of their sins, and not only because of their sins, but because their sins have increased.
(w)-Do you want health? REPENT. Put away willful sin and obey God's Word.
(x)-Also do not in any way be against Israel. Do not speak against Israel. For it is also written: Num 24:9-BLESSED IS HE THAT BLESSETH THEE, AND CURSED IS HE THAT CURSETH THEE.
Finally, do you need to be healed? It is written: Rev 22:7-BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY: BLESSED IS HE THAT KEEPETH THE SAYINGS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK. Keep the sayings of the Revelation.
LOVE AND PROMISES
46-One Must Do This in Order to Receive This Promise
Love God and keep His commandments-God shows mercy to them.
Love God and keep His commandments-God will keep His covenant and mercy with them to a thousand generations.
Love God and serve Him with all your heart & soul-God will give rain and grass so you can eat and be full.
Love God, walk in His ways, cleave to Him-God will drive out these nations.
Love God, walk in His ways-add three cities.
Love God, walk in His ways, keep His commandments, statutes, judgments-may live, multiply, and be blessed.
Love God's law, meditate in it, through His commandments-become wiser than your enemies.
Love thy law-shall have peace and nothing shall offend them.
Those called according to His purpose and Love God-all things work together for good.
Love God-God has prepared things for them.
Love God-will be known of Him.
Hearts joined in love-might be comforted and have full riches of complete understanding.
Love His appearing-a crown of righteousness.
Endureth temptation and love God-is blessed and receive the crown of life.
Poor of this world whom God has chosen that love Him-rich in faith and inherit the kingdom.
Love God-God will love them
Love God and seek Him early-they shall find God
Join to God, love His name, be His servant, keep the sabbath, take hold of God's covenant-God will bring to His holy
mountain, make them joyful, offering shall be accepted
Love the brethren-hearts stablished unblameable in holiness before God
Love the brethren and-God dwells in us
Love the brethren and-God's love is perfected in us
Underlining denotes God's requirement in order to receive God's promise which is in bold.
Ex 20:5-6-THE LORD THY GOD.(1) SHEWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME, AND (2) KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
Deut 5:9-10-I THE LORD THY GOD AM A JEALOUS GOD,.SHEWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT (1) LOVE ME AND (2) KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
Deut 7:9-KNOW THEREFORE THAT THE LORD THY GOD, HE IS GOD, THE FAITHFUL GOD, WHICH (1) KEEPETH COVENANT AND (2) MERCY WITH THEM THAT (1) LOVE HIM AND (2) KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS.
Neh 1:5-.O LORD GOD OF HEAVEN.THAT KEEPETH COVENANT AND MERCY FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM AND OBSERVE HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Dan 9:4-.THE GREAT AND DREADFUL (or awesome) GOD, KEEPING THE COVENANT AND MERCY TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM, AND TO THEM THAT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Deut 11:13-15-AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF YE SHALL HEARKEN DILIGENTLY UNTO MY COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY, (1) TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND (2) TO SERVE HIM WITH (A) ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH (B) ALL YOUR SOUL, THAT I WILL (a) GIVE YOU THE RAIN OF YOUR LAND IN HIS DUE SEASON,.AND (b) I WILL SEND GRASS IN THY FIELDS.THOU MAYEST EAT AND BE FULL.
Deut 11:22-23-FOR IF YE SHALL DILIGENTLY KEEP ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU, TO DO THEM, (1) TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, (2) TO WALK IN ALL HIS WAYS, AND (3) TO CLEAVE UNTO HIM; THEN WILL THE LORD (a) DRIVE OUT ALL THESE NATIONS FROM BEFORE YOU, AND (b) YE SHALL POSSESS GREATER NATIONS AND MIGHTIER THAN YOURSELVES.
Deut 19:9-IF THOU SHALT KEEP ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS TO DO THEM, WHICH I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY, TO (1) LOVE THE LORD THY GOD, AND TO (2) WALK EVER IN HIS WAYS; THEN SHALT THOU ADD THREE CITIES MORE FOR THEE, BESIDE THESE THREE.
Deut 30:16-IN THAT I COMMAND THEE THIS DAY TO (1) LOVE THE LORD THY GOD, TO (2) WALK IN HIS WAYS, AND TO (3) KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND (4) HIS STATUTES AND (5) HIS JUDGMENTS, THAT THOU (A) MAYEST LIVE AND MULTIPLY: AND THE LORD THY GOD SHALL (a) BLESS THEE IN THE LAND WHITHER THOU GOEST TO POSSESS IT.
Ps 119:97-98-O HOW LOVE I THY LAW! IT IS MY MEDITATION ALL THE DAY. THOU THROUGH THY COMMANDMENTS HAST MADE ME WISER THAN MINE ENEMIES: FOR THEY ARE EVER WITH ME.
Ps 119:165-GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY WHICH LOVE THY LAW: AND NOTHING SHALL OFFEND THEM.
Ro 8:28-AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD, TO THEM WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
1 Cor 2:9-BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM.
1 Cor 8:3-BUT IF ANY MAN LOVE GOD, THE SAME IS KNOWN OF HIM.
Col 2:2-(My purpose is) THAT THEIR HEARTS MIGHT BE COMFORTED (or encouraged), BEING KNIT (or joined) TOGETHER IN LOVE, (SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE FULL RICHES OF COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING-NKJ). Note the words HEARTS COMFORTED.BEING (joined) TOGETHER IN LOVE. SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE.COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING. It could be said that if a person's heart is not joined in love with the other brethren, then they will not be comforted and they will not have the riches of completely understanding God's Word. Do you want more understanding of God's Word, then try increasing your love for the brethren.
2 Tim 4:7-8-LOVE HIS APPEARING. There is a CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS for those that love His appearing.
Ja 1:12-BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION: FOR WHEN HE IS TRIED, HE SHALL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE, WHICH THE LORD HATH PROMISED TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM.
Ja 2:5-.BRETHREN, HATH NOT GOD CHOSEN THE POOR OF THIS WORLD RICH IN FAITH, AND HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM WHICH HE HATH PROMISED TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM?
Pv 8:17-I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME; AND THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME.
Isa 56:6-7-ALSO THE SONS OF THE STRANGER, THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD, TO SERVE HIM, AND TO LOVE THE NAME OF THE LORD, TO BE HIS SERVANTS, EVERY ONE THAT KEEPETH THE SABBATH FROM POLLUTING IT, AND TAKETH HOLD OF MY COVENANT; EVEN THEM WILL I BRING TO MY HOLY MOUNTAIN, AND MAKE THEM JOYFUL IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER: THEIR BURNT OFFERINGS AND THEIR SACRIFICES SHALL BE ACCEPTED UPON MINE ALTAR; FOR MINE HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED AN HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE.
1 Thes 3:12-13-.LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER, AND TOWARD ALL MEN,.TO THE END HE MAY STABLISH YOUR HEARTS UNBLAMEABLE IN HOLINESS BEFORE GOD.
1 Jn 4:12-.IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER,.HIS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN US.
1 Jn 4:12-.IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD DWELLETH IN US
47-Love-These cannot separate us from the love of God.
Faith-A person that loses their faith no longer stands
List: Things that happen by faith
Ro 8:35,37-39-WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? SHALL TRIBULATION, OR DISTRESS, OR PERSECUTION, OR FAMINE, OR NAKEDNESS, OR PERIL, OR SWORD? IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US. FOR I AM PERSUADED, THAT NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS, NOR PRINCIPALITIES, NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS PRESENT, NOR THINGS TO COME, NOR HEIGHT, NOR DEPTH, NOR ANY OTHER CREATURE, SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD, WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
None of these can separate us from the love of Christ. Yet it never says a person himself cannot lose their faith. It never says that Satan cannot deceive a person so that they harden their heart to correction, turn from God, turn to sin and rebel against God
A person stands by faith-ref Ro 11:10, 2 Cor 1:24.
A person walks by faith-ref 2 Cor 5:7
The just shall live by faith-ref Gal 3:11; Heb 10:38
God's promise is given by faith-ref Gal 3:22
We might be justified by faith-ref Gal 3:24
Ye are children of God by faith-ref Gal 3:26
We wait for the hope by faith-ref Gal 5:5
Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith-ref Eph 3:17
Righteousness is through faith-ref Phili 3:9
A person is justified by works and not by faith only-ref Ja 2:24
A person that has lost their faith, no longer stands, walks, lives, receives God's promise, is justified, is a child of God, waits for the Hope, has Christ dwelling in their heart, or has the righteousness of God.
A person stands by faith, but because of unbelief they can be broken off-ref Ro 11:20.
A person has no righteousness of his own.
Heb 10:38-39-NOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH: BUT IF ANY MAN DRAW BACK, MY SOUL SHALL HAVE NO PLEASURE IN HIM. BUT WE ARE NOT OF THEM WHO DRAW BACK UNTO PERDITION (or eternal destruction or eternal punishment). To draw back from faith in Jesus Christ is to draw back to eternal punishment.
LOVE, FAITH, AND ETERNAL SECURITY
48-Love-Faith-can it be lost?
Can a person become deceived and intentionally turn from God to abominations and wickedness?
When a righteous man (a saved person) turns from his righteousness (which is Jesus) and commit iniquity (or willfully practice sin).he shall die in his sin. His righteousness shall not be remembered-Ezek 3:20.
When a righteous man (a saved person) turneth.from his righteousness (which is Jesus) and committeth.abominations.in them shall he die-Ezek 18:24. Is not my way equal? Are not your ways unequal-Ezek 18:25.
When the righteous (a saved person) turns from his righteousness (which is Jesus) and committeth iniquity, he shall.die-Ezek 33:18.
Regarding a person losing their childlikeness to correction, turning from God to sin, iniquity, wickedness and rebellion, God's Word tells us:
Isa 59:2-YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, AND YOUR SINS HAVE HID HIS FACE FROM YOU, THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR.
Hos 4:6-10,12-14,16-MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: BECAUSE THOU HAST REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I WILL ALSO REJECT THEE.THEY SINNED AGAINST ME: THEREFORE WILL I CHANGE THEIR GLORY INTO SHAME. .THEY SET THEIR HEART ON THEIR INIQUITY. .I WILL PUNISH THEM FOR THEIR WAYS, .THEY HAVE LEFT OFF TO TAKE HEED TO THE LORD. .THE SPIRIT OF WHOREDOMS HATH CAUSED THEM TO ERR, AND THEY HAVE GONE A WHORING FROM UNDER THEIR GOD. .THEY COMMIT ADULTERY: FOR THEMSELVES ARE SEPARATED WITH WHORES, AND THEY SACRIFICE WITH HARLOTS: THEREFORE THE PEOPLE THAT DOTH NOT UNDERSTAND SHALL FALL. ISRAEL SLIDETH BACK AS A BACKSLIDING HEIFER.
Ezek 18:24-32-BUT WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS (which is a person that has repented and been saved by faith in Jesus Christ) TURNETH AWAY FROM HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (which is Jesus Christ), AND COMMITTETH INIQUITY, AND DOETH ACCORDING TO ALL THE ABOMINATIONS THAT THE WICKED MAN DOETH, SHALL HE LIVE? ALL HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT HE HATH DONE SHALL NOT BE MENTIONED: IN HIS TRESPASS THAT HE HATH TRESPASSED, AND IN HIS SIN THAT HE HATH SINNED, IN THEM SHALL HE DIE. YET YE SAY, THE WAY OF THE LORD IS NOT EQUAL. HEAR NOW, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL; IS NOT MY WAY EQUAL? ARE NOT YOUR WAYS UNEQUAL?
AGAIN, WHEN THE WICKED MAN TURNETH AWAY FROM HIS WICKEDNESS THAT HE HATH COMMITTED, AND DOETH THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT, HE SHALL SAVE HIS SOUL ALIVE. BECAUSE HE CONSIDERETH, AND TURNETH AWAY FROM ALL HIS TRANSGRESSIONS THAT HE HATH COMMITTED, HE SHALL SURELY LIVE, HE SHALL NOT DIE. YET SAITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, THE WAY OF THE LORD IS NOT EQUAL. O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, ARE NOT MY WAYS EQUAL? ARE NOT YOUR WAYS UNEQUAL? .REPENT, AND TURN YOURSELVES FROM ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS; SO INIQUITY SHALL NOT BE YOUR RUIN. CAST AWAY FROM YOU ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS, WHEREBY YE HAVE TRANSGRESSED; AND MAKE YOU A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT: FOR WHY WILL YE DIE, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL? FOR I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF HIM THAT DIETH, SAITH THE LORD GOD: WHEREFORE TURN YOURSELVES, AND LIVE YE.
WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS TURNETH FROM HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND COMMITTETH INIQUITY, HE SHALL EVEN DIE THEREBY. BUT IF THE WICKED TURN FROM HIS WICKEDNESS, AND DO THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT, HE SHALL LIVE THEREBY. YET YE SAY, THE WAY OF THE LORD IS NOT EQUAL. O YE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, I WILL JUDGE YOU EVERY ONE AFTER HIS WAYS-Ezek 33:18-20.
1 Tim 6:10-FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS (a) ROOT OF ALL (kinds of) EVIL:.SOME COVETED AFTER (or craved), THEY HAVE ERRED (or wandered) FROM THE FAITH.
Rev 2:4-.I HAVE SOMEWHAT AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU HAST LEFT THY FIRST LOVE. .THOU ART FALLEN,.REPENT,.OR ELSE I WILL.REMOVE THY CANDLESTICK. This is to His church, His people. Jesus is clearly showing His people they can leave off loving Him. They can fall. Their candlestick can be removed if they do not repent.
Jude 1:21-KEEP YOURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GOD,.UNTO ETERNAL LIFE. If keeping ourselves in the love of God was not in our power, God would not have commanded us to do so.
49-Love-In order to live: a person must have or do these
Have their heart circumcised to love God
A person must choose life:
in order to love God
obey His voice,
cleave to God,
dwell in the land
Deut 30:6-.THE LORD THY GOD WILL (a) CIRCUMCISE THINE HEART, AND (b) THE HEART OF THY SEED, TO (1) LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THINE HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, (c) THAT THOU MAYEST LIVE.
Deut 30:19,20.I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU (1) LIFE AND (2) DEATH, (3) BLESSING AND (4) CURSING: THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, THAT BOTH THOU AND THY SEED MAY (a) LIVE: THAT THOU MAYEST (b) LOVE THE LORD THY GOD, AND THAT THOU MAYEST (c) OBEY HIS VOICE, AND THAT THOU MAYEST (d) CLEAVE UNTO HIM: (and) (e) DWELL IN THE LAND.
50-Love-How to have eternal security. No possibility of falling
Love God and observe His commandments
Love God and keep His commandments
Be faithful Love the Lord and hate evil
Love your brother in Christ, love one another Walks uprightly
Works righteousness Speaks the truth in his heart
Doesn't backbite with their tongue Doesn't do evil to his neighbor
Despises a vial man Honors those that fear God
Keeps his oaths no matter what Doesn't put out his money for usury
Doesn't take reward against the innocent Be a good and faithful servant
Add to your faith: goodness, knowledge, self control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness.
All that obey God and these commands cannot fall. All that walk in faith, do not turn from Jesus, love God, love the brethren, and do not willfully practice abominations, these cannot fall.
All that keep trusting in Jesus, do not turn from their righteousness, and do not go back to their old sinful ways, shall continue to stand fast.
Neh 1:5-.O LORD GOD OF HEAVEN.THAT KEEPETH COVENANT AND MERCY FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM AND OBSERVE HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Dan 9:4-.THE GREAT AND DREADFUL (or awesome) GOD, KEEPING THE COVENANT AND MERCY TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM, AND TO THEM THAT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
Ps 31:23-O LOVE THE LORD, ALL YE HIS SAINTS: FOR THE LORD PRESERVETH THE FAITHFUL
Ps 97:10-HE PRESERVETH THE SOULS OF HIS SAINTS. .YE THAT LOVE THE LORD, HATE EVIL (ref first part of verse).
Ps 145:20-THE LORD PRESERVETH ALL THEM THAT LOVE HIM. Cannot it also be said that the Lord does not promise to preserve those that do not love Him?
The message is clear. If a person totally loves God above all else and keeps His commandments as the Bible teaches, God will keep His covenant and mercy with him. He will preserve the faithful. However, if a person's love is only lukewarm, only superficial, then it is not the same.
A person may say, "I love God. I love the brethren." Then this question can be asked, "Do you love the brethren that correct you by God's Word when you are in sin, or when you do things you ought not to do, or when you do not do things which you should do? Do you love the brethren that correct you regarding your ungodly attitude? When corrected do you argue with them, justify yourself, make excuses, strive with them, tell them they don't understand, and reject their correction? If you are a Pentecostal, do you love those in Christ that are not Pentecostal or vice versa, or do you speak against them? Do you love all those in Christ or only those that believe exactly like you do? Is the love for the brethren that you think you have the same as the love that Christ has for His church? Or is it only a love for the certain brethren that you think love you? In this latter day generation, the love most professing Christians have is only lukewarm. It is in word, but not in deed, in truth, and from the heart.
When a person hears the word of correction, but will not repent, yet blesses himself in his heart, and says, "I shall have peace," know this-the Lord will not spare him-ref Deut 29:19,20.
1 Jn 2:10-HE THAT LOVETH HIS BROTHER ABIDETH IN THE LIGHT (or abides in Jesus, he is saved), AND THERE IS NONE OCCASION OF STUMBLING IN HIM. (There is no opportunity for him to fall.) Eternal security is promised to those that love all the brethren with Biblical love.
1 Jn 4:12-.IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD DWELLETH IN US, AND HIS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN US.
Ps 15:2-5-HE THAT WALKETH UPRIGHTLY, AND WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SPEAKETH THE TRUTH IN HIS HEART. HE THAT BACKBITETH NOT WITH HIS TONGUE, NOR DOETH EVIL TO HIS NEIGHBOUR, NOR TAKETH UP A REPROACH AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOUR. WHO DESPISES A VILE MAN, BUT HONORS THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD, WHO KEEPS HIS OATHS EVEN WHEN IT HURTS-NIV AND CHANGETH NOT. HE THAT PUTTETH NOT OUT HIS MONEY TO USURY, NOR TAKETH REWARD AGAINST THE INNOCENT. HE THAT DOETH THESE THINGS SHALL NEVER BE MOVED. A person that does these things shall never be moved or fall.
2 Pe 1:5-10-(make every effort), ADD TO YOUR FAITH (goodness);.KNOWLEDGE;.(self control);.PATIENCE (or perseverance);.GODLINESS;.BROTHERLY KINDNESS;.(LOVE). FOR IF.(you possess these qualities-NIV),.(in increasing measure), THEY (keep) YOU THAT YE SHALL NEITHER BE (ineffective) NOR (unproductive) IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. BUT.(if anyone does not have them) (he) IS BLIND, AND (is shortsighted, even to blindness-NKJ), AND.HE.(has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins-NIV)..BRETHREN, GIVE (even more) DILIGENCE (or be eager) TO MAKE YOUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE: FOR IF YE DO THESE THINGS, YE SHALL NEVER FALL (or stumble).
Again note that if you do these things, you shall NEVER FALL. We may also say, if a person does not have these qualities he can be expected to eventually fall, unless he repents. For we know it is written that they perish for a lack of knowledge or, we may say, a lack of understanding. Do you want the assurance you shall never fall? Then add these to your faith: Biblical goodness, knowledge, self control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. Remember, MANY ARE CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN-Mt 22:14. .LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO THE WHICH ALSO YE ARE CALLED IN ONE BODY; AND BE YE THANKFUL-Col 3:15. When Jesus returns, those that are with Him are they that were not only called, but were CHOSEN, AND FAITHFUL-ref Rev 17:14. THEREFORE,.WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION (or calling, or we may say life) WHEREWITH YE ARE CALLED-Eph 4:1. If you have been called, are you walking worthy in faith, love, and thankfulness, in the fear of God, being faithful in all things so you will be chosen? Will you hear the words, WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT? THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL-Mt 25:21, or will you hear, THOU WICKED AND SLOTHFUL SERVANT; I NEVER KNEW YOU?-Mt 25:26; Mt 7:23. Therefore BE.DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, lest you deceive yourself-ref Ja 1:22.
Beware, IF ANY MAN LOVE THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. He isn't saved-1 Jn 2:15. .THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GOD? WHOSOEVER THEREFORE WILL BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD IS THE ENEMY OF GOD-Ja 4:4.
51-Those that fall, forget what they were like when they were saved-They are not doers of God's Word
(A person that doesn't do God's Word falls and forgets what they were like when they were saved.)
When a person is saved, but does not have these qualities in their heart, nor will they repent and add these things to their faith, they begin to forget that they had been cleansed from their past sins-2 Pe 1:5-10. They begin to forget WHAT MANNER OF MAN (they were) ref-Ja 1:24. They HAVE FORGOTTEN (or no longer understand) THE WORD (NIV) WHICH SPEAKS TO (them) AS SONS (NKJ)-ref Heb 12:5. They do not understand what manner of Spirit they are-ref Lk 9:55. They do not spiritually understand what manner of person they ought to be in all holy conversation and godliness-ref 2 Pe 3:11. One might ask, "How can this happen to a Christian?" The answer is in the verses we just read and in other verses also. They do not repent and add these things to their faith, as God's Word commands. They may read and hear God's Word, but they are not a doer of the Word-ref Ja 1:23. Thus, as they fall, their minister can ask them, "Don't you remember how you were a year ago in your walk with Jesus?" And they truthfully can answer, "I don't see that I am any different than I was a year ago." Yet now they are walking in the ways of the world, but a year ago they were following Jesus to some extent. As God's Word tells us clearly, they forget how they were. They no longer see spiritually, but they see their natural face in a glass-ref Ja 1:23. They are no longer ready for the return of the Lord, but are blind to this fact. They will perish, yet they are confident they will go to heaven. If their preacher corrects them, they are not childlike to correction as Mt 18:3 tells them they need to be. They may argue or make excuses. They are in a state of denial when it comes to their shortcomings, their sin, and fallen state. They think their preacher just does not understand, yet it is the blindness of their own heart that does not understand. They are as those that stand before the judgment and say to Jesus, Lord, in thy name we did this and that, but then He tells them, I NEVER KNEW YOU- ref Mt 7:23. They no longer have ears to hear and eyes to see Biblical truth. No man can convince them that they are wrong, for they no longer have correct Biblical understanding. Spiritually blind eyes prevent them from understanding their fallen condition. They are now without hope, except they repent; however, their fallen spiritual condition can prevent them from knowing they have need to repent and change their ways. One of the few things that can help the fallen is childlikeness toward correction (ref Mt 18:3), but few are like this in a fallen state.
How sad it is that these words are written to those that were once a brother in Christ and part of His church. 1 Cor 8:11-12-THE WEAK BROTHER PERISH, FOR WHOM CHRIST DIED? Gal 5:4-CHRIST IS BECOME OF NO EFFECT UNTO YOU,.YE ARE FALLEN FROM GRACE. God warns those that do not continue in His goodness. He says: Ro 11:22-THOU ALSO SHALT BE CUT OFF. Ro 11:20,21-BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, AND THOU STANDEST BY FAITH. BE NOT HIGHMINDED, BUT FEAR: FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES, TAKE HEED LEST HE ALSO SPARE NOT THEE. A person that loses his trust is no longer standing. God yet gives hope to those that were in His church who have fallen. He seems to warn them to repent quickly. Why quickly? Because the longer a person resists God's call to repent, the harder their heart can become. The spiritual blindness that is upon them becomes deeper and deeper. They can ultimately become reprobate or totally unreachable, without any true spiritual understanding. The darkness (or falsehood or deceit) that is in them, they now think is light (and truth). Their heart now believes Satan's lies in their thoughts. God says: Rev 2:5-REMEMBER THEREFORE FROM WHENCE THOU ART FALLEN, AND REPENT. Regretfully, few can remember from where they fell, so they do not repent. The verse continues-AND DO THE FIRST WORKS; OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY, AND WILL REMOVE THY CANDLESTICK OUT OF HIS PLACE, EXCEPT THOU REPENT. God gives the fallen person a small space to repent, but if they do not, then their candlestick is removed. Rev 22:19-AND IF ANY MAN SHALL TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE. Rev 20:15-AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
Maybe this can help some to understand what has just been said. All true born-again Christians should be able to remember how they were when they were not saved. How they were worldly-minded, walking in the ways of this world, envying others, having anger in their hearts, going after pleasures and riches, and following the lusts and desires of the mind and flesh, having the pride of life, being full of the worries and cares of this world, and being somewhat dishonest when it suited their purpose, or even worse. Some smoked, took drugs, drank, and wouldn't hesitate to have sex outside of marriage if the opportunity arose. Some were religious people but without Christ in their heart. Some were totally perverted in their thinking, even men with men, or women with women. Some were religious leaders that did horrible things with children, yet God quickened the word to their hearts and they repented and came to Christ by faith. A born again Christian can remember how they were before being saved, however a person that falls cannot remember how they were when they were saved.
The fallen have little concern for repenting. They are usually confident that if they would die, they will go to a better place, to heaven, or perhaps purgatory. None truly understand they will be in a place of horrible torment for ever and ever.
Again, when a person gets saved, they can look back and remember these things. But then when a person falls, they revert back to that unsaved state, and can no longer remember how they were when they walked with Jesus. They can become even more worldly and evil than they originally were, perhaps 7 times worse. Advice: fear God and depart from evil.
LOVE-MISCELLANEOUS
52-God is your
Ps 119:167-MY SOUL HATH KEPT THY TESTIMONIES; AND I LOVE THEM EXCEEDINGLY.
Col 1:4-WE HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, AND OF THE LOVE WHICH YE HAVE TO ALL THE SAINTS.
Col 1:7,8-EPAPHRAS,.DECLARED UNTO US YOUR LOVE IN THE SPIRIT.
1 Pe 1:7,8-JESUS CHRIST: WHOM HAVING NOT SEEN, YE LOVE; IN WHOM, THOUGH NOW YE SEE HIM NOT, YET BELIEVING, YE REJOICE WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY.
Pv 9:8-REPROVE (or correct) NOT A SCORNER, LEST HE HATE THEE: REBUKE (or correct) A WISE MAN, AND HE WILL LOVE THEE. Do you love God's servant when he corrects you, or do you make excuses, justify yourself, and think in your heart that God's servant is wrong? Such is the deceived person that hears Satan's voice better than they hear God's voice but can't recognize it Such is the deceived person when they are positive they are right and God's servant correcting them is wrong. Nearly all people are hard to correct. Only a few are childlike to correction.
Heb 12:4-14-IN YOUR STRUGGLE AGAINST SIN, YOU HAVE NOT YET RESISTED TO THE POINT OF SHEDDING YOUR BLOOD (NIV) STRIVING AGAINST SIN-KJV. AND YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE WORD (NIV) WHICH SPEAKS TO YOU AS SONS (NKJ). When a born again Christian sins, and forgets God's Word (or we may say his understanding becomes darkened), he can expect to be corrected and chastened from the Lord. God says, "MY SON, DO NOT (despise) or (be discouraged) or MAKE LIGHT OF THE LORD'S DISCIPLINE, AND DO NOT LOSE HEART WHEN HE REBUKES YOU. BECAUSE THE LORD DISCIPLINES (or chastens, or corrects) THOSE HE LOVES, AND HE PUNISHES (or scourges, or spanks) EVERYONE HE ACCEPTS AS A SON." ENDURE HARDSHIP AS DISCIPLINE; IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD IS TREATING YOU AS SONS. FOR WHAT SON IS NOT DISCIPLINED (or rebuked) BY HIS FATHER? IF YOU ARE NOT DISCIPLINED (AND EVERYONE UNDERGOES DISCIPLINE), THEN YOU ARE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN AND NOT TRUE SONS. MOREOVER, WE HAVE ALL HAD HUMAN FATHERS WHO (CORRECTED) US AND WE RESPECTED THEM FOR IT. HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD WE SUBMIT TO THE FATHER OF OUR SPIRITS AND LIVE! God chastens or corrects us FOR OUR PROFIT (or good) THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS. NO DISCIPLINE (or correction, or chastening) SEEMS PLEASANT AT THE TIME, BUT PAINFUL. LATER ON, HOWEVER, IT PRODUCES A HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE (or peaceful) FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED (or exercised) BY IT. THEREFORE STRENGTHEN THE HANDS WHICH HANG DOWN, AND THE (WEAK) KNEES, SO THAT THE LAME MAY NOT BE DISABLED, BUT RATHER HEALED. .BE HOLY; WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD (KJV, NIV, NKJ).
It is so much easier to receive correction from God's Word and repent.
For those that will not, it is so much easier to receive correction from your God fearing, Spirit led minister, or the elders, and repent. However, many times the person that is willfully sinning, hides it so well, that no one knows of their sin.
For those that think they have hidden their sin well, and for those that resist God's correction from His Word, or from their minister, then they can expect God to step in because He loves them and does not want them to perish, thus God can be expected to correct them. His correction can come in the most unexpected ways. His correction can come in the form of physical problems, sickness, accidents, unexpected difficulties, hurts, pain, or numerous other ways. And if a person still will not be corrected by God, then, their future can look very, very bad. The Bible warns Eph 4:30-GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. The worst that could happen is the person becomes reprobate, and God turns away. Then they are without hope. Eternity in the lake of fire lies ahead.
For it is appointed unto men once to die, and then the judgment. All whose names are not found in the book of Life shall suffer eternal punishment.
How much do you desire correction? Consider Pv 15:10-12 which shows us that a person that forsakes God's way or is not walking uprightly-to them correction is grievous. It annoys them. They don't like it. They don't want it. They despise correction. If they get corrected they are usually hard inside. They often turn on the person that is correcting them, and begin accusing them-thus refusing to acknowledge their sin, and justifying themselves, and not repenting. Their emotions often rise. The person that hates or despises reproof or correction shall die. Such a person does not love the person that corrects or reproves them. Neither will such a person seek those that are over them, who are led of God, to correct them. They shall not inherit eternal life. Hell and destruction are before the Lord. This is where they are headed but the darkness and hardness in their own heart blinds them from understanding this.
Most people, including professing Christians, have little true Biblical understanding of God's Word as it applies to themselves. They are good at accusing, criticizing, and judging others, but very bad at examining themselves. Satan puts thoughts in their mind and heart, that they cannot Biblically recognize are from Satan. They are so Biblically illiterate when it comes to examining themselves, that they are sure their wrong thinking is correct and is from themselves. They embrace Satan's thinking (the strangers voice) rather than God's Word. They have little desire to change, little desire for correction, and little love for those that God sends to correct them. Such is much of today's church and God's people today.
God's people should be saying to themselves, "O wretched person that I am. My heart is deceitful above all things. My heart is desperately wicked. God have mercy on me a sinner-ref Jere 17:9, Mt 15:22, and Lk 18:13.
Pv 15:10-12-CORRECTION IS GRIEVOUS UNTO HIM THAT FORSAKETH THE WAY: AND HE THAT HATETH REPROOF (or correction) SHALL DIE (or perish). HELL AND DESTRUCTION ARE BEFORE THE LORD: A SCORNER LOVETH NOT ONE THAT REPROVETH (or corrects) HIM: NEITHER WILL HE GO UNTO THE WISE.
As the coming of Jesus Christ approaches, we know that everything THAT CAN BE SHAKEN SHALL BE SHAKEN. That shaking will increase as we get closer and closer to the end. All that truly love the brethren, and are soft to correction should stand firm. All that do not love the brethren and are hard to correction, should be cut off and perish.
Lets repeat this. A person that does not want correction, and a person that does not love the brethren, is a person that is headed for eternal destruction except they repent.
Is the light that is in you really light, or is it darkness that you think is light? If that is so, then the darkness that is in you is very great. Such a person is naked. They are not clothed with the garments of righteousness. Their eyes are not anointed with eyesalve so that they can see. They are unrepentant. They do not understand, yet they think they do. And if they are hard to correction, then how can they have any hope-for even God, it appears, cannot reach them. They are reprobate. They believe in their heart that the strangers voice (which is Satan's voice) is God's voice. The darkness has blinded their eyes. Today's churches are full of such people. They think they serve God. They teach from the pulpits. They sing in the choirs. They teach in Bible schools. Yet only a few people are truly saved and are walking in the light as He is in the light, and hold fast to the end. Which are you???????
Col 3:2,3-SET (or focus) YOUR AFFECTION (or mind or heart) ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH. .For where your desires are and your treasure is, there is where your heart will be also. What is your double minded heart and divided mind set on?
Pv 10:12-.LOVE COVERETH ALL SINS.
1 Pe 4:8-.CHARITY (OR LOVE) SHALL COVER THE MULTITUDE OF SINS.
56-Love and faith and growth
Faith should be covered first and the fear of God. Love and faith should be covered after
Also note the category: Warning-faith will not work without Godly love
Also see #47
No matter how much faith (or trust) a person may think they have, no matter how much a person may think they are saved, if love for the brethren and for Christ from the heart is not combined with it, then a person is nothing. If a person does not love all his brothers and sisters in Christ as the Scriptures have said, then he is already deceived and is open to being deceived even more and may fall. Yet if a person loves the brethren as the Bible says, then it should be much more difficult for them to be deceived as they should have a fuller understanding of God's Word.
1 Thes 5:8-BUT LET US, WHO ARE OF THE DAY, BE SOBER, PUTTING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF FAITH (or trust) AND LOVE. Faith and love combined is a breastplate. It gives protection against the schemes and deceptive tactics of the devil. A breastplate is associated with righteousness-ref Isa 59:17, Eph 6:14, and judgment-ref Ex 28:15, and judgment upon his heart-ref Ex 28:29. God's Word presents a clear picture that without faith and love combined the person does not have on a breastplate as God prescribed for the priest in the Old Testament, nor does he have on the breastplate protecting himself against the schemes of the devil as described in Eph ch. 6. Also note Isa 59:17 and Eph 6:17 regarding the helmet of salvation. A person not having on this breastplate of faith and love combined can be very susceptible to wrong thinking, being like a wave in their walk with Jesus, and being easily deceived.
Regarding faith (or truth) note the following.
God's Word tells us in Eph 2:8-FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH (or trust).
It also tells us Hab 2:4-THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH (or trust). Ro 1:17-THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH (or trust). Gal 3:11-THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH (or trust). Heb 10:38-THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH (or trust).
So, we may ask, "What is faith?" Faith is a law. It is written in Ro 3:27-LAW OF FAITH.
Heb 11:1-NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. Faith is both substance and evidence. Heb 11:6-HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. Faith believes-God is. Faith believes-God will reward them. Faith believes the Bible as it is written.
Faith (or trust) is being fully persuaded that what God says in His Word is true, and it is true as applied to them, as it is written-Heb 11:13-THESE ALL.WERE PERSUADED OF THEM (the promises of God's Word), AND EMBRACED THEM, AND CONFESSED THAT THEY WERE STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH.
Faith is having a full assurance. It is written Heb 10:22-LET US DRAW NEAR WITH A TRUE HEART IN FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH, HAVING OUR HEARTS SPRINKLED FROM AN EVIL CONSCIENCE.
We might simply say that faith is believing God's Word in our heart exactly as it is written. True Biblical faith produces a change in a person's thinking, knowledge, attitude, and life style. It produces repentance. It changes our understanding of what sin is. It produces conformity to God's Word. It causes a person to be conformed to the image of Jesus-ref Ro 8:29, to be born again and put off the old man and put on the new man-ref Col 3:10.
Faith is a shield that enables a person to overcome or quench the wrong thinking that the devil puts in our thoughts and hearts which often stir up our emotions. Eph 6:16-ABOVE ALL, TAKING THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WHEREWITH YE SHALL BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED.
Faith is a breastplate if it is mixed with love. It is written in 1 Thes 5:8-THE BREASTPLATE OF FAITH AND LOVE.
Faith causes and enables a person to follow God, obey His Word, and to stand fast no matter what happens to him, and no matter what he has to go through right up to the time he dies to go and be with Jesus.
When God calls a person, and they surrender their life to Jesus, their faith (or trust) is small. They are as a little tree that has just sprouted. As time passes, and the person hears and studies God's Word and obeys it, they should grow in faith (or trust) even as the little tree grows strong if it has good soil and water. This should lead a person to surrender himself more and more to deny self and obey God's Word as it is written in 2 Cor 10:15-YOUR FAITH (or trust) IS INCREASED. True faith loves God. True faith loves the brethren. True faith fears God. True faith does not live by bread alone, but lives by every Word of God. True faith should not lie, cheat, deceive, practice sin, accuse, and complain. True faith should learn patience and obedience.
True faith (or trust) produces obedience and action. Noah believed God and did what God told him to do. Heb 11:7-BY FAITH (or trust) NOAH, BEING WARNED OF GOD OF THINGS NOT SEEN AS YET, MOVED WITH FEAR, PREPARED AN ARK TO THE SAVING OF HIS HOUSE; BY THE WHICH HE CONDEMNED THE WORLD, AND BECAME HEIR OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS BY FAITH (or trust).
By faith (or trust) we follow Jesus, often not knowing where we are going or what may happen as it is written in Heb 11:8-BY FAITH (or trust) ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO GO OUT INTO A PLACE WHICH HE SHOULD AFTER RECEIVE FOR AN INHERITANCE, OBEYED; AND HE WENT OUT, NOT KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT.
Rev 2:19-I KNOW THY WORKS, AND CHARITY (OR LOVE), AND SERVICE, AND FAITH, AND THY PATIENCE, AND THY WORKS; AND THE LAST TO BE MORE THAN THE FIRST.
Ja 2:20-BUT WILT THOU KNOW, O VAIN MAN, THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD? Ja 2:26-FOR AS THE BODY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO FAITH (or trust) WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO.
Ro 16:26 uses these words: THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH. Obedience to God's Word is a result of a person's Biblical faith.
Every writer of the Bible feared God but the wicked do not fear God. Ps 36:1-THE WICKED.THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE HIS EYES, AND THE WAY OF PEACE HAVE THEY NOT KNOWN-Ro 3:17. We are called to holiness. The Bible tells us regarding perfecting holiness: 2 Cor 7:1-PERFECTING HOLINESS IN THE FEAR OF GOD. AND BY THE FEAR OF THE LORD MEN DEPART FROM EVIL-Pv 16:6.
Faith also produces joy. It is written Phili 1:25-JOY OF FAITH.
Where does faith come from? Ro 10:17-SO THEN FAITH (or trust) COMETH BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. Faith can only come from God's Word. That needs repeating. Faith can only come from God's Word. The worldly stories and writings that so many preachers and people use these days do not produce faith. Faith comes through God's pure word only. Today's lukewarm, sleeping, wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked and anemic church uses lots of stories from all sorts of sources but little from God's Word. Is it surprising that most church goers know more about their preacher, his family, and what he has done, than they do about Jesus, the Word of God and what Jesus and the apostles did? Is it surprising that most know the words of many songs, but little of the words of the Bible. Is it surprising that most know more about today's news from the radio, television, or newspapers than they do about the Words of God? Are most people today living by every Word of God or by the words of the news, sports, weather, stock market, and their circumstances?
A person is not only to live by faith, but should die in faith for it is written regarding God's Word and promises: Heb 11:13-THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH,.AND WERE PERSUADED.AND EMBRACED THEM, AND CONFESSED.
Regarding faith, God gives us warnings as pertaining to drawing back from faith, faith which is like a wave, faith which doubts God's Word, and having no faith. Indeed, whatsoever is not of faith is sin. A person cannot please God no matter what they do, no matter how much they try to serve Him, no matter how much money they give, if they do not have Biblical faith. Note the following Scriptures.
Heb 10:23-LET US HOLD FAST THE PROFESSION OF OUR FAITH WITHOUT WAVERING; (FOR HE IS FAITHFUL THAT PROMISED;).
HEB 10:38-39-NOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH: BUT IF ANY MAN DRAW BACK, MY SOUL SHALL HAVE NO PLEASURE IN HIM. BUT WE ARE NOT OF THEM WHO DRAW BACK UNTO PERDITION (or eternal destruction or eternal punishment).
Ro 14:23-AND HE THAT DOUBTETH IS DAMNED IF HE EAT, BECAUSE HE EATETH NOT OF FAITH: FOR WHATSOEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS SIN.
Then in Heb 11:6-BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM
But is having faith enough? The answer is we also must have love combined with our faith, because if we have not love, our faith will not work and we are nothing.
(Faith and Love)
They go hand in hand
Eph 1:15-.I HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS, AND LOVE UNTO ALL THE SAINTS
Eph 3:17-THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH ; THAT YE, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE.
Eph 6:23-PEACE BE TO THE BRETHREN, AND LOVE WITH FAITH , FROM GOD THE FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Col 1:4-.WE HEARD OF YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, AND OF THE LOVE WHICH YE HAVE TO ALL THE SAINTS.
1 Tim 1:14-.THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT WITH FAITH AND LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.
1 Tim 6:11-BUT THOU, O MAN OF GOD,.FOLLOW AFTER.FAITH , LOVE. RIGHTEOUSNESS, GODLINESS, PATIENCE, MEEKNESS were also mentioned
2 Tim 1:13-HOLD FAST THE.SOUND WORDS,.IN FAITH AND LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS. Hold fast to the Word of God in FAITH and LOVE.
Phile 1:4-5-I THANK MY GOD,.HEARING OF THY LOVE AND FAITH , WHICH THOU HAST TOWARD THE LORD JESUS, AND TOWARD ALL SAINTS.
1 Cor 13:13-.NOW THESE THREE REMAIN (or abideth): FAITH , HOPE AND LOVE. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.
1 Jn 2:5-WHOSO KEEPETH HIS WORD, IN HIM.IS THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED.
2 Tim 2:22-.FOLLOW RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITH , CHARITY (OR LOVE), PEACE, WITH THEM THAT CALL ON THE LORD OUT OF A PURE HEART. Note the words: faith LOVE, peace, a pure heart. This is a command.
Titus 2:2-THAT THE AGED MEN BE SOBER (or temperate), GRAVE (or worthy of respect or reverent), TEMPERATE (or self controlled), SOUND IN FAITH , IN CHARITY (OR LOVE), IN PATIENCE (or endurance). Note the words sober, grace, temperate, faith, love, and patience. This is a command
2 Tim 3:10.THOU HAST FULLY KNOWN MY DOCTRINE, MANNER OF LIFE, PURPOSE, FAITH , LONGSUFFERING, CHARITY (OR LOVE), PATIENCE. Note the words: faith, longsuffering, love, and patience. These were both his doctrine, manner of life, and purpose. Very few people that name the name of Christ could say this today?
2 Pe 1:5,7-.ADD TO YOUR FAITH .(LOVE).
1 Tim 2:15-.CONTINUE IN FAITH AND CHARITY (or LOVE), AND HOLINESS WITH SOBRIETY (or self control).
Eph 4:15-(note these 4 words) IN LOVE MAY GROW
.UNTO HIM IN ALL THINGS. May grow-unto Jesus-in ALL things. We might say that faith becomes stagnated or dormant if love for God and the brethren is not also present.
2 Thes 1:3-WE OUGHT ALWAYS TO THANK GOD FOR YOU, BROTHERS, AND RIGHTLY SO, BECAUSE YOUR FAITH IS GROWING MORE AND MORE, AND THE LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS FOR EACH OTHER IS INCREASING (NIV).
Fact.1 Jn 4:7-LOVE IS OF GOD
Fact. 1 Jn 4:8-GOD IS LOVE.
Fact. SOS 8:7-MANY WATERS CANNOT QUENCH LOVE, NEITHER CAN THE FLOODS DROWN IT: IF A MAN WOULD GIVE ALL THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS HOUSE FOR LOVE, IT WOULD UTTERLY BE CONTEMNED (or scorned or despised).
Fact. Pv 10:12-.LOVE COVERETH ALL SINS.
Fact. 1 Cor 13:13-AND NOW THESE THREE REMAIN: FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.
Fact. 1 Jn 4:7,8-EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH IS BORN OF GOD, AND KNOWETH GOD. HE THAT LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD.
1 Jn 5:1-EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH HIM THAT BEGAT LOVETH HIM ALSO THAT IS BEGOTTEN OF HIM. Everyone that truly loves God, that begat, does love the children of God also which are his brothers.
1 Jn 4:18-THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE.
1 Jn 4:18-PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR.
1 Jn 4:18-HE THAT FEARETH IS NOT MADE PERFECT IN LOVE.
1 Jn 5:2-BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE THE CHILDREN OF GOD, WHEN WE LOVE GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. Loving God and keeping God's commandments is evidence that we love our brothers in Christ.
1 Jn 4:7-EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH IS BORN OF GOD,
1 Jn 4:7-EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH.KNOWETH GOD.
58-Purifying your heart to love
1 Pe 1:22-A person can purify their soul IN OBEYING THE TRUTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT UNTO UNFEIGNED (or sincere) LOVE OF THE BRETHREN. Obedience and sincere love for the brethren purifies the soul. The Bible talks of purifying your heart, ye double minded-ref Ja 4:8.
Acts 15:9-GOD.PURIFYING THEIR HEARTS BY FAITH. This is how to do it. (This also appears under #12)
1-Draw near to God
2-Cleanse your hand, ye sinners (repent)
3-Obey God's Word through the Spirit
4-Have sincere love for the brethren
5-Purifying their heart by faith
Four key words to purify the heart of the double minded: hope, obey, love, faith.
If a person sometimes speaks against the brethren, sometimes accuses the brethren, sometimes dislikes the brethren, sometimes works ill to the brethren, sometimes has bitterness toward the brethren, sometimes has wrong thinking toward the brethren, etc., then their heart needs to be purified. They need to repent. Their mind is not as the mind of Christ.
59-The brethren's love brings joy, consolation, refreshment, comfort to others, and edifies
Phile 1:7-FOR WE HAVE GREAT JOY AND CONSOLATION IN THY LOVE, BECAUSE THE BOWELS OF THE SAINTS ARE REFRESHED BY THEE, BROTHER. Note-IN THY LOVE.WE HAVE JOY, CONSOLATION, AND refreshment.
Phili 2:1, 2-THERE (is).COMFORT OF LOVE.
Col 2:2-(My purpose is) THAT THEIR HEARTS MIGHT BE COMFORTED (or encouraged), BEING KNIT (or joined) TOGETHER IN LOVE. Note the words THEIR HEARTS COMFORTED.BEING (joined) TOGETHER IN LOVE.
Eph 4:16-MAKETH INCREASE OF THE BODY UNTO THE EDIFYING OF ITSELF IN LOVE. The center of the whole body in Christ is Jesus and love. Love edifies. Things that are not centered in Christ's love do not edify. Anger does not edify. A bad attitude, one to another does not edify. . Bitterness and complaining does not edify. Disharmony between the brethren does not edify. A lack of patience one toward another does not edify. A brethren that will not greet another brethren does not edify.
Heb 6:10-FOR GOD IS NOT UNRIGHTEOUS TO FORGET YOUR WORK AND LABOUR OF LOVE, WHICH YE HAVE SHEWED TOWARD HIS NAME, IN THAT YE HAVE MINISTERED TO THE SAINTS, AND DO MINISTER. Ministering to the saints is a work of love in the eyes of God. God will not forget this.
61-Love-False brethren's love. They show much love with their mouth but will not obey
Ezek 33:31-32-AND THEY COME UNTO THEE AS THE PEOPLE COMETH, AND THEY SIT BEFORE THEE AS MY PEOPLE, AND THEY HEAR THY WORDS, BUT THEY WILL NOT DO THEM: FOR WITH THEIR MOUTH THEY SHEW MUCH LOVE, BUT THEIR HEART GOETH AFTER THEIR COVETOUSNESS. AND, LO, THOU ART UNTO THEM AS A VERY LOVELY SONG OF ONE THAT HATH A PLEASANT VOICE, AND CAN PLAY WELL ON AN INSTRUMENT: FOR THEY HEAR THY WORDS, BUT THEY DO THEM NOT.
1 Jn 3:17-BUT WHOSO HATH THIS WORLD'S GOOD, AND SEETH HIS BROTHER HAVE NEED, AND SHUTTETH UP HIS BOWELS OF COMPASSION FROM HIM, HOW DWELLETH THE LOVE OF GOD IN HIM?
1 Jn 3:18-MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD, NEITHER IN TONGUE; BUT IN DEED AND IN TRUTH.
1 Jn 4:20-IF A MAN SAY, I LOVE GOD, AND.LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER.HOW CAN HE LOVE GOD.?
62-Love-Your love is rewarded back with deceit, lying, hatred, adversaries, evil. These remembered not mercy,
they persecuted the poor and needy, loved cursing, and delighted not in blessing
Ps 109:1-5-FOR THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED AND THE MOUTH OF THE DECEITFUL ARE OPENED AGAINST ME: THEY HAVE SPOKEN AGAINST ME WITH A LYING TONGUE. THEY COMPASSED ME ABOUT.WITH WORDS OF HATRED; AND FOUGHT AGAINST ME WITHOUT A CAUSE. FOR MY LOVE THEY ARE MY ADVERSARIES. .THEY HAVE REWARDED ME EVIL FOR GOOD, AND HATRED FOR MY LOVE.
Ps 109:20-(They) SPEAK EVIL AGAINST MY SOUL.
Ps 109:31-(they) CONDEMN.
Ps 109:25-I BECAME ALSO A REPROACH UNTO THEM: WHEN THEY LOOKED UPON ME THEY SHAKED THEIR HEADS.
Ps 109:16-18-(they) REMEMBERED NOT TO SHEW MERCY. (They) PERSECUTED THE POOR AND NEEDY MAN. (They) MIGHT EVEN SLAY THE BROKEN IN HEART. (They) LOVED CURSING. (and) DELIGHTED NOT IN BLESSING. .HE CLOTHED HIMSELF WITH CURSING LIKE AS WITH HIS GARMENT,.
63-Love-When your love is rewarded back with evil, do these things
Praise the Lord. Pray
Ps 109:30,31-I WILL GREATLY PRAISE THE LORD WITH MY MOUTH; YEA, I WILL PRAISE HIM AMONG THE MULTITUDE. FOR HE SHALL STAND AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POOR, TO SAVE HIM FROM THOSE THAT CONDEMN HIS SOUL.
Ps 109:2-BUT I GIVE MYSELF UNTO PRAYER.
Ps 109:1-HOLD NOT THY PEACE, O GOD OF MY PRAISE.
Ps 109:21-24-BUT DO THOU FOR ME, O GOD THE LORD, FOR THY NAME'S SAKE: BECAUSE THY MERCY IS GOOD, DELIVER THOU ME. FOR I AM POOR AND NEEDY, AND MY HEART IS WOUNDED WITHIN ME. I AM GONE LIKE THE SHADOW WHEN IT DECLINETH: I AM TOSSED UP AND DOWN AS THE LOCUST. MY KNEES ARE WEAK THROUGH FASTING; AND MY FLESH FAILETH OF FATNESS.
Ps 109:26,27-HELP ME, O LORD MY GOD: O SAVE ME ACCORDING TO THY MERCY: THAT THEY MAY KNOW THAT THIS IS THY HAND; THAT THOU, LORD, HAST DONE IT.
Eph 4:1,2-I THEREFORE, THE PRISONER OF THE LORD, BESEECH YOU THAT YE WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION WHEREWITH YE ARE CALLED, WITH ALL LOWLINESS (or humbleness) AND MEEKNESS (or gentleness), WITH LONGSUFFERING (or patience), FORBEARING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE.
Phili 1:9-Paul's prayer was this: THIS I PRAY, THAT YOUR LOVE MAY ABOUND YET MORE AND MORE IN (the fullness of) KNOWLEDGE AND IN ALL JUDGMENT (or depth of insight)(or depth of discernment). Note the words LOVE.ABOUND IN KNOWLEDGE AND JUDGMENT or depth of insight or depth of discernment. The words love, knowledge, judgment, depth of insight, depth of discernment or understanding in God's Word are interwoven. If a person's love is not as it ought to be, then it is evidence that a person's knowledge, understanding, depth of discernment, and judgment regarding God's Word is also not as it ought to be. Do you want more understanding of God's Word, then try increasing your love for the brethren. The one should lead to the other.
Phili 2:1, 2-IF THERE BE THEREFORE ANY CONSOLATION IN CHRIST, IF ANY COMFORT OF LOVE, IF ANY FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT, IF ANY BOWELS AND MERCIES, FULFIL YE MY JOY, THAT YE BE LIKEMINDED, HAVING THE SAME LOVE, BEING OF ONE ACCORD, OF ONE MIND. Note the words "comfort of love" and (have) the same love, one accord, one mind. Also note the words-fellowship of the Spirit and mercies.
How little today's church seems to understand the FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT, being KINDLY AFFECTIONED ONE TO ANOTHER WITH BROTHERLY LOVE,.PREFERRING ONE ANOTHER-ref Ro 12:10; BEING KNIT TOGETHER IN LOVE-Col 2:2; loving THE BROTHERHOOD-ref 1 Pe 2:17, and bowing my knees (or being broken and yielding) UNTO THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, OF WHOM THE WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IS NAMED. So few understand what it really means with regards to obedience to God, forsaking everything and being a part of the family of God. When Biblical love is not present, then faith will not work and without faith, it is impossible to please God-ref Gal 5:6; Heb 11:6.
1 Tim 1:5-NOW THE END OF THE COMMANDMENT IS CHARITY (OR LOVE) OUT OF A (1) PURE HEART, AND (2) OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE, AND (3) OF FAITH UNFEIGNED (or sincere faith).
1 Cor 13:2-8,13-IF I HAVE A FAITH THAT CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS,.BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I AM NOTHING. IF I GIVE ALL I POSSESS TO THE POOR.BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I GAIN NOTHING. LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED.LOVE.REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT.ALWAYS PERSEVERES. LOVE NEVER FAILS. AND NOW THESE THREE REMAIN: FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE-NIV That love must be centered in Jesus Christ, Who is come in the flesh, God's only begotten Son, which is the living Word and in love for the brethren as He gave us commandment. 2 Jn 1:6-AND THIS IS LOVE, THAT WE WALK AFTER HIS COMMANDMENTS. Jn 13:35-BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER.
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