A Wind that
Blows Hard.
We see many things in this life, that gives us a sense of doom, and destruction. Many believe in the Prophecy’s of the prophets, and many others still do not. Weather you believe or not, the day is approaching, and coming quickly. We wonder why the people of this planet, believe that life will go on for eternity, as it is. There has been warnings from even, the so called scientist, that this world is being over populated, the seas are rising, and the ice caps are melting. Famine, flood, sickness, and war are ravaging this world, and no one thinks much about it. The rich are satisfied with their wealth, the poor have nowhere to go but down, and the lawless are taking as much as they can, sometimes in the name of their god, greed. Can you not see that, this world is destroying itself, can’t you see that, even the things that you see are not what they appear to be? The rulers of this planet call for peace, peace, and there is no peace to be found, only a semblance of what is given, as peace. It has all been a shadow, a false prophecy, a wind that blows hard, and no one can walk forward for all the pressure that this foul wind brings. We war in the name of peace, we develop drugs to dull the mind, and we develop other drugs for diseases that do not exist. We have become, A People of Dependence. Dependence upon drugs for our moods, dependence upon the army’s, for our safety, and dependence upon false religions for our spirits, we are doomed if we don’t stop, and walk threw the wind of change, the wind of indifference, and the wind of false religion. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (Isa 5:20.) Mankind calls debauchery good, free sex good, war, and conflicts good, but they forget to access the cost of their deception. The wind of change The wind of change has many stopped in their lives. Change is coming upon all of us. Those that were strong, will become week, the rich, will become poor, the young, will become old, the beautiful, will become bald, and unsightly. Those that go down into the pit, will not be welcomed, but despised by all. Have you called upon the winds of your god, and does he answer? Will you take a chance on your faith, that eternity will be glorious, or do you call upon a god that, doesn't answer, doesn't know, and doesn't live, are you sure of your gods? Those that do not believe in Heaven or Hell, are you sure, do you know for a fact that, there is no judgment coming upon all, do you really believe that, the wicked in this life will never be punished, by the separation from God, for all eternity, are you sure? Are you being carried away by, the wind of indifference. Indifference is; The state in which there is no difference, or in which no moral or physical reason preponderates; as when we speak of the indifference of things in themselves. Unconcerned; feeling no interest,anxiety or care respecting any thing. It seems to be impossible that a rational being should be indifferent to the means of obtaining endless happiness. Do you care, or are you, caught up in a indifferent wind? A wind that tells you that there is no good, no evil, and no punishment for unrighteousness, don't you care at all? If you say yes, then you are deceived. Your indifference will change when it comes to yourself or a loved one near you. You will curse those that hurt your family, you will call upon God, to punish these people for eternity, and you will even call out for the punishment of hell for them, a hell that you say, you don't believe in. At one time in your life, your indifference will turn to shame, and sorrow. There is no such thing as an atheist, for a so called atheist will become, and agnostic when sorrow or disaster hits his home. How long will you allow this wind to carry you? The Wind of False Religion. This is the wind that causes the most damage, to the heart, and soul, the spirit, and the body. You say that Christians are waiting for a Christ, that hasn't come back for over 2,000 years, you are the ones deceived, and in want, and need, of salvation from our gods. Have you said that Our Lord, has forgotten us, have left us to walk alone? Have you not read the scriptures; “And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”(2Pe 3:4.) Presumptuous skepticism and lawless lust, setting nature and its so-called laws above the God of nature and revelation, and arguing from the past continuity of nature’s phenomena that there can be no future interruption to them, was the sin of the antediluvians, and shall be that of the scoffers in the last days. Where — implying that it ought to have taken place before this, if ever it was to take place, but that it never will.(JFB.) He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.(Psa 10:11-15) As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. (Psa 73:20-23) Don't you understand that, God is patient with man. Patent enough to wait upon him, to decide, to whom he shall serve? We as Christians live by faith alone. We have seen, heard and do testify of the truth, not of our truth, but of the truth handed down to us by the Holy Spirit of God. We are of one body, we neither war, nor fight, against each other, but we live to serve each other, as Christ commanded us to do. Many other religions fight, and even kill each other, for power, and rule, this is a form of slavery, and containment of self expression. Will there be punishment for the wicked when Christ arrives to call Gods Children Home? Yes, for there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Is there a Heaven to gain, and a Hell to shun? Yes, for God is righteous, and all knowing. Heaven is Gods kingdom, and Hell is for the unbelievers in Christ. Why is this so? For if, you have read Gods word, you should know that Jesus is, Gods Word, in the flesh, for despising, and not believing in Christ, you have actually rejected the word of God, and this will be punished. Call upon you gods, for deliverance, call upon your gods, for subsistence, call upon your gods of winds, are they there, are they able to promise, and then deliver upon their promises? Have they protected you, and your belief in them? Will they save you from eternal torment in the lake of fire? Ars.
We see many things in this life, that gives us a sense of doom, and destruction. Many believe in the Prophecy’s of the prophets, and many others still do not. Weather you believe or not, the day is approaching, and coming quickly. We wonder why the people of this planet, believe that life will go on for eternity, as it is. There has been warnings from even, the so called scientist, that this world is being over populated, the seas are rising, and the ice caps are melting. Famine, flood, sickness, and war are ravaging this world, and no one thinks much about it. The rich are satisfied with their wealth, the poor have nowhere to go but down, and the lawless are taking as much as they can, sometimes in the name of their god, greed. Can you not see that, this world is destroying itself, can’t you see that, even the things that you see are not what they appear to be? The rulers of this planet call for peace, peace, and there is no peace to be found, only a semblance of what is given, as peace. It has all been a shadow, a false prophecy, a wind that blows hard, and no one can walk forward for all the pressure that this foul wind brings. We war in the name of peace, we develop drugs to dull the mind, and we develop other drugs for diseases that do not exist. We have become, A People of Dependence. Dependence upon drugs for our moods, dependence upon the army’s, for our safety, and dependence upon false religions for our spirits, we are doomed if we don’t stop, and walk threw the wind of change, the wind of indifference, and the wind of false religion. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (Isa 5:20.) Mankind calls debauchery good, free sex good, war, and conflicts good, but they forget to access the cost of their deception. The wind of change The wind of change has many stopped in their lives. Change is coming upon all of us. Those that were strong, will become week, the rich, will become poor, the young, will become old, the beautiful, will become bald, and unsightly. Those that go down into the pit, will not be welcomed, but despised by all. Have you called upon the winds of your god, and does he answer? Will you take a chance on your faith, that eternity will be glorious, or do you call upon a god that, doesn't answer, doesn't know, and doesn't live, are you sure of your gods? Those that do not believe in Heaven or Hell, are you sure, do you know for a fact that, there is no judgment coming upon all, do you really believe that, the wicked in this life will never be punished, by the separation from God, for all eternity, are you sure? Are you being carried away by, the wind of indifference. Indifference is; The state in which there is no difference, or in which no moral or physical reason preponderates; as when we speak of the indifference of things in themselves. Unconcerned; feeling no interest,anxiety or care respecting any thing. It seems to be impossible that a rational being should be indifferent to the means of obtaining endless happiness. Do you care, or are you, caught up in a indifferent wind? A wind that tells you that there is no good, no evil, and no punishment for unrighteousness, don't you care at all? If you say yes, then you are deceived. Your indifference will change when it comes to yourself or a loved one near you. You will curse those that hurt your family, you will call upon God, to punish these people for eternity, and you will even call out for the punishment of hell for them, a hell that you say, you don't believe in. At one time in your life, your indifference will turn to shame, and sorrow. There is no such thing as an atheist, for a so called atheist will become, and agnostic when sorrow or disaster hits his home. How long will you allow this wind to carry you? The Wind of False Religion. This is the wind that causes the most damage, to the heart, and soul, the spirit, and the body. You say that Christians are waiting for a Christ, that hasn't come back for over 2,000 years, you are the ones deceived, and in want, and need, of salvation from our gods. Have you said that Our Lord, has forgotten us, have left us to walk alone? Have you not read the scriptures; “And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”(2Pe 3:4.) Presumptuous skepticism and lawless lust, setting nature and its so-called laws above the God of nature and revelation, and arguing from the past continuity of nature’s phenomena that there can be no future interruption to them, was the sin of the antediluvians, and shall be that of the scoffers in the last days. Where — implying that it ought to have taken place before this, if ever it was to take place, but that it never will.(JFB.) He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.(Psa 10:11-15) As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. (Psa 73:20-23) Don't you understand that, God is patient with man. Patent enough to wait upon him, to decide, to whom he shall serve? We as Christians live by faith alone. We have seen, heard and do testify of the truth, not of our truth, but of the truth handed down to us by the Holy Spirit of God. We are of one body, we neither war, nor fight, against each other, but we live to serve each other, as Christ commanded us to do. Many other religions fight, and even kill each other, for power, and rule, this is a form of slavery, and containment of self expression. Will there be punishment for the wicked when Christ arrives to call Gods Children Home? Yes, for there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Is there a Heaven to gain, and a Hell to shun? Yes, for God is righteous, and all knowing. Heaven is Gods kingdom, and Hell is for the unbelievers in Christ. Why is this so? For if, you have read Gods word, you should know that Jesus is, Gods Word, in the flesh, for despising, and not believing in Christ, you have actually rejected the word of God, and this will be punished. Call upon you gods, for deliverance, call upon your gods, for subsistence, call upon your gods of winds, are they there, are they able to promise, and then deliver upon their promises? Have they protected you, and your belief in them? Will they save you from eternal torment in the lake of fire? Ars.
Dedication. A
Message and a Prayer.
Dedicate; To appropriate solemnly to any person or purpose; to give wholly or chiefly to. The ministers of the gospel dedicate themselves, their time, and their studies, to the service of Christ. Consecrated; devoted; and appropriated. Have you dedicated yourself to God? Have you dedicated yourself to the Principles, Oracles, and Word, that God is the only God, His statutes are real and true, and His Son is called Jesus Christ? Are you dedicated to Him? “I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.” Extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah. The Lord is great, and worthy to be praised. He heals me, in my time of illness, He raises me, in time of weakness, He comforts me, in time of loss, and He strengthens me, in time of peril. You love me, no matter weather I am Black, or white, Poor, or Rich, Fare in appearance, or homely. No matter weather I am from the North, South, East or west, you still love me. We rejoice over your strength, and the fear of your enemies toward you, and your Children. We applaud your Glory, and are in awl of your Grandeur, and Power. For you have taken the dust, that we came from, and lifted us up, clothed us in princely garments, placed a ring upon our finger, placed shoes upon our feet, and called us your Children, co-inheritors to Your Kingdom with Your Only Begotten Son, Jesus. What is it then, that we should offer our body's as a living sacrifice, which is our reasonable service to You. What is it then, that we should dedicate our lives to you, and to the purpose of seeking the lost souls for your kingdom? When I fear, you are there, when I ask for Faith, you give abundantly, when I hunger, do you not give me bread, and when I thirst, isn't there a spring that burst forth to my comfort? When this world says; “Woe unto us a troubled people.” We who are dedicated to you, have abundance of hope, for faith without works is dead, being alone. Our hope separates us from the rest of mankind. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; we are your Children. (Ref. Rom 12:12.) “Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity. (1Pe_3:15; Heb_10:23).We have given ourselves wholly, and chiefly to You. But O Lord, we need more faith to accomplish the things that are pleasing to You. Sometimes we are weak in body, thou our are spirit is willing. We fail You often, our Lord, thou we mean not to. We backslide at times Lord, seeking help from man first, instead of turning to prayer. For this we are sorry. “O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.” Our dedication to the Lord is not futile, for we worship a God, that is not only able to promise, but also is most able, to deliver. We worship a God that knows what we need, even before we ask. We worship a God that chastises us, when we become unruly and self pleasing. We worship a God that has made allowances for our weakness, and failures. We give thanks for your holiness, your mercy and your understanding. Do we call upon the name, Lord, I Am,Yahweh, El,and Christ? Yes, for all are one and one is in all. “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.” Be not angry at me, O Lord, for I am still learning Your ways, and have trouble at times understanding. Send to me, Your Holy Spirit, to teach me, guide me, and instruct me in Your Holiness. I have cried all the night long, for Your forgiveness, and comfort. I have stood upon the house top, shouting Your praises. I have sung songs, and spiritual songs, to Your name, for thou art Holy, and worthy. Is my dedication to you not full, am I or do I still lack something to please you? Tell me, O Lord, and I will repent. For as I live, I live unto You. “I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.” For if, and when, I die, who shall Glorify Thy name, after me? Shall one as I, come forth, and pick up the cross, that was left behind? Shall there be others to praise you, when I am unable? For with in the Grave, I know nothing, say nothing, and praise no one. My dedication to you has not ended at the grave, for we shall live again, with the promises of Your Son, and the Hope that lyes within me. I pray that I am worthy to sing a song to you in Heaven, play a stringed instrument to You for Your pleasure. Dance a dance in joy, and comfort. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. O LORD my God, I am dedicated to you. Ars. Psa 30:1- Psa 30:12. Psa 68.(Webster.)(Easton.)(TSK.)
Dedicate; To appropriate solemnly to any person or purpose; to give wholly or chiefly to. The ministers of the gospel dedicate themselves, their time, and their studies, to the service of Christ. Consecrated; devoted; and appropriated. Have you dedicated yourself to God? Have you dedicated yourself to the Principles, Oracles, and Word, that God is the only God, His statutes are real and true, and His Son is called Jesus Christ? Are you dedicated to Him? “I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.” Extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah. The Lord is great, and worthy to be praised. He heals me, in my time of illness, He raises me, in time of weakness, He comforts me, in time of loss, and He strengthens me, in time of peril. You love me, no matter weather I am Black, or white, Poor, or Rich, Fare in appearance, or homely. No matter weather I am from the North, South, East or west, you still love me. We rejoice over your strength, and the fear of your enemies toward you, and your Children. We applaud your Glory, and are in awl of your Grandeur, and Power. For you have taken the dust, that we came from, and lifted us up, clothed us in princely garments, placed a ring upon our finger, placed shoes upon our feet, and called us your Children, co-inheritors to Your Kingdom with Your Only Begotten Son, Jesus. What is it then, that we should offer our body's as a living sacrifice, which is our reasonable service to You. What is it then, that we should dedicate our lives to you, and to the purpose of seeking the lost souls for your kingdom? When I fear, you are there, when I ask for Faith, you give abundantly, when I hunger, do you not give me bread, and when I thirst, isn't there a spring that burst forth to my comfort? When this world says; “Woe unto us a troubled people.” We who are dedicated to you, have abundance of hope, for faith without works is dead, being alone. Our hope separates us from the rest of mankind. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; we are your Children. (Ref. Rom 12:12.) “Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity. (1Pe_3:15; Heb_10:23).We have given ourselves wholly, and chiefly to You. But O Lord, we need more faith to accomplish the things that are pleasing to You. Sometimes we are weak in body, thou our are spirit is willing. We fail You often, our Lord, thou we mean not to. We backslide at times Lord, seeking help from man first, instead of turning to prayer. For this we are sorry. “O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.” Our dedication to the Lord is not futile, for we worship a God, that is not only able to promise, but also is most able, to deliver. We worship a God that knows what we need, even before we ask. We worship a God that chastises us, when we become unruly and self pleasing. We worship a God that has made allowances for our weakness, and failures. We give thanks for your holiness, your mercy and your understanding. Do we call upon the name, Lord, I Am,Yahweh, El,and Christ? Yes, for all are one and one is in all. “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.” Be not angry at me, O Lord, for I am still learning Your ways, and have trouble at times understanding. Send to me, Your Holy Spirit, to teach me, guide me, and instruct me in Your Holiness. I have cried all the night long, for Your forgiveness, and comfort. I have stood upon the house top, shouting Your praises. I have sung songs, and spiritual songs, to Your name, for thou art Holy, and worthy. Is my dedication to you not full, am I or do I still lack something to please you? Tell me, O Lord, and I will repent. For as I live, I live unto You. “I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.” For if, and when, I die, who shall Glorify Thy name, after me? Shall one as I, come forth, and pick up the cross, that was left behind? Shall there be others to praise you, when I am unable? For with in the Grave, I know nothing, say nothing, and praise no one. My dedication to you has not ended at the grave, for we shall live again, with the promises of Your Son, and the Hope that lyes within me. I pray that I am worthy to sing a song to you in Heaven, play a stringed instrument to You for Your pleasure. Dance a dance in joy, and comfort. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. O LORD my God, I am dedicated to you. Ars. Psa 30:1- Psa 30:12. Psa 68.(Webster.)(Easton.)(TSK.)
A Prayer.
Warriors Prayer "Precious God of (Our) Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may you grant (us) a spirit of wisdom and revelation - of insight into mysteries and secrets – in the deep and intimate knowledge of You, by having the eyes of (our) heart flooded with light, so that (we) can know and understand the hope to which you have called (us), your set apart one, and by faith (we’ll) comprehend the greatness of Your power that is at work within (us), so that I can know and understand what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing, greatness of Your power in and for me because I believe, as demonstrated in the working of Your mighty strength,power, provisions in which You exerted in Christ when you raised Him from the dead and seated Him at Your own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come. You have put all things under His feet and have appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.Precious Jesus (we) will never be able to repay You for what you've done before (Us) in our life but at least (We) can at least show You (our) gratitude in (our) heart's by fulling the promises that (we) made unto You by (our) covenant unto You. All (we) want to do is give (our) thankfulness in (all) that You've done that no one else could ever do in our daily lives. Thank You Father in keeping Your promises so those whom are in the blood of You Jesus is (our) channel of (our) forgivness by Your blood and (our) price has been bought by the price You've paid for (all) of us by the way of that wonderful Cross. Which [saves, cleanses, sanctifies, purifies that has redeemed Your children. I acknowledge the whole armor of God. I pray that every thought that satan or any of his kingdom tries to put in my mind will bounce off the helmet of salvation and return to the sender. Heal every memory that could hold me back from being all that You want me to be. I recognize that I have on the breastplate of righteousness, my loins are girded with the truth and my feet are shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. I take up the sword of the spirit and the shield of faith.Now,satan (We) come against You and your entire kingdom and (We) declaire, in the Name of Jesus, that you cannot and will not have any part of (Our)lives in any part of (not) only my life but all of the lives that (We) pray for or refer to in our prayers (specifically) in any way shape or form. You can do absolutely have nothing to do with our minds,bodies,souls, spirit, emotionss, and our wills; our marriages, single life, finances, friendships, families, acquaintances, fellwoships, homes, schools, armed forces, workplaces, and places of our recreations, transportations, or any kind of vehicles that would come very close to us and in any of your decisions that is concerning any one of in our life. For ( We) break every curse, spell, hex that has been put out against any one of us. I break the power of any curse from a witch, warlock or satanist; every santerian curse, roots curse, Indian curse, voodoo curse, and curse of words spoken, or anything written or any objects. I reverse the curse and send it back to the demon that brought it in the first place, AND I COMMAND THAT DEMON TO GO BOUND INTO UNINHABITED DRY PLACES IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I break every ungodly emotional soul tie that is connected to any of us, in the Name of Jesus. In the Name of Jesus and through His living blood, I bind and sever every cord of any prince or principality, any strong man and every spirit of darkness over my house at (your address). I put a Jesus Christ bloodline in between each one of you and I cut off your communications, confuse your camp, render you inactive, and cast you out, in Jesus’ Name. I bind and cast out every spirit of poverty, lack, confusion, cloudiness, mind binding, selfishness, anxiety, and procrastination. I bind and cast out every spirit of fear, heaviness, jealousy, bondage, whoredom, lying, perversion, slumber and infirmity. I plead the blood of Jesus around the property line, above the roof, and below the foundation of my home, and I bind you, satan, and your entire kingdom from crossing the bloodline. I command you for myself and the people I have just referred to, that you can have nothing to do with us or any aspect of our lives in any way, shape or form! I now call on God’s warring angels to make it happen. In the Name of Jesus, I loose myself and each family member to the power of the Holy Spirit and I speak forth blessings of prosperity, clarity, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, discernment, abundance, and good health. I also speak creativity and a sound mind. I take control of my mind and reflect every evil thought and receive every good thought, in the Name of Jesus. I loose myself and my children to the ministry of the Holy Spirit and speak love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance into our lives.Satan, I take authority and command you and all your evil spirits to loose our family household and all the things you have stolen from us, including our property, income and investments, and return it seven-fold, in Jesus’ Name. I ask you, Father, that You send Your warring angels and cause to come into our family all the monies, treasures, properties, assets and things satan has stolen from us that have been ours through the blessings of Jesus Christ. In the Name of Jesus, I take authority and bind every principality and strong man over (name business, job and any endeavors) at (name locations). I come against and cast out every spirit of fear, mismanagement, poverty, confusion, lack, failure and bankruptcy. In the Name of Jesus and through the power of the Holy Spirit, I loose sound management, prosperity, clarity, wisdom, knowledge, blessings, profit, honesty, success, and favor from any business associates. Father, I ask You, in the Name of Jesus, that You send warring angels to go before me to accomplish these blessings and create favor in my business. In the Name of Jesus Christ and through His living blood, I bind you satan, and your entire kingdom so that you cannot and will not be active in (your community), in any person or animal. I come against your strongholds over every place dealing in drugs, pornography, prostitution, bars and nude bars, places selling witchcraft paraphernalia, palm readers and any place worshipping a false god. Through the power of the Holy Spirit vested in me, I tear down and curse these businesses at the roots and command them to dry up and go away. Lord, don’t let me be just a warrior in Your Kingdom, but let me be a mighty warrior and frontline soldier, so that when I see You face to face You will say, “Well done, good and faithful servant; come on in.” Which allows us to have granted us access unto your throne room your anointing by handing us access into Your most Holy Place deeply within our hearts that has forever set us (free) simply because (we) love You precious Father God.We "Thank You" from within us as You hear our worship and all of our praises that's up in Your Throne room "Thank You for from keeping us from stumbling in all of those dark paths that we follow Your light like You did in that tabernacle in the day's of old in beholding Your glory by day by Your "Piller of Your Cloud as You have shown (us) the way to go by day and nights and by smelling the fires of your Holy Presence by night in the anointing of our prayer going up and back by our prayers in behalf of (all) others before You Father God. For You alway's care for Your people and when Your love shines upon (us) when we all die that is so very priceless. For (we) are Your servants Yes (We) are Your servants born into Your household. You've broken (our) chains that kept us bound as (we) call out Your name as (we) give our very progressive Honor unto You as all of Your children do in shouting on our rooftops in giving You all in thanking You of that sacrifice which You have done as (we) call on Your precious name of Jesus Christ whom is our Lord and Savior as our lives are alway's envokes veneration and awe causing us in that frightening beyond ones own beliefs being fulfilled in the presence of our Holy God. And In Jesus Name, Amen. "Eph. 1:17-20;Eph.6:8-22; Ex.13:21;Ps.51:1-3;Ps.116" i _amgodschild Would love to "Thank Everyone,"whom either has posted this or had sent posting to me from all of those e-mail address! Some of them I will or have passed on to all readers whom looks at all blog sites that I use. Thank You for allow in this site,group sites, web sites and other prayer sites as well in holding one another up for prayer's being totally united in everyone around this world, it's about Jesus Christ first and prayers,intecessory prayer's and at other times about this vast world we live in today which this old world as we all know it is slowly departing to be reaching our home in glory. (i_amgodschild)
Warriors Prayer "Precious God of (Our) Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may you grant (us) a spirit of wisdom and revelation - of insight into mysteries and secrets – in the deep and intimate knowledge of You, by having the eyes of (our) heart flooded with light, so that (we) can know and understand the hope to which you have called (us), your set apart one, and by faith (we’ll) comprehend the greatness of Your power that is at work within (us), so that I can know and understand what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing, greatness of Your power in and for me because I believe, as demonstrated in the working of Your mighty strength,power, provisions in which You exerted in Christ when you raised Him from the dead and seated Him at Your own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come. You have put all things under His feet and have appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.Precious Jesus (we) will never be able to repay You for what you've done before (Us) in our life but at least (We) can at least show You (our) gratitude in (our) heart's by fulling the promises that (we) made unto You by (our) covenant unto You. All (we) want to do is give (our) thankfulness in (all) that You've done that no one else could ever do in our daily lives. Thank You Father in keeping Your promises so those whom are in the blood of You Jesus is (our) channel of (our) forgivness by Your blood and (our) price has been bought by the price You've paid for (all) of us by the way of that wonderful Cross. Which [saves, cleanses, sanctifies, purifies that has redeemed Your children. I acknowledge the whole armor of God. I pray that every thought that satan or any of his kingdom tries to put in my mind will bounce off the helmet of salvation and return to the sender. Heal every memory that could hold me back from being all that You want me to be. I recognize that I have on the breastplate of righteousness, my loins are girded with the truth and my feet are shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. I take up the sword of the spirit and the shield of faith.Now,satan (We) come against You and your entire kingdom and (We) declaire, in the Name of Jesus, that you cannot and will not have any part of (Our)lives in any part of (not) only my life but all of the lives that (We) pray for or refer to in our prayers (specifically) in any way shape or form. You can do absolutely have nothing to do with our minds,bodies,souls, spirit, emotionss, and our wills; our marriages, single life, finances, friendships, families, acquaintances, fellwoships, homes, schools, armed forces, workplaces, and places of our recreations, transportations, or any kind of vehicles that would come very close to us and in any of your decisions that is concerning any one of in our life. For ( We) break every curse, spell, hex that has been put out against any one of us. I break the power of any curse from a witch, warlock or satanist; every santerian curse, roots curse, Indian curse, voodoo curse, and curse of words spoken, or anything written or any objects. I reverse the curse and send it back to the demon that brought it in the first place, AND I COMMAND THAT DEMON TO GO BOUND INTO UNINHABITED DRY PLACES IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I break every ungodly emotional soul tie that is connected to any of us, in the Name of Jesus. In the Name of Jesus and through His living blood, I bind and sever every cord of any prince or principality, any strong man and every spirit of darkness over my house at (your address). I put a Jesus Christ bloodline in between each one of you and I cut off your communications, confuse your camp, render you inactive, and cast you out, in Jesus’ Name. I bind and cast out every spirit of poverty, lack, confusion, cloudiness, mind binding, selfishness, anxiety, and procrastination. I bind and cast out every spirit of fear, heaviness, jealousy, bondage, whoredom, lying, perversion, slumber and infirmity. I plead the blood of Jesus around the property line, above the roof, and below the foundation of my home, and I bind you, satan, and your entire kingdom from crossing the bloodline. I command you for myself and the people I have just referred to, that you can have nothing to do with us or any aspect of our lives in any way, shape or form! I now call on God’s warring angels to make it happen. In the Name of Jesus, I loose myself and each family member to the power of the Holy Spirit and I speak forth blessings of prosperity, clarity, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, discernment, abundance, and good health. I also speak creativity and a sound mind. I take control of my mind and reflect every evil thought and receive every good thought, in the Name of Jesus. I loose myself and my children to the ministry of the Holy Spirit and speak love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance into our lives.Satan, I take authority and command you and all your evil spirits to loose our family household and all the things you have stolen from us, including our property, income and investments, and return it seven-fold, in Jesus’ Name. I ask you, Father, that You send Your warring angels and cause to come into our family all the monies, treasures, properties, assets and things satan has stolen from us that have been ours through the blessings of Jesus Christ. In the Name of Jesus, I take authority and bind every principality and strong man over (name business, job and any endeavors) at (name locations). I come against and cast out every spirit of fear, mismanagement, poverty, confusion, lack, failure and bankruptcy. In the Name of Jesus and through the power of the Holy Spirit, I loose sound management, prosperity, clarity, wisdom, knowledge, blessings, profit, honesty, success, and favor from any business associates. Father, I ask You, in the Name of Jesus, that You send warring angels to go before me to accomplish these blessings and create favor in my business. In the Name of Jesus Christ and through His living blood, I bind you satan, and your entire kingdom so that you cannot and will not be active in (your community), in any person or animal. I come against your strongholds over every place dealing in drugs, pornography, prostitution, bars and nude bars, places selling witchcraft paraphernalia, palm readers and any place worshipping a false god. Through the power of the Holy Spirit vested in me, I tear down and curse these businesses at the roots and command them to dry up and go away. Lord, don’t let me be just a warrior in Your Kingdom, but let me be a mighty warrior and frontline soldier, so that when I see You face to face You will say, “Well done, good and faithful servant; come on in.” Which allows us to have granted us access unto your throne room your anointing by handing us access into Your most Holy Place deeply within our hearts that has forever set us (free) simply because (we) love You precious Father God.We "Thank You" from within us as You hear our worship and all of our praises that's up in Your Throne room "Thank You for from keeping us from stumbling in all of those dark paths that we follow Your light like You did in that tabernacle in the day's of old in beholding Your glory by day by Your "Piller of Your Cloud as You have shown (us) the way to go by day and nights and by smelling the fires of your Holy Presence by night in the anointing of our prayer going up and back by our prayers in behalf of (all) others before You Father God. For You alway's care for Your people and when Your love shines upon (us) when we all die that is so very priceless. For (we) are Your servants Yes (We) are Your servants born into Your household. You've broken (our) chains that kept us bound as (we) call out Your name as (we) give our very progressive Honor unto You as all of Your children do in shouting on our rooftops in giving You all in thanking You of that sacrifice which You have done as (we) call on Your precious name of Jesus Christ whom is our Lord and Savior as our lives are alway's envokes veneration and awe causing us in that frightening beyond ones own beliefs being fulfilled in the presence of our Holy God. And In Jesus Name, Amen. "Eph. 1:17-20;Eph.6:8-22; Ex.13:21;Ps.51:1-3;Ps.116" i _amgodschild Would love to "Thank Everyone,"whom either has posted this or had sent posting to me from all of those e-mail address! Some of them I will or have passed on to all readers whom looks at all blog sites that I use. Thank You for allow in this site,group sites, web sites and other prayer sites as well in holding one another up for prayer's being totally united in everyone around this world, it's about Jesus Christ first and prayers,intecessory prayer's and at other times about this vast world we live in today which this old world as we all know it is slowly departing to be reaching our home in glory. (i_amgodschild)
Divisions,Understanding, and Knowledge.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.(1Co 1:9-10)Many times in my Ministry, I have seen strife, divisions, and contentions among the Church. We are a brotherhood of believers, we are of one mind, heart, and of one purpose.God is faithful in His promises. There has never been one instance that God has not provided for His Children. There are although at times, that a member of the church, will enter into a work that was not ordained by the Lord.When the Lord ordains, or commissions, a work for a member, that work will be provided for, and it will accomplish what the Lord intended it to do. But when we take it upon ourselves to do things outside of the will of the Lord, we are on our own.Divisions,Understanding, and Knowledge.A Division is; Disunion; discord; variance; difference.There should be no difference between the children of God. For do not we all serve the same Lord? Do not we all believe in the same Christ? Are we not all taught by the Holy Spirit? Then why are there divisions among you, and among the other brothers in Christ?There is a fine line between rebuking, and being harsh. There is a fine line between having a difference between members, and hating one another. As with the ministry, that the Lord has given me, I watch very closely for these things. I will not allow Satan to come between members, for we are the light of the world and if there be divisions among us, then who shall be the light?What brings divisions among the members of the family of God? Lack of communication, knowledge, and understanding among the people.A Lack of communication brings about differences, which brings about confusion. When two people are in disunion among each other, they must stop, come together, and reason one with another. “Come let us reason together”; saith the Lord.Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? (Job 15:3)Bad communication brings about stress, conflict, and bad manners.We must first come to know each other, their wants, wishes, dreams and desires of their heart.This is where our communication begins. Knowing the brother is utmost important in becoming friends and in fellowship with one another. For as it is written; “ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”Understanding.Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; union of sentiments.By understanding I mean that faculty whereby we are enabled to apprehend the objects of knowledge, generals or particulars, absent or present, and to judge of their truth or falsehood, good or evil. (Webster.)There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding. (Job 32.)We must understand one another. Sometimes a mans zeal for the work in the Lord, will cause him to overstep his authority or boundary for what the Lord had intended. We all know as we know, we understand to our own limits of understanding. But when it comes to the purpose of each man or woman, the Spirit must do the leading.What do I mean by this? Lets take for example a two men say, “We are led by God to open up a clothing closet for the needy.” Each man goes and open his building. After a year, the first man closes his building, for no one wanted the clothing, but the second man has great success, and even convinced some to go to church and learn of Jesus. Which one do you believe was directed by God to open up this clothing closet?We then understand the intentions of each man, but one was commissioned by God to do a work and the other wasn't. This same thing happens many times in many different situations.We must understand that each member of the family of God desires to do a great work in the Lord. We must also understand that many times words, or comments are made that are not meant to harm but are misunderstood. This is the time to go to your brother or sister and communicate one with another in love of Christ.Knowledge.Knowledge is; A clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the perception of the connection and agreement, or disagreement and repugnancy of our ideas.“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” (Col 4:2-6)We have been taught how to speak one to another. We have been taught how to answer one another. We are not of this world, we have become a separated people, a royal priesthood. “Let your speech be alway with grace.” This is what separates us from the world. I have been tried, tested, and yes even lied to, but threw it all, I have found the grace to be able to answer each man with understanding and love.Sometimes we say things without thinking. This is an error of our own making. But we must be able to forgive and forget as we wish others to do for us.If we forgive but never forget, then we have not forgiven. If we forgive but hold a grudge against a brother then we have sinned and must leave our offerings at the alter and make peace between each other. This is the way of the Lord. Brothers and Sisters, these are the end of days and what manner of people should we be before the world and the Lord. We have no promise of tomorrow and if it doesn't come we must answer for our words and works preformed. The world doesn't believe in the end of days, but we must believe, for it is the word of God concerning His creations.The Temple of Spirit and Truth , A.R.Smith Ministries, is a ministry of Spiritual Guidance. I have taught total dependence upon God, love toward one another and the greatest thing, seeking out the lost souls for the Kingdom of God. Where do we go from here? We remain on the same path, trying to get all ministers, and ministries of Christ to join one with another, knowing one another, seeking out those of like faith, this all according to the will of the Lord concerning all that believe.All of our wisdom,Understanding, and Knowledge comes from the word of God. As it is written; “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.For every man shall bear his own burden.Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.” (Gal 6:1-6)Brothers and Sisters, I am nothing, I seek not any glory, for I only seek glory for the Lord. We must all remember who we are, servants unto the Lord.Ars.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.(1Co 1:9-10)Many times in my Ministry, I have seen strife, divisions, and contentions among the Church. We are a brotherhood of believers, we are of one mind, heart, and of one purpose.God is faithful in His promises. There has never been one instance that God has not provided for His Children. There are although at times, that a member of the church, will enter into a work that was not ordained by the Lord.When the Lord ordains, or commissions, a work for a member, that work will be provided for, and it will accomplish what the Lord intended it to do. But when we take it upon ourselves to do things outside of the will of the Lord, we are on our own.Divisions,Understanding, and Knowledge.A Division is; Disunion; discord; variance; difference.There should be no difference between the children of God. For do not we all serve the same Lord? Do not we all believe in the same Christ? Are we not all taught by the Holy Spirit? Then why are there divisions among you, and among the other brothers in Christ?There is a fine line between rebuking, and being harsh. There is a fine line between having a difference between members, and hating one another. As with the ministry, that the Lord has given me, I watch very closely for these things. I will not allow Satan to come between members, for we are the light of the world and if there be divisions among us, then who shall be the light?What brings divisions among the members of the family of God? Lack of communication, knowledge, and understanding among the people.A Lack of communication brings about differences, which brings about confusion. When two people are in disunion among each other, they must stop, come together, and reason one with another. “Come let us reason together”; saith the Lord.Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? (Job 15:3)Bad communication brings about stress, conflict, and bad manners.We must first come to know each other, their wants, wishes, dreams and desires of their heart.This is where our communication begins. Knowing the brother is utmost important in becoming friends and in fellowship with one another. For as it is written; “ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”Understanding.Intelligence between two or more persons; agreement of minds; union of sentiments.By understanding I mean that faculty whereby we are enabled to apprehend the objects of knowledge, generals or particulars, absent or present, and to judge of their truth or falsehood, good or evil. (Webster.)There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding. (Job 32.)We must understand one another. Sometimes a mans zeal for the work in the Lord, will cause him to overstep his authority or boundary for what the Lord had intended. We all know as we know, we understand to our own limits of understanding. But when it comes to the purpose of each man or woman, the Spirit must do the leading.What do I mean by this? Lets take for example a two men say, “We are led by God to open up a clothing closet for the needy.” Each man goes and open his building. After a year, the first man closes his building, for no one wanted the clothing, but the second man has great success, and even convinced some to go to church and learn of Jesus. Which one do you believe was directed by God to open up this clothing closet?We then understand the intentions of each man, but one was commissioned by God to do a work and the other wasn't. This same thing happens many times in many different situations.We must understand that each member of the family of God desires to do a great work in the Lord. We must also understand that many times words, or comments are made that are not meant to harm but are misunderstood. This is the time to go to your brother or sister and communicate one with another in love of Christ.Knowledge.Knowledge is; A clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the perception of the connection and agreement, or disagreement and repugnancy of our ideas.“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” (Col 4:2-6)We have been taught how to speak one to another. We have been taught how to answer one another. We are not of this world, we have become a separated people, a royal priesthood. “Let your speech be alway with grace.” This is what separates us from the world. I have been tried, tested, and yes even lied to, but threw it all, I have found the grace to be able to answer each man with understanding and love.Sometimes we say things without thinking. This is an error of our own making. But we must be able to forgive and forget as we wish others to do for us.If we forgive but never forget, then we have not forgiven. If we forgive but hold a grudge against a brother then we have sinned and must leave our offerings at the alter and make peace between each other. This is the way of the Lord. Brothers and Sisters, these are the end of days and what manner of people should we be before the world and the Lord. We have no promise of tomorrow and if it doesn't come we must answer for our words and works preformed. The world doesn't believe in the end of days, but we must believe, for it is the word of God concerning His creations.The Temple of Spirit and Truth , A.R.Smith Ministries, is a ministry of Spiritual Guidance. I have taught total dependence upon God, love toward one another and the greatest thing, seeking out the lost souls for the Kingdom of God. Where do we go from here? We remain on the same path, trying to get all ministers, and ministries of Christ to join one with another, knowing one another, seeking out those of like faith, this all according to the will of the Lord concerning all that believe.All of our wisdom,Understanding, and Knowledge comes from the word of God. As it is written; “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.For every man shall bear his own burden.Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.” (Gal 6:1-6)Brothers and Sisters, I am nothing, I seek not any glory, for I only seek glory for the Lord. We must all remember who we are, servants unto the Lord.Ars.
Crossroads.
The Valley of Decision.Weather we are in a car, bike, airplane, bus, train, or we walk, we all choose where we are going. We buy gas, air the tires, allocate a ticket, or start walking. The destination, and how we travel, is totally up to us. We are not going to buy a ticket to Paris, if we are going to Arizona, neither are we going to walk north, if we are destined to walk south.Our destination is also our destiny. If we set our minds to go to London, then we are going to arrive there, if we have made plans to make this trip.Our destiny also determines our destination.What is destiny?It is a State or condition appointed or predetermined; ultimate fate; as, men are solicitous(Seeking to know, or inquire about.) to know their future, which is however happily concealed from them. In other words, you may not know what tomorrow has in store, but if tomorrow doesn't come, you have already made your destination clear, irreversible, and unchangeable.Your destiny is appointed by an indissoluble connection of causes, and effects, which are established by your choices.Invincible necessity; fate; a necessity or fixed order of things established by a divine decree, or by an indissoluble connection of causes and effects.For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, “I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. (Act 13:47-48)Ordain; To set; to establish; to institute; to constitute.Does Acts; 13:47-48, mean that men are pre-ordained to go to Heaven, or Hell?No. Each man has that destination at his fingertips, choosing one over the other. “as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.” These were the ones established to have eternal life, by their choice, in faith, of what they had believed. Others were not set aside because of their unbelief. This is not to say, that, God doesn't already know who will accept or reject, but that all men are given the opportunity to believe. It is the will of God that no man should perish but that all should come into repentance, the choice is still yours.Unlike a ticket, that can be changed, rescheduled, or even canceled, your destiny will be accomplished, as per your decisions. Does this mean that God will not always accept peoples request for forgiveness? The answer, surprising maybe to some, is yes.“Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.” (Joe 3:13-15)We have been in this valley of decision for over 2000 years. The Lords patience is long but not never ending. The decisions that we make each and every day, affect our destiny and destination. What do I mean? If we decide to commit robbery and then die, by the cause of our act, then we will, at the judgment, be judged as a robber, the same goes for all manner of sin and debauchery. Without the forgiveness of sin, the only destination that is allocated to those that accomplish unrighteousness in their lives, is the Lake that burns with fire and brimstone.And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. (Gen 6:3)We are at this crossroad, a choice must and will be made by each and every individual. You say; “I won't choose.” Then you have already made your choice. How many people in this world, have never heard of Jesus Christ? No one. His name is broad cast around the world and even among the unbelieving, His name bring about controversy and even hate.By your inaction of not choosing, your destination has already been chosen by you. Inaction brings about and action of its own. Just as not painting steel, it will rust faster.As it is written; And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (Gen 6:6)Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24)Why will many, in this verse, not enter into the kingdom of Heaven? Its because when they came to the crossroad of decision, weather to go to the right or the left, they chose the wrong path, or didn't make a choice at all, this being their inaction. For there will be no excuse for anyone before the Lord at the time of Judgment. The greatest sin to me, being my own opinion, is unbelief. Many people in these last days have become stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears. They have turned away from everything that is good, also calling evil good, and good evil. They say that being a good man and a good woman is all it takes to make it to heaven. This is a deception and a lie from the dark one.For as it is written; “Hath not my hand made all these things?Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. ” (Act 7:50-51)Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? (Isa 45:9)Have you said in your heart, “ I have not sinned.”“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1Jn 1:9-10)Didn't you know by your inaction, or by not accepting Jesus, as Lord and Christ, you have called God a lier?For a lier is just as great as a murderer, in the eyes of God. We have been looking in the eyes of the flesh too long. It is far time that we start looking into the eyes of the Spirit.Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.Your time is running out, the sun is about to go down upon the life of this world. There arises a new day that all unrighteousness shall not exist. Your crossroads are near. Ars.( References;Webster, Easton,T.S.K., Barnes and others.)1Jn 1:10 -we say: 1Jo_1:8; Psa_130:3we make: 1Jo_5:10; Job_24:25his word: 1Jo_1:8, 1Jo_2:4, 1Jo_4:4; Col_3:16; 2Jo_1:2
The Valley of Decision.Weather we are in a car, bike, airplane, bus, train, or we walk, we all choose where we are going. We buy gas, air the tires, allocate a ticket, or start walking. The destination, and how we travel, is totally up to us. We are not going to buy a ticket to Paris, if we are going to Arizona, neither are we going to walk north, if we are destined to walk south.Our destination is also our destiny. If we set our minds to go to London, then we are going to arrive there, if we have made plans to make this trip.Our destiny also determines our destination.What is destiny?It is a State or condition appointed or predetermined; ultimate fate; as, men are solicitous(Seeking to know, or inquire about.) to know their future, which is however happily concealed from them. In other words, you may not know what tomorrow has in store, but if tomorrow doesn't come, you have already made your destination clear, irreversible, and unchangeable.Your destiny is appointed by an indissoluble connection of causes, and effects, which are established by your choices.Invincible necessity; fate; a necessity or fixed order of things established by a divine decree, or by an indissoluble connection of causes and effects.For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, “I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. (Act 13:47-48)Ordain; To set; to establish; to institute; to constitute.Does Acts; 13:47-48, mean that men are pre-ordained to go to Heaven, or Hell?No. Each man has that destination at his fingertips, choosing one over the other. “as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.” These were the ones established to have eternal life, by their choice, in faith, of what they had believed. Others were not set aside because of their unbelief. This is not to say, that, God doesn't already know who will accept or reject, but that all men are given the opportunity to believe. It is the will of God that no man should perish but that all should come into repentance, the choice is still yours.Unlike a ticket, that can be changed, rescheduled, or even canceled, your destiny will be accomplished, as per your decisions. Does this mean that God will not always accept peoples request for forgiveness? The answer, surprising maybe to some, is yes.“Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.” (Joe 3:13-15)We have been in this valley of decision for over 2000 years. The Lords patience is long but not never ending. The decisions that we make each and every day, affect our destiny and destination. What do I mean? If we decide to commit robbery and then die, by the cause of our act, then we will, at the judgment, be judged as a robber, the same goes for all manner of sin and debauchery. Without the forgiveness of sin, the only destination that is allocated to those that accomplish unrighteousness in their lives, is the Lake that burns with fire and brimstone.And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. (Gen 6:3)We are at this crossroad, a choice must and will be made by each and every individual. You say; “I won't choose.” Then you have already made your choice. How many people in this world, have never heard of Jesus Christ? No one. His name is broad cast around the world and even among the unbelieving, His name bring about controversy and even hate.By your inaction of not choosing, your destination has already been chosen by you. Inaction brings about and action of its own. Just as not painting steel, it will rust faster.As it is written; And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (Gen 6:6)Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24)Why will many, in this verse, not enter into the kingdom of Heaven? Its because when they came to the crossroad of decision, weather to go to the right or the left, they chose the wrong path, or didn't make a choice at all, this being their inaction. For there will be no excuse for anyone before the Lord at the time of Judgment. The greatest sin to me, being my own opinion, is unbelief. Many people in these last days have become stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears. They have turned away from everything that is good, also calling evil good, and good evil. They say that being a good man and a good woman is all it takes to make it to heaven. This is a deception and a lie from the dark one.For as it is written; “Hath not my hand made all these things?Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. ” (Act 7:50-51)Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? (Isa 45:9)Have you said in your heart, “ I have not sinned.”“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (1Jn 1:9-10)Didn't you know by your inaction, or by not accepting Jesus, as Lord and Christ, you have called God a lier?For a lier is just as great as a murderer, in the eyes of God. We have been looking in the eyes of the flesh too long. It is far time that we start looking into the eyes of the Spirit.Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.Your time is running out, the sun is about to go down upon the life of this world. There arises a new day that all unrighteousness shall not exist. Your crossroads are near. Ars.( References;Webster, Easton,T.S.K., Barnes and others.)1Jn 1:10 -we say: 1Jo_1:8; Psa_130:3we make: 1Jo_5:10; Job_24:25his word: 1Jo_1:8, 1Jo_2:4, 1Jo_4:4; Col_3:16; 2Jo_1:2
A Dragon by
any other name.
A Dragon by any other name, is Still a Dragon.“And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” (Luke 11:9)We wonder sometimes if God actually hears us.We wonder in a land that is not our own, this being a land of unrighteousness, dragons, and sin.We see many things happening that we have no control over and we wonder, does our prayers make any difference.God does hear us, for how else could He be God?“Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.” (Psa 44:19-21)We have been placed in a land of dragons, a land of unsettledness, unrighteousness, and pain. We see death all around us, but we still are always in the presence of the Lord.We must knock so our supplications are heard, we must seek for the answers to our hardships, and ask for the protection of the Father, this all being an open show of Faith, and Belief.What are these dragons that I speak of?A fierce, violent person, male or female.It is often used for the devil, who is called the old serpent.These dragons are the unrighteous and violent men and women of this earth. Those that hate the light and anyone associated with Christ and the Lord. Our prayers are the things that protect us from the dragons of the night.The head of these dragons is the anti-Christ. He is apposed to anything that is Godly.Has God covered us with the shadow of death? Yes, but for a reason. We have all sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God, but as it is written; “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”“For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.” (Job 24:17) This speaking of the dragons, and those that have not Jesus as Lord and Christ.“Ask, and it shall be given you”; To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; with of before the person to whom the request is made. Ask counsel of God. (Judg 18.) “Seek, and ye shall find”; To seek God, his name, or his face, in Scripture, to ask for his favor, direction and assistance. (Psa 83.)God seeks men, when he fixes his love on them, and by his word and Spirit, and the righteousness of Christ, reclaims and recovers them from their miserable condition as sinners.“Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”; Knocking is used as a sign of importunity, and of the coming of Christ. A stroke on a door, intended as a request for admittance. To yield; to submit; to acknowledge to be conquered.Importunity; Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favor, which is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity.To yield; to submit; and to acknowledge the Lord is how our prayers are answered and heard.We have, as believers in Christ, yielded to the absolute power of the truth.We have, as believers in Christ, submitted to this power to be born again, not of the flesh but of the spirit.We have, as believers in Christ, acknowledged the Lord as being the one true God.But what about the dragons?Those that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved, but not all men want to be in the Family of God. Many have been dragons for so long they believe that their way is right, for its hard to change a dragon when he has his teeth showing.But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! (Mat 6:23)The Darkness of the dragons within man, is great. It wants to hide from the light and the truth. The sin within all of us, tries to harness the heart, mind, and spirit of man. We wonder weather the darkness of the dragon, is dark enough so that the spirit of that man can be yet turned back to the light. This is the question many of us are asking today about many that we know that are still lost.For as it is written; “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:19)The dragons wonder in the night. They seek out the weak to pillage and plunder. They seek the blood of the innocent. If you have noticed, most of the crimes of this and many other countries, are committed in the night. They believe that the darkness will hide their evil deeds.These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (2Pe 2:17)Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. (Jud 1:13)“Raging waves of the sea.”;“Raging; Acting with violence or fury.Furious; impetuous; vehemently driven or agitated.“Waves;” Individuals or the dragons of unrighteousness.“Of the sea.” Humanity, often called trees in Scripture.“Foaming”; To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. Anything unsubstantial or fleeting.“Wandering stars”; Men of unsettled religion, uncertain of the truth, seeking out God in the wrong way, not knowing the way, willing to accept false religions and false teachers, they having itchy ears.We must be careful about these dragons, for they take the image of many things. Many, as it is with Satan, will come to you in the form of an angel of light, seeking to deceive, drawing you into darkness. These are the false preachers, Teachers, Prophets and so called leaders of the church. They may come to you in the form of a family member, friend, husband, wife or even children. Seek out the will of the Lord and always be prepared to repulse these dragons, for you cannot domesticate a wild dragon. Ars. (Webster,Easton,TSK,Others.)(Mat_7:7, Mat_7:8; Luke_13:25) (Luke_12:36; Rev_3:20).
A Dragon by any other name, is Still a Dragon.“And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” (Luke 11:9)We wonder sometimes if God actually hears us.We wonder in a land that is not our own, this being a land of unrighteousness, dragons, and sin.We see many things happening that we have no control over and we wonder, does our prayers make any difference.God does hear us, for how else could He be God?“Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.” (Psa 44:19-21)We have been placed in a land of dragons, a land of unsettledness, unrighteousness, and pain. We see death all around us, but we still are always in the presence of the Lord.We must knock so our supplications are heard, we must seek for the answers to our hardships, and ask for the protection of the Father, this all being an open show of Faith, and Belief.What are these dragons that I speak of?A fierce, violent person, male or female.It is often used for the devil, who is called the old serpent.These dragons are the unrighteous and violent men and women of this earth. Those that hate the light and anyone associated with Christ and the Lord. Our prayers are the things that protect us from the dragons of the night.The head of these dragons is the anti-Christ. He is apposed to anything that is Godly.Has God covered us with the shadow of death? Yes, but for a reason. We have all sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God, but as it is written; “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”“For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.” (Job 24:17) This speaking of the dragons, and those that have not Jesus as Lord and Christ.“Ask, and it shall be given you”; To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; with of before the person to whom the request is made. Ask counsel of God. (Judg 18.) “Seek, and ye shall find”; To seek God, his name, or his face, in Scripture, to ask for his favor, direction and assistance. (Psa 83.)God seeks men, when he fixes his love on them, and by his word and Spirit, and the righteousness of Christ, reclaims and recovers them from their miserable condition as sinners.“Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”; Knocking is used as a sign of importunity, and of the coming of Christ. A stroke on a door, intended as a request for admittance. To yield; to submit; to acknowledge to be conquered.Importunity; Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favor, which is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity.To yield; to submit; and to acknowledge the Lord is how our prayers are answered and heard.We have, as believers in Christ, yielded to the absolute power of the truth.We have, as believers in Christ, submitted to this power to be born again, not of the flesh but of the spirit.We have, as believers in Christ, acknowledged the Lord as being the one true God.But what about the dragons?Those that call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved, but not all men want to be in the Family of God. Many have been dragons for so long they believe that their way is right, for its hard to change a dragon when he has his teeth showing.But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! (Mat 6:23)The Darkness of the dragons within man, is great. It wants to hide from the light and the truth. The sin within all of us, tries to harness the heart, mind, and spirit of man. We wonder weather the darkness of the dragon, is dark enough so that the spirit of that man can be yet turned back to the light. This is the question many of us are asking today about many that we know that are still lost.For as it is written; “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:19)The dragons wonder in the night. They seek out the weak to pillage and plunder. They seek the blood of the innocent. If you have noticed, most of the crimes of this and many other countries, are committed in the night. They believe that the darkness will hide their evil deeds.These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (2Pe 2:17)Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. (Jud 1:13)“Raging waves of the sea.”;“Raging; Acting with violence or fury.Furious; impetuous; vehemently driven or agitated.“Waves;” Individuals or the dragons of unrighteousness.“Of the sea.” Humanity, often called trees in Scripture.“Foaming”; To be in a rage; to be hot with anger. Anything unsubstantial or fleeting.“Wandering stars”; Men of unsettled religion, uncertain of the truth, seeking out God in the wrong way, not knowing the way, willing to accept false religions and false teachers, they having itchy ears.We must be careful about these dragons, for they take the image of many things. Many, as it is with Satan, will come to you in the form of an angel of light, seeking to deceive, drawing you into darkness. These are the false preachers, Teachers, Prophets and so called leaders of the church. They may come to you in the form of a family member, friend, husband, wife or even children. Seek out the will of the Lord and always be prepared to repulse these dragons, for you cannot domesticate a wild dragon. Ars. (Webster,Easton,TSK,Others.)(Mat_7:7, Mat_7:8; Luke_13:25) (Luke_12:36; Rev_3:20).
In Christ Alone.
In Christ Alone, I breath, the air around me, and within my heart. In Christ Alone, I see, the things of the world, and the unseen things of the Spirit. In Christ Alone, I eat of the fruit of the Land, and the fruit of the Father. In Christ Alone, I hear the things that offend mankind, and the things of righteousness, and hope in the Gospel. In Christ Alone, I live not only in the flesh, but also in my soul. In Christ Alone, I am saved, not only from mine enemies, but also in spirit. In Christ Alone, I am, who I am, by the Grace of God. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Mat 6:24.) In Christ Alone, I serve only one master. He is in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I live by Christ, in faith, hope, and belief. For all is God. Our lives are subject to either God or Satan. We are bound either by Christ or by Satan. We are in bonds of Love to Christ, or bound by shackles to Satan. Make no mistake, we shall all be judged. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? (Mat 6:25.) In Christ Alone, I Take no thought for my life, what I shall eat, or what I shall drink; nor yet for my body, what I shall put on. For my life belongs to the Lord, my raiment, and my substance, comes from the Lord. I have no control of my birth, nor death, but only how I die. I am as a tree that will fall some day, if I fall on the left, or the right hand of God, that is my choice. In Christ Alone, I neither worry for food, or clothing. I neither worry about death, nor the grave, for He has conquered both. I do not worry about my health, for He is the Great Physician. His Spirit helps me with all my infirmity's and illnesses. He is the First, Last, and Forevermore. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. (Psa 43.) Why am I at times made uneasy, or restless? Why am I at times disturbed, within my soul? Have I not been made, a Son of God? Have I not been given all the promises from the Lord, is there something missing with the Gospel? No it is within myself, when this life becomes hard to bear, hard to understand, and when I am persecuted for my faith. Have I lost my hope in the Lord? No, for I am, and have been, saved by grace threw faith in Christ Jesus. I am perplexed by all the doctrines, and denominations, that say that they love the Lord, but in truth denigh Him in various ways. And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: (Mat 25:32-34.) What is Hope? A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. What is my hope? My hope lies within the Lord and His word. I have never seen any child of God on the street begging for bread, nor have I seen one of His children forsaken. When I read of the trials, troubles, and tribulations of the messengers of God, this gives me an understanding of who I am supposed to be. I am not immune to troubles in this life, but I am also a messenger of Hope to others, that suffer the same problems. For as it is written; “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Act 4:12.) My salvation comes threw Jesus Christ and my belief in Him. My salvation of Spirit and Soul also comes with a salvation of my body. For as a wicked man gives good gifts to his children, who is the Lord not to give greater gifts to those that believe upon Him? Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.(John 15:4-6.) My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. (1Jn 3:18-24.) In Christ Alone, I love in word, tongue, in deed, and in truth. In Christ Alone, I, if my heart condemn me not, then I have confidence toward God. In Christ Alone, I ask, and receive of him, because I keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. In Christ Alone, I believe on the name of Gods Son Jesus Christ, and I love one another, as he gave me commandment. In Christ Alone, I do not enter into self condemnation. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Rom 8:1.) Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. (Isa 54:15-17.) ars. (T.S.K.,Webster.)
In Christ Alone, I breath, the air around me, and within my heart. In Christ Alone, I see, the things of the world, and the unseen things of the Spirit. In Christ Alone, I eat of the fruit of the Land, and the fruit of the Father. In Christ Alone, I hear the things that offend mankind, and the things of righteousness, and hope in the Gospel. In Christ Alone, I live not only in the flesh, but also in my soul. In Christ Alone, I am saved, not only from mine enemies, but also in spirit. In Christ Alone, I am, who I am, by the Grace of God. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Mat 6:24.) In Christ Alone, I serve only one master. He is in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I live by Christ, in faith, hope, and belief. For all is God. Our lives are subject to either God or Satan. We are bound either by Christ or by Satan. We are in bonds of Love to Christ, or bound by shackles to Satan. Make no mistake, we shall all be judged. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? (Mat 6:25.) In Christ Alone, I Take no thought for my life, what I shall eat, or what I shall drink; nor yet for my body, what I shall put on. For my life belongs to the Lord, my raiment, and my substance, comes from the Lord. I have no control of my birth, nor death, but only how I die. I am as a tree that will fall some day, if I fall on the left, or the right hand of God, that is my choice. In Christ Alone, I neither worry for food, or clothing. I neither worry about death, nor the grave, for He has conquered both. I do not worry about my health, for He is the Great Physician. His Spirit helps me with all my infirmity's and illnesses. He is the First, Last, and Forevermore. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. (Psa 43.) Why am I at times made uneasy, or restless? Why am I at times disturbed, within my soul? Have I not been made, a Son of God? Have I not been given all the promises from the Lord, is there something missing with the Gospel? No it is within myself, when this life becomes hard to bear, hard to understand, and when I am persecuted for my faith. Have I lost my hope in the Lord? No, for I am, and have been, saved by grace threw faith in Christ Jesus. I am perplexed by all the doctrines, and denominations, that say that they love the Lord, but in truth denigh Him in various ways. And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: (Mat 25:32-34.) What is Hope? A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. What is my hope? My hope lies within the Lord and His word. I have never seen any child of God on the street begging for bread, nor have I seen one of His children forsaken. When I read of the trials, troubles, and tribulations of the messengers of God, this gives me an understanding of who I am supposed to be. I am not immune to troubles in this life, but I am also a messenger of Hope to others, that suffer the same problems. For as it is written; “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Act 4:12.) My salvation comes threw Jesus Christ and my belief in Him. My salvation of Spirit and Soul also comes with a salvation of my body. For as a wicked man gives good gifts to his children, who is the Lord not to give greater gifts to those that believe upon Him? Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.(John 15:4-6.) My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. (1Jn 3:18-24.) In Christ Alone, I love in word, tongue, in deed, and in truth. In Christ Alone, I, if my heart condemn me not, then I have confidence toward God. In Christ Alone, I ask, and receive of him, because I keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. In Christ Alone, I believe on the name of Gods Son Jesus Christ, and I love one another, as he gave me commandment. In Christ Alone, I do not enter into self condemnation. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Rom 8:1.) Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. (Isa 54:15-17.) ars. (T.S.K.,Webster.)
Doctrine.
What is the worth of a man, without a hope of a resurrection? Does the doctrine of man control the life, death, or resurrection of any man? A doctrine is; Instruction and confirmation in the truths of the gospel. Learning; knowledge. In a general sense, whatever is taught. Hence, a principle or position in any science; whatever is laid down as true by an instructor or master. The doctrines of the gospel are the principles or truths taught by Christ and his apostles.(Webster.) The doctrine that all Christians must abide by, and live by, are spelled out in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many people or should I say the leadership of many Christian Churches have left the true doctrine in many fashions, and have taught doctrine that is neither sound nor Biblical. It is not the fault of the congregation but rather those that teach these things. This is mentioned in Scripture as a warning to all churches. I say this because, if a child is brought up believing what he is told, he will resist anything else. He will hold as truth what the teachers have taught him, so there-fore, the teacher must abide by the truth, and not doctrine that is not written in Scripture. We see this written here; “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” (2Jn 1:9.) Does each verse in scripture need to be changed to accommodate mankind? God forbid, for the Lord has given us the truth, and it is complete in every way. So when the Doctrine of Christ tells us to honor our father and mother, we abide by it. When the Doctrine of Christ tells us not to call any man Father, we must abide by it. We cannot be transgressors of the Doctrine of Christ. There is a warning in Scripture that tells us not to follow after man made doctrine, but to hold to the truth of Christ. “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” (1Co 3:11-15.) There are many doctrines in this world of Christianity. Some teach that only 144,000 will be saved, many say that another prophet has written a new addition to the Testament of Christ, many say that a man on earth is a Holy Father, many lay a stumbling block in front of those that are saved, making them agree to 13 statutes before they can be baptized, it goes on and on. Many do not teach, nor believe in, the gifts of the spirit and many teach otherwise. Those that say they do not believe in these gifts have not been taught correctly, and those that say they not only believe, but practice them, have also deceive themselves, for there are not many today, with the faith, to actually use the gifts of the spirit, they have no power because of their unbelief. Many make an open show of their, so called, power, but they have healed none. Are you then perfect within yourselves? Do you hold to the Doctrine of Christ? Then you will not be offended by His doctrine nor His words. For as it is written; “Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.” (Mat 13:21.) “Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?” (2Co 11:29.) “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.” (John 16:1-3.) Have many become partakers of false doctrine, man made doctrine, or false teaching, being unaware of the truth because we do not heed to the Commandment of Christ to read, and study to show ourselves approved? If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: (2Jn 1:10.) Ask of yourselves, did Christ lie here? “But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.” (Mat 23:8-11.) Ask yourselves again, If Christ didn't lie, why then do you not do those things that are written by Him? Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (Heb 6:2.) In the ministry, that the Lord gave to me, I offend many, for I hold to the doctrine by which I was saved by, and not the doctrine that was written by man. If I offend, it is not I but the Doctrine of Christ that offends you. The Holy Spirit will chastise each and everyone of us, who willingly or accidentally transgress the truth of the Doctrine. Am I ever offended? Yes, but only threw my physical man, for it is human nature that gets us to become offended. If I speak wrongly or teach wrongly, the Holy Spirit chastises me, and I repent, and correct what I have said. I am not afraid to admit that even I, and other ministers, make mistakes. We must learn from them and go on, never entering into self condemnation. Look hard at the doctrine that you follow and search the scriptures to see if you are abiding in the true Doctrine of Christ. Ars.
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What is the worth of a man, without a hope of a resurrection? Does the doctrine of man control the life, death, or resurrection of any man? A doctrine is; Instruction and confirmation in the truths of the gospel. Learning; knowledge. In a general sense, whatever is taught. Hence, a principle or position in any science; whatever is laid down as true by an instructor or master. The doctrines of the gospel are the principles or truths taught by Christ and his apostles.(Webster.) The doctrine that all Christians must abide by, and live by, are spelled out in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many people or should I say the leadership of many Christian Churches have left the true doctrine in many fashions, and have taught doctrine that is neither sound nor Biblical. It is not the fault of the congregation but rather those that teach these things. This is mentioned in Scripture as a warning to all churches. I say this because, if a child is brought up believing what he is told, he will resist anything else. He will hold as truth what the teachers have taught him, so there-fore, the teacher must abide by the truth, and not doctrine that is not written in Scripture. We see this written here; “Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” (2Jn 1:9.) Does each verse in scripture need to be changed to accommodate mankind? God forbid, for the Lord has given us the truth, and it is complete in every way. So when the Doctrine of Christ tells us to honor our father and mother, we abide by it. When the Doctrine of Christ tells us not to call any man Father, we must abide by it. We cannot be transgressors of the Doctrine of Christ. There is a warning in Scripture that tells us not to follow after man made doctrine, but to hold to the truth of Christ. “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” (1Co 3:11-15.) There are many doctrines in this world of Christianity. Some teach that only 144,000 will be saved, many say that another prophet has written a new addition to the Testament of Christ, many say that a man on earth is a Holy Father, many lay a stumbling block in front of those that are saved, making them agree to 13 statutes before they can be baptized, it goes on and on. Many do not teach, nor believe in, the gifts of the spirit and many teach otherwise. Those that say they do not believe in these gifts have not been taught correctly, and those that say they not only believe, but practice them, have also deceive themselves, for there are not many today, with the faith, to actually use the gifts of the spirit, they have no power because of their unbelief. Many make an open show of their, so called, power, but they have healed none. Are you then perfect within yourselves? Do you hold to the Doctrine of Christ? Then you will not be offended by His doctrine nor His words. For as it is written; “Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.” (Mat 13:21.) “Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?” (2Co 11:29.) “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.” (John 16:1-3.) Have many become partakers of false doctrine, man made doctrine, or false teaching, being unaware of the truth because we do not heed to the Commandment of Christ to read, and study to show ourselves approved? If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: (2Jn 1:10.) Ask of yourselves, did Christ lie here? “But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.” (Mat 23:8-11.) Ask yourselves again, If Christ didn't lie, why then do you not do those things that are written by Him? Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. (Heb 6:2.) In the ministry, that the Lord gave to me, I offend many, for I hold to the doctrine by which I was saved by, and not the doctrine that was written by man. If I offend, it is not I but the Doctrine of Christ that offends you. The Holy Spirit will chastise each and everyone of us, who willingly or accidentally transgress the truth of the Doctrine. Am I ever offended? Yes, but only threw my physical man, for it is human nature that gets us to become offended. If I speak wrongly or teach wrongly, the Holy Spirit chastises me, and I repent, and correct what I have said. I am not afraid to admit that even I, and other ministers, make mistakes. We must learn from them and go on, never entering into self condemnation. Look hard at the doctrine that you follow and search the scriptures to see if you are abiding in the true Doctrine of Christ. Ars.
What Do You
Give God for Christmas?
Matthew 1:23-1:23 The first Christmas gift was given by God to us, so what do we give Him? Matthew 1: 23, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.Did Mary really understand, who, she had in her arms, did she understand the implications of these little hands wrapped around hers? Did she know that her child would walk on water, feed thousands with little, did she know that healing of every disease was at his finger tips? Did she know that His wisdom would exceed the Pharisees and the High Priest? Did she understand who she was holding, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, did she know that Jesus was the Great I Am, and the saviour of the World?Christmas is the favorite time of year for most people. It seems that people come together more at this time of year than any other, they forget about the arguments and the trials and troubles that they have had and start to begin anew. You can walk down most main streets in the country and see the festive colors of lights and trees decorated up with colors of every sort. People bundled up in their fine coats and hats and scarves , all looking for that perfect gift to give a loved one. Walking down the street you can hear the wonderful music that blends in with the holiday spirit, songs like, O little town of Bethlehem, O holy night and others seem to fill the air.The smell of fine food draws you near the restaurants and you can see all the fine food that has been prepaired with great care. And you decide to sit for a while at a park bench and just take it all in. As you sit and listen, you can hear a quire sing a familiar song, O come all ye faithful, and you start going over a list in you head, of presents that you've gotten so far and you try to remember if you've forgotten someone. Lets see, you got your wife a fine new coat that she's been wanting, the one with the fir trim, and the new bicycles with chrome handel bars for the kids, they'll love them, the mail man a box of candy, your mom and day a new blanket, with tigers on it, the in laws, a fruit basket with their favorite fruits, your boss a pen set and a doggy chew for the dog.You sit and ponder for a while and start walking again, in a while you see a statue brightly lighten up and you stop and look intently. The statue is of Jesus on a cross and just beyond it you see a manger sean and all of a sudden you realize that you've forgotten someone, someone who gave the first Christmas present, you've forgotten God. You start to think, What in the world do you give God for Christmas, a car, a boat, a pair of gloves, no thats silly, God owns everything. I know that I forgot Him last year and the year before. I know I've not been in church for a while, maybe I can go to church for a while to make up for it and give him a little of my time.But I've forgotten how to pray, I remember when mom and dad use to take me it seemed easy, all I have to do is ask him for stuff. But , wait, its supposed to be His present, not mine. What do I get God for Christmas? In a little while, I saw the pastor of the church open the door and when he saw me he ask if I needed something. I told him, I was trying to figure out what I could give God for Christmas. Come in and well figure it out, He said. As He explained, God loved us so much that he picked a very special day to give us His present. Something that you didn't have to wrap or lay awa
Matthew 1:23-1:23 The first Christmas gift was given by God to us, so what do we give Him? Matthew 1: 23, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.Did Mary really understand, who, she had in her arms, did she understand the implications of these little hands wrapped around hers? Did she know that her child would walk on water, feed thousands with little, did she know that healing of every disease was at his finger tips? Did she know that His wisdom would exceed the Pharisees and the High Priest? Did she understand who she was holding, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, did she know that Jesus was the Great I Am, and the saviour of the World?Christmas is the favorite time of year for most people. It seems that people come together more at this time of year than any other, they forget about the arguments and the trials and troubles that they have had and start to begin anew. You can walk down most main streets in the country and see the festive colors of lights and trees decorated up with colors of every sort. People bundled up in their fine coats and hats and scarves , all looking for that perfect gift to give a loved one. Walking down the street you can hear the wonderful music that blends in with the holiday spirit, songs like, O little town of Bethlehem, O holy night and others seem to fill the air.The smell of fine food draws you near the restaurants and you can see all the fine food that has been prepaired with great care. And you decide to sit for a while at a park bench and just take it all in. As you sit and listen, you can hear a quire sing a familiar song, O come all ye faithful, and you start going over a list in you head, of presents that you've gotten so far and you try to remember if you've forgotten someone. Lets see, you got your wife a fine new coat that she's been wanting, the one with the fir trim, and the new bicycles with chrome handel bars for the kids, they'll love them, the mail man a box of candy, your mom and day a new blanket, with tigers on it, the in laws, a fruit basket with their favorite fruits, your boss a pen set and a doggy chew for the dog.You sit and ponder for a while and start walking again, in a while you see a statue brightly lighten up and you stop and look intently. The statue is of Jesus on a cross and just beyond it you see a manger sean and all of a sudden you realize that you've forgotten someone, someone who gave the first Christmas present, you've forgotten God. You start to think, What in the world do you give God for Christmas, a car, a boat, a pair of gloves, no thats silly, God owns everything. I know that I forgot Him last year and the year before. I know I've not been in church for a while, maybe I can go to church for a while to make up for it and give him a little of my time.But I've forgotten how to pray, I remember when mom and dad use to take me it seemed easy, all I have to do is ask him for stuff. But , wait, its supposed to be His present, not mine. What do I get God for Christmas? In a little while, I saw the pastor of the church open the door and when he saw me he ask if I needed something. I told him, I was trying to figure out what I could give God for Christmas. Come in and well figure it out, He said. As He explained, God loved us so much that he picked a very special day to give us His present. Something that you didn't have to wrap or lay awa
What is Commitment?
There are many types of Commitment. Commitment to, family, spouse, children, job, country, self, ideology and God. The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons. A Pledge. To pledge or obligate one's own self; commit, consign, entrust, confide, relegate. When I married my wife I committed myself to her welfare, both physically and emotionally. She put her trust in me to provide for not only her but for our children, forsaking all to the betterment of one relationship under God. I made a commitment to my employer to do the best as I was able to provide him with quality work for the pay that I received, never defrauding him in any way.I made a commitment to my Country, to serve and protect such rights as were provided by the constitution, as I served in the Military, being sent where and when I was ordered. I made a commitment to myself to do those things that were lawful and needful to my welfare, to obtain the American dream of self suffiency and wellbeing. I made a commitment to my Ideology, being understood that God came first then everything else afterwards. Believing in one God, one Saviour, one Bible and one way of Salvation by the Direction of one Holy Ghost. I did my best to uphold each commitment as I was able, being limited in the body but with my spirit willing.Even after being devastated by three heart attacks, my commitment to my wife, family, children, ideology, self and God has not dwindled nor been removed by my sercomstances. Once a commitment has been made it cannot be counted as void because of changing situations. But as we all have made commitments in our lives, not one of us ever had to shed blood for our commitment to God. We all, as believers, have made a commitment to God. To uphold, His, Statutes, Laws, Commandments, Ideals, to hold to our Faith in Him no mater what came against us, but we still have not shed blood for the cause of our commitment. We have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.[Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.] Lets talk a little about the comittment of Jesus to His Father and to us.Matthew 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Jesus made severial comittments,1. To re-obtain Dominion over the earth. [Mat 4:8-10; Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.] For we all know that Adam was given dominion over the earth by God and then lost it to Satan when He fell. Matthew 4:8-10, proves that Satan Had dominion over all because Jesus never rebuked him for his offer to give the kingdoms of the earth to Him.2. Preach The everlasting Gospel to the House of Israel.[Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mar 7:26-27 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. [The comittment of Jesus was to offer salvation to the Jews first, doing so fulfilling prophecy. [Isa_53:5, Isa_53:6, Isa_53:11, Isa_53:12; Mat_8:17; Gal_3:13; Heb_9:28; 1Pe_2:24, 1Pe_3:18; 1Jo_2:2] Isa 9:6-7; For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.3. To set in place a plan of Salvation for all mankind. John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.4. To give His life to secure mankinds salvation for all that would believe on Him. Joh 10:14-18; I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep(Recognition of the Saved), and am known of mine(Recoginition of the Savour).As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep(Israel). And other sheep I have(The Gentile Race), which are not of this fold:(The Jewish Race of People) them also I must bring(Save), and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,(No more Jew nor Greek) and one shepherd.Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.(His fulfilment of His Comittment to God and Man.) No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.5. To live a sinless life for an example for us.Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot(Sin) to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 1Pe 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: (Sinless)6. Comitted to fulfill the will of the Father. Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.Mat 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Mat 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Joh 8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. Joh 8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:7. Comitted to Destroy the works of Satan. Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Act 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Rev 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.8. Comitted to Return to reastablish Gods dominion upon the earth for eternity. Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Rev 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.Jesus has fulfilled His commitments except 1, The return to finally destroy Satan and establish His eternal kingdom upon the earth. To those that don't believe, look at history and see all the commitments that were fulfilled by Christ and ponder the thought, that if all these things are true, then the last will also come to pass. Do you think that God will leave the last undone? I think not. This world is falling apart at the seams, conflict, confusion, war and rumors of war. The worlds monetary system is going bankrupt, soon money will be useless and the things that you thought were important, no one will even want to steel. What will be your commitment when Christ returns? Will it be to Him or will you commit to Satan and a final battle at Armogedon?Temple of Spirit & Truth MinistriesA.R. Smith Sermons International
There are many types of Commitment. Commitment to, family, spouse, children, job, country, self, ideology and God. The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons. A Pledge. To pledge or obligate one's own self; commit, consign, entrust, confide, relegate. When I married my wife I committed myself to her welfare, both physically and emotionally. She put her trust in me to provide for not only her but for our children, forsaking all to the betterment of one relationship under God. I made a commitment to my employer to do the best as I was able to provide him with quality work for the pay that I received, never defrauding him in any way.I made a commitment to my Country, to serve and protect such rights as were provided by the constitution, as I served in the Military, being sent where and when I was ordered. I made a commitment to myself to do those things that were lawful and needful to my welfare, to obtain the American dream of self suffiency and wellbeing. I made a commitment to my Ideology, being understood that God came first then everything else afterwards. Believing in one God, one Saviour, one Bible and one way of Salvation by the Direction of one Holy Ghost. I did my best to uphold each commitment as I was able, being limited in the body but with my spirit willing.Even after being devastated by three heart attacks, my commitment to my wife, family, children, ideology, self and God has not dwindled nor been removed by my sercomstances. Once a commitment has been made it cannot be counted as void because of changing situations. But as we all have made commitments in our lives, not one of us ever had to shed blood for our commitment to God. We all, as believers, have made a commitment to God. To uphold, His, Statutes, Laws, Commandments, Ideals, to hold to our Faith in Him no mater what came against us, but we still have not shed blood for the cause of our commitment. We have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.[Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.] Lets talk a little about the comittment of Jesus to His Father and to us.Matthew 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Jesus made severial comittments,1. To re-obtain Dominion over the earth. [Mat 4:8-10; Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.] For we all know that Adam was given dominion over the earth by God and then lost it to Satan when He fell. Matthew 4:8-10, proves that Satan Had dominion over all because Jesus never rebuked him for his offer to give the kingdoms of the earth to Him.2. Preach The everlasting Gospel to the House of Israel.[Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mar 7:26-27 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. [The comittment of Jesus was to offer salvation to the Jews first, doing so fulfilling prophecy. [Isa_53:5, Isa_53:6, Isa_53:11, Isa_53:12; Mat_8:17; Gal_3:13; Heb_9:28; 1Pe_2:24, 1Pe_3:18; 1Jo_2:2] Isa 9:6-7; For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.3. To set in place a plan of Salvation for all mankind. John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.4. To give His life to secure mankinds salvation for all that would believe on Him. Joh 10:14-18; I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep(Recognition of the Saved), and am known of mine(Recoginition of the Savour).As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep(Israel). And other sheep I have(The Gentile Race), which are not of this fold:(The Jewish Race of People) them also I must bring(Save), and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,(No more Jew nor Greek) and one shepherd.Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.(His fulfilment of His Comittment to God and Man.) No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.5. To live a sinless life for an example for us.Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot(Sin) to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 1Pe 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: (Sinless)6. Comitted to fulfill the will of the Father. Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.Mat 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Mat 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Joh 8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. Joh 8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:7. Comitted to Destroy the works of Satan. Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Act 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. Rev 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.8. Comitted to Return to reastablish Gods dominion upon the earth for eternity. Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Rev 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.Jesus has fulfilled His commitments except 1, The return to finally destroy Satan and establish His eternal kingdom upon the earth. To those that don't believe, look at history and see all the commitments that were fulfilled by Christ and ponder the thought, that if all these things are true, then the last will also come to pass. Do you think that God will leave the last undone? I think not. This world is falling apart at the seams, conflict, confusion, war and rumors of war. The worlds monetary system is going bankrupt, soon money will be useless and the things that you thought were important, no one will even want to steel. What will be your commitment when Christ returns? Will it be to Him or will you commit to Satan and a final battle at Armogedon?Temple of Spirit & Truth MinistriesA.R. Smith Sermons International
Saints of the World; A
Controversy.
The making of a Saint.Where in history has anyone said; “A Saint must provide a working of a miracle to become a Saint.'From; Catholic pages.com“In official Church procedures there are three steps to sainthood: one becomes Venerable, Blessed and then a Saint. Venerable is the title given to a deceased person recognized as having lived heroic virtues. To be recognized as a blessed, and therefore beatified, in addition to personal attributes of charity and heroic virtue, one miracle, acquired through the individual's intercession, is required. Canonization requires two, though a Pope may waive these requirements.Martyrdom does not usually require a miracle. (http://www.catholic-pages.com/saints/explained.asp)The Catholic Church teaches that it does not, in fact, make anyone a saint. Rather, it recognizes a saint. In the Roman Catholic church, the title of Saint - with a capital 'S' - refers to a person who has been formally canonized (officially recognized) by the Church.Also, by this definition there are many people believed to be in heaven who have not been formally declared as Saints (most typically due to their obscurity and the involved process of formal canonization) but who may nevertheless generically be referred to as saints (lowercase 's'). Anyone in heaven is, in the technical sense, a saint. Unofficial devotions to uncanonized individuals take place in certain regions.“Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”This is not sound doctrine. Saints are recognized by God, and no other. Why would God give men the power to recognize, or reject, a person for what is called sainthood? “many people believed to be in heaven who have not been formally declared as Saints (most typically due to their obscurity and the involved process of formal canonization.” Does this mean that those who are dead in Christ, not received up into heaven, are not true saints, or are less than what this doctrine teaches?Canonization; The act of declaring a man a saint, or rather the act of ranking a deceased person in the catalogue of saints, called a canon. This act is preceded by beatification, and by an examination into the life and miracles of the person; after which the Pope decrees the canonization. The state of being sainted.This statement from the Catholic Church is far beyond what the Bible tells us of who a saint is. Lets read the truth from; Romans 8:27; “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” This intercessor is the Holy Spirit of God.He recognizes the saints of God because of the indwelled spirit of God and Christ within the individual. Per; Rom 8:26, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Who are these saints that Paul speaks of? These are those that believe in Jesus Christ, who have been saved, and retain their faith in God, and His Son. Saints are not, canonized nor officially recognized, Venerable, or Blessed, by mans doctrine, but we are all blessed in Christ Jesus. So then if we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, why would we need to be recognized by man? For it is God and not man that we serve, and please.This is to be blessed; “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” (Psa_1:1-2)Here is the proof;“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” (Gal 3:24-27) Are we under the Law? No. For Christ fulfilled the Law, and has written the Law within our hearts. Even though the law was for the Jew, and not the gentile, why would we desire to be put into bondage into the Law. Are men today trying to make religious law that excludes many from the blessings of God? I believe so. Salvation and sainthood is open to all men no matter what race color creed or national origin. Definition from; “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”Saint; In many Protestant churches, the word "Saint" is used more generally to refer to anyone who is a Christian. This is similar in usage to Paul's numerous references in the New Testament of the Bible. In this sense, anyone who is within the Body of Christ (i.e., a professing Christian) is a 'saint' because of their relationship with Jesus. Because of this, many Protestants consider prayers to the saints to be idolatry or even necromancy. (The Witch of Endor is the most famous Biblical necromancer. First book of Samuel, chapter 28:3–25 ). Our relationship with Jesus makes us all, justified, sanctified, glorified, and sainted. Samuel the Saint; Praying to the dead is called necromancy. “Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.”(1Sa 28:7 + - 1Sa 28:14) Saints of the Bible are the same as the saints of today. Just because a man has the word saint with a capitol “S” designation, doesn't mean he is better or worse than any other. We look at saints as being a member of the one True Church that Jesus is the Head of, “The Church of the First Born.” (ref; Heb; “12:23-24;) (To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,) For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Rom 8:29-30) Being reborn in the spirit makes all, who believe in Jesus Christ, a Saint. For we are the Children of the Most High, for we cry Abba father.“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” Its time for all to rethink what and who we are in God and Christ. Ars.
The making of a Saint.Where in history has anyone said; “A Saint must provide a working of a miracle to become a Saint.'From; Catholic pages.com“In official Church procedures there are three steps to sainthood: one becomes Venerable, Blessed and then a Saint. Venerable is the title given to a deceased person recognized as having lived heroic virtues. To be recognized as a blessed, and therefore beatified, in addition to personal attributes of charity and heroic virtue, one miracle, acquired through the individual's intercession, is required. Canonization requires two, though a Pope may waive these requirements.Martyrdom does not usually require a miracle. (http://www.catholic-pages.com/saints/explained.asp)The Catholic Church teaches that it does not, in fact, make anyone a saint. Rather, it recognizes a saint. In the Roman Catholic church, the title of Saint - with a capital 'S' - refers to a person who has been formally canonized (officially recognized) by the Church.Also, by this definition there are many people believed to be in heaven who have not been formally declared as Saints (most typically due to their obscurity and the involved process of formal canonization) but who may nevertheless generically be referred to as saints (lowercase 's'). Anyone in heaven is, in the technical sense, a saint. Unofficial devotions to uncanonized individuals take place in certain regions.“Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”This is not sound doctrine. Saints are recognized by God, and no other. Why would God give men the power to recognize, or reject, a person for what is called sainthood? “many people believed to be in heaven who have not been formally declared as Saints (most typically due to their obscurity and the involved process of formal canonization.” Does this mean that those who are dead in Christ, not received up into heaven, are not true saints, or are less than what this doctrine teaches?Canonization; The act of declaring a man a saint, or rather the act of ranking a deceased person in the catalogue of saints, called a canon. This act is preceded by beatification, and by an examination into the life and miracles of the person; after which the Pope decrees the canonization. The state of being sainted.This statement from the Catholic Church is far beyond what the Bible tells us of who a saint is. Lets read the truth from; Romans 8:27; “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.” This intercessor is the Holy Spirit of God.He recognizes the saints of God because of the indwelled spirit of God and Christ within the individual. Per; Rom 8:26, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Who are these saints that Paul speaks of? These are those that believe in Jesus Christ, who have been saved, and retain their faith in God, and His Son. Saints are not, canonized nor officially recognized, Venerable, or Blessed, by mans doctrine, but we are all blessed in Christ Jesus. So then if we are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, why would we need to be recognized by man? For it is God and not man that we serve, and please.This is to be blessed; “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” (Psa_1:1-2)Here is the proof;“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” (Gal 3:24-27) Are we under the Law? No. For Christ fulfilled the Law, and has written the Law within our hearts. Even though the law was for the Jew, and not the gentile, why would we desire to be put into bondage into the Law. Are men today trying to make religious law that excludes many from the blessings of God? I believe so. Salvation and sainthood is open to all men no matter what race color creed or national origin. Definition from; “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”Saint; In many Protestant churches, the word "Saint" is used more generally to refer to anyone who is a Christian. This is similar in usage to Paul's numerous references in the New Testament of the Bible. In this sense, anyone who is within the Body of Christ (i.e., a professing Christian) is a 'saint' because of their relationship with Jesus. Because of this, many Protestants consider prayers to the saints to be idolatry or even necromancy. (The Witch of Endor is the most famous Biblical necromancer. First book of Samuel, chapter 28:3–25 ). Our relationship with Jesus makes us all, justified, sanctified, glorified, and sainted. Samuel the Saint; Praying to the dead is called necromancy. “Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou?And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.”(1Sa 28:7 + - 1Sa 28:14) Saints of the Bible are the same as the saints of today. Just because a man has the word saint with a capitol “S” designation, doesn't mean he is better or worse than any other. We look at saints as being a member of the one True Church that Jesus is the Head of, “The Church of the First Born.” (ref; Heb; “12:23-24;) (To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,) For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Rom 8:29-30) Being reborn in the spirit makes all, who believe in Jesus Christ, a Saint. For we are the Children of the Most High, for we cry Abba father.“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” Its time for all to rethink what and who we are in God and Christ. Ars.
In The Beginning.
Beginning; That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence. The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. From Nimrod first the savage race began. And tears began to flow.(Webster.) For even the prophets of God were in the beginning; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began. In the beginning, after God had created man, we see that there was peace and tranquility. Never before in the history of the earth was this so. Per the prophecies of the end days, there shall be one more time of this event; “The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.” (Isa 14:7)Was man only created in Adam, or was there a predecessor of Adam, or another age, this is just a thought. For the times before are a representation of things to come, and the reason for it. For as the Bible states, even the Old Testament was a school master, teaching the things of the past and the things to come. There are many things in the Scriptures that give us times to pause, and consider the meaning, and the words. For there is no man nor religion that have all the answers, nor meanings, of the entire scripture. It is for the individual to seek out and ponder the word of God for the answers they seek.Here is another example of this, lets read; Gen 1:28;And God blessed them, and God said unto them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”Replenish; To recover former fullness.Former; Before in time; preceding another or something else in order of time.Past, and frequently ancient, long past.Near the beginning; preceding; as the former part.(Webster)In this verse we ponder the meaning of not only the verse, but also the words.1.“replenish the earth”; To recover; does this mean that there was a former and it was destroyed?2.“subdue it”; To soften; to melt; to reduce to tenderness. Was the former age a violent time? 3.“have dominion over”; Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.“For inquire,I pray thee, of the former age.” (Job 8.)Was there a former age before Adam? Was there a history of man, and if so did his dominion upon the earth, and in his destruction, come from disobedience to God, I believe so. Many believe that this is where the dinosaur came from, and was eventually destroyed. This was, I believe, the former age that had to be replenished upon the earth.You ask, Does this have anything to do with Christ and Salvation?The answer is yes.For if we ignore the past we shall make the same mistakes again. Many times in scripture Jesus and the Prophets, looked to the past, the former, and not the latter. They were teaching us the former, to allow us to understand the present, and the future. Remember that God is from, everlasting to everlasting. He is, what was, what is, and what shall be. There was no beginning with God, and there will be no end. This also means that there is no middle.Many people have gotten to the point that they have limited God to just the scriptures. They have the idea that only in the scriptures does God exist. They have forgotten that God is everywhere at all times, and at all places. Was this word, from God, just a book written as it was given to man by Gods inspiration? The answer is simple; No. God is not just contained, in the Bible, for God is the Bible. He is never limited to just the word, just a building, nor just a single Church. For even God has asked, “What house shall you build me?”But Solomon built him an house. “Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?” (Act 7:47 49) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:1-3)“In the beginning was the Word,” This was the way it was before God had created this earth and all things seen, and unseen. Was Jesus the Word? Yes. We see that in the beginning, God, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, were. There has never been a separation one from another.For one cannot exist without the other for all are God. (“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”) The word of God is a Declaration, or Affirmation, of the truth.And; “these three are one.” For in the beginning there was God, no beginning. This very fact is beyond all comprehension. For our minds cannot understand nor visualize any one or thing that did not have a beginning. For in the beginning there was God. Man has tried to teach false doctrines about the beginning of all things, just as with the big bang theory, but they never explain where the material came from for the big bang. They cannot accept the facts of Gods dominion over all things from the beginning of the beginning. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Gen 1:27) In the image of God man was created, in His likeness, but not in the essence of His Spirit. Man was given a free spirit, to think, reason, and choose, there-by the fall of man came. Why did this happen? Man was given dominion over all things that had breath upon the earth. Eve was deceived by an ambassador of Satan, not using Her dominion over this serpent, to rebuke it. Adam fell because, even though, he had dominion over all things that had breath upon the earth, he forgot that, being the first(The beginning.), he also had dominion over Eve(The Woman.). With this free spirit, to think, reason, and choose, Adam was also deceived, and fell from grace. And this was the beginning, of the end.Ars.(References; Rev_1:2, Rev_1:8, Rev_1:11, Rev_2:8, Rev_21:6, Rev_22:13 the Word: John_1:14; 1Jo_1:1, 1Jo_1:2, 1Jo_5:7; Rev_19:13,TSK) (Webster,TSK)
Beginning; That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence. The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. From Nimrod first the savage race began. And tears began to flow.(Webster.) For even the prophets of God were in the beginning; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began. In the beginning, after God had created man, we see that there was peace and tranquility. Never before in the history of the earth was this so. Per the prophecies of the end days, there shall be one more time of this event; “The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.” (Isa 14:7)Was man only created in Adam, or was there a predecessor of Adam, or another age, this is just a thought. For the times before are a representation of things to come, and the reason for it. For as the Bible states, even the Old Testament was a school master, teaching the things of the past and the things to come. There are many things in the Scriptures that give us times to pause, and consider the meaning, and the words. For there is no man nor religion that have all the answers, nor meanings, of the entire scripture. It is for the individual to seek out and ponder the word of God for the answers they seek.Here is another example of this, lets read; Gen 1:28;And God blessed them, and God said unto them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”Replenish; To recover former fullness.Former; Before in time; preceding another or something else in order of time.Past, and frequently ancient, long past.Near the beginning; preceding; as the former part.(Webster)In this verse we ponder the meaning of not only the verse, but also the words.1.“replenish the earth”; To recover; does this mean that there was a former and it was destroyed?2.“subdue it”; To soften; to melt; to reduce to tenderness. Was the former age a violent time? 3.“have dominion over”; Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.“For inquire,I pray thee, of the former age.” (Job 8.)Was there a former age before Adam? Was there a history of man, and if so did his dominion upon the earth, and in his destruction, come from disobedience to God, I believe so. Many believe that this is where the dinosaur came from, and was eventually destroyed. This was, I believe, the former age that had to be replenished upon the earth.You ask, Does this have anything to do with Christ and Salvation?The answer is yes.For if we ignore the past we shall make the same mistakes again. Many times in scripture Jesus and the Prophets, looked to the past, the former, and not the latter. They were teaching us the former, to allow us to understand the present, and the future. Remember that God is from, everlasting to everlasting. He is, what was, what is, and what shall be. There was no beginning with God, and there will be no end. This also means that there is no middle.Many people have gotten to the point that they have limited God to just the scriptures. They have the idea that only in the scriptures does God exist. They have forgotten that God is everywhere at all times, and at all places. Was this word, from God, just a book written as it was given to man by Gods inspiration? The answer is simple; No. God is not just contained, in the Bible, for God is the Bible. He is never limited to just the word, just a building, nor just a single Church. For even God has asked, “What house shall you build me?”But Solomon built him an house. “Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?” (Act 7:47 49) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:1-3)“In the beginning was the Word,” This was the way it was before God had created this earth and all things seen, and unseen. Was Jesus the Word? Yes. We see that in the beginning, God, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, were. There has never been a separation one from another.For one cannot exist without the other for all are God. (“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”) The word of God is a Declaration, or Affirmation, of the truth.And; “these three are one.” For in the beginning there was God, no beginning. This very fact is beyond all comprehension. For our minds cannot understand nor visualize any one or thing that did not have a beginning. For in the beginning there was God. Man has tried to teach false doctrines about the beginning of all things, just as with the big bang theory, but they never explain where the material came from for the big bang. They cannot accept the facts of Gods dominion over all things from the beginning of the beginning. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Gen 1:27) In the image of God man was created, in His likeness, but not in the essence of His Spirit. Man was given a free spirit, to think, reason, and choose, there-by the fall of man came. Why did this happen? Man was given dominion over all things that had breath upon the earth. Eve was deceived by an ambassador of Satan, not using Her dominion over this serpent, to rebuke it. Adam fell because, even though, he had dominion over all things that had breath upon the earth, he forgot that, being the first(The beginning.), he also had dominion over Eve(The Woman.). With this free spirit, to think, reason, and choose, Adam was also deceived, and fell from grace. And this was the beginning, of the end.Ars.(References; Rev_1:2, Rev_1:8, Rev_1:11, Rev_2:8, Rev_21:6, Rev_22:13 the Word: John_1:14; 1Jo_1:1, 1Jo_1:2, 1Jo_5:7; Rev_19:13,TSK) (Webster,TSK)
The Pain is Gone.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (1Jn 5:10-11)And this is the record that we are believers in the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Our life, weather it is a poor, or rich one, was empty of the things that we desired most and could not obtain. We receive by our faith in the Lord, faith in His Son, and Faith in His word, for without Faith, and Jesus, we can do nothing, we can receive nothing, and we can not accomplish anything.To those that are saved, is your life better, or worse, after accepting Jesus as Lord and Christ? To those that are considering Christ, is your life better off without Him? These are the questions that we must face in our decisions of this life, and the next. We who believe in the Lord have accepted our state in this life, which brings us peace and comfort.For no matter what we are dealing with the Lord may not keep us from these trials but He will most assuredly keep us threw them. He always makes a way for our escape when facing trials of our faith and the temptations in this life. There is no easy way to get from here to eternity, there are no get rich programs, there are no short cuts to Heaven, and there is no one that cares about you as much as the Lord.When I came to the full knowledge of Christ, I couldn’t wait for the next meeting of the Church. I had an overwhelming desire to tell Him all of my sins, and to ask that He would accept me as one of His own. Was I a success before Christ? Yes, but only in the world of men. I traveled from town to town, city to city, and from state to state, and could not find the happiness that I was seeking.I was in pain within myself, in my soul, and my spirit. I was blind and could not see, deaf and could not hear, and dumb and could not speak, I was alone in the midst of thousands. There was a great burden upon my shoulders. A longing to be free of all the pain and sin that had controlled my life for many years.And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? Or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Have not I the LORD? (Exo 4:11) Who then could anyone turn to to be healed from this life of sin? Could they turn to their mother, father, sister, or brother, a neighbor maybe, or their employer? There is no one that we can trust nor turn to in this life that would be able to help us.This world cares for its own and no other. As a Christian we are separated from this life of men and have been translated into the Kingdom of Gods dear Son.For as it is written; “Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.” (Psa 94:8-14) He that planted the ear, and formed the eye, shall see, and shall deliver the righteous out of their pain and suffering. The pain is gone, for we have been settled, and grounded, not only in the word of God, but also in His promises. He knows those that are His, and He remembers their state, and their sufferings. He hears their cries, and knows of their tears. He shall wipe away all the tears from the eyes of those that love Him, and shall set them up on high to judge the matters, and peoples, of this world. Don’t you know that even you shall judge angels? For as it is written; Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.The overwhelming tears and sorrow, that we once endured, being separated from God, is no longer with us. For we have found the Lord, and He has chosen us, all mankind have been endowed with the power to become sons and daughters. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Rev 21:4 Rev 21:7 Rev 7:17) ars.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (1Jn 5:10-11)And this is the record that we are believers in the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Our life, weather it is a poor, or rich one, was empty of the things that we desired most and could not obtain. We receive by our faith in the Lord, faith in His Son, and Faith in His word, for without Faith, and Jesus, we can do nothing, we can receive nothing, and we can not accomplish anything.To those that are saved, is your life better, or worse, after accepting Jesus as Lord and Christ? To those that are considering Christ, is your life better off without Him? These are the questions that we must face in our decisions of this life, and the next. We who believe in the Lord have accepted our state in this life, which brings us peace and comfort.For no matter what we are dealing with the Lord may not keep us from these trials but He will most assuredly keep us threw them. He always makes a way for our escape when facing trials of our faith and the temptations in this life. There is no easy way to get from here to eternity, there are no get rich programs, there are no short cuts to Heaven, and there is no one that cares about you as much as the Lord.When I came to the full knowledge of Christ, I couldn’t wait for the next meeting of the Church. I had an overwhelming desire to tell Him all of my sins, and to ask that He would accept me as one of His own. Was I a success before Christ? Yes, but only in the world of men. I traveled from town to town, city to city, and from state to state, and could not find the happiness that I was seeking.I was in pain within myself, in my soul, and my spirit. I was blind and could not see, deaf and could not hear, and dumb and could not speak, I was alone in the midst of thousands. There was a great burden upon my shoulders. A longing to be free of all the pain and sin that had controlled my life for many years.And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? Or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Have not I the LORD? (Exo 4:11) Who then could anyone turn to to be healed from this life of sin? Could they turn to their mother, father, sister, or brother, a neighbor maybe, or their employer? There is no one that we can trust nor turn to in this life that would be able to help us.This world cares for its own and no other. As a Christian we are separated from this life of men and have been translated into the Kingdom of Gods dear Son.For as it is written; “Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.” (Psa 94:8-14) He that planted the ear, and formed the eye, shall see, and shall deliver the righteous out of their pain and suffering. The pain is gone, for we have been settled, and grounded, not only in the word of God, but also in His promises. He knows those that are His, and He remembers their state, and their sufferings. He hears their cries, and knows of their tears. He shall wipe away all the tears from the eyes of those that love Him, and shall set them up on high to judge the matters, and peoples, of this world. Don’t you know that even you shall judge angels? For as it is written; Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.The overwhelming tears and sorrow, that we once endured, being separated from God, is no longer with us. For we have found the Lord, and He has chosen us, all mankind have been endowed with the power to become sons and daughters. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Rev 21:4 Rev 21:7 Rev 7:17) ars.
Why do you respect a God that kills humans? A
Question.
This question was brought up by a man with limited knowledge in the Scriptures. Have we not learned enough of God to know Him? God is the discerner of the thoughts, and intents of the heart. Many still forget to whom we belong, just as the potter with the clay, God can create, and also destroy. You cannot kill a creation, but only renew, or change, its appearance, from the physical, to the spiritual. This is something that man cannot do, for its not within his power. What is life? Life is a state of existence, weather it be in the body of flesh, or in the body of spirit. No one actually dies, or is killed, (Speaking spiritually.) but is transformed into the image or state, that it has chosen. Men kill, but never God. Man kills the body, but not the soul. Killing is a sin, because we kill the image, the image of God, that is not of our own making, this is the difference between God, and Man.Who is man to judge God?Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. Man has not the knowledge of God. The Lord does not answer to His creation, but the creation must answer to God. This also includes not only man but, the sea, sky, 1st, 2nd and third heaven, the animals of the land, and fish of the sea. (Job 33:12-14) (Ref;Job 40:2; Deu 29:29; Psa 62:11; Isa 46:10; Dan 4:35; Mat 20:15; Act 1:7; Rom 11:34)As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.(2Pe 3:16) We are transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, the true will of God.To be transformed is to be changed in form, or external appearance; metamorphosed; transmuted; renewed. This is weather it be a saint or a sinner, for we all will be changed. In theology, to change the natural disposition and temper of man from a state of enmity to God and his law, into the image of God, or into a disposition and temper conformed to the will of God.Looking into the physical, nothing is ever been totally destroyed, not even Satan nor the fallen angels will be. Man cannot destroy anything that he has not created. Things are just transformed from one state to another.The unlearned and unstable do not comprehend the ordinances of God. God has given man laws of existence from the beginning, these were conditional in nature, if you obey you can exist, if you disobey your existence will be changed in form. We see an example of this, in the words of God, from Leviticus 18. Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,.God is the power over all, His will be done in all things concerning the seen, and the unseen. Gods declaration; “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.” (Isa 46:9-11) But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. (2Ti 2:23) The destruction of the flesh. “To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” (1Co 5:5) Do you not comprehend these words; “for the destruction of the flesh.” Destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any thing; that form of parts which constitutes it what it is, Eternal death, and the destruction from man and not of God; “Death; murder; slaughter; massacre.” “Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.” (Rom 9:20-26) The unlearned and unstable do not comprehend the ordinances of God. The Flood. “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.” (Gen 6:5-7.) Consume; To destroy, by separating the parts of a thing, by decomposition, as by fire, devouring, and annihilating the form of a substance. This is not murder, killing, or genocide, but rather the separation of the body from the spirit, which only God can, and has the right to do. I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. (Zep 1:2-3)The un-learned cause strife and confusion among those of the faith. Therefore, we do not answer foolish questions, or become entangled in their folly, but we avoid them. For we are to trust God, have Faith in Him, and to submit to His will, totally without question, for who knows man better than, the one who created him? arsReferences; Zep 1:3 consume man: Jer_4:23-29, Jer_12:4; Hos_4:3 Rom 9:20 O man: Rom_2:1; Mic_6:8; 1Co_7:16; Jam_2:20 who art: Job_33:13, Job_36:23, Job_38:2, Job_38:3, Job_40:2, Job_40:5, Job_40:8, Job_42:2-6; Mat_20:15 2Ti 2:23 2Ti_2:14, 2Ti_2:16; 1Ti_1:4, 1Ti_4:7, 1Ti_6:4, 1Ti_6:5; Tit_3:9(T.S.K. Webster.)
This question was brought up by a man with limited knowledge in the Scriptures. Have we not learned enough of God to know Him? God is the discerner of the thoughts, and intents of the heart. Many still forget to whom we belong, just as the potter with the clay, God can create, and also destroy. You cannot kill a creation, but only renew, or change, its appearance, from the physical, to the spiritual. This is something that man cannot do, for its not within his power. What is life? Life is a state of existence, weather it be in the body of flesh, or in the body of spirit. No one actually dies, or is killed, (Speaking spiritually.) but is transformed into the image or state, that it has chosen. Men kill, but never God. Man kills the body, but not the soul. Killing is a sin, because we kill the image, the image of God, that is not of our own making, this is the difference between God, and Man.Who is man to judge God?Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. Man has not the knowledge of God. The Lord does not answer to His creation, but the creation must answer to God. This also includes not only man but, the sea, sky, 1st, 2nd and third heaven, the animals of the land, and fish of the sea. (Job 33:12-14) (Ref;Job 40:2; Deu 29:29; Psa 62:11; Isa 46:10; Dan 4:35; Mat 20:15; Act 1:7; Rom 11:34)As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.(2Pe 3:16) We are transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, the true will of God.To be transformed is to be changed in form, or external appearance; metamorphosed; transmuted; renewed. This is weather it be a saint or a sinner, for we all will be changed. In theology, to change the natural disposition and temper of man from a state of enmity to God and his law, into the image of God, or into a disposition and temper conformed to the will of God.Looking into the physical, nothing is ever been totally destroyed, not even Satan nor the fallen angels will be. Man cannot destroy anything that he has not created. Things are just transformed from one state to another.The unlearned and unstable do not comprehend the ordinances of God. God has given man laws of existence from the beginning, these were conditional in nature, if you obey you can exist, if you disobey your existence will be changed in form. We see an example of this, in the words of God, from Leviticus 18. Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,.God is the power over all, His will be done in all things concerning the seen, and the unseen. Gods declaration; “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.” (Isa 46:9-11) But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. (2Ti 2:23) The destruction of the flesh. “To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” (1Co 5:5) Do you not comprehend these words; “for the destruction of the flesh.” Destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any thing; that form of parts which constitutes it what it is, Eternal death, and the destruction from man and not of God; “Death; murder; slaughter; massacre.” “Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.” (Rom 9:20-26) The unlearned and unstable do not comprehend the ordinances of God. The Flood. “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.” (Gen 6:5-7.) Consume; To destroy, by separating the parts of a thing, by decomposition, as by fire, devouring, and annihilating the form of a substance. This is not murder, killing, or genocide, but rather the separation of the body from the spirit, which only God can, and has the right to do. I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. (Zep 1:2-3)The un-learned cause strife and confusion among those of the faith. Therefore, we do not answer foolish questions, or become entangled in their folly, but we avoid them. For we are to trust God, have Faith in Him, and to submit to His will, totally without question, for who knows man better than, the one who created him? arsReferences; Zep 1:3 consume man: Jer_4:23-29, Jer_12:4; Hos_4:3 Rom 9:20 O man: Rom_2:1; Mic_6:8; 1Co_7:16; Jam_2:20 who art: Job_33:13, Job_36:23, Job_38:2, Job_38:3, Job_40:2, Job_40:5, Job_40:8, Job_42:2-6; Mat_20:15 2Ti 2:23 2Ti_2:14, 2Ti_2:16; 1Ti_1:4, 1Ti_4:7, 1Ti_6:4, 1Ti_6:5; Tit_3:9(T.S.K. Webster.)
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, King of
Israel.
A proverb is; A short sentence often repeated, expressing a well known truth or common fact, ascertained by experience or observation; a maxim of wisdom.Many things that a minister says, are said in the form of a proverb. This is why many things, that are said, are easy to understand. For we speak not in the wisdom of man(mans big words, that many cannot understand.) but in the simplicity of the Gospel. The proverbs of Jesus are the most recognized in the world, here is an example; “These things have I spoken unto you in Proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in Proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.” This is why we can speak directly to God.For a change, I wish to discuss some of the proverbs of Solomon. “To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding.” This is what we all are seeking. Wisdom comes from the fear of the Lord God. For as it is written; “The fear of God is the beginning of knowledge.” We know that God is all powerful. He has the world in His hands and our soul for His possession. We are all, saint and sinner, in the grasp of His great hands. The power of life and death are His, and His alone.Once we understand this fact, we can adjust our lives accordingly. But even with this knowledge, we are still able to make our own choice weather to believe what we know is true, or to turn what we know into a fable. Even the Father has the knowledge that this will, and is happening, even unto today. (For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.)(But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.) This is those that once knew the truth and have been washed in the anointing, who return back to the elementary elements of the lust, and lies, of the world. To perceive the words of understanding, is to know the meanings of the words, and their intent upon the spirit. We know for we have been taught. We have been instructed by those that are open to the voice of the Holy Spirit. For He is our teacher and school master. He has taught many the meaning of the Old Testament, and also the New. Many take this verse in the wrong manner, lets read; “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.” Here is wisdom: Who shall be endowed with the Holy Ghost(Spirit.)?“And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.” He is given to them that obey God, and Believe in His Son Jesus the Christ. “and ye need not that any man teach you:” This is the wisdom of the carnal man, not of God, and not of the truth. Many doctrines today are far from the truth. They entice many by great swelling words that deceive the un-learned. The man of God is a teacher among men, for he has been instructed by the Holy Spirit. Without the anointing and indwelling of the Holy Spirit no man can understand the Gospel.To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity;Once we have been given the wisdom of God words, we must be able to understand and develop what we have been taught. Just as with the reception of faith, it must be grown and nurtured, we must know how to increase it, and use it, according to the will of God. To have the wisdom of God is to be able to understand proverbs. To receive the instruction of justice, the justice of the instruction of God. The holy Spirit gives us instruction in the ways of Gods justice, of which many things may be hard to understand, especially the justice of judgment in the Old Testament. Justice, judgment, and equity, are all interconnected in the Old, and the New Testament. As with the words from the Constitution of the United States, which states, that, “All Men are Created Equal.” The same applies with the Justice, and Judgment of God. For all men must die because of sin, but all men shall be judged separately by Christ, on the works that they have preformed upon this earth, weather they be good or evil.The justice of judgment, in the Old Testament, leads many to think that God is an unjust God, but this is not so. For as it was, it shall also be. The people, and times that they lived in, made swift judgment necessary. This is interconnected with the words of Jesus and Paul that states, “For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.”“And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” This is the judgment that we speak of, that Christ done away with, by fulfilling the Law. For it is better that one be lost than for all to be sent to everlasting torment. This is righteous judgment. To give subtilty(the simplicity of scriptural doctrines or truth.) to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.Wisdom, according to the scriptures, is not the wisdom of man, for man seeks wisdom with what is so called science.Science cannot prove anything, for there are many things that only can be understood by faith, which science rejects. Science is full of speculation and theory. For if they can convince man that they are right, then they can, and will, deceive many. “To understand a proverb, and the interpretation.” The key words that we see here are 1. Understand and 2. Interpretation. Science seeks only to disprove the truth of what is written in the Bible.The interpretation of the Bible passages are not given to any single mans, or religions interpretation , but is open up to all for interpretation. When a mans interpretation is incorrect, we who are spiritual, reason with him, and will teach him a better understanding. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Ars.(Pro 1:2-9)(2Ti 4:3-4)(2Pe 2:22)(1Jn 2:27)(Act 5:32)(John 16:25-27)(Mar 9:42-44)(Heb 7:19)(Webster.) (T.S.K)
A proverb is; A short sentence often repeated, expressing a well known truth or common fact, ascertained by experience or observation; a maxim of wisdom.Many things that a minister says, are said in the form of a proverb. This is why many things, that are said, are easy to understand. For we speak not in the wisdom of man(mans big words, that many cannot understand.) but in the simplicity of the Gospel. The proverbs of Jesus are the most recognized in the world, here is an example; “These things have I spoken unto you in Proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in Proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.” This is why we can speak directly to God.For a change, I wish to discuss some of the proverbs of Solomon. “To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding.” This is what we all are seeking. Wisdom comes from the fear of the Lord God. For as it is written; “The fear of God is the beginning of knowledge.” We know that God is all powerful. He has the world in His hands and our soul for His possession. We are all, saint and sinner, in the grasp of His great hands. The power of life and death are His, and His alone.Once we understand this fact, we can adjust our lives accordingly. But even with this knowledge, we are still able to make our own choice weather to believe what we know is true, or to turn what we know into a fable. Even the Father has the knowledge that this will, and is happening, even unto today. (For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.)(But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.) This is those that once knew the truth and have been washed in the anointing, who return back to the elementary elements of the lust, and lies, of the world. To perceive the words of understanding, is to know the meanings of the words, and their intent upon the spirit. We know for we have been taught. We have been instructed by those that are open to the voice of the Holy Spirit. For He is our teacher and school master. He has taught many the meaning of the Old Testament, and also the New. Many take this verse in the wrong manner, lets read; “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.” Here is wisdom: Who shall be endowed with the Holy Ghost(Spirit.)?“And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.” He is given to them that obey God, and Believe in His Son Jesus the Christ. “and ye need not that any man teach you:” This is the wisdom of the carnal man, not of God, and not of the truth. Many doctrines today are far from the truth. They entice many by great swelling words that deceive the un-learned. The man of God is a teacher among men, for he has been instructed by the Holy Spirit. Without the anointing and indwelling of the Holy Spirit no man can understand the Gospel.To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity;Once we have been given the wisdom of God words, we must be able to understand and develop what we have been taught. Just as with the reception of faith, it must be grown and nurtured, we must know how to increase it, and use it, according to the will of God. To have the wisdom of God is to be able to understand proverbs. To receive the instruction of justice, the justice of the instruction of God. The holy Spirit gives us instruction in the ways of Gods justice, of which many things may be hard to understand, especially the justice of judgment in the Old Testament. Justice, judgment, and equity, are all interconnected in the Old, and the New Testament. As with the words from the Constitution of the United States, which states, that, “All Men are Created Equal.” The same applies with the Justice, and Judgment of God. For all men must die because of sin, but all men shall be judged separately by Christ, on the works that they have preformed upon this earth, weather they be good or evil.The justice of judgment, in the Old Testament, leads many to think that God is an unjust God, but this is not so. For as it was, it shall also be. The people, and times that they lived in, made swift judgment necessary. This is interconnected with the words of Jesus and Paul that states, “For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.”“And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” This is the judgment that we speak of, that Christ done away with, by fulfilling the Law. For it is better that one be lost than for all to be sent to everlasting torment. This is righteous judgment. To give subtilty(the simplicity of scriptural doctrines or truth.) to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.Wisdom, according to the scriptures, is not the wisdom of man, for man seeks wisdom with what is so called science.Science cannot prove anything, for there are many things that only can be understood by faith, which science rejects. Science is full of speculation and theory. For if they can convince man that they are right, then they can, and will, deceive many. “To understand a proverb, and the interpretation.” The key words that we see here are 1. Understand and 2. Interpretation. Science seeks only to disprove the truth of what is written in the Bible.The interpretation of the Bible passages are not given to any single mans, or religions interpretation , but is open up to all for interpretation. When a mans interpretation is incorrect, we who are spiritual, reason with him, and will teach him a better understanding. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. Ars.(Pro 1:2-9)(2Ti 4:3-4)(2Pe 2:22)(1Jn 2:27)(Act 5:32)(John 16:25-27)(Mar 9:42-44)(Heb 7:19)(Webster.) (T.S.K)
Will The Circle Be Unbroken.
When we see the Christian, or the sinner(Lost) die, we shed many a tear. Our loved ones go to meet the Lord, and we remain with our, sorrow and loneliness, because of their passing. Will the love circle be unbroken, will we be again reunited in Heaven, or in Hell?“But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.” (Luke 20:35-36)“But they which shall be accounted worthy.” The circle of life starts with love. It begins with conception, and then birth. This is the same with the spirit. Our lives are controlled by our decisions in life, weather they be decisions of lifestyle, or the decisions of religion. God, being the creator of all things, has set up a pathway to Heaven, it therefore is up to us weather we choose life, or death. This pathway is narrow, with no faltering or deviation, from the center. No turning to the right, left or looking backward. But the pathway to hell, is wide, with many a pit fall, and as it is written, “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Mat 7:13-14) To be accounted worthy of His salvation, we must be reborn in the spirit, which thereafter changes our way of life. This circle of family has two different paths, 1. The path to Heaven, and 2. The Path to Hell. As many believe, the parents are the roll model for their children. So as the parents live, so live their children. To be accounted worthy of His salvation we must believe, and do the works of the Lord.“Neither can they die any more.” In this life, we die, and are buried. Even those that die at sea, are still remembered by God. No one is left unaccounted fore. We have the death of the body, and there is also a death of the spirit, not from existence, but from the face of God, this is called the second death, which Christians will not suffer. For we know that the spirit of man, once conceived, cannot die, but shall live for eternity. “Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.” (Isa 26:19-21)Those that die in the faith of Christ will also be gathered together with Him for ever more. But those that die in their sins and iniquity shall also be raised to spend their lives in torment and anguish, being worthy of their fate. “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.” (Rev 20:13) “for they are equal unto the angels.” Those that die in Christ shall live forever more. “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. (Rev 14:13)“And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”(Rev 19:9-10) “And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.(Rev 22:8-9) “are the children of God.”“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:” (Rom 8:16) God has given all men the power to become His Children, but only threw faith in Christ. This circle of family cannot be broken, if all believe in Christ. This is not saying that all families shall go to Heaven together, but that threw faith in Him they can. But do not misunderstand, The Bible states the fact that, “We will be known as we were know.” This as being an overcomer with the word of God. For as it is written and promised; “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” Our circle, after entering into the kingdom of Heaven, will be reordered into a circle of a new family. “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1Jn 3:1-2) “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” (Rom 8:23) “being the children of the resurrection.” “And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” This speaking of the resurrection of all the dead, the righteous(Saved) and the unrighteous(Unsaved.) (John 5:29)“For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.” (Rom 6:7-10) For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (Job 19:25-27) He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. (Isa 25:8-9)Will The Circle Be Unbroken?We must all look within ourselves to answer this question. Especially in these end days, where the children shall have the parents put to death, and the parents shall have the children also put to death. We live in a world of hatred of the family unit, and many have gone the way of Sodom and Gomorrah. So, for this circle to be unbroken, it first must be united into one. Just a thought. Ars. Hos 13:14 ransom: Hos_6:2; Job_19:25-27, Job_33:24; Psa_16:10, Psa_30:3, Psa_49:15, Psa_71:20, Psa_86:13; Isa_25:8; Eze_37:11-14; Rom_11:15 (T.S.K.)
When we see the Christian, or the sinner(Lost) die, we shed many a tear. Our loved ones go to meet the Lord, and we remain with our, sorrow and loneliness, because of their passing. Will the love circle be unbroken, will we be again reunited in Heaven, or in Hell?“But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.” (Luke 20:35-36)“But they which shall be accounted worthy.” The circle of life starts with love. It begins with conception, and then birth. This is the same with the spirit. Our lives are controlled by our decisions in life, weather they be decisions of lifestyle, or the decisions of religion. God, being the creator of all things, has set up a pathway to Heaven, it therefore is up to us weather we choose life, or death. This pathway is narrow, with no faltering or deviation, from the center. No turning to the right, left or looking backward. But the pathway to hell, is wide, with many a pit fall, and as it is written, “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Mat 7:13-14) To be accounted worthy of His salvation, we must be reborn in the spirit, which thereafter changes our way of life. This circle of family has two different paths, 1. The path to Heaven, and 2. The Path to Hell. As many believe, the parents are the roll model for their children. So as the parents live, so live their children. To be accounted worthy of His salvation we must believe, and do the works of the Lord.“Neither can they die any more.” In this life, we die, and are buried. Even those that die at sea, are still remembered by God. No one is left unaccounted fore. We have the death of the body, and there is also a death of the spirit, not from existence, but from the face of God, this is called the second death, which Christians will not suffer. For we know that the spirit of man, once conceived, cannot die, but shall live for eternity. “Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.” (Isa 26:19-21)Those that die in the faith of Christ will also be gathered together with Him for ever more. But those that die in their sins and iniquity shall also be raised to spend their lives in torment and anguish, being worthy of their fate. “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.” (Rev 20:13) “for they are equal unto the angels.” Those that die in Christ shall live forever more. “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. (Rev 14:13)“And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”(Rev 19:9-10) “And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.(Rev 22:8-9) “are the children of God.”“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:” (Rom 8:16) God has given all men the power to become His Children, but only threw faith in Christ. This circle of family cannot be broken, if all believe in Christ. This is not saying that all families shall go to Heaven together, but that threw faith in Him they can. But do not misunderstand, The Bible states the fact that, “We will be known as we were know.” This as being an overcomer with the word of God. For as it is written and promised; “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” Our circle, after entering into the kingdom of Heaven, will be reordered into a circle of a new family. “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1Jn 3:1-2) “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” (Rom 8:23) “being the children of the resurrection.” “And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” This speaking of the resurrection of all the dead, the righteous(Saved) and the unrighteous(Unsaved.) (John 5:29)“For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.” (Rom 6:7-10) For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (Job 19:25-27) He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. (Isa 25:8-9)Will The Circle Be Unbroken?We must all look within ourselves to answer this question. Especially in these end days, where the children shall have the parents put to death, and the parents shall have the children also put to death. We live in a world of hatred of the family unit, and many have gone the way of Sodom and Gomorrah. So, for this circle to be unbroken, it first must be united into one. Just a thought. Ars. Hos 13:14 ransom: Hos_6:2; Job_19:25-27, Job_33:24; Psa_16:10, Psa_30:3, Psa_49:15, Psa_71:20, Psa_86:13; Isa_25:8; Eze_37:11-14; Rom_11:15 (T.S.K.)
The Brutish Man.The Power and Glory of
God.
Brutish; Insensible; stupid,unfeeling; savage; ferocious; brutal, gross; carnal; bestial, ignorant; uncivilized; or untaught.These are strong words from the word of God, but they are true. Who is man that God should notice him? Who are we really according to the scales of balance? Have we developed wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the world, and ourselves, by chance? Or was there intervention from the God of all creation?The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. (Humbleness.) I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.” (From Man.) We are the creation of the Most Holy Jehovah. We are nothing without Him and His wisdom. He makes the seas to rise and fall, the air to move, the mountains to rumble, and the land to quake.He has created the earth, and everything therein, and the Heavens, and everything therein, and the seas, and everything therein. The weakness of God, is stronger than mans strength, the wisdom of God, exceeds that of man, and the Love of God, excels far above all the love that man can accomplish. For who can do the things that the Lord has done?Can a man create a blade of grass, a breath of air, or a star to shine out of Heaven?Can a mans hand reach to the lowest parts of the earth, or to the far reaches of eternity? Can a man turn one hair white, or make it black, can a man make life exist, where there was no life?When a man humbles himself before the Lord, and fear comes from this meeting, then wisdom comes into being. For as it is written; “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Mankind has forgotten his place in th
Brutish; Insensible; stupid,unfeeling; savage; ferocious; brutal, gross; carnal; bestial, ignorant; uncivilized; or untaught.These are strong words from the word of God, but they are true. Who is man that God should notice him? Who are we really according to the scales of balance? Have we developed wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the world, and ourselves, by chance? Or was there intervention from the God of all creation?The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; “Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. (Humbleness.) I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.” (From Man.) We are the creation of the Most Holy Jehovah. We are nothing without Him and His wisdom. He makes the seas to rise and fall, the air to move, the mountains to rumble, and the land to quake.He has created the earth, and everything therein, and the Heavens, and everything therein, and the seas, and everything therein. The weakness of God, is stronger than mans strength, the wisdom of God, exceeds that of man, and the Love of God, excels far above all the love that man can accomplish. For who can do the things that the Lord has done?Can a man create a blade of grass, a breath of air, or a star to shine out of Heaven?Can a mans hand reach to the lowest parts of the earth, or to the far reaches of eternity? Can a man turn one hair white, or make it black, can a man make life exist, where there was no life?When a man humbles himself before the Lord, and fear comes from this meeting, then wisdom comes into being. For as it is written; “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Mankind has forgotten his place in th
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