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Monday, October 30, 2017

Perseverance

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Bible Questions Answered:
“...there are times I'd like to just give up, I'm tired of getting them to do what is right...”
Cindy/ Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

In these “last days,” Christians are under much spiritual duress. To take a Christian stand against evil, requires perseverance! Our Lord, has promised strength for those who are faithful to Him.

Isaiah 40:28-31 KJV (I Chronicles 16:11)
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that
The Everlasting God, The Lord, The Creator Of The Ends Of The Earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Perseverance:

II Chronicles 15:7 NLT
But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.”

Job 17:9 NLT
The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

Matthew 10:22 KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 24:13 KJV
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Mark 13:13 KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Luke 8:15 KJV
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard The Word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Luke 21:19 KJV
By standing firm, you will win your souls.

John 8:31,32 KJV
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free.

John 15:4 KJV
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.

Acts 14:22 NLT
where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.

Romans 2:7 NLT
He will give eternal Life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.

Romans 5:3-5 NLT
3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us The Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love.

Romans 8:37-39 KJV
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 12:11,12 KJV
11 "...fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

I Corinthians 9:24 KJV
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

I Corinthians 10:13 NLT
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is Faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.

I Corinthians 13:7 NLT
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

I Corinthians 15:1 NLT
1 Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of The Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it.
58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for The Lord, for you know that nothing you do for The Lord is ever useless.

I Corinthians 16:13 NLT
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.

II Corinthians 1:21 NLT
It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us

Galatians 6:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Ephesians 6:11,18 KJV
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Philippians 3:14 KJV
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:13 KJV
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Colossians 1:11,12 KJV
11 Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto The Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in Light:

II Thessalonians 1:4 NLT
We proudly tell God’s other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.

I Thessalonians 1:3 KJV
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

II Thessalonians 2:15-17 KJV
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
17 Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

II Thessalonians 3:5,13 NLT
5 May The Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
13 As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.

I Timothy 4:16 KJV
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

I Timothy 6:12 KJV
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal Life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

II Timothy 2:12 KJV
If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will deny us:

II Timothy 4:7,8 KJV
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which The Lord, The Righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.

Hebrews 3:6,14 NLT
6 But Christ, as The Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.
14 For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.

Hebrews 6:11 KJV
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Hebrews 10:23,36 NLT
23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise.
36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised.

Hebrews 12:1-4 KJV
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at The Right Hand Of The Throne Of God.
3 For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

James 1:2-4,12 KJV
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of Life that God has promised to those who love Him.

James 5:11 KJV
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of The Lord; that The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

II Peter 1:5-10 NLT
5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge,
6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with Godliness,
7 and Godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.
8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.
10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.
11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I John 2:27 KJV
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.

Revelation 2:2,3,19 NLT
2 “I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars.
3 You have patiently suffered for Me without quitting.
19 “I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.

Revelation 3:10,11 NLT
10 Because you have obeyed My command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.
11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.

Revelation 14:12 KJV
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

The presence of The lord, and His rewards, belong to the one who perseveres, in the faith!

Ephesians 6:10-18 KJV (Seven-fold Protection)
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in The Lord, and in the power of His might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with Truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Prayer:

Oh Lord, help me to be a warrior for you, standing firmly upon your Word.

I Timothy 6:12 KJV
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal Life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.


Sunday, October 29, 2017

Spiritual Deception

 
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Bible Questions Answered:
“...I loaned a friend my car, a couple days, just to take a trip to a small neighboring town, to see his sister, so he told me, but after I had gotten my car back and was going to fill the tank. I noticed that the odometer had gone up some 420 miles. What is this, an out right lie....
Herb/ Reading, England United Kingdom

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

Jeremiah 9:5 NLT
They all fool and defraud each other; no one tells The Truth. With practiced tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out with all their sinning.

This is what The Bible calls deception. The enemy told Eve, “ye shall not surely die, (Genesis 3:4)” he is a deceiver.

John 8:44 KJV
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in The Truth, because there is no Truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

II John 1:7 KJV
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Revelation 12:9 KJV
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Deception:

Deuteronomy 25:13-16 KJV
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which The Lord thy God giveth thee.
16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto The Lord thy God.

Psalm 24:3-5 KJV
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of The Lord? or who shall stand in His holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from The Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Psalm 101:7 ESV
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in My house; no one who utters lies shall continue before My eyes.

Proverbs 14:8 KJV
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 24:28 KJV
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Jeremiah 17:9,10 KJV
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I The Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 49:16 KJV
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith The Lord.

Matthew 7:15-23 KJV
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.

Matthew 23:13-15 KJV
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Matthew 24:4-5,24 KJV
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

John 8:31,32 KJV
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free.

I Corinthians 6:9,10 NLT
9 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality,
10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.

II Corinthians 11:3,13-15 NLT
But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
13 These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.
14 But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
15 So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

Galatians 6:1-3,7 KJV
1 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.
2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

Ephesians 5:6 KJV
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

II Thessalonians 2:3,8-12 KJV (Coming Deception)
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom The Lord shall consume with The Spirit Of His Mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of The Truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not The Truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

I Timothy 4:1,2 KJV
1 Now The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

II Timothy 3:12,13 KJV
12 Yea, and all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

James 1:22 KJV
But be ye doers of The Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

II Peter 2:1-22 NLT (The Danger of False Teachers)
1 But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny The Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves.
2 Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of Truth will be slandered.
3 In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.
4 For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.
5 And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
6 Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people.
7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.
8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.
9 So you see, The Lord knows how to rescue Godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.
10 He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling.
11 But the angels, who are far greater in power and strength, do not dare to bring from The Lord a charge of blasphemy against those supernatural beings.
12 These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.
13 Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals.
14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.
15 They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
16 But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.
17 These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.
18 They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.
19 They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
20 And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.
21 It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.
22 They prove The Truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”

I John 1:8 KJV
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and The Truth is not in us.

I John 2:24-27 NLT
24 So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with
The Son and with The Father.
25 And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life He promised us.
26 I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.
27 But you have received The Holy Spirit, and He lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is True. For
The Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what He teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as He has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.

I John 4:1-3 KJV
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye The Spirit Of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Revelation 13:11-14 KJV (Coming Deception)
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

Our enemy, is a deceiver. He and his emissaries, may disguise themselves as angels of light, but really they are darkened spirits of monstrous evil, but we need not live in fear!

I John 4:4 KJV
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Prayer:

Psalm 91:1-16 NLT
1 Those who live in the shelter of The Most High will find rest in the shadow of The Almighty.
2 This I declare about The Lord: He alone is my Refuge, my place of Safety; He is my God, and I trust Him.
3 For He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.
4 He will cover you with His feathers. He will shelter you with His wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day.
6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
7 Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.
8 Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.
9 If you make The Lord your Refuge, if you make the Most High your Shelter,
10 no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.
11 For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
(Spiritual foes- for example - I Peter 5:8)
14 The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love Me. I will protect those who trust in My name.
15 When they call on Me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.
16 I will reward them with a long life and give them My salvation.”


Friday, October 27, 2017

Bible Lesson: Cherished Promises To The Child Of God: Obedient Hearers Of The Word.

Bible Lesson: Cherished Promises To The Child Of God: Obedient Hearers Of The Word.

Bible Text:

Matthew 7:24,25 KJV
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon A Rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon A Rock.

The Lord's Request:

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them

The Lord's Promise:

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon A Rock.

A man may be known as a living Bible, with the ability to quote chapters of scriptures, but friends, that by itself, means nothing!

Some individuals are known to have what is called a photographic memory, with the ability to perfectly recall much, with little effort. What does it mean? It means they have a gift, of recall, and that's all.

The questions today is, we hear The Word, we may be able to quote The Word, but do we live by The Word?

James 1:22-25 NLT
22 But don’t just listen to God’s Word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
23 For if you listen to The Word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

Matthew 7:21-23 NLT True Disciples
21 “Not everyone who calls out to Me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of My Father in heaven will enter.
22 On judgment day many will say to Me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’
23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you who break God’s laws.’

Matthew 7:15-20 NLT The Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.
18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.
19 So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.

Obedient Hearers Of The Word:

Exodus 19:5 KJV
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Deuteronomy 5:33 KJV
Ye shall walk in all the ways which The Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Deuteronomy 11:1 KJV
Therefore thou shalt love The Lord thy God, and keep His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commandments, alway.

Deuteronomy 28:1 KJV
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of The Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that The Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Joshua 1:8 KJV
This Book Of The Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Joshua 5:6 ESV
For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of The Lord;
The Lord swore to them that He would not let them see the land that The Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

I Kings 2:3 KJV
And keep the charge of The Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in The Law Of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

Proverbs 10:17 NLT
People who accept discipline are on the pathway to Life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.

Ezekiel 33:31 NLT
So My people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.

Matthew 4:4 KJV
But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 12:50 KJV
For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 24:44-51 NKJV The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant
44 Therefore you also be ready, for The Son Of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’
49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of,
51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 28:20 NLT
Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Luke 6:46 KJV
And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Luke 8:21 KJV
And He answered and said unto them, My mother and My brethren are these which hear The Word Of God, and do it.

Luke 9:23 KJV
And He said to them all, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Luke 11:28 KJV Jesus
But He said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear
The Word Of God, and keep it.

John 13:17 KJV
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

John 14:15,23 KJV
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

John 15:14 KJV
Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Acts 5:32 NLT
We are witnesses of these things and so is The Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey Him.”

Romans 2:5-8,13 NLT
5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
6 He will judge everyone according to what they have done.
7 He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. 8 But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey The Truth and instead live lives of wickedness.
13 For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in His sight.

Romans 12:1 KJV
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Hebrews 10:25 KJV
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

James 1:22 KJV
But be ye doers of The Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James 2:14-26 NLT Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead
14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?
15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing,
16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?
17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
18 Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.
20 How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
21 Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete.
23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” He was even called the friend of God.
24 So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.
25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road.
26 Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.

James 4:7 KJV
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

I Peter 1:14-16 NLT
14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.
15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

I John 3:21,22 KJV
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

II John 1:6 KJV
And this is love, that we walk after His commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

Revelation 1:3 NLT
God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and He blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.

Revelation 2:26 NLT
To all who are victorious, who obey Me to the very end, To them I will give authority over all the nations.

Revelation 22:7 NLT
Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book.”

Prayer:

II Peter 3:9 KJV
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I John 1:8-10 KJV
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and The Truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, He is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.


Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Bad Things Happening To Good People.

Bible Questions Answered:
“Why do evil things happen to people who are good Christian people? People who are faithful to church and god?...”
Emily/ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A.

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts;

This has, from the very beginning been a perplexing question, and the reasons no doubt may be various.
  • God is teaching us a lesson, patience, trust, faith, etc. etc.
  • God is disciplining us.
  • God is using the fire of affliction to try us, so that we come forth as pure gold.
  • God is causing us to totally rely upon Him.
  • God is revealing His timing .
  • God is showing the enemy, our faith is real.
  • Etc. etc. etc.

What we do know, going through any trial, is...

Romans 8:28 KJV
... that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.

Romans 11:33 KJV
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of The Lord? or who hath been His counselor?

Isaiah 40:28 KJV
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that
The Everlasting God, The Lord, The Creator Of The Ends Of The Earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding.

Isaiah 55:8,9 KJV
8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith The Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Now here is a thought, not perceived by some...”God does not owe anyone, explanation, for what He sees fit to do!'

The Captain Of The Lord Of Hosts, is never under obligation to explain His actions,
tis a soldiers duty, but to obey His charge.

Life Is But A Weaving
My life is but a weaving
Between my God and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He weaveth steadily.

Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow;
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I the underside.

Not ’til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
And reveal the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned

Anonymous

I Corinthians 10:13 GNT
Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps His promise, and He will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, He will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.

Prayer:

Job 13:15 KJV
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him..."

Psalm 4:5 KJV
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in The Lord. 
 

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Steadfastness

Bible Questions Answered:
“...do you have to be perfect...?
Ronny/ Vilparaiso, Indiana U.S.A.

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

No, we will never reach perfection in this life, but doing our very best, we must. How could we do any less for The One who has given His all for you and me?

Thousands of individuals around our world, unknown by us, suffer and die every year, because they are Christians. What does our faith cost us? Are we daily taking up our cross and following the Savior?

Matthew 10:22 KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Daily- Christian Persecution:

322 Christian people killed because of their faith.
(7,100 Martyrs in 2016)

312 Christian Churches and buildings destroyed.
(2,400 churches burnt in 2016)

722 Acts of violence against Christian people. Rapes, beatings, arrests, abductions etc.
The Pew Research Center, over 75% of the world’s population lives in areas with severe religious restrictions (Christian).

The United States Department of State, Christians in more than 60 countries face persecution from their governments or surrounding neighbors because of their belief in Jesus Christ.

Salvation is absolutely free, and unearned, and yet discipleship will cost you everything!

Job 11:13-15 KJV
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward Him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear:

Job 23:11 KJV
My foot hath held His steps, His way have I kept, and not declined.

Psalm 57:7 ESV
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!

Psalm 112:6,7 NASB
6 For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever.
7 He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in The Lord.

Isaiah 26:3 NASB
The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.

Luke 14:25-30,33 NLT Jesus
25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them,
26 “If you want to be My disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be My disciple.
27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow Me, you cannot be My disciple.
28 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.
30 They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’
33 So you cannot become My disciple without giving up everything you own.

Acts 2:42 KJV
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Acts 11:23,24 NLT
23 When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.
24 Barnabas was a good man, full of The Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And many people were brought to The Lord.

Romans 5:3-5 NLT
3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.
4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us The Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love.

I Corinthians 4:1,2 KJV
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

I Corinthians 15:58 KJV
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of The Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

I Corinthians 16:13 NLT
Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.

Galatians 5:1 KJV
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Galatians 6:9 KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Ephesians 4:13,14 KJV
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of The Son Of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Philippians 1:27 KJV
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of The Gospel;

Colossians 2:5 KJV
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in The Spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

I Thessalonians 1:1-3 ESV
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God The Father and The Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers,
3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

II Thessalonians 2:2,3,15 NLT
2 Don’t be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that
the day of The Lord has already begun. Don’t believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.
3 Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the one who brings destruction.
15 With all these things in mind, dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the teaching we passed on to you both in person and by letter.

II Thessalonians 3:5 NLT
May The Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.

II Timothy 2:15 KJV
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Truth.

Hebrews 3:14 KJV
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

Hebrews 10:23,35,36 KJV
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;)
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

James 1:12 KJV
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of Life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

I Peter 5:8,9 KJV
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

II Peter 1:5-7 ESV
5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with Godliness,
7 and Godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

II Peter 3:17 KJV
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.

Prayer:

Oh Lord, in the faithful, loving example you have given to us, help us to be steadfast until the end!

I Corinthians 15:58 KJV
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of
The Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in The Lord.

Psalm 25:10 ESV
All the paths of The Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Daniel 6:26 KJV
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before The God of Daniel: for He is The Living God, and steadfast for ever..."

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been, Thou for ever will be

Chorus;
Great is thy faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside

Author: Thomas L. Chisholm 1866-1960
Music: William M. Runan 1870-1957


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Lamentations 3:22,23 KJV
22 It is of The Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassion's fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.