Friday, October 11, 2024, 05:46
Why it is important to take the word of GOD serious.
the words Jesus speakes to us through the bible (His word) and the Holy Spirit.
In His word we are told to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.
And what will happen if we don’t,
but rather seek the things of men and of this world instead.
Before Christ returns, we still have time,
we need to take this time and get things right with Him,
time is running out,
and as is written in the back of the book,
“These words are faithful and true”
Whether you want to believe it or not GOD has standards,
standards we are to live by if we want to have our names found in His book of life.
Revelation 20:11
¶ Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books,
according to their deeds.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the second death, the lake of fire.
And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:5-8
¶ And He who sits on the throne said,
“Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said,
“Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
Then He said to me,
“It is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.
I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
He who overcomes will inherit these things,
and I will be his God and he will be My son.
But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars,
their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone,
which is the second death.”
GODs provision for us is that we can be justification by faith,
faith in His Son Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:21
¶ But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe;
for there is no distinction;
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith.
This was to demonstrate His righteousness,
because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
¶ Where then is boasting? It is excluded.
By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Or is God the God of Jews only?
Is He not the God of Gentiles also?
Yes, of Gentiles also,
since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
¶ Do we then nullify the Law through faith?
May it never be!
On the contrary, we establish the Law.
John 5:20-23
“For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing;
and the Father will show Him greater works than these,
so that you will marvel.
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,
even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
For not even the Father judges anyone,
but He has given all judgment to the Son,
so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father.
He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Jesus is our judge,
so it might be a great idea to learn how to live in the manner He desires us to.
Go and slowly read Matthew 5, 6 and 7
Take the time to really hear what the Lord is saying,
When you get it, then repent, readjust your thoughts and way of life to get on that narrow path that leads to the small gate.
Yes, we all sin but that does not mean we are to remain in that sin.
Once we are aware of our sin we need to repent of that sin, and turn to Christ Jesus asking for forgiveness, turning from sin too walk in His righteousness.
Anchoring our faith in Christ Jesus and Him alone.
“Understand that man does not live by bread alone,
but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.”
Please read and follow Matthew 5,6 and 7.
The words directly from the mouth of the LORD Christ Jesus.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 08:53
Go by the title Christian?
Read the following.
Read slowly,
and hear what the Lord is saying to you, the church.
Revelation 1:3
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy,
and heed the things which are written in it;
for the time is near.
Revelation 2:2-6
“I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance,
and that you cannot tolerate evil men,
and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles,
and they are not, and you found them to be false;
and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
But I have this against you,
that you have left your first love.
Therefore, remember from where you have fallen,
and repent and do the deeds you did at first;
or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.
Yet this you do have,
that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans,
which I also hate.”
Revelation 2:9-10
“I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich),
and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not,
but are a synagogue of Satan.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer.
Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison,
so that you will be tested,
and you will have tribulation for ten days.
Be faithful until death,
and I will give you the crown of life.”
Revelation 2:13
“I know where you dwell,
where Satan’s throne is;
and you hold fast My name,
and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you,
where Satan dwells.
But I have a few things against you,
because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam,
who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.
So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Therefore repent;
or else I am coming to you quickly,
and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.”
Revelation 2:19-25
“I know your deeds,
and your love and faith and service and perseverance,
and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.
But I have this against you,
that you tolerate the woman Jezebel,
who calls herself a prophetess,
and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
I gave her time to repent,
and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness,
and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation,
unless they repent of her deeds.
And I will kill her children with pestilence,
and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts;
and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
But I say to you,
the rest who are in Thyatira,
who do not hold this teaching,
who have not known the deep things of Satan,
as they call them—I place no other burden on you.
Nevertheless, what you have, hold fast until I come."
Revelation 3:2-4
“Wake up,
and strengthen the things that remain,
which were about to die;
for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.
So remember what you have received and heard;
and keep it, and repent.
Therefore, if you do not wake up,
I will come like a thief,
and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments;
and they will walk with Me in white,
for they are worthy.”
Revelation 3:8-11
“I know your deeds.
Behold,
I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power,
and have kept My word,
and have not denied My name.
Behold,
I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan,
who say that they are Jews and are not,
but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet,
and make them know that I have loved you.
Because you have kept the word of My perseverance,
I also will keep you from the hour of testing,
that hour which is about to come upon the whole world,
to test those who dwell on the earth.
I am coming quickly;
hold fast what you have,
so that no one will take your crown."
Revelation 3:15-20
“I know your deeds,
that you are neither cold nor hot;
I wish that you were cold or hot.
So because you are lukewarm,
and neither hot nor cold,
I will spit you out of My mouth.
Because you say,
“I am rich, and have become wealthy,
and have need of nothing,”
and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich,
and white garments so that you may clothe yourself,
and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed;
and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Those whom I love,
I reprove and discipline;
therefore,
be zealous and repent.
Behold,
I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Who is the church?
That’s right the believer.
Call yourself a Christian,
then you are stating you are the church,
So, take heed of what the Lord your GOD has spoken to you in Revelation.
If you are blind as to what is taking place in the world today,
then you won’t be concerned with what the LORD has said,
but if your eyes are open,
you will see that the time is close,
Christ Jesus is warning us,
He warns us all through His word.
The question is will we head His words?
Or just sluff it off and continue to take part with the world and its ways.
The ways of mankind, the ways of satin.
You will ether heed GOD's word,
or spend eternity in hell.
That may seem heard but that is the way it is,
Father God has given us every opportunity to join Him in His Kingdom,
He sent His son Christ Jesus to die for us so that we may live with Him,
But if we are not willing to except His free gift of salvation,
then we cannot receive it,
He will not force it on us, nor will He break your will,
it is your choice where you will spend eternity.
Read the words in Revelation and find out what the LORD Christ Jesus is telling you the Church.
Then make the choice of which side of the fence you will live on.
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
“To him who overcomes I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.”
“He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.”
“To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.”
“He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father; and I will give him the morning star.”
“He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.”
“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.”
“He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.”
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Are you the church?
will you overcome?
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 07:24
Hold fast to what you have.
What do i have?
i have faith in Father God and Christ Jesus my Lord i have the Holy Spirit to teach me and guide me through life.
John 21:22
Jesus said to him,
“If I want him to remain until I come,
what is that to you?
You follow Me!”
John 20:30-31
¶Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples,
which are not written in this book;
but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God;
and that believing you may have life in His name.
Titus 2:11-15
For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all men,
instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly,
righteously and godly in the present age,
looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior,
Christ Jesus,
who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed,
and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession,
zealous for good deeds.
These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority.
Let no one disregard you.
These I have and hold fast to.
Hebrews 3:14
For we have become partakers of Christ,
if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end,
Hebrews 6:11-12
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,
so that you will not be sluggish,
but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
What are you holding on to?
GOD and His word?
Or the things of this world?
Of what the Lord your GOD thinks of you?
Or what the world thinks of you?
Better to be uncomfortable than to spend eternity in pain and anguish.
An eternity in hell separated for love, joy and peace.
take time and think about it,
then make the chose,
who will you live for?
what will you hold on to?
think about it.
Thursday, October 3, 2024, 22:14
Ezekiel 18:1-4
¶ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “you are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore.
Behold, all souls are Mine;
the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine.
The soul who sins will die.”
Ezekiel 18:5-9 ¶
“But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—
if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will surely live,” declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 18:10-13
¶ “Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother
(though he himself did not do any of these things),
that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife, oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination, he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live?
He will not live!
He has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.”
Ezekiel 18:14-18
¶ “Now behold, he has a son who has observed all his father’s sins which he committed, and observing does not do likewise.
He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife, or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, he keeps his hand from the poor, does not take interest or increase, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live.
As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity.”
Ezekiel 18:19-20
¶ “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live.
The person who sins will die.
The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.”
Ezekiel 18:21-23
¶ “But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord GOD, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?”
Ezekiel 18:24-29
¶ “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.”
“Yet you say,
‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?
When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die. Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life. Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
But the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?”
Ezekiel 18:30-32
¶ “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord GOD. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you. Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord GOD. “Therefore, repent and live.”
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As believers in and followers of our Lord Christ Jesus we are adopted children of Father GOD. That does not make us the house of Israel but i think it does put us under the same rules and obligations.
The obligation to obey the Lord our GOD, and to be righteous, to practices justice and righteousness, Father GOD sets out the guide lines.
“if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—
if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
if he does not lend money on interest or take increase,
if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,
if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will surely live,“ declares the Lord GOD.
“But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.
Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord GOD, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?”
“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.”
When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die.
Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life.
Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord GOD. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.
Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord GOD.
“Therefore, repent and live.”
Father God sent His son to be given in sacrifice on a cross to pay the price for our sins, He died so that we might live,
In the above viruses Father sets out how the righteous and the unrighteous live and how each should live.
We are told the each according to his own conduct will be judged,
We are told if we are living in unrighteousness we need to repent, turn away from our sins so that our sins do not put us in the position of having to die.
For by repenting of and turning from our sins and practicing righteousness we shall live. As believers in Christ Jesus, we should desire to please Him for what He has done for us. Jesus in Matthew states
“if you love me you will keep My commandments”
And in John 14:6 Jesus states
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me”
Take the time to read Romans 5
i am not going to post it here get a bible and set down and read it, take the time to slowly go through it and find out what Father God through Christ Jesus has done for you.
If your faith is in Christ Jesus and you have asked Him in to your life, repented of your sins, and turned from them to live a righteous live, you shall live throughout eternity in the presents of the LORD.
So repent, turn from the sin in you, allow the Holy Spirit to make you a new heart and a new spirit. and live a righteous life, being justice and righteous,
Father GOD sets out the guide lines.
Jesus said
“I and the Father are one.”
“If you have seen Me you have seen the Father.”
“if you love Me you will keep My commandments.”
Do you love the LORD?
Then show it by doing as He has said.
For each one will be judged by the deeds lived out.
“Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.”
Are you holding on to anything you shouldn’t be?
You never know when your last breath will be.
So make things right wall you still can,
once your last breath leaves your body it is too late.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 05:16
Deuteronomy 10:12-14
“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you,
but to fear the LORD your God,
to walk in all His ways and love Him,
and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?
Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.”
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are not believers in Christ Jesus adopted in to the family of GOD?
Are adopted children to be treated differently?
Answer: NO
We who have been adopted in to the Kingdom of GOD are responsible to obey the Lord our GOD just the same as Israel is to obey.
We are told 365 time in the word of GOD to not fear,
so strict attention should be paid when we are instructed to fear.
what does the LORD your God require from you,
to fear Him,
to walk in all His ways,
to love Him, and
to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes.
And aging we are told in Deuteronomy 10:20
“You shall fear the LORD your God”
“You shall fear the LORD your God;
you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and
you shall swear by His name.
Deuteronomy 13:1-8
“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,’
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams;
for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk.
So you shall purge the evil from among you.”
¶ “If your brother, your mother’s son, (that would be your birth brother)
or your son or daughter,
or the wife you cherish,
or your friend who is as your own soul,
entice you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known, of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end), you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.”
(( A little side note:
Being enticed to fallow after other gods. ?
what are the other gods?
Can be a person, teacher, actor, athlete, preacher, hooker.
Can be a job, position, house, car, boat, sport, clothing.
Can be anything that can be purchased with money.
Is anyone or thing other than the GOD of creation,
it can even be yourself. ))
With all that is going on in the world today you need to realize you are running out of time.
Get things right with The Lord your GOD,
Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:6-8
But He gives a greater grace.
Therefore it says,
“GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”
Submit therefore to God.
Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
(( “God is opposed to the proud”
We are to resist the devil, and by doing so he will flee from us.
We are to draw near to God, and in doing so He will draw near to us.
We are told to clean our hands of sin And to purify our hearts.
We are not to be doubled minded. ))
Matthew 22:37
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.”
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
(( No one can serve two masters;
No matter what the other master may be, if you are not placing the LORD your GOD as your only Master you are asking for trouble.
Time is quickly running out.
Make the choice and stick with it;
either chose The LORD your GOD and obey His commandments, loving Him and Him alone with all your heart, mind and soul.
OR
chose to follow after the world, and live in sin,
if this is your choice stop playing church and go on your way.
If you chose The LORD your GOD and to obey His commandments,
To love Him and Him alone with all your heart, mind and soul.
Then He will bless you for eternity.
Fear the Lord your GOD, resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Psalm 34:9
O fear the LORD, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want.
Psalm 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 8:12-14
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.”
Proverbs 9:10
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
Proverbs 14:27
“The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.”
Proverbs 15:33
“The fear of the LORD is the instruction for wisdom, And before honor comes humility.”
Isaiah 33:6
And He will be the stability of your times,
A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge;
The fear of the LORD is his treasure. ))
Was setting here finishing up and a thought came:
“Perfect love cast out all fear”
As a believer in Christ Jesus what is perfect love?
1John 4:15-21
“Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us.
God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment;
because as He is, so also are we in this world.
There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casts out fear,
because fear involves punishment,
and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
We love, because He first loved us.
If someone says,
“I love God,”
and hates his brother, (a fellow believer) he is a liar;
for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
And this commandment we have from Him,
that the one who loves God should love his brother also.”
This perfect love is our Lord and savior Christ Jesus.
And if we are abiding in Him, He is abiding in us.
this love, the love we are to obtain through faith in Christ Jesus, cast out all fear of this world and what it may do to our human body.
Philippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
This should be the reaction of a true believer in Christ Jesus.
To live gives us more time and opportunities to share the good news of Christ Jesus with others,
But to die is to be with the Lord.
A win, win no matter how you look at it.
So let the world kill this body,
i get to go home.
Do you have that assurance?
Do you truly love the LORD your GOD?
Or are you fearful of what this world might do to you or say about you?
No one can play on both sides of the fence.