Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 03:20
Have you willfully been taken captive?
Colossians 2:8
¶ See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
Colossians 3:2
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
Colossians 3:23 (22-25)
¶ Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth,
not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance.
It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality.
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There are a few things here that it seems most Christians have not grasped:
Think about this;
When a fellow Christian is talking about their employment or employer, it positive?
Or negative?
This will show you who they are truly working for, The LORD, self or man.
Working as unto the Lord you have no reason to complain, gripe or grumble, for you are working for GOD Himself.
Psalms 56:11
In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
Psalms 118:6
The LORD is for me; I will not fear;
What can man do to me?
Psalms 56:4
In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere man do to me?
being on the wrong side of Father GOD should bring fear to your heart.
If you have excepted Christ and are still trying to please men or self you are walking a fine line that is filled with landmines, things that you can not see nor do you have any defense from.
The LORD will not break you r will and if you chose to live in sin, live for the things of this world you should not except Father God, Christ Jesus nor the Holy Spirit to answer your prayers.
GOD is not a short order cook;
He is not a genie in a bottle you can call up only when you want something.
Either you have repented of your sins and turned from them and turned to GOD or you have not.
It is not and can never be a no/off situation,
for if that is the way you live you need to recommit to the LORD and change the way you live.
Chose this day whom you will serve; GOD, man or self.
If you chose GOD you have no reason to live in fear,
If you chose self or men, you better fear GOD,
the one who will pronounce judgment against;
To sentence you to the pit of fire, hell.
If you chose men or self-realize that you are striving for wealth, for it is all for worldly gain, and for worldly gain you need wealth.
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.
Luke 16:13
“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth.”
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Colossians 3:12-17
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Whatever you do in word or deed,
do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning;
for some have no knowledge of God.
I speak this to your shame.
A word from Christ our Lord to the Christian:
Revelation 3:15-22
I know your deeds,
that you are neither cold noe hot;
I wish that you were cold or hot.
so because yo 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 youare wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
I advise you to but from Me gold refined by fire so that you may becaome rich, and white garments so that you may cloth yorself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed;and eye salveto 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 whho 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 Spiritt saya to the church."
are you the chruch?
have you allowed yourself to be taken captive by the world and its ways?
Christ Jesus is patiently standing at the door of your heart, knocking, waiting for you to ask Him in.
Saturday, October 19, 2024, 05:49
Being made new
Colossians 3:1-4
¶ Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ,
keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
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If you belong to Christ the things on your mind should be on the things of GOD the things of heaven,
His kingdom, His rightlessness.
Matthew 6:33
“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.”
Belonging to Christ our minds should be set on things above not on things on this earth.
Yes, we physically live on this earth but we are not to be apart of this earth nor its ways.
Some might put it this way
“so heavenly minded, your no earthly good.”
That is not a bad thing.
Belonging to Christ Jesus fully understanding what He did for you at the cross, your love for Him should be of first important in your life, not what you wear, eat nor positions of things of this world.
Matthew 6:19-21
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
So where is your heart?
With Christ?
Or with this world?
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Colossians 3:5-11
¶ Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.
But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him— a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.
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Our bodies are to be as dead to sin, all sin.
We are to let go of; to remove from our lives; anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech
we are not to lie to one another.
Coming to Christ Jesus our LORD we are to put aside our old ways of living, our old ways of thinking, allowing the Spirit of GOD to cloth us with a new life, renewing us in the truth of GOD that we may reflect the image of Christ Jesus our Lord to each other.
It doesn’t mater who we are or where we come from,
This should be expected of us if we have turn to Christ.
We are to live in the world, but yet not in its ways,
Christ has given everyone the opportunity to do so by giving of Himself on the cross and then rising aging three days later, victories over death and hell.
The thing is; will we totally except Him and turn from the sins and ways of this world, and its ways?
We have been chosen, but will we now choose Him?
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Colossians 3:12-17
¶ So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
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Being one who has been chosen of God, one who is considered to be holy and beloved, believers should be willing to give all to Christ Jesus and chose to live with a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience with all who are believers in Christ, with our hearts set to not offend our fellow believers, forgiving each other just as Christ has forgiven us. for just as the Lord forgave us, we also should forgive each other.
Before anything ells, in the body of Christ we should live out love, which is the perfect bond of unity not only in the church but in the world also.
As a Christian, a believer in and follower of Christ Jesus, we should live in the peace of Christ and allow that peace to rule in our hearts, for we were called in one body, the body of Christ Jesus we should be thankful for what Christ Jesus has done for us and for our brothers in Christ.
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. .
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.”
As a Christian, a believer in and follower of Christ Jesus are you willing to let go of all worldly ways and desires to follow and obey His word?
Are you willing to put Him first in all your ways?
Are you willing to live a life thankful being grateful for what He has done for you, a life of gratitude, a life of love forgiving as you have been forgiven?
A body divided can not stand,
A body unified with love can stand and withstand anything that may come its way.
Are you willing to love in this manner?
The body of Christ is to stand together in love through all things, being more concerned of the needs of others in the body then those of their own.
If the Bride; the church of Christ Jesus grasped the teaching of Christ in Colossians 3 And each of us treated one another in this manner what a difference it would make in this world.
i will leave you with this:
1John 3:16
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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Thursday, October 17, 2024, 05:00
This is the first and foremost note in my Bible;
Well after
"you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, you mind and soul, and your neighbor as yourself."
The Holy Spirit uses these to draws me back to where i should be.
Psalms 1
¶ How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
¶ The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.
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In all the notes in my bible this is the one i go back to most often.
i try to be constantly aware of my surroundings,
who i am listening to,
who i am associating with.
For if you are;
walking in the counsel of the wicked,
or stand in the path of sinners,
or sit in the seat of scoffers!
Then you are associating with those people.
The words of Father GOD are clear on these relationships.
DON’T have then,
stay away from them.
1Kings 11:2
“You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods.”
Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip.
Proverbs 22:24
Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king;
Do not associate with those who are given to change,
For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?
These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.
He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Peoples will curse him,
nations will abhor him;
But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.
1Corinthians 5:9
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people;
1 Corinthians 5:11
But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler
not even to eat with such a one.
For what have I to do with judging outsiders?
Do you not judge those who are within the church?
But those who are outside, God judges.
REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.
2Thessalonians 3:14
If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter,
take special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will be put to shame.
These words have been a guiding light for me for over 40 years.
At times in my life, i have lost my way and associated with the wrong people but each time the Holy Spirit has brought me back to the narrow path.
And each time i repent and turn from the evil ones in my life the Lord has blessed me.
These times have happened when i have seemed to be to busy to spend time in GODs word, and then drift away.
The Lord tells us He will never leave us nor forsake us,
and He has never failed to be there to draw me back.
Psalms 23
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
He restores my soul;
He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalms 1
¶ How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
¶ The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.
In the end of this life where will you be?
Blessed by the Lord?
Or perish with the wicked?
That choice is yours to make,
Will you walk in the counsel of the wicked?
Will you stand in the path of sinners?
Will you sit in the seat of scoffers?
Or will you
Set you delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law meditate day and night?
The choice is yours to make.
No one can make it for you.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 05:23
Acts 3:16 healing
“And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.
(1.)
Matthew 8:2-3
A leper came to Him ( Jesus ) and bowed down before Him,
and said,
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him,
saying,
“I am willing; be cleansed.”
And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
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the leper showed faith in Jesus by
First.
Approaching Jesus
Second.
When saying “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
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(2.)
Matthew 8:5-8
And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, and saying,
“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.”
Jesus said to him,
“I will come and heal him.”
But the centurion said,
“Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.”
Jesus responded to the centurion:
Matthew 8:10
Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following,
“Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel."
And Jesus responded:
Matthew 8:13
And Jesus said to the centurion,
“Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed.”
And the servant was healed that very moment.
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The centurion showed faith in Jesus when, he spoke these words:
“Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.”
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(3.)
Matthew 9:2
And they brought to Him ( Jesus )a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith,
Jesus said to the paralytic,
“Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
Matthew 9:6-7
“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” then He said to the paralytic,
“Get up, pick up your bed and go home.”
And he got up and went home.
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The friends of the paralytic showed faith when they brought their friend to Jesus, The paralytic showed faith by taking up his bed and going home.
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(4.) Matthew 9:20-22
And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him ( Jesus ) and touched the fringe of His cloak;
for she was saying to herself,
“If I only touch His garment, I will get well.”
But Jesus turning and seeing her said,
“Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.”
At once the woman was made well.
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The woman showed faith in thanking;
“If I only touch His garment, I will get well.”
And Jesus responded
“Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.”
It was her faith in Christ Jesus that healed her.
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(5.)
Matthew 9:28-30
When He ( Jesus ) entered the house, the blind men came up to Him,
and Jesus said to them,
“Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They said to Him,
“Yes, Lord.”
Then He ( Jesus ) touched their eyes, saying,
“It shall be done to you according to your faith.”
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the blind men showed faith in Christ Jesus when came to Him, and Jesus said to them
“It shall be done to you according to your faith.”
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Matthew 10:7-8
“And as you go, preach, saying,
The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.
Freely you received, freely give.”
Here are five examples of faith being the turning point or determining factor of someone being healed.
Faith in Christ Jesus.
And yes, Luke was a physician,
If you look back at what a physician was in those days and compare them to what today are called doctors you will find they are two different creatures.
In days of old a physician used what GOD created for healing.
But todays medicine has been created from tools of war, manmade chemicals, chemicals that were used for making explosives.
when the side effects are wors then the problem, then what is the point?
Don’t take my word for it, go check out when the medical profession was created, go check out the Bayer family, the Rothchild’s as to what they did after the world wars were over and they lost the income from selling chemicals for war uses,
go check out how when the medical profession was created.
Also ask yourself,
when you are sick do you run to a doctor?
Or
do you run to your Lord Christ Jesus?
Is your faith in a doctor and the medical profession?
Or
Christ Jesus the crater of mankind?
Yes, there is a place for a true doctor but that does not include taking manmade chemicals that were originally designed for death.
An example:
Radiation was first created to kill.
From the first atom being split it has been known radiation causes cancer.
But what does a doctor do if you have a broken bone, or cancer?
They shoot you with radiation.
Is that not a contradiction for healing?
But like i said don’t take my word for it,
do your own research.
But make sure it is honest research.
GOD created mankind, knows how the human body has been put together, and if our faith is set in Him,
He can heal us.
As the leper said:
“Lord, if You are willing.”
Sometimes we have physical problems that the LORD uses Paul had problems with his eyes, that were not healed, and the LORD used that in him to keep him humbled.
But rather than waiting on the LORD if we have a physical problem the first reaction is to run to a doctor rather than the LORD our creator.
Something to think about.
i pray when you are sick you will take an honest look at where your faith is anchored.
Saturday, October 12, 2024, 02:44
John 2:16
“Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.”
{{ Church is not to be a business, nor doing business. }}
1 Timothy 6:6-10
But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.
For we have brought nothing into the world,
so we cannot take anything out of it either.
If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil,
and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs
2 Timothy 2:15-17
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed,
accurately handling the word of truth.
But avoid worldly and empty chatter,
for it will lead to further ungodliness,
and their talk will spread like gangrene
Titus 2:11-13
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.
Hebrews 13:5-6
Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said,
“I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,” so that we confidently say,
“THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?”
James 4:4 (1-10)
What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you?
Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
You lust and do not have; so you commit murder.
You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel.
You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose:
“He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?
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.
Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
2 Peter 1:2-11
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence,
and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
Read daily and apply your life to fulfill.