Showing posts with label man's rebelliousness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label man's rebelliousness. Show all posts

Friday, October 4, 2024

Why Israel WILL survive

 Romans 11:18

King James Version

18 Boast not against the branches. 

But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, 

but the root thee.


We could really write a whole book on Israel.

On this chosen nation of GOD.

On her ability to manage her nation.

On her ability to survive.

As if GOD's hand is upon her.

Or is it?

We shall find out.

From her reality.

And from Scripture.


Israel's reality:

When you're a David, you know how to deal with a Goliath, no matter if Goliath has many brothers.

When nations hate you, you don't hate them back.

When nations go on the offense, you go on the defense.

When you've been at war too long, you know how to survive.

When your government is being crushed from within, you know it is the enemy's infiltration, trying to weaken you from within.

When you have no friends, you know it doesn't matter. GOD is your FRIEND. What better friend can one have?

When others try to withhold supplies from you, you know you have to make your own.

When others try to weaken your resolve, you know it is a trick from the enemy.

When others try to bully you, you know you must work from your strengths.

When others spread lies about you, you remain in your own truth.

When others want to destroy you, you know you must survive.


This is the miracle that is Israel.

Ganged up on all fronts.

And yet she survives.

Through the MIGHTY HAND of GOD.

Even as she hasn't acknowledged JESUS, the MESSIAH.

GOD's will be done, through her.

She is meant to live, thrive, and survive.

She is meant to have a "remnant".

She cannot be destroyed.

She lives, for GOD's purpose.

For Himself.

Deuteronomy 14:2 

King James Version

2 For thou art an holy people 

unto the Lord thy God, 

and the Lord hath chosen thee 

to be a peculiar people unto himself, 

above all the nations that are upon the earth.


Isaiah 43:21 

King James Version

21 This people have I formed for myself; 

they shall shew forth my praise.


1 Peter 2:9 

King James Version

9 But ye are a chosen generation, 

a royal priesthood, 

an holy nation, 

a peculiar people; 

that ye should shew forth the praises of him 

who hath called you out of darkness 

into his marvellous light;


Israel is not perfect.

But GOD loves her anyway.


She has sinned against GOD too many times.

GOD judges her, she repents, then He forgives her.


She still doesn't acknowledge JESUS, the MESSIAH.

But JESUS died for her anyway.


She is the center of Satan's evil eye.

Because she is the APPLE of GOD's eye.


Do you now see what all this battle is about?

It's about JESUS, and Satan.

As it has always been.


Israel is hated, because GOD loves her.

Hatred has always been the work of Satan.

All that GOD loves, Satan will destroy.

At his own peril.


Satan truly has a learning disability.

He has not learned the first time.

So he hasn't, to this day.

But GOD's will be done.


Israel is for GOD's GLORY.

As everything is.

Right from the start.

JESUS taught us that.

EVERYTHING for GOD's GLORY.

It was never for any man's glory.

Much less for Satan.


Related material:

Why GOD Chose ISRAEL

God's COVENANTS with Israel

How GENTILES are to Regard JEWS

RELEVANT Israel Material

The prophesied remnant


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God will give you His Strength in your Struggle! - R.C. Sproul Message ("doctrine of election")

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

TRUTH about PRAYER

 

Matthew 18:3

King James Version

3 And said, 

Verily I say unto you, 

Except ye be converted, 

and become as little children, 

ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.


Oftentimes, the simplest things, can be the hardest things.

Such as knowing how to pray, and what to pray for.

The true born again knows how, and what.

SPIRIT and Scripture made it simple for us -- through JESUS.

The LORD taught us how to pray, just in this first verse alone:

Luke 11:2

King James Version

2 And he said unto them, 

When ye pray, say, 

Our Father which art in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy name. 

Thy kingdom come. 

Thy will be done, 

as in heaven, so in earth.


Apostle John supports the LORD's command:

1 John 5:14

King James Version

14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, 

that, if we ask any thing according to his will, 

he heareth us:


Apostle Paul gives us something specific, too:

1 Thessalonians 5:18

King James Version

18 In every thing give thanks: 

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus 

concerning you.


Notice anything with the three verses?

It's immediately apparent, really.

All that matters is the WILL of GOD.

When JESUS went back to heaven, He sent us His SPIRIT.

That we won't feel lost, sad, or orphaned.

Here's what SPIRIT can help us with, regarding prayer:

Romans 8:26-27

King James Version

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: 

for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: 

but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us 

with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth 

what is the mind of the Spirit, 

because he maketh intercession for the saints 

according to the will of God.


Again, it's "according to the will of God".

Children will understand the LORD's command.

For they look up to their parents, for guidance.

If you're born again, you'd teach them to know GOD's WILL.

Who is GOD, but the FATHER?

Obedience to the FATHER's will is key to prayer.

Kids can easily grasp this simple concept.

It's only adults who resist.

Thinking they are wise.

And yes, they are willful.

Still, GOD's will be done.


Related material:

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WHAT makes GOD answer a PRAYER?

GOD's WILL


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Sunday, September 17, 2023

Are you WICKED?

What JESUS declared:

Matthew 25:46

King James Version

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: 

but the righteous into life eternal.


Who are the wicked?

Are you wicked?

What does the Bible say?

What is the future of the wicked?

Let SPIRIT and Scripture tell us GOD's stand.

Starting with a psalm from king David:

Psalm 55:1-3

King James Version

55 Give ear to my prayer, O God; 

and hide not thyself from my supplication.

2 Attend unto me, and hear me: 

I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

3 Because of the voice of the enemy, 

because of the oppression of the wicked: 

for they cast iniquity upon me, 

and in wrath they hate me.


Psalm 55:9

King James Version

9 Destroy, O Lord, 

and divide their tongues: 

for I have seen violence and strife in the city.


Psalm 55:10

King James Version

10 Day and night they go about it 

upon the walls thereof: 

mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.


Psalm 55:11

King James Version

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: 

deceit and guile depart not from her streets.


Psalm 55:15

King James Version

15 Let death seize upon them, 

and let them go down quick into hell: 

for wickedness is in their dwellings, 

and among them.


Psalm 55:19

King James Version

19 God shall hear, and afflict them, 

even he that abideth of old. Selah. 

Because they have no changes, 

therefore they fear not God.


Psalm 55:21

King James Version

21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, 

but war was in his heart: 

his words were softer than oil, 

yet were they drawn swords.


Psalm 55:23

King James Version

23 But thou, O God, 

shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: 

bloody and deceitful men 

shall not live out half their days; 

but I will trust in thee.


In SUMMARY, according to king David, wicked men produce:

oppression of the wicked

they cast iniquity upon me

in wrath they hate me

violence and strife

Day and night they go about it 

mischief

deceit and guile

they have no changes

they fear not God

war was in his heart

yet were they drawn swords

bloody and deceitful men


That's but a small sampling of man's wickedness.

From which the world is reeling.

On the road to destruction.

More from these posts:

What are ABOMINATIONS to GOD?

On Knowing the Enemy of Christ

The WICKED shall PERISH

SINS of the FLESH

Sin AWARENESS


The ideal:

BORN AGAIN articles

REPENTANCE

HOLINESS


Saturday, June 3, 2023

CONSEQUENCES of sin

 Jude 4

King James Version

4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, 

who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, 

ungodly men, 

turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, 

and denying the only Lord God, 

and our Lord Jesus Christ.


It is important we seek GOD.

That we may know our sins.

And ask for His forgiveness.

The born again understands this.

For we know the consequences of sin:

Proverbs 14:12

King James Version

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, 

but the end thereof are the ways of death.


Isaiah 59:1-2

King James Version

59 Behold, 

the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; 

neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

2 But your iniquities have separated 

between you and your God, 

and your sins have hid his face from you, 

that he will not hear.


Ezekiel 18:20

King James Version

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. 

The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, 

neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: 

the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, 

and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.


Ezekiel 18:24

King James Version

24 But when the righteous turneth away 

from his righteousness, 

and committeth iniquity, 

and doeth according to all the abominations 

that the wicked man doeth, 

shall he live? 

All his righteousness that he hath done 

shall not be mentioned: 

in his trespass that he hath trespassed, 

and in his sin that he hath sinned, 

in them shall he die.


Romans 6:19-21

King James Version

19 I speak after the manner of men 

because of the infirmity of your flesh: 

for as ye have yielded your members servants 

to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; 

even so now yield your members servants 

to righteousness unto holiness.

20 For when ye were the servants of sin, 

ye were free from righteousness.

21 What fruit had ye then in those things 

whereof ye are now ashamed? 

for the end of those things is death.


Romans 6:23

King James Version

23 For the wages of sin is death; 

but the gift of God is eternal life 

through Jesus Christ our Lord.


Galatians 6:7-8

King James Version

7 Be not deceived; 

God is not mocked: 

for whatsoever a man soweth, 

that shall he also reap.

8 For he that soweth to his flesh 

shall of the flesh reap corruption; 

but he that soweth to the Spirit 

shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.


2 Peter 2:4-6

King James Version

4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, 

but cast them down to hell, 

and delivered them into chains of darkness, 

to be reserved unto judgment;

5 And spared not the old world, 

but saved Noah the eighth person, 

a preacher of righteousness, 

bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha 

into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, 

making them an ensample unto those 

that after should live ungodly;


2 Peter 2:9

King James Version

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly 

out of temptations, 

and to reserve the unjust 

unto the day of judgment to be punished:


2 Peter 2:10-16

King James Version

10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh 

in the lust of uncleanness, 

and despise government. 

Presumptuous are they, 

selfwilled, 

they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

11 Whereas angels, 

which are greater in power and might, 

bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

12 But these, 

as natural brute beasts, 

made to be taken and destroyed, 

speak evil of the things that they understand not; 

and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, 

as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. 

Spots they are and blemishes, 

sporting themselves with their own deceivings 

while they feast with you;

14 Having eyes full of adultery, 

and that cannot cease from sin; 

beguiling unstable souls: 

an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; 

cursed children:

15 Which have forsaken the right way, 

and are gone astray, 

following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, 

who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: 

the dumb ass speaking with man's voice 

forbad the madness of the prophet.


2 Peter 2:17-19

King James Version

17 These are wells without water, 

clouds that are carried with a tempest; 

to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, 

they allure through the lusts of the flesh, 

through much wantonness, 

those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

19 While they promise them liberty, 

they themselves are the servants of corruption: 

for of whom a man is overcome, 

of the same is he brought in bondage.


1 John 3:4

King James Version

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: 

for sin is the transgression of the law.


Jude 6

King James Version

6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, 

but left their own habitation, 

he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness 

unto the judgment of the great day.


Jude 7

King James Version

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, 

and the cities about them in like manner, 

giving themselves over to fornication, 

and going after strange flesh, 

are set forth for an example, 

suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.


Jude 14-19

King James Version

14 And Enoch also, 

the seventh from Adam, 

prophesied of these, saying, 

Behold, 

the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

15 To execute judgment upon all, 

and to convince all that are ungodly among them 

of all their ungodly deeds 

which they have ungodly committed, 

and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners 

have spoken against him.

16 These are murmurers, 

complainers, 

walking after their own lusts; 

and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, 

having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

17 But, beloved, 

remember ye the words which were spoken before 

of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18 How that they told you 

there should be mockers in the last time, 

who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

19 These be they who separate themselves, 

sensual, 

having not the Spirit.


In SUMMARY, these are the consequences of sin:

condemnation

the end thereof are the ways of death

your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. 

in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die

the end of those things is death

the wages of sin is death

whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap

God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell

spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow

to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished

natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed

And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness

rebuked for his iniquity

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire

To execute judgment upon all


Related posts:

The WICKED shall PERISH

Sin AWARENESS

HOLINESS


Friday, February 17, 2023

The TROUBLING things

Proverbs 17:3

King James Version

3 The fining pot is for silver,

 and the furnace for gold: 

but the Lord trieth the hearts.


We look at the world, and we wonder why it's in deep chaos.

We look to our lives, and we wonder if it could be better.

We look to those suffering, and we ask if GOD knows.

Of course, the LORD does.


He is not indifferent to us.

We have been indifferent to Him.


He has been steady, as a ROCK.

We have been going this way, and that.


He has been faithful to us.

We have strayed from Him.


SPIRIT inspired me to explore a few articles in the past.

Hoping to shed light on these troubling things.

Like pain, grief, suffering, crime, wars.

And here's what we wrote:

Bible DISCOVERY 20: WHY God ALLOWS Good and Evil to Coexist

GOD's WILL

GOD's WAYS

GOD is a CONSUMING FIRE

The REFINER's fire

The PURPOSE of affliction

For GOD's PERFECT PURPOSE

GOD's WAYS

STRENGTH in the MIDST of GRIEF

Do BABIES go to JESUS?


More articles here.


Saturday, January 21, 2023

On CHOOSING saints

1 Corinthians 14:33

King James Version

33 For God is not the author of confusion, 

but of peace, 

as in all churches of the saints.


Man does greatly err.

We do not have the power to choose saints.

We do not have the power to canonize them.

How can we, when only GOD can?

How can we, when we are sinful ourselves.

Consider the Bible's truth:

Genesis 6:5-6

King James Version

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man 

was great in the earth, 

and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart 

was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord 

that he had made man on the earth, 

and it grieved him at his heart.


Psalm 14:2-3

King James Version

2 The Lord looked down from heaven 

upon the children of men, 

to see if there were any that did understand, 

and seek God.

3 They are all gone aside, 

they are all together become filthy: 

there is none that doeth good, 

no, not one.


Jeremiah 17:10

King James Version

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.


Matthew 7:1-5

King James Version

7 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, 

ye shall be judged: 

and with what measure ye mete, 

it shall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou 

the mote that is in thy brother's eye, 

but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, 

Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; 

and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, 

first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; 

and then shalt thou see clearly 

to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.


Luke 16:15

King James Version

15 And he said unto them, 

Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; 

but God knoweth your hearts: 

for that which is highly esteemed among men 

is abomination in the sight of God.


Luke 18:8

King James Version

8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. 

Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, 

shall he find faith on the earth?


Luke 19:10

King James Version

10 For the Son of man is come 

to seek and to save that which was lost.


John 8:7-9

King James Version

7 So when they continued asking him, 

he lifted up himself, 

and said unto them, 

He that is without sin among you, 

let him first cast a stone at her.

8 And again he stooped down, 

and wrote on the ground.

9 And they which heard it, 

being convicted by their own conscience, 

went out one by one, 

beginning at the eldest, 

even unto the last: 

and Jesus was left alone, 

and the woman standing in the midst.


John 8:24

King James Version

24 I said therefore unto you, 

that ye shall die in your sins: 

for if ye believe not that I am he, 

ye shall die in your sins.


John 8:44-45

King James Version

44 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.

45 And because I tell you the truth, 

ye believe me not.


Romans 3:9-10

King James Version

9 What then? 

are we better than they? 

No, in no wise: 

for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, 

that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, 

There is none righteous, 

no, not one:


Romans 3:12

King James Version

12 They are all gone out of the way, 

they are together become unprofitable; 

there is none that doeth good, no, not one.


Romans 3:23

King James Version

23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;


Romans 7:14

King James Version

14 For we know that the law is spiritual: 

but I am carnal, sold under sin.


Romans 8:27

King James Version

27 And he that searcheth the hearts 

knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, 

because he maketh intercession for the saints 

according to the will of God.


Ephesians 5:3

King James Version

3 But fornication, 

and all uncleanness, 

or covetousness, 

let it not be once named among you, 

as becometh saints;


1 John 2:16

King James Version

16 For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, 

and the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, 

but is of the world.


1 John 5:19

King James Version

19 And we know that we are of God, 

and the whole world lieth in wickedness.


Revelation 14:12

King James Version

12 Here is the patience of the saints: 

here are they that keep the commandments of God, 

and the faith of Jesus.


Related material:

On man's future

WHO are the SAINTS?

FUTURE of SAINTS

SPIRIT and the 7 churches

Sin AWARENESS

The HOLY SPIRIT

WORD of GOD

HOLINESS