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Great Bible Stories for Life. This free eBook highlight select stories from the Bible that will change your life. God called ordinary people just like you and me to complete extraordinary tasks. This eBook contains inspiring writing on exciting ventures in the Bible. Click on the link below to get your copy today!
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Great Bible Stories for Life. This free eBook highlight select stories from the Bible that will change your life. God called ordinary people just like you and me to complete extraordinary tasks. This eBook contains inspiring writing on exciting ventures in the Bible. Click on the link below to get your copy today!
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Great Bible Stories for Life. This free eBook highlight select stories from the Bible that will change your life. God called ordinary people just like you and me to complete extraordinary tasks. This eBook contains inspiring writing on exciting ventures in the Bible. Click on the link below to get your copy today!
Stephen was killed, why? He had a lot going for him. He was used by God in wisdom and miracles. He was a man who lived and walked by faith. But yet he died a cruel death. What can we take away from the story of Stephen that will positively help us? Click on the link below to find out. #Acts #BibleStudy #Devotions
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Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
What I Believe
This message is not What I Believe as my own personal, for mine are whatever the Bible speaks of, but for many of you What You Believe is altogether a different story. When you Witness to someone the question must arise, is it what Scripture says or is it based on what a Denomination has lead you to Believe?
In my Walk with Jesus I have sit in many different Denominations, some for a one time service, others many services, but in all of them The Holy Spirit was teaching me to Discern not only The Spirit of the place, but also The Word of the place. There are too many of you that really do not understand the following Scriptures…
Hebrews 13:8 KJV
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”
John 5:19 KJV
“Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”
In these two Scriptures we find What We Should Believe, that is, The Foundation to Our Belief. Understand this, if you want to know How The Father Thinks and Acts, His Will, then read the Old Testament. If you want to know How Jesus Thinks and Acts, His Will then read the New Testament and what you will find is they are One In The Same.
When Jesus took on as the Sacrificial Lamb we Must Understand that Jesus did not Change The Fathers Will or Desires that The Father has for His Children. What this means is the Only Change was in The Sacrifice For Sin. Jesus said that He did not come to Change The Law, but to Fulfill The Law, that is, The Laws that dealt with Sin.
Matthew 5:17-20 KJV
“17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
Many miss the point in these Scriptures. Jesus said I have not come to Change or Destroy the Law Of My Father, but through Me, the Law Of Sin I Am The Sacrifice For Your Sin, but the part that many miss is The Laws Of The Fathers Will. Jesus said until Heaven and Earth Pass, let me say that again, UNTIL Heaven and Earth Pass not One Thing Of The Fathers Will, will change. If no one told you yet…Heaven and Earth are still here! Most think that All Of The Laws that Govern The Fathers Will have been Fulfilled when Jesus Died and Rose again, but your Understanding is void of The Truth.
In the above Scripture, in John 5:19, Jesus, Our Lord and Savior said that He ONLY, ONLY, ONLY did what The Father Does and NOTHING of His Own FREE Will! Jesus could have changed everything to His Own Free Will!
Luke 22:42 KJV
“Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”
Matthew 26:50-54 KJV
"50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out [his] hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear. 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"
So now, get this, Jesus Did, Jesus Said everything even as The Father in Heaven…HAS SAID. Meaning this, that Jesus, Our Lord and Savior, came in the flesh to Walk as His Father Is, which means, even though Jesus is The Son of The Father, He still had to deal with The Flesh, being Tempted By The Flesh just as we are… Jesus became Equal To Man In our Walk On Earth… still doing The Fathers Will.
John 10:30 KJV
“I and [my] Father are one.”
So then, What I Believe, MUST be also What Jesus and The Father Believe…IN ALL THINGS and The Holy Spirit is to Teach us How To Do That!!! To take this to the most simplest point of Salvation, many believe that in order to be Saved that you Must be Baptized…WRONG! Baptism is an Outward Sign to those around you to an Inward Change, it does not Save you, only, Only, ONLY The Blood Of Jesus can save us. Too many of you have confessed Jesus and have been Baptized but there has not really been a Transformation. In order for you to be Saved by Jesus, there Must be a True, Whole Hearted Belief in Jesus As Savior and then Lord. We have this example with the Two Thieves.
Luke 23:33, 39-43 KJV
"33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. ... 39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise."
The one Thief was Saved because of His Whole Hearted Belief In Jesus as Savior and he was Not Baptized. Too many of you take the Word and divided among yourselves believing what you want it to say, basing your Walk and Talk by a Manipulation of Scriptures. If that was not good enough, you have taken away certain Scriptures, saying that was then, but this is now! Furthermore some of you have taken other forms of doctrine believing they are Equal to The Word Of God, not Challenging what is in the False Doctrine but Believing.
Too many of you Believe that Your Walk and Talk does not matter, to You it does not, but to Jesus, whom is Our Judge it matters in All Areas of Your Walk!!!
Matthew 12:36 KJV
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 KJV
"10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."
We Must become the Living Word Of God to those who are in The World, that are Testimonies are not one of Heresy, but let us Speak and Walk even as Jesus has commanded for us to do so. For my Testimony should be the same no matter where I go or whom I speak to as another Brother or Sister who is Saved by Grace, Washed in The Blood Of Jesus for the Remission of Sins!!! If the Scripture says, then do and speak, if it does not, then remove yourself from such things or false doctrine of men.
I know The Lord continues to speak on this area and even in another, such as Men and Women are not Equal but only in Salvation, but our Walks are Parallel but in an Order that The Father has commanded. When the Father said that Homosexuals are an Abomination then they are so. If The Father set Man as Head then he is and let it be so.
Too many of you in this day and time try to Justify Your Actions and have convinced many to follow thereafter, but by Who’s Word will you be Judged? If My Belief is not Equal to Jesus Belief then I have a problem! For it is only By and Through Jesus we should be Living By!!
Brothers and Sister we cannot continue to fight amongst ourselves, for by doing so we have become the Servants Of Satan’s Will, for he is out to Destroy, Kill and Steal away anything that deals with The Father. Satan does not care How or by What Means to accomplish this, but since the day that Jesus Rose from the grave, Satan has been hard at work to Destroy Jesus and The Father’s Work.
John 10:10 KJV
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly."
It is past time that we step back in time, to erase the chalk boards, the white boards, the social media and false doctrine, to back to the Scrolls. For those who think they have an answer that goes against The Word, their time is coming that Our Lord Jesus will Rebuke such and cast them away into the Lake Of Fire! The following Scripture will be Our Judgment…
Ephesians 4:4-6 KJV
"4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all."
It will not be Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Mormon, LDS, Pentecostal, Full Gospel, Nazarene and the list goes on, that will Save You, nor will it be them who are Your Judge, but it is Jesus Only and that according to The Fathers Will!!! What I Believe is the Same, Equal Standards that The Father, Jesus The Son and The Holy Spirit agree with, nothing of my own do I claim! As we have read in this message Jesus Claimed nothing of His Own, but only that in which The Father Told Him, Showed Him and Gave Him and we must be likewise in All Affairs Of Life!!!
What I Believe!!!
Amen and Amen!!!
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One definition of a disciple of Christ is one who makes other disciples of Christ. As good as that is, the disciples were looking for important qualifications in their replacement of Judas. What was their criteria for being a good disciple? Click on the link below to read about it. #Acts #BibleStudy #Devotions #Discipleship
https://www.ramckinley.com/how-to-be-a-good-disciple-of-christ/
A wise man named Gamaliel knew that neither the Jewish leaders nor anyone else would ever successfully stand against the Lord. Therefore he offered his advice. This is a great story in the Bible that will encourage you in your walk and work with the Lord. Click on the link below to read it. #Acts #BibleStudy #Devotions
Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
We Are Not Acceptable
Brothers and Sisters Change MUST occur to be Accepted by Jesus. I will start off by saying what I have said many times before, if being Acceptable was only in a One Time Confession, then All People would be Saved by this One Scripture…
Rom 10:9 KJV
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
If it where this easy, then I do not need to write any further, all I would have to do is Preach this one Scripture and as some believe, all would be good with God! But it is not that easy, there has to be more of a Change in one’s Life to be Acceptable to The Father, Jesus and The Holy Spirit.
If Salvation was so simplistic we could Confess Jesus as Savior, not Lord and Live however we desire to live, with No Fear of any consequences of our actions. This would also mean we could Believe whatever we wanted to and still enter into the Kingdom Of Heaven. If Salvation was so simplistic, we could Ignore all the writings of How We Are To Walk With God, in fact many do, we could Write Our Own Story Lines for our Lives, changing the Original into whatever we wish to believe, turning The Truth into a Lie!
We find the parable of the Ten Virgins as one of the proofs that We Are Not Acceptable according to Our Will, Our Desire, Our Understanding, but that there has to be a Deeper Change.
Mat 25:1-13 KJV
“1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish. 3 They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”
If would seem that all of the Virgins were equal, but they are not. Jesus divided them into Two Groups, the Haves and the Haves Not, but what is this that Divides them? Some would say, “Well it is the Oil of course…”. What is The Oil that made it so important that Jesus did not accept the five virgins even when they came back with Oil in their lamps?
2Co 5:17 KJV
“Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
So many people take this Scripture to mean that Jesus covered everything and everything is all good now, but this is Not what this Scripture is saying. There are Steps in Salvation and the First Step is the Most Critical to everything that proceeds. First we Must Truly Believe that Jesus is The Son Of God, that Jesus Died For My Sin.
The Scripture above is a Progression Scripture, it is a Time Changing Scripture that needs to be Understood in meaning. The First clue in this Scripture is, “In Christ”, this is the Salvation Part. The Second clue in this Scripture is, “he is a New Creature: Old things are passed away”, this is the Old Understanding of How To Live. The Third clue is, Behold, All Things BECOME…BECOME…BECOME New, this is How We Are To Live and Be Acceptable to Jesus.
So it goes like this, First Jesus Saves Me, Second the way I used to Look at Life is Passed Away and Third I need to Change Into The New Life that Jesus has presented. It is Not a Instant thing but a Progression Of Life In Jesus. There has to be a Transformation for Fleshly Life Style to a Godly Life Style. Now, for those who say, “What about those who Accept Jesus on their Death Beds?”, I cannot judge things that are in Jesus hands, but will say this one thing, at the time, if Salvation was True, then for them there was no time to Change How They Walked In Future Events Of Life, but Salvation will suffice! To those of us who are yet still alive, we Must Live the rest of Our Lives doing things God’s Way, because we are still alive.
Jesus said that you cannot put New Wine into Old Vessels else they will burst, it is because of the Relationship of the New Wine that is full of Expanding Life that the Old Vessel could not contain the Pressure. In that, New Wine has to go into a New Vessel to be Contained In Its Newness.
Mat 9:17 KJV
“Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.”
As I have said we Must be Transformed into the Likeness of God, it does not happen overnight, but must be ongoing events in one’s Life. It also must be of one’s Choice to Change into the Proper Vessel Acceptable Of Jesus. This takes Building a Relationship With Jesus, this is The Oil.
Rom 12:1-2 KJV
“1 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. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
We Must look at everything through God’s Eyes and not our own eyes of Understanding. The Father said that Our Ways are Not His Ways of doing things.
Isa 55:9 KJV
“For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Without a Relationship With Jesus, we will Not Be Acceptable. This Relationship is The Desire to Live as God Lives, doing His Will in all things, Walking as He Walks in all things, this is The Oil. You cannot just run out and buy this Oil, but it is a Oil that is Processed In Your Walk, using the Right Ways to Formulate Our Walk. It is God’s Formula that He is the only one that holds the Patent On and the Process is Locked Tight In Him.
Man has tried to Walk as Scripture says without Salvation and has failed, Man has tried to Walk having Salvation without Walking God’s Way and has failed, Man has tried to Re-Write God’s Will and has failed!!! There is only One Way and that is God’s Way!!!
Brothers and Sisters some of you who teach how to Walk With Jesus, need to be re-taught with the Milk Of The Word, because the Meat you serve is tainted in False Doctrine. Too many of you have sacrificed The Word Of Truth for the ways of the World, becoming Unacceptable to Jesus in Your Walk.
The Scriptures tells us that The World is Our Enemy and Not Our Friend, but too many of you have Welcomed The World into YOUR Doctrine to be Acceptable to The World, having not understanding that You have separated yourselves from Jesus in Your Doctrine! To you I say Repent while you can, turn from Your Evil Ways, Jesus is going to come as a thief in the night, we having no idea of the Day or Time that He will come, but Only The Father knows that Day and Time that Jesus will come for His Bride.
2Pe 3:10 KJV
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
Mat 24:36 KJV
“But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Jesus awaits His Father to tell Him to gather us, to take us to Heaven, but are You Ready? You cannot put it off as though it is a chore, or that You Think there is enough time to do so later. We only know in part what The World will be like when Jesus comes, but we do not know exactly how The Father views things in The Whole Earth at one time.
Brothers and Sisters it is a matter of Choice on What to Believe at this point of time, but Understand this, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit are one and Unchangeable. As The Father was in the beginning, so is Jesus in the end. Who and What The Father has desired with man has not changed and will not change to satisfy the flesh.
Heb 13:8 KJV
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Repent!
Amen and Amen!!!
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The Bible reveals a wonderful story of when God spoke to Moses from a burning bush. It happened one day as he led his father-in-law’s sheep into the wilderness. How does this story apply to us? Click on the link below to find out. #BibleStudy #Devotions #Discipleship #Exodus
https://www.ramckinley.com/story-of-the-burning-bush-in-the-bible/
The religious leaders wanted to know by whose authority Jesus was doing what He did. they were clueless to the fact that Jesus was given all authority in heaven and on earth. Click on the link below to see how Christians have access to Him and His authority. #BibleStudy #Devotions #Luke #worship
Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
Who’s Faith Do You Walk?
Brothers and Sisters by Who’s Faith Do You Walk? Is it the Faith that men have set to Bind You by False Doctrine? What Path do you Walk, the Path of Jesus or of men?
The Great Divide among Brothers and Sisters is throughout History and the Righteous of God have tried to battle through such heresy. Our Brother Paul dealt with the same as we do today, but we are at a much Greater Divide. Paul asked the question, “Is Jesus Divided?”.
1 Corinthians 1:13 KJV
“Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?"
The very first question of this Scripture sets the Boundaries Of Our Faith, for Jesus is Not Divided, nor The Father, nor The Holy Spirit, but are One in All Agreements.
Hebrews 13:8 KJV
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."
The second question of Paul’s statement, did Your Denomination Die For Your Sins? I do not care what Your Denomination is, but they did not Die For Your Sins, only The Son Of God, only Jesus has! Many of you would agree with that statement, but then Who’s Faith Do You Walk By… Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, all Denominations who have Their Own Doctrine Of Faith, that they say they believe, but do not even follow!!
1 John 2:1-2 KJV
"1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world."
2 Corinthians 5:20-21 KJV
"20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
The third question of Paul’s statement, Whom Were You Baptized In? Were you Baptized into the Doctrine Of A Denomination, to Their Beliefs, Their Standards? Many have said the following…”I Baptize you in The Name Of The Father, The Son and Holy Spirit”, in which by Words is correct, but the Spirit and Intent is Divided Among You!!! For the Scriptures truly do say to be Baptized by The Name Of The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but the area most people Do Not Understand is they are being Baptized in The Name Of A Denomination, NOT God!!!
For the Baptisms by Water is an Outward Witness to an Inward Change Of Beliefs, The Acceptance of Jesus as Savior and Lord, to tell everyone that you are now a Disciple Of Jesus…NOT The Denomination!!!
Matthew 28:19-20 KJV
"19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen."
In Paul’s frustration of False Doctrine that was emerging, he made it very clear that, he, being an Apostle, ministered The Word Of Jesus and Baptized only a few, making sure The Word Was Pure, that it was Not Him (Paul), whom we Live By, but Jesus Only!
1 Corinthians 1:14-17 KJV
"14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."
Romans 6:3 KJV
“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?"
1 Corinthians 12:13 KJV
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."
Galatians 3:26-28 KJV
"26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."
For we are to Walk by Jesus, in which we have the Scriptures, The Living Word Of The Father, manifested in Jesus and having The Holy Spirit that Teaches us how to Live according to God, not man, nor Satan. There is No Division in God! The Father, Jesus His Son and The Holy Spirit AGREE IN ONE ACCORD, each having their own place, but there is No Division!!!
The problem is not in the number of churches (denominations), but it is in The Faith They Walk, for we are to be One Body, under the Same Doctrine, being The Church, Undivided!!!
We live in a time that Sound Doctrine is no longer that which proceeded from Jesus, but has become the Tolerance Of The World, Society, Men and Satan.
2 Timothy 4:3 KJV
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;"
2 Corinthians 10:12 KJV
“For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
In most of you, you lack The Understanding of these two Scriptures. For Man and Satan have re-written The Word Of God to fit their fleshly lust and the Spirit Of The Anti-Christ, having you Walk Contrary to Sound Doctrine. We, who Stand in the Law Of The Spirit by The Living Word Of God, have become the Enemy of the churches (denominations) and to the World! For us who Walk Accordingly we will be the Martyrs, liken to John The Baptist, giving Our Lives for Sound Doctrine, for The Sake Of Jesus. The Time is not far off!
Those of you who Minister under The Name of a Denomination, need to consider carefully The Faith They Walk. Our only way into Heaven is In and Through Jesus The Christ, it will not be because I went and was baptized in some Denomination, by some man! There is Only One Word, One God, One Baptism, not many or different ways.
Ephesians 4:3-6 KJV
"3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all."
We are to Live by One Word, that is, The Scriptures Undefiled, and The Holy Spirit that Teaches us how to Walk With Our God. I should be able to take any Scripture to any other church, to any other place in the World and it should be THE SAME WORD, WITH THE SAME MEANING! Now before anyone thinks of correcting me on this, there are Different Degrees of Understanding, but, they do not Change The Root of Who God Is or How He Wants Us To Live!!! Just to make this clear, if God says that Homosexuality is an Abomination, then it matters not to what Degree or Wording you use for Your Understanding, it is an Abomination, this is The Root that God has said!!!
What most Do Not Understand is that No Matter what I Believe, No Matter what I Say, No Matter What I Do, come Judgment Day we will All Be Judged By The SAME WORD with NO Variance In Judgment!
Do you Not Understand the following Scripture…
Hebrews 13:8 KJV
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."
Jesus is Our Judge. Jesus was in The Beginning with The Father when He Created All Things. Jesus and The Father are One, not the same Person, but that they Agree As One In All Things, Jesus Is the Living Word Of The Father! If this is so, then would it not be to Our Benefit to Live By The Same Faith?... or do you Believe that you are the Only Ones going to Heaven because of Your Denominational Beliefs, Your Walk Of Your Faith?
Jesus, His Word, The Holy Spirit, are Not Divided, only You Are!!! Do You not see this as a Problem?
Amen and Amen!!!
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Angels are an interesting. We don’t know why or when God created them. The book of Hebrews began by comparing angels to Jesus. Why? Maybe because we know so little about them or we are prone to elevate them higher than we should. Click on the link below to read this good devotional study of what angels mean to us. #BibleStudy #Devotions #Evangelism #Hebrews
Angels are an interesting. We don’t know why or when God created them. The book of Hebrews began by comparing angels to Jesus. Why? Maybe because we know so little about them or we are prone to elevate them higher than we should. Click on the link below to read this good devotional study of what angels mean to us. #BibleStudy #Devotions #Evangelism #Hebrews
The healing of a blind man caused quite a commotion among the religious leaders. For us, however, it gives an effective spiritual lesson using physical blindness and mud. To see what that lesson is, click on the link below to read today's post. #BibleStudy #Devotions #Forgiveness #John #worship
Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
Society vs Godly Living
Matthew 24:37 KJV
“But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
We cannot in all accuracy tell you exactly how the World was in the days of Noah, but we can assume because of how God The Father had set Ordinances on How To Live, Statues on How To Live, that the World was filled with men and women that were Evil in His Sight. We know by Scripture that they were full of Fleshly Pleasure that went against God. I believe because of Scripture, because of my Relationship with Jesus, having studied His Word and Lived By His Word, that the people of Noah’s Day were so corrupted with sin that Salvation was not possible, they were Evil to the Marrow Of The Bone!
So, in this message there are certain things that we can look at, that we can weigh to see today’s Society verses Godly Living, but my main concern is how Society has come into Gods House corrupting it.
Jesus went into the Temple and chased out the Money Changers, calling them Thieves…
John 2:14-18 KJV
"14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. 18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?"
Matthew 21:12-13 KJV
"12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
Seeing this we need to look at The Church. How many of you have Sanctioned the Sale Of Goods within your church for some event? Yet Jesus was Angry because of such acts! You can try and justify all that you want, but understand this, Jesus never told one of you to do such a thing in His House!!! That would make Him a Lunatic and His Word worthless!!!
Moving on… how many of The Church have Pastoral Boards, Committees, Elected Officials that Govern the church? That most, if not all, have made a Pastor The Head? But yet Jesus set up Offices to make sure that The Church would not be corrupted…
Ephesians 4:10-16 KJV
"10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 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 fulness 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; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."
How many church’s are Governed By Man’s Law, by Man’s Will, not Obeying Scripture?
Moving on… how is it that the Body Of Christ, The Bride Of Jesus, have blatantly allowed the following within the Church: Woman Pastors, Woman of any Authority Over Men, having Equality between Men and Women? Yet The Scriptures, The Fathers Will, tells us that Woman are Not Equal to Men, that Women are Not to have Authority Over Men and with that being said, that the only Authority above a Man is Jesus!
1 Corinthians 11:2-3, 8-9 KJV
"2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God. ... 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."
1 Timothy 2:12 KJV
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."
Society says that Men and Women are Equal, that Women can and do have Authority Over Men, but this is Not the case Within The Church!!
Moving on… how many of you Men have Long Hair as a Woman, that is touching your shoulders and beyond? How many of you Women have Short Hair as a Man, not caused by illnesses, but by choice? How many of you Men wear Women’s Clothing or you Women Men’s Clothing?
Yet Scripture tells us that there is a Separation in Identity between Men and Women.
1 Corinthians 11:14-15 KJV
“14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering."
Deuteronomy 22:5 KJV
“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God."
To those who would Justify, then Who Is Jesus?
Moving on… how many within The Church use False Doctrine that line up with the Will Of Man and not that of The Scriptures, saying Times Have Changed, WE Need To Change With…Society?
Yet Scripture tells us that we are to be Separated from the Sin’s Of The World…
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 KJV
"14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,"
Revelation 18:3-5 KJV
"3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities."
Jeremiah 23:16-18 KJV
"16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD. 17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. 18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard [it]?"
Jeremiah 14:14 KJV
“Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart."
Luke 6:26 KJV
“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets."
2 Timothy 2:16-19 KJV
"16 But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
Colossians 2:8 KJV
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."
There are many, many more things that The Church has Accepted that go against Scripture, that The Church and the church (denominations), have allowed to become Sound Doctrine, but are of The Flesh! God The Father expects His People to be Unlike The Heathen, The Lost and nowhere is there provision to do so.
Before anyone says these two phrases, “That was Old Testament …”, “Times have Changed…”, then you do Not Understand the following Scriptures…
John 10:30 KJV
“I and [my] Father are one."
John 5:30 KJV
“I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me."
Hebrews 13:8 KJV
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."
Understand this my Brothers and Sisters that God has not changed, His Will has not changed, His Desire has not changed, but what has changed is mans Obedience To His Word, His Will, His Desire and now has The Church taken On The Clothing Of The World and Wears It Proudly! The World is Our Enemy even as it is The Lord Jesus, they are Not Our Friends and if they are, YOU have a problem!!!
James 4:4 KJV
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
1 John 2:15 KJV
“Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
God The Father sent His Only Son Jesus to Save us from Sin, but in doing so, Jesus did not Compromise The Fathers Will, Jesus did not Change The Fathers Word, but in many senses made it even harder. We, Brothers and Sisters, cannot Compromise The Will Of Jesus to Satisfy Our Flesh, to Re-Write Gods Word to bring Justification to Our Sinful Ways, whereas many have done so. God tells us Not To Walk In The Council Of The Ungodly and the Ungodly are those who would Demand Change From The Fathers Will!!
Psalm 1:1-2 KJV
"1 Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night."
Jesus is coming and do you really think that His Judgment is going to Consider What The World Wants? Today is The Day to Repent, return to Jesus, to His Word Uncompromised and Live according to His Will, not The Worlds!!!
Amen and Amen!!!
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