The Twenty-Third Sunday after TRINITY
Saturday, October 29, 2016
We cannot be both
Godly person n worldly person
Godly person n worldly person
Hello, friends..
Let me ask you a question..
How you’re spending your time? It’s seems like normal question BUT
it’s reflect our main priorities. There are two kind of people in the word.
Today, we are going to study about this. First, we talk about The
book of Haggai. This is the second shortest book in the Old Testament, has a
potent message. It tells us to put first things first in our lives. It was
written to people like us (to Jews), who would have told you that GOD must be
FIRST. They (Jews) believed that; we believe that. But, they had drifted into a
way of life where their intellectual belief in the supremacy of GOD was not
reflected in the way they living. The give lip service to the priority of GOD,
but in fact they lived with other priorities. GOD sent HIS Prophet to help His
people get their priorities in line with what they knew they should be.
See Haggai
chapter 1 n 2
Living wisely is difficult because often the choice is not
between the bad n the good, but between the good n the best. The people got
caught up in the routine of life—career, families, Material prosperities…..etc.
n you had other demands on your time..
Church n The LORD’s work drifted into the background n it has become a slice of
life, not the centre of life. Every day is taken up with meeting their needs.
So, let’s ask again.. How are you spending your time?
Some people had plenty of time for themselves but they didn’t have time for GOD..!! That means to stop long enough in your busy schedule to evaluate your life in the light of GOD’s word n fearing HIM. Rearrange your schedule!
Some people had plenty of time for themselves but they didn’t have time for GOD..!! That means to stop long enough in your busy schedule to evaluate your life in the light of GOD’s word n fearing HIM. Rearrange your schedule!
Labour not
for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting
life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father
sealed.
John 6:27
Those earthly things are drawing you in the great depression n
stress but the truth is, only GOD can satisfy our Soul. We know that we will never find true
happiness apart from HIM.
Who
satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the
eagle's.
6 The LORD
executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Ps 103:5-6
If someone has truly put their faith in CHRIST JESUS they will
not a friend of the word, they will not live in darkness, they are Children of
LIGHT, n they will not live for material possessions. All things that the world
desires will root in the end/ root of evil.
Ye are all
the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night,
nor of darkness.
1
Thessalonians 5:5
For ye
were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of
light:
Ephesians
5:8
Lay not up
for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal
20 But lay
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal
21 For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew
6:19-21
That thou
keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our
Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and
only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;Who only hath immortality,
dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen,
nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
1 Timothy
6:14-16
Servants,
be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but
also to the froward.
19 For
this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering
wrongfully.
20 For
what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it
patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently,
this is acceptable with God.
21 For
even hereunto were ye called because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye should follow his steps
22 Who did
no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth
23 Who,
when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not;
but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously
24 Who his
own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed.
25 For ye
were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop
of your souls.
1 Peter
2:18-25
For we
walk by faith, not by sight:
8 We
are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be
present with the Lord.
9
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of
him.
10 For we
must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good
or bad.
2
Corinthians 5:7-10
We must make sure that things never become a passion n obstacle
in our lives, let CHRIST be your focus.
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.
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
2:15-16
For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus
2:11-13
Which in
time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not
obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly
beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul;
1 Peter
2:10-11
Put your trust in GOD alone.. We cannot be both Godly person n
worldly person. Worldly things will Cause you to lose your desire n passion for
The LORD.
And I say
unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that,
when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10 He that
is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is
unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Luke
16:9-10
And it
came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village,
preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God and the twelve
were with him,
2 And
certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary
called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
3 And
Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which
ministered unto him of their substance.
4 And when
much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he
spake by a parable
5 A sower
went out to sow his seed and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was
trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
6 And some
fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it
lacked moisture.
7 And some
fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8 And
other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And
when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
9 And his
disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And he
said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God but to
others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not
understand.
11 Now the
parable is this The seed is the word of God.
12 Those
by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the
word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
13 They on
the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these
have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
14 And
that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth,
and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no
fruit to perfection.
15 But
that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having
heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke
8:1-15
The fact is.. we all sinned n short of GOD’s glory
For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus
25 Whom God
hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his
righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance
of God;
26 To
declare, I say, at this time his righteousness that he might be just, and the
justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Romans
3:23-26
We cannot be both Godly person n worldly person.
And we
know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
1 John
5:19
...Whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
James 4:4
Dearly
beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul;
1 Peter
2:11
For if ye
live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Romans
8:13
Having
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2
Corinthians 7:1
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
2:16
Traitors,
heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a
form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
2 Timothy
3:4-5
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;
1 John
2:15
Matthew
25:1-13 – Parable of 10 virgins
GOD’s solution is found in a personal relationship with JESUS n
in the Glorious working of GOD’s SPIRIT within us. As we live in intimate,
obedient relationship with JESUS, GOD’s SPIRIT energizes us as we produce the
peaceable fruits of a Righteousness that can come only from The LORD.
The fruit GOD seeks in human being is expressed in Righteous n
loving acts, which bring peace n harmony in our lives.
For if by
one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus
Christ.)
18
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation;
even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life.
19 For as by
one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall
many be made righteous.
Romans
5:17-19
But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith,
23
Meekness, temperance..
Galatians
5:22
And not
only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even
we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body.
24 For we
are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why
doth he yet hope for?
25 But if
we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Romans
8:23-25
Be ye
therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk
in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named
among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient but
rather giving of thanks.
5 For this
ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an
idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no
man deceive you with vain words for because of these things cometh the wrath of
God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not
ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye
were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord walk as children of
light
9 (For the
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving
what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And
have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove
them.
12 For it
is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all
things that are reproved are made manifest by the light for whatsoever doth
make manifest is light.
14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and
Christ shall give thee light.
15 See
then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be
not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving
thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ;
21
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives,
submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the
husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church and
he is the saviour of the body.
24
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in every thing.
25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
26 That he
might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he
might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or
any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So
ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife
loveth himself.
29 For no
man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the
Lord the church
30 For we
are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For
this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto
his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is
a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as
himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Ephesians
5
The fruit of The HOLY SPIRIT, that characterize all who truly
walk in The HOLY SPIRIT that makes us Righteous in CHRIST JESUS. We cannot
produce Righteousness; it’s a free GIFT from our loving FATHER. (There are 9 fruits)
This I say
then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the
flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh and these
are contrary the one to the other so that ye cannot do the things that ye
would.
18 But if
ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the
works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies,
21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like of the which I tell
you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith,
23
Meekness, temperance against such there is no law.
24 And
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us
not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians
5:16-26
LOVE –
harity
suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself,
is not puffed up,
5 Doth not
behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh
no evil;
6
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth
all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity
never faileth but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there
be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1
Corinthians 13:4-8
JOY –
Looking
unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right
hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2
PESCE –
Now the
God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in
hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans
15:13
PSTIENCE –
Strengthened
with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering
with joyfulness;
Colossians
1:11
With all
lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians
4:2
GENTELNESS
–
By
pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by
love unfeigned,
7 By the
word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right
hand and on the left,
2
Corinthian 6:6-7
GOODNESS –
Wherefore
also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this
calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of
faith with power:
2
Thessalonians 1:11
For the
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;
Ephesians
5:9
FAITH –
O LORD,
thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done
wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah
25:1
That he
would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with
might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love,
Ephesians
3:16-17
MEEKNESS –
Brethren,
if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one
in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Galatians
6:1
With all
lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians
4:2
SELF-CONTROL
–
And beside
this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to
knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to
godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2 Peter
1:5-7
When you take your mind off CHRIST then it will be put on the
world. You will start getting distracted by everything. Be strong! CHRIST died
for you; LIVE for HIM, let CHRIST be your ambition. Let CHRIST be your focus. So Love GOD with all your heart, mind, soul,
strength n hope in CHRIST alone, not in anything of this world. Ask GOD to
change you to become a Godly person (more like The LORD), who can be Blessing
for everyone around.
GOD will grant true Blessings when we put HIS house first.. – Seek
first HIS KINGDOM n HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS..
But if I
cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Matthew
12:28
For the
kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
1
Corinthians 4:20
Who his
own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
25 For ye
were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop
of your souls.
1 Peter
2:24-25
Repent ye
therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times
of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 3:19
But seek
ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall
be added unto you.
Matthew
6:33
In Present time, GOD’s temple is not a physical building, but
rather HIS people both individually n corporately.
Know ye
not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians
3:16
know ye
not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye
have of God, and ye are not your own?
1
Corinthians 6:19
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.
2
Corinthians 6:16
In whom
all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Ephesians
2:21
GOD dwells in individual human hearts n together we are being
built into the Temple or House of GOD. To make GOD’s house the priority in life
means that your number one aim is to make your body a fit dwelling for The HOLY
SPIRIT n to devote yourself to building others up in CHRIST so that their lives are
a proper dwelling for GOD. It means that your main goal is to know CHRIST at
home in your heart by faith.
We are HIS people, the Chosen of The LORD. Born of HIS SPIRIT,
established by HIS word.
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:
1 Peter
2:9
For thou
art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to
be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of
the earth.
Deuteronomy
7:6
Know ye
that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we
are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Ps 100:3
For he is
our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Ps 95:7
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.
Romans
12:2
That ye
may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of
a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Philippians
2:15
Only let
your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come
and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast
in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Philippians
1:27
According
as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and
virtue:
2 Peter
1:3
Wherefore
lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with
meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:21
But refuse
profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
1 Timothy
4:7
The aged
women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false
accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Titus 2:3
And God
said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
27 So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them.
Genesis
1:26-27
Behold the Church purchased by the blood of CHRIST JESUS. He paid the price with HIS blood. He purchased us. His blood is
spent, but He gained us, we are worth what HIS blood was worth…n that much GOD
loves us…Think about it!
For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
For ye are
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit,
which are God's.
1 Corinthians
6:20
Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and
gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter
1:18
All things come to him who waits…
And the
world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
1 John
2:17
For
evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall
inherit the earth.
Ps 37:9
Wait on
the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when
the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Ps 37:34
Who
satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the
eagle's.
6 The LORD
executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Ps 103:5-6
For our conversation
is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Philippians
3:20
The Lord
is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance.
2 Peter
3:9
Wait on
the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,
on the LORD.
Ps 27:14
Our soul
waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Ps 33:20
Put on the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.
Ephesians
6:11
Even the
youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But
they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up
with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk,
and not faint.
Isaiah
40:30-31
For which
cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day.
17 For our
light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While
we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen
are eternal.
2
Corinthians 4:16-18
Those who do not HOPE do cannot wait.
This I say
then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians
5:16
Mortify
therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Colossians
3:5
Let us
walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering
and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Romans
13:13
For what
is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast
away?
Luke 9:25
But they
that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and
hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1 Timothy
6:9
Lay not up
for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew
6:19
He that
trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a
branch.
Proverbs
11:28
People, who have earthly desires..
I will
therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord,
having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that
believed not.
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.
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.
8 Likewise
also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil
of dignities.
9 Yet
Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the
body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The
Lord rebuke thee.
10 But
these speak evil of those things which they know not but what they know
naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe
unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the
error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These
are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding
themselves without fear clouds they are without water, carried about of winds;
trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the
roots;
13 Raging
waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is
reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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.
Jude
1:5-19
The Epistle of Jude tells us, when those people join you in fellowship meals celebrating the
love of The LORD, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you. They
are shameless in the way they care only about themselves. They are like clouds
blowing over dry land without giving rain, promising much but producing
nothing. They are like trees without fruits at Harvest time. They are not only
dead but doubly dead, for they hypocrites have been pulled out by the roots. The word spilas (Greek word) was often used of a mere rock, through it
normally was associated with a rock along the shore or one jutting out in the
water, thus the false teachers wold appear as “rock”- as pillars (Teachers) in
the community.
And have
no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Ephesians
5:11
False Teachers..
As I live,
saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became
meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my
shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my
flock;
9
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
10 Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my
flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither
shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from
their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Ezekiel
34:8-10
Feed the
flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by
constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
1 Peter
5:2
Brethren,
be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an
ensample.
18 (For
many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that
they are the enemies of the cross of Christ
19 Whose
end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their
shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our
conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ
21 Who
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious
body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things
unto himself.
Philippians
3:17-21
Not baby-food but meat..
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews 5:14
About Holy Communion..
When ye
come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21 For in
eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and
another is drunken.
22 What?
have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and
shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this?
I praise you not.
1
Corinthians 11:20-22
Now if
Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the
work of the Lord, as I also do.
1
Corinthians 16:10
That he
would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear,
Luke 1:74
But let a
man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he
that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself,
not discerning the Lord's body.
1
Corinthians 11:28-29
Now in
this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for
the better, but for the worse.
18 For
first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be
divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19 For
there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made
manifest among you.
20 When ye
come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21 For in
eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and
another is drunken.
22 What?
have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and
shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this?
I praise you not.
1
Corinthians 11:17-22
If The LORD makes us wait, let us do so with our whole heart;
for Blessed are all they that wait for HIM..
I have
waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Genesis
49:18
Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13
Be patient
therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman
waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it,
until he receive the early and latter rain.
8: Be ye
also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
James
5:7-8
Rest in
the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who
prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Ps 37:7
And
therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore
will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of
judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah 30:18
Being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom
God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare
his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the
forbearance of God;
26 To
declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the
justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Romans
3:24-26
For we
through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Galatians
5:5
Lead me in
thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I
wait all the day.
Ps 25:5
Let your
loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye
yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the
wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed
are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching verily I
say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat,
and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if
he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them
so, blessed are those servants.
39 And
this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would
come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken
through.
40 Be ye
therefore ready also for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Luke
12:35-40
And when
he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were
slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held
10 And
they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that
they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and
their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Revelation
6:9-11
The elders
which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the
sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed
2 Feed the
flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by
constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither
as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
4 And when
the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth
not away.
5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be
subject one to another, and be clothed with humility for God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
6 Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due
time
7 Casting
all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour
9 Whom
resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are
accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the
God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle you.
11 To him
be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12 By
Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly,
exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
13 The
church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth
Marcus my son.
14 Greet
ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ
Jesus. Amen.
1 Peter 5
n Jude 1:20-25
For the grace of GOD has appeared for the Salvation of all men,
Training us to live sober, upright n live Godly life in the world, awaiting our
Blessed hope the appearing of the Glory of our Great GOD n Saviour JESUS
CHRIST, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all iniquities.
Now our
Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and
hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
2
Thessalonians 2:16
Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead,
1 Peter
1:3
(Baptism)Being
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 Peter
1:23
For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus
2:11-13
If ye
continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope
of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature
which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Colossians
1:23
Wherefore
gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace
that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 As
obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in
your ignorance:
1 Peter
1:13-14
Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13
The Blessed hope of all who believe is the appearing of our
Great GOD Saviour JESUS CHRIST.
For the
grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who
gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Titus
2:11-14
~~
Then went
the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And
they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we
know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest
thou for any man for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us
therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or
not?
18 But
Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me
the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he
saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They
say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar
the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22 When
they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Matthew
22:15-22
We all
sinned n deserve GOD’s judgment. But our loving FATHER, GOD sent HIS only
begotten SON to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in HIM. JESUS, our
LORD who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that HE died for our sins, taking
the punishment that we deserve, was buries n rose from the dead according to
the Holy Bible. If you truly believe n trust in your heart, receiving JESUS
alone as your SAVIOUR, declaring (by Baptism) JESUS is The LORD n SAVIOUR, you
will be SAVED from the judgment n spend ETERNITY with GOD in HEAVEN….
In The
name of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.. Amen
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