Building your house on the word from God

God says: This is MY beloved Son. Hear HIM. (Luke 9:35)

(This podcast was previously published on April 16, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Jesus speaks to us today by HIS Spirit, guiding us, teaching us, reminding us of that which HE has said and even showing us things to come.
 
In the Old Testament, the people had to go to a prophet to hear what God wanted them to do.  But in the New Testament all who belong to God have been given HIS Spirit to speak to them.
 
Hebrews 1:1-2  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by HIS Son, whom HE hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also HE made the worlds;
 
Each of us who are of God are sealed with the Holy Spirit of God and the Holy Spirit of God lives in us to show us the will of God in the issues pertaining to this present life.
 
Ephesians 1:13  In WHOM ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in WHOM also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
 
John 14:26  Jesus says:  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
Always share that which the Holy Spirit brings to mind when with other people.
 
Resist the fear of offending them but rather submit to that which the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, sharing that.  We don't try to witness but we are a witness when we speak that given to us by the Holy Spirit of God.
 
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Matthew 7   Jesus says:
 
21 Not every one that saith unto ME, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of MY Father which is in heaven.
 
22 Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY name done many wonderful works?
 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from ME, ye that work iniquity.
 
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
 
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
 
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
 
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

THY word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)

(This podcast was previously published on January 10, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
If you have a problem and don't know what to do, ask God.  His answer might surprise you!
 
James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
I know there are many times God just puts something into my heart and leads me.
 
Psalm 37:4-5  Delight thyself also in the LORD; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in HIM; and HE shall bring it to pass.
 
I've always thought this means God will put HIS desires into our hearts to lead us.  We think it is our desire but really it is HIS desire for us, when we are praying, asking HIM what we should do.
 
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When I realize I have heard a word from God, I know what to do in the situation.
 
* A few days ago, I felt TV news was causing some bad fruits to come forth in me.  I began praying about this.  And I heard, "If your right hand offends thee, cut if off."   I stopped watching these programs.  Immediately I found I was at more peace.  I don't like seeing things people of this world are doing and I don't like hearing their "wisdom".
 
Somehow the TV evening news was causing me to react, but I find I can look at the headlines that are written of the day's world news on Internet and rarely react. (I don't often pull up the details of the story.)  So if I want to check events, I am now reading the headlines on Internet.  Sometimes they trouble me and I have to pray to be free from the concern, but mostly they do not trouble me like the TV news with all the pictures trouble me.
 
If something troubles us, we need to deal with it through asking God for HIS help to know what is best for us to do.
 
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*  One day, I was bombarded with thoughts:  "What if this happens to you?  What if that happens. What will happen to you if you get to where you can't walk?  What will you do?"
 
I cried out to God, "Help me!"
 
Immediately the Holy Spirit reminded me of this scripture:  "God will supply all your need." Philippians 4:19
 
"That's right", I responded.  And all the weight of the destructive thoughts lifted from off my shoulders.  I was at peace and had joy again!
 
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John 14:26   Jesus said:  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
The Holy Spirit says: God will supply all my need when there is a need!   Philippians 4:19
 
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth in all things and is also The Comforter to us.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Psa. 81:12 God says: I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels

(This podcast was previously published on July 22, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
It would be terrible to have to seek the counsel of humans.  And it would also be dreadful to try to figure out what to do based on our own reasonings.
 
We are blessed above all others for we have access to the wisdom from God.
 
James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
And God watches over us and leads us by the Holy Spirit who dwells in each believer.
 
John 14:26  Jesus says:  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
 
In the Old Testament, the children of Israel are examples for they fought against God and did not prosper.
 
Psalm 81
 
10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
 
11 But MY people would not hearken to MY voice; and Israel would none of ME.
 
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
 
13 Oh that MY people had hearkened unto ME, and Israel had walked in MY ways!
 
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned My hand against their adversaries.
 
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto HIM: but their time should have endured for ever.
 
16 HE should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The apostle Paul says: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine

(This podcast was previously published on July 24, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
If they ask us what we think, we should tell them what God thinks!   That is what matters.
 
The apostle Paul says:
 
2 Timothy 4:2-4  Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
 
3 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.
 
If they are offended and they don't want to be around us anymore, we should understand the following:
 
I Corinthians 7:13  But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
 
Though Paul is speaking the above scripture to those persons who have unbelieving mates, I also know this applies to unbelievers in general when we are around those unbelievers.
 
God says:
 
II Corinthians 6:14-18
 
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; and I will receive you,
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
It is not that we have to argue with the unbeliever.  We just speak the truth from God and let the person make his decision.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Do we support sin? God forbid!

(This podcast was previously published on July 29, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
James 4:4 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.
 
A friend is one who supports you in that which you are doing.
 
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Recently a woman asked me:  "Do you support Gays and Lesbians?"
 
My reply:  "No!"
 
And I sent the following scripture and several other scriptures to her.
 
Romans 1:26-28  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
 
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
 
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
 
(I sent to her scriptures from both Old and New Testaments and told her, "This is God's view of homosexuals and lesbians and I support God's view of homosexuals and lesbians.")
 
This woman has not come to my house to "visit" since I responded to her.
 
If the unbeliever depart, let him depart.
 
This is the best way I know to separate in peace from the unbeliever, speak God's truth on the subject at hand when you are with the unbeliever and the subject surfaces.
 
Also we keep ourselves from being deceived by thinking we can have "fellowship" in the spirit with them when one has the Spirit of God and the other has the spirit of the world and the spirit of the various church denominations.
 
It is the elect of God we are interested in identifying, for they have the Spirit of God as we do.
 
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Do I support the churches where pastors perform wedding ceremonies between a divorced woman and a man?
 
I do not support these churches for Jesus said:  "Whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."
 
(Matthew 5:32  Jesus says:  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.)
 
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Do I support churches where they teach the divorced woman that she can remarry?
 
"No."  Multiple scriptures show that the divorced woman who remarries while her husband is still living is an adulteress.
 
Romans 7:2-3  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
 
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
 
I Corinthians 7:10-11  And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 
I Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
Mark. 10:6-12  Jesus says:  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.  7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;  8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
 
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 
10 And in the house HIS disciples asked HIM again of the same matter.
 
11 And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
 
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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I am a Christian.  I support the elect of God who are born again by the Holy Spirit of God,  those who live by the Bible, and those who demonstrate that they pray and follow the Holy Spirit of God and the Holy Scriptures.
 
Paul said concerning those who show a form of godliness but deny the power of God, just turn away from such.  That is what I do when I encounter such persons.  (2 Timothy 3:5)
 
But if I do encounter them, I speak as the door opens in the conversation to speak, I speak the word of God to them.
 
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Many people love their church buildings and their pastors and their stained glass windows and their choirs but they do not love the Word of God.  By their actions we see they are not of God though they love the religious trappings.  I do not support these persons. 
 
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I support the elect of God and live in peace and fellowship with the elect of God.
 
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I believe we must begin to distinguish between "the elect of God" and church goers, for these are not the same.  Many are church goers, putting themselves into the church by their own will.  The elect of God are those persons chosen by God to whom God has revealed HIS truth and they have the Holy Spirit living inside of them.
 
Notice these scriptures in the New Testament Bible where the term "elect" is used.
 
2 John 1:13  The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
 
Colossians 3:12  Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
 
Romans 8:33  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
 
Luke 18:7  And shall not God avenge HIS own elect, which cry day and night unto HIM, though HE bear long with them?
 
2 Timothy 2:10  Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
 
Mark 13:22  For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
 
Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
 
Matthew 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of th Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
 
2 John 1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
 
Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
 
Mark 13:20  And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom HE hath chosen, HE hath shortened the days.
 
Matthew 24:31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
Mark 13:27 And then shall HE send HIS angels, and shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 
 
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The elect of God are those who are chosen by God and God has revealed HIS truth to them, causing them to be born again by HIS Spirit, and they are changed by God into new creatures immediately.
 
2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Has this happened to you?
Only God can do this.
(I suggest you fall down before God asking God to please have mercy on you if you have not had this experience with God.)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The role of the elect of God as we wait for the coming of Jesus

(This podcast was previously published on April 25, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
This world today is active and violent in trying to accomplish their purposes, none of which have anything to do with us, the elect of God, as we wait for Jesus to return.
 
The apostate churches are big and powerful looking, but their power is of man and not of God.
 
The elect of God, those individuals to whom God has revealed HIMSELF, do not seem to have any power when it comes to the world or to the apostate churches.  But our hope is in God!  God is power.
 
The apostle Peter told us what we are to be diligent to do as we wait for the return of Jesus.
 
2 Peter 3:14  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
Being in peace does not in any way mean we support the apostate churches today, nor do we support the works of the world which go against that which we read in the Bible.  If we try to appease either the world or the apostate churches, we will be in danger of going down with them at the judgment of Christ.
 
When they try to come among us as they speak contrary doctrines and tell of their many "good" works, we simply remain steadfast in the upholding of doctrines of the Bible and I have found they no longer want to come "visit" with me and they don't want personal conversations with me so I remain waiting in peace, untroubled by them.
 
Many times I have sent the word of God to various church goers, Catholics, Church of Christ, Baptists, non-denominational ... and they have stayed away from me en-mass. (continuing in their denominations)  while I continue in the peace of the word given me by God, continuing to exhort the elect of God through Internet by blog and Podcasts.
 
Recently there was a brief moment of attempted communication between me and a Catholic woman.  But a great wall seems to exist keeping us from fleshly "fellowship" that we might have pursued, left to our own devices.  God spared me!  She said, "I'll call you this weekend."  I called on God asking HIM to "help me".  There was no phone call that weekend.
 
Our flesh does get stirred up as we desire to renew communications with them, but how can light fellowship with darkness?  It is not possible.
 
Only when we are truly one Spirit are we able to fellowship as the elect of God.
 
When we are the elect of God, born again, and they are the church goers, there is a great gulf between us.
 
Amos 3:3   Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
 
So we continue our wait for the return of Jesus speaking to the elect of God.
 
It seems important at this point in time for us to differentiate between the elect of God and the church goers.
 
Jesus is coming to gather the elect of God to HIMSELF.
 
Matthew 24:30-31  And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
If the church goers become born again by the Spirit of God, then we are one Spirit with them and we are all the elect as we await for Jesus, and in some individual cases this could happen.  But I doubt this will happen with entire church groups.
 
The elect will never be able to share with the church goers because we are different spirits, although we will speak as led by the Holy Spirit given the opportunity to speak.  (After I speak I see them withdraw.)
 
We cannot pretend to have fellowship with this world or with the church goers who do not have the Spirit of God else we are continually troubled by them.
 
Light and darkness cannot co-exist.
 
But we can be at peace away from them, putting our trust in God.
 
2 Corinthians 6
 
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; and I will receive you,
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The apostasy churches killed Jesus by removing HIS Word from the church, and Jesus will destroy these churches with the brightness of HIS coming when HE returns to gather HIS elect

(This podcast was previously published on April 11, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
II Thessalonians 2:8  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:
 
God will destroy the world, but Jesus will destroy the churches who "fell away" from various scriptures when HE comes.
 
This is justice because it was the antichrist churches who removed portion of scripture eliminating Jesus, the Word, destroying Jesus, in their churches.
 
When they removed scriptures and set up another doctrine other than the doctrine of Christ, they removed the restraint which had been keeping antichrist out of the churches.
 
II Thessalonians 2:3-4   NASB   No one is to deceive you in any way! For it (the return of Jesus) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
 
6 And you know what restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only HE (Jesus The Word) who now restrains will do so until He is removed.  8 Then that lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;
 
Paul warned the elders in Ephesus:
 
Acts 20:29-30  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 
They "killed" Jesus in the churches when they removed scripture and changed the meaning of the scriptures.
 
So it is justice that Jesus would be the one who destroys those church groups, which HE will do, with the brightness of HIS coming.
 
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The apostate churches removed many scripture such as the following:
 
Matthew 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 
They sanctioned adultery inside of their own church groups by removal of scripture.
 
And the people in the congregations loved it that way.
 
I Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
They did not hold to the instruction given to the church by the Holy Bible.
 
Thus they killed Jesus and denied HIS shed blood by denying HIS doctrines.
 
Jesus will destroy them with the brightness of HIS coming.
 
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And in the day of judgment they will be turned away by Jesus.
 
Matthew 7:21-27   Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
 
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
 
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
 
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
 
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
 
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
 
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Revelation 16:5-6   And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
 
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
 
As the Jews hung Jesus on a cross shedding the blood of Jesus, the churches of the apostasy today killed Jesus, The Word, by removing scriptures and changing the doctrines of those scriptures allowing sin in the churches today and destroying themselves and their congregations, crucifying Jesus afresh.
 
Jesus will destroy them, these church groups of the apostasy, with the brightness of HIS coming in the day of the Lord when Jesus returns to gather HIS elect.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Before Jesus returns to gather HIS elect

(This podcast was previously published on July 27, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
We know by the Bible, certain things must happen before Jesus returns for the elect of God.
 
* There will be wars and rumors of wars and famines, pestilences, and earthquakes.
 
Matthew 24:6-9  Jesus says:  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 
WWII was the worst war in the history of civilization according to Winston Churchill in his book The Gathering Storm.  (Chapter 1)
 
So far as pestilences, we've never seen anything like Coronavirus of 2020.  There have been many pestilences in times past, but never before a pestilence that covered the entire world.
 
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* According to the apostle Paul, before Jesus returns there has to be a "falling away" where churches depart from some scriptures and antichrist moves into the church groups and the apostasy comes into the churches.
 
2 Thessalonians 2
 
3-4  KJV  ... Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
 
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches, but the falling away are the church leaving the scriptures."
 
In NASB the "falling away" is called "the apostasy". v3 No one is to deceive you in any way! For it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
 
The apostasy had to come into the churches before Jesus could return for the elect of God.
 
6-8  NASB   And you know what restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only HE who now restrains will do so until HE is removed. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate with the breath of HIS mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of HIS coming;
 
In 2015, God called to my mind the word "restrains":  I found this in the above scripture of NASB.
 
I asked God, "What is it that restrains antichrist?"
 
Instantly I heard, "Jesus, The Word, keeps antichrist out of the churches."
 
And my understanding was opened by God.  "When churches remove portions of scriptures or change scriptures, they remove Jesus (The Word) from the church and antichrist enters ... for only the scriptures, The Word which is Jesus, can keep antichrist out of the churches."
 
And I knew this is what I had been seeing in churches for the past 40 years when pastors changed scriptures and were not ashamed of that which they had done when I talked with them about this.
 
Some even admitted to me that the thing they had just taught was not in the Bible and they had just made it up.  But there was no shame.
 
In the end, in Revelation, we read even when the plagues were sent by God, they would not repent but they cursed God because of those plagues.
 
Revelation 16:9  And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give HIM glory.
 
And then I understood what I had been seeing pastors do from the time I was born again in 1975, in the first church I went to after being born again.
 
(That pastor was teaching tongues were of the devil ... while in the Bible Paul said, "forbid not to speak with tongues."  I Corinthians 14:39)
 
The apostasy was already taking place in the churches in 1975, and even centuries before as denominations broke away from the Holy Bible and set up their own groups, eliminating scriptures as they chose to do and installing religious symbols not prescribed by Bible.
 
This had to happen before Jesus could return for the elect, according to the apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
 
And the breaking away from Bible grew worse and worse as the time continued through the centuries.
 
2 Timothy 3  Paul says: 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come ... 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away ... 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth ... 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
 
To the end of this earth, church denominations will continue setting up their own doctrines and departing from portions of scripture in the Holy Bible and will grow worse and worse.
 
Jesus will destroy the apostate church groups when HE returns to gather HIS elect.
 
II Thessalonians 2:8-10  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:
 
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
 
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
 
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
 
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
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* Another thing that had to happen before Jesus could return for the elect is the gospel had to be taught through all the world.
 
Matthew 24:14  Jesus says:  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 
I believe we have seen this by Internet as well as by individuals who have spoken the gospel to all nations.
 
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The great tribulation of God comes:
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 24:29-31  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
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When we are taken into heaven to meet Jesus:
 
2 Thessalonians 4:13-18  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
 
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.
 
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede/go before) them which are asleep.
 
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
 
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
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The apostle Peter tells us what we should do as we wait for the return of Jesus:
 
2 Peter 3:14   Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot,
and blameless.
 
We keep ourselves in peace, without spot and blameless while we wait for the return of Jesus.
 
We must not allow ourselves to be troubled by the apostate churches nor by the evil of those in this present world.  For that will consume us.
 
We must avoid those people and things that steal peace and cause us to depart from peace and joy of the Word of God.
 
And we must not join them in the evil by rejecting the scriptures which would allow antichrist into our own selves.
 
Matthew 24:12-13  Jesus says:  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 
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Make ourselves think on these things:

(This podcast was previously published on July 26, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
We do have control over our mind.  We can make ourselves think of God and HIS Word.
 
The apostle Paul tells us:
 
Philippians 4:8
 
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
 
John 17:17  Jesus says, in prayer to God:  Sanctify them through THY truth: THY word is truth.
 
John 18:37   Every one that is of the truth heareth MY voice.
 
Ephesians 4:21   If so be that ye have heard HIM, and have been taught by HIM, as the truth is in Jesus: (in The Word)
 
* Think on those things God did for HIS people in the Bible (especially in the Old Testament) and also think on those things God has done for you personally in this life, strengthening your faith in God and going forth in peace and joy from God.
 
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The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad

(This podcast was previously published on January 9, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
It is so good to remember those things God has done.  Remember what God did for HIS people in Egypt and in the wilderness when God led them out from their enemies.
 
But it is equally important for each of us to remember what God has done in our own lives and to share that with others also.
 
Psalm 126:3  The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
 
Think on the things God has done for you!
 
Share these things with others when the Holy Spirit brings them to your mind!
 
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God calls all the stars by their names!

(This podcast was previously published on July 20, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Psalm 147
 
1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
 
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: HE gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
 
3 HE healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
 
4 HE telleth the number of the stars; HE calleth them all by their names.
 
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: HIS understanding is infinite.
 
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(Comments by Pam Padgett)
 
Just as God calls by name each star in the vast multitude of stars, HE knows each detail of our lives.
 
Each thing we deal with, no matter how small, God knows about.  And HE knows how to lead us and help us as we deal with each matter.
 
Some time ago the "PrtScn" (Print Screen) button on my laptop suddenly stopped working.  I use this button each day when preparing the blog, so this was a big problem to me.
 
I turned to God, asking HIM what to do about this problem.
 
My attention was drawn to a very small light at the corner of the "Fn" (function) button.  I had never noticed that little light before.  I tapped the "Fn"  button, and this light went out. Then I tried to use the "PrtScn" button, it worked!
 
Apparently I had previously tapped the "Fn" button without realizing it, and that was the problem.  But I had no idea this had happened.
 
I marveled that God knew exactly what this problem was and was able to guide me to see that very small light!
 
Several times I've been reminded of being helped by God with this when I've been dealing with other seemingly "small" problems.
 
The devil may whisper in our ears that a problem is "too small" to take to God.  A lie.
 
John 8:44   Jesus says:   ...  He (the devil) 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.
 
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Just as God knows every star by name, HE knows everything that concerns us.
 
And God wants us to turn to HIM with each problem, knowing that HE is able to reach us to show us what, if anything, we need to do.
 
I Peter 5:6-7  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:   Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you.
 
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All THY works shall praise Thee, O LORD (Psalm 145:10)

(This podcast was previously published on July 19, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The sun and moon and stars praise God by doing that work for which God set them in the heavens!  And they stay exactly where God placed them until God tells them to move.
 
The earth stays in place in the solar system until God tells the earth to move.
 
We learn from God's creation, praising HIM by doing that which HE ordains for us as long as we live on this earth!
 
Psalm 145
 
10  All THY works shall praise THEE, O LORD; and THY saints shall bless THEE.
 
11 They shall speak of the glory of THY  kingdom, and talk of THY power;
 
12 To make known to the sons of men HIS mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of HIS kingdom.
 
Ephesians 3:20   Now unto HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
 
The power of God that works in us is the power of the Holy Spirit of God who lives in us.
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
The Holy Spirit who lives in us teaches us all things, reminds us of everything Jesus has said to us, guides us into all truth, and shows us things to come.  (John 14:26 & John 26:13)
 
And the Holy Spirit searches the heart of God to reveal the will of God to us.
 
I Corinthians 2:9-14
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.
 
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
 
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
 
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
 
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
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Psalm 148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling HIS Word

(This podcast was previously published on July 28, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Weather is from God, creator of all things.
 
No man can control the weather though he sometimes thinks he can.
 
When I moved to Clovis, NM (USA), there was a man who thought he could make it rain by firing a canon into clouds.  We would hear, "boom, boom, boom" ... but no rain came.
 
In the faith movement churches, there was a doctrine called, "The authority of the believer."  We were taught that hail and destructive winds were from the devil and we had authority over the devil and could take authority and command the devil that he could not touch our property.  (If it didn't work they said we had weak faith.)
 
The truth is God controls the hail and the stormy winds.  Psalm 148:8
 
Psalm 148
 
4  Praise HIM, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
 
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for HE commanded, and they were created.
 
8  Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling HIS word:
 
13  Let them praise the name of the LORD: for HIS name alone is excellent; HIS glory is above the earth and heaven.
 
Recently we had a warning on TV telling us that hail and thunderstorms were approaching the area where we live.
 
When I heard this, I just prayed to God asking HIM to protect us.
 
God is in charge of all things.
 
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Given the opportunity, speak the truth of God

(This podcast was previously published on May 4, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
When the door opens in the conversation, just speak the truth by the Holy Spirit of God, by that which the Holy Spirit brings to your mind at that time.
 
2 Timothy 4:2-4  (Paul instructs Timothy)  Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.  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; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
 
When I am with a person and the Holy Spirit reminds me of a scripture or concept, that is what I try to speak.
 
The main thing is be faithful to God to speak what HE brings to you by HIS Spirit for then God will do the works that HE wants done.
 
But I am greatly warned about trying to plan ahead that which I will speak for if I do that, it might be my own work.
 
God will guide us in that which we are to speak at the moment we are with another person.
 
Let God be in charge.
 
If God wants us to speak, HE will bring to our mind that which we are to say.  And we simply share "that".
 
A woman in our little church group had made out a list of things she wanted to say to her adult aged son.
 
When I found out what she was doing I urged her to tear up her list and just speak those things brought to her mind by the Holy Spirit of God when she was with her son.
 
Luke 21:14-15  Jesus says:  Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:  For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
 
She did tear up her list and spoke what God brought to her mind while she was with her son, and she told me later not one thing on her list was called to her mind.
 
Learn to trust God to do HIS work through you.
 
When we learn to trust God, HE will bring to our mind that which HE wants us to say.  We don't have to try to do anything!  Just speak as the Holy Spirit leads you.
 
John 14:26  Jesus says: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
Also it is critical for us to settle all offenses with God, otherwise we might speak wrongly, trying to set someone straight.  We must keep ourselves at peace, without spot and blameless through praying when we are offended, and then speak freely that which God brings to our mind.
 
Psalm 51
 
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 
11 Cast me not away from THY presence; and take not THY holy spirit from me.
 
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
 
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
 
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I am a companion of all that fear THEE (Psalm 119:63)

(This podcast was previously published on February 16, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Several years ago, I came across a church woman who turned to God when there was a problem in her life.  She heard from God, and did what God said about the issue, and "overcame" the issue through what God told her.  Sometimes she would share with me what had happened after the problem was solved.
 
This is the type of church person with whom I want to have as a companion.
 
James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
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To each of the 7 churches in the book of Revelation, Jesus said the following:
 
* Revelation 2:7  to the church at Ephesus:  To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
 
* Revelation 2:11  to the church at Smyrna:  He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
 
* Revelation 2:17  to the church at Pergomas:  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
 
* Revelation 2:26-28  to the church at Thyatria:  And he that overcometh, and keepeth MY works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of MY Father.  And I will give him the morning star.
 
* Revelation 3:5  to the church at Sardis:  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before HIS angels.
 
* Revelation 3:12 to the church at Philadelphia: Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of MY God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of MY God, and the name of the city of MY God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from MY God: and I will write upon him MY new name.
 
* Revelation 3:21  to the church of the Laodiceans: To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with ME in MY throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in HIS throne.
 
To each church, Jesus says:  "To him that overcomes."
 
Each of us overcome by turning to God in prayer and by asking God to help us and guide us in what we should do in the situation. And then after we hear from God, we diligently do that which we hear to do. And we overcome by doing that Word which is given to us by God.
 
And this shows a fear of the Lord, and these are the ones with whom I choose to be a companion for they will turn to God and hear from God and follow God by HIS Word.
 
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God sent HIS word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions

(This podcast was previously published on April 13, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
I've always loved this Psalm:
 
Psalm 107
 
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for HE is good: for HIS mercy endureth for ever.
 
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom HE hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
 
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
 
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
 
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
 
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and HE delivered them out of their distresses.
 
7 And HE led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
 
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for HIS goodness, and for HIS wonderful works to the children of men!
 
9 For HE satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
 
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
 
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
 
12 Therefore HE brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
 
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and HE saved them out of their distresses.
 
14 HE brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
 
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for HIS goodness, and for HIS wonderful works to the children of men!
 
16 For HE hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
 
17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
 
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
 
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and HE saveth them out of their distresses.
 
20 He sent HIS word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
 
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The work of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us:
 
John 14:26   Jesus says:  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
We can go forward in faith after we hear that word from God by HIS Spirit.
 
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They were defiled with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions (Psalms 106)

(This podcast was previously published on April 14, 2022)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Unless God authors the work, that work can be a work of iniquity though it seems to men like a good work.
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 7:21-23  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of MY Father which is in heaven.
 
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
 
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When we do a work, we must be certain it is God who told us to do that thing.
 
Proverbs 14:12   There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
Ask yourself this:  "How did God show me to do this?"
 
We can always pray, asking God if "this" is what HE wants us to do ... and to please stop us if we are going the wrong way.
 
James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
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Psalm 106
 
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
 
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against HIS people, insomuch that HE abhorred HIS own inheritance.
 
41 And HE gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
 
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
 
43 Many times did HE deliver them; but they provoked HIM with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
 
44 Nevertheless HE regarded their affliction, when HE heard their cry:
 
45 And HE remembered for them HIS covenant, and repented according to the multitude of HIS mercies.
 
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When we wander out of our assignment

(This podcast was previously published on June 22, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Each of us have assignments given by God.  As long as we continue in that which God has set for us to do, peace and calm continues.  But if we are drawn off our job, then comes disruption.
 
Do you know your assignment?  Do you know what God has set you here to do?
 
Pam Padgett has been given a spiritual gift of helps.
 
I Corinthians 14:27-28  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
 
28 And God hath set some in the church (to care for the church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
 
Pam has an assignment from God to work in the church "helping" the church.
 
I have two ministry offices ordained by Jesus from heaven:  apostle & prophet (Ephesians 4:11)
 
I deal with church doctrine as an apostle, things like divorce/remarriage, doctrines of elders as shown by scriptures, doctrines of Bible concerning homosexuals/lesbians and any other question that surfaces today.
 
Concerning prophets:  Hosea 12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
 
Prophets are used by God to help HIS people to get out of traps and to help them to stay out of traps.
 
Prophets also prepare the way of the Lord.  Today we announce the returning of Jesus and help the church to remain in a position of readiness to be received when Jesus returns.
 
And I have a spiritual gift of exhortation to be able to urge the church by advice and warning concerning holding fast to the way of God shown in the scripture.
 
exhortation:  to urge earnestly by advice and warning
 
Hebrews 3:12-13  Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.  But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
 
Hebrews 10:24-25   And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
 
God by HIS Holy Spirit shows us our assignments and teaches us how to do that assignment.
 
We do not copy other humans but rather we do that shown us by the Holy Spirit of God.
 
The work we do must be authored by God.
 
Jesus says:  Matthew 7:21-23  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
 
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
 
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Avoid the paths of evil and avoid those persons who draw you into a way opposite to God

(This podcast was previously published on June 22, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
It is important for each of us to know that assignment which God gives us as we live on this earth so we can go in HIS way set for us.
 
There are people and things that would pull us off that path if we allowed them to do so.
 
Proverbs 4:14-19
 
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil.
 
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
 
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
 
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
 
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
 
19  The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
 
Who is it that tempts you to evil?  Note those individuals and avoid them.  Remove yourselves from that temptation.  Make it easy on yourself!  Just keep away from such.
 
* Humans
* TV shows
* Surfing Internet
 
(avoid areas where you are drawn away from godliness)
 
James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and abraideth not, and it shall be given him.
 
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THY testimonies are my delight and counselors (Psalm 119:24)

(This podcast was previously published on June 2, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
I know what I know because I read it in the Bible and I am certain that the Bible is the inspired word of God as the apostle Paul said it is:
 
2 Timothy 3:16-17  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
Concerning the way to use the Old Testament, Paul says:
 
I Corinthians 10:1-12  Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
 
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
 
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
 
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
 
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
 
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
 
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
 
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
 
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
 
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
 
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
 
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
 
So both the Old and New Testament Bible show us the will of God for the Christians today.
 
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Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee (Proverbs 4:24)

(This podcast was previously published on June 25, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The word, "froward", in the Bible means: stubbornly unruly
 
If a person is stubbornly unruly, we must put him far from us, staying away from that person, knowing of his evil speaking.
 
We cannot take his evil words into our own heart.  For if we do, we will find his evil coming out of our own mouth at some point in time.
 
Words that go into our heart bear fruit, whether good or bad.
 
Jesus says:  for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.  (Matthew 12:34)
 
II Corinthians 6
 
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; and I will receive you,
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
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They served their idols which were a snare to them (Psalm 106:36)

(This podcast was previously published on June 30, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
There are many church goers who worship various idols today.
 
Some church goers pray to dead people.  They think dead people watch over them and protect them.
 
Jesus tells us dead people are asleep.
 
Dead people cannot watch over anyone who is living nor do dead people answer prayers.
 
John 11:1  Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
 
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped HIS feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
 
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto HIM, saying, Lord, behold, he whom THOU lovest is sick.
 
4 When Jesus heard that, HE said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
 
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
 
6 When HE had heard therefore that he was sick, HE abode two days still in the same place where HE was.
 
11 Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
 
12 Then said HIS disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
 
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that HE had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
 
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
 
God answers our prayers when we pray according to the will of God.
 
I John 5:14-15   And this is the confidence that we have in HIM, that, if we ask any thing according to HIS will, HE heareth us:  And if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM.
 
Many church goers worship their church buildings, and their preachers, and their stained glass windows, and their choirs ...  but they do not worship the word of God:
 
2 Timothy 3:1; 5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come ... 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
The building is not the church.  We who are born of the Spirit of God are the church.
 
I Corinthians 3  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
I Corinthians 6:19  What? 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?
 
Some church goers make days of the week and other things into idols:   Christmas, Easter, lighting of candles, water which they call "holy", mother's day and such.
 
There are church goers who put objects in religion thinking these objects have certain powers:  rosaries, medallions by whom they pray to dead people, candles.
 
Check the New Testament Bible, for if the object of worship is not described in the NT Bible, then you are worshiping an idol.
 
Psalm 106:36   They served their idols which were a snare to them.
 
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They were mingled among the heathen and learned their works (Psalm 106:35)

(This podcast was previously published on July 1, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
When we are born again, God changes us to a new creature.  We are not like we once were.  We often do not want to do those things we once did.  Most of us who have been born again now want to read the Bible.  We also want to be with other Christians who are believers and try to do the Word of God.  We are very different after we are born again.
 
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
In the Old Testament, God gave the people this instruction:
 
Numbers 33:50-53  And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;  Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:  And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
 
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
 
2 Corinthians 6:14-18  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; and I will receive you,
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
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They soon forgot HIS works; they waited not for HIS counsel (Psalm 106:13)

(This podcast was previously published on June 29, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Here are several mistakes made by the people in the Old Testament as they went through the wilderness.
 
I Corinthians 10:6-11  Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
 
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
 
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
 
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
 
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
 
(murmur means:  to complain, especially a continual complaining under your breathe)
 
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Psalm 106
 
13 They soon forgat HIS works; they waited not for HIS counsel:
 
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
 
15 And HE gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
 
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
 
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
 
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
 
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
 
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
 
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
 
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HIS truth shall be thy shield and buckler (Psalm 91)

(This podcast was previously published on July 28, 2021)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The apostle Paul tells us not to live as the pagans live.  When someone dies, Paul urges us to sorrow not as those persons who have no hope.  Instead believe in the resurrection of the dead in Christ.  And show that truth.
 
I Thessalonians 4:13-17   But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
 
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.
 
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go ahead of) them which are asleep.
 
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
 
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
Why do we meet them in the air?
 
This present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God.  We will meet in the air for we will be taken to that new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
II Peter 3:10-13 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.
 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
 
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
 
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
Those who have been raised from the dead and those who have been raised from off this present earth meet Jesus in the air and are taken to that new heaven and new earth which is created by God for the saints of God, new Jerusalem.
 
Revelation 21:1-5    And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
 
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
 
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
 
5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
 
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I Corinthians 15:49-52  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
 
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
 
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,
 
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
 
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