Building your house on the word from God

Proverbs 11 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Jesus says:
Luke 21
 
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY words shall not pass away.
 
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (over indulgence), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
 
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
 
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
 
(That which connects us to God and makes us "worthy to escape" is prayer.)
 
Each time we see a problem and pray, we put our trust to God and connect to God.
 
Each time we follow God, doing that which God says to us, we trust God and connect with God and show our faith to be in God.
 
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Proverbs 11
 
1  A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is HIS delight.
 
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
 
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
 
(integrity:  the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; Biblical soundness)
 
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4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
 
(Eze. 7:19  They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.)
 
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5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
 
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
 
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7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
 
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
 
9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
 
10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
 
11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
 
12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
 
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13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
 
14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
 
15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
 
(surety:  the guarantee of the debts of one party by another)
 
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16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
 
17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
 
18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
 
19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
 
20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are HIS delight.
 
(froward:  stubbornly unruly; headstrong; willful; disobedient)
 
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21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
 
22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
 
(discretion:  making of wise decisions and choices.)
 
23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
 
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24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
 
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
 
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
 
27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
 
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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
 
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
 
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
 
31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

King Saul, who was appointed by God, fails to fully obey God and God removes Saul from being king

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
As we read examples of Old Testament, we have an opportunity to see the way God thinks by that which God chooses to do to the disobedient.
 
I Corinthians 10
 
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.
 
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.
 
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God gives king Saul an assignment:
 
I Samuel 15
 
1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over HIS people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
 
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
 
(God's assignment to Saul.)
 
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
 
(When we receive an assignment from God, we must do that assignment.  We must do every part of that assignment and we must not allow our minds to reason that assignment away in any part.)
 
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
 
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
 
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
 
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
 
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
 
(God told Saul to kill Agag.  Saul did not do this but saved Agag alive.)
 
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
 
(God told Saul to kill the sheep and the oxen.  Saul kept the best of the sheep and oxen alive.)
 
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10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
 
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following ME, and hath not performed MY commandments. 
 
And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
 
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12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
 
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
 
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear.
 
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15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
 
(Saul blamed the people for sparing the sheep and oxen.  But Saul received a commandment from God on this matter and Saul was king and commanded the people.  Saul was in charge of that which they did. And Saul did not do the will of God in the matter.  A leader is responsible to fulfill the commandment given to him by God.  It would not matter what the people wanted to do.  You do what God shows you to do and you "wholly" follow God in every part of the Word.)
 
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16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
 
17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
 
18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
 
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
 
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
 
(Saul did not kill the king as God told him to do.  Saul did not kill the sheep and oxen as God told him to do.  Saul did not "wholly" follow the Lord.)
 
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
 
(Saul is saying the people kept the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to God, a good thing.  God sees it as an evil thing they did for they did not obey the instructions of God but changed the instructions to their own reasonings.)
 
22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
 
23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD,  HE hath also rejected thee from being king.
 
(God used this disobedience example of Saul to teach me to fully obey when I am given an assignment from God.)
 
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24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
 
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
 
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
 
27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
 
28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
 
29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
 
30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
 
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
 
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32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. 
 
And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
 
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.  
 
(The prophet of God does the will of God and fulfills the work of God's choosing which Saul would not do.)
 
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34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
 
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that HE had made Saul king over Israel.
 
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I Samuel 16:1  And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
 
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If we fail to obey God in each part of the word given us by God, we can bring judgement and penalty from God upon ourselves and we cannot please God unless we fulfill HIS Word.
 
This podcast has several examples of full obedience vs. disobedience to the Word from God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

David and Goliath

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Goliath of the army of the Philistines:
I Samuel 17
1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
 
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David of the army of the living God:
 
I Samuel 17
 
20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse (David's father) had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
 
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
 
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. (David's 3 brothers were in Saul's army.)
 
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
 
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
 
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: 
and it shall be, that the man who killeth him (Goliath), the king (of Israel) will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
 
26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
 
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. (Goliath)
 
28 And Eliab his (David's) eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.  (Misjudging David in his heart.)
 
29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
 
30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
 
31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul  (king of Israel) : and he (Saul) sent for him (David).
 
32  And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him (Goliath);  thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
 
33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
 
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
 
35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
 
36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
 
(David knew God would fight for him and the battle was God's battle.)
 
37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, HE will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 
 
And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
 
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David cannot go into battle with unproven armor:
 
38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
 
(David had not "proved" Saul's armor so we would not to into battle with armor which he had not first proved.)
 
39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed (evaluated the situation and could not go into battle with Saul's armor) to go; for he had not proved it.
 
And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
 
40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
 
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The Battle:
 
41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
 
42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
 
(disdained: considered to be unworthy of one's consideration; refused or rejected out of feeling of pride or superiority; to regard with contempt, scorn, or dislike while judging the other person of unworthy of respect)43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
 
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
 
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
 
(defied:  to challenge to do something seemed impossible; dare; to confront with assured power over; to openly challenge without respect)
 
46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
 
47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and HE will give you into our hands.
 
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
 
49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
 
(The armor of Goliath covered his body and even his head, except for his forehead which was his flesh.)
 
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
 
51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. 
 
And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
 
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The Philistine insulted God and belittled God and David could not allow this to happen.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Proverbs 10 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Jesus says:
 
Luke 21
 
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
 
15  For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
 
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22  For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
 
(Jesus comes through the clouds and the dead in Christ are awakened by HIM to eternal life, and HIS angels gather the elect from off the earth, and the wrath of God, The Great Tribulation, comes on this world and the apostate churches who have cast aside the Holy Scriptures and have set up their own doctrines inside their church groups.)
 
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
 
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
 
(The earth will move in the solar system ... God says:  Isaiah 13:13  I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.)
 
Luke 21
 
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
 
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
 
29 And HE spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
 
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
 
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
 
(As the iniquity increases in the world and in the apostate churches, you can tell that the season of God's judgment upon this earth draws closer.)
 
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Proverbs 10
 
1 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
 
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
 
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but HE casteth away the substance of the wicked.
 
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
 
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
 
6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
 
7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
 
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
 
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
 
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
 
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
 
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
 
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
 
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
 
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
 
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
 
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
 
18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
 
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
 
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
 
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
 
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and HE addeth no sorrow with it.
 
23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
 
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
 
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
 
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
 
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
 
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
 
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
 
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
 
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
 
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The Law of Moses and the Law of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Often I've heard church people say:  "OH, we don't go by the law any more."  And they cast aside certain scriptures in the New Testament Bible.
Here is the truth:
We no longer do the Law of Moses where they sacrificed animals for sins.
Leviticus 1
1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
 
4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
 
5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:
 
8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
 
10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
 
11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: 13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
 
14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
 
15  And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
 
The sacrifice of Jesus and the shed blood of Jesus pay for the sins of the church of the New Covenant so we no longer pay for sins with the sacrifice of animals as they did in the Law of Moses.
 
So we do not do the law of Moses in the church today.
 
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But we do follow the laws of God in the New Testament Bible.  We follow the commandments of God in the New Testament church.  We follow the doctrines of Christ set forth in the New Testament Bible.
 
There are many commandments of God for the New Testament church in the New Testament Bible.
 
Here are a few of those:
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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Romans 7:1-3  Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
 
2 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.
 
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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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I Corinthians 6:15-18  Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
 
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE shall be one flesh.
 
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
 
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
 
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I Corinthians 6:9-10  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
 
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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Galatians 5:19-21  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft (living in superstitions), hatred, variance (to vary; to debate), emulations (to out do another person), wrath (to want judgment to come upon another), strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings (partying), 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.
 
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Hebrews 10:26-27  For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
 
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
 
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2 Peter 2:20-22  For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
 
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
 
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Hebrews 6:4-8  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
 
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
 
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.
 
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
 
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
 
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The end time churches of the apostasy have removed such scriptures as the above and have greatly deceived their congregations and they will all be damned at the return of Jesus.
 
2 Thessalonians 2:8-12  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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Amos the prophet speaks of God’s judgments

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Amos said:
 
Amos 3:7  Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but HE revealeth HIS secret unto HIS servants the prophets.
 
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Amos 4
 
9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto ME, saith the LORD.
 
10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto ME, saith the LORD.
 
11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto ME, saith the LORD.
 
12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
 
13 For, lo, HE that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is HIS name.
 
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Amos 5
 
6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest HE break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
 
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
 
8 Seek HIM that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is HIS name:
 
9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
 
10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
 
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
 
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
 
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
 
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Amos 5
 
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
 
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
 
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
 
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
 
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Amos 5  (The Day of the Lord:  The Great Tribulation)
 
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
 
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
 
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
 
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Amos 5  (To people of the Old Covenant)
 
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
 
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
 
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Amos 8
 
(Judgments against Judah and Israel)
 
1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
 
2 And HE said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon MY people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
 
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
 
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
 
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
 
 
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
 
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
 
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
 
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
 
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Jesus shed HIS blood for sins and established the New Testament church and many fell away from scripture and set up their own doctrine.  When Jesus returns, HE will destroy the apostate churches.
 
2 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:
 
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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Matthew 24  (Jesus says:)
 
12 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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Proverbs 9 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Jesus said:
 
Revelation 3:5  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.
 
We must "overcome" as long as we are allowed by God to live on this earth.
 
The evil of the end times will increase but we do not allow that evil to live in our heart by the wisdom of men.  We overcome by renewing our mind to the word of God.   We overcome through turning to God and asking God to create a clean heart within us and to renew a right Spirit in us.
 
We agree with that which God says in the Holy Bible and we live by scriptures instead of by the wisdom of men of this world who bring judgment of God upon them in the end time.
 
We see by Revelation 3:5 that our names will not be blotted out of the Book of Life if we overcome and endure to the end by the Holy Scriptures, believing in HIS Word.
 
We overcome the evil as long as we live on this earth, holding fast to the Word of God, the Holy Bible, not allowing ourselves to be turned away by those things men of this world say and believe.
 
We build our house on the Word of God, on the Holy Scriptures.
 
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 Proverbs 9
 
1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
 
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
 
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
 
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
 
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
 
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
 
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7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
 
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
 
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
 
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10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
 
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
 
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
 
(scorn:  to feel or express contempt for; to despise another)
 
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13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
 
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
 
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
 
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
 
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
 
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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Joel: NT prophecies

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
God spoke to the prophet Joel to tell him of things to come in the latter days.
 
Joel 1:15  Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
 
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Joel 2:1-2 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in MY holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
 
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
 
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Joel 2:10  The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
 
(Isaiah the prophet said the same thing in Isaiah 13:13.)
 
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Joel 2:27-32
 
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and MY people shall never be ashamed.
 
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out MY spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
 
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out MY spirit.
 
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
 
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
 
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
 
(Acts 2:14-21  Peter repeats Joel's prophecy.)
 
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Joel 3
 
10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
 
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
 
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
 
16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter HIS voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of HIS people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
 
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Isaiah the prophet speaks the wisdom of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Isaiah 6:3 ... Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of HIS glory.
 
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Isaiah 8:13  Sanctify the LORD of hosts Himself; and let HIM be your fear, and let HIM be your dread.
 
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Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
 
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Isaiah 8:22  And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
 
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Isaiah 9:19  Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
 
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Isaiah 10:3  And what will ye do in the day of visitation (of judgment), and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
 
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Isaiah 10:23  For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
 
(consumption:  the using up of a resource;  a wasting disease)
 
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Isaiah 10:26  And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him
 
(scourge:  a whip used for punishment; a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering)
 
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Isaiah 11:4  But with righteousness shall HE (Jesus) judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and HE (Jesus) shall smite the earth with the rod of HIS mouth, and with the breath of HIS lips shall HE slay the wicked.
 
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Isaiah 11:16  And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people
 
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Isaiah 12:2-4  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
 
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
 
4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon HIS name, declare HIS doings among the people, make mention that HIS name is exalted.
 
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Proverbs 8 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Righteous indignation of the end times:
 
(Comments by Joan Boney) 
 
I believe we live in the end times now.  Wickedness increases on the earth and in the apostate churches and that signals the wrath of God that is to come upon this earth as judgment from God for that is not far away.
 
In the past years, I was furious over that which I was seeing in the churches.  Pastors were adding things to the Bible and telling their congregations things which were not in the Bible.
 
In one non-denominational church that I visited, the pastor said:  "Sarah and Haggar were 1/2 sisters."  When I got home, I searched the Bible and couldn't find that which Pastor taught.  I called Pastor and told him I was in his church service when he said this and I told him I could not find this in the Bible and I asked him, "Where this is in the Bible?"
 
Pastor replied:  "I can't remember where it is in the Bible."
 
I said, "It's very important to me, so would you look it up and tell your secretary where it is and have her call me and tell me?"
 
Pastor was very quiet for a few seconds and then he replied with great anger saying:  "Okay ... It's not in the Bible!"  
 
(That pastor lied to me, pretending he couldn't remember where it was in the Bible while he knew it wasn't in the Bible and he just made it up and spoke it to the congregation by his own will.)
 
All this is very evil and disturbed me greatly.
 
Pastor did not show any sorrow nor did Pastor repent over what he did.  How can this be?
 
💥  I was looking for a church to attend so I visited another non-denominational church.
 
It was a Wednesday night.  About 200 people were in the congregation.  Pastor was teaching concerning the woman taken in adultery, John 8.
 
Pastor said:  "And when they brought this woman to Jesus, she was naked from the waist up." 
 
I was extremely shocked to hear this for I knew it was not in John 8 in the Bible.
 
The next morning, I called the Pastor and said:
 
"I was in your service last night when you spoke about the woman taken in adultery being naked from the waist up and I can't find that in the Bible.  Where does it say that in the Bible?"
 
The pastor paused and then said, "I really can't remember where that is in the Bible."
 
I said:  "Well it's really important for me to know, so would you look it up and have your secretary call me and tell me where it is in the Bible."
 
Pastor was dead silent.
 
Then the Pastor began yelling at me with great anger.  "All right," he said, "It's not in the Bible.  Where do you go to church."
 
I was shocked and devastated by what Pastor said.
 
There was no shame expressed by Pastor.  There was no sorrow or grief shown over that which he had done to the Bible and to his congregation.
 
How could I stand this?
 
Then God showed me:
 
These two pastors were antichrist in the churches and it was even ordained this would happen in churches in the last days before Jesus returns. 
 
II Thessalonians 2  (The apostle Paul says)
 
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day 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.
 
God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures."
 
And God showed me these churches and their followers who cast aside Bible and set up their own thinking in the churches will be destroyed when Jesus returns:
 
2 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:
 
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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God will send HIS Wrath upon these apostate churches in the plagues and woes of The Great Tribulation but even then they will not repent.
 
Revelation 9
 
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
 
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
 
After God showed me what was going on in these churches today, I lived in peace but never went to apostate churches again.
 
To be angry can destroy us in the end time.
 
We must come to understanding of the fact that these sins are going to happen and we will see them.  We just don't go in the paths of the wicked.  There are many scriptures in Proverbs which tell us to depart from the evil and don't go near the evil.
 
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Proverbs 8
 
1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
 
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
 
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
 
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
 
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
 
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6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of MY lips shall be right things.
 
7 For MY mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to MY lips.
 
8 All the words of MY mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
 
(froward:  stubbornly unruly; perverse: turning away from truth)
 
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
 
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10 Receive MY instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
 
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
 
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12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
 
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13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
 
14 Counsel is MINE, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
 
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15 By ME kings reign, and princes decree justice.
 
16 By ME princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
 
17 I love them that love ME; and those that seek ME early shall find ME.
 
18 Riches and honour are with ME; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
 
19 MY fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and MY revenue than choice silver.
 
20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
 
21 That I may cause those that love ME to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
 
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22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of HIS way, before HIS works of old.
 
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
 
24 When there were no depths, I was
brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
 
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
 
26 While as yet HE had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
 
27 When HE prepared the heavens, I was there: when HE set a compass upon the face of the depth:
 
28 When HE established the clouds above: when HE strengthened the fountains of the deep:
 
29 When HE gave to the sea HIS decree, that the waters should not pass HIS commandment: when HE appointed the foundations of the earth:
 
30 Then I was by HIM, as one brought up with HIM: and I was daily HIS delight, rejoicing always before HIM;
 
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of HIS earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
 
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32 Now therefore hearken unto ME, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep MY ways.
 
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
 
34 Blessed is the man that heareth ME, watching daily at MY gates, waiting at the posts of MY doors.
 
35 For whoso findeth ME findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
 
36 But he that sinneth against ME wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate ME love death.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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God judges them and us

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
God judges.  And God's judgments are just and right.
 
Revelation 14
 
7 ... Fear God, and give glory to HIM; for the hour of HIS judgment is come: and worship HIM that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
 
15-16  And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.  And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
 
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
 
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
 
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
 
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
 
Revelation 15
 
1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
 
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
 
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, THOU King of saints.
 
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for THOU only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before THEE; for Thy judgments are made manifest.
 
5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
 
6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
 
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
 
8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from HIS power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
 
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Revelation 16:4-7
 
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
 
5 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.
 
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are THY judgments.
 
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Revelation 19
 
1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
 
2 For true and righteous are HIS judgments: for HE hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of HIS servants at her hand.
 
3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
 
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
 
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye HIS servants, and ye that fear HIM, both small and great.
 
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
 
15 And out of HIS mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it HE should smite the nations: and HE shall rule them with a rod of iron: and HE treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
 
16 And HE hath on HIS vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
 
Revelation 20
 
11 And I saw a great white throne, and HIM that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
 
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
 
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
 
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
 
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
 
Revelation 22
 
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
 
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
 
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and HIS servants shall serve HIM:
 
14 Blessed are they that do HIS commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
 
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
 
Revelation 4
 
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before HIM that sat on the throne, and worship HIM that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
 
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for THOU hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.
 
Revelation 5  (Book of the judgments of God)
 
1 And I saw in the right hand of HIM that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
 
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
 
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
 
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
 
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
 
8 And when HE had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
 
9 And they sung a new song, saying, THOU art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for THOU wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
 
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
 
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
 
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
 
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto HIM that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
 
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped HIM that liveth for ever and ever.
 
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HE is worthy to judge and HE judges with righteous judgment.
 
When I encounter a person who rejects the Word of God I am greatly comforted by the understanding that God will judge him and I do not have to judge him.
 
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However we must judge the church in order to do what the apostle Paul said as follows:
 
I Corinthians 5:11-13  But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
 
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
 
(We do not judge those without the church but we must judge those within the church.)
 
13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
 
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2 Corinthians 5:9-11
 
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.
 
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
 
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Enter into rest by trusting in God and ceasing from your own works

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Hebrews 3
 
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
 
2 Who was faithful to HIM that appointed HIM, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
 
3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
 
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
 
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
 
6 But Christ as a son over HIS own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
 
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear HIS voice,
 
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
 
9 When your fathers tempted ME, proved ME, and saw MY works forty years.
 
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known MY ways.
 
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into MY rest.)
 
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
 
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
 
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
 
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
 
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
 
17 But with whom was HE grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
 
18 And to whom sware HE that they should not enter into HIS rest, but to them that believed not?
 
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
 
 
Hebrews 4
 
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into HIS rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
 
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
 
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as HE said, As I have sworn in MY wrath, if they shall enter into MY rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
 
4 For HE spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all HIS works.
 
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into MY rest.
 
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
 
7 Again, HE limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your hearts.
 
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would HE not afterward have spoken of another day.
 
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
 
10 For HE that is entered into HIS rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from HIS.
 
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
 
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
 
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in HIS sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of HIM with whom we have to do.
 
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
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Proverbs 7 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Here is a message from God concerning dealing in Wisdom in the iniquity of the end times.
 
I Corinthians 6  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,  10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers (those who speak vile thing), nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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Jesus says:
 
Mt. 24:12-13  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many (for the Word of God) shall wax cold.
 
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 
Iniquity "shall abound".
 
Today we are seeing this iniquity of the last days abound.  Men in high places speak things that are untrue and are praised for what they speak by many people.  We are seeing incredible things that would not have been tolerated in times past, even a few years ago the general population would have been horrified to see such things.
 
This shows us the great increase in the iniquity of today and the lack of integrity in the hearts of many.
 
It simply show us how close we are to the return of Jesus and the wrath of God that comes in the end of this world.
 
We must not be swept away by all the evil.  We must not be pulled down by the evil.  We must continue in the joy of the Lord, in the joy of the Word.
 
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In March 2023, Alex Murdaugh, a prominent lawyer from South Carolina, was tried in a court of law accused of murdering his wife and 22 year old son.
 
I watched some of the trial on CNN.
 
I was very surprised at my reaction.
 
I felt great grief over the waste of all the lives.  What could have been a godly family was obviously an ungodly family. 
 
In earlier times, I would have been outraged over this and would have felt great wrath, wanting to see judgment against Murdaugh.
 
But as I watched him at court, all I could feel was sorrow over lost lives, not just the murders but the lost life of Murdaugh himself.  He admitted that he lied to his own law clients and stole large sums of money from victims he represented in court, millions of dollars.  He continue to say he did not kill his wife and son.  Nonetheless his family was destroyed.
 
It gave me no pleasure to witness his fall.
 
And this surprised me.  God has greatly changed my own heart during the past years.
 
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Luke 9
 
54 And when HIS disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
 
55 But HE (Jesus) turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
 
56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
 
I know I once lived in righteous indignation and wanted to see the wicked destroyed.  Now I want them to see their sins and be saved and live godly lives in the word of God.
 
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Romans 12
 
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is MINE; I will repay, saith the Lord.
 
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
 
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
 
Don't we know that we could have been destroyed over our past life?  Instead God caused us to be born again and saved and our sins were washed away and we were forgiven all sins because Jesus paid for our sin with HIS own blood.
 
We overcome evil this way.
 
Jesus tells us the days will get so bad toward the end of this world that no flesh would be saved unless the days are shortened ... Matthew 24:21-22  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 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.
 
We might have righteous indignation over that which we see done by evil men in this world and in the apostate churches, but we must not allow our anger over their deeds to destroy us or cause us to fall away from scriptures and our faith in God.
 
We must not become depressed or allow evil to steal our joy in the Word of God.
 
God will judge and HIS judgment will be just.  Live in this knowledge and live in peace and endure to the end by prayer and the word, knowing our days on this earth will be shortened as Jesus said in Matthew 24:22.
 
But we must not let the evil destroy us!
 
2 Peter 2:9  The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
 
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💥  We are not a friend of this world:  (friend: one who gives aid and support)  We never approve sin.  We never wish them well in their sin.  We show sinners the Bible and hope that God will open their eyes to see their sin and to turn from their sin and be saved as we have been saved!  But we never approve them in the sin.
 
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.
 
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💥  Hatred, variance (debating), wrath, and strife could destroy us in our righteous indignation.  We must not live in these fleshly angers as we witness the sins of this world and the apostate churches.
 
Galatians 5:19-21  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.
 
We keep our own flesh under control by asking God to help us as we witness those things that are evil and by following the Spirit which produces the fruits of the spirit even as we deal with the evil.
 
22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:
 
We learn to pray:  "God help me and please don't let me say that or do that."  (for our own flesh will try to get us to say and do things that are evil against the evil,)
 
Romans 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
 
If we walk after the ideas of our own flesh we can be condemned in our acts.
 
If we follow the Spirit, that which HE shows us to do in the situation will produce the fruits of the Spirit:   love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:
 
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We overcome the evil with the good God shows us by HIS Spirit, doing as God shows us to do, saying that which God shows us to say, by HIS Spirit Who dwells in us.
 
For HE, the Holy Spirit will bring to mind what we are to say and what we are to do in the time of trouble.  (Jn. 14:26 & Jn. 16:13)
 
Example:  The radio station manager in 1982 in Seattle was waiting outside the meeting room and as I approached the door, he said to me:  "Joan ... you have many wonderful messages.  Just speak those messages.  If you continue to speak these judgment messages, I don't know what is going to happen to you.  We might have to put you off the air."
 
The Holy Spirit gave me this response instantly:  "George ... if I don't speak the message that I believe to be from God, then I don't have a message and I may as well be off the air."
 
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Depart from the evil but do not allow yourself to be destroyed by righteous indignation and fury and wrath and hatred and strife.
 
Commit yourself to God in prayer and ask HIM to help you.
 
Psalm 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 
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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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Be not partaker of other men's sins.
 
 
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Now ... Proverbs 7
 
1 My son, keep MY words, and lay up MY commandments with thee.
 
2 Keep MY commandments, and live; and MY law as the apple of thine eye.
 
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
 
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4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
 
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
 
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6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
 
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
 
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
 
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
 
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
 
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
 
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
 
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
 
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
 
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
 
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
 
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
 
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
 
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
 
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
 
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
 
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
 
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24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
 
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
 
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
 
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

All scripture is given by inspiration of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
No man knows the day or hour Jesus will return but we do know seasons.
 
As the wickedness increases by people of this world and as the churches cast aside scripture, we know the end is soon.
 
We are made "wise" unto salvation by the Holy Scripture, the Word of God.
 
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:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
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Jesus is The Word and The Word is Jesus.
 
If we cast aside The Word, we cast aside Jesus.
 
John 1
 
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
 
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
 
3 All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.
 
4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.
 
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
 
10 HE was in the world, and the world was made by HIM, and the world knew HIM not.
 
11 HE came unto HIS own, and HIS own received HIM not.
 
12 But as many as received HIM, to them gave HE power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on HIS name:
 
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
 
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
 
Perverted:  To turn from the way of God and go another way.
 
To turn from Jesus the Word, to gain perceived rewards on this earth is death to you and all who are around you.
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The Old Testament contains "The Law of Moses" which the people went by until the birth of Jesus.
 
With the resurrection of Jesus came the new covenant and the New Testament which replaced the Law of Moses.  However there are many promises of God in the Old Testament which still pertain to us today.
 
But it is the sacrifice of Jesus which paid for our sins today by HIS shed blood.  So we no longer sacrifice animals for sins as they did in the Old Testament.
 
Hebrews 8
 
6 But now hath HE obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also HE (JESUS) is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
 
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
 
8 For finding fault with them, HE saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
 
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in MY covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
 
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:
 
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest.
 
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
 
13 In that he saith, A new covenant, HE hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
 
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I Corinthians 10:11  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.
 
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
 
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Now in the New Testament church we follow the laws of God set forth in the New Testament scriptures.
 
The New Testament Bible is our only doctrine.  We follow that which is in the New Testament Bible.  The doctrines of Christ are in the New Testament Bible.  We have no other doctrine for today's churches!
 
The apostate churches remove some of the scriptures of the New Testament Bible and teach other doctrines to their followers.  They will be destroyed when Jesus returns.
 
2 Thessalonians 2
 
3 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.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures".
 
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:
 
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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Isaiah the prophet shows us the reasons destructions come from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Isaiah 1
 
28  And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
 
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The churches of the apostasy of today have cast aside scripture, "The Lord", and have set up doctrines to their own destructions.
 
They made the truth a lie and caused their congregations to believe in a lie.
 
For example:  (Concerning divorce and remarriage)
 
Jesus said:
 
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.
 
Mark 10:11-12  And HE (Jesus) 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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. 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.
 
In these churches of the antichrist today, they removed truth and set up lies.  And the people love it for they can do what they want to do and think themselves to be approved by God.  In the end time, the plagues of God will fall and they will end up destroyed by God in HIS wrath.
 
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Isaiah 2:8  Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
 
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Isaiah 2:10-12   Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of HIS majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
 
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Isaiah 2:19-21  And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of HIS majesty, when HE ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
 
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
 
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of HIS majesty, when HE ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
 
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Isaiah 2:22  Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
 
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Isaiah 3:9  The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
 
(They flaunt their sins before all and are even proud of their sins, thinking, "No harm can come to us.  We are free to do what we want.  No one can stop us now.")
 
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2 Timothy 3:1-5  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 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.
 
(Attending church but casting aside scripture)
 
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Isaiah 5:4-6  God says:  What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
 
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
 
6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
 
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Jesus will destroy the apostate churches when HE returns to gather the elect of God who are righteous.
 
2 Thessalonians 2:8-12  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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Isaiah 5:16  But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
 
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Isaiah 5:20  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
 
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
 
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Isaiah 5:24  ... because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
 
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Proverbs 6 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Jesus says:
 
Luke 17
 
And as it was in the days of Noe (Noah), so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
 
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 
 
Genesis 6  (The days of Noah)
 
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
 
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
 
3 And the LORD said, MY spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
 
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
 
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
 
6 And it repented the LORD that HE had made man on the earth, and it grieved HIM at HIS heart.
 
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth ME that I have made them.
 
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
 
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
 
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
 
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
 
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before ME; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
 
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
 
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
 
(God gives exact instructions whereby Noah and his family will be safe.)
 
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
 
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
 
18 But with thee will I establish MY covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
 
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
 
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
 
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
 
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
 
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Luke 17  (Jesus said)
 
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
 
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
 
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
 
32 Remember Lot's wife.  (She looked back upon Sodom and was turned into a pillar of salt.  Gen. 19)
 
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
 
Story of Lot
 
Genesis 19
 
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
 
(Angels do not have wings.  Angels look like natural men.)
 
2 And he (Lot) said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
 
3 And he (Lot) pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
 
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
 
(They came from every part of Sodom.)
 
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.  (have sex with them)
 
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
 
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
 
(Lot knew homosexual acts were wicked.)
 
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
 
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
 
10 But the men (the 2 angels) put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
 
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
 
(Angels have great powers and strength.)
 
12 And the men (the angels) said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
 
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
 
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
 
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
 
16 And while he lingered, the men (the angels) laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
 
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he (the angel) said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
 
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
 
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
 
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
 
21 And he (the angel) said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
 
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
 
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
 
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
 
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
 
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
 
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
 
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
 
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when HE overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
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Proverbs 6
 
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
 
(surety: surety is the guarantee of the debts of one party by another; surety is taking the responsibility for paying the debt in case the other person defaults.)
 
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
 
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
 
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
 
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
 
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6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
 
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
 
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
 
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9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
 
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
 
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
 
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12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
 
(froward: stubbornly unruly)
 
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
 
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
 
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
 
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16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto HIM:
 
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
 
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
 
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
 
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20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
 
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
 
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
 
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
 
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
 
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
 
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
 
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
 
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
 
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
 
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
 
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
 
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
 
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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Taking hold of the paths of life

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Living in truth of the word from God.
 
Jesus says:
 
John 10
 
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
 
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
 
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
 
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
 
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
 
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
 
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
 
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John 14  (Jesus said)
 
6 I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 
Jesus, The Word, is the way of life.
 
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The time of trouble comes from God to judge the world and the sins of the apostate churches

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
What do we see now?  One trouble upon another?
 
Jesus calls this:  All these are the beginning of sorrows.  (Mt. 24:8)  This comes before the Great Tribulation where the wrath of God is poured out upon this entire world because of the sins of the people of this world and the sins of the apostate churches which have cast away scripture in part to allow people in their congregations to go in the way of sin in their churches.
 
Judgments sent by God before the Great Tribulation.
 
Matthew 24:7 (For Jesus says:)
 
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places
 
2 Timothy 3:13  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
 
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Time in the sight of God is like this:
 
2 Peter 3:8  But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
 
To God, "the last days" began with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
 
The apostle John said:
 
1 John 1:18  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
 
From then to the return of Jesus the wickedness of men would get worse and worse until the end of time and the return of Jesus and the wrath of God comes upon this world and finally God destroys this present heaven and earth with fire.
 
2 Peter 3:10  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.
 
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By our view of time it has been more than 2,000 years since Jesus was crucified and God raised HIM from the dead.
 
By God's view of time (a day as a thousand years), God might view this as 2 days. Also God can see 1,000 years as one day.
 
So when we look at the events and consider the period of "The beginning of sorrows", I would think we should include both World War I and World War II, for these were both "world wars" affecting the entire world.
 
Hitler looks very much like the description of one of the last kings in Daniel 11.
 
Daniel 11
 
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
 
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
 
One ruler is described as follows:
 
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
 
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
 
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
 
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
 
Hitler came speaking peace while he was planning for his war.  He occupied nation after nation saying he was protecting them.  He did greater evils than ever seen before in the killing of Jews and political hostages.  For a time he ruled and then was broken and destroyed himself.
 
25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
 
From the time I was born again, I have thought Adolph Hitler was a part of the end time destruction of the "Beginning of Sorrows".
 
Churches have taught that antichrist comes through governments of men but that is not what the Bible teaches us.  The apostle John taught us that antichrist were already in their church group and there were "many" antichrists.  (I John 2:18)  This shows that antichrist is a spirit working in many men as the devil is a spirit working in many.
 
I John 4:3  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
 
The end time apostasy in the church groups casts away certain scripture and sets up doctrines which approve sin in the congregation, especially in areas of divorce/remarriage and homosexual/lesbians.
 
Divorce/remarriage:
 
Matthew 5:32  But I (Jesus) 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.
 
* If the woman is unfaithful, the husband may divorce her.  But this is the only scriptural reason given in the New Testament Bible for a husband to divorce his wife.
* If the divorced woman remarries she will commit adultery.
* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
 
Homosexuals/lesbians:
 
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;
 
Fornication:
 
I Corinthians 6:15-16  Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
 
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.
 
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
 
The apostate churches cast aside doctrines of Christ from the Bible and set up their own doctrines which approve and permit various sins in their church groups.
 
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The beginning of sorrows:
 
I believe the following are parts of this:
 
💥  Wars:  WWI and WWII covering most of the earth.  (Now Russia wars again Ukrine.)
 
💥  Famines:  Throughout Africa and South American nations
 
💥  Pestilences: Spanish Flu of WWI;  Coronavirus covering the earth in 2020
 
💥  Earthquakes:  The great earthquake of 2023 in Turkey and Syria killing 50,000 people an unheard of number.
 
I believe other "trumpets" which signal the coming of Jesus and the Wrath of God and the end of this world:
 
* The unusual waves of storms, one after another, in California today.
* Unseasonal tornadoes in southern USA in 2023.
* Fierceness of men all over this world:  killing at random children in schools and people in other places.
 
Also God gave me a dream concerning people and nations failing to pay debts:
 
This was a recent dream this year in the last few months:
 
January 12, 2023   In this dream, there was a big financial deficit.  God showed me some people were failing to pay what they owed.  When the deficit grew worse, the government and organizations took from the people one way or another:  taxes, significant raise in prices of goods, and such.
 
I never think of money, having no debt of any kind and having some savings.  But I awoke thinking of money and seeking wisdom, what to do?
 
In March, the banking failures began to surface.
 
If individuals paid what they owe everything would work out but in the dream I was shown that individuals will not pay what they owe.
 
And USA national debt is in billions of dollars.  
 
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As we prepare for that which is to come upon this earth, I felt very strongly we should go through the Proverbs, setting a basis for seeking wisdom from God and correcting our own way by wisdom from God.
 
For things we have never before seen will happen and we need to call on God for our wisdom.
 
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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Proverbs 5 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
During the end times, people will do terrible things and evil men will wax worse and worse, the apostle Paul tells us.
 
2 Timothy 3
 
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection (homosexuals & lesbians: 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; also we see the unnatural act of women having abortions, killing their unborn children);
 
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
 
fierce (killing others without cause), 
 
despisers of those that are good,
 
4 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.
 
(Some attend church but they will not do scriptures.  Turn away from them and don't keep company with them when you see this happening.)
 
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
 
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
 
(For they hear the scriptures but they will not follow the instruction of the Bible, conforming their lives to the word of God and they go in their own preferences doing as they choose.)
 
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
 
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
 
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
 
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
 
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
 
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
 
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;  (God taught us HIS way by HIS Word.)
 
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus (the Word of God).
 
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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Proverbs 5
 
1 My son, attend unto MY wisdom, and bow thine ear to MY understanding:
 
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
 
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3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
 
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
 
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
 
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
 
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7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
 
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
 
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
 
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
 
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
 
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
 
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
 
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14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
 
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
 
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
 
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
 
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
 
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
 
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
 
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and HE pondereth all his goings.
 
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
 
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Romans 12:2 
 
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
 
2 Corinthians 10:5
 
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
 
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Building your house on the word from God:
 
Philippians 2:7  (Jesus)   made Himself of no reputation,
 
John 18:36  Jesus said:  My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
 
Ephesians 4:19  Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
 
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The sayings of this world will go into your heart and bear fruit unless you take every thought captive to bring it into obedience of the Word.
 
For example:
 
Men say:  "The only thing sure are death and taxes."
 
But the apostle Paul says:  "We will not all die."  (I Cor. 15:51)
 
Men tell you how much you should exercise and what exercise will do for you.
 
But the apostle Paul says:  Bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.  (I Tim. 4:8)
 
Some churches teach a doctrine of once saved always saved.
 
Jesus says:  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 3:5)
 
The people of the world and the apostate churches speak many things not of the Bible.
 
We build our house on that which we read in the Bible.  And when something opposite to Bible comes, we reestablish our thinking by Bible.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Enter not into the path of the wicked. (Proverbs 4:14)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Proverbs 4
 
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.
 
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Psalm 1
 
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
 
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
 
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
 
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
 
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
 
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Comments by Joan Boney:
 
Scriptures have the power to change us and cause us to go another way in this life.  As I have personally worked through the Proverbs, I have been greatly affected for the better.
 
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💥   Proverbs 1:4  To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
 
Proverbs 1:22  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
 
Proverbs 3:34  Surely HE scorneth the scorners: but HE giveth grace unto the lowly.
 
I looked up the meaning of "scorner" in the dictionary and found this:
 
(scorner:  a person who expresses contempt or disdain for someone or something; open dislike and disrespect or mockery often mixed with indignation;)
 
It is often very helpful to look up key words of a scripture in a dictionary.
 
After studying the words "scorner" and "scorn", I stopped watching the TV show "All in the Family."  I removed this from my TV recordings.
 
The TV character, Archie Bunker, is a primary example of a scorner.
 
There is no way I want to "delight" in scorners.  There is no way I want to be around scorners.  After I saw the definition of scorn, I took action to remove myself from scorners.
 
Psalm 1:1  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
 
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💥  March 2023:  A major bank failed in California.  Instant fear came upon me.
 
Immediately the Holy Spirit reminded me of the following scripture:
 
Proverbs 3:25-26  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.  For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
 
I did pray, asking God if there was anything I should do about the money I have in a bank.  I haven't heard to do anything.  
 
The Holy Spirit reminds us of scripture to help us in times like this or the Holy Spirit might give us a word of instruction.  The Holy Spirit is the comforter and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth.
 
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.
 
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💥  Proverbs 4:14-15  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil.Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
 
There is a Catholic woman in our neighborhood who is most likely a lesbian.  I sent the following scriptures to her at one point in time.
 
Romans 1:22-28  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
 
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
 
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
 
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
 
26 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;
 
When I started to send another warning, I was reminded by the Holy Spirit of this scripture:  
 
Proverb 4:14-15  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
 
So I did not send the second warning.
 
Titus 3:10-11  A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
 
(heretick:  one who propagates his private opinions in opposition to Bible doctrine; one who clings to his own thinking even when it is opposite to scriptures; a dissenter, turned away from scripture.)
 
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💥 At the end of March, 2023, the "OSCARS" were presented on television.  I knew I did not want to hear the sound because of the evil the people often say when they try to be clever, so I turned the presentation on with no sound.
 
The next day, I was unusually tired and "sluggish".  I think I felt drained and I attributed the problem to watching the Oscars.  
 
I did not find anything profitable to me that I know of.
 
So I decided not to watch this program in the future.
 
Amos 5:15  Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate:
 
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Psalm 119:105  THY word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
 
Psalm 119:130  The entrance of THY words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
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Proverbs 4 / Wisdom

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
The prophet Amos told us what the end time would be like:
 
Amos 5
 
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
 
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
 
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
 
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
 
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
 
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
 
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
 
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Remember in 2020 when Coronavirus covered the entire earth and how tired we became being shut up in our own houses? 
 
The end times will be one problem after another.
 
Many will fall away from God.  (Mt. 24:12)
 
Matthew 24:21-22  (Jesus says)  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 
This will be a time unlike any time that has come before.  The evil of man will be very great.
 
Clinging to God and walking in God's wisdom will be our goal.
 
The book of Proverbs alerts us to the wisdom of God.
 
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 Proverbs 4
 
(Living uncompromising lives with integrity, in peace) 
 
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
 
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
 
(I Corinthians 10:11  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.)
 
The little foxes spoil the vine. (Song of Solomon 2:15)  The little sins lead us to destruction so we must not yield to those small things which eat away at the Word of God, for integrity is eaten away in small bites.
 
When we brush against the sayings of man, which are not the sayings of God, I often pray:  
 
Psalm 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 
And God restores my soul.
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3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
 
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
 
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of MY mouth.
 
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
 
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
 
(James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.)
 
Read the Bible for it is the way of wisdom.  Go in the way of scriptures.  Live by scriptures.  Make the scriptures a part of your life by doing them and continuing in them in spite of the situation.
 
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8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
 
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
 
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
 
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
 
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
 
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13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
 
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.
 
(Be sure to do this!)
 
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.
 
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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.
 
(Wicked according to Bible:  
I Cor. 6:9-10  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers (those who speak in a vile way, abusing others with their speaking), nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.)
 
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20 My son, attend to MY words; incline thine ear unto MY sayings.
 
(attend to: pay attention to; focus carefully on until you automatically do the instructions)
 
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
 
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
 
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
 
(Building your house on the word of God.)
 
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24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
 
(froward:  stubbornly unruly)
 
(perverse lips: willfully turned away from instruction from God to follow another way)
 
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
 
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
 
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

In the day of trouble, some will curse God. Others will turn to God.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
The day of the Lord is coming.
 
The prophet Amos describes it as follows:
 
Amos 5
 
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
 
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
 
(One problem after another.)
 
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
 
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Revelation 9
 
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
 
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
 
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The prophet Amos says:
 
Amos 5 
 
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 
 
16-17  Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. 
 
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. 
 
Joel 2:1-2
 
1  Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
 
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 
 
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God brings HIS judgment because of the wickedness of this world and the wickedness of the apostate church who discard certain scriptures and approve sinners in the congregation. 
 
We know it is coming.
 
Matthew 24  Jesus says:
 
31 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
 
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
 
We see:
 
* fierceness of man increases causing perilous times  (2 Tim. 3:1-5)
* people without natural affections  (homosexual/lesbians/abortion where mothers kill their own children without the natural affection given to mothers)
 
A mother bear will protect her cubs!  But in the end time mother's kill their unborn children.
 
As these sins increase, they are like the leaves on the tree showing us the wrath of God comes soon because of the sins of this world and the sins of the apostate churches where they discard scriptures and go in the way of this world.
 
2 Tim. 3:1-5
 
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
 
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
 
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 
4 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.
 
(Some go to church, but they won't do the holy scriptures.  From such turn away.)
 
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
 
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Prophecies of the day of the Lord given to Isaiah the prophet

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Isaiah 13
 
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and HE shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
 
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
 
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
 
(arrogancy:  offensive display of self importance)
 
(haughtiness: scornful; contemptuous)
 
 
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.
 
Comments by Joan Boney:  Many years ago, God gave me a dream where the earth slipped on it's axis and moved in the solar system.  People were terrified. The governments of men were meeting with scientists and with the religious leaders to see what could be done about this.  (Nothing can be done for it is of God.)  A TV newsman was trying to tell this story but he was so frightened that he could not speak.  Finally, he just got up and walked out of the room.
 
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Matthew 24   Jesus says:
 
29 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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Galatians 5
 
16  Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
 
Ideas brought by the Spirit will bring:
 
22-23  love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:
 
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Proverbs 3 / Wisdom

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The day of the Lord will come and God will pour out HIS wrath upon this world and  upon the apostate churches who have cast aside portions of the Word of God, the Holy Scriptures, to go in their own way.
 
The elect of God continue in the way of God shown us by the Holy Bible, preparing for the return of Jesus where HE gathers those who obey HIS Word.
 
By scriptures of the Holy Bible we prove ourselves and correct ourselves.
 
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.
 
The Proverbs show us ways of wisdom and help us to set a good foundation for our lives on this present earth.
 
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Proverbs 3
 
1 My son, forget not MY law; but let thine heart keep MY commandments:
 
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
 
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
 
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
 
6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM (pray over our ways and plans), and HE (the Word) shall direct thy paths.
 
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
 
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
 
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9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
 
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
 
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11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of HIS correction:
 
12 For whom the LORD loveth HE correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
 
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13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
 
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
 
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
 
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
 
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
 
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
 
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19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath HE established the heavens.
 
20 By HIS knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
 
(Only God can make it rain!)
 
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
 
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
 
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
 
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
 
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25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
 
26 For the LORD (The Word) shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
 
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27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
 
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
 
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29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
 
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
 
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
 
(Just because he troubled you, don't choose to trouble him.)
 
32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but HIS secret is with the righteous.
 
(froward:  stubbornly unruly)
 
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33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but HE blesseth the habitation of the just.
 
34 Surely HE scorneth the scorners: but HE giveth grace unto the lowly.
 
(scorners:  those who look down on other people considering them to be worthless; open dislike, disrespect, mockery; making fun of and scoffing another person; making contemptuous remarks about another person)
 
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
 
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It will get much worse in the days ahead on this earth.
 
No wonder Jesus said:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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.  (Mt. 24:21-22)
 
We must learn to operate in God's wisdom, obeying the Holy Scriptures.
 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 
 
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