Building your house on the word from God

Taking care to do the following things as we wait for Jesus

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Pray over all things:
 
Luke 21  (Jesus says:)
 
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.
 
Do not live in troubles but pray, taking all concerns to God and settling earthly matters with God through prayer.  Prayer connects us to God and makes us "worthy to escape."
 
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2 Peter 3:10-14
 
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.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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Stay connected to God constantly by prayer:
 
Philippians 4:6-7
 
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
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Prosperity and good success

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Joshua 1:8  This book of the law (Bible) 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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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  (the Bible) ; 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.
 
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As a young Christian I could see the way to prosper and have good success was to go in the way of the scriptures, doing what the scriptures said to do.
 
💥 Ask God for wisdom continually:
 
James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
💥  Pray, settling all troubles with God:
 
Philippians 4:6-7  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
💥  Trust in God in all things:
 
Isaiah 54:17  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
 
Proverbs 3:5-7  
 
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
 
Psalm 111:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do HIS commandments: HIS praise endureth for ever.
 
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Receiving a full reward

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
2 John 
 
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
 
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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.
 
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;
 
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I Corinthians 3
 
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
 
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We must build our house on the doctrines of Christ in the New Testament Bible.
 
The scriptures tells us:  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.
 
So if we approve the man divorcing a faithful wife, we encourage that man in a way opposite to the doctrine of Christ and this work will not stand in the day of judgment and we will lose reward because we approved a way opposite to the doctrine of Christ in the Bible.
 
If we approve the man marrying that divorced woman, we go against the doctrine of Christ in the Bible.
 
If we encourage the divorced woman to remarry we go against several scriptures in the NT Bible.
 
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.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.
 
Mark 10
 
11 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.
 
Romans 1  (Concerning homosexuals and lesbians)
 
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;
 
These are some of the doctrines of Christ.  If we approve a person when he does opposite then we lose reward and become a part of their evil deeds, says the apostle John.
 
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James 1:22

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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My cousin told me she did well until evening came and then she got so lonely.
 
I joyfully replied for I knew the answer for her problem.
 
I said to her:  "Oh that's no problem.  Just do what Paul said to do.  When you begin to feel that you are beginning to go down, pray, asking God to fill your evening. HE will!"
 
Do this scripture:  Philippians 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
 
I knew this would work.  I have often asked God to help me and fill my day.  And God does that for me when I pray.
 
Then the following comes:Philippians 6:7   And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
 
Sometimes when I pray, it even feels like something heavy is lifted from off my shoulders.
 
A few weeks later, my cousin said to me:  "I do well during the day, but I get so lonely in the evenings."
 
I knew she didn't do Philippians 4:6.
 
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Many hear the Word of God and read the scriptures but fail to do the Word, not having faith in God.
 
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Raised to serve God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Galatians 2:20   I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.
 
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When I was 15, I went forth at church and was baptized in water ... but nothing happened.
 
When I was 37, God said to me:  "Joan ... you know those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."  I was very shocked!  And at that point God changed me giving me a new heart and a new spirit, causing me to be born again.
 
A few months later, the Holy Spirit said to me:  "Be baptized".  
 
At the time I heard this I was on a plane, enroute to Albuquerque, NM (USA).  My cousin was meeting me at the plane.  I said to her, "Jeanne ... if you can set it up I'll be baptized at the church this afternoon."  She replied:  "You've already been baptized."  I replied:  "Yes ... but I wasn't born again until now."
 
I knew she didn't understand being born again although she had attended Church of Christ all her life.
 
She did set it up and I was baptized.
 
As the minister lowered me into the water, the Holy Spirit said to me:  "This is like being buried with Christ."
 
As I came out of the water, the Holy Spirit said:  "This is like being raised with Christ."
 
Romans 6
 
2 ... How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into HIS death?4 Therefore we are buried with HIM by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of HIS death, we shall be also in the likeness of HIS resurrection:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with HIM, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with HIM:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.10 For in that HE died, he died unto sin once: but in that HE liveth, HE liveth unto God.11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
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Ephesians 3:20

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Now unto HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
 
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The power that worketh in us is the Holy Spirit of God who searches the heart of God to show us the will of God so we know what we can do on this present earth.
 
Example:  2020  I was considering my 25 year old car and thinking I might put new upholstery on the front seat of the car, when the following came into my mind from the Holy Spirit of God:  "Or you could just buy a new car."
 
I had never thought of doing that!
 
But I could.  I had sold my house in Texas and the money was sitting in the bank.  I could buy new car and still have money left over.
 
That same night, I had a dream:  "I bought a new car."
 
So the day after the dream we went to see new cars and bought one.
 
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The power that works in us:
 
I Corinthians 3:16   Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
John 14:26  Jesus says:  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
I Corinthians 2:1-14
 
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and HIM crucified.3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.10  But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
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The church is built on The Word which is revealed by God by HIS Holy Spirit

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Matthew 16  (Jesus says:)
 
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, HE asked HIS disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but MY Father which is in heaven.18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
 
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The Church is built upon The Word that comes down from heaven:  The revealed Word from God.
 
Each time we read a scripture and God opens our understanding we have another "rock" upon which the church is built.
 
Also The Word comes from God by the Holy Spirit as HE shows us what to do as we live on this earth.  God simply calls something to our mind and we do that Word.
 
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The Lord’s Supper: The Word of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Today Jesus comes to us by the HOLY Spirit as The Word is brought to our mind.  And The Word is brought by the Holy Spirit as God reveals the scriptures to us so we can understand and do the instruction.
 
The Word is the food from Jesus.
 
The Lord's Supper is The Word from God, Jesus.
 
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Jesus says:
 
John 6
 
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to ME shall never hunger; and he that believeth on ME shall never thirst.36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen ME, and believe not.37 All that the Father giveth ME shall come to ME; and him that cometh to ME I will in no wise cast out.38 For I came down from heaven, not to do MINE own will, but the will of HIM that sent ME.39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which HE hath given ME I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.40 And this is the will of HIM that sent ME, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on HIM, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.41 The Jews then murmured at HIM, because HE said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that HE saith, I came down from heaven?43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.44 No man can come to ME, except the Father which hath sent ME draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of (by) God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of (from) the Father, cometh unto ME.46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save HE which is of God, HE hath seen the Father.47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on ME hath everlasting life.48 I am that bread of life.49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is MY flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink HIS blood, ye have no life in you.54 Whoso eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.55 For MY flesh is meat indeed, and MY blood is drink indeed.56 He that eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, dwelleth in ME, and I in him.57 As the living Father hath sent ME, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth ME, even he shall live by ME.
 
Crackers and grape juice are not The Lord's Supper.
 
The Word of God is The Lord's Supper.
 
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God creates a new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Isaiah 65:17  For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
 
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Jesus will come through the air and the dead in Christ who sleep in Jesus will awaken and Jesus will gather them to HIMSELF "in the air".
 
A few years ago, the Holy Spirit said to me, "In the air."
 
I found that in the following scripture:
 
I Thessalonians 4
 
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before) them which are asleep (dead).16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 
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We will be taken into the air  and we will be taken to the new heaven and new earth .
 
God showed the apostle John the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteous.
 
Revelation 21 
 
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
 
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God will destroy this present heaven and earth:
 
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.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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The wise of this world devise schemes to circumvent God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
1 Corinthians 3:19  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, HE taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Job 5:13  HE taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.Isaiah 29:14  Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.Ecclesiastes 7:23  All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
 
James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
 
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Man says to himself:  "I will be wise.  I will figure it out."  (I will outdo God.)
 
God brings a great plague of fire to scorch men in the last days.
 
Revelation 16:8-9  And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory
 
So man in his twisted wisdom says:  We have caused the climate to change because of all these gas cars.  We will change to electric cars.  So they make laws that there will be no more gas cars sold after 2035.  And they build electric cars.
 
Last week, I heard this report on CNN.  Due to the intense heat in California, they are afraid the power grid will fail.  So they asked people to use less electricity and they asked them not to fill their electric cars with electricity.
 
At the end time, the prophet Amos said it will be like this:
 
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.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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The World in their wisdom says:  We will make a law and stop this problem, never considering that the problem is sent by God as a judgment over the sin of this world.
 
End time plagues from God:  (Revelation 8, 9, 16)
 
The angels of God bring the plagues upon this world: Rev. 8:2;6  And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets ... And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
 
💥  Forest fires:  The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.  (Rev. 8:7)  Is this happening now in our time? USA, Europe, Amazon Rain Forest, Australia
 
💥 Great mountain burning with fire cast into the sea:  And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. (Rev. 8:8-9)
 
💥 Plague on rivers and fountains of water:  And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. (Rev. 8:10-11)
 
💥 Sun, moon, and stars darkened:  And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.  (Rev. 8:12)13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!  (See Revelation 9; 16)
 
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Look at this:
 
💥  Great heat:  And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give HIM glory. (Rev. 16)
 
Are we seeing this now?
 
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1980's ... God gave me a dream showing the earth slipping on its axis.  The governments of men and the politicians and the scientists and the religious leaders were meeting to see how they could correct this.  A newscaster on TV was trying to tell the story but he was so afraid that he just stopped speaking and walked off camera.
 
Isaiah 13:13   God says:  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.
 
Matthew 24:29-31  Jesus says:  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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At the end of this world

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Isaiah 66:15-16
 
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with HIS chariots like a whirlwind, to render HIS anger with fury, and HIS rebuke with flames of fire.16 For by fire and by HIS sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
 
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The church and the world

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
The church are the individuals who have been given by God a "new heart" and a "new Spirit", the Holy Spirit to live inside them and guide them.
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
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 I John 2
 
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
 
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You cannot make this world righteous by setting up laws.  
 
In the 1920's they tried to eliminate drunkenness by prohibition.
 
God's way is to eliminate drunkenness by giving the drunk a new heart and a new spirit.
 
A woman who was raised Baptist but was not born again became a drunk.  She tried to stop drinking but it was like people who make New Year's resolutions.  She failed many times.  Then one day, something happened.  God revealed HIMSELF to her, giving her a new heart and a new spirit. It happened instantly without her doing anything. She told her husband she was stopping drinking.  She had told him that many times before.  But this time she did because she was born again by God.
 
Ezekiel 36  God says:
 
23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
God does this when you are the elect of God, chosen by God, born again by God by the Spirit of God.
 
Then you belong to God, created by God, a child of God.
 
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2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
So if this has never happened to you, turn to God and ask HIM to save you, to give you HIS heart and HIS spirit.
 
When you know there has been a change in you without your doing anything you can rejoice in God who has done this and not in yourself.  God changes us from the inside, from our heart and spirit.
 
And it is God that puts us into the church by giving us a new heart and a new spirit.
 
I John 5:11  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in HIS Son.
 
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Jesus says: Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
We are born again when God reveals HIMSELF and THE WORD to us.
 
When I was approximately 15, I went forward at church and was baptized in water.  There was no change at all in my life.
 
When I was 37, God spoke to me by HIS Spirit and said to me:  "Joan ... You know those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."
 
I was so shocked.  I thought they were "mistakes".
 
With that Word, God caused me to be "born again" instantly, a "new creature".
 
Now I wanted to read the Bible.  I wanted to know things of God.  I wanted to be with the people of God.  I was completely changed by God.
 
God gave me a new heart and a new spirit and this caused me to go in the way of God.
 
Ezekiel 36  God says:
 
23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
 
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When God reveals HIMSELF to us we are born again and created as a "new creature".
 
2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
God gives us a new heart and a new Spirit to live in us and lead us and guide us.
 
Before we were born again, we followed our own wisdom and the wisdom of this world.  Now we follow the wisdom sent to us by God by HIS Holy Spirit.
 
I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
A person can try to do the right thing before he is born again but he will always be a little off like a radio station that is not fully tuned into the radio station.
 
John 3  
 
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
 
We are not born again by our own will as some think.  We are born again by the will of God.
 
Romans 9
 
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of HIM that calleth;)12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.15 For HE saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew MY power in thee, and that MY name might be declared throughout all the earth.18 Therefore hath HE mercy on whom HE will have mercy, and whom HE will he hardeneth.
(If you are born again, you will understand this scripture.  But if you are not born again, you will try to explain this scripture away.)
 
There is an elect of God and a chosen people of God and they are born again and have the heart of God and the Spirit of God inside of them.
 
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To love The Word is to love Jesus, for Jesus is The Word

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
The Word of God is everything to us:  wisdom, understanding, righteousness
 
The Word of God is more precious than rubies and "The Word" is greater than all that be compared to it.
 
The Word of God endures forever.
 
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Matthew 13:44-46  Jesus says:
 
44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
 
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2 Timothy 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
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Angels: Do angels work in the New Testament church today?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
By the Bible we see whether or not God still uses such things as angels in the New Testament Church.
 
Do we have examples in the New Testament of angels being used for the work of God?
 
After I was born again, I went to the Bible and read each example concerning angels in the New Testament.
 
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Some examples of angels working in NT.
 
Matthew 1:18-25  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:  25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
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Luke 1
 
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. 
And the angel departed from her.
 
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In a dream, God told Joseph to take the young child, Jesus, and Mary and flee into Egypt because Herod would try to kill Jesus.  So Joseph by night took them into Egypt.
 
Matthew 2
 
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
 
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Examples in Bible of angels being sent to help men who already have the Holy Spirit in them.
 
Acts 12
 
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
 
When we read from Bible such examples, we can be assured that God could do the same thing for us today in the church if needed.  And we know that God uses HIS angels today in the NT Church to help the church and also to deliver messages to the church as in the following case of the apostle Paul.
 
Acts 27  (Paul speaking when their ship was in danger of being shipwrecked)
 
20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
An angel instructs Philip:
 
Acts 8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
 
An angel speaks to Cornelius a Gentile to get Peter to preach to him that he and his household could be saved:
 
Acts 10:32-33  Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
 
An angel removes the great stone from the tomb of Jesus:
 
Matthew 28:2  And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
 
Seven angels brought the wrath of the great tribulation of God upon the earth:
 
Revelation 8:2  And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
 
One by one, these angels sounded their trumpets and then came the plagues of God upon the earth to judge the earth at the end of the world.
 
Jesus sends HIS angels to gather the elect of God and remove them from the earth before the earth is destroyed by God.
 
Matthew 24:31  And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
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As I read such scriptures in the New Testament Bible, I see how God uses angels to help HIS people today and to do HIS will, and I am assured angels are still used by God for our benefit to show us the will of God.
 
In January, 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud "trumpet like" voice spoke 3 words into my ear:  "Hertford, Seattle, KWJS"
 
(I believe this message, which caused me to go on radio to exhort the church, was spoken by an angel, because it was so loud and "trumpet like" and often I read about angels speaking with such power.)
 
Also in 1982, in a dream, an angel spoke to me to warn me not to go out for I would be in great danger, and he said:  "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."  So I cancelled all my meetings which I had planned for that year.
 
And the Holy Spirit reminded me of this scripture:  
 
John 16:1-3  Jesus said:  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor ME.
 
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The Holy Spirit of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
The Holy Spirit is given to each person who is born again and that Holy Spirit dwells in us to help us in the things of God while we live on this earth.
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
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Ways we are helped by the Holy Spirit:
 
John 14:26  Jesus says: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
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The Holy Spirit searches the heart of God to know the will of God and HE brings to our mind what God has shown HIM so we can know the way to go in issues of this present life.
 
I Corinthians 2
 
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.10  But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
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If we walk in the way shown us by the Spirit of God, we will not fulfill the works of the flesh.
 
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.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
Galatians 5
 
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;  Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
 
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When we try to be ”friends” with unbelievers

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
James 4:4   Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
 
friend: to give aid or assistance or support to
 
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Immediately, when I was born again in l975, I was changed.  I wanted to be with church people.  I no longer wanted to be with worldly people.
 
I mentioned this to two Baptist women and they were shocked and said to me, "Oh ... don't do this.  Keep your friends from the world."
 
But I couldn't.
 
2 Corinthians 6
 
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
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2 John
 
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
 
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Light and darkness cannot co-exist.
 
If you turn on the light, the darkness flees.
 
If you withhold light, darkness reigns.
 
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 ... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
 
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Exhort one another

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
In the Bible we read:
 
Hebrews 3
 
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.
(exhort: urge earnestly by advice or warning)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.
 
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Hebrews 10
 
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for HE is faithful that promised;)24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
(exhort:  urge earnestly with advice and warning)26 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.28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?30 For we know HIM that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto ME, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge HIS people.31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
 
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At the end: The great tribulation and the return of Jesus

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
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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2 Peter 3
 
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,4 And saying, Where is the promise of HIS coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.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.9 The Lord is not slack concerning HIS promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.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.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
 
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The new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness:
 
Revelation 21
 
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
 
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For THOU hast lifted me up, and cast me down (Psalm 102:10)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
In 1982, God gave me a dream that was terrible to see.
 
In this dream... There was an established piece of land.  All of a sudden, one piece broke off and slide away.  Then another went.  Then another.  Then another.  And I heard these words, "It will be alright through January but in February it will break loose."
 
I reported it on my radio broadcasts in USA which were from coast to coast at that time.
 
February came and went and it seemed that nothing happened.  
 
Hundreds of thousands of church people broke off from me.
 
It was terrible.
 
I knew God gave me that dream and I knew it was my job to report those things which I heard from God.
 
Also I began seeing terrible things in various churches where pastors were speaking things which were not in the Bible.
 
In 1984, I terminated my radio broadcasts and moved from Dallas to Clovis, New Mexico (USA) where my mother lived.  My dad had died in 1982 and I could see my mother would need some help.  I continued writing to the remaining radio audience during those years.  It was very difficult for me.  (Wilderness years.)
 
In approximately 2000, God opened my eyes concerning that February dream.  The established land and the breaking away ... people were going to break away from me!  (I think God was getting me free from church goers who were not really Christians.)
 
After that God revealed antichrist in the church groups and the following scripture.
 
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  KJV (the anarchy which would come to the churches before Jesus returns)  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;
 
(God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches ... The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures ... and when they omit scripture antichrist moves in and the apostasy begins in the churches.")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.
 
NASB   6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only HE who now restrains will do so until HE is taken out of the way.
 
(I asked God, "Who restrains antichrist now?"   And instantly I realized Jesus, The Scriptures, kept antichrist out of the church groups and as soon as they opened the door by removing scriptures, antichrist moved in.)
 
I had been sad and depressed by the twisting of scripture that I had seen pastors doing.  And when I went to these pastors and showed them what they were teaching was not in the Bible, they did not repent though they knew what they were teaching was not in the Bible.  
 
I was bewildered that this could be happening until God showed me II Thessalonians 2 and I saw it was part of the end time and had to happen before Jesus could return.
 
When Jesus returns, HE will destroy those antichrist church groups.
 
2 Thessalonians 2  KJV
 
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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Before the destruction of the end times, the real church will be separated from the apostate churches.
 
After so many of the radio audience left me in the 1982 period, God showed false doctrines in many of the church groups. And as I tried through the next decade to find a church to attend, I witnessed false doctrine being taught by pastors over and over.
 
I knew then that the coming of Jesus was near.
 
But this is also true:  God does not view time as we view time.
 
2 Peter 3:8-10  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.9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.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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God said to me: ”You cannot make this world to be righteous no matter what you do.”

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
It is "the new heaven and new earth" wherein dwelleth righteousness. 
 
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.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
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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), 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 (such as attending church), but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
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A friend of this world is the enemy of God (James 4:4)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Before I was born again, I was a friend of this world.  I agreed with and supported the actions of the people of this world.
 
But after I was born again by God, I no longer wanted to be with worldly people.  As a Christian, I wanted to be with people of God.
 
Light and darkness do not co-exist.  If you turn on light, the darkness disappears.  If you turn off the light, darkness fills the area.
 
1 Corinthians 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
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When we are born again we become light and we no longer walk in the darkness with this world.  And the darkness will not walk in light because they love darkness for they are of darkness.
 
A friend is one who supports you and assists you in the way you are going.
 
James 4:4  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
 
A woman who is likely a lesbian asked me:  "Do you support lesbians?"
 
It shocked me!  I replied, "No ... I don't think so."  
 
(And I sent her the following scriptures from the Bible.)
 
Romans 1
 
22 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;
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To become a friend of this world, you would have to deny scriptures.
 
God says:
 
2 Corinthians 6
 
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be MY people.17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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The way of God upon the earth

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
The Holy Spirit of God produces the way of God as we live on this earth:  The fruits produced by the Holy Spirit who lives in us are:  love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:  (Gal. 5:22-23)
 
The Holy Spirit who is in us searches the heart of God to show us the will of God in the matter at hand.
 
When we go in the way shown us by the Holy Spirit we produce the fruits of God.
 
By our fruits we know one another for we have the same Spirit when we are going in the way of God.
 
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The way of the flesh produces evil upon this earth.
 
Galatians 5:19-21  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 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.
 
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I Corinthians 6:18  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
 
Fornication is a sin unlike all other sins.  For at the time of sexual intercourse, the two become one flesh.
 
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.
 
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Living in superstitions is a form of "witchcraft", conjuring by something you do, rather than trusting in the living God.
 
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Hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings ... Trying to exalt yourself above others and to get your own will upon the earth.
 
(seditions:  conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or government)
 
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Drunkenness, revellings:  
 
(Revel:  enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing;  get great pleasure from a situation or experience; carouse; usually a wild party or celebration)
 
Ephesians 5:18   And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
 
James 4:4  ... 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.
 
II Corinthians 6:14-18  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you,18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Philippians 2  (concerning Jesus)
 
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:7 But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon HIM the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:8 And being found in fashion as a man, HE humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted HIM, and given HIM a name which is above every name:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Jesus always obeyed God.
 
Jesus said:  "My kingdom is not of this world."  John 18:36 ... "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."
 
The saints of God viewed themselves as being strangers and pilgrims on this earth.
 
Hebrews 11:13-17 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for HE hath prepared for them a city.
 
The way of men of this world is opposite from the way of the Spirit of God.
 
Galatians 5:16  Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
 
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The arrogance of man

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Man has forgotten that God has power over the heaven and earth.
 
Now many men think man is causing the drought upon the earth.  They even think by their own acts they can do something to control the weather.
 
They forget, or never even knew, that God is in control.
 
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Recently I was greatly refreshed and restored when I read the following scripture.
 
Psalm 65
 
9 THOU visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when THOU hast so provided for it.10 THOU waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: THOU settlest the furrows thereof: THOU makest it soft with showers: THOU blessest the springing thereof.11 THOU crownest the year with THY goodness; and THY paths drop fatness.12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
 
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Genesis 8:22  While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
 
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Psalm 66
 
5 Come and see the works of God: HE is terrible in HIS doing toward the children of men.6 HE turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in HIM.7 HE ruleth by HIS power for ever; HIS eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves.
 
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Declaring the work of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
We who are of God delight in that which God does and we declare the work of God to others.
 
Psalm 64
 
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of HIS doing.10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in HIM; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
 
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I John 4
 
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is HE that is in you, than he that is in the world.5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
 
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