Building your house on the word from God

Hearing the Word from God and going forward doing what HE says

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 29, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
* How are your finances?  Have you heard anything from God, which way to go forward?  Have you talked with God about this?
 
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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* Is there anything that is difficult or complicated in your life or in days approaching?  Is your yoke easy?  Or is your yoke hard?
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 11:
 
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
 
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
 
If your "yoke" is difficult, then you have somehow yoked yourself to plans of men rather than plans of God.  You have done that which was wise in your own eyes.
 
Turn to God in prayer and ask HIM to help you, to undo those burdens, to help you to go forward in HIS ways and in HIS plans.
 
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
If anything in your life is difficult, complex, financially draining, then you are not going in the wisdom of God.  When God gives us HIS plan, it is pure, peaceable, gentle, easy.
 
Is there anything that troubles you?  Are you concerned about anything?
 
If so, pray, and settle the matter with God.  Pour out your heart to God on the matter.  Let your "requests" be made known unto God.
 
Philippians: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.
 
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Matthew 7  Jesus says:
 
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
 
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Are you able to recognize the 14 plagues of the great tribulation? I think it is a good idea for us to know what they are so we will understand if we see them.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 17, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In the Bible, concerning the end time, we read:
 
Daniel 12:1-3   And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.  2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.  3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
 
During the plagues, the scientists will look for reasons for the various happenings, as they always look for reasons.
 
But in Daniel 12:10, we read:  Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
 
The plagues and woes of the great tribulation are divided into two parts.
 
The first seven plagues are loosed by individual angels who sound their trumpets.
 
Revelation 8 & 9
 
The first trumpet sounds and there comes hail and fire mingled with blood coming on 1/3 of the earth.
 
The second trumpet sounds and a great mountain burning with fire is cast into the sea and 1/3 of the sea became blood and the 1/3 part of the creatures in the sea died and 1/3 part of the ships were destroyed.
 
The third trumpet sounds and a great star which was burning fell from heaven and it fell upon 1/3 part of the rivers and the fountains of waters and the waters became bitter and many men died of the waters.
 
The fourth trumpet sounds and the third part of the sun and moon and stars were "smitten" so they were dark, and the day shown not for 1/3 part and the night likewise.
 
The fifth trumpet sounded and a great star fell from heaven and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit which he unlocked, bringing smoke of a great furnace which darkened the sun and air and out of the smoke came locust upon the earth and they had great power to hurt those men for five months who did not have the seal of God in their foreheads.
 
The sixth trumpet sounded and the 4 angels which were bound in the Euphrates were loosed and killed the third part of men.
 
The seventh angel sounded and made the declaration that there should be time no more.
 
Then 7 more angels poured out vials of the wrath of God upon the earth:
 
Revelation 16  (each angel pored out a vial of the wrath of God)
 
* There fell a smelly and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast and which worshipped the image of the beast.
 
* The sea became as the blood of a dead man and every living soul died in the sea.
 
* The fountains and rivers of water became blood.
 
* The vial was poured out on the sun and great heat scorched men with fire.
 
* The next vial was poured out on the seat of "the beast" and his kingdom was made full of darkness and the men of his kingdom suffered pain and gnawed their tongues.
 
* The sixth vial was poured on the river Euphrates and the water dried up, and three unclean spirits like frogs came out of the mouth of the dragon and the beast and the false prophet, for they are the spirits of devils working miracles.
 
* The seventh angel poured out his vial into the air and a great voice from heaven said, "It is done." And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings and a great earthquake, and the cities of nations fell, and every island fled away and every mountain disappeared, and great hail fell, and men blasphemed God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Is there a "Law of God" for the New Testament church today?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 21, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
It is important to read New Testament Bible and to keep scriptures of what God says before us so we will not drift away from God's laws with the thinking of humans and be turned over by God to a reprobate mind.
 
Romans 1:28  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;
 
II Corinthians 13:5  Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
 
The only thing important is:  What does God say?
 
By the New Testament Bible, we set our thinking to match God's view.
 
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Consider this:
 
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.
 
In churches, people are often told, "We don't go by the law in the New Testament church." 
 
We don't go by the law of Moses concerning sacrifice of animals for sins, but we still go by the New Testament laws of God as the New Testament church.
 
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?  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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
(If a husband divorces a faithful wife and she remarries, she will commit adultery but her husband who divorced her will be the cause of her adultery.  And the man who marries this divorced woman commits adultery.)
 
Mark 10
 
2 And the Pharisees came to HIM (to Jesus), and asked HIM, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting HIM.
 
3 And HE answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
 
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
 
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
 
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
 
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
 
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 
10 And in the house HIS disciples asked HIM again of the same matter.
 
11 And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
 
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
 
At the marriage ceremony, most couples vow that marriage is "till death do them part."  That is certainly what God teaches.
 
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In the Bible, the apostle Paul shows us how 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.  What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.
 
(Even if a man has sex with a prostitute, the two become one flesh.)
 
How do you separate one flesh?
 
You can't explain it away by divorce papers from a civil court.
 
Therefore God says:  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.  (I Corinthians 6:18)
 
Sexual sins are different from all other sins.
 
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Concerning homosexuals and lesbians:
 
Romans 1:25-27   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.
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

None of the wicked will understand the plagues of the last days but the righteous will understand and be purified

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 18, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
During the great tribulation that God sends upon this earth, we read:
 
Daniel 12:10   Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
 
God sends HIS wrath upon this earth:  great hail stones, fire mingled with blood, a great mountain moves into the sea, a great star falls and the waters are poisoned and many die, the solar system changes and there is 1/3 less sun, moon, and stars, locust come out from the bottomless pit and "sting" men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads and hurt them for 5 months with torments of their stings, 4  angels come from the river Euphrates and kill 1/3 part of the men upon this earth, the 7th angel declares there shall be time no more.  (Revelation 8 & 9)
 
Then the vials of the wrath of God are carried by the next 7 angels and they are poured out one by one upon the earth and the men who have the mark of the beast on their bodies: great smelly sores came on these men who worshiped the beast, the sea became as blood and every living soul in the sea died, the fountains and rivers became blood, the sun scorched men with fire, the kingdom of the beast was filled with great darkness whereby men of the beast suffered pain and gnawed their tongues, spirits of devils working miracles were loosed from the river Euphrates and the water dried up, the 7th angel pours his vial into the air and announced, "It it done," and there were voices and thunders and lightnings and a great earthquake and the cities of the nations fell and every island fled away and every mountain disappeared, and great hail fell ... "and men blasphemed God."  (Revelation 16)
 
Revelation 9:20-21  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.
 
Even when the plagues came, they could not repent and they did not repent.  They had taken on the mark of the beast, antichrist.  They blasphemed God instead in the midst of the plagues.
 
"None of the wicked shall understand."  (Daniel 12:10)
 
The main way we recognize antichrist today in the churches today is when we speak they cannot understand what we are saying for they do not have the Spirit of God but the spirit in them is another spirit.
 
Jesus said:
 
John 8:43-45 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
 
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
 
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
 
The Holy Spirit is The Spirit of Truth.  They do not have the Holy Spirit in them though they say "Jesus is Lord".  So like their father, the devil, when they speak they speak lies and they do not understand the truth therefore they do not repent of their sins.
 
*  But the righteous understand  ... and are therefore refined and purified in the tribulations ... and repent of their past sins.
 
But none of the wicked understand.  (Daniel 12:10)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Christmas? Where is that in the Bible? Christ's mass?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 15, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
According to Wikipedia (Internet Encyclopedia) "Christmas actually evolved from pagan traditions celebrating the winter solstice."
 
It was a long winter so they met to celebrate the sun ... they worshipped the sun.
 
Christmas is not mentioned in the Bible. We are not told by GOD to do any of these things the people of this world do concerning their holiday, Christmas.
 
At one point, God even said HE hated those solemn feasts:
 
Isaiah 1:13-17   Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto ME; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts MY soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.  And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide MINE eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before MINE eyes; cease to do evil;  17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
 
Men establish so many feasts and holidays which are not appointed by God and they become idols of worship to men.  Much sorrow comes through these things which are not called for by God.
 
In the early Christmas, it was a worship to the "sun" for the long winter was ending in the north countries.
 
When God commands something, how often does the world flock to do that commandment?
 
The vast popularity of Christmas testifies to it being something of man that he thought to be a good idea.
 
There is no word from God in the Bible to "celebrate" Christmas or Easter.  These were ideas of man and set up by pagan men and became idols of men.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Why do men allow other men to call themselves "Reverend"?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 14, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
A man wrote to me and at the bottom of the letter he called himself "Reverend."
 
Immediately I told him he should not call himself "Reverend", for only God in the Bible is called "Reverend." 
 
Psalm 111:9  HE (God) sent redemption unto His people: HE hath commanded His covenant for ever: holy and reverend is HIS name.
 
This man said he went to Bible college and they told them now they could call themselves "Reverend".
 
God said to me:  "But you wouldn't allow them to call you Reverend."
 
(I thought about this.)
 
How is it that I wouldn't allow this when they do?
 
Then I realized it was because I have the Holy Spirit of Truth in me and they do not.  They have another spirit.
 
Then I saw the following scripture, concerning the mark of the beast.
 
Revelation 13:8  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (the dragon & the beast), whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Many in the church are weak and sickly and many die because they mishandle the Word of God

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 9, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In both the Old and New Testament we have strong warning about the misuse of the Word of God.
 
God gave very specific instruction concerning the building of the ark of the covenant.  It was to be made from specific wood and covered inside and outside with pure gold.  For the ark was to contain the most precious thing of all things on this entire earth.  What did they carry in the ark?  rubies, gold, diamonds?
 
No that which they carried was far more precious than the most precious things of this world.
 
God said:  "And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee."
 
And only select men could carry the ark.  When a man who was not appointed to touch the ark, reached up and steadied the ark when the oxen stumbled, God struck this man dead.
 
II Samuel 6:1-7  Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.  And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
 
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.  And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
 
And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
 
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
 
Uzzah was not one of the men who was appointed by God to touch the ark, the Bible.
 
Paul explains to us that because men use the Bible unworthily, many are weak and sickly and many die.
 
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In the New Testament, Paul says, I Corinthians 11:27-31 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
 
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep (die).
 
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
 
(In this scripture, Paul is speaking of the way we use the Bible.)
 
Using the Bible is a very serious matter.  The examples of the Old Testament show how precious the Word of God is and how it must be handled carefully.  This is confirmed in the New Testament.
 
Jesus, The Word of God, is above rubies and all other things to see or desire.
 
Because of the misuse of the Word of God, many today are weak and sickly and many die.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

One says, "I'm Baptist." Another says, "I'm Methodist." Paul says they are carnal and divide the body of Christ. (I Cor. 3)

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 13, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
People think they witness to God when they tell the name of the church they attend.  But when a person does this, he shows he is carnal and he brings division to the body of Christ according to the apostle Paul.
 
I Corinthians 3:1-4  And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.  I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.  For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?  For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
 
If we speak of God, we should speak of that which God has done with us or of that which God has said to us.
 
(They don't do that!  They speak of their church and love to tell where they go to church.  They think they witness to God when really they are promoting their church group.)
 
If we feel we have to identify ourselves, we should just say, "I am a Christian."
 
Ephesians 4:3-6
 
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
 
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
 
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
 
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

They say Jesus is Lord but they do not confess in their hearts that Jesus is Lord therefore they do not do the Word of God

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 19, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
If we confess in our hearts that Jesus is Lord, then Jesus, The Word, rules over us and we obey the scriptures and see the Word as Lord.
 
Romans 10:9-11  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on HIM (The Word) shall not be ashamed.
 
Jesus said many would come saying He is the Christ and they would deceive many.
 
These are those who confess with their mouth but do not believe the Word in their hearts.  They believe something other than the scripture of the New Testament Bible and therefore they do something other than the instruction given by scripture.
 
Matthew 24:4-5  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 
They say Jesus is Lord and they say they are Christians, but they do not believe all the scriptures, such as:
 
* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.  Matthew 5:32
 
* If a woman leaves her husband let her remain "unmarried" or be reconciled with her husband.  I Corinthians 7:10-11
 
* Homosexuals and lesbians have been turned over by God to do "vile affections."  Romans 1:26-27
 
Some will believe some scripture but not all of these scriptures because of their personal preferences.
 
One person might believe homosexuals are wrong but might believe it is permissible for a man to marry a divorced woman.
 
We who are of God are rebuilt by God to believe all the scriptures not just some scripture.
 
Thereby we have the Spirit of Truth in us and are led by the Spirit of Truth.
 
Flesh cannot understand things of God with the natural mind.  Only when the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, lives in us can we understand things of God.
 
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.
 
John said there were already many antichrist in the church in his day.  (I John 2:18)
 
Paul said to the elders at Ephesus that he knew there were men among them who were just waiting for him to depart so they could bring "perverse" things into the church.  (Acts 20:30)
 
After Jesus was taken into heaven, antichrist could set up various denominations and teach what he wanted to teach in the churches, things opposite to the doctrines of Christ in the Bible.
 
II Thessalonians 2:4  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.The falling away from scripture was sitting there among those elders in the church at Ephesus as the apostle Paul warned, recorded for us in Acts 20.
 
And the falling away from the doctrines of the scriptures has been taking place in church groups for 2000 years before the eyes of those who can see.
 
And today the churches have grown closer and closer to this world through the changing of doctrines from the instruction of the New Testament Bible in order to draw men to themselves just as Paul said in Acts 20.
 
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which HE hath purchased with His own blood.
 
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
 
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 
Thus setting up their own denominations, dividing the church of Jesus Christ.
 
But the falling away began from the time Jesus was resurrected and the true doctrine was given to the men of God which became the New Testament for us where all scripture is inspired by God.  (II Timothy 3:16)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Our bodies are the temple of God housing the Word of God in the New Testament church. We must carefully create this temple!

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 12, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
From the time we are born again we carefully construct ourselves as the temple of God which houses the Word of God.  We cover ourselves continually, day by day, with pure gold of the Word of the New Testament, living that Word on this earth.
 
As the apostle Paul says, we present our bodies a living sacrifice, " holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."  (Romans 12:1)
 
In the Old Testament, God was very specific about the building of the ark which would house the Word of God.  (Exodus 25-27)
 
How much more careful should we be about the construction of "the temple" (ourselves) which houses the Word of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit today?
 
I Corinthians 3:17  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
 
In this Podcast, we will look at the directions God gave in building the ark of the tabernacle in the Old Testament and consider how we must go forward in God as "HIS temple" housing all that is holy for the New Testament church today and for the world.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Superstitions of men. Do we really live by these?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 31, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
When we are born of God and HIS Spirit lives in us we are very different from the way we were before God revealed Himself to us.  We no longer follow pagan ideas.  Now we have in us, through God, the Spirit of Truth.  We cannot live in lies.
 
* Does the eating of black eyed peas on New Year's Day bring you "luck"?
 
* If you break a mirror do you really expect 7 years bad luck?
 
* If you get in the crowd of single women at a wedding to try to catch the bride's bouquet, do you really believe that will cause you to become the next bride?
 
* If you wear bananas on your head will your baseball team win?  (This is really one of my personal favorites.  I saw the Arkansas baseball fans do this at the College World's Series a few years ago.  But they lost the game.  At least they could eat the bananas, unless the bananas were plastic as some were.)
 
We as Christians cannot live by worldly superstitions.
 
Our "luck" (blessing) is from God, creator of heaven and earth who really has power.
 
1 Timothy 4:7  But refuse profane (secular sayings) and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
  
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

We admonish one another showing them the way of God as we live on this earth

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 8, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Romans 15:14  Paul says:  And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
 
admonish:  to warn one another and to show the way of God ... to reprimand, to drive a person to turn back to the way of God.
 
When we see a person going in the way of this world, contrary to the way of God, we tell that person of the way of God and we urge that person not to go in the way of this world, which causes destruction to themselves.
 
Multiple times, I've witnessed Pam Padgett trying to turn both men and women to the Bible.  She shows these people the scripture on the subject, giving them a chance to turn from the way they are about to go and conform themselves to the Word of God.
 
I do this both to the church people and to the worldly people, for why would I want either to be destroyed in the way they are going.
 
(When they repent and heed the scriptures they are saved from this world and its ways.)
 
We conform ourselves to the image of Christ when we follow The Word and we give them an opportunity to do the same thing as we "admonish" them.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? (I Cor. 4:7)

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 30, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
It is God who created each of us as HE wills.  One differs from another as we fulfill the will of God and our purpose on this present earth.
 
And we function as one body when we belong to God and have the Spirit of God.
 
Paul tells us to stay in the place where we are called by God.
 
Make your calling and election sure.
 
We are God's workmanship, created by God to do HIS will.
 
But some fill their lives by trying to copy other people instead of being created by God.  And Jude calls them "mockers".
 
Jude 17-20  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;  How that they told you there should be mockers  (imitators) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith ...
 
As the body of Christ we have different purposes, different functions in the body.
 
Know what you are!  Serve in those gifts given you by God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Deuteronomy 28: Blessings of God valid for NT church today

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 6, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Here are some of the blessings and promises of God that are valid for today's NT church:
 
Deuteronomy 28
 
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all HIS commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
 
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
 
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
 
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
 
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
 
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
 
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
 
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and HE shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
 
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto Himself, as HE hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in HIS ways.
 
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
 
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
 
12 The LORD shall open unto thee HIS good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
 
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
 
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
 
And there are many more blessings of God valid from OT for today's church.
 
*****
 
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.
 
***
 
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.
 
***
 
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.
 
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 
***
 
And there are many other OT promises valid today for those who love the Word of God and believe that which God says and lives by those Words in his life on this present earth.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Prayer

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 10, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
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.
 
*****
 
(Comments by Joan Boney)
 
I had a rather serious dental appointment scheduled on November 30, 2020.
 
I did exactly what it says to do in Philippians 4:6 ... The appointment was scheduled about 2 months earlier.  I knew there was a possibility of a root canal.
 
Every time during those weeks approaching the appointment when I thought of the appointment, I prayed, asking God for help.  I asked God to help the dentist in the decisions that she made, and that she not do more to me than needed. I asked God to keep me from being hurt.  I even prayed that I not be afraid.
 
I had asked God to help me to physically get ready for the appointment, to get my hair washed and get shower.  (I'm 83 and this can be difficult.)
 
On the Saturday before the appointment, all of a sudden I asked Pam if we could go get my hair cut that afternoon.  This is one of those non-appointment shops we go to.  But because of the rise in Coronavirus we had not been for about 3 months.  There was no difficulty at all in getting into the shop.  It was 2 days after the American holiday, Thanksgiving Day.  The hair operator said they had been very busy but that day was "slow".  I was so glad.  I had asked God not to let either Pam or myself get Coronavirus.
 
The day of the dental appointment, I was easily able to take shower.
 
It took two hours for dentist to do the work on my tooth.  I felt no pain at all, neither during the procedure nor after.  Dentist said she decided to remove the crown and drill out the decay and not do a root canal.  She said, "Let's try this first."
 
I thanked God for answering each part of my prayer.
 
And I was "careful for nothing" because I had prayed according to Philippians 4:6.
 
It is so important for each of us to live a "carefree" life through God day by day, second by second.
 
I had even prayed if there was any reason I should cancel that appointment that God would show me.  But no reason manifest itself so I went on to the appointment.
 
Even after all the dental work was done, there was not one second of pain or discomfort.
 
"Let your requests be made known unto God."
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Before Jesus returns, the powers of heaven will be shaken by God

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 18, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Dream from God:   The earth slipped on its axis.  People were terrified.  The governments of men and the scientists and religious leaders were meeting to see what could be done about this.  Nothing could be done for this was from God.  A newscaster was giving a report of this on TV.  He was so frightened that he stopped speaking in the middle of his report and got up and walked out of the studio.
 
The prophet Isaiah spoke of what would happen at the end of time.  Isaiah 13:13  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.
 
This is exactly what I saw in the dream God gave me sometime in the mid-1980's.
 
Jesus also spoke of this in Matthew 24:29-31.
 
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.
 
*****
 
We read, starting in Revelation Chapter 8, of the great tribulation that comes from God at the end of this world.
 
Notice the 4th plague in the following:
 
Revelation 8
 
6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
 
7 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.
 
8 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;  9 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.
 
10 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;  11 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.
 
With the first 3 plagues, notice how they involved a third part of the earth.  Recently this was called to my attention.  These 3 plagues might happen in different parts of this world.  Until verse 12 happens, it might not even be realized that the great tribulation had begun.
 
12 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.
 
When verse 12 happens, everyone, all people of this earth, will know "something" has happened to all this world.
 
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!
 
There are 14 total plagues before the end of this world when God destroys this present heaven and earth by fire.  But after the 4th plague when the sun goes dark for 1/3 of the normal day, and the moon and stars fail to shine for 1/3 part of the day, everyone will know the great tribulation from God has begun.
 
***
 
Man fails to repent.
 
Revelation 9
 
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
 
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.
 
Even today, we see ministers who will not repent of those things they speak wrongly, making things up concerning the Bible.  They even admit when confronted that the Bible does not say that which they said, but they have no sorrow for the way they made things up.  And they will not repent over that which they have done.
 
And their congregations know things are wrong but they stay in their church groups regardless.
 
2 Thessalonians 2
 
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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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. (Rom. 15:13)

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 7, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
When we believe the Word of God we are filled with joy and peace and hope.
 
There are thousands upon thousands of great promises of God for us in the Bible. 
 
2 Peter 1:4
 
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
 
When the Holy Spirit of God reminds us of one of these promises of God in the situation of this present life, we can focus on that promise and live above the troubles of this world because we know the God who created this world is far greater than this world.  We hope in God!
 
The church is built upon that Word which God reveals to us in the problems of this life.  We stand upon "that word", the word that comes to us from God by HIS Spirit.  Therein is power.
 
*****
 
We have great joy and peace and hope for we believe Jesus will return and gather the church.  Jesus will raise the dead in Christ and Jesus will remove those who are still living who are of God from this present earth.
 
How do we know these things?
 
The Bible tells us this.
 
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 (precede) them which are asleep.
 
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
 
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 
***
 
We will all be changed into our new spiritual bodies:
 
I Corinthians 15   The apostle Paul says:
 
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
 
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
 
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
 
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,
 
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
 
***
 
Then we will be taken to the new heaven and the new earth which is prepared by God for all who are righteous.
 
Revelation 21  The apostle John says:
 
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.
 
***
 
There will be no unrighteous in that new heaven and new earth, the new Jerusalem.
 
Revelation 22  Jesus says:
 
12  And, behold, I come quickly; and MY reward is with ME, to give every man according as his work shall be.
 
13  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
 
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.
 
***
 
In the end, God will destroy this present heaven and earth by fire.
 
II 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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And this present heaven and earth will not even come to mind.
 
Isaiah 65  God says:
 
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
 
18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
 
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in MY people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Peter says, In the last days there will be false teachers in the churches and they will come making merchandise of you

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 26, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
II Peter 2:1-3   But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
 
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
 
Concerning the last days, Jesus warns:
 
Matthew 24:3-5  And as HE (Jesus) sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto HIM privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
 
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 
 
They come to us saying they are pastors or other ministers of Jesus.  Others come saying they are Christians and they say "Jesus is Lord".
 
And because they say Jesus is the Christ, we will listen to them and they will deceive many.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

How do we "eat" the flesh of Jesus and "drink" HIS blood?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on December 1, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Jesus says:  Whoso eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:54)
 
How do we eat the flesh of Jesus and drink HIS blood?
 
Jesus is "THE WORD".  Each time we eat the Word and make it a part of our lives on this earth by doing The Word, HE, Jesus lives in us.
 
This is the communion with God.  This is the way we partake of the Lord's Supper.  We eat The Word, doing The Word.
 
This causes us to live in Jesus.
 
*****
 
John 6  (Jesus says)
 
33  For the bread of God is HE which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
 
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.
 
48  I (The Word) am that bread of life.
 
51  I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread (The Word), 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.
 
54  Whoso eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood (The Word), 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.
 
(As we eat "The Word" that is given to us by God by the Holy Spirit, and as we live that Word in our daily lives, we live in HIM, in Jesus, The Word.)
 
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.
 
***
 
John 14:6  (Jesus says)  I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 
THE Word, given us by the Holy Spirit, is the way to go.  The Word is truth and life.  The Word is 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.
 
***
 
Matthew 7  (Jesus says)
 
21 Not every one that saith unto ME, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of MY Father which is in heaven.
 
22 Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY name done many wonderful works?
 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from ME, ye that work iniquity.
 
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of MINE, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
 
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
 
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of MINE, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
 
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Revelation from God concerning the great tribulation

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 19, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In the first plague of the great tribulation, 1/3 of the earth will be affected.  Therefore it is possible others on this earth will not recognize this as a part of the great tribulation.
 
In the second and third plague of the great tribulation, 1/3 of the earth will also be affected.
 
But in the fourth plague, all the earth will be affected.
 
That which the Holy Spirit called to my attention in 2020 is "1/3" ... and we can see how it fits as we look at these scriptures in Revelation which tell of the plagues of the great tribulation that are coming upon this present earth before God destroys this heaven and earth.
 
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Is there a difference between the Old Testament "God" and the New Testament "God"?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 17, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Some preachers speak of a difference between the "God" of the Old Testament and the "God" of the New Testament, as if God has changed.
 
These preachers disregard scriptures such as:
 
Galatians 6:7-8   Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.  For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
 
II Corinthians 5:9-11  Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him.
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.  Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
 
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, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
And in the book of Revelation, we read of that great tribulation, the 14 plagues God will send upon this present earth in the last days before Jesus returns.
 
Revelation 8
 
6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
 
7 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.
 
8 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;  9 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.
 
10 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;  11 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.
 
12 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.
 
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!
 
*****
 
Revelation 9
 
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
 
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.
 
Matthew 24    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.  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.
 
29-31  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
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Then God destroys the present heavens and the earth:
 
II 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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After we meet Jesus in the air, we are taken to that 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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When oppression comes

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 23, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Here is a letter received November 18, 2020, from a woman in Italy.
 
Dears in Christ,
 
My husband Gianluca - (Italy), has been attacked 2 times, tonight and early this morning with 2 awful mental oppressions, while sleeping, the second worst than the first.  Even if we have prayed and taken authority he's still attacked.
 
I ask prayer till the Lord reveals to us what is "the root" of those attacks, those mental oppressions
 
Thank you so much.  God bless you.  Yours in Christ:  - Lea and Gianluca - (Italy)
 
My response:  (Joan Boney)
 
11-18-2020
 
I had this happen to me about two months ago.
 
I just kept calling out to God for help.
 
Hold onto God. Refuse to let go.
 
Just keep crying out to God.
 
Joan Boney
 
*****
 
We cry out to God for help:  "Please, God, help me."
 
It is really as simple as that.
 
Trust in God.  Wait on God until you receive information.
 
It is very dangerous to look for scripture in such times.  Just wait after crying out to God, trusting HIM.
 
God might choose to bring something to your attention to do, or the battle might just end.
 
Regardless, we hold onto God, crying out to God for help.
 
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Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine, says the apostle Paul. Work out your own salvation in fear and trembling.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 15, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
What do we do? as we continue to live on this present earth.
 
I go by these instructions which Paul gave to Timothy in the New Testament Bible:
 
I Timothy 4
 
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
 
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee  ... (the spiritual gift which God has given us for the church)
 
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
 
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
 
*****
 
* to reading:
 
The New Testament Bible is filled with letters which the apostle Paul wrote to the church.
 
I've been re-reading these epistles in a single setting.  Such as reading the entire letter to the Romans.
 
Then I read the next day the entire first letter to the Corinthians ... then the second letter to the Corinthians ... then the following days, reading the letters: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, etc.
 
I also focus on some of the meditation scriptures which I have accumulated for these build me up in the faith in God and help me to stay focused.
 
I read our blog daily:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations 
 
In my bathroom, I keep one of the ministry books that we have published on Amazon.  (see Joan Boney)
 
These books are filled with scripture.  I use paperback book for bathroom.  You can start anywhere in any one of the books and be edified in things of God with many scriptures.  I find re-reading these books helpful to me.
 
Often as I am reading, God will catch my attention on a subject for me to write that subject.  For example, when I began reading I Corinthians 1:1-2  Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:  God got my attention on how we are all called to be saints.
 
I thought of how the Catholic church appoints certain dead men and women as "saints" and how they teach their people that these dead "saints" have certain powers to help them, which is abominable doctrine for they teach their people to trust in corpses rather than to trust in the living God.
 
I was stirred up by the Holy Spirit to write an exhortation to the church concerning the subject of "saints" according to the Bible meaning.
 
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* to exhortation:
 
To exhort means to urge earnestly by advice and warning.  We are to exhort one another in the faith in God and the Word of God.  For the days are certainly evil and many evil concepts are spoken by humans on TV and in person.
 
I Timothy 4:7-8   But refuse profane (secular sayings) and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.  8 For 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.
 
A Catholic woman often visited me at my previous home in Texas.  She spoke many "profane" sayings which were not in the Bible.  I would just look at her and tell her I lived by the Bible and what she just said was not in the Bible.  This is the way I "rejected" her profane sayings.
 
When you do this, they will usually depart from you and choose not to keep company with you any more.
 
***
 
*  to doctrine:
 
Doctrine is critical for us.  Doctrine are the rules of God from the New Testament church.  We live by doctrines, such as:
 
* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. (Matthew 5:32)
 
* Flee fornication:  Every sin that a man doeth is without the body but he who committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.  (I Corinthians 6)
 
* And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.  (I Corinthians 7:10-11)
 
*  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: 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.   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;  (Romans 1:26-28)
 
* Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (I Corinthians 6:9-10)
 
* For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,  But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
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?  (Hebrews 10:26-29)
 
* 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, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 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.  (Hebrews 6:4-6)
 
* 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.  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.  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.  (II Peter 2:20-22)
 
It is critical for us to keep reading these doctrines of Christ for this world and the churches today teach something very different from the New Testament Bible.
 
***
 
So I have set myself daily to do that which Paul said to do:  "Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine."
 
I believe doing this gives me a better opportunity to endure to the end of my time on this earth.
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 24:12-13   And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 
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Winning God's way

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 16, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
When we are in the midst of a struggle over an issue of this present life, God will often show us what to do by bringing a thought or concept to our mind whereby we can overcome the evil of this present world.  Or God might give us a dream.
 
Regardless, we always overcome through God, by going HIS way in the situation.
 
2 Corinthians 2:14  Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place.
 
A businessman defrauded me once concerning a defective television unit.  He would not fix the unit although he said he would do so. 
 
I kept trying to tune that TV (a plasma) which had wide streaks on the left side of the screen.
 
One day, as I was trying to adjust the TV, the following came to my mind:  "You don't have to put up with this."
 
"That's right."  I reasoned.
 
And I realized I could afford to replace the TV and just have the unit removed from my house.  (The way of peace in this matter.)
 
I bought a new TV that same day and when the installers came to my house to set up the TV, I had the installer carry away the defective TV, not wanting to have it in my house to remind me of that bad situation.
 
When we hear a word from God, we know what to do and we always overcome in the situation by doing what we hear from God, and we rejoice in God who gave us HIS Word on the matter.
 
Sometimes we win by suffering the loss.
 
I Corinthians 6:7   Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
 
Consider Joseph:
 
God left Joseph in prison for 2 full years after he was falsely accused by Potiphar's wife!
 
Joseph submitted to the authority, and God caused Joseph to prosper even in the prison.
 
Genesis 39
 
20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
 
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
 
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
 
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
 
These are astounding examples for us!
 
We could destroy ourselves by the evil they do against us if we puff up and fight that evil in worldly ways and complain and murmur.
 
Sometimes we must wait quietly until we hear what God wants us to do in the issue.
 
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The sins of Sodom, Sodomites, homosexuals

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 10, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In the New Testament Bible in Romans 1:26, God calls homosexual and lesbian acts "vile affections."
In the Old Testament, when a king of the children of Israel removed the Sodomites from the city, that king was said to be a king who did right in the sight of God. (I Kings 22:43-46)
 
God sent 2 angels to Sodom to destroy the city and all the people except for Lot and his wife and two daughters.
 
When homosexuals came from every quarter of Sodom to have sex with the two angels, Lot said to the men of Sodom,   "I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly."  (Genesis 19:7)
 
The homosexual acts of the men of Sodom were known to be wicked.
 
And these men of Sodom did not try to hide their homosexual preferences, but they were openly known to be homosexuals, and their wickedness reached God, and God sent the angels to destroy these men and to destroy Sodom and all the people in Sodom.
 
The angel explained to Lot:
 
Genesis 19:12-13   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.
 
When the sins become open before all, then the cry "of them" as they flaunt their sin waxes great before God and God deals with their open sins.
 
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.
 
The time of judgment is upon this world.
 
The Catholic pope announced to the world on October 21, 2020, that same sex marriages would be approved in Catholic church when they were performed in civil ceremonies.
 
The Catholic pope condemns himself and his followers to eternal hell by his approval of sins against God.
 
And such also is the case of protestant preachers who approve sins of the Bible in their church groups.
 
II Thessalonians 2:10-12  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
*****
 
Revelation 22
 
Jesus says:
 
11 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
 
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
 
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.
 
***
 
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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They would not repent ... or could not repent:
 
II 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.
 
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.
 
Revelation 2:21  And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
 
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:
 
Revelation 16:9   And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give Him glory.
 
Revelation 16:11  And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
***
 
Deuteronomy 23:17  There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
 
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