Building your house on the word from God

Jesus warns: False Christs will appear in the last days

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 4, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Jesus says, in the end times, "false Christs" will appear in "secret chambers", which I believe to be private areas in homes such as bedrooms,  I believe some church people will report seeing Jesus appear to them in their "chamber".
 
Just all of a sudden there will be a human type figure which will display himself as Jesus and the person will believe it is Jesus appearing, but it will be a false Christ.
 
Jesus warns us as follows:
 
Matthew 24
 
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
 
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
 
25 Behold, I have told you before.
 
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, HE is in the desert; go not forth: behold, HE is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
 
(If anyone comes saying, "I saw Jesus in my bedroom,"  believe it not!)
 
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
When I attended the church group Word of Faith in the early 1980's, individuals often came saying they had seen an angel.  I always wondered about this for they never told any message sent by the angel or anything that angel did.  I felt their visions might be conjured from their own minds.
 
Paul warns:
 
Colossians 2:18  Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Jesus says: "I, the WORD, am the light of the world." John 8:12

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 2, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
As we live on this present earth, The Word, Jesus, is our light.  HE brings thoughts to our mind to show us the way to go and we, who belong to Him, follow His Word.
 
John 10:10  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
 
Devils also bring thoughts to our mind.  But their goal is to steal, to kill, and to destroy. We flee from those ideas brought by devils.
 
If we belong to God, we recognize the voice of Jesus, The Word, The Holy Spirit of Jesus.
 
Jesus said:  John 10:4-5  And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.  And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
 
Jesus comes to us that we might have life and have it even more abundantly than we already have life.
 
So those thoughts that steal, kill and destroy are thoughts of devils and we do not follow those instructions.  Devils also bring thoughts of the past to torment us and destroy us if we will let that happen. Thoughts from devils bring sadness, discomfort, torment.
 
We recognize it is a devil bringing such thoughts and we call out to God for help and God does help us when we turn to HIM. And we flee from thoughts from devils and we follow the thoughts sent by God by HIS Spirit.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Living in peace, without spot and blameless

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 1, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
As we wait for the return of Jesus where HE take us off this earth and takes us to the new heaven and the new earth, the apostle Peter says to us the following concerning how we are to live as we wait for Jesus.
 
II Peter 3:13-14
 
Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
 
We cannot be involved in the schemes of this present world.  We can't give approval to political parties where much evil is being done and where Bible is flaunted in hypocritical ways before our faces. We can't protest in the streets.  Our kingdom is not of this world.  We are just waiting on this earth for Jesus to return and remove us from this earth and take us to the new heaven and new earth where righteousness dwells.  This present earth will never be righteous regardless of what we might try to do.
 
Righteousness is in the new heaven and the new earth which God has prepared for HIS people.
 
Romans 12:2  Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
 
Pray for those in authority, but don't entangle yourself with them.
 
I Timothy 2:1-3
 
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;  For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
 
And Paul says:
 
II Timothy 2:3-4   Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please HIM who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
 
As those chosen by God, follow God and serve God, doing the Word of God according to the New Testament Bible.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 4, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Focus on what the New Testament Bible says concerning the matter at hand.  We renew our minds to the Bible rather than considering that which people say about the subject. 
 
The Bible is truth from God.
 
Concerning sexual intercourse:  At the time of sexual intercourse the two become one flesh.
 
Paul warns the men of his time:  I Corinthians 6 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.  16  What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.  17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
 
18  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
 
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
 
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
 
Notice that Paul says sexual sins are unlike all other sins.  Verse 18:  Sexual sins are sins against your own body.
 
In I Corinthians 6, the apostle Paul also warns about other sins:  And Paul says they that do such sins will not inherit the kingdom of God. 
 
9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,  10  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
Christians are baptized unto the death of Christ that they might walk in newness of life serving God.  (Romans 6)
 
God gives each of us HIS own spirit to show us what to do on this present earth.  (John 14:26 & John 16:13)
 
And we have the New Testament Bible to confirm to us rules of God and the will of God.
 
II Timothy 3:16-17   All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
So we renew our minds to the scriptures, seeing the will of God for us.  We establish our way by scripture, building our house on that which God says as we walk on this present earth.
 
Here are more things shared in this Podcast which enable us to renew our mind of that which God says.
 
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Divorce/remarriage:
 
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.
 
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.  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.
 
Matthew 5:32   But I say unto you (says Jesus), 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.
 
Matthew 19:9   And I  (Jesus) say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
 
* If a faithful wife is divorced by her husband, she will commit adultery if she remarries. (Mt. 5:32)
 
* The husband who divorced the faithful wife will be the cause of her adultery if she remarries.  (Mt. 5:32)
 
* The man who divorces a faithful wife and marries another woman commits adultery.  (Mt. 19:9)
 
*  The man who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.  (Mt. 5:32 & Mt. 19:9)
 
Mark 10  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.
 
11-12   And HE (Jesus) saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.  And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
 
Several years ago, a woman contacted me wanting to talk to me about her mother's second marriage.  God said to me:  "Don't focus on the circumstances of the second marriage.  Just focus on that which the Bible says."
 
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Concerning homosexuals & lesbians:
 
Romans 1
 
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
 
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
 
20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
 
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
 
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;
 
When they say they were just born that way, here is what the Spirit of God says:
 
Mark 10:6  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
 
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Concerning money:
 
I Timothy 6
 
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
 
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
 
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
 
8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
 
9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
 
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
 
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
 
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
 
17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
 
18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
 
19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
 
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Walk in the Spirit:
 
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.
 
The flesh will desire to do the works of the flesh which are:  Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, 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.  (Galatians 5:19-21)
 
Galatians 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
 
The Spirit of God lives in us and HE will reminds us of ways to go when we are tempted.  If we walk in the Spirit, we follow what HE says.  If we turn from HIS instructions and follow the desire of our own flesh, we place ourselves in danger of being turned over to a reprobate mind by God.
 
We crucify our flesh by walking in the way of the Spirit.  Our flesh will suffer when it does not get its way but our soul is spared when we choose to go in the way of the Spirit.
 
Romans 8
 
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
 
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
 
11  But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, HE that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by HIS Spirit that dwelleth in you.
 
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
 
13  For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify (stop) the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
 
14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
As we read the New Testament Bible, we know the will of God vs. the will of the flesh.
 
Also we are greatly helped by the Holy Spirit who reminds us of everything that is the will of God.  (I Corinthians 2)
 
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At the judgment seat of Christ:
 
II Corinthians 5:10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
 
We will be judged by the WORD of God at the judgment seat of Christ, whether or not our actions on this earth agree with that WORD.
 
The sins we commit before we are born again are paid for by the blood of Jesus.
 
But to continue willfully in sins after the knowledge of the truth is to crucify Jesus a second time which cannot be done.
 
Hebrews 10
 
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.
 
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?
 
II Peter 2
 
20  For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
 
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
 
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
 
So we exhort one another:  urge earnestly with advice and warning
 
It is an extremely bad situation after we have received the knowledge of the truth to turn from that truth and return to our previous way of life of sins of the flesh.
 
So we pray when tempted and we keep scriptures before us to help us to overcome.
 
Jesus says:
 
Revelation 3:5  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
 
Matthew 24:12-13  Jesus says, concerning the last days:  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.
 
Mark 8:36   For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Our door is Jesus, The Word

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 30, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The way to go on this earth is the way of Jesus, The Word.
 
The gates of hell will not prevail against that Word revealed to us by God concerning the matter at hand.
 
John 10
 
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I (The Word) am the door of the sheep.
 
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
 
9 I (The Word) am the door: by ME (The Word)  if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
 
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I (The Word) am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
 
27  My sheep hear MY voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
 
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.
 
(No man or thing can take us out of HIS hand.)
 
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man (none) is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
 
30 I and my Father are one.
 
We know the voice of God, of Jesus The Word.
 
We follow HIM and not strange voices of this world's thinking and of devils.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Titus 3:9-11: After warning a person once or twice, just walk away from him and keep your peace

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 26, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
We cannot live in peace while tying to live with those who say they are Christians when they will not do scripture and they are not led by the Spirit of God.  For we try to share truth from God with them and they argue with us ... or they go dead and say nothing, just waiting for us to stop talking so they can talk about this world and things they enjoy.
 
God has a way of escape for us and we must take that way of escape in order to live in peace.
 
Titus 3:9-11  But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;  Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 
 
After we try to share scripture once or twice, and we see them fail to rejoice in that scripture, then we have to just stop trying to share with them and we walk away and keep ourselves from being entangled again with them.
 
And avoid those who want to strive with us about our doctrine.  For to enter into this is very destructive.
 
We think we can cause them to understand, but we can't, when they have already rejected the doctrine which we carried to them.  To try to keep teaching them will pull us down with them.  So learn to do Titus 3:10-11  A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;  Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
 
(No entanglements by phone calls, or Birthday cards, or things of the flesh of man to draw them into fleshly relationships.  Just leave them alone.  If they come to God, then they will come to us.)
 
There is only one Spirit ... so if we both have that Holy Spirit we will agree.  For if there is disagreement, God will cause us to agree.  We don't discuss it to agree.  We have God in us to explain scripture to us and we will be brought to agreement by the Spirit of God when we are both of God.
 
But we will never come to agreement otherwise.  If one person has the Spirit of God in him and the other person does not have the Spirit of God but is trying to come to God by joining a church and by doing church doctrine, we can't agree about scripture and things of God.
 
For Paul shows us the following:
 
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.
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Before Jesus returns, God will shake the heavens and the earth

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 23, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In the last days, God will cause the powers of heaven to be shaken and the earth shall move "out of her place" in the solar system.
 
Several years ago, God gave me a dream about this:  The earth slipped and moved on its axis.  People were terrified.  The governments of men were meeting with the scientists and religious leaders to see what could be done about this.  A TV newsman was telling the story and he was so frightened he just stopped in the middle of his report and got up and walked out of the studio.  He knew this was going to affect him too.
 
The Old Testament prophet, Isaiah, told of this in the following scripture:
 
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.
 
Since the beginning of creation, God has kept the earth in place in the solar system as we know it to be.  By HIS Word God created the heaven and the earth.  And this creation was perfect for sustaining life.
 
In the end of this world, it will all be changed by God and man will find there is nothing he can do to stop this from happening, though he will try to stop it.
 
Jesus described it as follows:
 
Matthew 24:29-31   Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
31 And HE shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 
Everything we can see with our natural eye will either be removed from this present earth or destroyed.
 
And every human will then appear to be judged by the Word of God and will receive for that which he has done in his lifetime whether good or bad.  (II Cor. 5:10)
 
Since we will be judged by The Word, we want to conform our lives to The Word, doing that which we see to do by the instruction given in the New Testament Bible.
 
So the apostle Paul tells us the following:
 
Romans 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
 
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We must conform our own minds to the Word of God, being in agreement with the Holy Bible for it is by the Word we will be judged.
 
So we conform our thinking to that which God says about the subject.
 
- Divorce/remarriage
- Homosexual/lesbians
- Various types of sins of the flesh:  adultery, fornication, idolatry, superstitions of men, hate, variance, emulations, and other works of the flesh, for the apostle Paul tells us:  "They which do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."  (Galatians 5:21)
 
We must agree with God and change our way of thinking and change our way of living while we are on this present earth, considering the New Testament Bible in all things as the rule for the way to live while we are alive on this earth.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Belonging to God. Hearing from God. Following God.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 3, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
God speaks to us and we hear what He says and accept what He says and are born again, changed by God into a new creature, given the Spirit of God to live in us. 
 
From that time forward, God leads us by the Spirit of God bringing thoughts and concepts to our mind.  And we find then we want to know about God.  We are interested in things of God after we are born again.  And we are then led by God, by HIS Spirit.
 
Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 
 
John 10:27-30  Jesus says: My sheep hear MY voice, and I know them, and they follow ME.  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of MY hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of MY Father's hand.  I and MY Father are one. 
 
The Holy Spirit of Jesus lives in us.  The Holy Spirit teaches us and guides us.  And the Holy Spirit shows us which way to go as we deal with this present life.
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
The Holy Spirit teaches us and guides us by bringing thoughts, concepts, scriptures to our minds.
 
We will be thinking of doing something and when this is not the best thing for us to do, often the Holy  Spirit will bring us a thought showing us another way to go.
 
Examples: 
 
* A man in our church group came into his back yard and was looking at his storage shed which was filled with his "stuff".  He was thinking about adding another building to hold his stuff.  The Holy Spirit brought this to his mind:  "Why don't you just get rid of the stuff?"
 
* My house in Texas had gas logs in a fireplace.  I hardly ever turned them on.  One day I was driving down the road and a pickup carrying fireplace wood was driving along side of me.  I looked at the wood and thought, "I'd like to have a wood burning fireplace."  The Holy Spirit brought the following to my mind as a thought:  "You can have that."  Up to that point, I'd never considered changing to wood.  I did this the same day for I knew it was the Holy Spirit speaking.
 
I find the ideas from God to be easy to accomplish, not complex, financially feasible.  
 
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. 
 
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The thoughts that come from the Holy Spirit are usually in a very gentle voice. 
 
Sometimes I miss the thought at first and the Holy Spirit repeats it, bringing it again to my mind.
 
I know the voice of God so when HE speaks I recognize HIS voice by the characteristics of James 3:17.
 
The devil also brings thoughts to our minds but the devil is trying to harm us.  His thoughts are often very negative.  He tries to drive us to do something.  Often fear is involved.  Ideas from devils are often complex and expensive.
 
John 10:10  Jesus says:  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
 
The Holy Spirit is gentle and guides us and leads us rather than driving us.
 
The sheep do not follow devils but will flee from devils, says Jesus.
 
(John 10:4-5  And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.)
 
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When your mind is filled with confusion, know that you do not have the leading of God and devils are tying to torment you.
 
Pray and do nothing at all until you are calm again.
 
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James 3
 
14  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
 
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
 
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Forgetting those things that are in the past and going forward in God

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 28, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
When we allow ourselves to think on the past, we often become depressed or go in the way of destruction.  We cannot go forward if we linger in the past memories.
 
The apostle Paul said to the church: 
 
Philippians 3:12-15   Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:
 
We cannot dwell in the past and go forward with God.
 
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
 
We must learn to live in the current season.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The religious people who do not have the Spirit will always twist things of God

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 20, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
John 9
 
14  And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his (the blind man's) eyes.
 
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
 
The Word does bring division.  For that person who understands the word will be divided from that person who has joined a church but does not understand the Word of God.
 
Therefore when a religious person does not have the Spirit of God, he will fail to see the miracle and pick away at the letter of the law, which he has misinterpreted.
 
Religious people often strain at gnats while swallowing camels.
 
The church are those individuals who have the Spirit of God in them and who are led by the Spirit of God.
 
Romans 8:14   For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
 
Paul explains:  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. (I Corinthians 2:14)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Rejoice in the Lord, The Word

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 27, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Jesus tells us to lay up treasure in heaven, not on this present earth.  (Matthew 6:19-20)
 
As we rejoice in the WORD, we keep our minds stayed on the WORD.  The WORD is our treasure and it is treasure on this earth as we live here and it will be stored up for us also in heaven.
 
So what WORD is our treasure now?
 
* THE WORD came to this earth in the form of a man, Jesus, to die for us to pay for our sins with HIS blood.
 
The people of this world try to save themselves by their own works.
 
But we are saved by THE WORD, by HIS works.
 
As we live in the Word, we abide in HIM.
 
*  I'm also grateful that God did not leave us alone on this earth.  God and Jesus are with each of us constantly to teach us and guide us and even show us things to come.  We are not alone.  Jesus is in us and with us at all times by HIS Spirit.
 
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?
 
I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
 
I Corinthians 6:19  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
 
And the Holy Spirit of Jesus who is in us does the following things for us:
 
John 14:26  Jesus said ...  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
So we are never alone at any time on this earth.  Jesus dwells in us by HIS Spirit to guide us and teach us.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

God creates new heaven and new earth and we will not even remember this present earth

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 25, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
God says:
 
Isaiah 65:17  For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
 
All these things that trouble us will not even be remembered when we are taken into the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.
 
The apostle John describes the new heaven and new earth as follows:
 
Revelation 21:1-5   And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
 
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
 
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
 
5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
 
And this present life will not even come into our minds again!
 
In the meantime, the apostle Paul tells us:  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:  (Philippians 3:13-15)
 
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I John 4:4 Greater is HE that is in you than he that is in the world

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 22, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
The Holy Spirit is in us.
 
John 14:26  Jesus said ... But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
 
John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
 
The spirit of this world is in the people of this world.
 
John 8:44  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.
 
Knowing the children of God:
 
John 4:4-6   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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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

We, who belong to God, hear the voice of Jesus and we will not follow strangers

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 21, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
John 10    Jesus says:
 
9   I  (The Word)  am the door: by ME if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
 
27  My sheep hear MY voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
 
We hear the voice of Jesus when HE speaks to us by HIS Spirit.  We recognize HIS voice.  We follow HIS voice.  But the voice of a strange spirit we will not follow for we know it is not HIS voice for we are HIS sheep.
 
John 10  Jesus says ... 
 
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
 
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 
 
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear HIS voice: and HE calleth HIS own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
 
4 And when HE putteth forth HIS own sheep, HE goeth before them, and the sheep follow HIM: for they know HIS voice.
 
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
 
God's voice is pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.  James 3:17
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Jesus raises the dead and changes the living into new spiritual bodies taking them to the new heavens and the new earth

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 20, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Before we are taken into heaven, we are changed out of this present body and given a new spiritual body, says Paul in I Corinthians 15.
 
Paul says:  There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.  As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.  Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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.
 
Blink!  That is how fast we will be changed into our new spiritual bodies before we are taken into heaven.
 
Then Paul tells about Jesus raising those who have died. 
 
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 (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.
 
Jesus takes us to the new heavens and the new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.  For the great tribulation will come upon this present earth and after that this heaven and earth will be destroyed by God by fire. (2 Peter 3:10-14)
 
***
 
God showed the apostle John the new heaven and new earth.
 
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. And HE said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
 
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We will be changed into new spiritual bodies before we are taken into the air to be with Jesus.
 
I Corinthians 15   The apostle Paul says:
 
38  But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body.
 
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
 
40  There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
 
41  There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
 
42  So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
 
43  It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
 
44  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
 
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.
 
(Blink.  That is how fast we will be changed into our new spiritual bodies.)
 
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
 
***
 
After the great tribulation, God destroys this present heaven and earth.
 
II Peter 3   Peter says:
 
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.
 
***
 
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.
 
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The disciples ask Jesus, "What is the sign of your coming and the end of the world?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 19, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Matthew 24
 
1  And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and His disciples came to Him for to shew Him the buildings of the temple.
 
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 
(At the end of this world, everything we can see with our natural eye will be destroyed by God.  II Peter 3:10-14)
 
3 And as HE 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.
 
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 
Jesus went on to tell them many other things that would happen at the end of this world, but the first sign to look for is people would come saying Jesus is the Christ and because they say Jesus is the Lord, they would deceive many into thinking they were really of God when they did not have the Spirit.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

II Peter 3:1-10: Scoffers in the last days

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 16, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
In the last days, men will doubt God because they think everything from the beginning of time has continued as always so why should they believe it will change.
 
The apostle Peter calls these men "scoffers".
 
II Peter 3:    Peter says:
 
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 (died), 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.
 
And prior to the destruction of this earth, will come the great tribulation of God, the 14 plagues of God as judgment upon the wickedness on this present earth.  (see Revelation 8-16)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Jesus says: "No man cometh unto the Father but by Me, the Word."

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 15, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Jesus, the Word, is the way to God.  There is no other way or plan of man or doctrine other than that doctrine of Jesus Christ.
 
Your church doctrine is often different from the Word of the New Testament Bible. 
 
Your church doctrine might be based on the tradition of men.  It will not take you to God. 
 
You can't go to God through Buddha or through Mohammad.  It is only by Jesus, THE WORD, we come to God.
 
When we believe on The Word given to us by God and act on that word, are we followers of God.
 
Church attendance and good works will not take us to God the Father. 
 
Only by Jesus, The Word, can we come to God.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Jesus says: "I am the way, the truth, and the life."

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 14, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The Word from God is the way.  That Word brought to our mind by the Holy Spirit leads us to life and not to destruction.
 
Proverbs 16:25  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
But that Word given you by God is life.  Focus on that Word.  Keep that Word before you day and night.  Do that Word.
 
Proverbs 4:20-22  My son, attend to MY words; incline thine ear unto MY sayings.  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.  For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
 
John 1:1-5  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made. 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.
 
THE WORD was made flesh.  THE WORD came to earth in the form of a man named Jesus.
 
Hebrews 1:1-2  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom HE hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also HE made the worlds;
 
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Jesus says, "Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you."

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 13, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The Holy Spirit brings to our mind scriptures and concepts to show us the will of God and the way we are to go in this present life.
 
We live in peace on this earth, by doing that which is brought to our mind by the Spirit of God.
 
And we are cleansed by The Word when the Holy Spirit brings to our mind information and we make changes to our lives and go in the way of That Word.
 
Jesus says:  John 14:1-5  I (the Word) am the true vine, and MY Father is the husbandman.  Every branch in ME that beareth not fruit HE taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, HE purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
 
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 
 
(When we do That Word, we go in a way of godliness.)
 
4 Abide in ME (live in MY word), and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in ME.
 
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in ME, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without ME ye can do nothing.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

When they openly declare their sins before all, bringing destruction upon themselves

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 10, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
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.
 
In WWII people committed many types of Biblical sins: adultery, fornication, drunkenness, homosexual, lesbian, and such, but they did these sins in secret.
 
To declare your sins openly without shame as we see today, is as the sin in Sodom for which God destroyed Sodom.
 
In Genesis 19:13, the angel discloses the following:  "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 their sins reach into heaven, God is aroused and takes action, judging those people who bring their sins to HIS attention.
 
Thus we see how God's judgment is hanging upon this present world where there is no shame for sin.
 
Time in the sight of God is described as follows: 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. (II Timothy 3:8)
 
The judgment of God is coming upon this world in the form of the great tribulation, the 14 plagues.
 
After that this present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God by fire.  (II Peter 3:10)
 
The righteous ones of God will be removed from this present earth and taken in their new spiritual bodies to the new heaven and the new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.  (Revelation 21:1-5)
 
We will not have these earthly bodies in heaven.  (I Corinthians 15:49-52)  We will have spiritual bodies in heaven which are not subject to decay, pain, emotions.  We will be as the angels of God in heaven. 
 
We live in a time where the sins are as the sins of Sodom, they are not hidden.  This is a prelude to the wrath of God that is coming upon this present world.
 
***** 
Matthew 11:20   Then began HE (Jesus) to upbraid the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done, because they repented not:
 
Matthew 21:32   For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
 
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.
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The terrible thing today is their lack of shame over that which they are doing.
 
So many women show no shame over becoming pregnant outside of marriage.
 
Homosexuals and lesbians often flaunt their sins before our eyes with no shame and no recognition at all that what they are doing is a sin in the sight of God.
 
Drunkards seek pity and often attribute their drunkenness to a medical problem instead of sin.
 
But the Bible shows us that drunkenness is sin: 
 
I Corinthians 6
 
9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexual), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
 
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 
Galatians 5:19-21
 
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.
 
***
 
II 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, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
 
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
 
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
***
 
The wrath of God judges the disobedient at the coming great tribulation:
 
Romans 1:18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
 
Ephesians 6:5   Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
 
Revelation 14:10   The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
 
Revelation 16:1   And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
 
The 14 plagues of the wrath of God will be poured out upon this earth during the great tribulation and after that this present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God with fire.  (II Peter 3:10-14)
 
This is coming.
 
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Jesus says: If ye continue in MY Word, then are ye MY disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 12, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
We, who are of God, will have a Word from God called to our mind from time to time.  As we focus on that Word, God is showing us what to do concerning the issues of this present life.  
 
And as we keep doing that Word, we will later know the truth of the situation with which we are dealing.
 
John 8:31-32 
 
31  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
 
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
 
In this Podcast, examples of the Word coming down to us from God and continuing in that Word.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

What it will be like in heaven. What Bible shows us.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on September 30, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
In heaven, we will not have these current physical bodies.  God will give us a new body as it pleases HIM.  (I Corinthians 15)
 
In heaven:  there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.  (Revelation 21:4)
 
The reason we have physical pain today is because we live inside these physical bodies.  Also we have emotions of the flesh because we live today inside these physical bodies.
 
Before we are taken into heaven, we will be changed out of these physical bodies.
 
I Corinthians 15:51-52   Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,  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.
 
Blink!  That is how fast we will be changed before we are taken into heaven.
 
Another thing about heaven:  We will not remember this earth.
 
Isaiah 65:17   For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
 
We will have new spiritual bodies and our family in heaven will be all in heaven for all who are in heaven will be the children of God, the righteous of God.
 
God and the Word (Jesus) will be our focus and our light.
 
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The new Jerusalem, the new heaven:
 
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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This present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God after the great tribulation:
 
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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There is no physical marriage as we know it today, in heaven.
 
So if a man has multiple wives, which will be his wife?  said the Sadducees to Jesus.
 
Mark 12:24-25   Jesus says:   Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
 
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
 
(I find many Christians do not know the above truth.) 
 
On this present earth, if your mate dies, you can marry again (but only in the Lord).  I Corinthians 7 ... Paul says this to the women but I think the same would apply to a man who is a Christian, for why would any real Christian want to marry an infidel?
 
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Remember in heaven we will not have these physical bodies as on earth.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Jesus (The Word) is our light to show us what to do as we walk in this present world

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 11, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
This world stumbles about in the darkness of the wisdom of their minds and in the way of men of this world. 
 
We have a light of wisdom from God which the world can't even imagine.
 
John 8:12   Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth ME (the Word) shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
 
We are led by the wisdom that is from God and that gives clarity to us in times of trouble.  God not only shows us what to do but how to do that which HE authors for us.
 
In 1980, I was asleep in the night when a very loud trumpet like voice spoke 3 words to me:  "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS"
 
When I looked it up, I found KWJS to be a radio station.
 
I said to God, "Are YOU telling me to go on radio?  I wouldn't know how to do that."
 
So the Holy Spirit brought the following information to my mind which would show me how to do "that".
 
In the form of a thought, I heard, "Call the radio station manager."
 
That same morning I called station KWJS and asked to speak to the manager.  He came on the phone immediately.  I said, "God might be showing me to go on radio.  How would you do that?"
 
The station manager said, "Make an audition tape 29 1/2 minutes long and send it to me and if you fit our broadcasting, we will offer you a contract."
 
I made a tape that same morning and sent it to the radio station manager. 
 
Within 5 days I was broadcasting exhortations for the church on radio KWJS.
 
When we hear a Word from God, we have a sure thing and we can go forward with assurance that we are walking in the will of God doing that which God wants us to do.  That Word given us by God is our light.
 
Proverbs 4:18-19  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
 
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The "beginning of sorrows" spoken of in the Bible. Haven't we already seen that? Next is the great tribulation.

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 1, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Before the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, HE told us some things to expect to see upon this earth before the second coming of Jesus and the great tribulation and the end of this world.
 
Jesus said: 
 
Matthew 24:6-8   And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 
Wars, rumors of wars, famines, pestilences and earthquakes ... which we have seen for centuries.
 
Two other things which must happen before Jesus returns:
 
II Thessalonians 2:3-4   Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
In 1982, God said to me:  The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures.  (This we have seen for many generations as various denominations are set up by men and doctrines other than those in New Testament Bible become a part of their church groups.)
 
Matthew 24:14  Jesus says:   And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 
(Hasn't Internet been a very big factor in fulfilling this with both blogs and podcasts?)
 
I believe we have seen all these things happen.
 
No one knows exactly when Jesus will returns and the great tribulation will come, but we are told to "be ready".
 
Most of the people of this world are oblivious to these things that are approaching, but we, the church, know these things are coming and many of us think they are coming soon, perhaps in our own lifetimes.
 
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Luke 21    Jesus says:
 
25  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
 
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 
 
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
 
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
 
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY words shall not pass away.
 
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (over indulgence), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
 
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
 
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
 
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I believe the surest thing to watch for are the signs in the sky:
 
When the sun goes dark in the day we can know the great tribulation is upon us!  
 
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So far as the people of this world, Jesus explains:
 
Luke 17
 
26  And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
 
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
 
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
 
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog