Building your house on the word from God

Does the doctrine of the church you are attending fit the doctrine of the Bible?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 12, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
The first church I attended after I was born again was teaching that tongues are of the devil.
 
I was reading the Bible and came across the following scripture:  The apostle Paul said:  Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.  (I Corinthians 14:39)
 
What do you do when the doctrine being taught at your church differs from that which you read in the Bible?
 
We have to choose.  Do we follow our church or do we follow the Bible?  We can't do both.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

II Corinthians 13:5 Jesus is in you unless you be reprobates

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 9, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
At the time we are born again, God gives us HIS Spirit to live in us to teach us all things, to remind us of all Jesus has said to us, to guide us into all truth and to show us things to come.  (John 14:26 &16:13)
 
A mighty power of God lives in us.
 
Ephesians 3:20  Now unto HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
 
* God brings thoughts to our minds by HIS Spirit to show us what to do.
 
* God speaks to us through dreams.
 
* God sometimes gives us an open vision.
 
* Angels are still used by God to deliver instructions.
 
* God gives us special gifts of the Holy Spirit to place us where HE wants us to serve HIM.
 
God has given the believer every advantage on this earth.
 
We grow and thrive through God.
 
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The Holy Spirit of Jesus lives in each believer and that Spirit searches the mind of God to show the believer the will of God in the issues pertaining to this present life.
 
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 2
 
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
 
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
 
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
 
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
 
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 
 
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The Holy Spirit of Jesus dwells in us and is with us day and night.  We are never left alone.
 
The Spirit teaches us all things, reminds us of all that Jesus has said to us, guides us into all truth, and shows us things to come.  (John 14:26 & 16:13)
 
The Holy Spirit of Jesus speaks to us by bringing thoughts, concepts, ideas to our minds so we can know what to do in the specific issues of this present life.
 
And the Word of God also comes to us by dreams, visions, messages sent by angels.
 
Sometimes God just plants HIS will directly into our hearts as is described in the following scripture:
 
Hebrews 8  God says:
 
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:
 
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest. 
 
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John 6  Jesus says:
 
35  And Jesus said unto them, I (The Word) am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
 
44  No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I (The Word) will raise him up at the last day.
 
Jesus comes "with a shout" and the dead in Christ rise first.  I Thessalonians 4:16
 
Then they which are alive on the earth are changed into their spiritual bodies and arise to meet Jesus and the dead who have risen "in the air".  And they are taken to the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.  Revelation 21:1-5
 
The great tribulation from God comes to this earth to judge the wickedness of men.  Revelation 8-16
 
Then the heavens and earth as we know it are destroyed by fire from God.  II Peter 3:10-14
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But as long as God chooses to leave us on this present earth, HE guides us and teaches us by the Holy Spirit of Jesus who lives in us and we follow HIM.
 
We do not follow the ideas of man but we follow the Spirit of God and the Holy Scriptures.
 
Therefore we serve God by following HIS Spirit.
 
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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;
 
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.
 
The Word comes to us today and we follow The Word.
 
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The kingdom of Jesus is not of this world.
 
John 18:36   Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
 
When we learn this principle, we stop focusing on this world and we wait patiently to be taken off this world by Jesus and be taken to the new heaven and new earth created for God's people, wherein dwells only righteousness.
 
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 (The Word) 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, sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

As long as God leaves us on this earth, HE will provide for us. Trust God!

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 7, 2020) 
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Remember:  God knows the future.
 
A famine was coming upon the earth.  God made provision for HIS people, in ways we could never imagine.
 
Elijah, the prophet, was being hunted by wicked Jezebel who vowed to kill Elijah.  God provided for Elijah in ways we could never imagine.
 
Today, God provides for us by HIS Spirit by showing us what to do at this exact point in time.  When we follow those thoughts brought to us by God, we move into the way of God for us on this present earth, which I believe is soon to suffer the woes of the great tribulation sent by God to judge the wickedness of this world.
 
On this Podcast, I speak a great deal about Joseph who was sold into slavery and how God caused Joseph to profit everywhere Joseph was placed.
 
When we belong to God, God gives us gifts which cause us to prosper in those places where we live.  Or God might move us to a new place.  But God knows all the future and that which is coming and God makes provision for us, and we learn to trust God and we learn to follow HIM.
  
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Some people think to crucify Jesus afresh

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 5, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
Jesus came to this earth in the form of a man for a short while.
 
Jesus was in heaven with God as "The Word", a spirit.
 
But The Word took on the form of a man to be able to suffer and die for us that we could be saved.
 
Then Jesus was raised from the dead by God and our sins were covered by Jesus' own blood.
 
But some think to crucify Jesus afresh by doing sins after they have had their sins paid for by Jesus' blood.
 
And many religious people today picture a type of human form of Jesus which is to create Jesus again to suffer in the flesh of man.
 
But Jesus is a Spirit as God is a Spirit as the Holy Spirit is Spirit.
 
And Jesus says:
 
John 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
 
Jesus is revealed to us today each time the Spirit of Jesus brings "The Word" to our minds so we can know what to do on this present earth.
 
As we do "The Word" we worship God in spirit and in truth.
 
And today Jesus lives in each believer.
 
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?
 
After Jesus was taken back into heaven, HE appears no more to us on this earth in the form of a man.  But HE lives in us and speaks to us by HIS Spirit.
 
Those religious people today who desire to see a human form of Jesus would have Jesus suffer again in the flesh of man.  That will not happen.
 
But in the end times, there will be "false Christs" who appear, perhaps in vision, to try to get individuals to do something or to try to get individuals to follow them to some place.
 
Jesus says:  Do not go with them.  Do not believe them.  (Matthew 24)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

The evil in politics: Can a Christian be involved in the hatred of political parties and in voting and approving worldly men?

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on October 24, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
In 2016, I was watching TV and happened upon the Democratic National Convention.  As they showed the delegates, the cameras viewed in on a woman.  Something seemed wrong.  She was wearing a dress.  She had on heels and women's jewelry.  She wore a woman's make-up.  Then I realized she was a man dressed as a woman!  A slight beard had begun to appear on her face.  I was very shocked!
 
Somehow seeing this man dressed as a woman at a political convention showed me how very evil the world of politics is today. 
 
A Christian could not be a part of being involved in such worldly evil. 
 
The Bible says the following concerning homosexuals and lesbians.
 
Romans 1:24-28   Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 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.
 
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;
 
As a Christian, we cannot participate in anything that is contrary to Bible for the apostle John says to approve such and wish them well would be to make ourselves as a participant in their evil deeds.
 
II John
 
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
 
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
 
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
 
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
 
Politics in every way is filled with hatred and will cause the Christian to hate and to fight the other party.
 
And we must abstain from those things which cause us to hate.
 
To vote for either party is to approve worldly men who do evil things.
 
Instead, the apostle Paul says to pray for those in authority.
 
I Timothy 2:1-2  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.
 
If we learn to hate the other political party, how can we pray for those in authority if they win the election?
 
As Christians we are separated from the work of worldly men and women.  We live in this world but are not of this world.  Our goal is to live in peace, without spot and blameless in the sight of God, as we wait for Jesus who takes us out of this world and takes us to the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.  (II Peter 3:14 & Revelation 21:21-5)
 
We cannot be a part of politics and vote for men of this world allowing ourselves to be a part of their evil.
 
This is explained in this podcast. 
 
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I Thessalonians 5
 
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
 
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
 
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
 
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
 
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
 
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
 
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
 
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
 
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
 
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
 
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
 
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* "Peace and safety "
 
In the 1960's in Texas if a homosexual was caught, he was put in prison.  It was against the law to be homosexual in Texas.
 
Today homosexuals are safe in USA as never before.  They have to be saying "peace & safety" as never before.
 
Homosexuals and lesbians can even draw benefits from USA government as married couples.
 
They are protected in their jobs in USA.  People are forbidden in the work force today to speak that which the Bible says about homosexuals and lesbians.
 
The leaders of the Catholic church have publicly accepted same sex marriages.
 
Nothing can touch homosexuals and lesbians today ... except for God!
 
Adultery and fornication, sex outside of marriage between men and women, is often approved and protected in USA.  Adultery and fornication approved and accepted by society as "normal".  We are rarely shocked by anything today for it appears over and over before our eyes.
 
The churches invite all to come to church.
 
The doctrines of Christ have been silenced and removed in the church groups so no one will be offended in their various sins which are approved at the churches.
 
All is well!
 
A time of "peace and safety" ... surely we draw nearer to the coming wrath of God, the great tribulation (Revelation 8-16), upon this earth and the removal of the godly from this earth.
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 24
 
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 
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 (Jesus) 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.
 
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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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Concerning divorce and remarriage: Freedom to sin is being taught in many churches today

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 11, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
 
A woman in our church group was divorced and went to a pastor to see if she could remarry after divorce. 
 
The pastor told her:  "My sister divorced and remarried.  I don't see anything wrong with that."
 
A few years ago, the Catholic pope made a televised statement that he didn't see anything wrong about homosexuals.
 
Neither of these men read the Bible.
 
So this divorced woman remarried.
 
A few years later this woman was born again and began reading the Bible.  When I met her and she told me this story, she was really angry at that pastor who told her she could remarry.  By the scriptures she saw she committed adultery when she remarried.
 
The vast majority of churches today present a freedom to sin by telling the divorced woman she can remarry after divorce.  They ignore what the Bible says and set up another doctrine.  They present to their church groups "another Jesus", another word.
 
There are several scriptures on this subject of divorce/remarriage and they all agree:
 
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I Corinthians 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
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Romans 7:1-3
 
1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
 
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
 
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
 
This scripture is "inspired by God", as are all scriptures.
 
Paul wrote this to the New Testament Church as a "law of God" for the women.
 
Yet churches today explained this scripture away by saying we are not under the law in the church today.
 
This foolishness in handling scripture is despicable and damning to the church.  There are many "laws of God" in the New Testament Bible including this law in Romans 7.  If you eliminate this concerning the woman being under the law (rule) of her husband, you have to remove most of the New Testament Bible and even some of the Old Testament for God said:  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.  (Gen. 3:19)
 
We are not under the Old Testament laws of God concerning sacrifice for sins for Jesus is our sacrifice for sins but that is not the same subject as remarriage after divorce.
 
Romans 7:1-3 is a valid rule for women in the New Testament church.  And when we consider the following scriptures on this subject, notice they agree with Romans 7.
 
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Paul said the following is the commandment for the Lord in the New Testament Church:
 
I Corinthians 7:10-11   And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 
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Mark 10:6-9  Jesus says:  But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 
11 And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
 
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
 
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Here is one of the most misused scriptures of all twisted teachings in today's church.
 
Matthew 5:32  Jesus says, in speaking to the men of the church:  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 man divorces a "faithful wife", and that faithful wife remarries, she will commit adultery but her husband will be the cause of her adultery.
 
* The man who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
 
But churches are twisting this scripture and teaching the following:  "If a husband is committing fornication, the wife can divorce that husband and remarry."
 
This is not correct:  The scripture says if the wife is faithful and her husband divorces her and she remarries she will commit adultery. But her husband will be the cause of her adultery upon her remarriage after divorce.  And the man who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
 
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If the divorced woman remarries she commits adultery according to the Bible.
 
Matthew 19
 
3 The Pharisees also came unto HIM (to Jesus), tempting HIM, and saying unto HIM, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
 
4 And HE (Jesus) answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
 
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
 
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
 
Paul explains that at the time of sexual intercourse, the two become one flesh:  Even if a man has sex with a prostitute they 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.
 
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Matthew 19:7-9  They say unto HIM, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
 
8 HE (Jesus) saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
 
9 And I 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 the wife is unfaithful, the husband can divorce that unfaithful wife and remarry.
 
But the same is not true for the wife with an unfaithful husband because Paul said in I Corinthians 7:10-11, this is the commandment of the Lord for the woman in the New Testament church.  And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
 
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So if you are a divorced woman, according to Bible, you are to remain unmarried or return to your husband.
 
If the woman's husband is dead, she is free to remarry but only in the Lord.
 
I Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
 
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These scriptures are "freedom from sin" to those who follow these instructions.
 
A woman called me once wanting to discuss with me her mother's second marriage.
 
God said to me:  "Just focus on the scriptures and what they say."
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

Avoiding sexual sins

(This podcast was previously recorded and published on November 6, 2020)
 
Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
By our own will power, we usually fail.
 
But if we turn to God asking HIM to help us, we succeed.
 
And if we have The Word on the issue, it can help us greatly through God's strength.
 
That Word reinforces our spiritual house that we are building.
 
The Word:
 
At the time of sexual intercourse the two become one flesh:
 
I Corinthians 6
 
15 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.
 
(Even if the woman is a prostitute, you become one flesh with her at the time of sexual intercourse.  Do you really want to do this?)
 
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.
 
(Sexual sins are sins against your own body.  Sexual sins are different from all other sins.)
 
It is not simply a matter of birth control.  It is a sin against yourself and a sin against the Word of God.
 
And sex joining you to that other person fragments your soul for you can't separate by walking away.  That, being one flesh, stays with you whether you think so or not.
 
Truths from Bible help greatly.
 
And in the temptation, you can escape if you will do the following:
 
Ask God to help you.  Ask God not to let you do this.
 
God is more powerful than our flesh.
 
(Teach your children these things.)
 
Many young women today live as unpaid whores.
 
God says:
 
Deuteronomy 23:17  There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
 
If you are the church, take note of the above.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

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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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog

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