Building your house on the word from God

Prove all things. Hold fast that which is good. (I Thess. 5:21)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Proverbs 14:12   There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
We, who belong to God, must take the situation to God in prayer,  in a desire to know the truth from God's view point.
 
As we search for the truth, we begin that search with prayer to God.
 
One of the great problems of the time in which we now live is the problem of "delusion."
 
II Timothy 31 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.
 
In their rebellion, people will think themselves to be right.  They may even think they are doing a good thing in their acts when they are doing evil.
 
Deception can come to us from our own desires.
 
Deception can come from devils.
 
But the really deadly thing is when delusion is from God.
 
Here is an example of God sending a strong delusion to cause people to believe a lie that they might be damned.
 
II Thessalonians 2:10-12   And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a li:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
We must love the truth.  We must consider the truth to be important.  
 
(I've met people who didn't think truth to be important, and I've seen one of those people swept away from the people of God because of this.)
 
Truth is critical in both secular and spiritual matters.
 
We must have in us a love of the truth for the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth.
 
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Paul tells us the reason for the "perilous times" of the last days

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
In II Timothy 3, the apostle Paul tells us that in the last days, "perilous times" will come.
 
The reason times are perilous is because of that which is in people. 
 
We have just witnessed the fierceness of the riot on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.   Some rioters said they were saving democracy, when they were actually taking action against the democratic form of government.
 
This is "delusion".
 
Paul says in II Timothy 3, verses 2-4:
 
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;
 
(It is not that humans will have all of these "bad" characteristics.  They will have some of these character problems.  One person might be "fierce" while another is "covetous.")5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
 
(Usually each of these people will think what he does is good and he will explain it as good, while the Bible shows us the opposite about that which he says and does.)
 
Some people think they do well when what they are doing is exactly opposite from what God says is "good" in the Bible.
 
On CNN International, on Internet on January 12, 2021, the newscaster Anderson Cooper made the following statement:  "Being gay is one of the blessings of my life."
 
The Bible says:  Romans 1 ... 25 (Because they) changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever...  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:  27And 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.
 
By the Bible, we know God's thinking about the subject.
 
Delusion comes to individuals but we, who are of God, must pray before we accept that delusion and we consider that which the Bible says as we evaluate that which is truth from God, and we cling to the truth from God from the Bible, avoiding lies which devils try to bring to our minds.
 
In this Podcast, I will present various forms of delusion:
 
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HE hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Eph. 1:6)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Remember when you were born again? 
 
All of a sudden, God by HIS Spirit opened our eyes to see our sin and we believed and were saved by faith in HIM.
 
We didn't do works to earn salvation.  It was a gift to us.
 
After that, we read the Bible and believed the Word and were changed into the image of Jesus, The Word, as we believed.
 
II Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
 
Being born again is all about change.  The old man is passed away.  All things become new.  We are different now!  And the remainder of our life on this earth we are conformed to the image of Christ the Word as we encounter issues of this life and settle those issues by learning what God wants us to do about each thing that comes to us.
 
The apostle Paul says:
 
Galatians 1:10   For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
 
Now, we too, are servants of God as is the apostle Paul.  And we seek to please God in our decisions by prayer, asking God what HE wants us to do, and by following that brought to our minds by God's Spirit, The Holy Spirit.
 
Our life becomes hidden to this world but we become alive to God and our lives are hidden in Christ as we follow the Word of God, conforming ourselves to HIS Word.
 
And we know this is all that matters.
 
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Many love the outward appearance of religion, but they do not have a love for the Word of God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
This is the first time I recall having the Spirit of God "dictate" to me the title of a writing or Podcast.  Yet this was spoken in exact words to me as I wrote down the title.  Then I received the message by the Spirit of God.
 
It is amazing, but so many hundreds of thousands of people love their church buildings and they love the stained glass windows in their buildings and they love the art works and carved alters where their ministers preach ... but they do not have a love for the actual Word of God.
 
We, who are of God, delight in the Word of God.
 
The apostle Paul told us:
 
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 only thing that matters in our religion is this:
Do we delight in the Word of God?
 
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God says to Ezekiel: "I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against ME: they and their fathers have transgressed against ME, even unto this very day."

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
As the children of Israel were rebellious against the Word of God, the New Testament church today rebels against specific scriptures which conflicts to that which they have learned at their churches.
 
But God today sends HIS prophets to the church ministers and individuals though they often harden their hearts today to that word of God that is carried to them and continue in their own preferences.
 
Ezekiel 2:3-8
 
And HE (God) said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against ME: they and their fathers have transgressed against ME, even unto this very day.
4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
 
7 And thou shalt speak MY words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
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Where there is envy and strife, there is confusion and every evil work (James 3:16)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
One of the works of the flesh of man is "emulations" (Gal. 5:20).
 
It is the nature of man to exalt himself above other people.  People do this in different ways.  By physical appearance, by achievements, by the clothes worn ... It is natural for us to do this one way or another.
 
The apostle Paul says:  They that do these things will not inherit the kingdom of God.  (I Cor 6:9-10 and  Gal. 5:19-21)
 
We once did these things but now we are born again, given by God HIS Spirit, so we learn to go another way.
 
Galatians 5:22-25   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.  And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
 
In 1960, I moved to Dallas, Texas, to be orchestra director at Kimball High School.  One of the high school teachers invited me to go to a college football game.  I was shocked that anyone actually chose to do this.  In college, I played in the band and we were forced to go to football until after the halftime performance and then they let us leave.  My friends and I left!
 
The teacher at Kimball said, "It only costs $6."  
 
I replied, "You mean you pay to go?"
 
For the next 60 years I hated the opposing team and was a fan.  
 
Then God began to wean me away and modify my life in this activity.
 
We learn the way of this world.  Then the Spirit of God pulls us away from that way and takes us another way.  And in the end we come to see all that matters is God's way.
 
And we then feel sorry for those who are trapped in the ways of this world.  But we are very grateful to God that HE showed us the truth.
 
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When GOD turns them over to a strong delusion

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Sometimes we meet a church goer who is totally irrational to the truth.  Even when facts from the Bible are presented to him he insists on clinging to that which is taught at his church group. 
 
Why can't he repent?  Why does he continue to hold to a lie? 
 
The answer to this is in II Thessalonians 2. 
 
These people were once enlightened to the truth from God but then "fell away" and chose to go with another doctrine which was opposite to doctrines of Christ in the Bible.
 
In such cases we see the following: 
 
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
When God sends that person "a strong delusion" there is nothing we can do to make that person understand even when we present many godly exhortations, for that person has been deluded by God.
 
We just have to walk away and leave him alone.
 
Acts 28
 
24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. (2 Cor. 13:8)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
When we are born of God, the Spirit of Truth lives in us.
 
Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth.  (I Cor. 3:16 & I Cor. 6:19) 
 
Hebrews 8:10   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:
 
We know the truth.
 
After I was born again, I went to a non-denominational church.  I would shudder at some of the things the pastor and members of the congregation said.  I knew the truth.  But I didn't know then that I knew the truth.  What they were speaking was not the truth and I was grieved, though I didn't even understand that I was grieved.  
 
Later God would show me truth about a scripture and often God reminded me of the bad feeling I had when these pastors taught opposite to that which God was showing me.
 
We learn to recognize and to trust the Spirit of Truth when HE speaks to us.
 
Many of those things taught today in our churches are not truth.
 
And we know this because we are of truth.
 
Jesus even says the voice of strangers we will not follow.  (John 10)
 
That is the reason we are troubled by many things spoken today at our churches by both pastors and by people in the congregations.
 
In this Podcast I share some of those things.
 
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In their hearts, people "boasted" over that which they would do "next year". Then Coronavirus came!

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
James 3
 
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
 
And what is that which is coming?
 
* The great tribulation of God:  The 14 plagues  (Rev. 8, 9, 16)
 
* God shakes the power of heaven before Jesus comes through the clouds:  (Mt. 24:29)
 
* Then comes Jesus and gathers HIS elect, removing them from this earth. (Mt 24:30-31)
 
* Last, God destroys this present heaven and earth. (II Peter 3:10-14)
 
By thinking on these assured things, boasts concerning what we will do in the future might change considerably.
 
Also those things we thought to be so important might diminish greatly as we think on that which is coming according to the Bible.
 
 
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Who is right and who is wrong. Appoint God to judge the situation.

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Where there is envy and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.  (James 3:16) 
 
Recently I turned to God to ask HIM to judge a situation.  God knows the exact truth.  I don't know though I might think I know. 
 
There can be so much confusion if we get involved and try to straighten things out. 
 
I find it better to let the money go and protect my soul. 
 
A few years ago, God showed me this:  "You will never make this world righteous or fair no matter what you do.  It is the new heaven and the new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness." 
 
II Peter 3:13   Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 
 
God provides for me and God always sees that I have an abundance on this present earth. 
 
God takes me in a way whereby I will be cared for and protected.
 
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.
 
So when there is strife, turn to God and let God judge.  Just appoint God as judge and end the matter doing that which brings the worldly situation to an end.
 
(Sometimes God will choose to give us a word or a dream to show us HIS view of the issue, but unless God gives us a word on the matter at hand, we just turn it over to God and rest in the assurance that God will sort it out and judge justly.)
 
Don't we know that it is only a matter of time before we are removed from this present world and this world is destroyed by God?
 
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Ministers of Satan spoken of by Jesus, Paul, Peter, and Jude in the Bible

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
Jesus warned us about the last days when false ministers and false Christians would come in HIS name deceiving many:
 
Matthew 24  
 
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. 
 
(Ministers and individuals in churches will come saying "Jesus is Lord" and because they say that, many will accept them and they will deceive "many".) 
 
Paul calls them "angels of light": 
 
II Corinthians 11 
 
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 
 
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 
 
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
 
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. 
 
13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 
 
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 
 
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 
 
The apostle Peter says: 
 
2 Peter 2 
 
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 
 
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 
 
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
 
 
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 
 
13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 
 
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 
 
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 
 
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 
 
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 
 
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 
 
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 
 
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.
 
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How can we live the way of this world, and not go down with this world when troubles come upon this world?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
During Coronavirus, I watched TV reports for several months.  People drove up to the food banks in their new cars to get the free food.  Never once, I did see anyone in the line in an old, beat up car or pickup. What does this show us about the way people live today?
 
If we, as the church, live by the way of the world, we will greatly suffer with the world when the world is affected.
 
This world sets up all sorts of "special" days whereby they celebrate one thing or another.  None of these days are prescribed by God in the Bible.  They are all ideas of men, and other men thought it would be a good thing to celebrate these days, so they do.
 
What happens when that "special" day fails to live up to our expectations?  (sadness, depression, disappointment)
 
We bring the failures of the plans of this world upon ourselves when we yoke ourselves to these plans which are not set forth by God.  (such as:  Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day)
 
I've heard women brag about what they received from their husband on various holidays.  Later the same women are depressed, for their husband is no longer living to give them these things they lusted after, and the women remember the past with longing, pulling themselves down by their own lusts.
 
God's way is as follows:
 
Colossians 3
 
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
 
If we live the way of this world, we will go down with this world.
 
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Paul, called to be an apostle

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney ...
When did the New Testament church begin?  How did the church become established?
 
There was no New Testament church when Jesus walked on this earth in the form of a man.  There was only the synagogue of the Jews.
 
As HE lived on this earth, Jesus appointed 12 apostles to be His disciples, including Judas who betrayed HIM.
 
After Jesus was resurrected, the 11 apostles selected 2 men over which they drew lots to see who would replace Judas.  
 
Acts 1:26   And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
 
(So Matthias became the 12th apostle.)
 
As this was happening, Paul (Saul) was busy persecuting the followers of Jesus.  From heaven Jesus called Paul and spoke to Paul making Paul an apostle.
 
Paul tells us this story in Acts 26 as he testified before king Agrippa.
 
Acts 26:9-19   I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.  Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.  And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in ME.19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
 
So where does Paul fit in the church?  They already have 12 apostles.  
 
Here is the story of the New Testament church and our calling today as "saints".
 
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How much do you really know? Do you want to find out?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
There are 14 plagues during the great tribulation that God is sending upon this earth.  Seven come when the seven angels sound trumpets, one by one.  Then after this seven angels are given vials containing the wrath of God which they pour out one by one.
 
These plagues could go on for months or some even for years.  We know for sure one plague will last 5 months.  But we don't know how long the other plagues will last.
 
We read about these plagues in Revelation 8, 9, and 16.
 
Here are some questions by which you can examine yourselves to see how much you really know?
 
* Here is one of the plagues.  Which of the 14 plagues is this?  Why would it matter?  It might matter a great deal if you are still on this earth when it happens because Jesus told us those who "endure" to the end will be saved.
 
"and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell:"  (such as:  NYC, Paris, London, Rome, Moscow and other cities fell)
 
So if you should see such an earthquake over the entire world and cities of the nations falling, which plague would this be in the great tribulation?  
 
(You will find the answer to this in Revelation 16.)
 
Other things that will happen with this plague:  
 
"And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found."
 
"And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great."
 
 
* Does Jesus return for the church before or after the powers of heaven are shaken?
 
This is a critical point in showing us exactly where we are in the plagues that come during the end times.
 
(The answer is in Matthew 24.)
 
* In one plague, grievous sores come upon some men but not on other men.  Why?
 
(The answer is in Revelation 16.)
 
* What do we do that we may be accounted "worthy" to escape all these things that are coming on this earth and to stand before the Son of Man?
 
(The answer is in Luke 21.)
 
 
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The antichrist people will not repent

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
I was looking for a church to attend and at a service I visited pastor was speaking of the woman in John 8 who was brought before Jesus after she had been taken in adultery.  
 
Pastor said, "She was naked from the waist up." 
 
I was so shocked!  I have read John 8 many times and had never seen that before.  I grabbed my Bible even as pastor continued speaking and read John 8.  What pastor said was not in John 8.
 
The next morning, I called this pastor.  I told him I had been in his congregation the previous day when he spoke about the woman who was taken in adultery being naked from her waist up when they brought her to Jesus.  
 
I told pastor I couldn't find that in the Bible and I asked pastor where that is in Bible.
 
Pastor said,  "I can't recall where that is in the Bible." 
 
I said, "It is very important for me to know where this is in the Bible, so would you please look it up and tell your secretary where it is in Bible and have her call me and tell me where it is?" 
 
Pastor grew very silent for a few moments. 
 
Then with great anger, pastor shouted at me over the phone, saying, "Alright.  It's not in the Bible.  Where do you go to church?" 
 
Though pastor admitted what he said was not in the Bible, pastor showed no shame at all.  Pastor did not repent.   
 
How could this be?  I wondered.
 
Later I realized, "Antichrist people do not repent."  Even in the great tribulation, they did not repent.
 
The plagues came upon them and they cursed God, but they did not repent of their own works.
 
Revelation 9
 
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
20-21  And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:  Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. 
 
 
Those people in churches who fall away from scripture and go by another doctrine are antichrist, opposite to Christ.
 
II Thessalonians 2:3-4Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day of the Lord shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
In 1982, God said to me:  "The "falling away" are not people leaving the churches.  The "falling away" are the churches leaving the scriptures."
The apostle Paul explains to us in II Thessalonians 2, that Jesus could not return until this happens.
 
We have seen this happen and are seeing this happen in today's churches where scripture is abandoned in part and other doctrines are set up in the church groups.
 
I've never seen any of these pastors or individuals in churches repent after they have accepted the doctrine of antichrist.
 
Further concerning these people who will not repent:
 
II Thessalonians 2
 
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
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Paul says: For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God (II Cor. 2:17)

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
Paul told the elders at Ephesus that he knew that "after his departing", many of the elders among themselves would arise "speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." (Acts 20:30)
 
The apostle John told the church group there were already "many antichrist" who had come among their church group.
 
II John 2:18-19   Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.  They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
 
Some of them went out and started other church groups, and preached "another doctrine".
 
Hereby all these denominations began.  And many other denominations came later through the centuries, between the early church set up by Jesus from heaven at the time Jesus was taken into heaven, until now in the time where we live.
 
But we have only one doctrine and that is the doctrine of the New Testament Bible by the Holy Spirit of God.
 
And we have one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God.
 
But there are many church denominations and many diverse doctrines in these groups.
 
How do we know the truth?
 
We read the New Testament Bible and when we are of God, HE opens our eyes to see the truth and the doctrines of Christ.
 
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.
 
When we see a church teaching something opposite to the doctrine of Christ which we read the in Bible we leave that church group, knowing it is "antichrist" opposite to the doctrine of Christ, the Word.
 
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"What do we call you? Reverend?" a woman said to me

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...
In the setting up of the New Testament church, Jesus, from heaven, gave to the church the following:
Ephesians 4:11-12 
And HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
No man in the Bible called himself "Reverend" ... No person called another man "Reverend."
Psalm 111...  Holy and reverend is HIS name.  (God's name)
You may think it doesn't matter.  
But to call that minister "Reverend" not only violates the Holy Bible, but it causes idolatry in the church as that man is put in a place whereby the congregation worships him.
In 1980, God put me on radio to exhort the church.  A woman came to me telling me she was one of my listeners.  And she said to me,  "What do we call you?  Reverend?"
I was very shocked!
I replied, "No, call me Joan ... like you would call Paul, Paul."
I did not have to think before telling her this because in me is the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, and I knew we were not to be called "Reverend."
I would never permit this.
And neither should they.
It's not just my opinion.  It is just not done in the Bible and that is what we go by when we serve God.
 
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Superstitions of men. Do we really live by these?

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
When we are born of God and HIS Spirit lives in us we are very different from the way we were before God revealed Himself to us.  We no longer follow pagan ideas.  Now we have in us, through God, the Spirit of Truth.  We cannot live in lies. 
 
* Does the eating of black eyed peas on New Year's Day bring you "luck"?
 
* If you break a mirror do you really expect 7 years bad luck?
 
* If you get in the crowd of single women at a wedding to try to catch the bride's bouquet, do you really believe that will cause you to become the next bride?
 
* If you wear bananas on your head will your baseball team win?  (This is really one of my personal favorites.  I saw the Arkansas baseball fans do this at the College World's Series a few years ago.  But they lost the game.  At least they could eat the bananas, unless the bananas were plastic as some wore.) 
 
We as Christians cannot live by worldly superstitions. 
 
Our "luck" (blessing) is from God, creator of heaven and earth who really has power. 
 
1 Timothy 4:7  But refuse profane (secular sayings) and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
 
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Jesus says: For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. (Mt. 23:4)

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
In Matthew 23, Jesus spoke concerning the scribes and Pharisees, the ministers of the time when HE walked on this earth in the flesh.
 
Many of these men who were heads of the synagogues and heads of the children of Israel, were very evil.
By the Words Jesus spoke to us in Matthew 23, I see so many of today's preachers.
Since we went on Internet with the ministry blog in March, 2012, we have received many e-mails from men who say they are "pastors".  
First they say how much they are helped by the word we publish.  Then the truth comes out:  send us a computer, send us Bibles, send us a projector, send us a camera, send us money to help pay for a school we have just built, send us money to help with our old folks home.
They place heavy burdens on us and on other people but they won't lift a finger to help even in their own works.
And Jesus said more things about these "ministers".
Matthew 23
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Jesus said, concerning the end times:
Matthew 24:4-5  Take heed that no man deceive you.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 
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Hearing the Word from God and going forward doing what HE says

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
* How are your finances?  Have you heard anything from God, which way to go forward?  Have you talked with God about this?
James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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* Is there anything that is difficult or complicated in your life or in days approaching?  Is your yoke easy?  Or is your yoke hard?
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 11:
 
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
 
If your "yoke" is difficult, then you have somehow yoked yourself to plans of men rather than plans of God.  You have done that which was wise in your own eyes.
 
Turn to God in prayer and ask HIM to help you, to undo those burdens, to help you to go forward in HIS ways and in HIS plans.
 
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
 
If anything in your life is difficult, complex, financially draining, then you are not going in the wisdom of God.  When God gives us HIS plan, it is pure, peaceable, gentle, easy.
 
Is there anything that troubles you?  Are you concerned about anything?
 
If so, pray, and settle the matter with God.  Pour out your heart to God on the matter.  Let your "requests" be made known unto God.
 
Philippians:6-7  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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God will destroy this present heaven and earth with fire

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Because of the Bible, we know that which is coming in the time ahead.
 
Peter tells us:
 
II Peter 3:10-13 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.
 
Knowing the future things that are coming, according to Bible, changes everything!
 
We cannot put our hope in a continuation of things on this earth as we have know them.  We cannot build lives on this earth as we have done.  
 
Everything we can see with our natural eye will be destroyed by God and that could happen at any time.
 
I see it as something similar to Coronavirus.  Those things we had were gone immediately!  In one day, all sports in the USA vanished from our sight.  Businesses closed.  Streets became vacant.  
 
When God sends the great tribulation, at first, some people will not even realize anything significant is happening.
 
Plague #1:  Revelation 8:7  The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
 
A third of the earth was affected.  If this happens in USA, will the people in Russia know anything that will affect them has happened?  (A virus in China has nothing to do with us in USA? does it?)
 
But look at that which happens with the 4th tribulation from God:
 
Revelation 8:12  And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
 
Now everyone all over the entire world will know something is happening.  And this world will be greatly affected.
 
And far more is to come:  10 more tribulations which will be even worse
 
Revelation 8:13   And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
 
Daniel 12:10  Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
 
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Persecution comes for the "Word's sake" to steal the Word from our hearts

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
As soon as God speaks to our mind by HIS Spirit to give us an instruction, and we believe and go that way, the devil will likely come to try to make us doubt that it was really God speaking to us:  "Hath God said?"   The devil said to Eve.  (Gen.3)
 
Often circumstances of this life fight that direction God told us to go.
 
We must have full assurance that it was God who spoke these words to us.  And we must hold fast to that which God said to us in the matter at hand.
 
In this Podcast, I present examples of fighting the good fight of faith and recognizing God when HE speaks a word to us.
 
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The devil tries to destroy us by getting us to do "good works"

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Men come to us saying they are ministers asking us to send money to them and asking us to give them such things a computers and Bibles.  They cause us to feel guilty over the blessings God has given us.
All this are devils working through these "ministers" to harm us.
We have blessings from God because we deliberately set ourselves to follow God by HIS Spirit.
These men who want us to give them things do not seek God as we do therefore they "lack" when they should have plenty as we do.
Psalm 23:1   The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
There are many deceivers today, especially they of the ministries.
Don't be deceived by them.
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When Jesus returns for the church

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The word, "Rapture", is used in many churches to describe the church being removed from this present earth and taken into heaven.
 
The first time I ever heard this word, "Rapture" used at church, I was very shocked.   
 
I checked New Testament Bible and found this word, "Rapture", is not in the Bible.  It is a word that was made up by man.  
 
I never use this word to describe the church being taken into heaven.
 
The following scriptures wonderfully tell us what will happen:
 
I Thessalonians 4:13-17 ... The dead in Christ rise first. 
 
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.
 
("In the air" is very important for it shows us Jesus' kingdom will not be on the present earth.  After we are removed from this earth, God will destroy this heaven and earth by fire.  We will be in our new spiritual bodies and will be taken to the New Heaven and the New Earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.)
 
I Corinthians 15:48-52  ... We are changed into new spiritual bodies. 
 
48  As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
 
(On this earth we have the physical form resembling our parents.  In heaven we will have the form of God and Jesus which is a spiritual form.)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.
 
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God shakes the heavens and the earth and then Jesus returns to gather the righteous

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
God created the heaven and the earth and kept them in place by HIS Word.  At the end, before Jesus returns, God shakes the power of the heaven and the earth.
 
The prophets of the Old Testament saw the end of this present world.
 
Joel 2:1-2  Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in MY holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;  A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
 
Joel 2:30-32   And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.  
 
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.  
 
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
 
Amos 5:18-20  Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.  As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.  Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
 
Isaiah 13:13   Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.
 
Jesus also tells of this end time: 
 
Matthew 24:21-22  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 
29  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:
 
30-31  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.
 
Then God destroys this present heaven and earth by fire:
 
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