Building your house on the word from God

Using the great power of God that is in us to do the will of God on this earth

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
God has placed each of HIS people in a role on this present earth with an "assignment" to do. 
How do we know our assignment?  It is simple.  Our assignment is where we are right now. * A husband and father ... a wife and mother ... a businessman ... a teacher... a mechanic ... a waitress.   We begin where we are. Our goal in our assignment:  To serve God in all things and to reflect God in our actions. Each of us have been equipped by God to succeed. Pray, asking God what you are to do today.  Ask God how you are to fulfill today's assignment.  Ask God to give you wisdom to do that which you need to do, for understanding and wisdom are from God. Follow the concepts and scriptures given you by the Holy Spirit who dwells in you.  Keep them before you throughout the day. There is a great Holy Spirit in us to enable us to do all the will of God in the matters set before us.  Follow that Holy Spirit doing what HE brings to your mind.  Asking God to fill your day.  Depending on God rather than on yourself. The starting point for us as we live today is presented in this Podcast.
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The way of the ungodly will perish

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
They call themselves Christians, but they do that which is right in their own eyes, in their own way of thinking.  They do not call on God for HIS wisdom in the specific issues at hand. They are life a leaf blowing in the wind.  They go one way then the opposite way without any thought at all. They do not seem to have faith that God will communicate HIS will to themselves, therefore they don't think to ask God. The ones who hear from God are like a rock which will never fall.   But the way of the ungodly, those who fail to consider that which God wants them to do, their way of doing things, will perish. Psalm 1:4-6  The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.  For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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Jesus says: "I can of mine own self do nothing. As I hear (from God) I judge." John 5:30

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
We should be exactly the same as Jesus.  We should understand that of our own selves we can do nothing.  We hear from God the Father through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us and we learn to follow THAT Word. John 14:26  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 16:13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear (from God), that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. We recognize the thoughts that are from God by the following: 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. But if we are in envy and strife there is confusion and every evil work.  James 3 We must give up the envy and strife through repentance and prayer.Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Antichrist in the churches thinks he can do the works of God by his own wisdom and he does not call on God for wisdom concerning his plans, for he is opposite to God and thinks of himself to be able to do spiritual things.
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The devil will try to destroy us but we can keep that from happening through prayer

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
A woman in our church group stored up things against me in her own heart.  She did this over a period of years.  And finally she let herself go and struck against me.  By this, the devil destroyed her.  And there was nothing I could do to bring her back. It is so easy to deal with destructive thoughts and keep ourselves through God. Devils will try to get you to be offended with other people.  But if you will begin to deliberately think on all the good things that person has done toward you, the devil will flee from you!This same woman who struck at me once said to me, "You are the most godly woman I've ever known." WHAT HAPPENED TO HER? Devils bring thoughts to our minds.  If we take in those thoughts we will ruin ourselves.  She failed, through the years, to take thoughts to God to allow God to establish the truth.  She just lived by the thoughts brought by devils and agreed with him.We must beware and not do this.John 10:10    Jesus said: 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.
 
The apostle Paul told us:  
 
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.  (Philippians 2:12)
Endurance comes by turning to God in prayer concerning the issues of this life and allowing God to establish HIS truth by HIS Spirit so we can hold on to HIS way.
 
Devils will delude us and lead us the wrong way if we let them.
 
Examples in this podcast.
 
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The power of meditating in the Word of God

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
As we keep a scripture before us day and night, we find eventually we have a power in us which enables us to follow that scripture.   In the Bible is it described as follows: Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
God leads the New Testament church today by HIS Spirit, the Holy Spirit, who lives in the believer.
When God speaks to us to reveal The Word to us, the Holy Spirit is also given to those of  us who believe that Word.  We are sealed by God with the Holy Spirit.  (Eph. 1)
 
One of the things done by the Holy Spirit is to remind us of the Word God has given us.  That shows us what we are to think upon and to do at this point in our lives.
 
Thus we are given various scriptures to lead us and guide us and comfort us and help us.  God does this by the Holy Spirit bringing these scriptures to our mind.  We then think on these scriptures and apply them to our lives.  Often we need to keep that scripture before us day and night, morning and evening, until it really becomes a part of us.  
 
I am currently working on the following scripture:
 
Romans 12:18   If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
 
I look at this scripture each morning and think on the instruction given me by this scripture.
 
At night, when I go to bed, I look again at this scripture to check myself and see if I have done what this scripture tells me to do as I have lived that day.
 
In a few days, as I do this scripture, it will become a part of my daily life and it will overcome my flesh which wants to quarrel with other people.  
 
I believe we are recreated in the image of Christ (The Word) each time we do a scripture.
 
In this podcast, I will speak with you about ways to set up scriptures on your Kindle tablet in your Photos (or I-phone), so you can keep scripture before you easily and think upon those scriptures given you by the Holy Spirit of God.
 
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Looking for peace and living in peace

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
In 1980, I was in France.  As I listened to the people walking past me, it was so lovely and peaceful.  Then I realized:  "It is peaceful to me because I can't understand what they are saying!" One day, we come to this understanding: II Peter 3:13  Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. We can't make this present earth righteous.It is the "new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness." But as Christians we do live in peace by learning to take every concern to God in prayer and by settling the matter with God by the Spirit of God and by living in the truth given to us by God concerning the issue at hand.We, like Abraham, set our goal and mind as follows:Genesis 14:21-23   And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.  And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,  That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: We, as children born of the Spirit of God, do not look to governments of men for our "riches" or well being on this earth.  We determine that which we have will be given to us by God.  We do not seek the lottery money.  We see God's plan for our well being.We do not protest in the streets when people do unrighteous acts.  For we know humans will be unrighteous on this earth.We seek our well being from God and live in peace through prayer by trusting in God.
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Taught by God

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
If we are born of the Spirit of God, we are taught by God.  Most people in churches today are not taught by God.  They put themselves into the churches by going forward and being baptized without having the Spirit of God ... or they joined the church by the will of man.
John 6    Jesus said: 44  No man can come to ME (The Word), except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I (The Word) will raise him up at the last day.45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of (by) God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of (from) the Father, cometh unto me (The Word). Man loves to "glory in the flesh" of man.  Therefore the Jews in the New Testament church in the day of Paul said the believers from the Gentiles had to be circumcised.  (Galatians 3-5) They wanted to glory in the flesh of that which man did. Today they want to glory in our flesh by telling people things we did.  But I've found when I tell then that God had me do that thing over which they glory, most flee from me.  They don't want to glory in things God has done.  They want to glory in my flesh, in things I have done.That person who is really of God glories in that which God has done. Jesus said:  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.  (John 5:30) Like Jesus, we can do nothing except that which we hear from God by HIS Spirit, the Holy Spirit.And by HIS Spirit we are taught by God concerning the will of God and that which God wants us to do as we live on this present earth.
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We can't follow this world and it's ways. Follow the Spirit of God.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The Holy Spirit of God lives in each believer to show that believer the will of God in dealing with the issues of this present life.  (I Cor. 2) James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. The Holy Spirit teaches us all things, reminds us of that which Jesus has said, guides us into all truth, shows us things to come.  (Jn. 14:26 & 16:13) The way of this world will fail.  God will not fail.We have a sure thing with God when we have the Holy Spirit in us to guide us and when we follow God by HIS Spirit making our decisions by HIS Spirit.
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In this time of the last days, we should go forward with much more confidence, knowing the Holy Spirit dwells in us

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The Holy Spirit of God, who dwells in each believer, teaches us all things, reminds us of all Jesus has said to us, guides us into all truth, shows us that which is to come.  (John 14:26 & John 16:13) These are incredibly powerful weapons which this world does not have. We, who have the Holy Spirit of God in us, should not go down with this world nor with those religious people who have not God. Do you understand that the Holy Spirit of Jesus lives in each believer? By this Spirit, we know the will of God for us in the specific issues of this present life.  (I Cor. 2) 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. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth and HE shows us truth in each question of this present life.
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Bible shows: The Holy Spirit of Jesus lives in each believer in the NT Church

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
In the Old Testament God gave the Holy Spirit to the prophets.  But the people had to come to a prophet to hear the will of God. In the New Testament all who belong to God are given the Holy Spirit of God to teach them all things, to remind them of that which Jesus has said, to guide them into all truth, and to show them things to come.  (John 14:26 & John 16:13)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;
 
So now, in the New Testament church, we no longer have to go to a prophet to inquire of God.  We have the Holy Spirit living in us.  Jesus tells us this in the following scripture:
 
John 737  In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto ME (The Word), and drink.38 He that believeth on me (The Word), as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
 
After Jesus died and was taken into heaven, the Holy Spirit of Jesus was given to each believer to live inside that believer to guide that believer into all truth!Bible shows Holy Spirit lives in the believer: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 6:19-20   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?   For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 
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? Romans 8 7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11But 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.Jesus lives in each believer today by that Spirit which God gives us after we believe the Word.
 
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Jesus lives in each believer

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
After God reveals Jesus to us by HIS Word, God seals each believer with the Holy Spirit of Jesus, and Jesus the Word, by HIS Spirit, lives in that believer. From that point forward the believer has the Holy Spirit of God in him to teach him and to guide him and to show him things to come as God wills.Scriptures showing us that Jesus Christ is in us when we are believers:
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 6:19-20   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?   For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
 
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? Romans 87  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11But 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.
 
I John 42 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh (of the believer) is of God:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh (of the believer) is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Many people in churches are antichrist, denying that God lives in them by the Holy Spirit of Jesus.
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They say they are Christians but they do not believe that Jesus (The Word) comes to us today into our flesh to lead and guide us

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
All people know there was a man who walked on this earth and his name was Jesus.
 
But few know that Jesus lives inside the believer today by HIS Spirit ... and the Spirit of Jesus brings scripture and concepts to the mind of the believer to teach him, to guide him, to show him things to come.
 
Few people, even those people in churches, believe that Jesus has come into the body of the believer to live in that believer by His Spirit. 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 6:19-20   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?   For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
 
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?
Romans 8 7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.  8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11But 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.Jesus lives in each believer today by that Spirit which God gives us after we believe the Word.
 
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In the beginning was THE WORD. In the end is THE WORD.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
People today speak of "The Lord" and "Jesus"  but both are "THE WORD."  When we say, "The Lord is my shepherd," we are really saying "THE WORD is my shepherd."  For everything is THE WORD. THE WORD was with God in the beginning.  At the appointed time, THE WORD came to earth in the form of the flesh of a man named Jesus, and dwelt for an appointed time.  Then THE WORD returned to heaven and became our intercessor and the Holy Spirit of Jesus, THE WORD, came to dwell in each believer.Now THE WORD speaks to us by HIS Spirit.  THE WORD teaches us, speaking to us in the form of a thought.  THE WORD guides us into all truth.  THE WORD lives in us and is with us constantly.All things were made by The Word and without The Word nothing was made.  If it exists at all it is by The Word.All scriptures were inspired by God.  II Timothy 3:16  God brought THE WORD down to men and they put THE WORD into the Bible, thus the scripture themselves are THE WORD. The scriptures are not an history book telling about things of God.  The scriptures are God, The Word. It is a mystery to most who say they are Christians today.But The Word is God.
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Some people think they need to forgive when what they really need to do is depart from that troublesome church person

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
If we put ourselves with church people who will not follow scripture, they will greatly vex us with their words and deeds.  You are constantly forgiving these persons.   But according to scripture, what you should do is leave them alone and do not hear what they say when they will not follow the doctrines of Christ and they go another way. II John8 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. Examples:
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Church games

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
In 1975, shortly after I was born again, I went to a business where I could make copies of papers.
 
A little old man came up to me and said, "Little lady.  You didn't park behind that green and gold car did you?"
 
"No sir," I replied.
 
Then he said to me, "That's a Baylor car."  (Baylor is a Baptist University in Texas.)
 
Then he asked, "You don't happen to be a Christian do you?"
 
With much excitement I answered, "Well yes, I am!"
 
Then he said, "Oh heck!  I just joined the witnessing class at First Baptist Church, and you are the first person I have chosen to witness to."
 
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Pursuit of money, fame, reputation ... Overcoming our own flesh

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
We cannot pursue fame, money and reputation among men and serve God.  The only way we can be a servant of God is to do that which God tells us to do which is opposite to the way of this world.
But our flesh wants fame, money and reputation.
So there is a battle.
How do we overcome our own flesh?
This is the story of this Podcast.
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Hearing a WORD from God and following that WORD are strong assurances for us as we live on this earth

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The Holy Spirit of God gives us an idea or a scripture to follow.  When we learn to recognize God speaking to us, we have such a strong advantage in going forward and it can set everything up for us in a way that puts us above this world in the various crises of this world.
In this Podcast, step by step illustrations are given concerning hearing from God and following God.
I consider we are coming into a season on this present earth where life is very different from that which came in previous years.
Each of us need to understand things will be different and those old plans could fail us.
But God will never fail us when we understand HIS voice and how to follow the Spirit of God.
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II Corinthians 5: Making the time count between now and the time we are removed from this earth

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
II Corinthians 5
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him.
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.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; 
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II Corinthians 6: Trying to drive your car with one flat tire

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
If we are a Christian and we are around those who say they are Christians but they do not rejoice in the revelations we share that are from God, we are yoking ourselves to a person who is really not of the Spirit of God. Our relationship with that other person is "one sided", with us doing all the talking while that person sits silently, trying not to show his real feelings on the matter. This reminds me of a golf joke:  Two men were playing golf.  On the second tee, one man dropped dead.  When the other man returned to the club house, they asked how his game went that day.  He replied, "Well, it was a little difficult.  Joe dropped dead on the second tee and I had to hit my ball and drag Joe around the rest of the course." When we yoke ourselves to a person who is like a flat tire, dead, it is a difficult yoke to keep trying to pull them around the course. Many who say they are Christians today are like dead people:  
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James 4: Friend of the world is the enemy of God

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
 
friend:  one who gives aid and support to (We cannot support the ways of this world.)
 
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Matthew 7: Jesus says, "many" go in the way of destruction and "few" find the way of life

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Jesus says:
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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Psalm 1: We become "like a tree" when we meditate day and night in the Word of God

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
 
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An ungodly man digs up evil

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Beware of men and women who come to you with "spicy" stories.Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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Numbers 33: If you allow those who trouble you to remain with you, they will vex you continually

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Some people in churches will vex you continually and drain you and even pull you down, if you allow them to do so. 
They are as described by the apostle Paul in II Timothy 3:7 ... Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Jesus warns:
Matthew 24   Concerning those in the last days:  4 Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
These are people who put themselves into the church without having the Spirit of God.
Jude
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers (those who copy others) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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Talking about Coronavirus, and the great tribulation, and things that are to come upon this present earth

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
While Coronavirus is not a part of the 14 plagues of the great tribulation, this current virus certainly helps us to understand how something can feel it will never end.  
Remember how we felt in 2020 when 5 months had past and Coronavirus was still continuing upon the whole world?
Endurance during such times is the difficulty.
No one knows when this Coronavirus will end and activities will get back to the way they once were on this present earth, or even IF activities will return to normal again.
But we can learn some important things from this experience with Coronavirus.
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