Building your house on the word from God

Laying a foundation upon which you can securely build for the rest of your life on this present earth

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The first concept we develop after we are born again, is the understanding of how God uses the Spirit of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, to lead us and guide us and teach us in all things pertaining to Jesus.  We build on that Word that comes down from heaven to us by God's Spirit.  Thus our plans are authored by God HIMSELF and we have a sure foundation for that which we do upon this present earth.
And we are conformed to the image of Jesus each time we do that word from God, following that word which is given us by the Spirit of God in scripture, by dreams, or in a word brought to our mind by the Spirit of God.
By this, we start the remainder of our life in Christ with a sure foundation created by God for HIS church.
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Be not conformed to this world

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The ways of this world are opposite to the ways of God as set forth in the New Testament Bible. And because of the ways of this world, the wrath of God, the great tribulation comes upon this earth in the last days.  In those days, things on this earth get so bad that men seek death and shall not find it. 
None of us want to be here when God's wrath is loosed upon this earth.  If we do as this world does, we will receive as this world receives.  But if we are born again, we will not want to do as this world.
Some of the ways of this world are shown in this Podcast along with the way of God which we should set our hearts and minds to follow, staying on God's highway.
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When we believe, we act

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
God speaks to us through scripture, through dreams, through concepts brought to our minds by the Holy Spirit of God.  When we believe that word, we act upon that which that word said to us.  Without action, the word becomes void in our lives.
Abraham believed God ... so he did what God told him to do.
God chooses to speak something to us.  We hear and believe it was God who spoke.  Then after we believe, we act upon that word.  This is the essence of faith in God.  We have faith it was God speaking to us in that issue.
A lack of action is evidence that we do not really believe that word from God.
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Catholic church cancels Friday Prayers as Coronavirus rages

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
This tells the whole story concerning the faith level of the Catholic church. They testify they don't really believe in prayers.
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We do not live by the Law of Moses ... but we will be judged by the Law of God in the New Testament Bible

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Many churches have discarded the law of God today.  They say we will not be judged by "The Law" so they discard all the rules given us by God in the New Testament Bible.  In discarding the law of Moses, they also discarded the laws of God.  This is the road to destruction and damnation.
We no longer do the laws of Moses, we no longer sacrifice animals for our sins and trespasses.
Jesus is our sacrifice for sins and trespasses and by the blood of Jesus we are cleansed, "if we walk in the light of HIS word".
If anyone should choose to continue in his sins after he is born again a fearful fate awaits him.
When we are born again by the Spirit of God, we are new creatures!  Now we have an heart for the Word of God.
If we continue in HIS Word, then we are HIS disciples indeed.  (John 8:31)
Each time we do the Word from God, we are recreated in the image of Jesus.
We, the New Testament church, do not live in the law of Moses ... but we do live in the rules of God as set forth in the New Testament Bible.  
Do you know the rules of God from the New Testament Bible?
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Are homosexual & lesbians born that way? What Bible says.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
In the world of the Christian, there are "revelations" where the Holy Spirit allows you to understand a small portion of a subject.  God has given me one small revelation about divorce and remarriage and another another concerning the subject of homosexuals, when the person says he was just born that way.  On this Podcast I will share that which God showed me concerning homosexual/lesbians.  
(Tomorrow I will share the revelation God gave me about homosexuals/lesbians)
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Divorce/remarriage: Rules differ for men and women according to Bible

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Humans cause things to become so twisted and complex in their own wisdom.  When God gives us a small bit of information it is so clear and simple.  Here is what God said to me about divorce and remarriage.
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Effectual, fervent prayer: Hate your job? Seeking more money? Seeking to marry?

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
For prayer to be "effective" it must be according to the will of God for you.  How do you know it is God's will for that which you are praying to happen?  This is step one to prayer.  Seeking the will of God and being assured that you are praying according to the will of God.
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I can't believe anything is wrong at MY church

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Pam Padgett was raised Catholic.  From her earliest remembrance she heard the Catholic church was the one true church.  After she was born again, she continued in Catholic church.  A Methodist friend often asked Pam, "And where is that in the Bible," when Pam would speak Catholic doctrine.  
At first Pam thought it had to be in the Bible for that is what she had been taught in the Catholic church.  She began looking in the Bible for that doctrine she had been taught in the Catholic church and it was not in the Bible.  Several times this happened.  
Finally Pam made out a list of questions about doctrine and presented this list to a Catholic nun and that nun's face turned totally white and then Pam knew the truth about the Catholic church.
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What is wrong with the faith movement?

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Millions of people around the world will gather together Sunday morning in faith movement churches.  They will be taught a doctrine which seems very right and good, for they will use scriptures and hunt for scriptures and try to follow after scriptures.  There is just one problem.  The consideration of  the will of God in the matter at hand is left out as they seek scriptures to get what they want in this present life.  Story of my years in the faith movement and the dream God gave me to get me out and to open my eyes.
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Men add their own commandments to churches and cause the congregations to sin

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Unless God authors the plan, it is sin.  Men often try to do something that seems religious to them and they set up religious requirements for the congregations and often those rules cause the congregation to sin.  
Paul explains this in the following:  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ... Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. ( I Tim. 4:1;3)
Therefore "idols" are set up in their churches for people to worship by doing these things not commanded by God.
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Without spot and blameless: Being ready for return of Jesus

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The apostle Peter tells us:  "Be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless."  No one knows the day or hour that Jesus will return.  But when JESUS returns we must be found by Jesus, at that moment, to be in peace, without spot, and blameless.  We must live that way constantly.  Otherwise we might be left on this present earth to go through the great tribulation while others in the church are taken out and placed in the New Jerusalem.  For after the great tribulation, this present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God by fire according to Peter.  II Peter 3
In this Podcast, we see ways that we live without spot and blameless.
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Prayer: Getting ourselves ready for the return of Jesus

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The apostle Peter tells us 3 things we need to do to be ready for the return of Jesus.  Peter says, "Be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless."  
In the midst of all the problems of this world today, be found by Jesus "in peace".  There is a way to keep ourselves in a state of peace even when there are multiple problems daily.  
Being "without spot" and "blameless" requires a diligence in following the scriptures daily as the Spirit of God calls our attention to those scripture and also we can't be without spot while we associate in various corruptions, such as corruptions at church where doctrines have been changed from the specific scriptures.
At the judgment seat of Christ, it is The Word who judges us.  We can't "fall away" from the doctrines set by The Word and be without spot and blameless.
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The angels pour out the plagues of the vials of wrath of God upon the earth

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The end of this present earth comes and the great winepress of God pours out blood of the wicked in judgment upon this earth.
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The great tribulation, the wrath of God, that is coming upon this world

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Because of the evils of this world, and the departure from scriptures in the churches, the end-time wrath of God comes upon this present world and Jesus returns for those who truly believe in HIM and follow the scriptures.  
I believe the real followers of the Word, the scriptures, will be taken out by Jesus before the wrath of God begins.  
But the vast majority of churches have stopped following many scriptures and have fallen away from those portions of scriptures that offend people of this world and the man of lawlessness has moved into the churches as a result.  
Paul said this had to happen before Jesus returns.  
The stage is set for that return of Jesus.  But you do not want to be sitting in church where scripture has been changed when that happens.  
This is the story of that which we can expect according to the Bible.
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Reverend? No man in Bible is called Reverend

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Jesus never called Himself "Reverend".  Paul never called himself "Reverend". Peter never called himself "Reverend".  John never called himself "Reverend."  How can ministers today dare to call themselves "Reverend" when no human in the New Testament called themselves "Reverend?"  Bible says "Holy and reverend is God's name."  We should not call any human "Reverend."
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Antichrist comes through the churches, says Paul

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Paul said before Jesus returns a "falling way" would have to come and antichrist would sit in the temple of God ... in the church itself.  (II Thessalonians 2)  Churches would fall away from portions of scripture setting up doctrine opposite to NT Bible. 
For hundreds of years people have speculated on "who" is antichrist, thinking he would be some government leader.  In 1800's, Russian people thought antichrist was Napoleon.  In 1940's Hitler.
The apostle Paul shows us antichrist comes through the churches, not through the governments.  (II Thess. 2:3-4)  Apostle John says there are "many antichrists".  (I John 2)
 
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If you love your churches more than you love the scriptures

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
The apostle Peter tells us this:  "Be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless."  II Peter 3:14  What will happen to you if Jesus returns and finds you fretting about things, or if you are sitting in church groups where scripture has been discarded?  Will you be blameless and without spot if you are sitting in a church where they fail to follow scripture?  You must awaken and make changes before Jesus returns for the church.
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Warning from a prophet of God

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
New Testament prophets warn the church as God sends them.  I'm warning us, the church.  Jesus is coming and one thing we must do is to be found "without spot and blameless".  You cannot be blameless or without spot if you are attending a church where scripture has been omitted or changed.  If Jesus returns while you are still in such a church, you will be left here for the great tribulation.  Listen to this Podcast.
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Millions in churches practice idolatry each Sunday morning at church

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Some church groups light candles and burn incense, neither of which are in New Testament Bible for Christians to do in religious ceremonies. 
 
When such is added to the church by man to try to get God to do something, this is a form of witchcraft and idolatry. 
 
Crossing yourself to "bless yourself" is witchcraft, not in Bible to do this.  The Lord's Supper is the partaking of the word of God and we are to apply that word to our lives.  To associate the eating of cracker or drinking of grape juice as the Lord's supper is something devised by the fleshly mind of man and has no power.  Bowing down before wooden crosses to pray or reciting things to images of humans is to practice idolatry.  Praying to anyone other than God is an evil abomination set up by men and usurps the position of God. 
 
There are many evils in today's churches.  We must come to recognize these and refuse to participate in doing these things.  Otherwise we will suffer great penalty and loss, perhaps for all eternity.  Our God is a jealous God.
 
Neither do we set up alters to God, or candles for religious purposes, or images in our homes.  In the New Testament church we pray to God in the spirit and commune with God in spirit in churches and at our homes. 
 
John 4:23-24   Jesus says:  
 
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.
 
God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth.
 
Exodus 20:5
 
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them (to idols), nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 
 
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Our responsibility to know the New Testament Bible and to go by the rules of the New Testament Bible:
 
II Timothy 3:16-17
 
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
 
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
 
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Matthew 23:9    Jesus says ...   And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
 
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When Jesus returns, we will rise and meet Jesus "in the air".
 
I Thessalonians 4:13-17
 
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, 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 them which are asleep. 
 
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 
 
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
 
I Corinthians 15:50-52
 
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, 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.
 
II Peter 3:10-14
 
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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The practice of "idolatry" has very serious consequences:
 
Galatians 5:19-21
 
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
 
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
 
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I Corinthians 5:11;13
 
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat ...  13  Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
 
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To win the race, we must run according to the rules of the New Testament Bible, not by doctrines of those churches who depart from scripture to set up their own rules.
I Corinthians 9:24-27    Paul says: 
24   Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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Those who take pleasure in their church groups while abandoning portions of the scriptures:
 
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 lie: 
 
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
*** 
 
Adding things to the church which are not in the New Testament Bible. 
 
* Crossing yourselves  (not in Bible)
 
* Lighting candles with prayer, or any other time as a part of religion
 
* "Holy" water to cross yourselves
 
* Wearing crosses or  "religious"  medallions
 
* Praying to anyone other than God
 
* Calling crackers & grape juice "The Lord's Supper"  (The Lord's supper is partaking of the Word of God.)
 
* Christmas has become an idol greatly observed:  Not in Bible to do this at all.  Easter is not in Bible to observe this.  (Unger:  Easter was added to the church by men in 8th century.  Easter was taken from the pagan goddess of spring.)  In Acts 12, the word Easter means " The Passover".  Lent:  Jesus paid sacrifice for us in today's church.  To pay your own sacrifice by stopping doing something at "Lent" is an abomination and denies the sacrifice paid by Jesus with HIS own blood.
 
* Graven images:  Setting up statues in the church building and kneeling before statues in religious ceremonies
 
* Music: when used as entertainment in the church
 
Holy water?  Only one time in the Bible do we see a reference to "Holy Water."  This was a bitter water which was used by the OT priests to test the woman so see if she had been guilty of adultery.
 
Numbers 5:18-28
 
16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:
 
17  And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
 
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
 
19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
 
20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
 
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
 
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
 
23  And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
 
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
 
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:
 
26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
 
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
 
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
 
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Dagon, the god of the Philistines:
 
I Samuel 5:1-7
 
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
 
2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
 
3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
 
4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
 
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
 
6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and HE destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
 
7   And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
 
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Witchcrafts practiced today by people who say they are Christians

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Witchcraft is a form of superstition whereby the person thinks he can do something and cause something to happen according to his own will.  Recently a woman, who says she is a Catholic, went to our house in Texas, that is for sale, and she buried a statue in the flower bed and did some type of prayer to try to make that house sell.  This is witchcraft.  
 
Often witchcraft is associated with burning of candles or incense and use of figurines or small dolls. 
 
Of course we asked realtor to remove such from our property, although this woman's idols have no power at all.  
 
The apostle Paul lists "witchcraft" as one of the works of the flesh in Galatians 5, and Paul says:  "They which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
 
I see fans at football and basketball games doing hand signals in an attempt to "curse" (cause bad luck to come to) the opposing team.  There are football fans who do chants to conjure luck or to jinx the opposition.
 
Witchcraft is practiced today in many forms.  
 
Unfortunately church people sometimes do these things and are oblivious to that which they are actually trying to do. 
 
Awaken!  This Podcast alerts us.
 
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II Kings 9:22   What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? (Jezebel, the wife of Ahab the king of Israel, was one of the most wicked of all women cited in the Bible.)
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II Kings 33:1-2   Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
 
6  And he (Manasseh) caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke HIM (God) to anger.
 
9   So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.
 
(We expect the world to do these evil things, but to see a person chosen by God do such things is a terrible thing ... and to see them lead others in various witchcrafts and sins is abomination.)
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Micha 5:12-15  God says:    And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
 
13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
 
14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
 
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
 
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Nahum 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
 
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
 
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
 
***
 
Galatians 5:19-21   The apostle Paul says:   Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, 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.
 
***
Antichrist comes through the churches:
 
II Thessalonians 2:3-4  The apostle Paul says:   Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
 
(Church groups would "fall away" from scripture which opened the door for antichrist to come into the church group.)
 
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
 
(The following is the fate of all those who love their church groups more than they love the scriptures and therefore they remain in those church groups where scripture has been cast away in part.)
 
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
 
***

I John 2:18 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.
 
***

Acts 20:29-30   The apostle Paul speaking to the elders of the church at Ephesis:
 
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 
 
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 
***
II Peter 3:8-10   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.
*****
 
* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog 

Are you practicing idolatry or witchcraft without knowing it?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
We own a house in Texas and have it up for sale with a realtor.  Unknown to us, a Catholic person from the real estate company, buried a statue in our flower bed and prayed for the house to sell.  That is a form of witchcraft & idolatry.  Of course we were shocked when we heard this had been done and we told them to remove this statue immediately! (Of course this woman's statue has no power but we wanted it removed.)  People do not realize what it means to practice idolatry & witchcraft. And in this case it was done by a woman who thinks she is a part of the church itself.  It is a very serious matter and Paul even says they who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.  (I Cor. 6:9-10)
 
There are many forms of idolatry being practiced today by church members without them recognizing that which they are doing is idolatry.  Witchcraft is involved with superstitions which could also be a form of idolatry.  Please listen to this Podcast.
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I Corinthians 6:9-10 ... The apostle Paul says:
 
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.
***
John 4:23-24    But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship HIM.
 
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
 
***
The Lord's supper:  crackers & grape juice?
 
Jesus says:
John 6 31-34   Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
 
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
 
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
 
Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
 
35   And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
 
41-42  The Jews then murmured at him, because he (Jesus) said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
 
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
 
43-45   Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.  No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.   It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
 
48-51  Jesus says:  I am that bread of life. 
 
(Jesus, The Word, is that bread of life.)
 
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
 
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
 
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
 
52-54  The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
 
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink HIS blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
 
(We eat the flesh of Jesus and drink HIS blood each time we eat the Word of God and apply that Word to our lives, doing that Word.)
 
***
This pertains to eating and drinking the Word of God which is the supper given to us by God.
 
I Corinthians 11:24-31   For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 
 
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 
 
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 
 
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 
 
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 
 
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
 
(We eat the Word of God, examining ourselves by that Word of God.)
 
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
 
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep (die).
 
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
 
(If we judge ourselves by the Word of God and make approprate changes by the Word of God, we will not have to be judged.)
 
***
Prayer:
 
I John 5:14-15    And this is the confidence that we have in HIM (in God), that, if we ask any thing according to HIS will, HE heareth us:
 
15 And if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM.
 
***
 
If we practice idolatry, we will not inherit the kingdom of God, says Paul.
 
It is therefore important for each of us to recognize those things that are idolatry in religion.
 
Idolatry is setting up anything that we can see with our natural eyes that is used in religion to make us think by use of such we will get our prayers answered, or making us think by these visible things we will connect with the spirit of God.  These are very evil to do.
 
Here are some of the idolatrous practices in today's church groups:
 
Idols practiced in today's churches:  Not in the New Testament Bible
 
* Crossing yourselves
 
* Lighting candles with prayer, or any other time as a part of religion

* "Holy" water to cross yourselves
 
* Wearing crosses or  "religious"  medallions
 
* Praying to anyone other than God
 
* Calling crackers & grape juice "The Lord's Supper"  (The Lord's supper is partaking of the Word of God.)
 
* Christmas has become an idol greatly observed:  Not in Bible to do this at all.  Easter is not in Bible to observe this.  (Unger:  Easter was added to the church by men in 8th century.  Easter was taken from the pagan goddess of spring.)  In Acts 12, the word Easter means " The Passover".  Lent:  Jesus paid sacrifice for us in today's church.  To pay your own sacrifice by stopping doing something at "Lent" is an abomination and denies the sacrifice paid by Jesus with HIS own blood.
 
* Graven images:  Setting up statues in the church building and kneeling before statues in religious ceremonies
 
* Music: when used as entertainment in the church

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The greatest idol in the church groups today is to take crackers and grape juice and call this the Lord's supper, making the people in the congregation feel religious by taking "communion" of crackers and grape juice.
 
The Lord's supper is partaking appropriately of the Word of God, applying that Word to your life in a proper way.
 
***
 
If you practice idolatry in any form, you curse yourself on this earth, and perhaps for all eternity.  And you even teach your household to practice idolatry as they copy your religious acts.
 
This is a very great sin.
 
Idolatry is like the Philistines worshipping Dagon:
 
I Samuel 5:1-7    And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
 
2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
 
3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord.  And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
 
4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
 
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
 
6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
 
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
 
(Instead of getting rid of God and keeping your idol, get rid of that idol that has no real power, and cling to God.)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog 

Ways God communicates with us today

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
Examples of ways God communicated with HIS people in the New Testament Bible ... and examples of the ways God communicates with us today.
 
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All children of God are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit.  Ephesians 1:13  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
 
Vision given to the apostle Peter: Acts 10
 
*** 
 
Ways God communicates with us today to show us what to do:
 
Angels are very powerful: Example, angel moves the great stone that sealed Jesus' tomb.
 
* Angels speaking directions to us:
 
Angel directs and leads Peter:
 
Acts 12:1-10  Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter (after the Passover/ Unger Bible Dictionary) to bring him forth to the people.
 
5  Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
 
6  And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
 
8  And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he (the angel) saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
 
9  And he (Peter) went out, and followed him; and wist (knew) not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
 
10  When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
 
11  And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent HIS angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
 
When we see an example in the New Testament Bible, we can then know that same type of thing could happen to us today in the NT church, by the will of God.  Example:
 
January 10, 1980:  A trumpet like voice blew three words into my ear as I slept. "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS" ...
 
Then God said, by the Holy Spirit, bringing a thought to my mind: "Call the radio station manager."
 
(Within 5 days, I was broadcasting exhortations to the church on radio KWJS, after sending audition tape.)
 
I believe this was an angel speaking direction from God to me to show me what to do that night in 1980.
 
By the end of that year, I was broadcasting exhortations for the church from cities between Hartford and Seattle, starting on station KWJS, just as that voice had told me that night in 1980. 
 
***
 
Knowing the ideas that are from God:
 
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.
***
 
* Visions:
 
Paul: 
 
Paul: Acts 16:9-10  And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
 
Example:
 
God began given me visions showing me "word of knowledge" starting in approximately 1977. It was in prayer group. As women prayed, I heard, "Look up." When I raised my head and opened my eyes, I saw a "vision" of a stomach outlined on a wall. After the women finished praying, I asked, "Does anyone have a stomach problem?" One woman jumped up and down and excitedly said, "I do." I think she might have been healed at that time.
 
After that, God often gave me words of knowledge at the Bible class at the church I was attending. The teacher of that Bible class always said, "Does anyone have a word from the Lord?"  And at that time I would present these words of knowledge to the class.
 
Spiritual gift: word of knowledge   (I Corinthians 12:8)
***
 
* Dreams:
 
Apostle Paul:
 
Acts 27:21-25  They were in danger of being ship wrecked:   But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
 
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
 
23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
 
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
 
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
 
(It doesn't say this angel appeared in a dream, but it certainly could have been in a dream.  But here is a scripture which does specifically say the angel of the Lord appeared to someone in a dream.  This happened to Joseph, the father of Jesus.)
 
Matthew 2:13-14    And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
 
14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
 
Bible statement:  Concerning use of dreams and visions to instruct and to protect children of God.
 
Job 33:15-18  In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then HE (God) openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
 
That HE (God) may withdraw man from his (own) purpose, and hide pride from man. HE (God) keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
 
Examples:
 
1982:  Dream: I was warned I was in danger of harm if I went out. Then in the dream, I heard, "Don't go until you see Exodus 15," (I cancelled all meeting that were scheduled for emainder of the year and stayed home and continued radio broadcasts.)
 
John 16:2  Jesus speaking to HIS apostles: "They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service."
 
2012:  Dream: "little voice" ... shown to start blog
 
2020:  Word: Podcast ... then dream: White kittens ... feed the church with Podcasts
 
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* Scripture carried by Holy Spirit to guide us and to instruct and teach us concerning that which God wants us to do.
 
I Corinthians 2:10-13 ... 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.
 
As a voice, Jesus, THE WORD, appears to the apostle Paul on the road to Damascus and gives Paul a commission to do the work of apostle/teacher in the ministry.
 
Acts 26:9-19   Paul says:  I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
 
10 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.
 
11 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.
 
15 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: 
 
Work of the Holy Spirit according to Jesus:
 
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 16:13  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.Examples:
 
2015: To write ministry books on Amazon: The Holy Spirit brought to my mind the following scripture, after I asked God if HE wanted me to write books for ministry on Amazon ...  Joshua 1:9  the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 
(I've had many other examples of the Holy Spirit bringing to my mind scripture and "words from God" to show me what to do in this present life.)
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog 

The apostles: Their work in today's NT church

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
"What do apostles do?"  I asked my Bible teacher years ago.  He didn't know, yet at that church group they professed to believe there are apostles in the church today according to Ephesiahs 4.  So I asked God what apostles do in the church.  And God began teaching me about apostles in the NT church today.
 
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Ministries in the NT church according to the NT Bible:
 
Ephesians 4:8;11-14   When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men ...
 
And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 
 
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 
 
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 
 
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
 
***
Peter calls a meeting to replace Judas and to be the 12th apostle:
 
Acts 1:21-26     Peter says:  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
 
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that HE (Jesus) was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of HIS resurrection.
 
23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
 
24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,   That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
 
26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
 
Matthias was the  12th apostle.
***
 
Paul was not the last apostle, the 12th apostle ... Paul was one of the first of those apostles appointed by Jesus after Jesus arose as cited in Ephesians 4:8;11-14.
 
There were some in Paul's day who did not think Paul could be an apostle:
 
I Corinthians 9:2  Paul says:  If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
 
***
 
What do apostles do?  God showed me by the following scripture. 
 
*A problem arose in the early church.  Did the Gentiles who believed have to be circumcised after they believed? 
 
Acts 15:1-2   And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 
 
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
 
6-7   And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 
 
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and spoke.
 
Peter spoke, sharing words from OT prophets concerning the time the Gentiles would be accepted.  And Peter told of his own experiences with the Holy Spirit coming on those Gentiles to whom he spoke.
 
Then Barnabas and Paul shared their experiences with the believing Gentiles.
 
James listened to all then and then spoke of OT scripture.
 
Then James rendered the "sentence" on the matter at hand.
 
Acts 15:19-29   James says:  Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.   For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. 
 
Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas (NT prophets), chief men among the brethren: 
 
And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. 
 
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: 
 
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,  Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas (prophets), who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
 
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;   That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
 
***
 
Today apostles in the NT church have an anointing by God to share decrees issues in the New Testament Bible with the churches, for many of these rules of the NT Bible have been removed by men and churches have been set up by doctrines other than that in the Bible.
 
***
 
The apostles in the NT church today, compare scripture with scriptures and establish doctrines according to the New Testament Bible, because many churches teach a doctrine which is not in the Holy Bible.
 
Matthew 5:32  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 
I Corinthians 7:10-11 Paul says:  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.
 
***
 
This is a work the NT apostles do today in the churches:
 
Acts 16:4-5   And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. 
 
5 And so were the churches established in the faith. *** 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, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
 
***
 
II Corinthians 5:9-11   Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM (of Jesus, The Word). 
 
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.
 
***
(Not recorded on this Podcast, but showing the calling and appointment of the apostle Paul by Jesus.)
Acts 26:16-19   Jesus speaks to Paul and says:  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;  Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,  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:
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog 

Getting out of debt & staying out of debt

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 
 
One of the first things God showed me to do as a new Christian, was to get out of debt and stay out of debt.  On this Podcast I share with you some things God did with me to help me to get free.  Also shared are scriptures for a foundation on this subject.
 
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(Some of the following scriptures were not presented on today's Podcast, but they are good for us to think upon.)
 
II Corinthians 6:14-18    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 
 
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 
 
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
 
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean; and I will receive you. 
 
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
 
***
Romans 13:8   Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
 
***
 
Jesus says:
 
Matthew 6:24     No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
 
***
 
Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
 
***
I Timothy 6:3-12   If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 
 
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 
 
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 
 
(If any person around you thinks "gain" is a sign of godliness, withdraw yourselve from him, for some of the richest men got their riches by ungodly methods, and many ministers got their money by pressuring their congregations and by making them feel guilty if they didn't give to them.)
 
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 (try to get more money) 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.
 
***
 
Paul tells Timothy, the evangelist:
 
I Timothy 6:17-19    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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Extortioners: 
 
I Corinthians 5:11;13   But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat ...Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
 
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There is however a righteous way to success and prosperity. 
 
Psalm 37:4   Delight thyself also in the Lord: and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
*** Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
 
(Follow God one scripture and one word from God at a time, focused on that instruction, doing that instruction, continuing to do that instruction ... making it a part of your life.)
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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.
 
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John 8:31-32    Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in MY word, then are ye MY disciples indeed;  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
 
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Joshua 1:7-9    Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.
 
(We don't do the Law of Moses, but we do follow the rules of the New Testament Bible.  Also many of the promises of God from the Old Testament are valid for us in the NT church, such as:  Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.) 
 
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Joshua 1:8 This book of the law (NT Bible) shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 
 
9 Have not I commanded thee? (says God)
 
(Did God lead you to do what you are doing?  Examine your actions by this for if God told us to do something, we have a very strong anchor to go forward and to keep doing that action.)
 
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 
(After God tells us to do something, humans and devils, will often try to lead us opposite way.)
 
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Psalm 1:1-3   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. 
 
(Meditate in that "Word" which you believe God has spoken to you.  To meditate on that word, keeping that word before you, often gives you the strength of do that word.  Also meditate in that scripture when you feel an attention drawn to you toward a specific scripture.)
 
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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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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Proverbs 3:5-7   Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 
 
6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths. 
 
(Pray over everything and then allow God to lead you.)
 
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:  fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
 
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Proverbs 16:25    There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
 
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Hebrews 13:5-6  Let your conversation (manner of life) be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 
 
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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Sometimes we can have the word from God planted in our heart but we might be thinking of doing that word in the wrong way.
 
* In 2020, a desire came into my heart to go back on radio to exhort the church.  I prayed.  Negative thoughts from devil began coming to me.  Then God said one word, setting my way straight.  "Podcast"  I had the will of God in my heart, but my thinking of how to do this was faulty.  Radio is very expensive.  Podcasts cost almost nothing.  Radio broadcasts are a one time shot.  Podcasts are a broadcast library of information from God to the church.  The way to go was "Podcasts."
 
Pray for wisdom concerning how to do that which you believe God has told you to do.
 
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* For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations Blog