12/31/18 LIFT HIS NAME, AVOID THE SHAME
GOD gave us light to lighten our path and to enlighten those groping in darkness.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Monday, December 31, 2018
12/31/18 LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE
12/31/18 LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE, LET IT SHINE
Be determined to shine your light until you are caught up into the Light.
Matthew 5:14-16
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
2 Corinthians 4:1-6
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Be determined to shine your light until you are caught up into the Light.
Matthew 5:14-16
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
2 Corinthians 4:1-6
1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
12/31/18 WE ARE SAVED BY FAITH
12/31/18 WE ARE SAVED BY FAITH
Your faithfulness may not win the world, but it will keep you from losing your own soul.
Matthew 10:32-33
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
2 Timothy 2:10-13
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Your faithfulness may not win the world, but it will keep you from losing your own soul.
Matthew 10:32-33
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
2 Timothy 2:10-13
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
12/31/18 TAUNTING IS HARDLY TRIBULATION
12/31/18 TAUNTING IS HARDLY TRIBULATION
If you can't stand against scorn and ridicule, then forget real trouble and trial.
You have already failed the lost and the LORD.
If you can't stand against scorn and ridicule, then forget real trouble and trial.
You have already failed the lost and the LORD.
12/31/18 BACK TO SUCCESS
12/31/18 BACK TO SUCCESS
Go ahead, lead the way back to decency. Back to decency and the Bible is the only way to successful family and society.
Go ahead, lead the way back to decency. Back to decency and the Bible is the only way to successful family and society.
12/31/18 NOW THE CAMEL IS IN
12/31/18 NOW THE CAMEL IS IN
I remember when, "Cancer," "Divorce," "Pregnant" were not said in social settings.
Now women and children use the filthiest words.
I remember when, "Cancer," "Divorce," "Pregnant" were not said in social settings.
Now women and children use the filthiest words.
12/31/18 RIPTIDE OF "PROGRESS"
12/31/18 RIPTIDE OF "PROGRESS"
TIME not only MARCHES ON, it sometimes tramples us UNDER.
Don't get caught in the RIPTIDE of "PROGRESS."
TIME not only MARCHES ON, it sometimes tramples us UNDER.
Don't get caught in the RIPTIDE of "PROGRESS."
12/31/18 THIS CAME FROM THE END OF 2012
12/31/18 THIS CAME FROM THE END OF 2012
I hope you enjoy and that you can use this with others.
NOT EVERYONE SEES IT RIGHT AWAY
Do you see the supposed "image of Christ" in this picture?
This picture started circulating in the 1950's. I first saw it in the 1960's. I won't tell the story behind the picture, but the image of Jesus can be perceived in the shadowy image.
Obviously it is just a perceived image of Christ, at least as He is usually depicted in Christian art. Don't worry about the accuracy. That is not the point of this post.
I have asked individuals and groups if they could see the image. Some people see it immediately, while some see it eventually, and some never see it. I use this as an object lesson. Even though the same information is made available to a group of people, different people respond to the picture in various ways, just as different people respond to the true revelation of the true Christ.
I have posted it on a chalk board at the front of the sanctuary, then asked if anyone could see the image. Since some folks do not see the image immediately, I proceed to bring a gospel message and point out that some people take more time to come to spiritual insight, just as it takes more time for some people to come to visual comprehension of this picture. I tell the people in the congregation to raise their hands or speak out when they finally see the image, even if I am preaching.
As I have preached, people throughout the congregation begin to see the image and they excitedly respond, some to the point of jumping up and shouting it out. Those who do not see it become frustrated and some even deny that there is an image to be seen. They accuse those who claim to see it, of pranking them. Some people actually become agitated.
This is just a picture, which I use as a tool. Obviously spiritual understanding is not attained or obtained in the same way as "seeing" this picture. But people respond to the idea of faith in a similar way. If they cannot see it, they deny it, for themselves and everyone else.
Once I saw the image, I could always see the image from that point on. There are several good lessons in this presentation.
I hope you enjoy and that you can use this with others.
NOT EVERYONE SEES IT RIGHT AWAY
Do you see the supposed "image of Christ" in this picture?
This picture started circulating in the 1950's. I first saw it in the 1960's. I won't tell the story behind the picture, but the image of Jesus can be perceived in the shadowy image.
Obviously it is just a perceived image of Christ, at least as He is usually depicted in Christian art. Don't worry about the accuracy. That is not the point of this post.
I have asked individuals and groups if they could see the image. Some people see it immediately, while some see it eventually, and some never see it. I use this as an object lesson. Even though the same information is made available to a group of people, different people respond to the picture in various ways, just as different people respond to the true revelation of the true Christ.
I have posted it on a chalk board at the front of the sanctuary, then asked if anyone could see the image. Since some folks do not see the image immediately, I proceed to bring a gospel message and point out that some people take more time to come to spiritual insight, just as it takes more time for some people to come to visual comprehension of this picture. I tell the people in the congregation to raise their hands or speak out when they finally see the image, even if I am preaching.
As I have preached, people throughout the congregation begin to see the image and they excitedly respond, some to the point of jumping up and shouting it out. Those who do not see it become frustrated and some even deny that there is an image to be seen. They accuse those who claim to see it, of pranking them. Some people actually become agitated.
This is just a picture, which I use as a tool. Obviously spiritual understanding is not attained or obtained in the same way as "seeing" this picture. But people respond to the idea of faith in a similar way. If they cannot see it, they deny it, for themselves and everyone else.
Once I saw the image, I could always see the image from that point on. There are several good lessons in this presentation.
12/31/18 IT COULD HAVE BEEN TODAY
12/31/18 IT COULD HAVE BEEN TODAY
In keeping with other post I made today and taken from my post, New Years Eve, 2014, it is still true tonight.
"It will be a good year to be a New Creature, walking in Newness of Life, serving God in Newness of Spirit, having put on the New Man, walking in a New and Living Way, aligned with the New Covenant (Testament), fulfilling the New Commandment, having a New Name and singing a New Song, looking for the New Heaven, New Earth and New Jerusalem, where God makes All Things New."
In keeping with other post I made today and taken from my post, New Years Eve, 2014, it is still true tonight.
"It will be a good year to be a New Creature, walking in Newness of Life, serving God in Newness of Spirit, having put on the New Man, walking in a New and Living Way, aligned with the New Covenant (Testament), fulfilling the New Commandment, having a New Name and singing a New Song, looking for the New Heaven, New Earth and New Jerusalem, where God makes All Things New."
12/31/18 NOT AUTOMATONS
12/31/18 NOT AUTOMATONS
We are not robots or high end, computerized machines with limitless artificial intelligence.
We are free moral agents, by design.
We are not robots or high end, computerized machines with limitless artificial intelligence.
We are free moral agents, by design.
12/31/18 A NEW HEART
12/31/18 A NEW HEART
A NEW HEART. God promised a NEW HEART to His people (Jews and Gentiles).
These two passages are Old Testament prophecies given to Israel. Israel had failed God and brought reproach to His Name, yet God was not finished with Israel. He would continue to bless and use them for His Own purposes, but this would require a new relationship, made possible by God giving them a NEW HEART.
As we read about God's plan to restore fallen men to Himself, we see that the restoration and renewal of Israel was the beginning of His salvation, but it would also include the nations, the Gentiles. The promises made to Israel in these two passages also have broader application in the New Testament, when God created His Church, and made believers His chosen vessels.
As with other prophecy, there is immediate and ultimate fulfillment. The immediate is applicable to Israel and the ultimate includes Israel and The Church.
TWO PASSAGES with a CLOSER LOOK
FIRST PASSAGE
Ezekiel 18:31-32
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
(New Spirit is in this passage, but I will address NEW SPIRIT later).
NEW HEART INSTEAD OF TRANSGRESSIONS
God promises a NEW HEART (a new or renewed inner man), to anyone who recognizes and turns from their transgressions (rebellion, disobedience) against God. We cannot hold to our transgressions and receive a NEW HEART at the same time.
MAKE OURSELVES A NEW HEART
While the miracle of a NEW HEART resides in God alone, He requires our willing response and cooperation. Even in the Old Testament God required the Israelites to Cast Away (renounce, repudiate, repent of) their sins. God also tells them to "make you a new heart..." Though it takes Divine action and power to make a NEW HEART, human response and cooperation are essential to the plan of God
NEW HEART OR DIE (be cast off from God)
God appealed to human reason by asking, "Why will you die?" Either cast away transgressions or be cast away because of your transgressions. Remember, God said, in another place, "Come now, let us reason together," and God described total commitment as "Reasonable (spiritual) service."
TURN OR BURN
We will either be separated from our sin or our sin will separate us from God (death is separation from God). The rational decision is to cast away our transgressions, rather than be cast away from God.
GOD'S WILL IS A NEW HEART
God has no pleasure in people being cast away, being separated, being dead in their sins and trespasses. God takes no pleasure in the lost being lost forever. It is not the will of God that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
GOD SAVES THOSE WHO TURN
God invites and requires the sinner to find, receive and live in His salvation. READ CAREFULLY
Isaiah 55:1-9
1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
SECOND PASSAGE
Ezekiel 36:23-28
23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
GOD DEMANDS DIGNITY
God declared Himself to be a jealous God, and God has commanded that His Name should not be profaned or shamed. Israel claimed all of the benefits and honors of God, but they had not lived in a way that was worthy of His Name. Still, God had a plan for them.
GOD'S PROVISION
God called them back to a living and loving relationship. God promised His presence and power to them. God was going to glorify Himself through His people.
God promised to establish His people in their own land and lift them up before the heathen. God promised to wash His people with clean water, cleansing them from all their filthiness, from all their idols. God promised to take away their cold, hard, dead heart of stone and promised to give them a heart of flesh, a tender heart, a living heart.
God promised that His Spirit would enter their heart, and cause them to walk in God statutes, following His leading and doing His will.
God promised to make them His people and to be their God.
Though I could give corresponding verses in the New Testament, I will just give one passage. God gives to New Testament believers a NEW HEART and establishes us in this NEW RELATIONSHIP.
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1
14 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 thing; 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.
7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
A NEW HEART. God promised a NEW HEART to His people (Jews and Gentiles).
These two passages are Old Testament prophecies given to Israel. Israel had failed God and brought reproach to His Name, yet God was not finished with Israel. He would continue to bless and use them for His Own purposes, but this would require a new relationship, made possible by God giving them a NEW HEART.
As we read about God's plan to restore fallen men to Himself, we see that the restoration and renewal of Israel was the beginning of His salvation, but it would also include the nations, the Gentiles. The promises made to Israel in these two passages also have broader application in the New Testament, when God created His Church, and made believers His chosen vessels.
As with other prophecy, there is immediate and ultimate fulfillment. The immediate is applicable to Israel and the ultimate includes Israel and The Church.
TWO PASSAGES with a CLOSER LOOK
FIRST PASSAGE
Ezekiel 18:31-32
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
(New Spirit is in this passage, but I will address NEW SPIRIT later).
NEW HEART INSTEAD OF TRANSGRESSIONS
God promises a NEW HEART (a new or renewed inner man), to anyone who recognizes and turns from their transgressions (rebellion, disobedience) against God. We cannot hold to our transgressions and receive a NEW HEART at the same time.
MAKE OURSELVES A NEW HEART
While the miracle of a NEW HEART resides in God alone, He requires our willing response and cooperation. Even in the Old Testament God required the Israelites to Cast Away (renounce, repudiate, repent of) their sins. God also tells them to "make you a new heart..." Though it takes Divine action and power to make a NEW HEART, human response and cooperation are essential to the plan of God
NEW HEART OR DIE (be cast off from God)
God appealed to human reason by asking, "Why will you die?" Either cast away transgressions or be cast away because of your transgressions. Remember, God said, in another place, "Come now, let us reason together," and God described total commitment as "Reasonable (spiritual) service."
TURN OR BURN
We will either be separated from our sin or our sin will separate us from God (death is separation from God). The rational decision is to cast away our transgressions, rather than be cast away from God.
GOD'S WILL IS A NEW HEART
God has no pleasure in people being cast away, being separated, being dead in their sins and trespasses. God takes no pleasure in the lost being lost forever. It is not the will of God that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
GOD SAVES THOSE WHO TURN
God invites and requires the sinner to find, receive and live in His salvation. READ CAREFULLY
Isaiah 55:1-9
1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
SECOND PASSAGE
Ezekiel 36:23-28
23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
GOD DEMANDS DIGNITY
God declared Himself to be a jealous God, and God has commanded that His Name should not be profaned or shamed. Israel claimed all of the benefits and honors of God, but they had not lived in a way that was worthy of His Name. Still, God had a plan for them.
GOD'S PROVISION
God called them back to a living and loving relationship. God promised His presence and power to them. God was going to glorify Himself through His people.
God promised to establish His people in their own land and lift them up before the heathen. God promised to wash His people with clean water, cleansing them from all their filthiness, from all their idols. God promised to take away their cold, hard, dead heart of stone and promised to give them a heart of flesh, a tender heart, a living heart.
God promised that His Spirit would enter their heart, and cause them to walk in God statutes, following His leading and doing His will.
God promised to make them His people and to be their God.
Though I could give corresponding verses in the New Testament, I will just give one passage. God gives to New Testament believers a NEW HEART and establishes us in this NEW RELATIONSHIP.
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1
14 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 thing; 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.
7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
12/31/18 DAILY FAITH
12/31/18 DAILY FAITH
DON'T PRESUME. Be thankful for every blessing. Trouble and suffering will come. Be established in Him.
STAND FIRM
Martha cuts my hair, and we have been threatening to take care of it for the past several days. When she got ready to leave this morning, Martha told me to be ready to get my haircut when she gets home today.
I thought about something when she said it, but did not make reply. I thought, how confident we are that she will make it home today, that I will be home, that no tragedy will intervene. Of course we should not worry or fret or be negative about life, but the fact is that life is fragile and tenuous at best.
HOPE IN FACE OF TROUBLES
Though we should not be pessimistic or fatalistic, neither should we be presumptive and unrealistic. I am hoping that all goes well today and that I see Martha this afternoon, that I am well and able to be home this afternoon, that my family and church folks will be able to get together for fellowship tonight. I want the good things of life to continue.
But reality says that difficult times and hardship and heartache will enter into every life at some point. Life is life, with all of the good, and not so good. But God is God, regardless of how faithful we are.
GOD HELP ME
God help me to live my life in thanksgiving and praise. Help me to recognize and utilize my blessings for Your honor and glory. Help me be a blessing to others, as long as you give me the opportunity. Fill my heart and life with Your presence, so that when darkness and storms come my way, I am still faithful and thankful.
DON'T PRESUME. Be thankful for every blessing. Trouble and suffering will come. Be established in Him.
STAND FIRM
Martha cuts my hair, and we have been threatening to take care of it for the past several days. When she got ready to leave this morning, Martha told me to be ready to get my haircut when she gets home today.
I thought about something when she said it, but did not make reply. I thought, how confident we are that she will make it home today, that I will be home, that no tragedy will intervene. Of course we should not worry or fret or be negative about life, but the fact is that life is fragile and tenuous at best.
HOPE IN FACE OF TROUBLES
Though we should not be pessimistic or fatalistic, neither should we be presumptive and unrealistic. I am hoping that all goes well today and that I see Martha this afternoon, that I am well and able to be home this afternoon, that my family and church folks will be able to get together for fellowship tonight. I want the good things of life to continue.
But reality says that difficult times and hardship and heartache will enter into every life at some point. Life is life, with all of the good, and not so good. But God is God, regardless of how faithful we are.
GOD HELP ME
God help me to live my life in thanksgiving and praise. Help me to recognize and utilize my blessings for Your honor and glory. Help me be a blessing to others, as long as you give me the opportunity. Fill my heart and life with Your presence, so that when darkness and storms come my way, I am still faithful and thankful.
12/31/18 "NEW" LIST
12/31/18 "NEW" LIST
"NEW": Heart; Song; Things; Wine; Cloth; Life; Man; Name; Way; Spirit; Testament; Creature; Commandment; Heaven, Earth Jerusalem.
"NEW": Heart; Song; Things; Wine; Cloth; Life; Man; Name; Way; Spirit; Testament; Creature; Commandment; Heaven, Earth Jerusalem.
12/31/18 MUCH MORE IS NEW THAN THE YEAR
12/31/18 MUCH MORE IS NEW THAN THE YEAR
God gives us MUCH MORE than just a New Year. I will address several of these "NEW" benefits in upcoming posts.
NEW
Over a period of time I should post several articles about these fourteen (+) areas of NEWness in salvation: Heart; Song; Things; Wine; Cloth; Life; Man; Name; Way; Spirit; Testament; Creature; Commandment; Heaven, Earth Jerusalem.
God gives us MUCH MORE than just a New Year. I will address several of these "NEW" benefits in upcoming posts.
NEW
Over a period of time I should post several articles about these fourteen (+) areas of NEWness in salvation: Heart; Song; Things; Wine; Cloth; Life; Man; Name; Way; Spirit; Testament; Creature; Commandment; Heaven, Earth Jerusalem.
Sunday, December 30, 2018
12/30/18 WAITING LONGER MAKES SIN STRONGER
12/30/18 WAITING LONGER MAKES SIN STRONGER
The longer we wait, the more it will cost and the less likely we are to make the choice.
TURN to Christ now.
The longer we wait, the more it will cost and the less likely we are to make the choice.
TURN to Christ now.
12/30/18 NEW LIFE REVOLUTION
12/30/18 NEW LIFE REVOLUTION
It takes more than a New Year Resolution, it takes a New Life Revolution.
Declare war on sin.
It takes more than a New Year Resolution, it takes a New Life Revolution.
Declare war on sin.
12/30/18 DON'T TRADE TREASURE FOR TRASH
12/30/18 DON'T TRADE TREASURE FOR TRASH
My observation is, people turn loose of the treasure to hold on to the trash, only to find out too late.
Don't find out too late.
My observation is, people turn loose of the treasure to hold on to the trash, only to find out too late.
Don't find out too late.
12/30/18 FORGETTING, REACHING, PRESSING
12/30/18 FORGETTING, REACHING, PRESSING
FORGETTING what's behind.
REACHING for what's ahead.
PRESSING toward...high calling.
Goodbye old. Hello new
FORGETTING what's behind.
REACHING for what's ahead.
PRESSING toward...high calling.
Goodbye old. Hello new
12/30/18 MOVING TOWARD PERFECTION
12/30/18 MOVING TOWARD PERFECTION
(resurrection and glorification)
We're not "perfected" (resurrected and glorified) yet.
So keep on keeping on.
Leave the past, Reach forward.
GOD'S WORD THROUGH PAUL
Philippians 3:8-21
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
(resurrection and glorification)
We're not "perfected" (resurrected and glorified) yet.
So keep on keeping on.
Leave the past, Reach forward.
GOD'S WORD THROUGH PAUL
Philippians 3:8-21
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
12/30/18 EVANGELIZE AND HOLD THE FORT
12/30/18 EVANGELIZE AND HOLD THE FORT
(reach out and hold fast)
I mentioned two different, but related truths recently: Evangelize (tell the Good News.
Hold The Fort (continue faithful).
PLEASE READ
I hope you take the time to read and meditate on these truths.
EVANGELIZING:
Telling the Good News to others,
So that they might have faith in Christ,
So that they might be saved from sin and eternal separation from God.
Remember, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
God sends us to others so that they might hear and believe (have faith in Christ) and be saved.
Romans 10:9-17
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
ALL HAVE SINNED and EVERYONE NEEDS TO BELIEVE ON CHRIST.
Romans 3:23
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ezekiel 18:20-32 (this Old Testament passage clearly states what God also revealed in the New Testament).
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
GOD DOES NOT HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANOTHER person's response to our telling them the Gospel, but He does hold us accountable for telling them, warning them, alerting them.
Ezekiel 3:18-21
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel 33:2-6
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
HOLD THE FORT:
Continuing in the faith.
Continuing faithful to the truth.
Holding fast, abiding, remaining, cleaving to the truth of God.
New Testament Passages
John 8:31-32
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 12:46
46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John 15:4-17
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Acts 11:23
23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Acts 13:43
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 14:21-23
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Romans 6:1-2
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans 12:9
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Colossians 1:21-23
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
1 Timothy 2:11-15
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
1 Timothy 4:15-16
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
1 John 2:24-29
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
(reach out and hold fast)
I mentioned two different, but related truths recently: Evangelize (tell the Good News.
Hold The Fort (continue faithful).
PLEASE READ
I hope you take the time to read and meditate on these truths.
EVANGELIZING:
Telling the Good News to others,
So that they might have faith in Christ,
So that they might be saved from sin and eternal separation from God.
Remember, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
God sends us to others so that they might hear and believe (have faith in Christ) and be saved.
Romans 10:9-17
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
ALL HAVE SINNED and EVERYONE NEEDS TO BELIEVE ON CHRIST.
Romans 3:23
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ezekiel 18:20-32 (this Old Testament passage clearly states what God also revealed in the New Testament).
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
GOD DOES NOT HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANOTHER person's response to our telling them the Gospel, but He does hold us accountable for telling them, warning them, alerting them.
Ezekiel 3:18-21
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel 33:2-6
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
HOLD THE FORT:
Continuing in the faith.
Continuing faithful to the truth.
Holding fast, abiding, remaining, cleaving to the truth of God.
New Testament Passages
John 8:31-32
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 12:46
46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John 15:4-17
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
Acts 11:23
23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Acts 13:43
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 14:21-23
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Romans 6:1-2
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans 12:9
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Colossians 1:21-23
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
1 Timothy 2:11-15
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
1 Timothy 4:15-16
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
1 John 2:24-29
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
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