* What it will be like in heaven. What Bible shows us.

In heaven, we will not have these current physical bodies.  God will give us a new body as it pleases HIM.  (I Cor. 15)

In heaven:  there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.  (Rev. 21:4)

The reason we have physical pain today is because we live inside these physical bodies.  Also we have emotions of the flesh because we live today inside these physical bodies.

Before we are taken into heaven, we will be changed out of these physical bodies.

I Cor. 15:51-52   Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Blink!  That is how fast we will be changed before we are taken into heaven.

Another thing about heaven:  We will not remember this earth.

Isaiah 65:17   For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

We will have new spiritual bodies and our family in heaven will be all in heaven for all who are in heaven will be the children of God, the righteous of God.

God and the Word (Jesus) will be our focus and our light.

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The new Jerusalem, the new heaven:

Revelation 21

1  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. 

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This present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God after the great tribulation:

II Peter 3

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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There is no physical marriage as we know it today, in heaven.

So if a man has multiple wives, which will be his wife?  said the Sadducees to Jesus.

Mark 12:24-25   Jesus says:   Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

(I find many Christians do not know the above truth.  

On this present earth, if your mate dies, you can marry again (but only in the Lord).  I Cor. 7 ... Paul says this to the women but I think the same would apply to a man who is a Christian, for why would any real Christian want to marry an infidel?

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Remember in heaven we will not have these physical bodies as on earth.

 

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* As we see the day of the Lord approaching, we are told in Bible to exhort each other even more.

 In the end time, before Jesus returns, wickedness will abound in this world and even in the churches.

Jesus says:  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  (Mt. 24:12-13)

Also in Bible we are told to exhort one another even more as we see the day of the Lord approaching.  (Heb. 10:25)

Exhort means:  to urge earnestly by advice or warning

The apostle Paul said:  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (II Tim. 3)

We are in danger of our love for the Word of God slipping away because iniquity abounds, says Jesus.

We may not want to warn one another, but we must do so.

Hebrews 10:26   For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

I witnessed a woman who very much wanted to know things of God in the beginning.  But after about 35 years she changed.  When I spoke to her to share that which God had shown me she went dead silent but when I spoke of a TV show or movie she came alive.  Her love of the things of God grew cold and she eventually left us.

It can and will happen to many that their love will wax cold as the iniquity abounds on TV and in the hearts of those people whom they love.

We work to keep our love for scriptures and things of God.

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Matthew 24   Jesus says:   

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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I think we must work even more to keep before us scriptures for the way of life today is so contrary to the word of God in the Bible.

Matthew 5:32   Jesus says:  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  And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Romans 1:26-27   For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Galatians 5:19-21   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.

Revelation 3:5   Jesus says:  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Some, who follow their own fleshly desires and thereby walk in the flesh, will not overcome sins of the flesh and therefore Jesus will blot their names out of the book of life.

But if we walk in the Spirit, following the instructions of the Spirit of God, thereby denying our flesh, we will not fall into condemnation.

Galatians 5:16   This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Romans 8:13-14   For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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* Sinners cannot stand in the congregation of the righteous.

 

God put me on radio in January 1980.  After that, hundreds of thousands of people came across my path, hearing the messages from God through the office of a prophet.  (Eph. 4:11-12)

At first, individuals delighted in the messages. 

Then God would have me speak a message which was offensive and they departed from me.

The truth is in Psalm 1, verse 5:

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Few church people can stand all the messages from God, for God will bring messages which show their current sins and they run away from the light thinking to approve themselves.

Therefore they will not stand in the day of judgment ... and they will not continue on this earth in all those messages that are truly from the Spirit of God.  For to remain, they would have to correct themselves by that message and go in the way of righteousness.

Jesus says:   Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.  (Mt. 7:13-14)

And they say to the prophets of God:  "Speak not those things.  Speak lovely things."

Such people want to be their own gods.

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Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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Psalm 49

6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings.

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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Few people can continue with me on this earth.  It is verse 5 of Psalm 1 ...  nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

I've seen this since 1980, when I was on radio.

At first they love what I speak.  But before long they are gone.  They cannot stand the light.

At the day of judgment, it will be far worse than anything I share with them.  For God is total righteousness in every small bit of any form of judgment.

II Corinthians 5

9  Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM.

10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in HIS body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God;

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I John 1:5  This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

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II Peter 2

1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

13 ... Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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* If we live after the flesh, we will die.

 Our flesh brings ideas to our mind.  The Spirit of God who lives in us brings ideas to our mind.

Our flesh and the Spirit of God are contrary to each other, presenting opposite ideas.

We must choose to go in the way presented by the Spirit, keeping our flesh crucified by that Word given us by God by the Spirit.

This is the entire theme of the early verses of Romans 8.

Romans 8

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Our own flesh tries to get us to go in a way opposite to God's way.  This is always the goal of the flesh.  

We keep control by recognizing danger and deliberately going in a way opposite to the flesh, walking in that way shown us by the Spirit.

(Pray always, asking God to help you.)

Romans 13:15   But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ (The Word), and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

(In the area where you are likely to be tempted, store up scriptures to help you and meditate day and night on these scriptures until they get strong enough in you to overcome your own flesh ... and pray, asking God for help!)

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I've heard people say it doesn't hurt to look.  This is wrong.  To look, pleases your own flesh, yielding yourself to your flesh.

Jesus said:

Matthew 5:27-28  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:  But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.  God warned him not to go after "strange flesh" for that woman would cause him to depart from God.

Solomon did not heed the warning, though the warning was from God.

I Kings 9

God said to Solomon:

4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

6 But if ye shall at all turn from following ME, ye or your children, and will not keep MY commandments and MY statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for MY name, will I cast out of MY sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

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God prospered Solomon and gave him great wisdom:

I Kings 10:23-24    So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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The downfall of Solomon:

I Kings 11

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

8. And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept MY covenant and MY statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon,

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Some in churches today are being led to think they can do all manner of worldly things and still be okay with God.

Notice that Paul tells us, in the New Testament church, that if we choose to walk after the flesh, we will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5

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.

(As GOD rent the kingdom from Solomon, so shall GOD rend the kingdom from those today who willfully sin after the knowledge of the truth.)

Revelation 3:5   Jesus says:  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before His angels.

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Many play around with evil, enjoying standing on the brink of destruction, somehow foolishly thinking they can do this and not be touched because they call Jesus their Lord and they have forgiveness of sins through Jesus.

They have missed the following:

Hebrews 10

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

II Peter 2

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Hebrews 6

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame.

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Sadly, I know examples of people who went too far, in tempting God.

* The Sunday school teacher at the church I once attended was a divorced man.  

He lived two lives.  A private life and a church life. 

In his private life, he was going to bars, drinking and seeking to attract women to himself.  

Of course he hid this life from us at church but he forgot that he could not hide from God.

I learned from a secular person that this man had a "girlfriend".  

None of us, to my knowledge, knew he had a girlfriend.  

When I found out about this, I went to him.  

At first he was very evasive.  

Then I said to him, "Are you having sexual intercourse with this girlfriend?"  

He replied, "Of course."  

I was devastated.  

I said, "You know the Bible as well as I do.  I can have no more to do with you."  

"That's right," he said.  He didn't seem to care.

Paul said:  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 idolater, 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.

Don't counsel him.  Don't pray for him.  Put him away. 

The only hope I see for such is the following:

Paul said:  I Corinthians 5:4-5 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,  To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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A woman came among us and stayed with us 39 years before departing from us:

She had been raised in a church from the time she was a baby.  She even told me she thought her mother was a prophet.  

She did some incredibly ungodly things, though her outward appearance was that she was a very "nice" person.

In her last years with us, she said to me, "Women have such great power over men."  

(I saw great lust here.)

I don't know if she was ever born again but she spent a life in churches.

Some of her evils along the way, which unfortunately she confessed to me:  adultery against her first husband, abortion, divorce and remarriage and divorce again.

She went to church all her life, but she was not a godly woman, inwardly:  Lusting over power over men; exalting herself over others by appearance; deceiving and being deceived.

I find women today are often very evil, while controlling men through sex and physical appearance.

This is opposite to a godly woman:

Proverbs 31

10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

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Sins are the following:  Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:  (Galatians 5:19-21)

Our sins are forgiven when we are born again.  

But to sin after we are born again, after we have the knowledge of the truth and have tasted the word of God, is to try to crucify Jesus a second time for our sins.  

To sit among the church while doing sins of the flesh is deadly.

And to tempt God will likely be fatal.

Galatians 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

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Romans 8

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 

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* Do you think your flesh can get better? That's not what Bible says!

 

 The apostle Paul said:  For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:  (Romans 7:18)

The works of the flesh 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.  (Gal. 5:19-21)

But don't despair!  For the Spirit of God that is in us rises up in us to overcome our own flesh and to direct us in the way of God that we can keep our own flesh crucified by Christ, The Word.

Romans 8:11-13  But if the Spirit of HIM that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, HE that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by HIS Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify (stop) the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

We learn to keep our own flesh under control of the Spirit of God who is in us.

But our flesh is always flesh and never improves no matter how long we are Christians!

We just control our flesh by the Word of God.

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* Examples of walking in the Spirit whereby we overcome our own flesh.

 

The apostle Paul says:  Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.  (Gal. 5:16)

People of this world often try to make their flesh better by setting up "New Year's Resolutions", and such things.

This is flesh trying to control flesh and it will not work!

(Our flesh never gets better because it is always flesh and the works of the flesh are the following:  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.  Gal. 5:19-21)

We, who are of God, learn to control our flesh by the Spirit of God who lives in us as we choose to walk in the way of the Spirit as HE reminds us of things of God to show us the way to go on this earth.  This works!

And each time we choose to walk in the instruction of the Word of God, we are conformed once more into the image of Christ, The Word!

As long as we live on this earth, we live this way by the Spirit of God, following the Word of God.

And at the end of our lives on this earth, we are welcomed into the kingdom of God by Jesus as having overcome on this earth through the Spirit.

Revelation 3:5  Jesus says:  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

This Podcast contains examples of overcoming through God as we walk in the Spirit of God, rejecting the way our own flesh would have us go.

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Proverbs 8:11  Wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

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Proverbs 2

6 For the LORD (The Word) giveth wisdom: out of HIS mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

7 HE (The Word) layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: HE (The Word) is a buckler (shield) to them that walk uprightly.

8 HE (The Word) keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of HIS saints.

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The Spirit of God who lives in each believer brings the Word of God to our minds showing us the way to go on this present earth.  As we walk in "The Spirit" we do that which pleases God in the issues at hand.

And by walking in "The Spirit", following that which the Spirit brings to our mind, we reject the way of our own flesh and overcome through the Spirit.

We please God each time we walk in HIS instructions.  

They who follow the ideas of their own flesh, and the flesh of others, cannot please God. 

 

Romans 8

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

8 So then they that are in the flesh (following their flesh) cannot please God.

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Only as we hear from God, by the Spirit of God, and walk in the instruction brought by the Holy Spirit of God, can we be accepted by God.

Jesus says:

Matthew 7

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Only those works which are authored by God will be accepted by God.

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Many will grow cold to things of God:

Jesus says, concerning the end times:

Matthew 24:12-13   And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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We "overcome" our flesh each time we hear from the Spirit of God and choose to go in the way of God shown us by the Spirit of God.

Jesus says:

Revelation 3:5  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before His angels.

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Learning to walk in the Spirit is a critical factor for each church member today.

Romans 8

11  But if the Spirit of HIM that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, HE that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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* The great tribulation which is coming. What the Bible shows.

   

Concerning the great tribulation, one thing we know:  these events will be worse than anything seen by man before or since.

Matthew 24:21  Jesus says:  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

The prophet Amos described the great tribulation as follows:

Amos 5

19 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

One problem after another with no time in-between.  And just when you think everything is settled and you can be at rest, another life threatening problem surfaces, one woe after another.

Recently on TV, I heard a woman in Louisiana say:  "We just worked through Coronavirus with our business and the hurricane hit."  (she was crying)

In the great tribulation men will desire to die because it is so bad, but they will not be able to die.

Revelation 9:6   And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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Jesus tells us that during that time, "one will be taken and another left".

Matthew 24

40  Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

I believe this shows us not all of the church will be removed before the great tribulation but some of the church will be removed.

We know some of the elect will be on this earth during the great tribulation because of what Jesus says as follows:

Matthew 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

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The destruction comes after the righteous ones are removed from this earth.

Jesus says:

Matthew 24

24  For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

25  But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

26  And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

27  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Those who are "righteous", as in the case of Noah and Lot will be taken out before the days of the great tribulation.

But not all are righteous, who say "Jesus is Lord", for many walk in the flesh rejecting that which the Holy Spirit says in the issues pertaining to this present life.

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Many in the church will not be ready when Jesus returns, for they will be following things of the flesh and ignoring the sayings brought to them by the Spirit.

Romans 8:1   There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

(My assignment from God is to try to get us ready by alerting us to following the Spirit daily in our own lives.  We don't have to make lists of things to do or plan out things to avoid, we just follow that word of God when it is brought to us by the Spirit of God and meditate daily in those scriptures which the Spirit of God brings to our attention and follow the Spirit daily when HE speaks to us.)

Example:  On the evening of September 19, 2020, I had watched television until about 9:30 pm.  I needed to fill a little more time until our blog published at 10 pm.  It is my pattern to turn the TV off after the blog publishes and then read the blog ... then meditate on the scriptures I have collected by the Spirit of God.

So that night, I needed to fill about 45 minutes and I was looking for a TV show to watch.  First I tried Midsomer Murders on PBS but I didn't find the plot to be of interest.  

Then I noticed one of the Dirty Harry movies was on another channel and I started watching that movie.  

But I didn't like what I saw for first there was a prostitute who had held back money from her pimp and he found her and killed her and took the money.  Then there was a police officer who was following the pimp and the officer stopped him and deliberately killed the pimp in a type of vigilante move.  The Holy Spirit reminded me of Romans 12:19    Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

Then their was a scene where Clint Eastwood, playing the role of detective, returned to his apartment and a woman was waiting and they got into bed together to commit fornication.  I didn't want to see that so I was about to turn the channel when I realized earlier, when I started hunting TV, to fill in time, I had it called to my mind that I could meditate in scripture until the blog published.  I turned off the TV and pulled up the scriptures, which I have collected onto my Kindle tablet photos, and began reading these scriptures, following the instructions which I heard by the Holy Spirit.

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When the Holy Spirit brings something to our minds, it is often so gentle we don't even realize we have heard anything ... until a little later.

Galatians 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

(Do that which the Holy Spirit brings to your mind and you will not go in the way of the flesh.)

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Being ready for the return of Jesus is a way of life and must be pursued constantly, daily, for we do not know the day nor the hour of Jesus' return.

Therefore we must follow the Spirit when we hear from the Spirit and sometimes we do not realize we have heard from the Spirit as we are following the ideas of our flesh.

If Jesus returns while we are following our flesh, I believe we will be left behind on this earth and will go through the great tribulation even if we are the elect of God.

Luke 21: Jesus says:

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (over indulgence), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch ye therefore (watch yourselves ... what what you are doing), and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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* What are the "perilous times" of the last days?

 

The apostle Paul warned us:  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (II Tim. 3)

It is not like the peril of WWII, which was obvious to us.  We have another type of peril which could even cause a person to lose his own salvation.

Jesus said: And take heed to yourselves,  (Lk. 21:34)

Mt. 24:12-13   And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

What do you do first thing in the mornings?  What do you do just before going to sleep at night?

Only you can examine that question.

Many people like to turn on TV and watch news shows to start their day.  Some like to get their morning newspaper and entertain themselves.

What do you do?  

For by this you can see the pattern of life that you are following.

Do you feed your own flesh?  or the Spirit and your soul?

It may seem inconsequential, but it is actually life threatening, for now and forever.

On this Podcast, I discuss some of those poisonous things that cause us to depart from the way of God and cause us to fall asleep with those who are dead as we live in this present time.

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* Revelations from God

 

The apostle Paul speaks of "revelations" from God in the following scripture:

I Corinthians 14:26   How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

In a "revelation", God opens our eyes to see something.

The first time this happened to me was over the following scripture.

Matthew 24

3 And as HE (Jesus) sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

God explained it this way to me:  Many would come saying I (Jesus) am Christ and because they say "Jesus is Lord" , Christians will listen to them and they will be able to deceive many.

The first time I read this, I thought they were going to say they themselves were Christ.  But if they did that, they would not be accepted in the church by most of the church.  The other way, they will be able to deceive "many".

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Another revelation from the Spirit of God:

This God explained to me in 1982 when I was reading the Bible.

II Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 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.

God said to me:  "It is not that people will fall away from the churches but rather the churches will fall away from scripture"

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Then in approximately 2017, God explained the following:  

II Thessalonians 2:6-7  NASB   And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only HE who now restrains will do so until HE (The Word) is taken out of the way.

The concept God gave me is this:  That which "restrained" antichrist, keeping antichrist out of the churches, was the scripture.  When they fell away from scriptures, the door was opened for antichrist to move into the churches. 

The WORD, Jesus was the restraint against antichrist.

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As a new Christian, God showed me the following:

Matthew 16

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, HE asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 HE saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

God explained this to me:  Peter was blessed because it was God who revealed Jesus to him.  And the rock is that word revealed by God.  The gates of hell will not stand against that which God reveals to us.

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From the beginning of my time as being a Christian, God has shown Jesus to me as The Word.

The Word is Jesus and Jesus is The Word.

When I read Bible, "The Lord" is The Word.

Psalm 23   

The LORD (The Word) is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He (The Word) maketh me to lie down in green pastures: HE (The Word) leadeth me beside the still waters.

(HE, The Word, causes me to go in the right direction.  HE, The Word, leads me into the proper place. All I have to do is follow that which HE, The Word, tells me to do.)

3 HE (The Word) restoreth my soul: HE (The Word) leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

(His name's sake means:  for the sake of The Word, HIS name.)

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Several years ago, as I was enroute to Albuquerque, New Mexico, just as the plane landed I heard from God, "Be baptized."

My cousin, Church of Christ, picked me up at the airport.  I said to her, "Jeanne, if you can arrange it, I will be baptized this afternoon before I return to Dallas."

She was shocked, and said, "But you've already been baptized."

I replied, "But I wasn't born again then.  Now I am born again."

(I don't think she understood what I was saying.)

Several of my relatives had gathered at the church building that afternoon.  The minister asked if I would like to say something.  

I replied,  "I guess so."  and I just started telling how I was born again now and what it meant to be born again.  

I noticed my uncle was crying.  One cousin shook her head up and down, agreeing with that which I said.

As the minister lowered me into the water, The Holy Spirit said to me, "This is like being buried with Christ."

As I came out of the water, The Holy Spirit said, "This is like being raised with Christ."

Romans 6

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection: 

6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him (The Word), that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

(Our flesh is crucified by the Word and we follow the Word instead of following the desires of the flesh so now we do not serve our flesh but we serve God by doing that which is authored by God by HIS Spirit.)

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him:

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that HE died, HE died unto sin once: but in that HE liveth, HE liveth unto God.

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord (The Word).

After being baptized, I returned to the church auditorium.  My uncle who had been crying came to me and said, "Can you write out that which you said and send it to me.  I've never heard anything like that before?"

I said to him, "I guess I can."  (I did write it out after I returned to Dallas and mailed it to my uncle.)

Later I realized, my uncle was born again as I spoke that day before I was baptized.

I had no idea at all, at that time, that I was called to be a minister.  I owned a small business in Dallas at that time.

Notice this:  When I heard, "Be baptized",  that day as my plane was landing, I made immediate plans to be baptized that same day.  I believe God wanted me to do what HE said at the time HE said it.  So I did.  I still do that.  When I believe God has told me to do something, I do that thing as soon as possible.

If we hesitate, I believe we give the devil more time to cause us to reason away That Word spoken by God.

Also, in this situation, being baptized that day that I was in Albuquerque, gave opportunity for me to speak the gospel, and for my uncle to hear that gospel and be saved!

My best friend in Dallas was upset that I was baptized while I was in Albuquerque for she had planned for me to be baptized in Dallas.

But when I told her what happened, she rejoiced!

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One day, I heard, by the Holy Spirit, the following words:  "In the air."

That is in a scripture:

I Thessalonians 4

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep.

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.

We will all be changed in the blink of an eye and we will arise in our new heavenly bodies to meet Jesus in the air.  (I Corinthians 15)

This present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God by fire.

II Peter 3

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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This is a description of that new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteous, where we will be taken after we are raised to be with Jesus.

Revelation 21

1  And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

(We will have "no more pain" for we will not have these present earthly bodies to live in. By these fleshly bodies comes pain.  God will give us a new "spiritual body" in which to live.  I Cor. 15)

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* Works that might be of God and works that God did not author.

Unless God authors the work we do, that work will not be a good work though it might seem good to man.  

Matthew 7 ... Jesus says:  

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Examples of works authored by God and works authored by the flesh of man.

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* Can a man take fire in the bosom and not be burned? God gave me dreams showing me to warn you.

 

Are you playing around with temptation?  

We must not do that.  It can be deadly.



Proverbs 6

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

The apostle Paul explains:  At the time of sexual intercourse, the two become one flesh, even if you are having sex with a prostitute.  

I Cor. 6    16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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Romans 13:14   But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ (The Word), and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Keep before you day and night what God says in HIS Word concerning the area of temptation

I Corinthians 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Take God's way of escape.

Proverbs 4

3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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Proverbs 7

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

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I Corinthians 7

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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In every kind of temptation, pray, asking God for help to avoid the situation.  

Keep scripture, that is brought to your mind by the Holy Spirit, before you day and night.

I Corinthians 6:19-20    Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

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Hebrews 10

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

II Peter 2

20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Hebrews 6

4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.

I Corinthians 5

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

10 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 idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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